I can't wait for Rusty to come out since I ordered him two years ago. I wonder what they mean shipping this year. A date would been nice.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Zekeism on March 19, 2019, 06:04:13 PMQuote from: MoarCrossovers on March 19, 2019, 01:51:19 PMBarely anyone will buy it though? Just a waste of time making a character who appeared in just one episode.
What if, to save costs, Bachmann decides to make Smudger next year?
Quote from: Chaz on February 24, 2019, 05:36:07 PMQuote from: Cheeky_ULP on February 22, 2019, 01:56:11 PM
Once again, prices have gone up quite tremendously. It seems year after year Mattel is demanding more money for the Thomas license, and prices continue to rise over 200% than they were just a bit less than a decade ago. There isn't much of a reason for this beyond Mattel, which is a bit of a joke when they're continually losing money.
If you want to add insult to injury, the HO range only made two new engine toolings in six years since Mattel bought Hit, (Oliver and Rosie). It really doesn't justify the prices behind the current models in the range and the production and licensing behind them. It's ridiculous how the prices manage to go up every year because of Mattel's poor marketing choices.
Large scale is even worse with Toby being the only engine Bachmann added to the range since Mattel bought Hit too (not including Winston). Even though the large scale market is pretty poor in general, it doesn't justify the high prices in that range too. Plus I'm sure Mattel's ridiculous pricing and licensing are why Diesel got cancelled, so there's that going against them too.