Biggest letdown of the year

[CAF]

I believe that a flop can be described by the consumer and have a different meaning than it would to the ones marketing it.

Much in the way I would call the Bayformers a flop. It's certainly a money maker.

To me Hasbro Bluestreak isn't a flop at all, yet there seem to be more of them than people are buying.

[Hellboy]

Devastator. I was so looking forward to this but in the end passed on him because it didn't measure up to my expectations after having bought most of the Combiner Wars line.

[elburrito]

Tracks is cool. You should really try it out. I'm now looking forward to Ironhide. These things can't be accurately judged by pics!

[predahank]

Originally Posted by CAF

I believe that a flop can be described by the consumer and have a different meaning than it would to the ones marketing it.

Much in the way I would call the Bayformers a flop. It's certainly a money maker.

To me Hasbro Bluestreak isn't a flop at all, yet there seem to be more of them than people are buying.

Ok so you're talking flop as in fandom love, I see. I don't think it is universally pandered nor loved. Based on the opinions here, i would think it is more liked than disliked so I wouldn't call it a flop, but once again it isn't a definitive barometer by any means.

I would guess that takara uses retail sales as the primary guage of success and our opinions secondary

[positivelyken]

I'm loving MP Tracks now that I have him in-hand. He's such a dynamically poseable, personality-rich figure. The robot mode is slightly taller (head to toe) than the Nissan brothers, which looks appropriate.

[Goaliebot]

Biggest letdown of the year for me was when I realized what I've spent this year. $3000+ is a LOT of money, and the vast majority went to 3p. I don't think I can keep that up.

[down_shift]

Too bad, I can honestly say I'm not disappointed with him at all.

[papavader]

Originally Posted by python

Followed up by Blitzwing/Astrotrain not being G1 colors.
(although I am coming around fast on Blitzwing - it looks really good)

Did I miss something?

[Supernova]

If we're talking in general, the biggest letdown of the year for me so far was the moment I realized I will have to sit out most, if not all, of Titans Return due to budgetary concerns.

The rest of the year though has been great - the CW deluxes and voyagers have been a lot of fun, leaders Megatron and Magnus really made me happy, and I liked Devastator far more than I thought I would!

[Pascal]

Originally Posted by papavader

Did I miss something?