ShelfLife Beta Test Announcement: Very Exciting Stuff

[strag]

Originally Posted by brr-icy

there are two versions of masterpiece starscream in the same looking box, one has sharper tail fins and more paint aps

I'm assuming you're talking about the USA Edition Takara release of MP Starscream. Both of these entries explicitly state they are the Hasbro version.

[faustx]

Originally Posted by Ozrein

Hey james or nick, I posted this on HissTank, I hope thats ok. If you'd like me to change anything (or even delete the post) let me know. Thanks!

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-jo...tion-site.html

Big thanks to Ozrein for spreading the word! If more of you can chime in similarly it will really help boost the action as we transition into Open Beta mode this week. More people = more curators = more catalogues = more wants/haves = more active marketplace.

Wins all around.

Let's do this...it's our site people and it thrives if we pour on the love.

James

[razin]

Nick or James, reach out to the admins on tfw and seibertron and see if you can get frontpaged with this.

[faustx]

Originally Posted by razin

Nick or James, reach out to the admins on tfw and seibertron and see if you can get frontpaged with this.

LOL, believe it or not, we have and it doesn't seem likely. There is a perception among some in the industry that we are a threat.

Take that as a sign, as we do, that we are doing things in a fresh way that the fans love and that is likely to attract more and more attention as we evolve.

If you want to push the issue, talk about it over there yourselves and it will definitely help the cause. Not to mention the points towards winning that Ghost Circuit custom from the current contest!

Cheers!

James

[nickh]

Originally Posted by razin

Nick or James, reach out to the admins on tfw and seibertron and see if you can get frontpaged with this.

As James just mentioned, TFW and Seibertron feel edgy about us, unfortunately. However, if you could mention us here and there on those sites, that'd be great. We know those communities will love ShelfLife, and the more users who join the SL community, the better the community becomes for everyone!

[razin]

Originally Posted by nickh

As James just mentioned, TFW and Seibertron feel edgy about us, unfortunately. However, if you could mention us here and there on those sites, that'd be great. We know those communities will love ShelfLife, and the more users who join the SL community, the better the community becomes for everyone!

Odd, some of our mods/admins here, are also the same on TFW. Is it the vendor sponsors that are having issues? As a community this seems stupid to exclude themselves from.

[faustx]

Originally Posted by razin

Odd, some of our mods/admins here, are also the same on TFW. Is it the vendor sponsors that are having issues? As a community this seems stupid to exclude themselves from.

Nope, not the vendors. The owners. The vendors have no reason to fear us. Once the marketplace is live they'll have a whole new channel to sell product with lower fees, predictive analytics and the ability to take pre-orders reliably. In fact we are looking to recruit vendors for a beta program of their own shortly.

James

[Bruticus82]

Originally Posted by Bruticus82

Okay, so I have a question about Impossible Toys.

They have a few different "non-transforming" figures. One existing such figure is Nightbird (not the transforming one, their other one) I have listed as a "Human" (so she doesn't have an alt mode) and allegiance is also Human (yes she was briefly controlled by the Decepticons, but I don't think you could classify her as one).

Anyways, my question is that Impossible Toys has announced three non-transforming figures, Vector Prime, Kranix, and Arblis.

Vector Prime I'm entering as a transformer with no alt mode, allegiance is autobot.

What about the two robots from Lithone, Kranix and Arblis? (e.g. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...20&mode=retail )

For now I've entered them as Transformers with "None." under alt mode. I've also put their allegiance as Human.

Any instructions on how I should handle this? Do we want to add Lithonian (sp?) as an allegiance (which would only apply to these two figures?). Instead of Transformers or Humans, should their "type" be something else?

Any advice on this?

[faustx]

Originally Posted by Bruticus82

Any advice on this?

Yep, send Nick an email asking him to set up a new Item type for you, perhaps Robot or whatever makes sense to you.

Thanks!

James

[razin]

Originally Posted by faustx

Nope, not the vendors. The owners. The vendors have no reason to fear us. Once the marketplace is live they'll have a whole new channel to sell product with lower fees, predictive analytics and the ability to take pre-orders reliably. In fact we are looking to recruit vendors for a beta program of their own shortly.

James

Best bet is too get someone who's name is known in the community. Peaugh, for example, if you can get him onboard, he may just promote it on his reviews. He doesn't frequent our forums often, but he's friends with many here.