More playsets!!! They DO sell!!!

[DarthMaulSithLord]

I just read the latest question mark. A reader asks what the chances of playsets are, to which Mark replies with the following:

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If what you're waiting for are more playsets, then I'm afraid Hasbro is only going to let you down. Based on sales of some of the earlier POTF2 set, Hasbro is of the belief that playset don't sell.

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I'd like to tell Hasbro that they have it all wrong. The reason they weren't selling isn't because there was no interest in these sets. It's because most of the playsets released up until now were HORRIBLE.

If playsets were better they'd fly off the shelves. Just keep checking this forum Hasbro, loads of good playsets that you can make, just don't cut corners.

Same can basically be said about the 12" line, people don't buy items that are badly made.

[Tyranusspotting]

Hasbro also screwed up Galoob's Micro Machines and Action Fleet line.
These lines were so successful until Hasbro bought the license. Now all they do with it is produce a line called Micros, limited to one store, and feature way inferior quality and playability.

Hasbro should hand over the 12" Line, the Micro Machines and Action Fleet devisions to another company or get it right by having people make decisions that handled these lines successful in the past.

Getting on topic, I think the Mustafar playset could have been better and that Hasbro should indeed take more use of their license and release a handful of playsets each year. A cool ROTS playset for example would be a open-up Invisible Hand that reveals the elevator section, the duel place and the commanding bridge area. Also included would be an escape pod. Lots of possibilities with this set:
Working elevators
Firing guns (those big ones the Battle Droids used)
Blast apart windows
dueling areas
action battle damage

It would probably be quite a huge playset. At least the size of the Royal Starship.

[DarthMaulSithLord]

Yeah tell me about it. They never sold because they were badly made.

Same can be said about the ROTS sets. They look terrible.

[Hiryu]

I'd like maybe some sort of wookie location, and some mini scenes from order 66 at the jedi temple that all hook together.:

Room 1: Stairs (w/evil SA anakin and clones)
Room 2: Jedi Library (from episode 3 game w/ head librarian and jedi fodder)
Room 3: main quarters (w/ blue clones and jedi fodder)
Room 4: Younglings scene (w/ younglings and possibly clones/anakin)

these would all hook together to make a big playset. Could work as individual scenes and then collectors could have one big diorama/playset. Also any Ideas on expanding my jedi temple idea or maybe using that idea for other places in the movie would be appreciated.

[Kyle_Katarn]

I would like more playsets too, there are a lot of sets that can be done from all six movies. I know that they are toys made for kids and not collectibles, but I have little cousins that buy them and have real fun, so don't come and say me that they don't sell, as they'd said make the better and they would be bought as hot bread.

[ThisIsMadness91]

I'd like maybe some sort of wookie location, and some mini scenes from order 66 at the jedi temple that all hook together.:

Room 1: Stairs (w/evil SA anakin and clones)
Room 2: Jedi Library (from episode 3 game w/ head librarian and jedi fodder)
Room 3: main quarters (w/ blue clones and jedi fodder)
Room 4: Younglings scene (w/ younglings and possibly clones/anakin)

these would all hook together to make a big playset. Could work as individual scenes and then collectors could have one big diorama/playset. Also any Ideas on expanding my jedi temple idea or maybe using that idea for other places in the movie would be appreciated.

That sounds so cool! It would be an excellent way to get some more clones and generic Jedi!