Re: looking for news.
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:57 pm
Hopefully I'm not raining on anybody's parade or just being a waste of a post. I just wanted to get this out there either here or on Tumblr. I can always delete this and move it on Tumblr if it bothers anyone.
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I can partially agree with the numbers but I don't agree with just killing it. I know that people don't have to agree with me to keep a Shinki line running or killing it, it's just however you look at it its horrible. It's horrible when you're killing the Shinki from a collectors, business sense, or resetting or shredding them in Battle Rondo or Battlemasters. There is still profit to be made from them (look at the 2000-3000 people lining up) and those elsewhere who use proxies to get them. If it's about 50 people with another 5 around the world then maybe I can agree with you. You also have the Battlemasters PSP game that has all those costly add-ons that still may be giving them profit, and they're insanely costly when you start collecting each and every one. One add-on is like purchasing half a figure, or maybe a full one. Not sure about the ratio of how much Sony gets and how much Konami gets but it should still be providing them income. The Moon Angel OVA is also still there for those that dislike pirating.
The actual reason of wanting to post being I wanted to note Gundam Build Fighters borrowing and expanding on the concept that Busou Shinki is using. I know the concept isn't new and that Angelic Layer used it before Busou Shinki and all. The whole Busou Shinki battling in the arena to make your way from the ground to the winner of a tournament in one go. I've seen them also going on about how parts fitting one gunpla should fit the other without a problem. Also, consider the episode with the baseball battle and the racing to shake off the main characters from the tournament through rigging. The game itself also works almost as closely as Konami assumingly thought Busou Shinki should work with all those part swappings. I've seen similar things with figures but haven't been looking hard enough to make actual connection. The whole Gundam Girl line. It might be coincidental, or it might actually be to jab at Busou Shinki. I just can't help but make that connection every Monday because of the concept that it and Busou Shinki uses.
I'm pondering maybe some employees may have jumped ship or simply have been "borrowed". Maybe it is actually the economy screwing with things or even the factory drama that people have mentioned. Whatever it is, they can still find a factory somewhere. Maybe not as easily. One should eventually be found...hopefully. It's all speculation and conspiracy theories on my side so I know I can be wrong on everything. That's at least something to consider at the very least. Lastly, I hope I'm not going to be looked down upon as that "idiot" by Konami or similar. I love Busou Shinki and I can of course be wrong and an ass at times. I just hope they're actually polite behind their silence. Do hope something can be done with the line. Killing it just seems foolish.
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I can partially agree with the numbers but I don't agree with just killing it. I know that people don't have to agree with me to keep a Shinki line running or killing it, it's just however you look at it its horrible. It's horrible when you're killing the Shinki from a collectors, business sense, or resetting or shredding them in Battle Rondo or Battlemasters. There is still profit to be made from them (look at the 2000-3000 people lining up) and those elsewhere who use proxies to get them. If it's about 50 people with another 5 around the world then maybe I can agree with you. You also have the Battlemasters PSP game that has all those costly add-ons that still may be giving them profit, and they're insanely costly when you start collecting each and every one. One add-on is like purchasing half a figure, or maybe a full one. Not sure about the ratio of how much Sony gets and how much Konami gets but it should still be providing them income. The Moon Angel OVA is also still there for those that dislike pirating.
The actual reason of wanting to post being I wanted to note Gundam Build Fighters borrowing and expanding on the concept that Busou Shinki is using. I know the concept isn't new and that Angelic Layer used it before Busou Shinki and all. The whole Busou Shinki battling in the arena to make your way from the ground to the winner of a tournament in one go. I've seen them also going on about how parts fitting one gunpla should fit the other without a problem. Also, consider the episode with the baseball battle and the racing to shake off the main characters from the tournament through rigging. The game itself also works almost as closely as Konami assumingly thought Busou Shinki should work with all those part swappings. I've seen similar things with figures but haven't been looking hard enough to make actual connection. The whole Gundam Girl line. It might be coincidental, or it might actually be to jab at Busou Shinki. I just can't help but make that connection every Monday because of the concept that it and Busou Shinki uses.
I'm pondering maybe some employees may have jumped ship or simply have been "borrowed". Maybe it is actually the economy screwing with things or even the factory drama that people have mentioned. Whatever it is, they can still find a factory somewhere. Maybe not as easily. One should eventually be found...hopefully. It's all speculation and conspiracy theories on my side so I know I can be wrong on everything. That's at least something to consider at the very least. Lastly, I hope I'm not going to be looked down upon as that "idiot" by Konami or similar. I love Busou Shinki and I can of course be wrong and an ass at times. I just hope they're actually polite behind their silence. Do hope something can be done with the line. Killing it just seems foolish.