What are some fuckups that toy companies have made, big or small? Can also be ones that you never see anyone else mention.
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>>11633196Holy shit that's me lol
>>11633274My brain ain't likin this.
>>11633196You're your parent's fuck up.
>>11633196While cool would this really be as on par in quality, or more expensive overall? Maybe more something third parties would find worth in now that I think about it.
>>11633289Quality wouldn't be better but it would be marginally cheaper than buying the official models. Also you'd have to do a lot of clean up to smooth the printed pieces and your printer would have to be super precise for the small interlocking pieces.
>>11633305>but it would be marginally cheaper than buying the official models.but 3D printing is complete shit
total justice releasing a figure meant to be attached to a motorcycle, with out the motorcycle.
comfy thread
Consumers: Uh, hey, you guys forgot to paint these GI Joe Ultimates facesSuper7: They look fine, deal with it.
>>11633289Considering they do injection molding you be having a lot more labor intensity of sanding and smoothing everything out. If we are talking a grey scale you paint 100% yourself, I wager it'll be slightly cheaper in cost but all the extra work cancel out any sense of gaming the system.
>>11633196Hasbro has made a few poor choices over the past five years.
>>11633400I think the forthcoming smart features are gonna make that look sensible by comparison.
>>11633407DC Direct did it too.
>>11633196Genuinely Funko for oversaturating their own market and overproducing so much they had to dump millions worth of stock just to get rid of it and save on storage cost.Had to get it out of the way carry on
>>11633196literally everything hasbro does
>>11633289I can speak to this because I had a friend actually print using these files, it works build wise, but the joint strength isn't there because it's made for KPS/PS rather than resin/3d Printed material. Mind you with glue and paint it would stick better, but it was still nowhere near Bandai level.I'm waiting to see some Chinese guy make a 1/100 Rising Freedom using the data.
Not really a screw-up, more bad timing. BBI released this figure and then a couple of weeks the Columbine Massacre happened with the guys dressed identical.Completely a coincidence until some Karens saw it and had a fit needing to being on the news about how outraged she was.
>>11633529kek I bought that figure
>>11633407It's hard to find one shittier than the POTF2 Biker Scout>>11633451Can't argue with that.
A fuck up so minor, everyone who ordered her got a free replacement faceplate.
>>11633286Just imagine he has red eyebrows & it becomes cute again
>>11633529That's actually 21st Century Toys. They did a whole line of villains, but Armed Terrorist was definitely the most infamous. Walmart's lackadsisical return policy and the downturn in '08 is what eventually killed them, though.
>>11633498Any 1/100 is not happening as a result of those files because bootlegging the kit as a normal model kit from runners requires they 3dscan the actual runners because they need to know relatively where the injection molding points are. They can't make a profitable bootleg if they need to actually do work in figuring out how to make the mold from the cad files since they are sub-assemblies already in the CAD.
>>11633438The transition to remove plastic from packaging to be replaced with what felt like knock-off packaging, then trying to excuse the renders not matching the figures, then the backpedaling back to plastic covers again was great.
Lego almost bankrupted itself in the late 90s because of a variety of factors. Basically they didn't keep track of anything.
>>11634051And we can't forget Lego doubly fucking up for not bringing back Bionicle after fucking up that legacy theme that did in fact save them from that bankruptcy in the 90s
>>11634044MOTU Classics Roboto had his shoulders reversed. There were a couple of other figures that had the same issue, but weren't as noticeable as Roboto who has tech detailing running from the shoulder to the bicep.>>11634051>>11634074Should we count the decade+ of reddish brown and dark red bricks having the structural integrity of eggshells?
>>11633307I already said in the post the quality won't be as good you fucking retard.
>>11633879>>11634085You're autistic as fuck. You've pointed it out and I still can't tell, and even if I could I wouldn't give a fuck.
>>11634085Don't forget the fucking lime joints in Bionicle, pieces of crap broke almost immediately. Oh that's reminds me of those shitty 2008+ joints
>>11633447At least Vidiyo had some neat parts and figsThat smart brick is a damn fiasco in the making>>11634085>>11634205>Lego somehow makes multiple colors brittle as hell>still no plastic gold syndromeHow
>>11633199damn i knew about this but hadn't seen actual footage of it jeeze
>>11633449LOBO NOW WITH INCREDIBLE JACK OFF ACTION
>>11634164Go to bed Scott
>>11634650>that ridiculous thong assFiguarts?
>>11634085>>11634164The shoulders might look OK but when you move them they rub against the torso by the collar bone area which resulted in it cracking. That was the real problem. Visually it was fine as long as you didn't move the arms. That's not though the purpose of an ACTION figure.
>>11633196Toys with lead in it probably
>>11633199You know what's a great example of dumb GPS? When Bandai of America brought the Jogress Omegamon toy to the states for the Tamers line they used the same fragile gold plastic. Both Japanese and US copies tend to be broken sealed.
>>11633196Bandai always fucks up the character scale, cuz they are lazy and cheap, but their Sagat was so bad that he killed the entire line.
>>11634843Comparison to Jada.
>>11633196Only found out about this when I got a package from amiami. Neat, 2 dragonslayers.
>>11634658YeppersAt least, my credit card company got me a refund. I didn't even have to return the plastic junk but the only really usable thing was the back pack, which I gave to my next door neighbor's daughter to use on a Barbie type doll since why do I need a beige back pack for any of my other collectibles?
>>11634881Even the new one still looks like some red finger prints
>>11634316Honestly this one was hilarious Lazy as fuck but hilarious
>>11633288You mad your thread got bumped off the catalog?
>>11637272>lazyI mean, not painting things on the back of figures is lazy AND cheap as fuck, but things like this and the boot fuck ups and other similar shit they do with wrist bracers, cuffs, etc., the tiny fucking hands from re-use on the Wally West Kid Flash they finally pushed out - McFarlane was the king of fuck-ups with all the minor and not so minor shit they did just by being 'lazy' and CHEAP.And a lot of it was hilarious!
>>11637307I swear I’ve seen that image with michael’s face edited in
The overlap of people who give a fuck about Gundam and have have 3D printers good enough to print this stuff must be like 13 individuals max
>>11637314Considering how much of places like the Phillipines is infatuated, yes
>>11634650>that poseJesus Christ, Raimi...
>>11634650I'm getting the word...hamhands.
>>11637314it's also misunderstanding of the labor involved in making 3D prints. nearly ever 3D print topic for gunpla is someone asking "I broke/lost this part, can some 3D print me the part" as if someone has 3D modeled for free every model kit Bandai made.
>>11633196last Friday Lego released a $400FOURHUNDREDDOLLARStar Trek setmis-spells "Boldly" on the sticker.
Neca put Spyro's back paws for his front paws and front paws for his back paws during the initial launch of the figure, making it look awkward as shown in pic related. Though it's fixable, I've heard that it can be a pain in the ass.
Shocker Toys
>>11633196Well here's a few that I didn't see mentioned.Bandai did a line for the then-new Thundercats cartoon and gave them all ugly black pins in all of their joints. Don't mind the pins but casting them in black made them really stand out and not in a good way.They also started a "classic" line at a weird 8-inch scale that fit with nothing. They stopped that two figures in to do a 6-inch line that they then also dropped after two figures. The fields lay fallow until Mattel decided to squeeze a few more bucks out if their MOTU Classics molds.and birthed Club Thundera followed by S7 Ultimates.Big Bang Pow, Embarrassment Earth's toymaker subsidiary, teased a Venture Bros line in the middle of the long lull between S3 and S4P1. But it didn't release until after S4P2. But the handful they did were a mix of S1 and S3 looks. And they made Brock a con exclusive. And they all looked like muddy dogshit worse than Jazwares. So much wasted potential.Speaking of Jazwares, oh boy did they fuck up the license to print money that was Adventure Time. Complete crap that was often broken before you could even open them. Supposedly Regular Show fared just as poorly and they even made an episode about it.I think the absolutely non-existent distribution of Bandai's line based on the Ruby Spears Mega Man was pretty bad too. I religiously watched that cartoon every weekend but never saw them anywhere.Playmates doing Star Trek 2009 at three scales simultaneously and not completing a single set of the crew in matching uniforms was a royal fuck up.Then ten years later they fuck up their new Trek line in half a dozen ways that made sure it never even got a second wave.
This Haslab Tron bullshit
>>11640536Jazwares sonic line sucked too as much as I liked it at the time. Worst set of figures ive owned due to the fact I was too afraid of breaking them. They made a bunch of cool characters at least.
>>11640552The price for that was absurd. No wonder it failed.
>>11633196>release military vehicle despite having a "no real military stuff EVER" policy because the sweet, sweet license money is much more important>recolor it and claim "LOL, it's a civilian one!" despite the fact that there is no civilian version of it>some German anti-war group is protesting in front of your stores>take it off the shelves, say "We heard your complaints!" and earn some good boy brownie poi...>...oh shit, some of them found their way into customer hands>turns out the actual reason for the cancellation was a horrendously designed gear function that easily damages parts but admitting that this glaring flaw made it onto store shelves despite your claims that "every set goes through a rigorous testing phase" would expose that your current QC is even worse than just a bunch of spelling mistakes on stickers, discolored bricks and poor prints>the protests were most likely just an act to distract from the actual issue since no one would otherwise give a shit about a literally who group
>>11642051>no real military stuff>apart from the literal nazi vehicles in indiana jones sets
>>11633196they dont care anymore.
>>11642404>"T-that's from a movie and not current day military stuff! :^)"
>>11633196heh
>>11633196NECA sending out extra playsets and then demanding those that received them send them back (which is against the law) was a pretty big fuckup.
>>11643867It is not against the law. They had every right to do that. It wasn't a fuck up at all.
>>11643871No, they didn't.
>>11643871>>11643877Samefag.
>>11643867NECA sending out extra Donnie's Labs, waiting months before attempting to do anything to resolve the issue, and then having to beg and threaten customers to send them back. Then not informing the customers who never had their orders fulfilled and just sitting on their money hoping they would forget about asking for a refund.NECA sending out extra Baby Beetlejuices and having to beg and threaten customers to send them back.NECA sending out extra (whole cases instead of one) Pale Man figures from their 12 days of Figures sale and having to cancel numerous people's orders.NECA sending out extra (whole cases instead of one) Archie April as Turtle figures and having to beg customers to send them back.
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>>11644000Do american companies even make toys? Thiught they just like did gay drawing and had the smarter chinese people actually make and put the toy together. Always just assume this kinda stuff is just some chinese labor jockey getting annoyed and leaking secrets.
>>11644012>>11644000go back ken
>>11644014>ESLOof
>>11633196Where can I download these?
>>11633196Did anyone ever prep these files into STLs for printing?I grabbed the full torrent once, but it's nothing that someone who doesn't know what they're looking at could really make use of.
1. Flame retardant added to plastic2. China and. Vietnam and Indonesia no longer know or care about how to correctly add it to plastic so now you see toys yellow within a year of production This his critical mass during covid shut downs. Lots of covid toys are badly yellowed
>>11644841Hell, ABS plastic in general.Whatever that shit they churn out these days is, it's definitely not what it's used to be in terms of durability.
>>11640552Dang, that is sad. I hope the ones wanting Tron figures eventually get good Tron figures.Their Rancor crowd funding was fumble after fumble. I think there is a two part video series going through everything they did wrong out there.
>>11633196They didn't give her bicep swivels.
>>11645982The double joints are also absolute shit.
>>11646874So that's how she forms the morph ball...
>>11633566But the POTF2 Biker Scout actually did come with the bike
>>11633196Holy shit where can I have access to these files?
>>11646874play arts kai knee peanut ass elbows
Radioactive plushiebut I don't know if this is real? I looked around and thought I read something more than anon's comments, but maybe it was a shitpost? The "DO NOT USE" warning is on wayback, so that much is legit https://web.archive.org/web/20160324081601/http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=1377898
>>11633196Mattel accidentally releasing Gay Ken, complete with cock ring necklace. Apparently they researched hip fashion trends at nightclubs without thinking about who the main demographics in those clubs were.
oh this one too, and can't forget the Nimbus2000 vibrator
>>11643977oh missed that the Poppy troll was posted earlier
