That was a lot of effort. Why did you bother?
I bothered because I've been on this board for many years now and the level of conversation lately is not what it was. The focus of this forum used to be information sharing and broadening our knowledge of these toylines. That still exists for sure but more and more it's been getting drowned out with people whining over and over about the same thing and not just about these DST Beasts but Battle Beasts are my first and foremost toy passion so this instance hits closest to home. I'm not trying to get anyone to buy these, like I said before I think it's already clear who's going to and who isn't. I'm just trying to free up the clutter of this board so those of us who ARE interested in these don't have to read through post after post of the same thing that adds no value to the thread or forum (and if you're concerned about clutter on eBay, they have a forum as well that you can voice your opinions on, it may be a bit more relative if you're actually trying to accomplish something rather than just whining). If you do not like the DST beasts then simply stop posting about them and move on to posting about something you do like that perhaps someone can learn something from you about other than that you hate things.
If you don't like a toyline, it's absolutely your prerogative to let the world know, but say your piece and move on. To just harp on it for months gets old. The first few days there was actually a lot of negative criticism that was constructive. People talking about what they would have done differently or what they liked about Vorin that they don't like about Zik. THAT is quality discussion. Just bashing for the sake of bashing because it's been 24 hours since you got your last poke in is a waste of everyone's time including your own.
I look at it as DST took a risk and poured a ton of money into a toyline that by your 24 month definition failed 25 years ago and that no manufacturer has touched since, and decided to give it a go in another direction that they are hoping would be more successful. Will it or won't it, who knows, I certainly don't and you certainly don't no matter how badly you want to think you do.
I personally don't care if you buy them or even if you bash them, but if you're going to bash them, please at least bring something constructive to the table in doing so. Don't be like a politician bashing the other guys idea but not having anything to say himself. Let's bring the discussion back to an intelligent level rather than the current:
"I hate them the most"
"Nuh uh, I hate them way more than you do"
"Oh yea, well I hate them so much I'm not even going to buy any"
"Oh yea, well I hate them so much I'm going to buy negative of them times infinity"
"Well take this, I'm going to post 5 more times on how much I hate them"
"Well guess what, I just created another new thread on how much they suck"
Because like it or not, that is how many of you have been sounding lately. Grow up and move on or add something of substance. Yes, we all collect kids' toys but that's no reason we can't be mature about it.
-Barry