out of interest

[gung-hoeddie]

i have quite recently began looking at and buying the red shadow range, with so many different vehicles and figures within action force why is there a relatively small amount when it comes to the red shadow army?

[Andy1672]

If you look at them as a team then they are pretty much level pegging with Q force and Space force.

However with the combined arsenal of Q, Z, SAS and Space force then they do appear to be outnumbered a little.

Perhaps thats why Shadow army building is so popular ?

[gung-hoeddie]

i was kind of considering that when looking on the bay earlier, you seem to be able to buy the rest of the figures quite easily and in larger amounts, did they produce much less with the shads making them much rarer.

[Andy1672]

Not as far as I know, I dont think they are rarer as such ... just more sought after ?

[gung-hoeddie]

to me although i may be wrong, it would appear that everyone has there favourite force but everyone likes the red shadows including me, so your probably right that they are just more sought after.

[Sundance]

there's an army of Shads, thousands of Kraken and squadrons of Roboskulls, Hyenas and Shadowtraks.

[The Baron]

Red Shadows used to be as cheap as any other Palitoy Action Force figure. I expect that the Devil's Due resurgence has caused an interest from US buyers. Johnigoe73 has also single-handedly bumped up the market with his selfish stranglehold on ebay. Another factor may well be the international rise of BFTB.

I don't know if the prices will level out or return to normal, I certainly wouldn't army-build in this climate. The best thing we can do is use these statistics to convince Hasbro there is a marketable toyline here.

[gung-hoeddie]

Red Shadows used to be as cheap as any other Palitoy Action Force figure. I expect that the Devil's Due resurgence has caused an interest from US buyers. Johnigoe73 has also single-handedly bumped up the market with his selfish stranglehold on ebay. Another factor may well be the international rise of BFTB.

I don't know if the prices will level out or return to normal, I certainly wouldn't army-build in this climate. The best thing we can do is use these statistics to convince Hasbro there is a marketable toyline here.

I've no real intention on army building still after those pesky troopers, it's such a pity that one person can have such an effect, would there even be a possibility that hasbro would start a toyline?

[The Baron]

I think so, definitely. Nothing to lose by trying.

[gung-hoeddie]

have they been approached on the subject?