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KitFisto · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: Multi-Troop Transport (MTT)

It looks as though this one is coming in 2012:

illithid · Padawan Joined: 21 Jan 2011 Posts: 30

Oh dear, what with those, the new lego star wars sets and lego LOTR (sorry) I need to get a job in a toy shop or as a banker!

KitFisto · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:07 am Post subject:

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KitFisto · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:39 am Post subject:

From Galactic Hunter's Q&A:

5. In Monday's Q&A, I read your comment " the big awesome toy for Q4 is not remotely awesome" with interest.

Personally, I like the scale of my Japanese Pepsi MTT better than the Hasbro version, but it's obviously lacking any of the electronics or features that we'll see in the Rhode Island product.

I think the mechanical features and sounds effects on the new MTT are cool and I know I'll be buying one, but I worry that it's not going to have the kind of kid appeal required to make it a success. If the kids do ignore it, I'm worried it won't bode well for the big vehicle program, particularly when the Star Wars offerings are being pared back so dramatically already.

What are your thoughts? Why are you not a fan of it? Will it appeal to kids? Collectors? Both? Neither? If it flops, what degree of jeopardy would the big vehicle program be in?
--Mike

This item smells like a failure. That's no knock against the hard-working engineers, designers, and creative folks who will make this item so I can own one and treasure it in my walk-in toy box I call a home. I'm going to get it, and it's going to be neat to play around with-- but this is not a toy for kids. Kids aren't going to ask for this and it's a safe bet that Phantom Menace stuff will be phased out of the marketplace before it even hits.

It's going to be really expensive. In this economy that may not mean much-- all toys are pretty expensive-- and the value is there. (1 MTT = about 12-15 figures at retail.) It's a big ship from a movie which didn't make a very big splash at the box office this year, and is not featured heavily in The Clone Wars. Unless I'm dumb, and I fully admit I am stupid, there's no significant Q3 or Q4 marketing push behind Battle Droids to make this one sing. The Republic Attack Shuttle was a super-cool toy, but fizzled. The MTT is more expensive, has less heroic characterization, has no core character involvement, and is coming out a whopping 7 months after the big marketing push for the movie is over.

I could be wrong, and maybe Hasbro is going to play it safe and make this one hard-to-get. I believe it exists for very much the same reasons we got some Big Giant Toys in the 1980s, simply as a way for Hasbro to say "Star Wars is still huge, see what we're doing to support it? This is an amazing flagship toy, now support the rest of our Phantom Menace stuff dadgummit!" I see it less of a toy than as a political gesture, and in this environment it seems peculiar. Is the MTT seen a wise movie, but a new Boba Fett in a cool new suit is just not going to make the cut this year? It's just like how the Vintage vehicle line sucks-- it's 3 vehicles that already exist and didn't have much (any?) real pent-up demand. The MTT is probably going to trip up as it hits retail shelves. And if I'm dead wrong and we have some sort of evidence that Hasbro made this in the same or greater quantities as the Republic Shuttle AND it's a big success, I personally am inviting all of you to remind me and rub my nose in it next January. The only way I learn is when people beat me over the head with my many failures, most of which are buried under the rug.

KitFisto · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:51 am Post subject:

I saw the MTT at Walmart this morning. It certainly was fun to see new stuff; but I don't collect vehicles, so I passed on this one. But even if I did collect vehicles, the $129.96 price tag would have scared me away for sure!

ridge913 · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:00 am Post subject:

DarkusLord · Apprentice Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Posts: 280

ok, deep breaths ridge... deep breaths..

So what naboo starfighter? this is news to me
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KitFisto · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:26 am Post subject:

ridge913 · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:20 am Post subject:

RPhBob · Apprentice Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 287 Location: Utah

Here are a couple snippets from Galactic Hunter Q&As with Adam Pawlus from June 17th and June 24th regarding the Naboo Fighter.

6/17/12

DarkusLord · Apprentice Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Posts: 280

oh that naboo starfighter. sorry, my I just couldn't picture it for some reason.
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ridge913 · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:38 am Post subject:

KitFisto · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:52 am Post subject:

Somebody bought one of the MTT vehicles from my local Walmart! Well, at least, I assume someone did. Last week there were two; now there is one. I can only assume that someone dropped $130 (plus applicable sales tax) to get that big sucker. I am Jack's embodiment of amazement! Of course, I expected some collectors to get it; but to see it actually happen is a thing of wonder.

ridge913 · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:18 am Post subject: