lights in sigma six

[motleycool]

anyone know what their purpose is? Is the only way to turn them off by opening the package? How long do they last?

[majik40]

They're there to make you notice them so that you will buy them.

The only way know of to turn them off is to open the package and remove the AA batteries.

[BrotherShane]

Here's some other threads on this:

What's with the light?

 

s6, destro & the rest of s6... flashy light...

[jamtoy]

I would be concerned about keeping keeping a Mint in Box collection of these. The batteries could leak or corrode over time.

 

Not a good idea for collectors Hasbro.

[Crimson Twins]

I would be concerned about keeping keeping a Mint in Box collection of these. The batteries could leak or corrode over time.

 

Not a good idea for collectors Hasbro.

 

 

Well, Hasbro's not thinking about collectors when they mass market these toys. They're thinking about the 7 y/o who will notice the blinking light, look at the toy, bug their mom/dad to buy it for them, take it home, and rip it out of the package. So, Hasbro did pretty good by this. And for every character I've seen a light in, I've seen one without the light, so if you really want to collect these MOC, you can get one of those. Neither one seems more 'rare' than the other.

[majik40]

I think that they should have at least put the batteries at the bottom instead of the top. That way if the batteries did leak they wouldn't leak on to the figures or accessories. Even the Zartan & Stone that I ordered from Hasbro had the light.

[Guest DavAnthony]

Alright I'm about to beat a dead horse-

 

So hasbro has practically made a blinking sign for Sigma Six and yet they couldn't even figure out what to do for the 3.75" Joes and nothing was ever in their "budget". The more I hear about stuff for Sigma Six the more I'm convinced this is some Hasbro executives baby.

 

-Done beating the horse.

[Jcast]

Alright I'm about to beat a dead horse-

 

So hasbro has practically made a blinking sign for Sigma Six and yet they couldn't even figure out what to do for the 3.75" Joes and nothing was ever in their "budget". The more I hear about stuff for Sigma Six the more I'm convinced this is some Hasbro executives baby.

 

-Done beating the horse.

 

 

Exactly. I've been saying that for awhile now.

[Tazzzman]

Well, I used the lights in some skulls/skeleton maskes that I had for Halloween

[Kenx]

I just got Destro, LT. Stone, and Zartan and I saw that they come with a red blinking.

WTH is it for. @optimus@

[JayC]

Its a marketing ploy by Hasbro. They hope the red lite will attract people's attention to the figures on the shelf. Make them stand out more. I think they are kind of a pain when you open them, and seems like they would be kinda expensive since they use two AA batteries to power them for each one.

[JoeRhyno]

I merged these two, seeing how they're basically the same question

[boff123]

they are really annoying, i throw out the whole thing, waste of batteries if you ask me (i do not bother keeping them because the batteries have been on for awhile & they are the cheap kind).

[Mr. Terrific]

I got a Destro mid summer, and if you don't leave them on all the time, the blinking lights last a long time.... I am still working off the same batteries...

[Cold Slither 'Nok]

I put mine on my car's dash to look like a car alarm.

[MaxPower]

I put mine on my car's dash to look like a car alarm.

 

 

 

Thats a good idea.

 

I'm going to have to use that.

[DPrime]

It's a pretty strange marketing ploy, in my opinion. The cost of such a think surely couldn't outweigh the benefit, of which they could never accurately gauge anyway.

[Guest DavAnthony]

Yeah the entire line has been pushed in a kind of irrational way. That is why I really feel Sigma Six is some executives baby, where whatever he is saying goes and since he's the big cheese, the main gahoona, numero uno everyone is just yessing him to death in good ole' corp fashion.

[DPrime]

Yeah the entire line has been pushed in a kind of irrational way. That is why I really feel Sigma Six is some executives baby, where whatever he is saying goes and since he's the big cheese, the main gahoona, numero uno everyone is just yessing him to death in good ole' corp fashion.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, either.

[Nerd-Viper]

I'm using them to light a small runway for my 3.75 in joes. It seems to work pretty well.

[Card]

I hide them all over the place, its driving my wife nuts....bwahahahhahahah.

[JoeRhyno]

I cant wait to send one to Synch.. I'm gonna connect a clock to it.. customs should get a kick out of that... @hmmm@

[J_Man]

Well, Hasbro's not thinking about collectors when they mass market these toys. They're thinking about the 7 y/o who will notice the blinking light, look at the toy, bug their mom/dad to buy it for them, take it home, and rip it out of the package. So, Hasbro did pretty good by this. And for every character I've seen a light in, I've seen one without the light, so if you really want to collect these MOC, you can get one of those. Neither one seems more 'rare' than the other.

 

 

 

Seriously? Do you have any pictures? I haven't seen any "with and without" anywhere. Every figure now has the red light. There are figures that were already out that didn't have the light and Hasbro repacked them with a light, but I haven't seen any Lt. Stone, Destro, Hi-Tech, etc. that's packed both ways. But if you have any pictures, it would be cool to see them and know they're out there.

[RatWithWings]

I thought it was for decoding the little strip of "magic goggle" code next to the characters avatar on the back of the package. Even though you can read the whats underneath the red splotches anyway....

[Darren]

Well, Hasbro's not thinking about collectors when they mass market these toys. They're thinking about the 7 y/o who will notice the blinking light, look at the toy, bug their mom/dad to buy it for them, take it home, and rip it out of the package. So, Hasbro did pretty good by this. And for every character I've seen a light in, I've seen one without the light, so if you really want to collect these MOC, you can get one of those. Neither one seems more 'rare' than the other.

 

 

 

Seriously? Do you have any pictures? I haven't seen any "with and without" anywhere. Every figure now has the red light. There are figures that were already out that didn't have the light and Hasbro repacked them with a light, but I haven't seen any Lt. Stone, Destro, Hi-Tech, etc. that's packed both ways. But if you have any pictures, it would be cool to see them and know they're out there.

 

I don't know the specific Wave or whatever, but I can say that figures like LONG RANGE (the "regular" one) were released before the 'lights' were added, it must've been a running change with that wave because when I got my own Long Range (my lil bro got one when he first came out) more recently, he has a red light in his pack (I should know, he's still MOC).