Crystal Skeleton figure question

[indyjones101]

I mailed in another 4. Figure that Oct deadline is fast approaching.

 

It extends till the end of december.

[Wheeljack35]

I mailed in another 4. Figure that Oct deadline is fast approaching.

 

It extends till the end of december.

 

 

Really?

 

Where did you find this out?

[ExultedUnicron]

lucky for you you can keep ordering em. I guess I can always pretend I got 13

[indyjones101]

I mailed in another 4. Figure that Oct deadline is fast approaching.

 

It extends till the end of december.

 

 

Really?

 

Where did you find this out?

 

I heard it on here, and I think its on the hasbro site...

[ExultedUnicron]

I'll check Hasbro's site for authenticity

[indyjones101]

Mine came yesterday. I love the fig, and my box came in excelent condition (woodgrain print) but I wish he would sit on the throne a little bit better...

[ExultedUnicron]

congrats on getting the skeleton. Mine too doesn't sit on the throne right for some reason

[indyjones101]

congrats on getting the skeleton. Mine too doesn't sit on the throne right for some reason

 

 

 

I really like it... but the fact that he cant sit well bothers me... but I'll live with it.

[ExultedUnicron]

I've fround mine leaning slightly to the left

[vielong]

hiya guys!

 

im a new indiana jones enthusiast and all i can say was the box was pretty bad i wouldnt have bought it if it wasnt for jones..

 

 

 

 

assurance vie

[ExultedUnicron]

hmm, perhaps I can cast the parts and make 13 my way. And welcome to the board.

[Bayushi Gemma]

OMG I finally got the 2 Crystal Skeleton figures I was due from Hasbro today! Be sure to check for yours now.

[ExultedUnicron]

i've run into a snag during my custom castig. I dunno how or where to get translucent plastic or translucent effects for the crystal skeletons

[HarryWildman]

i've run into a snag during my custom castig. I dunno how or where to get translucent plastic or translucent effects for the crystal skeletons

 

 

My Crystal Skeleton figure finally arrived yesterday. I was beginning to think it would never show. It is one of the nicest figures I've seen from Hasbro in a long time, with really nice detailing, paint applications and production values. The paper box it arrived in, made to look like a wooden crate, has these big pieces of tape wrapped around one end and no tape on the other end and the box itself looks like it was kicked around like a football for a while. I thought these were supposed to ship with the inner "wooden" box inside a plain white box, but I guess not.

[CybertronianArtifacts]

All four of mine came in the faux wood box, no outer sleeve.

[milesflex]

All mine came in the crate box with the plastic tray inside. None of them had tape on the box holding it together. I can't believe they all made it without falling out. All my boxes were pre-distressed before they arrived here, too. But, not of the figures or thrones were messed up. They had sent a post card in May saying it would be June 10 before they shipped the next batch out, but they didn't arrive until Tuesday of this week.

[ExultedUnicron]

it seems Hasbro has been a bit lax in getting these out to everyone. I mean sure, we can't help the fact they oversold on them. But the problem we've seen is lack of protection as its tossed around by both hasbro employees and postal workers.

[Chopz]

If the sales were low on the Indy line. Why did they under estimate the quantity of the Crystal Skeleton?

Chopz

it seems Hasbro has been a bit lax in getting these out to everyone. I mean sure, we can't help the fact they oversold on them. But the problem we've seen is lack of protection as its tossed around by both hasbro employees and postal workers.

[ExultedUnicron]

If I recall correctly, they only made a small number, which was overshadowed by people wanting the crystal skeleton figure.

[featofstrength]

If the sales were low on the Indy line. Why did they under estimate the quantity of the Crystal Skeleton?

Chopz

it seems Hasbro has been a bit lax in getting these out to everyone. I mean sure, we can't help the fact they oversold on them. But the problem we've seen is lack of protection as its tossed around by both hasbro employees and postal workers.

 

one of many unanswered questions about the demise of this line @grumpy@

[Newton]

I think the answer to that question is two fold:

 

First, Hasbro thought this was going to be a kids line. I'd say that the ratio for kids sending in mailaways is lower than that of collectors. It turned out that this was a collector's line with probably 4 kids in the whole country buying these figures. Which ultimately is part of the reason the line died. We as kids were used to mailaways, but kids today aren't, so Hasbro probably didn't expect so many to be mailed in.

 

Second, because the Indy figures hit clearance or sales a lot sooner than Hasbro expected, they probably had more people sending them in. In addition, Hasbro probably assumed since sales were low, less people would want the Skeleton. Finally in addition, the skeletons took the backburner role for Hasbro because once the line was deemed a failure they needed to focus their efforts on getting lines that were selling produced.

[ExultedUnicron]

I have always figured that Hasbro knew it was just a kids line, but I wonder why they weren't surprised that adults were buying it, since adults buy Star Wars and Transformers too.