Luke, obviously you are right, we could delay it. That does cause some potential problems, not the least of which is the timing for Series 3, which really needs to come out this year and wouldn't be able to if we delay Series 2 by that much.
Fact is, by "nothing we can do" I really am referring to the ability to change a person's mind once it is made up. That is extremely difficult, especially when someone feels passionately about something. Even releasing Harry two months after, or a year, could result in someone being upset enough to lodge a complaint that could lead to a difficult Marvin Nash-type scenario.
If there is anything I have learned since getting into the internet it's that simple fact. People believe what they believe, and changing their minds is very, very difficult.
And it doesn't have to be somthing like Harry. Simpler things can create strong reactions that you cannot defend to the accusor. I have been accused of manipulating people here, (and I am not referring to you and some of our heated debates...I agreed with the position you took in the early days of my involvement here and compensating people and hope I have proven that..you were right on many points) of over-hyping the figures to serve the interests of the company, of dropping the ball over quality control on the figures, of purposefully limiting figures to create an over-exxagerated sense of frenzy or delaying the line purposefully for some reason other than those I stated, even of stealing people's ideas outright. None of it is true, there are reasons and explanations for everything...but people, when they are passionate about something are very hard to reach.
And the thing is that it is very difficult to convince someone, if they believe in any of that , of the truth or my point of view. I can explain all kinds of things in defense, but most of the time you find yourself in an unwinnable war. I have read e-mails from customer service from people who are FURIOUS that we did not sell Muppets to Target. When you explain to the customer that we offered it to Target and Target said no, you can still, suprisingly, get a return reply that says that can't be true and why would Target say no cause they carry Simpson's and we are screwing them because now they can't get figs. We are SCREWING them! As if we would not WANT the exposure or revenue of selling to a major retailer like Target?
You see where I am going here? Yeah Harry can be a possible problem. Yeah there are people who will racial profile and say he looks like a terrorist. But you can't stop that, if you release him in September or any of the months in between. All we can do is put out a classic Muppet, one that fans seem to be happy that we are releasing and hope for the best.
But this is a forum, for ideas and opinions, favorable or unfavorable. Luke, what would you do if you were in charge of the line? I am interested in your opinion. You have always struck me as having a level head, even in our early debates, and you have always defended your peeps here and at ToughPigs well. If you had to make the call, how would you handle it? And why?
Others can feel free to weigh in here too...I like it...we can sort of talk about an issue that doesn't involve the figures in the production sense of the word and I don't feel like I have to be "product guy" for a while. We can just share some thoughts and ideas as fellow collectors.
Ken
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