Quoted from arcadenerd925:I tried to make it all the way through this thread, lol, but by page 50 or so it just started to feel like groundhog day, lol. So I am just going to skip to the end.
I get it, TS4 theme is a let down, everyone (including JJP I bet) would have preferred the general TS theme allowing it to include any bits and pieces from all 4. But from a movie company perspective, I bet they would much prefer it be their most recent release. Sucks, but it is what it is.
My wife is a huge TS fan, before release I was instructed to get a CE site un-seen. I reached out to 4 distributors. All 4 said they were "sold out" of spots before the game was even released!! I'm sure the lists were comprised of their most die hard $$$ spending customers, I get it, but it sucked none the less.\
I decided I would give ordering direct a try. The morning of, I saw all the leaked pictures, confirming the game details and that it's TS4, etc etc. Huge let down. It's 9am and my wife is yelling "buy! buy! buy!" and I'm like, there is NO WAY they sell out of CE's... so i go to check out and BAM, sold out, lol.
Luckily, I think i dodged a bullet there (no offence intended to any other CE buyers). I like the art better on the LE, I dont really care about the bo peep extra speech, and IMHO the topper is a little disappointing for the extra CE cost. Lastly, LE gets here much faster.
So i went with an LE, it should get here late next week. Yes it's 12k which is way too much, but I am still going to give it a shot. I disagree that all people buying NIB's think they can grab one, play it, and if they dont like it flip it for a profit. Specially in this economy. I will get it, enjoy it, and if its not a keeper, in a year or two I'll sell it for whatever the current market will be, if that means I take a loss, BFD. I got my moneys worth for a year or two of enjoyment (I dont have enough time to play to where I would keep it for any less than that).
I think it looks fun! I think my wife will love it (she's the one that demanded it any way, lol) my kids will never play it because they couldn't care less about toy story, but I'm not buying it for them so I don't really care.
If you're happy to get it, awesome!
If you think JJP sucks and they are milking even more money out of the hobby that is fine too, you're entitled to your opinion. Me? I'd rather have them around than not, and I am always curious as to what they come out with next.
So congrats to JJP on releasing their next title and I also think its awesome that they were able to announce it and immediately start shipping.
Time will tell if TS4 is a success or flop, but given the sales so far, seems pretty successfully to me, but let's see how things look in a few months.