Super 7 "Official Universal Monsters Thread"

[Mike Scott]

The title of this thread is . . .

Super 7 "Official Universal Monsters Thread"

[Monsters For Sale]

Hey, how about those toy prices?

I wonder what affect the current status of tariff policy will have on them.

Isn't that what we were talking about?  (I was.)

[Dr.Terror]

Hey, how about those toy prices?

I wonder what affect the current status of tariff policy will have on them.

Isn't that what we were talking about?  (I was.)

Given the current political climate there is no way to discuss anything related to the tariffs without it getting political. 

[Monsters For Sale]

Sigh.

[Dr.Terror]

I think in Super 7'S case its a matter of producing too many products at too high a price point,   not anything else that caused the layoffs. 

[MonsterBaker666]

Like The Junkman says,  maybe Super 7 just makes too much stuff,  not the tariffs.

Well, if that's true, then there would be a ton of products still for sale on their website.  Look at the Universal monsters figures - the originals are gone, the color variants are gone.  And they don't release the figures all at once.  They release them in groups - series 1, series 2, series 3, etc, original colors, then 1 variant, then another variant. 

Now, yes, sometimes there might be some releases that appear even though the last batch didn't sell (figuring they will sell, so they have them manufactured).  But some of these figures have 3, 4, 5 variants.  If the last batch or batch didn't sell, they wouldn't keep making them. 

[Mike Scott]

Isn't that what we were talking about?

Toys and prices, yes. Which political party is to blame, no.

[silbemi]

Amen to that!!

[Monsters For Sale]

Amen to that!!

No religion, either.

[Dr.Terror]

Well, if that's true, then there would be a ton of products still for sale on their website.  Look at the Universal monsters figures - the originals are gone, the color variants are gone.  And they don't release the figures all at once.  They release them in groups - series 1, series 2, series 3, etc, original colors, then 1 variant, then another variant. 

Now, yes, sometimes there might be some releases that appear even though the last batch didn't sell (figuring they will sell, so they have them manufactured).  But some of these figures have 3, 4, 5 variants.  If the last batch or batch didn't sell, they wouldn't keep making them. 

They don't sell well enough to warrant producing so many different licenses.    Too many employees designing far to many products.   

Because the licenses for things are expensive they have to pop out as much as they can.    That's why so many variants.   Not because the last batch sold well.   

Have you really looked and seen just how much stuff Super 7 makes?      Its absurd.   

[AndyFish]

Quality control is a big issue-- I loved the original Remco Monsters so I was excited when they first started these-- I got the first four, I even got the day glow color set at SDCC but then it just kept going with more and more variants.   I was excited for the WEREWOLF OF LONDON but the figure was awful-- just awful (sorry if you like it).

Has anyone dealt directly with the upper ups of the company?  The lead guy is at SDCC every year and you better not dare to ask him any questions at all about anything-- complete lack of customer service.

Then there's the old Crimson Ghost figure I bought, opened up about a year after sitting in the card and the whole thing fell to pieces like the glue had given out.

When these Remco figures jumped from $10-$12-$15 I hung around, but $20 for these pieces of junk?  Not worth it to me.   Shame because I like some of the Godzilla ones, but it's clear they don't care about my business and I'm not paying good money for stuff I have to glue back together.

My 2c why they're failing.

[silbemi]

No religion, either.

I totally agree!!

[Monsters For Sale]

I totally agree!!

Amen to that!

[MonsterBaker666]

Yeah, Super 7 does make a lot of stuff, and a lot of variants.  How many years have they been in business?  I think pretty long.  They must be making a profit off this stuff, or they'd have gone belly up a long time ago.

There's a market for their products. How big - depends on who wants to buy them.  Me - I'm a monster kid.  So their figures of rock, pop and punk personalities don't appeal to me at all.  But there are a lot of fans of those people, and some fans have to buy everything.  Look at Steve Sansweet - he probably has everything ever released for the Star Wars films and shows.  I've seen video tours of his collection - the vast majority of it I'd say is crap, but one man's junk is another man's treasure.  I'm sure people look at my stuff and say, "what a waste of time and money."  My daughter is always sending me photos of monster stuff.  Most of the stuff I'm not interested in.   I'm very particular in what I like and don't like.  I really liked the Super 7 Universal Monster figures.  I likes some of the variants.  Some I didn't like at all.  I bought what I liked, and avoided what I didn't.  Mine are still on the card.  Some people open them to play with them.  Some stand up to time.  Some don't.  I had 2 of the old Sideshow Frankenstein figures - I had opened the package a few years ago, and as I moved the arms, they fell apart.  Quality control issue?  Or is it just that "nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky."

There are people who want it all, some who want some of it, and some who many only want this and that.  A company really needs to be Nostradamus to know what will sell and in what numbers.  It really comes down to guess work in the end.

If Super 7, or any company has too many licenses, too many products, too many variants to make a profit, they'll need to change how they do business or they'll be out of business. 

So we shall see how the US economy and the tariff war plays out to see who will survive. 

[MrDark1]

Kept an eye on these Super 7 Monsters Silver Screen boxes at two of my local area Walmarts.  They set unsold for months, at one location, someone tore opened a box to see the blind item inside, only to find the figure inside is in a black bag, so no peek-a-boos allowed on these truly blind buys.

Surprised to see that on yesterday's check at one location, all but two of the figures were gone.  So I got those, and the nice display box with these last ones.  I do like S7's Monsters art on most of their packages.  I collect their art, more so their figures, and keep 'em carded, packaged for arts sake.

Oddly, on these Monsters Silver Screen art, I'm guessing Uni Studios stepped in and made them change the look of that "Wolf Man".  Odder still, Chaney/Ent is still credited on bottom of each toy box.  Otherwise, another super 7, or maybe even an 8, or 9, Monsters art from them!