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TFG: Success or Failure?

Hopefully it doesn't stay a failure because I have already bought A LOT of figures...if it doesn't turn out good I just wasted about $100...:(
 
Hopefully it doesn't stay a failure because I have already bought A LOT of figures...if it doesn't turn out good I just wasted about $100...:(

Well, even if the game never catches on and OP never really explodes, it's at least a really REALLY fun game to have on hand for when the opportunity comes up to play. Plus, they're obviously very cool collectible/display pieces.

But hopefully they can turn this ship around. Perhaps that's one of the reasons Groundbreakers has had such a hard time making retail...maybe they're trying to devise the best strategy to correct some of the mistakes in Next Quest.
 
Well, even if the game never catches on and OP never really explodes, it's at least a really REALLY fun game to have on hand for when the opportunity comes up to play. Plus, they're obviously very cool collectible/display pieces.

But hopefully they can turn this ship around. Perhaps that's one of the reasons Groundbreakers has had such a hard time making retail...maybe they're trying to devise the best strategy to correct some of the mistakes in Next Quest.

One can only hope this is true.

That's all they can really do at this point is try and do it right.
 
One can only hope this is true.

That's all they can really do at this point is try and do it right.

Definitely.

I may be off on this, but could it be that some retailers are already jaded by Next Quest stumbling out of the gate since last Fall? The TRU in my town already seems to have dropped the line altogether (it was on an endcap, then was relegated to its own little outer-aisle display, and now has simply been replaced by other products). The Wal-Marts I've shopped at also seem to have dropped it. The Targets I've been to have each relegated it to literally a foot of shelf space, with only three-figure boosters and Starter Sets offered, all stacked together in one space.

(Then again, I may be blowing the situation out of proportion just based on my own very limited experience, which isn't fair of me.)

Groundbreakers is their opportunity to make things right, both among potential players and among retailers. It's a great game, so I'm sure we're all hoping for the best. Embracing organized play was a great sign that it's not dead just yet! Though I've personally still found no leagues in my area to play competitively. :(
 
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I deem the tfgs as collectibles, the support machine isn't there ;what I am doing is looking at inventive aternate ways to play making the figures at least worth a second glance in my leauge area My booster draft experiment (IMO) was a sucess it open avenue to this type of alternate play, and by adding a value scale to the tfgs( certain pokemon are way more powerful than others and therefore restrict amount of them allow in play adds challenge to the base play)may bring sole card players to the TFG side ....
 
I think we should all e-mail Pokemon USA, Inc. and tell them we want Pokemon TFG to go on and be a success...

Also tell them to make them better. Target and WalMart by us have stopped selling them since they break easily and people keep returning them. They get fresh stock with half already broken too.
 
Also tell them to make them better. Target and WalMart by us have stopped selling them since they break easily and people keep returning them. They get fresh stock with half already broken too.

You mean they are "broken into". :frown:

It's like an univeral law, "If you leave a TFG booster on the shelf for more than 5 day, the secret spot will be broken into, with the figure/card/counter missing. 3 days if the shelf is in WalMart".
 
I mean they are broken too! One dab of glue to hold them together.

While that stinks in terms of how easily they break both in transit, at retail, and once we bring the figures home, it's also kinda good that these things can be held together with such a tiny tab of glue. It makes repair a total breeze.

It'd be great if each pack came either a) guarded in some sort of foam material to prevent as much breaking as possible or b) came with some sort of adhesive glue or tabs that could be used to repair a broken figure in seconds. Granted, the latter option has a lot wrong with it (they'd have to acknowledge the shoddy build quality, putting adhesive in the hands of kids, etc), but there's GOT to be an easy solution to the issues that have plagued Next Quest.

Offering an official TFG carrying case (perhaps one built with the figures in mind, to allow each base to snap/lock into its own compartment, to eliminate any moving) would also probably go a long way towards keeping these things from breaking so often.
 
Offering an official TFG carrying case (perhaps one built with the figures in mind, to allow each base to snap/lock into its own compartment, to eliminate any moving) would also probably go a long way towards keeping these things from breaking so often.
Exactly!
Thats all we really need .
Im tired of carrying mine around in the packeges( which they fall out the back of...:mad:)
 
I'd say that even with POP's announcement that the TFG can earn you points in league play, it's still too early to tell. At least that was a step in the right direction.

- Croatian_Nidoking

Heck, there are kids at my league who play an occasional game of Yugioh for league points...
 
They just announced the third set being for 2009.
Some of the Pokemon in the third set include Seviper, Magnemite, Aipom, Gyarados, Flareon, Snorlax, Croconaw, Diglett, and Tyranitar, while Lieutenant Surge is confirmed as one of the human figures.
 
They can announce whatever they want to do but they need to do more to insure quality of the product for that price.
 
FAILURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I go to league and no one has any TFG figures. Why? Because it's a FAILURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
The game is fun but the packaging has much to be desired for one they need to make th e figures more durable about have the ones i bought are broken
 
I'm curious to how many TFG figures actually break, that couldn't possibly be fixed with a dab of glue. I know that they shouldn't break at all, however if something is easily fixable what is the big deal? I personally love the TFG figures, and I can't wait for Groundbreakers. Out of all the figures I own, just a few under owning 20, I think I only have like 2 truly broken figures. One of the broken figures was a Meowth that came from my starter, but it didn't break until a good while after I had it out of package. I was also given a broken Lugia by a friend, but I couldn't argue with him giving it to me for free. I have a replacement for that Meowth now, and i'll just have to acquire another Lugia.
 
Yeah, the most common break I've encountered has been for the figure itself to come off of the black base. That's incredibly quick, cheap, and easy to fix (a couple of bucks worth of epoxy and you can fix them all in minutes). I picked up a huge batch of figures on eBay, still sealed in their packages, that were sold for $20 shipped because most/all of them had shipping damage (out of the 30+ figures included, only like 4 of them I couldn't fix).

The ones that are toughest to repair are the ones with a broken glass base like Ho-Oh, or ones like Meowth where the leg is commonly broken. Beyond that, these things are a breeze to fix.

It's why I wish they could include some sort of child-safe adhesive in each package, just in case it is to get broken...but that's not very feasible, as I said a while back (not only would that involve putting glue in the hands of kids, but it would also force them to acknowledge how easily these things break).
 
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