Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

TFG: Success or Failure?

I think right now it is a failure, however, I think with a few changes they can make it not one.

Here are some changes that IMO will make the game better.

Add Rarities - I can't really understand this. If you dont have rarities you ruin the secondary market. If there is no secondary market because everything is common that means it is very easy to get and no one will trade or want them.

Add back the Crystal and Pearl figures. These were cool, there is no thought it my mind about this.

Choose a number of Pokemon Figures in a set. All sets should have no more or no less than that number of every other set. So if set 1 has 60 then set 2 has 60 and so forth.

No more window figures. This is just dumb. It makes figures too easy to get and completely worthless. It is a good idea but I dont like it.

Promo Figures - You need to give out promo figures. Nintendo Booth at Origins/Worlds? Hmmmm sounds good. Nintendo world when you buy Pokemon Merchandise? Gaming Stores?

I have a few more but most of the good ones I posted above. However less "breakable" figures would be nice.

Thats about all I can think of.

Just remember this is JMO,

Drew
 
They did add crystal figures back, but only for a handful of the set.

Also, if they get rid of the windows, that sort of destroys people's attraction to them. You want to see the figures when you go to the store, which will make you buy them.
 
Water Pokemon Master said:
They did add crystal figures back, but only for a handful of the set.

Also, if they get rid of the windows, that sort of destroys people's attraction to them. You want to see the figures when you go to the store, which will make you buy them.
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Well they didnt really. They just released them in the Window part, the crystal and by doing that I dont want them because ti completely destroys there value and coolness.

Yes to the 2nd part, because I like to be suprised. Do what the Star Wars TFG does. Put pics of the cooler figures on the outside of the box to "show off " the set.

I would like to add that I think the BIGGEST problem with the TFG is they give a release date and then just completely miss it. I had a CCG that I played that some of the POP staff will have worked on that did this. It really didnt help make people want to play the game or buy it if your set a released date and then release the stuff 1-6 months later or keep moving the release date around. That game, Magi-Nation.

JMO though,

Drew
 
All you guys saying its a failure, ITS STILL WAY TO SOON TO TELL.

No, I haven't disappeared, if anyone remembers me. Its just since Groundbreakers was delayed, I haven't had much to do TFG-related.
 
It will turn out like hecatomb did.(if anyone even remembers hecatomb. If you dont, if phailed)

A. No OP
B. Hard to store
C. Expensive compared to card games and such
D. Many game shops dont stock them
E. Its not very competative
F. Very small sets
G. The player base, if it can so e called, is entirly pokemon fans who knew about it beforehand or that saw it once it was out at a store. in short, very little to no advertising. I didn't see a single ad other than the ones on pokemon.com
H. It mixes types of product. It has two types of product; cars and figures. That makes it hard to play because you have to prganize/keep track of more things.
H. You dont need to buy "good" figures to win. I played my freind who had the "best" tea as deemed by this site with the things from a starter and won. There is just no point in buying more figures than a starter other than collecting
I. The figures break easy
J. It got this far on a list of major complaints. I didn't list the minor ones lol. Would have been too long
 
FWIW I believe that the rarity scheme used outside the USA was a big contributor to the failure locally. $18 for two figures just to get repeats wasn't going to sit well with the average consumer.
 
NoPoke said:
FWIW I believe that the rarity scheme used outside the USA was a big contributor to the failure locally. $18 for two figures just to get repeats wasn't going to sit well with the average consumer.
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LOL - Yes the only time I bought the Figures was in the USA, because I could see what I bought overthere.
Here I wouldn't give money to a closed pack with 1 Figure for $12.

Strange some people want "no window" package, it's a garantuee for failure.
 
I don't see how it's too soon to tell. Usually whenever a card game/ figure game booms for the first few weeks and then dies off, it usually fails. Prime example, Fistful of Power
 
Prof Clay said:
Organized play actually takes money to run and a staff of people to keep up with it...which takes away from overall profits. I doubt this product was ever intended to have anything other than casual play
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I doubt it is that burdensome or else an OP wouldn't have been supported when the game died during the last months with WotC. And since WotC initially pioneered the game, they probably did invision some sort of competitive play. That's the whole point of the DCI, right? MtG isn't the only game in the DCI.

Lucario EX said:
The main problem I have with the TFG is that I can't count on anyone wanting to play it. And that's a problem with a lot of the TCG stuff as well, like 2-on-2 and 30 card decks. If more people played the TFG, it wouldn't be a problem. Everyone needs to stop waiting for it to become a success and make it a success.
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Again, 2-on-2 and 30-card goes back to no support. Maybe if prereleases were played 2-on-2 it would raise more awareness for that method of play.
 
The TFG is failing at the moment, but only due to PUSA's incompetence. What this game needs is a troop surge.
 
as a retailer, It was great in the beginning...but slowed down to a few factors:

They break pretty easy - no one likes to buy fragile toys for kids.

They waited too long to come out with new pieces.

While fun, it's kind of repetitive. Kids lose interst after a few games and move onto something else.

We put them out when we offer Pokemon birthday party's, for kids to play...they just break too often. They sell a little still but have dropped off.
 
Only thing I don't like is the breakage of certian figs. like Lugia being on its tail and Ho-Oh on a stick thoses are really the only ones I've had problems with. cus they have a small base. things that cover the whole base don't usually break and I'd rather they just show you all the figures you get. Cus I'd be more likely to buy if I know what I got I hate getting like 3 of the same cus I don't know what's in the other spot. And as BT said they do need a OP and also put out the sets like don't give us the Starter Set of Ground Breakers and then have us wait since Dec. for the rest.
 
They could've just made something like Dungeon Dice Monsters. The whole thing turning most people off is the awful strategy-lacking battle spinning system.
 
The figures themselves are nice enough; I don't mind them for collection. But they break easily and are expensive, and I'm not really interested in the game, nor does anyone else I know play.
 
Oh, the league I went to also adopted the TFG...at first. But soon after, people lost interest in a game with no tournaments, no league, no organized play whatsoever, and a small number of figures to collect. People quickly resumed their progress in the league, earning pop packs, talking about the next city championship, and buying packs and trading to get the few more cards needed to complete their Secret Wonders set.

I wonder...
 
I think a grass roots OP system may revive this new game .........otherwise its an Epic Fail I am planning for my league a few tournies to make an attempt to revive interest this fanchise here in Charleston SC
 
It is -sadly- headed for failure.



If nothing is done, everyone will have forgotten it existed by Worlds.

If something IS done, I could see it recovering, and gaining a decent playerbase.
 
Flat out failure. No support, break too easily (That's why they need a window on the package. So you can see if they are already broken :)), and too expensive.

Cheers
 
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