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What should JL do, realistically?
Topic Started: Dec 10 2009, 11:56 AM (2,539 Views)
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Before you answer, consider the following: LC has it's rules firmly in place. Exactly what those rules are, we, the pulic collectors, are not fully aware. We can, however, deduce several things by looking at their production habits over the last several years since taking over the JL line, and the relaunch.

1) The break before the relaunch was never intended to improve the line, merely take a break until they could fit it back into the production schedule and make it work for them--whether that meant as a smaller profitable line, or as a loss at tax time, we can only speculate.

2) The plastic bases are here to stay, and will no doubt be the mainstay of the JL line, no matter what LC may say. If it's cheaper, and/or make the line more profitable...well, LC is a business, and a business will do whatever it takes to cut corners and still make a profit.

3) The repeat of the same cars from month to month, with one new car (maybe two, if they become bold) inserted into each new release as the plastic bases are made for them. Or so they say. I suspect this is just another way of cutting corners and not doing too much with the line at one time, therefore keeping profits and investing as little as possible over a prolonged period. But as I said, this is a business, and must do whatever it feels must be done in the current market/economy...even if other compainies seem to be doing more. Again, the question of, "Are they in it for profit, or loss?" springs to mind.

Considering these points, and that the current standard will hold for the forseeable future, let us consider the following five questions, as both collectors, as well as business people:

1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

4)
A: If LC made their product available direct sales only through OLDs, will you continue to buy them?

B: If you're a hands on collector, would you consider breaking down and ordering them through an OLD if the designs were better and this kept the price down--compared to some WMs that have upped the price?

C: Would including chase cars inserted randomly in closed cases once more, and, as they came up in cases while pulling orders for individual cars, add to your ordering habits, or change your mind about ordering from an OLD if you currently do not do so?.

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

Feel free to add suggestions, but, keep in mind, these suggestion cannot include making changes that go against the current LC staus. Feel like your brain is cramping? If so, may I suggest you go buy some GLs, or M2s :blush: You'll feel better afterward, even if a part of you still mourns your once favorite line of diecast :wave:
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I'll get back to you......
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1. only so much you can do with any casting, I agree make it as nice as possible
2 not sure of a good answer
3 I think they have a good mix, as I see more realistic cars on pegs as warmers
4 OLD only? I would probably break down and buy from them
5 yes, I would,
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With all respect to Old442Dude.....#5, would not miss them one little bit. It was a heck of a ride, but the rides over.
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no offense taken, I guess I favor them the most out of all current manufacturers, plastic bases don't bother me, as I don't display them on their roof, I figured it isn't a popular opinion, just my personal favorite, to each his own
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1) The break before the relaunch was never intended to improve the line, merely take a break until they could fit it back into the production schedule and make it work for them--whether that meant as a smaller profitable line, or as a loss at tax time, we can only speculate.

2) The plastic bases are here to stay, and will no doubt be the mainstay of the JL line, no matter what LC may say. If it's cheaper, and/or make the line more profitable...well, LC is a business, and a business will do whatever it takes to cut corners and still make a profit.

3) The repeat of the same cars from month to month, with one new car (maybe two, if they become bold) inserted into each new release as the plastic bases are made for them. Or so they say. I suspect this is just another way of cutting corners and not doing too much with the line at one time, therefore keeping profits and investing as little as possible over a prolonged period. But as I said, this is a business, and must do whatever it feels must be done in the current market/economy...even if other compainies seem to be doing more. Again, the question of, "Are they in it for profit, or loss?" springs to mind.

Considering these points, and that the current standard will hold for the forseeable future, let us consider the following five questions, as both collectors, as well as business people:

1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

4)
A: If LC made their product available direct sales only through OLDs, will you continue to buy them?

B: If you're a hands on collector, would you consider breaking down and ordering them through an OLD if the designs were better and this kept the price down--compared to some WMs that have upped the price?

C: Would including chase cars inserted randomly in closed cases once more, and, as they came up in cases while pulling orders for individual cars, add to your ordering habits, or change your mind about ordering from an OLD if you currently do not do so?.

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

Feel free to add suggestions, but, keep in mind, these suggestion cannot include making changes that go against the current LC staus. Feel like your brain is cramping? If so, may I suggest you go buy some GLs, or M2s :blush: You'll feel better afterward, even if a part of you still mourns your once favorite line of diecast :wave:
1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

yes of coarse, but more importantly they need to get their distribution and markets sorted out. More places that carry their product the more they will sell.

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

New tooling that hasn't been beat to death. And tastfully tampo'd realistic castings. Scattered Spoilers and Zingers throughout the year

3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

yes, no thanks for the load designs unless your talking Zinger's, but just a few per year.

4)
A: If LC made their product available direct sales only through OLDs, will you continue to buy them?

Nope, OLD'ing them would just put them totally out of reach for me, There are too many other fish in teh diecast fishbowl, that are IMHO just as nice as JL was. GL and M2 to name a couple.

B: If you're a hands on collector, would you consider breaking down and ordering them through an OLD if the designs were better and this kept the price down--compared to some WMs that have upped the price?

Still nope. Unless the OLD was right here in my home province and I would telephone him and then go pick them up.

C: Would including chase cars inserted randomly in closed cases once more, and, as they came up in cases while pulling orders for individual cars, add to your ordering habits, or change your mind about ordering from an OLD if you currently do not do so?.

Still Nope, you can take that whole chase car thing and dump it in the nearest trash heap IMHO, Just a gimmick to get people to buy more the wholecase and get 1/2 nice castings and 1/2 reruns that are the wrong color and badly tampo'd

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

I would like to say No at this point as I am pretty bummed out over the JL situation. But teh GL and M2 situation here in Canada is just as bad. Motormax is touch and Go, American Grafitti is nice, metal bases, jewelled headlights, realistic cars and some models taht no one else does. I am sad about Fresh Cherries taking a dive, Goes to show that not only RC2 LC or whatever they are calling themselves these days are not the only diecast company making bad decisions. To send almost every stor ethe same 6 castings over and over again as they did with Fresh Cherries, and teh Exotic Cars is a peg warmer also. Harley Davidson seems stalled at Issue 2 over and over again like a broken record. Maisto's premium line quite frankly is too unrealistic despite being totally muscle and having awesome finishes and great tampo's, Loose the bling bling wheels and IMHO they would have winner after winner. Jada is all over the place here but well you know what I am getting at. there. The cheap line of Maisto has some nice castings but what do you expect for less then 1$

It is a pretty sad situation that MB and HW are teh leaders with great new castings. Tastefully tampo'd, great colors,

JL just needs to get product on the pegs in several stores and they will sell castings, whether with plastic bases at 3$ each or metal at 5$ doesn't matter, one way or another, I just want to see them at my local stores.

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At the risk of sounding a bit negative :lol:


1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

I can answer the first three questions together, I don't like the new line, and only buy WLs if I can find them.

4) A: If LC made their product available direct sales only through OLDs, will you continue to buy them?

B: If you're a hands on collector, would you consider breaking down and ordering them through an OLD if the designs were better and this kept the price down--compared to some WMs that have upped the price?

C: Would including chase cars inserted randomly in closed cases once more, and, as they came up in cases while pulling orders for individual cars, add to your ordering habits, or change your mind about ordering from an OLD if you currently do not do so?.

No, I don't order from OLDS, it doesn't suit my collecting style

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

Jl went away several years ago as far as I'm concerned.
This is only one disgruntled ex-JL collectors opinion however :wave:
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1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

Of course. All manufacturers should always be putting their best effort into what they manufacture. While that doesn't always happen, companies that get to complacent often find themselves in a bad situation...

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

From what JL has done recently? Or better designs than JL has done recently?

Of what I've seen of recent cars, LOVE the demo derby Fury. That's a line I hope to see continue. They've done well with realistic cars as well, so no complaints there.

Things that could be better than they have been? Black With Flames should mean black, not gray. Casting choices should be more varied considering the existing tooling bank JL has. I don't know how long it takes to convert a base from metal to plastic but it seems like this shouldn't be as hard as tooling a new car from the ground up.


3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

The combination has always worked for JL and continues to do so in the 40th/Forever line.

4)
A: If LC made their product available direct sales only through OLDs, will you continue to buy them?

No. Not because I dislike the online dealers (have dealt with Milezone in person and by piggy-backing off other people's orders and have no complaints) but because I don't personally do e-commerce.

B: If you're a hands on collector, would you consider breaking down and ordering them through an OLD if the designs were better and this kept the price down--compared to some WMs that have upped the price?

See previous response.

C: Would including chase cars inserted randomly in closed cases once more, and, as they came up in cases while pulling orders for individual cars, add to your ordering habits, or change your mind about ordering from an OLD if you currently do not do so?.

No. I don't care about chase cars- would rather have regulars in almost all cases.

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

Yes, because of the nostalgia factor, and also because of the tooling they possess. It would be a shame to lose those castings (assuming some other manufacturer didn't snap them up at firesale prices).
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Dec 10 2009, 10:54 PM

This is only one disgruntled ex-JL collectors opinion however :wave:
Oh, no, my friend. You're NOT alone!


1) With the current limited casting situation, should they not at least be putting in as much effort into the designs, making them shine as much as possible?

You'd think. But then, nothing this horseflop outfit known as RC2 has done since the buyout's made any sense.

2) What would you consider to be better designs?

The better designs, to me, were and are the ones where the designers really showed they cared. Some designs, along the JL line, were, like, inexcusable. They have made classics, though, and there's no reason why they can't make classics again.

3) Should there be more realism, or a combination of realism and loud designs?

I myself prefer the realism, as everyone knows. But, I would like to have equal access to both- in A RETAIL SETTING- if I chose to have both! But then, that's the old distribution quandary. The loud designs depended (and still do) on the 'cute factor'. Much of it lately hasn't been that cute.

4) OLD issues

I don't deal with them. Never have. Never will. I don't buy chase cars. Never have. Never will. End of story.

5) If JL went away tomorrow, would you care at this point?

If the line died back in 2005, or so, as some thought would happen, I would've cared very deeply. I would've mourned. Today, it wouldn't bother me at all. For me, for all intents and purposes, it died when Tom Lowe sold out.












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It has been a really disappointing year for me.
I'll leave it at that right now.

Cheers. Cobra
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For me...and some of this might be beating that dead horse meat...but you can tell when a designer (or any artist) does the work they are hired to do with care. You don't have to be an artist, or even very bright, to see when something is working. It sparks a feeling in the least artistic of people that there is something going on that's special. And that's usually because the people behind the project are putting their guts into it.

Now, JL has had these moments (abeit far and few between) when a certian paint job made a casting sizzle, or a certain release sparked favor with the masses. And even the OLDs sales of those castings went very fast. However, plastic or metal bases aside--this is not the rule, or even a consistant theme. JL has some of the best, most realistic castings around. It shouldn't be a crap shoot to make them appealing. Give a dozen blank metal castings of any JL car to twelve customizers on the boards and I bet there would be one or two at most that didn't stand out as a better idea than the JL design team on almost any average release.

Conclusions: For better or worse, this smells like a shell game to me. I've seen what Tom Z. and RC2 can do when prompted. And I don't believe for a minute that the hot cars over the past few years were accidents. I also don't believe that any corporation would allow their numbers to sink as low as the JL line has done at times and still keep producing them. Also, how is it that so many diecast companies can keep their product on the pegs consistantly and JL has them there one month and gone the next. Then a cheaper plastic based car comes out and by the years end WM is dictating a price increase? That just sounds plain fishy to me. Mattel sells for cheaper and WM isn't upping the price on them. And please correct me if I am wrong here, but since when do the chain stores dictate pricing on these things? Well' WM might try anything, but why pick on JL specifically? Because they recognise how well done they are? That this is an undermarked price point on such quality merchandise? Come on Mr. Z. Can you say political clap-trap Frankly, I marvel at the way LC does business. It's unique. I can't think of any other diecast company who takes things to this extreme...over and over again.

Answers: Well, they aren't coming from LC...at least not honest ones. And why should they burst our bubble further with the truth. Big business is never pretty, not when you know who is dicting the law and why. My personal take is that the JL line is a tax write off for LC...at least most of the time. Of course, no corporation can run at a loss and continue to manufacture forever. So these little succesful attempts must be made in order to look legit at tax time. Put the effort in here and there, get product on the pegs of certain stores for a few months out of maybe every other year. Of course, product with such limited numbers can't make to every city, but that's just dandy because the people who never see the product get riled up--and as long as people are talking, that's fine too. It gets people buying product for a time and hording it, or selling it on ebay at overly inflated prices. This helps decide what might eventual sell at a new inflated price point. Then comes the other shoe, plunking down on our heads. "These chain stores won't carry us. They're making life difficult because they want a bigger cut. They want us to increase our prices--something we promised not to do--or they will bar the door to us once more. What can we do? We hear your complaints about nothing being in retail. Guess we'll just have to cave in and--GASP!--raise our prices to meet their demands." And eventually, when the optimal price point for the new plastic bases are reached, you might even see JL bloom on the pegs at retail...for a time. But beware that other shoe...for this is a company that has thrived on a shell game with almost every line they've ever put out.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Tom Z. is being held for ransom by corporate leaders who are battling to hire him away from LC because he sent the spokesperson at Mattel a free white lightning!

To be continued...
Edited by Dragnet_Supporter, Dec 12 2009, 08:00 PM.
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A likely, and truly pathetic story...
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Dec 12 2009, 07:47 PM
Also, how is it that so many diecast companies can keep their product on the pegs consistantly and JL has them there one month and gone the next.
That is the ONE burning question.
Year after year, they have the liguidation and warehouse clear-outs with surplus inventories deeply discounted at Big Lots, Dollar Tree, Toys'R'Us, etc. and I can't find a new or newer JL casting in a local or most regional stores for the last many, many months.

Eventually, the faithful and longtime dedicated JL collectors are just going to give up completely and move on.
Actually, there are a lot of longtime JL collectors that have given up and thrown in the towel in the last year or two and probably will never buy a JL casting again.
Do you feel the frustration?

Cheers. Cobra
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Dec 16 2009, 09:45 PM
Eventually, the faithful and longtime dedicated JL collectors are just going to give up completely and move on.
Actually, there are a lot of longtime JL collectors that have given up and thrown in the towel in the last year or two and probably will never buy a JL casting again.
Do you feel the frustration?

Cheers. Cobra
Have to agree with you Gerry. I've only bought a handful of JLs for myself in the last year or so. The others I've purchased were sent to one of your Canadian neighbors and are sitting under that fellas Christmas tree right now. :D

I've read all of the above comments and waited before I posted something on this thread.

For the most part, I've moved on to buying JL's direct competitors in the last year, both M2 and GL. They both offer great details and castings that I really like in the last two years. While they are more expensive than the current JL $2/3 line, they are worth the added expense imho. Even if the GLs are as hard to find as JLs, feel like i'm getting a much better value.

Realize that there were a group of collectors who did want a most price conscious JL a year or so on the boards. While the 40th line with plastic bases and reduced amounts of detail did deliver on these desires for a budget JL line, it seems they gave up temporarily on the normal all metal line which irked many long time JL collectors, myself included. It's true that JL has worked itself back into a good chunk of Wal-Marts here in the Us and TRU. Despite some shoddy quality and uneven product distribution, the plastic based 40th line was the cause of this and apparently have been good sellers for the JL company. Hopefully this means as Tom Z has stated over on JLTalk, that they can get back to producing the basic collector line that so many of us was first drew us to the Johnny Lightning brand some 5, 10 or even almost 15 years ago.


Cheers.

Sir Crafty
Edited by craftymore, Dec 16 2009, 10:08 PM.
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Some more excellent comments, Sir Crafty.
Thank you and thanks to the others that have left their comments.

Cheers. Cobra
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I think the plastic base is fine and also like the simple blistercard design...much more fitting for the product. The paint and tampo designs are very pleasing as are the selection of wheels...hope to see many more castings down the road whether new or old. It seems the quality has been compromised but at this scale, it is not imperative (I could elaborate this if needed).

That said, please keep in mind my collection consists of all brands with no allegiance to one current product; therefore, I likely buy less JLs than most and only go for the examples that are appealing (which are many!). My favorite current collector brand is probably M2 and not because of their choice of cars...I find their take on the subject matter and design sensibilties to be exceptional...would love to see how they would do a dollar car if only it was not dominated by the biggest toy maker. Somehow, Greenlight does not excite due to the choice of cars.

I am curious where collectors find these 9the 4th JL series)...it appears they are always sold out if Toys R Us carries them. I find them at a local mom and pop toy store for $2.99. They have had a long relationship with Learning Curve/RC2 since in previous years, I could find "unusual" series such as "Custom Cruisers" that were a notch between "Street Wheels" and their "collector" stuff.

Thanks,

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Dec 17 2009, 01:08 AM
It seems the quality has been compromised but at this scale, it is not imperative (I could elaborate this if needed).
Please do! I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter!

As for where, I've been getting them at Walmart, for currently $3.00 a car. So your mom & pop shop may be the best place to get them locally. :thumbup:
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It seems the quality has been compromised but at this scale, it is not imperative (I could elaborate this if needed).
Please do! I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter!

As for where, I've been getting them at Walmart, for currently $3.00 a car. So your mom & pop shop may be the best place to get them locally. :thumbup:
Hey Swifty,

So...it is good to know my mom and pop store is competing with Walmart!

As for scale, small-scale in particular, the variations in qualtiy among a myriad of makers is all over the map. Having played with my first Matchbox on my third birthday in 1961 and following several years later finding out I am an "official" collector, it was during the late 1960s that Matchbox made a couple of less expensive replicas in the line...both fitted wth plastic baseplates: the Fiat 1500 and the Land Rover Fire Truck...the latter, a handsome little vehicle. I recall they felt "cheap" and making matters worse, the line changing to Superfast. Fortunately, I quickly adapted to the fast changes...talk about the sky falling! Besides, metal baseplates continued.

It's very apparent that collectors can buy the very best in details in a 1:64 scale product; however, it is unnecessary unless you must take a real good look up micro-close. I am more concerned about overall massing, color and tampos . At each scale, a replica's designer needs to know what to exploit, whether 1:87 or 1:18. The groovy liitle in betweens are a nice touch for the discerning collector. I have to be honest and tell you that I don't notice some of the details until it's been photographed and on the computer screen...paint chips become visible along with damaged window glazing...it can be depressing! I'm amazed at what many of the collectors observe here....very impressive.....once I posted an image of a Hot Wheels M-B convertible and Zack asked about the windshield design...I had to look at the picture once more and not the actual casting to see what he was referring to.

In the end, I collect whatever is offered...cudos to those who are able to persuade the manufacturers.

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Dec 18 2009, 01:35 AM
In the end, I collect whatever is offered...cudos to those who are able to persuade the manufacturers.
Makes two of of us on that! I haven't been buying every car in the 40th/Forever 64 line, but I've been going home with more than half the release, each and every time. So they're still making cars I want to collect. Thank you for expanding your thoughts on the matter! :thumbup:
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I also currently collect whatever pleases me from a variety of brands. I used to buy mainly JL because it was the first car in 1/64 scale that I ever noticed that offered such realism, not to mention quality and detail. It's almost ironic that Jls decline in recent years has been one of the two elements that made me start taking a look at a lot of other brands and start enjoying each of them for various reasons. The second thing that made me notice other brands was when I started expanding my BWF collection into any brand that put out a BWF. I am in no way a completest in most of my collecting habits, but the BWF cars have become a habit I enjoy in all brands and levels of quality. And so, this opened me up to several other brands that grew on me. Diecast collecting is, I think, an aquired taste...at least when sampling it on a wider scale. You learn to appreciate say, a MB, or a HWs for the amount of detail and quality Mattel gets in there at time for the price, and also learn that a brand like M2 can leave no bitter aftertaste when plunking down $5 for detail that has been obviously a joy to it's designers. It's like eating a really good burger one day, and having steak the next. If you're not a snob, both can be quite pleasing to the taste-buds when a hunger pang strikes.

JL, I feel, would be open to criticism even if their plastic based line was given designs on a par with the lines PM days, simply due to the fact that people expect that quality to consist of a metal base. However, people would buy them regardless if LC weren't so fickle about the quality and availability of product. Much as I agree with those that want the metal bases reinstitiuted...I believe it is not the plastic bases that is killing the line. It is the people producing them. You can't play people for fools by telling them one thing, then changing the story around, only to put the blame on factors beyond their control. You also cannot by any means fix a price point by industry standards, then change that and blame it on other outside forces. You might expect that from a a company that did no research into product and attemped to sell at a low price, only to find out they were losing money. But, folks, LC is not a baby company who doesn.t know these things. And frankly, its because they have insulted the intelligence of the average collector that people are turning away...bottom line.
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But, folks, LC is not a baby company
But they are. Haven't you looked at their other products?

Sorry I couldn't resist. :P
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But, folks, LC is not a baby company
But they are. Haven't you looked at their other products?

Sorry I couldn't resist. :P
I was thinking the exact same thing, LOL!!!!! :thumbup: :D
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I thought about that wording earlier today myself...LOL!
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Dec 16 2009, 09:45 PM
Eventually, the faithful and longtime dedicated JL collectors are just going to give up completely and move on.
Actually, there are a lot of longtime JL collectors that have given up and thrown in the towel in the last year or two and probably will never buy a JL casting again.
It would take a truly hard hearted, stubborn individual to walk past those pegs if he (or even she) sees something that came out that was so awesome, that said individual just could not resist. We all talk a good game.

So, I'm not buying this.
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Eventually, the faithful and longtime dedicated JL collectors are just going to give up completely and move on.
Actually, there are a lot of longtime JL collectors that have given up and thrown in the towel in the last year or two and probably will never buy a JL casting again.
It would take a truly hard hearted, stubborn individual to walk past those pegs if he (or even she) sees something that came out that was so awesome, that said individual just could not resist. We all talk a good game.

So, I'm not buying this.
I understand where Cobra's coming from, I just wouldn't agree on the never again part. I've been VERY disappointed with lack of product at retail, I can only imagine his frustration, getting a small fraction of what I see. The plastic base models only appeal to me if they are a WL, and I find it at retail. I won't buy them on the secondary market. However, while most of my meager diecast dollar goes to another company, I can't walk past the pegs without checking them for a WL, and certainly wouldn't leave one behind. I admit to running to BLs with eager anticipation as to what I'd find there. (picked a few up too!)
There is a difference in my collecting from several years ago due to the lack of product. I am not the completist I once was, and also don't ever get that "I must have it" feeling anymore. I NEVER again will impulse buy JL like I once did. There are certain castings I made sure I had at least 2 of from every issue, if I couldn't find them, I'd get frantic in tracking them down. Now if I can't find them I don't really care. GL will have something I want and can find.
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