Did the Yo Joe June Leaks Spoil the Fan Stream Experience?
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Hi folks, welcome to another instalment of "Collectors Thoughts on a Sofa". In this episode I'm going to be discussing whether the GI Joe Classified Leaks spoil the Yo Joe June fan stream experience?
On Tuesday 4th June the highly anticipated Hasbro Pulse fan stream for Yo Joe June took place. BUT, just a mere day ahead of the event most all of the reveals we got had been leaked through distributors, retailers, and marketing partner content creators. I think it had an impact on the fan stream experience, and has effected the overall Wow factor for Yo Joe June this year. I'll offer up some thoughts and reflections on the leaks, and I invite you to share your own in the comments down below.
Oh, and be warned, I've got the audio slightly off on this one so its a bit spike-y now & again...
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Yeah I was hoping to see a figure or two that we had no idea were coming out like what happened with the Desert Snake eye figure which was a total surprise to everyone. That was an amazing experience to have since it made me feel like a little boy opening my wrapped gift on Christmas morning.
It definitely left me feeling deflated about it. I did hope for a bit more so we were surprised. And on top of that there wasn’t many figures I’ll even be picking up. But all is good. There’ll be many more.
I think the leak spoiled it. Last year was so exciting week by week watching the streams getting a little bit more what's coming up they blew their wad on the first stream so it went from Yo Joe June to Yo Joe week. I thought I heard something about a secret reveal for this Tuesday and we haven't seen anything on once was a man Cobra Commander or Nemesis enforcer
I'm primarily a transformers collector, I'm used to it. we get factory theft weeks if not months in advance, it is very rare for us to be surprised. we have just started to see the mcdonalds transformer that won't hit till september.
I don’t worry about leaks. Normally the leaks are terrible photos that everyone freaks out about. I just wait for the stream. It’s not a Hasbro issue.
The leaks didn't bother me at all for the simple reason, we knew all these figures were coming for ages. All the Retro's we knew were coming, and the Stinger was an obvious repaint of the Vamp. The IG BAT was also a pretty sure bet seeing Hasbro roll out a new BAT to go with every type of trooper. If anything, I was expecting way more name and render only reveals of new figures!
Leaks were right before the Fanstream. It was a heads up but the main show was the stream. I was a little excited to see the IG troopers were the design I loved, and I liked v2 Storm Shadow. Immediately afterward came all the CZcams reactions and comments with people complaining about everything... that ruins the experience.
Good evening first of all. Something else really got me excited about Classified's last release presentations. In the Pulse live stream, the Iron B.A.T. was announced as being available for pre-order on June 4th on Pulse, along with Alpine, Grenadier and Storm Shadow. The last three were there, but the B.A.T. wasn't. I visited the Pulse site several times a day for a week and nothing. When I then sent an email to support on the evening of June 11th (with a screenshot of the announcement for June 4th), I got a reply on the night of June 12th that they had no idea where it was. When I then went to the site at 9 a.m. on June 12th, the B.A.T. was suddenly there - and already sold out. That's a disgrace. I complained to support about this, and also about the fact that the Joe Line in Europe is only available exclusively through Puls and not through other retailers here. For the Classified Line, Pulse has now become a kind of scalper's heaven. Thanks Hasbro.
There might be a saving Grace Chris - if you look at the promo shots of the Iron Grenadier - you will see the photo where he is hitting another character in the face with his helmet - the figure he is hitting hasn’t yet been announced- it’s meant to be a Gold helmet Night Force Steel Brigade figure
For me, the leaked list of items from a distributor spoiled things a little bit. So far this Yo Joe June has been underwhelming. If nothing new or unexpected comes out the next few weeks, then I will definitely feel like the leaks helped contribute to spoil the experience compared to last year.
I'm absolutely in agreement. The leaks do ruin the experience of the event. The worst part is that the leaks are EVERYWHERE and unavoidable. If it was just a couple places being like come see the leaks if you want to, that would be a different story, but when 3/4 of the community floods ever social media outlet with the leaks and the become unavoidable, then they're just ruining the event for the sake of taking the fun out of it. I would have been more hyped having gone in not knowing what figures we were going to see at all and then getting a look at those actual figures rather than knowing everything and just wanting to see the phsyical figures. The sad part is these days there's really no viable way to avoid leaks because WAY too many people feel the need to share them.
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The leaking DOES bother me as well. This time, the figures in the boxes looked terrible. The new packaging doesn't help sell anything. I feel like the POOR leaks really put bad tastes in ppls mouths. So then when they come the fan stream, they are already complaining. I think Hasbro should do the leaking, but instead, make them teasers. ZOOM in on a logo, a gun. a glove. a sword, a hat... etc.. Just take 1 little image and post it. Then LET THE GUESSING begin. I think it would bring more ppl to the Fan Stream. SSv2, we did NOT know about until the leaks. He was the big spoiler. Oh and the bitter fans for not getting hooded coco.