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Post by goodwillhunter on Jul 6, 2023 1:04:12 GMT
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Post by The Hegemon on Jul 6, 2023 2:15:46 GMT
Jeez. For years, 90% of the website's content has been fan submissions.
It'll be interesting to see, in a year or so, if this was the canary in the coalmine.
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Post by lokisveil on Jul 6, 2023 14:12:23 GMT
This feels like a move made by the "corporate money" shareholders of Mattel as well as some of the decisions we have been seeing. So much for the new guy taking over.
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Post by goodwillhunter on Jul 6, 2023 16:05:47 GMT
This feels like a move made by the "corporate money" shareholders of Mattel as well as some of the decisions we have been seeing. So much for the new guy taking over. So shortsighted though...how much would it cost to have an intern do fan interaction for an hour or two a day, versus the goodwill (and increased spending) it would generate in the community. |
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Post by andibcool on Jul 6, 2023 21:55:57 GMT
Well it does not really surprise me. Since i started the Mega bauanleitungen channel on Youtube i did notice that Mattel deletes all Mega Construx webpages, old shop infos and instructions. They did shut down the forums and now this to Mega unboxed.
Killing the creativity by not showing what other ppl did create.
However searching for instructions on the Mega / Mattel sites is a pain in the a.. , plus incomplete item listings even for released sets. The Mattel shop does not work makes it hard to order from Mattel directly ( not talking about overpriced Mattel creations).
Distribution is bad as always, makes it hard to purchase or even import the stuff you want.
Price increases for around 30% i did notice and huge markups for kits released here (Germany) over the US. Take the witcher kit costs here 100$ more retail price (179€) wtf.
Its really no wonder Mega does not well and is no real competition to LEGO. There are so many things they have to fix, but cant because the company is to big and the stuff is to complicated to change something.
I really like a lot stuff Mega makes, but they try and try to keep me away and not able to buy the stuff i want.
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Post by The Hegemon on Jul 6, 2023 23:32:21 GMT
So shortsighted though...how much would it cost to have an intern do fan interaction for an hour or two a day, versus the goodwill (and increased spending) it would generate in the community. Yeah, Mega has always been so weird about fan outreach, and it's evident in so many ways. From predictably desirable sets being under-produced to nonexistent distribution to weirdly inaccessible set information on the website, to incomplete information on the website. LEGO's success in the past 20 years has been greatly helped by their dedicated outreach to and embrace of the AFOL community. MegaMattel seems inconvenienced that we (as a group) are out here. What better way to alienate a fanbase than by saying "keep your ideas to yourself?" |
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Post by turricanster on Jul 7, 2023 14:27:39 GMT
Are they trying to push people to the unified forums at Mattel Creations, community.creations.mattel.com/forums/?ct=1688739673 ? You'd think Yan would say something or they'd post something like "Hey, we're moving, go here". I can see them wanting to get everything under one umbrella so it's more unified. |
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Post by andibcool on Jul 19, 2023 17:01:50 GMT
Oh fyi, just checked Mega unboxed today and guess what. All the instructions they did host there are gone. It was the only souce i did know to get newer instructions from mega.
Yeah i know there is the instructions search on Mega but it does only offer way older instructions. The Mattel Site does not offer newer ones aswell.
I mean take the power sword for example HMY95 you can search for it but you cant find it.
Only if you use google you get to a canadian mega construx site that refers to the power sword, then you have to click on build it, that refers to a canadian Mega unboxed site with the instructions.
I mean that is garbage, it seems there are many clueless ppl working at Mattel, i wonder how this company can be worlds 3rd biggest toy company.
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Post by lokisveil on Jul 20, 2023 20:16:05 GMT
Well, to give Mattel some credit, the people working on the MEGA site are MEGA employees probably. The decision to pull the content was probably a corporate decision though so not the employees fault. For some reason MEGA seems to make decisions with no background planning from what I have seen. I will agree with you though the website content and designers seem to not know what they are doing when they are doing it.
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Post by lokisveil on Jul 22, 2023 22:24:11 GMT
So apparently the site keeps going from content to non content, so if you happen to hit a content moment grab the shit while you can. Who knows if/what will be moved over to the new gallery. Not to mention the instructions since you cannot get some of those from the support site. Let me know if you haven't gotten some of those particular PDF's andibcool.
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Post by andibcool on Jul 24, 2023 12:35:35 GMT
So apparently the site keeps going from content to non content, so if you happen to hit a content moment grab the shit while you can. Who knows if/what will be moved over to the new gallery. Not to mention the instructions since you cannot get some of those from the support site. Let me know if you haven't gotten some of those particular PDF's andibcool. Yeah its seems sometimes the content is there and then its gone. I did find new pokemon, Barbie, Hot Wheels and Halo instructions, but if i click for the PDF it says its not on the server. Actually i dont have any of the newer ones because i have the theme not added on my channel. I mostly look for updates on the themes i already have added or start a new theme. If i miss out, then so it is, but if you cant get the instructions online because of broken links, content moved / deleted then Mege should not advertising that. By the way do you have some other way to connect to the servers so i could download without all that hassle? I have not seen the Eternia Battleground or the Magi Karp SDCC instructions so far. The power sword is out for sale here cost 95€. If i need instructions i will ask you thanks for the offer, might need them later in future. I guess i have to scan some myself to add it to the channel. Really a shame how bad customer care is at Mattel / Mega. |
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Post by lokisveil on Jul 24, 2023 16:11:47 GMT
Magikarp might not even be put up since it is an SDCC exclusive (they do that) and brand new. Eternia Battleground I have not seen put up as of yet. There is also no direct links to the servers. I know the poke trio and the Holiday train have broken links. I am only keeping track of inventories so people are somewhat receptive to taking pictures of those for me. I will probably keep bugging them about putting stuff up though. I have the time to be a pest that way and I have nothing to lose in pushing them to do their job.
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Post by andibcool on Jul 30, 2023 22:49:47 GMT
Links are working now even some screenshots. To bad no Magikarp or Battleground Eternia yet.
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Post by lokisveil on Jul 31, 2023 22:51:16 GMT
There was a person that posted the instructions for eternia on facebook. I can get you the link if you want. I just recalled that.
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Post by andibcool on Aug 5, 2023 23:39:20 GMT
Oh sure i cant find it with the Mega / Mattel search.
Got the broken ones now and added them.
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