Comments on: Should CDX run a Toy of the Year vote? http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057 CollectionDX-Japanese Toys - Toy Reviews, Toy News and Toy Collections. Soul of Chogokin, Japanese Robots | International Toy Culture en Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:01:18 -0500 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: Should CDX run a Toy of the Year vote? http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057 http://www.collectiondx.com/Image-Lib/feedlogo.png 144 37 Careful, Atom... http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1118 What you just did is close to spam... <strong> ;) </strong><br> Besides, it would've been easier to eliminate spacing errors if you had just copy/pasted one word over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... and over. ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff What you just did is close to spam... ;)

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]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:58:33 -0500 Atom http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1117 I'm not sure where this http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1116 I'm not sure where this threads going but i'm with Josh...lets get voting then! I'm not sure where this threads going but i'm with Josh...lets get voting then!


]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:53:22 -0500 truewanderer http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1116 Nothing, so far as I know http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1115 If I thought there was something wrong with sillyness, wouldn't I have to find a new hobby? (: If I thought there was something wrong with sillyness, wouldn't I have to find a new hobby? (:


]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:39:21 -0500 TimF http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1115 Ha! I didn't think of it http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1114 Ha! I didn't think of it that way! Whats wrong with being silly? ------------------------------ CollectionDX Admin Ha! I didn't think of it that way!

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]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:07:09 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1114 Yes http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1112 Does anyone else think this is a fallacious vote? I mean, if I were against voting I wouldn't vote "no," I'd not vote at all! This is silly. (: Does anyone else think this is a fallacious vote?

I mean, if I were against voting I wouldn't vote "no," I'd not vote at all!

This is silly. (:


]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:19:56 -0500 TimF http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1112 I voted yes too but like http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1111 I voted yes too but like everyone says its not as simple as that. How about categories based on price points, then the winner of each go head to head, and from there we choose an overall winner? I think Josh's suggestion works best as it could get over complicated, plus not everyone will be happy... I voted yes too but like everyone says its not as simple as that.

How about categories based on price points, then the winner of each go head to head, and from there we choose an overall winner?

I think Josh's suggestion works best as it could get over complicated, plus not everyone will be happy...


]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:44:39 -0500 truewanderer http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1111 Voted "yes" but now you've http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1110 Voted "yes" but now you've got me thinking. The problem is that opinions are limited to the toys that people actually managed to buy. So the more accessible merchandise found in stores like Toys r Us, will probably rate higher than merchandise that can only be found in specialty and online stores. Oh well, maybe thats part of it. "Dinobots, destroy Devestator!"-Optimus Prime TFTM Voted "yes" but now you've got me thinking. The problem is that opinions are limited to the toys that people actually managed to buy. So the more accessible merchandise found in stores like Toys r Us, will probably rate higher than merchandise that can only be found in specialty and online stores. Oh well, maybe thats part of it.

"Dinobots, destroy Devestator!"-Optimus Prime TFTM


]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:24 -0500 Goldenage http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1110 Voting http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1109 You can't have a popular vote because no self respecting pirate will vote for anybody other than himself!!! seriously, a TOTY sounds fun. You can't have a popular vote because no self respecting pirate will vote for anybody other than himself!!!

seriously, a TOTY sounds fun.


]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:49:49 -0500 Rob Braun http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1109 YES! http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1108 I think something that might set it apart from other TOTY polls (and make the size vs. price point vs. type points irrelevant) would be to nominate a group of 10-20 toys, then apply a 1-5 star system to each item- kind of like Michael Crawford's review website- with articulation, value, accessories, action feature, metal content, etc... <p><p> This way, a SOC and a Revoltech could stand on even ground in a way (the perceived dollar-to-toy ratio - a cheapy $15-20 Revoltech might be worth every penny, and the $150 spent on a SOC could be 100% worth it too, but maybe that other Gokin was $50 too much, or that Transformer was trash for $14 ...) <p> <p> ...something i noticed nobody does - Reissue of the year! Sometimes i miss stuff from years before and only get it when it's reissued. It would be nice to note when companies do the "right thing" and re-release a really cool toy. <p><p> perhaps "classic of the year"? a vintage piece that was reviewed in 2007 on CDX, maybe something considered super-special, or a "if you collect, and dont have this by 2007, you're crazy" type of a toy. <p><p> and a "review of the year" - to celebrate the hard work of the CDX staff. To show some love to the writers who give me toy goodness every day, and save me tons of $$$ every year, so i don't buy the bad stuff! <p><p> cheers, r I think something that might set it apart from other TOTY polls (and make the size vs. price point vs. type points irrelevant) would be to nominate a group of 10-20 toys, then apply a 1-5 star system to each item- kind of like Michael Crawford's review website- with articulation, value, accessories, action feature, metal content, etc...

This way, a SOC and a Revoltech could stand on even ground in a way (the perceived dollar-to-toy ratio - a cheapy $15-20 Revoltech might be worth every penny, and the $150 spent on a SOC could be 100% worth it too, but maybe that other Gokin was $50 too much, or that Transformer was trash for $14 ...)

...something i noticed nobody does - Reissue of the year! Sometimes i miss stuff from years before and only get it when it's reissued. It would be nice to note when companies do the "right thing" and re-release a really cool toy.

perhaps "classic of the year"? a vintage piece that was reviewed in 2007 on CDX, maybe something considered super-special, or a "if you collect, and dont have this by 2007, you're crazy" type of a toy.

and a "review of the year" - to celebrate the hard work of the CDX staff. To show some love to the writers who give me toy goodness every day, and save me tons of $$$ every year, so i don't buy the bad stuff!

cheers, r


]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:36:09 -0500 The Big R http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1108 Yes http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1107 I'm for a couple different awards--based on price or size. I'm for a couple different awards--based on price or size.


]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:54:17 -0500 atom smasher http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1107 Sounds good to me. I kinda http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1106 Sounds good to me. I kinda have my own list, but I like to see some consensus. Sometimes it reveals something you missed. ----- "Hey, uh...let's volt in." Sounds good to me. I kinda have my own list, but I like to see some consensus. Sometimes it reveals something you missed.

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]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:10:01 -0500 Gigamach http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1106 It looks like the public is http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1105 It looks like the public is voting resoundingly yes, but I agree, it is hard to put a $20 revoltech against a $150 SOC. Categories would be good - Maybe best toy under $50, $100 and over $100? Toys would have to have been released in 2007, but thats about the only rule. How does that sound? ------------------------------ CollectionDX Admin It looks like the public is voting resoundingly yes, but I agree, it is hard to put a $20 revoltech against a $150 SOC. Categories would be good - Maybe best toy under $50, $100 and over $100? Toys would have to have been released in 2007, but thats about the only rule. How does that sound?

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]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:52:51 -0500 JoshB http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1105 Re: YES http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1104 Actually, it was because of that wide variety that I voted "No". I mean, this is such a huge market, to say that one is the tops above all others is almost-degrading and disrespectful in some cases! If we did a CDX vote, we'd have, like, a hundred different poesable figures going up against a hundred non-poesable figures going up against a hundred transformable figures going up against a hundred playsets. And you're telling me that out of all that, you'd pick <em>one</em> to be the best? Sorry. "No" I said, and "No" I stand by.<br> Now, if you want to do a Top Ten of the year from each category of toy and figure with none to stand above the others in that same list (no #1, #2, #3, etc.), then I'd be more interested because <em>then</em> it is a fair fight for top toy of the year because it allows the readers, viewers, browsers, and whatever-we-call-ourselves to chose by category, and then the results speak for themselves. I really liked this list that [we] CDX staff composed for Favorite Must-Have Picks for the Year because it allowed for flexibility in our opinions rather than, say, having our grand webmaster Josh just do it himself; it allowed for different opinions from each of the CDX staff. What I suggested was different from what Sanjeev suggested, and some of the things that, for example, Atom suggested I would not have agreed with. (...or was that the other way around between those two?) ------------------------------ CollectionDX Staff Actually, it was because of that wide variety that I voted "No". I mean, this is such a huge market, to say that one is the tops above all others is almost-degrading and disrespectful in some cases! If we did a CDX vote, we'd have, like, a hundred different poesable figures going up against a hundred non-poesable figures going up against a hundred transformable figures going up against a hundred playsets. And you're telling me that out of all that, you'd pick one to be the best? Sorry. "No" I said, and "No" I stand by.

Now, if you want to do a Top Ten of the year from each category of toy and figure with none to stand above the others in that same list (no #1, #2, #3, etc.), then I'd be more interested because then it is a fair fight for top toy of the year because it allows the readers, viewers, browsers, and whatever-we-call-ourselves to chose by category, and then the results speak for themselves. I really liked this list that [we] CDX staff composed for Favorite Must-Have Picks for the Year because it allowed for flexibility in our opinions rather than, say, having our grand webmaster Josh just do it himself; it allowed for different opinions from each of the CDX staff. What I suggested was different from what Sanjeev suggested, and some of the things that, for example, Atom suggested I would not have agreed with. (...or was that the other way around between those two?)
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]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:40:37 -0500 EVA_Unit_4A http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1104 YES http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1103 I voted yes, because, though we also do it at RJ and TBDX generally, I find it interesting to see what the different members of various boards and sites like the most. Just like various car magazines have their picks each year for each of their favorite vehicles, I don't see why various toy sites couldn't do it as well. Not to mention, CDX caters to so many different genres of toys other than just robots, even if only occasionally. I voted yes, because, though we also do it at RJ and TBDX generally, I find it interesting to see what the different members of various boards and sites like the most. Just like various car magazines have their picks each year for each of their favorite vehicles, I don't see why various toy sites couldn't do it as well. Not to mention, CDX caters to so many different genres of toys other than just robots, even if only occasionally.


]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:47:30 -0500 REX-203 http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2057%2523comment-1103