E- One Bronto

The three biggest mistakes Code 3 has made, in my opinion, are:

From a business standpoint, the SPS. I can't understand how they thought they'd ever recoup the costs of producing the thing, and I think it put them in an gaping hole for years to come.

From a R&D standpoint, the Century. If that had been dead on, they could have released 10 of those a year and I don't think anyone would complain and have departments GALORE to choose from.

And from a Customer Releations standpoint, the Bronto. (The recently solved 900 mystery was tops until they all of sudden they miraculously found the blueprints   )

When word leaked out 2 years ago, 2 YEARS, that a Bronto was in the works and all that was needed was to fix some packaging problem, it created a furvor in the collecting community that I don't think has been equaled since. I had visions of Phoenix and Anaheim dancing in my head. Then it was the boom won't stay up, and now we haven't heard squat in forever regarding the Bronto.

What's happened since has been negative for the company twofold. First, all of us who were really excited about the Bronto have pretty much soured on Code 3 for the lack of product or even news since we first heard of it. It becomes a  relations nightmare, in that they said it was coming, it never came, or hasn't to this point, and we're all left scratching our heads.

Second, a lot of people really start to question what you can and can't believe with Code 3. Is it packaging? Is it a boom issue? Was there even really a Bronto at all? That carries over across the board, with collectors wondering of they can really trust anything that comes from Code 3's mouth.

Something like the Bronto will (or would) be huge for the company. Reasonably priced, the first edition is going to sell out in minutes, regardless of where it's from, North, South, East, or West. The simple fact that it's released will be enough to get it sold out right away. I'm in the minute it's released, doesn't matter where it's from. The second and third releases will likely also be sell outs as well, but I think it will be driven more by what it's decorated as then than simply the fact it's a Bronto. I'll buy Phoenix, Anahiem and any that are bright and colorfull. They will sell and they will make thier money back on it and then some.

This is where I hold JD to task. We've been asking for it, your company has said it was "just about done" now where is it? Tell us if it's really coming, hit a snag, or a dead issue so we can all move on.