Miggle

[Shabby J]

I was debating with some coaches over some prices I saw on Ebay for some first run Proline bases in another post, this gets me to thinking...what is Miggle's real problem? OK, so the first run Proline bases have the best plastic, it has happened with other convention bases I hear as well, quality can suffer after the initial batch of bases runs out and they have to have more made, I have heard this countless times.

How come guys like George Diamond and Kansas Bill (soon M. Klingbeil I hear too) seem to find quality plastics for their bases but Miggle can't? These are two guys not making a living off this hobby but they can source quality suppliers, yet a company with Miggle's resources can't. I don't know much about the Landsman's, but I know George Diamond and Kansas Bill are die hard MF players and being fellow coaches will not bring to market a bunch of crap, so they have a standard for their product.

Miggle can't do this too? The best thing that could happen is for that company to come into the hands of a true MF professional(s).

I am greatful to Miggle for keeping the fire burning after Tudor, but this is not a toy played by a bunch of kids then thrown into the closet like we did 30 years ago. We are playing this and trying to take it to heights never before achieved and yet they fail to supply the die hards with quality product.

Bring back the quality of the Proline bases everyone is complaining about and bring us back a base that can be boiled, lets see some new wide tops, brown bases, bullet bases, a 620 that is worth a darn, etc... We should form a committe of MFCA reps and go have a business type sit down with them and tell them what we need. I don't mean one man dropping some suggestions to them via phone or email, I mean a full blown hands on demo of what they have that works and what they have the don't, plus a list of our needs as MF professionals.

The more I think about it the less sense their position on this makes.

Maybe I am missing the boat here. What is Miggles target consumer group? Who makes them the most money, die hards like us or the 40-50 year old guy who buys the game on a whim then tosses it in the garage or adults that remember having it as a kid and the buy it for their kids to play with twice then sell it next spring at a yard sale with half the pieces missing? This is a legitimate question, who does make up the bulk of their profit? I really don't know?

Miggle needs a wake up call, when I win the Mega-Millions, they will get one from me.

It won't be Miggle anymore, but "Fat Italian Guy MF Supplies" and you better believe I will have a support staff of fellow MFCA coaches consulting and testing to get the products we all need to market.

Sorry, it just makes no sense to me.