william-james88 wrote:DISCHARGE wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:
Now that oil costs around $80/barrel, maybe we'll see a resurgence of bigger, less hollow and cheaper TFs?
I just wanted to clarify something, the cost of an oil barrel is in no way related to the cost of plastic since the oil used for fuel (which is the number you indicated) is not the oil used to make plastic. Plastic comes from another oil source which has different demand trends. So if ever an executive gives us that reason for the rising costs of plastic, they are fooling us.
transportation costs increased the costs of almost any labored job
You're not just paying for the cost of the plastic used in the toys you buy
All the residual labor must be paid for some how
On topic, after seeing him in the store, I'll just wait for the MP. Current trends tell me there will be one in some way or another. Even if it takes a couple years, whatever.
Yeah but that fan was referrig to the amount of plastic being used, as if the plastic itself cost more.
I meant it in a general term wj88. Aside from the materials used from petrol based products, lower costs in manufacture should hopefully lead to lower prices for the consumers.That and a stable currency rate but this all has to start somewhere and a lower price of oil is the best place to begin.
As for the plastics cost, I am only paraphrasing an article on Aaron Archer's frustrations that eventually lead him to leave Hasbro. Rising plastic costs was said to be one of the reasons.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... 014-a.html* Hasbro is aware that there were too many bumblebees and have since taken steps to try not to do that. He said the "watershed" moment was probably for them when the people in one of the departments actually brought up that "wall of bumblebees" picture and they were like, yeah, this has to stop.
"He said that he chose to leave is position at Hasbro because it was getting simply too difficult to make what he deemed a fun figure while dealing with things
like rising plastic costs and price efficiency"
With all these new MPs "Rollin' Out". gotta be thrifty with the $.
