Tytus wrote:I know you guys are disappointed that you're only getting "lame" answers, but are you really expecting Hasbro to share their business plans with you? That is how toy companies, and any companies selling a product for that matter, operate. They don't comment on leaked information, don't discuss certain things until they are formally announced, etc. They're not being lazy, they are just protecting their product. It's good business practice.
Dude, we arn't talking about business plans, we're talking simple questions that could in no way shape or form harm their sales and profits. What harm could it cause to say they're bringing back a certain character? What does it hurt if fans know a redeco is coming out? They don't even follow their own Q&A guidelines, it's just arbitrary non-answers they give on a whim.
The notion that providing fans with answers to a few basic questions will wreak your company and loose profits is insane in this situation. If anything, getting the word out that they're bringing back so-and-so character, or redecoing another would DISCOURAGE third party toy makers because fans would be far less likely to fork over big dollars for their products if they knew they could be getting an official toy in the near future, and for less money to boot. As far as worry of knock-offs before the real toy is released, there are ways you can tell fans about your product with revealing enough for copy crooks to do that. If I told you that the new Prime was going to have rockets, or the new Ratchet comes with special robot repair tools, would that be enough for you to create a knock off or competitive product? Of course not, these descriptions are so vague it could mean anything.
Lastly, and I say this with a grin, WHAT COMPETITORS? WHO ELSE MAKES TRANSFORMING ROBOT TOYS IN THE US??? Can anyone give me just one? And don't say something stupid like Gundam or Power Rangers, you know those arn't the same thing at all. How about Japan, aside from one-off toys? What, Machine Robo? Gimmie a break,
look at them.
And that was my semi-rant. Who cares about all this since we'll all still be buying TFs anyway, and that's all that matters to Hasbro.
And to the person who called Seibertron a hole, I'd suggest crawling out and into another one if it's so bad. Seibertron is the site most of the other ones
wish they were.
