You're reversing the order of the chicken and the egg. They became a Toys R Us exclusive because there wasn't a sufficient quantity of them produced for them to have been anything else.Erailea wrote:metaphorge wrote:The people we should be complaining to are, quite frankly, WalMart, but I doubt we can muster enough numbers for them to notice.
Ultimately, the problem boils down to this: Hasbro makes what chain-store buyers will order. At this point I'm afraid that those buyers see Transformers as being intrinsically Bayverse shaped, and that if the toys don't sell that it's because children are tired of Transformers, not that they're tired of the most pervasive iteration of them that features designs that don't translate all that well into plastic (forcing the toy to either be overly complex or totally off-model), which should have been a primary design consideration for the film models. But I digress....
Except the FE's were TRU exclusives not Walmart's and if a store that specializes in toys doesn't understand their products or their clientele we're really screwed :/ Not just now, but in the future too.
quickmixed wrote:This is disappointing. Im not going to blow a fuse over it. I'm used to this by now. I never had any chance of seeing these guys on shelves in Australia anyway, but I was fortunate enough to pick up the first three through BBTS and place the voyagers and CJ on preorder more than 6 weeks ago.
BBTS I know its not your fault so thats cool but please dont send me rid CJ. Thats a figure I never had, and never will have any intention of purchasing. Store credit will be fine I guess.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
El Duque wrote:STINGRAY749 wrote:Is this just for BBTS or is it for all online sellers like ToyWiz(which my preorder is through)? Esther way I put my 2 cents in and sent a complaint.
TFsource is saying the same thing as BBTS so I assume it probably goes for all of them.
NewFoundStarscreamLuv wrote:me and my friends combine all the time. Sometimes I even combine by myself if no one is around.
Laserwave13 wrote:@Autobot032
Hi and sorry if my post sounded a little harsh. All those emotions
Yes i know about the Takara DOTM Soundwave(s) and Que but they are far from worth the import prices.
(see, germany is a barren wasteland for a TF collector, we even have to import from the states a lot of stuff. Most toylines we get about half or less and almost zero exclusives)
That is also why it hit´s so hard to see that there are no more TF:Prime FE toys anymore.
But about Generations... Well, United but still nothing beats Henkei
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
KenjaminLinus wrote:i say we get a lot of people together, and flood hasbros inbox with complaints.
I'm with you on that; I just emailed Hasbro through their site. If they want to see demand, let's show them some damn demand.
Megatron Wolf wrote:KenjaminLinus wrote:I guarantee it wont accomplish anything, just think about how many of us sent hate filled emails during the RTS incidents or just in the past year about price increases & low quality figures. If it makes you feel better then by all means do it, its why i do it but my best advice that i can give here is change your hobby. Start collecting something else that has nothing to do with hasbro (like say Thundercats or spawn) and either stop or limit your TF buying, if enough of us do that then maybe theres a slight chance something will be done about all this bullshit. Just keep in mind hasbro isnt the only toy company out there **** people over so try and pick the lesser evil(hasbros not it). Oh and welcome to the war.
Requiem Prime wrote:The problem with BBTS is they take so long to get things. You'd think they were making the order or whatever beforehand because they only offer a distinct number of preorders. AND with the security and conveinience of a preorder, you assume they WILL have it, so you don't have to go trapesing across the globe to find them.
metaphorge wrote:Requiem Prime wrote:The problem with BBTS is they take so long to get things. You'd think they were making the order or whatever beforehand because they only offer a distinct number of preorders. AND with the security and conveinience of a preorder, you assume they WILL have it, so you don't have to go trapesing across the globe to find them.
I'm failing to understand how any of this could be construed as BBTS's fault... they can't make Hasbro give them product that Hasbro has not had manufactured....
Autobot032 wrote:metaphorge wrote:Requiem Prime wrote:The problem with BBTS is they take so long to get things. You'd think they were making the order or whatever beforehand because they only offer a distinct number of preorders. AND with the security and conveinience of a preorder, you assume they WILL have it, so you don't have to go trapesing across the globe to find them.
I'm failing to understand how any of this could be construed as BBTS's fault... they can't make Hasbro give them product that Hasbro has not had manufactured....
In a way, it is.
They keep preorders open for months, when all others have exhausted their in stock supplies. They keep preorders of items that end up being canceled or delayed for a very long time. Some people waited a YEAR for FP restock. When they order from Bandai? Always late. People are still waiting for their S.H.Figuarts to come in, months after they've sold out everywhere else, including Japan.
The product IS available most times, yet they keep waiting, for some reason. I think it's to justify their prices to customers.
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