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njb902 wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:so your saying a major company is purposely wasting money on the engineering, labour, shipping, and materials on figures? they might not make the "right" decisions according to any of us but you really think profit isn't their main motivator? so I don't get the implication of them filling the pegs with 1 figure to drive up the costs of a rarer figure on their website. it just isn't economical.

Target and Walmart want the figures kids know BB and prime so hasbro puts more of those figure in case. Now it's obvious kids arnt buying the BB and primes cuz they sit on the pegs the only figures missing are the figures collectors want. I have 2 sons and they don't give a crap about TF and neither do their friends all they play is beyblade even at school all their friends trade parts with them. Now this is in my area maybe more kids like TF in yours. I think if hasbro wants to sell more TF they need to cater to collectors how do you think 3rd party companies do so well with their products and as far as kids being the main buyers of TF is bullshit who buys all the cases and figures on bbts TFsourse RK tfcc not kids. And as far as Mattel they just canceled their whole YJ like and their all star line from retail stores you have to buy them on Mattycollector.com but they are always sold out or you gotta have a subscription which is always sold out so collectors are forced to buy from eBay for triple the price and the same with TFs I find arch and ratchet I pay $24 for them put them on eBay and sell them for $40 every time oh plus shipping. People should be able to find these figures in stores no problem but nip cuz they are 1 to a case for wave 2 and 3

not haveing any sales to profit ratios or sales demographic figures either for hasbro or the rippoffers kinda renders this argument mute. so since I started this duel the choice of weapons is yours......please pick flame throwers at 5 paces.

Around Christmas the shelves were stocked with dotm figures super stocked then after Xmas Walmart had a $3 off coupon on every dotm figure that was already $9.99 and no one still bought them now they sit on the shelves of tj max and Marshall's for $6.99 each and they just sit there bumblebees and starscreams skids all shit over abundant figures. I know it dosnt make sence but it's what is going on hasbros last quarters were down and my choice of weapon flame retardant bat cowl and cape if your choosing a flamethrower

dude! did you just use punctuation?

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:so your saying a major company is purposely wasting money on the engineering, labour, shipping, and materials on figures? they might not make the "right" decisions according to any of us but you really think profit isn't their main motivator? so I don't get the implication of them filling the pegs with 1 figure to drive up the costs of a rarer figure on their website. it just isn't economical.

Target and Walmart want the figures kids know BB and prime so hasbro puts more of those figure in case. Now it's obvious kids arnt buying the BB and primes cuz they sit on the pegs the only figures missing are the figures collectors want. I have 2 sons and they don't give a crap about TF and neither do their friends all they play is beyblade even at school all their friends trade parts with them. Now this is in my area maybe more kids like TF in yours. I think if hasbro wants to sell more TF they need to cater to collectors how do you think 3rd party companies do so well with their products and as far as kids being the main buyers of TF is bullshit who buys all the cases and figures on bbts TFsourse RK tfcc not kids. And as far as Mattel they just canceled their whole YJ like and their all star line from retail stores you have to buy them on Mattycollector.com but they are always sold out or you gotta have a subscription which is always sold out so collectors are forced to buy from eBay for triple the price and the same with TFs I find arch and ratchet I pay $24 for them put them on eBay and sell them for $40 every time oh plus shipping. People should be able to find these figures in stores no problem but nip cuz they are 1 to a case for wave 2 and 3

not haveing any sales to profit ratios or sales demographic figures either for hasbro or the rippoffers kinda renders this argument mute. so since I started this duel the choice of weapons is yours......please pick flame throwers at 5 paces.

Around Christmas the shelves were stocked with dotm figures super stocked then after Xmas Walmart had a $3 off coupon on every dotm figure that was already $9.99 and no one still bought them now they sit on the shelves of tj max and Marshall's for $6.99 each and they just sit there bumblebees and starscreams skids all shit over abundant figures. I know it dosnt make sence but it's what is going on hasbros last quarters were down and my choice of weapon flame retardant bat cowl and cape if your choosing a flamethrower

no no we both have to use the weapon you choose......I just gave a ironic suggestion......seriously pick flamethrowers at 5 paces.

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:so your saying a major company is purposely wasting money on the engineering, labour, shipping, and materials on figures? they might not make the "right" decisions according to any of us but you really think profit isn't their main motivator? so I don't get the implication of them filling the pegs with 1 figure to drive up the costs of a rarer figure on their website. it just isn't economical.

Target and Walmart want the figures kids know BB and prime so hasbro puts more of those figure in case. Now it's obvious kids arnt buying the BB and primes cuz they sit on the pegs the only figures missing are the figures collectors want. I have 2 sons and they don't give a crap about TF and neither do their friends all they play is beyblade even at school all their friends trade parts with them. Now this is in my area maybe more kids like TF in yours. I think if hasbro wants to sell more TF they need to cater to collectors how do you think 3rd party companies do so well with their products and as far as kids being the main buyers of TF is bullshit who buys all the cases and figures on bbts TFsourse RK tfcc not kids. And as far as Mattel they just canceled their whole YJ like and their all star line from retail stores you have to buy them on Mattycollector.com but they are always sold out or you gotta have a subscription which is always sold out so collectors are forced to buy from eBay for triple the price and the same with TFs I find arch and ratchet I pay $24 for them put them on eBay and sell them for $40 every time oh plus shipping. People should be able to find these figures in stores no problem but nip cuz they are 1 to a case for wave 2 and 3

not haveing any sales to profit ratios or sales demographic figures either for hasbro or the rippoffers kinda renders this argument mute. so since I started this duel the choice of weapons is yours......please pick flame throwers at 5 paces.

Around Christmas the shelves were stocked with dotm figures super stocked then after Xmas Walmart had a $3 off coupon on every dotm figure that was already $9.99 and no one still bought them now they sit on the shelves of tj max and Marshall's for $6.99 each and they just sit there bumblebees and starscreams skids all shit over abundant figures. I know it dosnt make sence but it's what is going on hasbros last quarters were down and my choice of weapon flame retardant bat cowl and cape if your choosing a flamethrower

So what's your reason only bumblebees and cliffjumpers sit on pegs and do you know why the last wave of dotm was canceled

Hotrodimust wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:

njb902 wrote:so your saying a major company is purposely wasting money on the engineering, labour, shipping, and materials on figures? they might not make the "right" decisions according to any of us but you really think profit isn't their main motivator? so I don't get the implication of them filling the pegs with 1 figure to drive up the costs of a rarer figure on their website. it just isn't economical.

Target and Walmart want the figures kids know BB and prime so hasbro puts more of those figure in case. Now it's obvious kids arnt buying the BB and primes cuz they sit on the pegs the only figures missing are the figures collectors want. I have 2 sons and they don't give a crap about TF and neither do their friends all they play is beyblade even at school all their friends trade parts with them. Now this is in my area maybe more kids like TF in yours. I think if hasbro wants to sell more TF they need to cater to collectors how do you think 3rd party companies do so well with their products and as far as kids being the main buyers of TF is bullshit who buys all the cases and figures on bbts TFsourse RK tfcc not kids. And as far as Mattel they just canceled their whole YJ like and their all star line from retail stores you have to buy them on Mattycollector.com but they are always sold out or you gotta have a subscription which is always sold out so collectors are forced to buy from eBay for triple the price and the same with TFs I find arch and ratchet I pay $24 for them put them on eBay and sell them for $40 every time oh plus shipping. People should be able to find these figures in stores no problem but nip cuz they are 1 to a case for wave 2 and 3

not haveing any sales to profit ratios or sales demographic figures either for hasbro or the rippoffers kinda renders this argument mute. so since I started this duel the choice of weapons is yours......please pick flame throwers at 5 paces.

Around Christmas the shelves were stocked with dotm figures super stocked then after Xmas Walmart had a $3 off coupon on every dotm figure that was already $9.99 and no one still bought them now they sit on the shelves of tj max and Marshall's for $6.99 each and they just sit there bumblebees and starscreams skids all shit over abundant figures. I know it dosnt make sence but it's what is going on hasbros last quarters were down and my choice of weapon flame retardant bat cowl and cape if your choosing a flamethrower

So what's your reason only bumblebees and cliffjumpers sit on pegs and do you know why the last wave of dotm was canceled

Ok so I gotta choose a weapon um ion blasters and how does this work I've never done nor seen an online duel Lol

craggy wrote:

craggy for the win......all hail craggycon

Andim not saying that hasbro or Mattel is trying to make us buy from eBay at overpriced costs I'm saying it's a result from the way they distribute their figures

Hotrodimust wrote:Andim not saying that hasbro or Mattel is trying to make us buy from eBay at overpriced costs I'm saying it's a result from the way they distribute their figures

or the slow economic recovery, rise in Chinese labour costs, higher shipping, and the expected fall off in non movie related sales, which only dropped 30% as opposed to the market expected 50%.

njb902 wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:Andim not saying that hasbro or Mattel is trying to make us buy from eBay at overpriced costs I'm saying it's a result from the way they distribute their figures

or the slow economic recovery, rise in Chinese labour costs, higher shipping, and the expected fall off in non movie related sales, which only dropped 30% as opposed to the market expected 50%.

Ok 8 figures come in a case 4 a BB 1 cliff 1 wheeljack 1 arcee 1 ratchet now that might not be they way they come but I do know it's 1 arcee 1 ratchet. Now if they put 1 BB 1 cliff 3 arcee 3 ratchet their would be enuf so people wouldn't have to go on eBay and find them and remember this is wave 2 BB and cliff were already heavily released in wave 1 why put 4 BB in wave 2 if most people got I'm in wave 1 and would want the new figures not old ones and I'm talking kids and adults alike it has nothing to do who they are trying to hear the figures towards. Because the stores want the popular figures on their shelves they don't have to sell hasbro figures so yes they do have say in it. And that's one of the reasons the last wave of dotm didn't hit stores because they had to many dotm figures left over from kids and collectors not liking them because the figure selection was crap they had 9 BB figures in the dotm line that's just deluxe HA and leader I didn't count my cyberverse ones. Really why do we need that many BBs. I may not be 100% right but I'm not 100% wrong either. If I owned my own toy company and people say hey if you make this shit I'll buy it hell I'll buy 2 wouldn't you make it also I sell on eBay I only try and sell the stuff I know that will sell its like the first rule of trying to sell stuff to make money Idk maybe it's just me I mean I only make $3000 to $40000 a month on eBay selling TF toys and a couple other toy lines and if I put a prime BB on eBay for $10 it will never sell because no one wants him
And they are every where because no one wants him and all those BBs gotta make up for a chunk of hasbros profits no