The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3 · Sat May 21, 2011 6:11 pm

Treetop Maximus wrote:
What if I don't want health care? Obama's corrupt regime has no right to tax me for not giving a **** about my health.

I agree that the gov shouldn't have a say on whether people choose to have it or not. Hence my statement that the bill is NOT the way to fix what problems there are with the US system.

Sat May 21, 2011 6:40 pm

Then do yourself a favor and get healthcare. If you're worried about the price, join the military.

That right there is what had me a little confused. Glad to see we're on the same page, though.

News Credits: 4 · Sat May 21, 2011 7:26 pm

If Megatron rules Cybertron all Transformers will get free spare parts, but they'll be KOs that break after a few years! Vote Prime, who will persecute the outspoken and use their parts to make the galaxy a safer place!

Also: Toys are expensive.

News Credits: 3 · Sat May 21, 2011 8:04 pm

craggy wrote:If Megatron rules Cybertron all Transformers will get free spare parts, but they'll be KOs that break after a few years! Vote Prime, who will persecute the outspoken and use their parts to make the galaxy a safer place!

Also: Toys are expensive.

Sad thing is that toys used to be a cheap fun thing to collect. I truely think Hasbro is intervening due to the potential for an increased aftermarket. They want "their share".
While they say that the toys are for kids there is no denying that Hasbro and other toy companies spend millions following trends like the collecting hobbies. Gradual increases in price allows them to test the waters. People didn't buy as much when the cost for deluxe was at, roughly, $12.00 retail, but people didn't care when the figures were say the most recent RTS, because they were short produced and sold out most places and were purchased by the collectors(mostly).
Now deluxe, at Walmart at least, is down about $2.00. Parents will notice that they are less than $10 and most likely me more willing to make that purchase. Itdoes suck that a price drop hasn't happened worldwide.
By the way, wasn't the Rapture supposed to have happened by now making toy purchases obsolete?

Sat May 21, 2011 8:59 pm

Blurrz wrote:
HoosierDaddy wrote:
Now, if Hasbro sells Costco TF's at $50 per case and next year the same $50 per case and the Canadian dollar increases in value, then yes, AT THAT POINT hasbro will get more money. But it isn't because the charge other countries more than the US.

The problem is, is that when our dollar was was 0.80 American, the Deluxes were $13 Canadian. The dollar has no value in this, it's the fact that pricing are increasing because Hasbro is making it happen. No way in hell we go from $13 to $17 Deluxe based off of inflation.

I'm not complaining, I could really care less if I have to spend a dollar more, but whatever.

Buying DOTM toys is like Masturbation. It's fun at the start but then you realize you're just screwing yourself over.

Yes, I agree with you 100%. I realize Hasbro is raising the prices of their product. I don't know exactly why. Is it oil prices? Inflation? Something else? I don't know. I was just pointing out that Hasbro sells the product for the same or about the same to everyone. It's just that lower taxes in the US allow companies to sell cheaper and still obtain a desirable bottom line.