Motorthing wrote:Has the Uk Market really gotten so small and unimportant that Big Stateside Hasbro doesn't notice just how crappy Hasbro UK are when it comes to anything to do with boys toys? - they are as clueless about Star Wars as they are about TFs and I'm pretty tired of having to import pretty much anything decent just to ensure I actually get it.
Knowing what was going to come over and when would save me a shedload and it's just basic good business in an age where communication isn't waiting on carrier-pigeon to pass the good word from the Colonies anymore.......
I think that communication is the biggest issue, especially when this topic rears it's head. I don't collect anything else and am intrigued about your experiences with the SW franchis and it's UK distribution. My liittle girl has become interested in the new My Little Pony range and I wonder if that will give me similar problems?
I just don't get why it's so difficult, assuming that the commisioning of the condensed and translated Euro Bio's is done months in advance, they MUST KNOW what stocknis coming to Europe.
A simple press release such as "We've just had confirmation that Multi-Lingual packaging has been confirmed for figure X, look for it in stores this winter", put out to a site like this would not be difficult, surely.
I reckon about half of my imported figures could have been UK sourced, if H'UK had actually released their distribution schedule. It speaks volume that a Kapow toys dropped DOTM, mostly due to lack of info from Hasbro.
I genuinely can't work out if it's, laziness, incompetence or that Hasbro US have the reigns held so tightly that they can't do anything. I'm reluctant to believe the latter as us Brits ( and European fans) seem to be the only ones with these issues. I would be interested to hear from fans in other Hasbro controlled markets.
Even when they do something special like the WFC-Starscream, they don't bloody tell anyone about it!
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