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Ebay UK banning any and all G1-style Megatron figures!

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Postby muswp1 » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:08 am

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The funny part of this is I had no problems pulling up capped and uncapped G1 Megatron's (including MISB Encore's) on Ebay's US side five minutes ago. Why would they ban the toy on the UK side, but not the US side?

EDIT: SpacerAM2 beat me to the same point by about 30 seconds.
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Postby SpacerAM2 » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:14 am

muswp1 wrote:The funny part of this is I had no problems pulling up capped and uncapped G1 Megatron's (including MISB Encore's) on Ebay's US side five minutes ago. Why would they ban the toy on the UK side, but not the US side?

EDIT: SpacerAM2 beat me to the same point by about 30 seconds.




What a coincidence then? :lol:




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Postby City Commander » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:17 am

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lol


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It's just the government in the UK is so **** up it's unbelievable. We seem to be stuck swimming in smaller and smaller circles, heading towards the plug-hole at the centre.
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Postby DorkimusPrime » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:21 am

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Looks constipated.

I am a huge fan of Robo-Chugster's sig.

This whole thing is retarded. It's a plastic gun with very obvious seams in it. gah.
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Re: Ebay UK banning any and all G1-style Megatron figures!

Postby Counterpunch » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:27 am

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Just wondering if anyone is going to give the UK as much crap over this as they did the US.
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Postby Veritas Prime » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:29 am

I hate to say it, but it's probably because ebay is an American company. It's no secret that Americans aren't typically in tune with what's going on beyond our own borders. Just my two cents...
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Postby Robo-Chugster » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:13 pm

DorkimusPrime wrote:
Tekka wrote:Image

Looks constipated.

I am a huge fan of Robo-Chugster's sig.

This whole thing is retarded. It's a plastic gun with very obvious seams in it. gah.


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Re: Ebay UK banning any and all G1-style Megatron figures!

Postby Lapse Of Reason » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:17 pm

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The Master Blaster wrote:What do you guys think?


I think it reflects poorly on the society in which we live.

Let's not lose sight of the fact that this is a children's toy which can't actually hurt anybody. Regulating real weapons that can hurt people is fine, but penalising people who want replicar or toys guns is just laziness from the authorities.


MP Megatron is not a kid's toy. It is meant for and marketed towards adult collectors.

Laws are made to protect the general public. It is not illegal to own, buy or sell MP Megatron (unless you are in Australia). eBay choosing to not allow selling of Megatrons is based on two things: their company philosophy and fear of lawsuit. To eBay, it is an ethical and litigious decision to pull Megatron auctions.

Megatron sales are a small fraction of the tiniest drop of their overall sales, so the will not miss any lost revenue but can conscientiously protect themselves from a potential lawsuit and bad press should some person get shot by police waving around a Megatron they bought off eBay.

Not that I like their decision, but I feel it has nothing to do with a democratic or commonwealth government.
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Postby microclone » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:22 pm

anybody know if there are restrictions on mailing encore megs (ie a realistic toy gun) into the UK?
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Postby -Barricade- » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:53 pm

Why are they banning them?
I see this one on ebay right now (USA) Item number: 290167401652

In fact theres a lot more on there then that one, I see 5 or so right now on ebay (USA)
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