fenrir72 wrote:Overstock is not a sign of loss?
, well, it may be a sign of stupid distribution system but regardless, if there is High demand then all stocks will be sold out then or then?
Why would it be a sign of loss? If they've already made a nice profit then they can sell the remaining stock for whatever they want as additional profit, even if that means clearing out a $15 figure for $5, it's all pure profit. I really don't understand your concept that having things in stock means you're failing as a store. Is that how things are done over there? The stores are empty until a semi truck shows up and then it's a mad dash to buy all your food, clothes, and toys before it all sells out and you have to wait for the next truck to show up? Surely you can just walk into a store and buy things as you want them, why should toys be any different?
Also, concerning online stores, little by little there are eating into the market share of the actual brick and mortal shops we all grew up with. Especially in the United States. How their sales figure will factor in the future is another matter.
This is true, but this is also why the brick and mortar stores need sales, to entice customers. That's what sales are for, to get customers in the door with hopes that they'll buy other things while they're there, not to clear out old stock. If eggs are on sale you might also buy your full priced milk and eggs while you're already there. If Transformers are on sale you might also grab a Power Ranger or Voltron Lion at full price or even another Transformers size class that isn't on sale.
In the end, all we collectors want is for the franchise not to die the way it did back in 1990. So like Hb, no more over producing of the yellow menace who shall not be named.
There's a number of reasons why the line floundered in the late '80s/ early '90s, but it would take something disastrous on Hasbro's part to really kill it today. Between the successful movies, cartoons, and comic books the toy line is very well supported.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Kurona wrote:To be nitpicky I should say this wouldn't be Titans Return. By the time we get our next Titan-class after Trypticon, it would have been at least a year since Titans Return ended. Scorponok would either be Power of the Primes or whatever line comes after.
He'd still have to be a Headmaster though... unless they pull a Black Zarak and have the head do double duty:
Headmaster, yes. Titan Master, no. That's why I suggested Zarak (or whatever they might call him) be a large, between Legend and Deluxe class, Headmaster. With Titans Masters a thing of the past they're really free to do whatever they want, but would certainly still keep some form of Headmaster gimmick.
william-james88 wrote:We saw what Hasbro has in mind in terms of toys with the prime vote, there was only 1 beast there.
Two, Optimus Primal and Dezarus/Deathsaurus.
But yeah, we don't actually know what the theme will be in part three. Pretty sure the little robots mentioned are just to replace the Titan Master class line and not the unified gimmick of the line.
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