Stickshift wrote:This is just a convenient excuse. The Mattel F*** up was down to internal missmanagent from what I can tell having spoken to a number of factory managers (unrelated to Mattel) in China.
zemper wrote:and besides, has there been a price reduction per price point in TFs in the past 10 years?
Archanubis wrote:zemper wrote:and besides, has there been a price reduction per price point in TFs in the past 10 years?
Has there been a price reduction per price point for toys in general?
i_amtrunks wrote:<a href="http://www.agesthreeandup.com">Agesthreeandup</a> has posted on the <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=156474" target="_blank">tfw2005</a> boards that Toy Company TakaraTomy will be shifting many of their factories from China to other Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand.
A main reason behind the move is because of the mistrust in Chinese made products due in part to the excess amount of lead and other harmful substances found in other Chinese made products over the last few months.
Another reason is to save production costs, as labour costs in Guangdong, China have risen due to labour shortages.
To read the full post, please <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=156474" target="_blank">click here</a>.
Bumblethumper wrote:I wonder if China's lax attitudes to intellectual property was also a factor.
Patrick Bateman wrote:I don´t think that will happen. No company would switch off its production before the new facilities aren´t fully operative.
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