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william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:Sure the channels of purchasing are changing but that is for retail as a whole and it doesnt mean there are less sales.
If it were business as usual then Hasbro wouldn't be laying off 10% of their work force (estimated between 500 and 600 employees) as a direct result of TRU closing in the US right before their busiest time of the year.
I looked for a source for that, and found it, but saw that it is just speculation. Both that number 10% and the cause are not confirmed. The only thing confirmed to be in direct relation to TRU closing affecting Hasbro is the current lawsuit.
Flashwave wrote:How is it logical that Shockwave can have 4 arms and still only 1 hand?
Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:Sure the channels of purchasing are changing but that is for retail as a whole and it doesnt mean there are less sales.
If it were business as usual then Hasbro wouldn't be laying off 10% of their work force (estimated between 500 and 600 employees) as a direct result of TRU closing in the US right before their busiest time of the year.
I looked for a source for that, and found it, but saw that it is just speculation. Both that number 10% and the cause are not confirmed. The only thing confirmed to be in direct relation to TRU closing affecting Hasbro is the current lawsuit.
The numbers aren't known yet, but really the fact that any kind of layoffs are happening is troubling and it's hard to believe that it's just a coincidence that they came at the same time TRU closed. I'm sure it was a cumulative issue compounded by poor Star Wars sales and the Bumblebee movie being pushed back altering their sales projections. Whatever the case, Hasbro lost around $200M in revenue and sales dropped 12%, you don't recover from that by doing business as usual and it's going to take time. This isn't the best time to release big ticket items with a poor track record of selling out. Maybe that's why we're getting what's likely our second small Titan in a row with Omega Supreme.Flashwave wrote:How is it logical that Shockwave can have 4 arms and still only 1 hand?
In the IDW comics he had both hands removed and replaced with claws by the Institute. When Megatron offered him replacement hands he chose to only replace one and making the other into a gun to fight for Megatron. I guess you could look at the three guns as a symbol of his loyalty seen in the G1 cartoon.
As for Shockwave's pod being used to replace Omega's head, I think it's too big, the tank turret isn't that big.
As for other possible Voyagers I wouldn't have minded an IDW style Whirl since we're getting so many Wreckers it seems. Grapple and Inferno would be nice to see properly updated, the Universe mold was good, but too big now and I think Hasbro can do better. Since we have a new Voyager Soundwave I now want Blaster to be revisited, but as his own mold. They could have also done any number of Micromaster bases, though I'm pretty sure we were told they wouldn't be happening (aside from Omega). There's also a bunch of Autobot Action Masters that (would have) had Cybertronian alt modes and could have been imagined as Voyagers like Rollout, Maineframe (possibly a Soundwave retool), Skyfall (Starscream retool? Really just needs new head and chest), Over-Run, Sprocket, Powerflash, and I suppose Windmill. Or they could, you know, make an original character for a change.
Emerje
Emerje wrote:As for Shockwave's pod being used to replace Omega's head, I think it's too big, the tank turret isn't that big.
Emerje
Coptur wrote:the only member from the 1984 Decepticon crew missing is Rumble (yes the Blue one)
*if skywarp is exclusive etc
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Coptur wrote:the only member from the 1984 Decepticon crew missing is Rumble (yes the Blue one)
*if skywarp is exclusive etc
What about Frenzy and Buzzsaw?
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Ultra Markus wrote:Emerje wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair, I think it's likely that scorpy will see a release as the the titan after omega since he's the last big guy to sort out (who we get for titans after that will be interesting to see)
Between TRU closing, Hasbro being forced to release a bunch of employees, Leader class shrinking, and a lot of Walmarts not even carrying Leaders I'm not sure if we'll see another Titan after Scorponok assuming we get him at all. Hasbro seems to be having increasing trouble getting large Transformers into US retail and they aren't worth the risks.
Emerje
if thats the case, once again we get shorted on the figures we should get like how we got shorted with POTP we got shorted with TITANS Return in a way we should have had other figures other than roadburn, rereleases of cosmos and shrapnel and now we will get shorted Scorponok in all his headmaster glory
because they decide they dont want to risk it? lets just hope that titan Omega Supreme does well enough that they will consider giving Scorponok a chance, i just had to rant there but i really like everything i see so far with WAR FOR CYBERTRON i certainly hope they surprise us with some awesome ****!
Deadput wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Coptur wrote:the only member from the 1984 Decepticon crew missing is Rumble (yes the Blue one)
*if skywarp is exclusive etc
What about Frenzy and Buzzsaw?
"Who?"
Some casual viewers of the G1 cartoon from years ago.
Easy Tiger wrote:Ironhide's height.
Nightbeat head on...
We have a dead-on image of one of his hand holes, widthwise.
If we assume that the hole is 5mm wide, then we can work out his total height.
28 X 5mm = 140mm
= 14cm
Which puts him as pretty much the same height as Topspin, and interestingly, exactly the same height as Classics Ironhide/Ratchet.
Skritz wrote:My mom had three obese cats. One was so fat her belly fur had rubbed off late in life from scraping to the floor.
Anyway: Siege Prime looks so damn good but now I'm curious about the Leader one and what it has, namely because I don't want a collection entirely filled with Optimuses. Optimii. Optimeeses? W-whats the plural to 'Optimus'?
Easy Tiger wrote:Ironhide's height.
Nightbeat head on...
We have a dead-on image of one of his hand holes, widthwise.
If we assume that the hole is 5mm wide, then we can work out his total height.
28 X 5mm = 140mm
= 14cm
Which puts him as pretty much the same height as Topspin, and interestingly, exactly the same height as Classics Ironhide/Ratchet.
william-james88 wrote:Not to be a debbie downer but that Six Gun looks terrible in that deco. Its just a sea of white and red and the only weathering is on the feet. He looks ultra cheap.
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