roBROmanceFTW wrote:Wait...huh??? It's not easy being a toy company. Hell, it's not easy being a company. Period. First and foremost, Has-Tak is out to make money. Secondly, they will not often use the name of an obscure character to push sales. Lastly, repaints and minor alterations to existing molds return higher profits than starting from scratch. Even third parties are capitalizing on this notion. If you don't like GT Prime, so be it. But to argue that Has-Tak only releases OP and Bee is just being asinine (not strictly referring to the above quotes though.) For the 1% who only collect OP toys, only 1% collect strictly Dinobot toys, only 1% collect Powermaster toys, only 1% collect Godmaster toys, and so on and so forth. The fanbase is huge. Most of us collect bits and pieces from all over the Transformers multiverse. However, I'm willing to bet that the overwhelming majority of Transformers toy consumers are kids, even if they themselves are not the customers.
RodimalToyota wrote: 5.2$ a share, 96 million shares, 3.37% dividend?
a current Q3 net profit of 17Million USD + ?
The only thing they don't know how to do, is lose money.
Don't spew Bologna because you don't like Optimus Toys, or are butt hurt you can't get asian exclusives with out paying for the extra cost associated.
Great ways of striking arguments against what I say when you both do not bother looking at all the facts!
Such as this link explaining why they have seen a sharp decrease of an estimate 200 yen per share, which also impacts the amount they offer their share owners. Something that has them saying "we want to make money, but we need to adapt if we want to make a solid profit in the end." LINK:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T121008002198.htmWhich leads to my point. Takara Tomy has seen a steep decline in sales from April to October, which has forced them to refocus on their business plans. And while they say only 25% of the market are young girls, it does not mean the 75% are young boys. It means that they need to refocus on targeting those who seek out aftermarket pieces while focusing on those who want to play with their TV-series promoted pieces. (And FYI, both times I went to Japan had me near-religiously visit their Transformers aisle.)
Point being to this person is that by promoting this
prototype, they are not trying to appeal to just the Optimus Prime fans. They are making it in hopes of expanding past their current G1, UNITED, and PRIME lines... By creating something that may allow them to expand the fanbase once again. However, he chose to snub the remaining 99% by saying that there is only one Transformer and that making this prototype means that they are listening to the market... Not the fact he has the chance to obtain another piece for his collection. Because as we speak, the item is fine and will sell well to select members within the Japanese market and secondary markets. But it would not sell as well as the Fortress Maximus reissue, or if they were to find a way to recreate the molds for select characters that fans are asking for.
And Rodimal? Your assumptions about me were as funny as the statement about how companies are out there to make a profit.
Because I have stated that me not backtracking when it comes to my soon-to-be-AFA-graded-Transformers-because-I-hope-to-pass-onto-my-future-children collection has made it hard for me to both want one and not want one. Plus, my only dismissal of this piece involve the legs and feet! Not the fact that it is another Optimus Prime.
Point being... If you both know me, then you know I support his collection, as well as think this is a fine adult-oriented Transformer... But I cannot support his need to snub those who do not share both his love and enthusiasm for this character.