Re: Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:12 amwilliam-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
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