philswitch engage wrote:there is no crime by any stretch. It just feels like hasbro has started to skimp on some paint recently, and the stickers do a lot more to help the hasbro figures.
Also from a sales stand point, you have more people buying hasbro figures than you do 3rd party, so the productions cost vs sales would, in my very basic assumption, would seem to lead to doing more hasbro figures than 3rd party.
At the end of the day, I was frustrated by the wait time on getting stickers for some of the Prime figures, while 3rd party figures were getting sheets produced.
Well, a few things... Although the following is all supposition on my part, so if anyone from within Reprolabels wants to come in and supply facts (either to support or dispute my supposition) then they are welcome to.
I gather that the people who design sets for Reprolabels are doing it because they like specific figures and want to add to them. Someone wants to design labels for certain figures, those are the labels we get. If they are skipping certain figures, perhaps it is because they are less interested in those figures. By contrast, someone (or some ones) who designs for Reprolabels must like certain third party figures. And so we get sticker sets for them.
Are there certain figures you want? You could always e-mail them and ask about it. They seem quick to respond to e-mails, even if that response is to say that they don't have immediate plans. But, of course, if they get a lot of e-mails about specific figures, perhaps they will change their plans!
Alternatively, if you have any graphic design skills, you could always write them and ask if they would be willing to take design submissions, and what their requirements for such submissions might be.
You mentioned a sales standpoint... Again, supposition on my part, but let me pull some figures out of my arse.
You say more people buy Hasbro toys then third party figures? No disagreement here. But who are buying those toys?
Thirty people buy a cheap Hasbro figure. 20 of them are parents buying a toy for their kids. 8 of them are casual adult fans who have never heard of (or just don't care about) Reprolabels. Of the remaining two, one purchases a Reprolabels set.
Two people buy an expensive third party figure. Of them, one also buys a Reprolabels set.
Either way, Reprolabel's sales are probably about the same.
As far as production costs... Again, I am only guessing here, but I don't think they have huge production costs. After initial investments of high quality printers and blank sticker sheets, I should think their costs are pretty minimal.
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:13 am
