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News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:31 pm

Yet again nice dream auto bot but it won't happen hasbro doesn't own the rights I think there owned by the people who put on botcon but I'm not sure. I figure the only way we will see any sort of mass production of a botcon figure is if takara picks them up because they are a total different market from us.

by **Auto Bot** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:47 am

You mean Botcon have rights higher than Hasbro?

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:46 am

Auto Bot wrote:My petition will be to ask Hasbro to end the exclusivity of Botcon.

Sure, they can have figures that will not be available anywhere else.

But only for a limited time. Say, 6 months or 1 year. After which, Hasbro has the option of choosing some or all for mass production.

Yeah but that ruins the idea of limited edtition. I say offer em on hasbros webcite and a day then everybody's got a small chance of gettin em.

by **Auto Bot** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:52 pm

It will still be limited and expensive, for a period of time. Some collectors just can't wait. So they'll still be swimming in a pool of money.

Then later on, we, the ordinary mortals, will have the chance to enjoy being a true fan.

by **imotron** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:28 pm

Auto Bot wrote:You mean Botcon have rights higher than Hasbro?

Absolutely not, Hasbro owns the rights of anything and all over Trans Formers world, the idea of exclusives is to reward people who is being, in a way, "fan" and is whiling to spend some extra cash, of course not everybody has or will have the chance to acquire an exclusive toy, they are a reward for some selected ones that had the it credit card not pass due at the moment :-?

. Not mass releasing those toys is a way to say thank you for being part of this convention... etc. But overall, not everyone will value the same way what means to have such privilege... Besides I pay a lot for Alpha Trion, Thundercracker, Dirge and Ramjet I don't want them to loose their monetary cost at all...

Hey see yah at BOTCON! 8-}