Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.
Mkall wrote:If they are it's a very small percentage. Thus why should they care.
Skyfire-5 wrote:Mkall wrote:If they are it's a very small percentage. Thus why should they care.
A valid point, yet let's jump into Hasbro's shoes. You have several investors with extended families to keep comfy. Your business, even now at its pinnacle of popularity, is always looking for potential growth; to take on more employees and to possibly broaden you other genres of consumerism - electronics, apparel, etc. You're telling me that you wouldn't want every penny that, in essence, is rightfully yours or could relatively easily be yours? Sure, you're not the only transforming robot toy show in town, but you certainly are the oldest & biggest (TWSS). I guess, you can say it's not that much money, but name recognition & reputation within the vocal fandom is something that equates to expanding the official brand. I just don't see any big business shying away from profit large or small unless it's a legal battle they cannot win. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but if I were a stock holder, I'd vote a yea on the notion to pursue acquisition of successful 3P's.
Mkall wrote:Skyfire-5 wrote:Mkall wrote:If they are it's a very small percentage. Thus why should they care.
A valid point, yet let's jump into Hasbro's shoes. You have several investors with extended families to keep comfy. Your business, even now at its pinnacle of popularity, is always looking for potential growth; to take on more employees and to possibly broaden you other genres of consumerism - electronics, apparel, etc. You're telling me that you wouldn't want every penny that, in essence, is rightfully yours or could relatively easily be yours? Sure, you're not the only transforming robot toy show in town, but you certainly are the oldest & biggest (TWSS). I guess, you can say it's not that much money, but name recognition & reputation within the vocal fandom is something that equates to expanding the official brand. I just don't see any big business shying away from profit large or small unless it's a legal battle they cannot win. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but if I were a stock holder, I'd vote a yea on the notion to pursue acquisition of successful 3P's.
I'm just guessing on this point, but I would suspect the amount of profit the 3PPs are taking away from Hasbro is much less than if Hasbro decided to actively persue taking them down, in terms of investigation costs, legal fees, bad press, etc. And that's assuming they can do it with a 100% success rate, because if not then there will still be money trading between fands and 3PPs. So in this case it's the lesser of two losses that they are probably happy with.
Prime Evil wrote:But I don't think Hasbro can really DO anything to any of these 3rd party companies. I mean if their operations and headquarters was actually in the US, then yeah, I can see the law getting in the way. But international laws for IP's, I don't know if there is anyway for a US company to shut down a company on foreign soil. Right and wrong aside, there's nothing to stop these companies from making their products. I know I've said this before, but if Hasbro wants to try and do something about it, which I'm not sure they do, they can always just avoid selling their products to those that carry these 3rd party products. Saying if you carry all these iGear, FP, and Perfect Effect products, we will no longer ship out our toys to you. Forcing the store to choose from "official" transformers products vs unofficial products. Which do you think gives a store more profit? My money will almost always go on Big Business. Let's just hope it doesn't come to this. I like to gather all my toys in one spot if possible.
Counterpunch wrote:If Hasbro and Takara wanted to do something about these companies then they already would have.
Burn wrote:robofreak doesn't joke. He's all about the serious business of the internet.
ItIsHim wrote:My closet is filled to the brim with plastic children's toys. For myself
fenrir72 wrote: the products be sold to "adult" only costumers
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