3rd Party (Not) Unicron Apparently Removed by Hasbro

Regimus Prime wrote:Good on Hasbro for putting a stop (temporary or permanent) to Zeta’s blatant attempt to syphon their crowd funding effort. I get it, there have been years of 3P options on some fan favorites that Hasbro/Takara Tony had yet to produce particularly for the MP line, but really? In the midst of Haslab attempting to secure backers for Unicron you slide in with your bootleg offering? That’s some unlicensed street vendor, buyer better beware, swap meet knock off, low life bad form right there. You can agree or disagree with Hasbro’s roll out of this project, it’s price point, G1 movie accuracy, sculpt paint apps, scale... you can even argue the merits of creating competition and driving the market with 3P offerings but that was just really underhanded. Me personally, I’ve always frowned upon bootlegs of any merchandise I wish to purchase. I want the real deal Holyfield. I’ve been a bit of a sneaker head for years and couldn’t imagine buying knockoff Jordan’s. I’m a fan of Mike. I followed his career and willingly supported his brand. If Brand Jordan put out a pair of shoes but not in the color way I wanted I could customize em or pass and buy another choice that won my dollar. But if another brand wins my dollar they must have produced THEIR OWN PRODUCT/IP that I could get behind. I can respect that. But jacking another companies IP and leeching off of THEIR fans?... I gotta pass regardless on the 3Ps out of respect for the brand that I grew up with because I’m a fan. If they put out a product that I don’t like or is out of my budget I’ll purchase another legitimate item from another brand I respect.

DMSL wrote:Hasbro is asking too much cash period. This Unicron is a rushed product. For that price it should have a way better transformation.

Burn wrote:At least come up with something more substantial instead of a tinfoil conspiracy theory.

Burn wrote:Accept that your precious 3P got a smack down and that YOU are being the butthurt fanboy, not the ones you claim to be behind these "false" claims.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Zeta took all their Unicron stuff off FB maybe Hasbro said something.

Just heard the same thing, strange that it went down so quick.

I agree with the earlier sentiments that Zeta's thing was a total dick move on their part. I really don't like 3rd parties for the most part.

All their stuff is still up on non-U.S. sites. Probably to avoid trouble from Hasbro. My best guess is that it wasn't supposed to be a dick move. I think they were expecting Unicron to fail and planned their announcement to come out after the original deadline, but then the deadline got pushed back and their announcement did not.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:Accept that your precious 3P got a smack down and that YOU are being the butthurt fanboy, not the ones you claim to be behind these "false" claims.

Now it's YOU who is making up a "conspiracy" theory. Because I don't give a single fox about the Zeta. I DO NOT HAVE ANY BRAND LOYALTY AND NOTHING IS "PRECIOUS".

I base my assumption on how it happened all over the place for numerous things. Like in the peak of the MLP fandom or often with "conservative" videos. Most have been restored over time or slightly modded to be legal.

As I repeat myself, I saw this happen over and over. And only time will tell if the claim is legit or not. Beside, if the claim is legit, Hasbro themselves will make an official statement. I'm waiting for that.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:I'm not gonna necessarily go in on the """conspiracy theory""" about this being a false claim (despite the fact there have been several times random parties have claimed YouTube videos they don't have any legitimate claim over, ostensibly but almost certainly not actually on the behalf of the parties that do), but even with it likely being Hasbro, I don't necessarily think they're now gonna just tear down the third party market, since the word Unicron actually was used in the video, which is more blatant than most third party companies are. Given Hasbro's seeming policy the past several years of looking the other way wrt third party, I think they might have considered this specifically as stepping over the line, rather than the straw that broke the camel's back. I wouldn't be surprised if all that Hasbro did was take down the video, and then Zeta removed their own posts from western social media just to be safe.