Hasbro Q&A Round 3

What the hell was that? They won't answer anything.Whats the point of them sitting down for these questions if they won't answer anything. Come on hasbro, stop pissing people off, answer the questions.Enough with the mysteries!

I was referring to "POS" ...Yeah, you know who you are?!

No them acknowledging POS would only encourage the well deserved criticism to continue! Now we know they are listening so the truth shall be told! Double hinged elbows and knees for everyone or we riot!

at the least some freaking hand and wrist articulation please !! @loll@ @hmmm@

I was referring to "POS" ...Yeah, you know who you are?!

No them acknowledging POS would only encourage the well deserved criticism to continue! Now we know they are listening so the truth shall be told! Double hinged elbows and knees for everyone or we riot!

I was referring to "POS" ...Yeah, you know who you are?!

I guess Hasbro is just shy to answer any real questions.

Just ask them a yes or no like lawyers?

Did you or did you order the code Red?

I don't, on the simple basis that it just isn't good business sense to increase prices arbitrarily, especially in a situation like this. A situation to consider is one of Hasbro's other lines, the Transformers. The deluxe figure price point has been at $10 since 1995, in spite of increased costs and all that. Hasbro did this because they knew that it was a very appealing price point to consumers. (And, of course, there wasn't a licensing fee at all). I suspect Toy Biz took the same approach to Legends, keeping the price at about eight bucks as long as they could because the price was part of the customer's expectations of the product. Hasbro doesn't have the luxury of doing so, apparently.

I won't argue that, and I'm sure the sales for the Legendary Heroes line won't be as good as Toybiz's sales for ML. But I still have a hard time believe that the rising costs, whether they're related to oil prices or the liscensing fee, justify both cutbacks AND a $2-$3 per figure mark-up. One or the other, sure, but both tells me that Hasbro is dicking us.

That must be a seriously high liscensing fee then. Because Toybiz has demonstrated with the Legendary Heroes line that it is still possible to make superarticulated figures with great paint apps and a HUGE BAF spread out over fewer figures and still charge just $8 a pop. I don't fault Hasbro for wanting to make a profit but when they're turning out figures with less articulation, less packaging, less paint, no comics, and small BAFs spread out over 8 figures AND charging $2-$3 more per figure depending on where you're buying them, it just doesn't sit well with me.

I don't doubt that it is a huge liscensing fee. Because, with no offense to Madman, Witchblade, et al, they're nowhere near the legaue of Spidey or the X-Men in terms of marketing potential.

No, I consider ita a different way of doing things. And if I understand the relationship between Toy Biz and Marvel correctly, the Biz didn't have to pay as much of a liscensing fee for the use of the Marvel properties. Hasbro does, and that fee is passed onto the price of the figures. Also factor into that the obvious rising price of oil. So, rather then raise the prices even further on individual units, they cut some things out. There'd be just as much complaining if Hasbro Legends were exactly the same as Toy Biz, but $15 a pop.

That must be a seriously high liscensing fee then. Because Toybiz has demonstrated with the Legendary Heroes line that it is still possible to make superarticulated figures with great paint apps and a HUGE BAF spread out over fewer figures and still charge just $8 a pop. I don't fault Hasbro for wanting to make a profit but when they're turning out figures with less articulation, less packaging, less paint, no comics, and small BAFs spread out over 8 figures AND charging $2-$3 more per figure depending on where you're buying them, it just doesn't sit well with me.

And I certainly don't fault them for trying new things in other lines, but when Toybiz had already demonstrated a very clear and successful path for the primary ML line, I see no excuse for the changes made there.

And back on the topic of this Q&(no)A that they've been doing, it just shows even further that Hasbro doesn't seem to get how to deal with the Marvel lines. They've got a Q&A for their Star Wars line spread out over nearly a dozen fan sites and frequently give really good answers in those. Sure, they dodge a few, but not almost all of them like they've done with Marvel. For a toy company that does such a great job with most of its other lines I just don't get why they've screwed the pooch so hard on the Marvel stuff.

What he/she said!

No, I consider ita a different way of doing things. And if I understand the relationship between Toy Biz and Marvel correctly, the Biz didn't have to pay as much of a liscensing fee for the use of the Marvel properties. Hasbro does, and that fee is passed onto the price of the figures. Also factor into that the obvious rising price of oil. So, rather then raise the prices even further on individual units, they cut some things out. There'd be just as much complaining if Hasbro Legends were exactly the same as Toy Biz, but $15 a pop.

That must be a seriously high liscensing fee then. Because Toybiz has demonstrated with the Legendary Heroes line that it is still possible to make superarticulated figures with great paint apps and a HUGE BAF spread out over fewer figures and still charge just $8 a pop. I don't fault Hasbro for wanting to make a profit but when they're turning out figures with less articulation, less packaging, less paint, no comics, and small BAFs spread out over 8 figures AND charging $2-$3 more per figure depending on where you're buying them, it just doesn't sit well with me.

And I certainly don't fault them for trying new things in other lines, but when Toybiz had already demonstrated a very clear and successful path for the primary ML line, I see no excuse for the changes made there.

And back on the topic of this Q&(no)A that they've been doing, it just shows even further that Hasbro doesn't seem to get how to deal with the Marvel lines. They've got a Q&A for their Star Wars line spread out over nearly a dozen fan sites and frequently give really good answers in those. Sure, they dodge a few, but not almost all of them like they've done with Marvel. For a toy company that does such a great job with most of its other lines I just don't get why they've screwed the pooch so hard on the Marvel stuff.