Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
Over a billion.

<insert.rantage.here> China seems to have a lot of the disadvantages of a large population _without_ the advantages... 'cept for better shopping hours. Then again, Australia's shopping hours suck.

I was shopping in a supermarket today and while passing the DVD section I saw a cartoon called "Robo Warriors" -- the images on the cover were retooled KOs of Transformer Go-Bots! I've seen the KO toys themselves at a department store, but I didn't know they made a cartoon based on this line of KOs!! So apparently even making a cartoon to promote your line of KO Transformer toys isn't enough to rouse Hasbro's wrath.

I guess those 3rd party sellers in Japan and iGear just got unlucky?

Well the thing is, Igear sells worldwide and are really sought after by collectors and other online stores (BBTS, et al) which redirects sales from the coffers of Hastak products and in turn their IP. KO Products from China even with cartoons, are, I guess mostly confined within China.. See no one even knows there was a cartoon for these Kos .. until now that youve discovered it. So the few cheapcheapcheap looking KOs that get sold outside China , in dollar shops mostl,y here in Aus are not a real threat to HAstaks IP or sales... certainly not a bother. Buyers of these a very very few as well.