Transformers Mighty Muggs... Where does the mutilation end?

[MV75]

ummmm no. Not sure why you'd even think it was.

In the context it was said. BTW, nice save, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

My point is, I see these sorts of threads pop up on a regular basis on the various forums. People either expressing their disappointment about repaints or quality control or some gimmick/line they don't like and someone's always asking "why does Hasbro do this?"

Simple economics. They're out to make a profit. Repaints are cheaper than making new molds. And things like Mighty Mugs will offer variety and may attract the attention of those the main line may not target, people who collect "cute" things for example.

Transformers have become a huge money maker for Hasbro and they're going to put that name on as many pieces of merchandise as they can. And I don't see that as being lazy, lazy would be sticking to just one line and pumping out repaint after repaint, Mighty Mugs are at least showing diversification. It all comes back to profit. Hasbro aren't in business to please the fans, they're in business to please their stock holders, as I said, they're a profit driven company, nothing more, nothing less, and certaintly, not intended to be insulting to anyone.

As I said, and Dirge did again, they are lazy and are after immediate profit, not customer satisfication. I really have noticed the decline in QC over the years from Hasbro.

It's also not really diversifying, they just try and take what they have and see how they can shoehorn in a new franchise into the same gimmick. Have a longer look around. You'll see lots of "cross-overs".

Good to see i'm not the only one skipping Classics 2.0 and go for the Henkei releases instead.

Damn straight. The decline of QC and loss of focus upon the product has really forced my hand to look elsewhere.
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