Henkei Sideswipe, Tankor, And Bluestreak Pics

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Now while I agree there is a strong dislike of Hasbro here, I think it's going too far to suggest that American boards are far more "moderate" in their views. I've seen just as much complaining and hate on the US boards about quality control and poor paint apps as I've seen here. In fact, many of the posters on many of those US boards are hardly quiet in their complaints. Many a thread feature many a post on how they hope Hasbro don't screw things up again.

Furthermore, as a board for mostly Aussie collectors, I think it's quite understandable, and appreciated, that we from time to time don't see eye to eye on some issues. And you've got to remember many of those fans in the US are only paying $9.99 for a Deluxe. For us, we're paying twice as much and that's why we might tend to be more interested in the differences between Hasbro and Takara versions. For US fans, they're paying at least 3 times as much to import a Henkei compared to a Hasbro version. Hence, why the differences to them have to be big to get them bite on the Takara version.

For us downunder, it's about there's little difference between our RRP prices and import prices so hence why many of us can be shifted on things such as paint apps.

Exactly my thoughts to what FFN said. We don't hate Hasbro, we just don't like their cheap arsing everything and sacrificing quality over these last few years. Plus yea, we pay what is probably the most in the world for these toys, and as such are the most granted to be critical of Hasbros practices. But yea, on the flip side, we have the grace of being able to buy better deco'd versions at the same/lower price by importing them.

So overall it works out for us, but Hasbro loses a sale, which hopefully might give them some indication on what is wrong with their practices.
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