Quote Originally Posted by jaydisc
This is no different than the tactics employed by companies ranging from McDonald's to Playboy magazine and virtually the marketing department of every product-based company in between. The marketing department's job is to make the product look attractive. Realizing that, Hasbro seems to focus on the retail experience. This is evident by their behavior and of course the effort they make on packaging.
Takara makes their products look attractive in photos too, but the photos tend to match the products better. With Takara when it comes to comparing their promotional photos and toys it's pretty much a case of WYSIWYG.

Let's look at the promotional images for Henkei just as an example. I currently only have Henkei Megatron and Astrotrain, but IMO the photos in those promotional images on the site and on their packaging pretty much look just like the toys. Generally when buying Takara TFs I know that the toys will look like the photos whereas with Hasbro's photos I always have to take it with a grain of salt - and like images in McDonald's or Playboy, I know that the real thing doesn't look like what's in the photo. Well, maybe except for griffin's avatar - that thing freaks me out. Cosmetic & shampoo companies do it too but they sometimes include disclaimers telling you that it's enhanced.

In the end I learn to never fully trust images from McDonalds, Hasbro etc. I'll trust Playboy though. Seriously... Megan Fox is not that good looking IRL IMO. But IMO she looks pretty hawt in the Transformers movie - and I like to believe in that image despite having seen how ordinary she actually looks IRL. Movies are fantasies and I'll happily escape into it. Megan Fox may not be that hot, but Mikaela is! (^_^)

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