March Qs to Hasbro (closes Feb 24th)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

The TV ads would be by Hasbro, because they don't mention any store. Most toy ads that aren't 'exclusive' or 'only at' certain stores would be from the toy companies. But since their main focus is convincing the retailers to buy their stock, and let the retailers worry about moving it, the promoting of the product to consumers (outside of any applicable cartoon) would appear to be a low priority.

Fair enough, I thought I read on onepost somewhere that the stores had to advertise ad it wasn't Hasbro.

Sorry Roller, my bad

[jaydisc]

Many fans were frustrated when Hasbro announced the Premium Series of Movie figures as they had already made significant investment on what were now seen as Non-Premium toys. Many are now considering avoiding the initial releases of any movie figures in anticipation of a future Premium release. Is this a strategy that Hasbro intends to continue with?

[i_amtrunks]

With Movie Line repaints still clogging up shelving space in stores country wide, limiting the space available for the newer Animated and Universe Lines, does Hasbro AU have any plans to limit the later waves of figures (and/or repaints) to stop this problem occurring again post "Revenge"?

Does Hasbro in fact have the capacity to limit what the stores order in (I am assuming they do, otherwise why would they need distribution centres), or do the orders bypass Hasbro AU?

When can we expect Movie toys to give way back to Animated, Universe and whatever other lines are to come post "Revenge"?

[kup]

With Walmart prices said to have increased for Deluxe size Transformers in the US, would this extra cost allow for an increase when it comes to plastic and paint application quality in Hasbro Transformers?

Source:

http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...-effect/15084/

[griffin]

That might not be a wholesale price increase. It could just be a retailer increase. If the Hasbro website still says RRP of US$10 for deluxes, then there is no increase of revenue for Hasbro.

[jaydisc]

Also, Hasbro did announce during it's last financial results that due to increased costs, toys in this price range would be rising approximately US$1.

[griffin]

Q - In what month in 1984 were Transformers toys first available in stores in Australia?

[roller]

did Hasbro do any market research before releasing Transformers way back in 1980s???

Any market research conducted in Australia? If so how?

[turtle boy]

Simple Question,

Where did the term "seeker" AKA Decpepticon jets come from. Was it a Hasbro name or fan based ?

[Sky Shadow]

Simple Question,

Where did the term "seeker" AKA Decpepticon jets come from. Was it a Hasbro name or fan based ?

It wasn't originally fan based. For years it was thought to be a fan term taken from a line about Hunter-Seeker Skyships in Transformers US #17, but it turned out it was actually from a 1984 JCPenney catalogue: