Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
How does this:



...disagree with what you were responding to:



I was pointing out that Replicas, even of past figures, impacts the bottom line of the Brand owners. Even if it is of a lesser amount with the Replica past figures. We know about the controversy of the Gen1 Constructicons - I think the new movie has improved the chances of a reissue, but we would have had one ages ago (for Takara to profit from and generate more reissues, and maybe even more combiner reissues), if it weren't for Replica Constructicons. The additional point I was making here is the (rare) occasion that has a potential long-term customer turned away from the Brand after being disappointed or upset over getting Replica figure (of any era) that they didn't know was a Replica when buying it.
Oops my bad. I read it as you were meaning that replicas are worse than mass-customised product b/c they hurt Hasbro/Takara's bottom line more and for that reason replicas/KOs are a worser animal. I didn't realise it was expanding on the same point for both.

Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
But what about consideration of motive?
Motives we have agreed are subjective. I can't say with conviction who does it for profit, who does it "for the fandom". And I don't think it helps either whatever the motive. If a homeless person robbed your house so he could continue putting food on the table for their kids, would that make it okay? I think again, we as a fandom don't have much credibility on the issue once we starting buying these custom products. We can't have our cake and eat it.