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[Hereticpoo]

Well, Hasbro probably could, if they wanted to sell low numbers of something at the $80 price point which might not meet safety standards, after spending decades marketing themselves as makers of kidsafe products.

Jebus I wrote an essay in regards to your comment and lost it.
Summary - Hasbro can.
$80 is cheap.
Parents pay for Leader Class, Ultra Class Supreme class.
Low numbers - response - look at the Masterpiece Line.
Kiddy issue's - see below

I do agree with you that Hasbro's focus is kiddys, but across the ocean there's a company called TakaraTomy that can fill the collectors market if they got permission from the daddy.

[Geminii]

I do agree with you that Hasbro's focus is kiddys, but across the ocean there's a company called TakaraTomy that can fill the collectors market if they got permission from the daddy.

Yup. I carefully avoided mentioning TakTomy, as it's possible they might be able to do something of the nature. Not having a direct "in" to the Japanese toy market and relevant legalities and economies, though, I thought I'd be better off simply leaving it out of the discussion until someone with more info could step up.

Still, it's an interesting idea: reworkings of old characters in a cross between Classics and Masterpiece style. Would the resulting profits be worth a major toy company's time and resources, though?

[kaiden]

Yup. I carefully avoided mentioning TakTomy, as it's possible they might be able to do something of the nature. Not having a direct "in" to the Japanese toy market and relevant legalities and economies, though, I thought I'd be better off simply leaving it out of the discussion until someone with more info could step up.

Still, it's an interesting idea: reworkings of old characters in a cross between Classics and Masterpiece style. Would the resulting profits be worth a major toy company's time and resources, though?

Millions of happy Transformers customers? I think thats profit enough for them