Quote Originally Posted by DELTAprime View Post
Seeing the TRU price for MP Soundwave and the cassettes has me wondering, how does Hasbro undercut Takara's prices on the MP line? I know on the normal lines like Generations Takara uses higher quality paint jobs to justify the price, but what is different about Hasbro's MP line that makes it cheap?
Aside from material costs, Hasbro also produces at much greater quantities than Takara (due to the populations Hasbro cater towards), so is able to achieve economies of scale.