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?
Takara have to charge more to cover the cost of developing the mold. Hasbro then just jump in and go "Hey, can we borrow this for a bit? We'll bring it right back!"