TFs Q/C problems archive (already damaged in the packaging)

[FFN]

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There's a reason why Hasbro is rich,

Mr Burns: RICH AS NAZIS!*

*(This is in reference to the episode of the Simpsons where Mr Burns says that very line. I don't mean to suggest that Hasbro are Nazis. I am also clearly taking the piss here.)

[jaydisc]

Can anyone state with certainty whether or not Hasbro and Takara use the same manufacturers or facilities? Obviously, they request different paint jobs, but does anyone have any decently sourced information as to how or where their processes differ?

[Pulse]

Can anyone state with certainty whether or not Hasbro and Takara use the same manufacturers or facilities? Obviously, they request different paint jobs, but does anyone have any decently sourced information as to how or where their processes differ?

I'm guessing the only way we'd answer these questions is by asking the employees who steal figures & bung 'em on Ebay...

[kup]

I'm guessing the only way we'd answer these questions is by asking the employees who steal figures & bung 'em on Ebay...

Strangely enough, we don't get many stolen Takara figures just Hasbro's.

Thy usually steal Botcon figures and the like too but you never see stolen ehobby exclusives and the like which are equally as valuable and also in demand.

[GoktimusPrime]

Maybe because most Japanese collectors would refuse to buy stolen goods? *shrug*

I think that if more collectors refused to purchases these stolen factory goods then people would be less inclined to steal them in the first place. Laws of demand and supply really.

[liegeprime]

[QUOTE=GoktimusPrime;46331].. I thought that if he'd felt any more ashamed that he might kneel into Seiza and commit Harakiri. Eep!

heheheh, prolly not, as their production lines are most likely in China.

Actually, I think Hasbro are a lot more like Microsoft - they swallow their competitors in an attempt to establish market dominance!

Hmm was actually thinking more of the Borg.... you will all become one with the collective, resistance is futile! ......

[GoktimusPrime]

heheheh, prolly not, as their production lines are most likely in China.

Then they'll just have to enact the Great Eastern Co-Prosperity Sphere, Part 2! (j/k)

[jaydisc]

Is there any evidence that sellers like TFCToy and Menasor's sources are actually factory thefts? Or are you referring to different sellers?

<completely baseless>
I was daydreamingly theorizing one day that the leaks were intentional in order to theorize product demand and thus production quantities.
</completely baseless>

[kup]

There's a reason why Hasbro is rich,

Mr Burns: RICH AS NAZIS!*

*(This is in reference to the episode of the Simpsons where Mr Burns says that very line. I don't mean to suggest that Hasbro are Nazis. I am also clearly taking the piss here.)

Yeah it makes them rich but does it make it right?

[GoktimusPrime]

There's a reason why Hasbro is rich,

Mr Burns: RICH AS NAZIS!*

*(This is in reference to the episode of the Simpsons where Mr Burns says that very line. I don't mean to suggest that Hasbro are Nazis. I am also clearly taking the piss here.)

Yeah it makes them rich but does it make it right?

I thought that was FFN's point of comparing Hasbro to Nazis - i.e.: wealth built on dubious practice.

Actually, I think Hasbro are a lot more like Microsoft - they swallow their competitors in an attempt to establish market dominance!

Facts:

1/ Hasbro is the 2nd largest toy maker in the world (second only to Mattel).

2/ Like Microsoft, Hasbro has assimilated the following companies:
+ Milton Bradley
+ Avalon Hill
+ Wizards of the Coast
+ Infogrames
+ Claster Television
+ Coleco
+ Galoob
+ Kenner
+ Maisto
+ Parker Brothers
+ PlaySkool
+ Selchow and Righter
+ Tiger Electronics
+ Tonka
+ Wrebbit
+ Cranium Inc.

<-- Hasbro logo laughing all the way to the bank