What's Takara Tomy's and Hasbro's stance on 3rd party bots?

[philby]

thanks for the info! I'm curious as to why Maketoys etc don't need to do safety testing. Or do they just choose not to? If it is clearly labelled and marketed to adults or something then couldn't Hasbro just skip it for them if they already skip it?

[5FDP]

thanks for the info! I'm curious as to why Maketoys etc don't need to do safety testing. Or do they just choose not to? If it is clearly labelled and marketed to adults or something then couldn't Hasbro just skip it for them if they already skip it?

They choose not to. It keeps the cost down. Hasbro is a global brand and with that comes an elevated responsibility so they'll do their due diligence when it comes to safety requirements.