I get the impression that these TFSource Exhausts were not sent with their packaging or anything with the original image of the toy as it would also be in breach of the conditions.

Quote Originally Posted by Tober View Post
I'd be livid if they did that to my orders.

Orange-capping Megatron I can understand, but this...
At least with the orange-capping, it was told before-hand and people who bought one knew that it was coming that way.... this was just a total surprise by customers, who got a note with the toy that tried to celebrate the success of getting this toy to them.

I imagine that TFSource had already bought these toys from a supplier and couldn't return them, so only had the choice of destroying them or modify them enough to be allowed to sell them (they probably contacted the cigarette company to get approval). It wouldn't be a situation that I would envy, but that's part of the risk of business - they took the risk of making a profit from a highly sought after toy, and this time it backfired.
But I don't think they would have had that many units, so if they had just asked their customers first if they still wanted it before they shipped them, they would have still sold off the unwanted units by other desperate customers.


It puts a whole new meaning to the disclaimer - product contents and colours may vary.