Quote Originally Posted by jaydisc View Post
Sounds like we agree then, as it's the allegations of exploitation that I defy.

As far as QC, I think we'll all agree that that's never good for anyone. And it does seem that first with Animated, and now with Universe, that some basic testing could have really avoided some obvious problems (BB's stingers/paint job, Sunstreaker & Prowls' paint, etc.) However, I don't believe for one second (and no one has given any real foundation to the contrary) that any failures here are by design in order to sell improved/fixed figures down the road or to exploit anyone.
No, I don't think it's currently intentionally done bad to then sell a "better" version later. They've just gone cheap, too cheap, which as a result has lost sales from myself. Simple as that.

I actually started to notice the QC decline with the first classics line, specifically, and pretty much just, bumblebee. But now we've gone from one slightly dodge figure to entire toylines with failure everywhere.