dr_n00b wrote:well, considering the price bump was supposed to be 7% and ended up being 10%, considering toy manufacturing costs are heavily dependant on oil prices, which have gone down 40% since the price increase was announced, and considering the shoddy quality control and cheap paint apps we suddenly get on new toys - all while hasbro keep making more money than last year (which saw the sale of over 3 million tf movie toys in less than 3 months) - i'd say yeah, they're greedy bastards. and thanks for the welcome, btw.
Hey Dr_n00b,
WELCOME TO SEIBERTRON!!! WARNING, SEIBERTRON CONTAINS NUTS!!!Now that I've welcomed a new member, its great to hear everyones opinion on the forums from every aspect, but in light of some of the issues you mentioned, I'd like to add some.
HASBRO has projected price increases on some of its merchandise within the US and overseas, but as it stands, nearly 80% of their items sell at a price point of 20.00USD or less. That's pretty good. And with the recent global market crisis, retailers have actually lowered price points on some of their items to include deluxe class figures Transformers, along with some of the scouts and legends, depending on the store.
Yes you need oil for plastic, but that sweet light crude oil I believe, not the same oil used for making gasoline. And to be quite frank, a price drop in oil today wouldn't be recognized by the global market for at least a month.
Also, with the shoddy paint aps and QCI, I wholeheartedly agree with you on that and do recommend you contact HASBRO about it via their home website
http://www.hasbro.com. It doesn't matter what the circumstances may be, as consumers we deserve a good quality product if we pay the price for it, and the more you tell them that the more they will listen.