This just gets weirder! Now I want to know where the hell these coins came from if they're not official merchandise. I know Robotkingdom distributed them, and I think BBTS may have had some as well. Although it's possible Robotkingdom was their supplier... Were any other retailers giving out coins with MP's? Did Robotkingdom have them made to give away with MP's as an incentive to buy from them?

And it would be pretty funny if Hasbro released the Hercules bots. But hey, derivative is derivative, right?

 

I can tell you as accountant, any use of your intellectual property is illegal without a contract that you consented to on the basis of consideration.

That means unless you entered into an agreement that benefited you in some way, with the producer of this product, then they cannot use any intangible property you own. It doesn't matter if it's a neat little saying that says: "Yeah Dude!" or "Cowabunga!" or, if it's an image as in this case.

They cannot use this, because it is in fact considered an asset, and one that can be purchased in the buy and sale of entire companies. Not only can they not use this, they are in fact hiding the control of this asset from revenue recognition and reporting agencies. International Financal Reporting Standards require that owenrship of these properties be released. It's not just Blitz that is involved in cases like this, entire companies and organizations now need to be consulted, particularly public auditing firms that are involved with this company.

 

Were Takara Sniggering behind their hands when they put on a fake honest tone and said - no it's not one of ours to Hasbro UK (restrained laughter in background).

Just when you think Hasbro UK can't get any more clueless - they somehow manage.

It might be fun to write to them and ask them what GDO stands for - since they seem to have never even heard of Hasbro Asia and the GDO.

I wish the Supermarkets would end run these clowns and just buy all their toys from Hong Kong like any sensible buyer should.

And I might be wrong but can't you actually buy Six Shot in Japan - even if it is mainly in collectable stores - and there's some really muddle with Hasbro and Takara's products when it comes to asia anyway - such as Australian Target stores selling Takara's MP Ultra Magnus in store.

 

Yeah, any response here should clarify that it came with a Hasbro Asia product...

 

I'm honestly not surprised. Blitz was talking to people in Hasbro UK. This is the fault of Hasbro Asia. People in accounting barely know what's going on in PR or legal -on their own campus-, of course they're not going to be very astute on what's going on around the other side of the world.

Plus, as been mentioned, they probably hit up people in Tak/Tomy instead of Hasbro Asia, so they went to the completely wrong people.

Robotkingdom gets a lot of their stuff from China, don't they? I'd wager, but not say for certain, that the coins are probably, or potentially, of Chinese make. I have absolutely no information on the coins though, but considering China's...lax IP laws, I would not be surprised at all if it came from there.

Especially if there's no copyright/trademark/etc notes upon the coins, and they come only from certain sites, etc.

 

This is my 2 cents.

I live in South East Asia, and from where I come from we get both Hasbro and TakaraTOMY products; most TakaraTOMY products are only sold by specialty shops.

I have seen for myself that most TakaraTOMY products and so-called TakaraTOMY Asia Exclusives like Jetpower Optimus Prime in my country shipped in Hasbro carton boxes.

Like most toys, there is an Asia/International version and Japanese version (Think S.H.Figuarts, and Portraits of Pirates, .etc). Therefore, I think the TakaraTOMY products we get are distributed by Hasbro Asia for Asia and sometimes Australia excluding Japan, while the so-called TakaraTOMY Asia Exclusives are in fact by Hasbro Asia with permission from TakaraTOMY. It mean, it makes no sense for TakaraTOMY to release Asia Exclusives excluding Japan when Japan is their market; Hasbro is another story since their market is global.

Does that make more sense?

 

They claimed to be the TakaraTOMY Asia Exclusives but on the other hand,i think they are mass release products.