3rd Party Items Banned from BotCon 2015

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Mechafire, Apr 29, 2015.

  1. Autobot City Comics 2008

    Autobot City Comics 2008 Botcon S_T_A_F_F

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    get the party wagon ready
     
  2. Kaijumaster

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    Inflation | Define Inflation at Dictionary.com

    Perfectly reasonable criteria. And it very accurately illustrates the point, even TFW will call an IP infringing toy by the name of the G1 character it's stealing from in the headline.
     
  3. son of jor el

    son of jor el Well-Known Member

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    First time we get a botcon and they pull this bs. Oh well that totally changes my mind. I won't be going to support has/tak. Third party companies are what keeps the continuity better than eveR. I would put fans toys quality up against any has/ tak product...........
     
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    Treadshot 2.0 Action Master

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    Honestly I'm surprised they let it go on for so long. It does diminish the value of the showroom though. I'm glad i went last year... without 3p stuff it's much less appealing as a buyer.

    Honestly i think the 3p world is hurting their bottom line. (Not Has/Tak... BOTCON's) For the same price as the exclusive set of repaints/remolds of obscure characters, we can get all new molds of highly coveted characters. Makes sense they'd eliminate the competition. I'm glad Hasbro isn't like Harmony Gold... they realize these products just enhance their brand. (How many people started collecting MP because there were suddenly enough characters represented to make a good display thsnks to FT, MMC, Badcube, etc.?)
     
  5. Starscream Gaga

    Starscream Gaga Protoformed This Way

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    The continuity better then ever? What?
     
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    How is it unreasonable to expect Hasbro to deliver what Hasbro delivered just a few years ago?
     
  7. Cheebs

    Cheebs Well-Known Member

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    Hollow honeycomb limbs are ugly as balls. That's not an opinion. You don't get a contrary say on that one. Some things just are.
     
  8. Predakwon

    Predakwon ...Green Lantern's light!

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    :lol  I love that ep!

    On the bright side, I'd save a lot of money.
     
  9. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    Because all people are a hivemind that thinks the same?
     
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    Astronopolis Well-Known Member

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    Please. Let Hasbro/Takara/Fun Publications do their own cease and desist and lawyering, the only people this hurts is the fans.
     
  11. bellpeppers

    bellpeppers A Meat Popsicle

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    I don't get this post.
     
  12. bellpeppers

    bellpeppers A Meat Popsicle

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    I don't even think the fans are hurt.
     
  13. edgs2099

    edgs2099 Optimistically realistic. Moderator

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    Obviously there was someone named Home in an episode of the Simpsons that got to design a car. They must be out of ideas, because that is the same thing that once happened to Homer too.
     
  14. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    You just have missed the earlier posts where people where bitching on about how Hasbro should do like 3rd party makers and disregarding how Hasbro operates under a different set of rules. But that´s ok, it´s not like this thing wasn´t addressed before and you and countless others deliberately ignore it. :) 
     
  15. flux convoy

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    To answer the pick-apart-every-post-squad. Get informed. It isn't my duty to inform you. If you're making silly claims about the validity of an officially licensed product, the burden of proof is on you. As for whatever "agenda" I might have, I'm not the one with a chip on my shoulder against FunPub. The "Insert whatever small con here- is better than Botcon" mentality behind it is a little childish. What agenda would I possibly be pushing other than being tired of the constant negativity?
     
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    How does this hurt the fans?
     
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    I Think third parties should just make their own convention and make it about robots in general or something not just transformers
     
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    Because ouch?
     
  19. JLvatron

    JLvatron Transformer

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    ???

    What did TFcon do??
    They Allow 3rd party Transformers.
     
  20. Bed Bugs

    Bed Bugs Haven't gone postal yet...

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    I'm about the realms of possibility, that's why I raise the points I do.

    You still didn't answer the question though. If Boss Fight can design a Pretender Shell for Hasbro, can they also design actual Transforming Robots as well?

    Since you're not Hasbro, I don't expect you can answer yes. But at the same time, since you're not Hasbro, you can't officially say no either.

    Which means it's a possibility......