Honestly, I wish they could revisit all of the box sets & add ons.

 

They will decrease the production costs. All companies tries to decrease production costs to maximize their profit. It's not a crime.

 

yeah, obviously you are one of those who missed reading and understanding those several posts way above my comment that folks were gushing about the chances of $20 black henkei convoys and other cheap priced ehobby exclusives.

 

 

If anything prices will rise.

 

And your logic for this is...?

 

just for shits and giggles or the hell of it ?!?!  

 

oi vei this thread...

 

FP is all about the cash and how much they can squeeze out of the fandom, not about doing us favors and cutting us deals.

That's all the logic required.

 

Well, I'm sure there are more details involved, but for the most part it's basic business.

If you sell 50 copies of a $50 item, and your production costs are $25, then the gross sales are $2500 and your net profit is $1250.

If your production costs go down (let's say it's now $15 instead of $25) and you sell the same amount for the same price, then your net profit is now $1750.

However, if your production costs go down, and you lower the retail price by the same amount (now $40 instead of $50), you will likely sell a higher quantity than before. If you now sell 75 items at the new price of $40, then your gross sales are $3000 and your net profit is $1875.

So bottom line, they will move more product at a lower price, and in the long run it will result in a higher net profit for them (and less left-over inventory on hand).

 

As long as FP make toys people want they can be as indifferent to customer service as they like, its a simple fact.

But it also mean the customer will never cut them any slack, if and when FP screw up people wont be patient, wont be polite, wont be supportive.

Its FPs choice they can either be a business people grudgingly give money or they can be part of the fandom and actually feel like a fan club that people want to be a part of.

Clearly they have chosen the former. And thats fine its their choice, either way I get toys from them if its something I want, but there is a reason companies spend big money on building brand loyalty. Third parties and Asian exclusives are all competing for our money now a days.

 

e-Hobby doesn't have new heads created. TakaraTomy provides them for them, it's not like Fun Pub's situation with Hasbro.

It's my understanding most e-Hobby exclusives are ones that TakaraTomy comes up with and has e-Hobby distribute them (like Hasbro does with Toys R Us, Walmart, and Target). It's very different than Fun Pub's situation.

So the Scrapheap head wasn't theirs to begin with it's TakaraTomy's / Hasbro's.

Randy

 

I'm not saying they are SUPPOSED to (not even going to get into if they should or not), I'm saying it will be a cold day in hell before they give up any profits and consider fans over money. They can't even handle the concept of "customer service".

Prices will remain the same or rise. I'm not even sure what prices we are talking about honestly, but if it involves FP and lowering prices - not gonna happen.

 

Allspark did a follow-up story. Apparently they sold out in 30 minutes. Their next announcement will be relevant to US fans (would be nice).

 

Whatever it is will sell out in 6 minutes here!

 

Looking into my crystal ball, I can see the 1st collaboration being these stickers at a massive mark-up of $25 a pop! Gotta rip-off those moronic collectors you know!

 

Did your crystal ball see any Exclusive microns? Lmao..J/K

 

Right on,in the end,as per which exclusive to be issue out is still up to TakaraTomy to say Yes or No