this'll prob come off as kinda condescending! but....here goes.....does anyone know of someone(or maybe they themselves) who works for or in a Transformers toy manufacturing facility? & do they get first dibbs on what rolls off the production line? or maybe even a discount towards what rolls off the production line? y'know it's just one of those questions that you may have rolling around at the back of your mind! but never dared to ask.
Probably not. If you worked for hasbro you probably would not be aloud to be part of a fan website. I'm also sure that they don't get to get stuff first.
yes, but that cannot be guaranteed!(they could be on here covertly) but your prob right in as much as they would not want to be known publicly on here, for fear of being targeted by TF toy collectors wanting the latest hot-off-the-press figures before the online & high street retailers get a hold of them.(the irony is! with that in mind, it kinda makes this thread redundant) + i'm sure that Hasbro probably does peruse this site, on occasion, for it's own interests.
I don't think Internet access is as widespread in China and Vietnam. Or at least not as readily available to factory workers. Doubt they get to take anything home though.
I've often wondered if they get first dibs on a few toys as well. Not necessarily factory workers, but maybe the designers get to bring home figures that they've designed.
They probably get their hands cut off or something like that. And Internet in China? Totally restricted. They can't just go to the internet and find out the truth about their dictatorship. Most people don't know anything about the Tian'anmen-massacre. So, probably they won't be able to talk about Transformers with people in the free world. Because they could totally read stuff like this here and that would be bad.
In manufacturing, especially out-sourced manufacturing, the employess have no access to buy the product they are making. Theft does occur, however. First party manufacturers (companies who run their own plants) are different, since employees can buy directly from their employer, usually at 1-10 points above cost, or at cost if they are lucky.
Holidays by Hasbro: Transformers from Hell - Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights Hasbro has since refuted this report, but even then, I think underpaid Chinese or Vietnamese workers have bigger concerns than getting first dibs on children's toys.
surely it can't all be as impoverished as some of you guys are making out! + if that were the case! wouldn't there be far less TF toy collectors? due to the working conditions that goes into the toys manufacture
I'm reminded of 3-4 years ago when Ebay was flooded with not-yet-released toys stolen (or not stolen, but pieced together from reject items to be thrown out or recycled wink-wink) from production facilities. I almost miss those days.
Just FYI, pretty much everyone considers this mostly bunk, the guy had a history of making things up in reports, and his so-called evidence doesn't actually seem to... exist.
just going off topic here for a mo....but i've heard similar with video games, in days gone by, that were designed but never released onto market! they would be taken to an undisclosed location! mostly a beach somewhere......& buried.
Yes, there are plenty of video games that were made, and never released, but they are never buried in the beach somewhere... they are sitting on someones computer on or their shelf, burned onto a disk and that's where they'll remain until the creator dies and his property gets auctioned off and someone else comes along and buys it and then realizes what they bought, works on it, and then finally releases it. Like what happened with the original Mario.. it was some sad pathetic game until Nintendo got a hold of it, and revamped it and released it as Mario
Wait, what? Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, and Super Mario Bros. were all designed by Miyamoto. Nintendo property from the ground up. The only thing resembling what you're saying is Nintendo of America being stuck with a warehouse full of Radio Scope arcade units that didn't sell, which later had the games replaced and the cases redone as Donkey Kong units.
