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 on: January 27, 2025, 12:37:49 PM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by canprime
I could see 3rd party move in.  I think this is just a toe in the water product.
https://tfsource.com/fans-hobby/ve-01-air-eagle-112-scale-fans-hobby-vehicle-elite/

It's tough because Fans Hobby has been doing this with Transformers for some time now.

However it looks like the Joe team (whoever makes the decisions, not the design team) isn't willing to let them go on without some repercussions.  Apparently Fans Hobby received a C&D about the design and that is why they made the small changes they did.  I would assume it is because the Joe team has a Classified Sky Hawk in the works. 

Will either one eat into the sales of the other?  Maybe, but on the Transformers side of things it hasn't reallyl hurt either side so far.   I imagine the same will hold true here.  The only question is will there be any long term value in either offering?

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 on: January 27, 2025, 09:52:49 AM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by akpayne
I could see 3rd party move in.  I think this is just a toe in the water product.
https://tfsource.com/fans-hobby/ve-01-air-eagle-112-scale-fans-hobby-vehicle-elite/

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 on: January 24, 2025, 11:53:27 AM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by B
simply mitigating risk.
By licensing it out they receive money from others and don't have to put anything out for manufacturing. Its a smart business decision after losing a ton on their movie studio stuff. Honestly the whole market of toys seems to be shifting away from mass production, i would guess because the sales numbers just aren't sufficient for a lot of lines that aren't geared towards young kids.

Time for some new companies or new properties to get started, but yeah, that risk for them is huge. Money up front will probably be the new norm.

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 on: January 22, 2025, 08:59:01 AM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by akpayne
I also get the impression that Hasbro Canada will become a thing of the past.

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 on: January 17, 2025, 02:52:49 PM 
Started by canprime - Last post by akpayne
Dial-Tone, SAW Viper, wave has begun to show up for Pre-order on a consistent basis on Amazon.  Haven't seen the three new Retro Cardback figures on Amazon yet.

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 on: January 16, 2025, 12:02:42 PM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by canprime
From what I have read and heard Hasbro under Chris Cocks is moving away from manufacturing, which is why they are licensing out a lot of their properties.  Apparently they want to be more of a license holder and let other companies handle the production (and the inherent costs with that). 

Don't know if that is true, or not, but it would make sense with how things have gone in the past year with all the new licensing agreements that were announced.   I imagine their big, in house, brands will be the last to go fully licensed if that is what they are doing.

Overall with Classified I am not too worried about preordering because so much of it ends up available everywhere, and even on sale.  Yes there are exclusives, but general retail product is still pretty easy to find.   Guess we'll see how this year shapes up.

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 on: January 16, 2025, 11:07:43 AM 
Started by akpayne - Last post by akpayne
I have been hearing rumblings through the grape vine that Hasbro isn't in a good place financially.  They have changed they way suppliers can place orders, basically cash up front of pre-orders.  I have heard from two reliable sources that if you are placing pre-orders on any upcoming waves go with a place like amazon, that doesn't ask for cash up front as the waves might not be fulfilled.

This totally sucks, but based on the recent public news from Hasbro about financial losses, mixed earning reports, and layoffs it isn't really shocking to hear.
Also why are they licensing all of their product to other companies?  Short term gain and quick revenue?

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 on: January 16, 2025, 06:10:41 AM 
Started by canprime - Last post by canprime
Managed to snag the Transformers x GI Joe Triple T Kup with Sgt. Slaughter and Leatherneck from TRU.

Got a $100 gift card for TRU and had the "$30 off $100 or more purchase" coupon.  So $140 ($139.99) - $30 - $100 and no tax means I was only out of pocket for $9.99.

Love the Triple T/Kup design.   Man this line is doing great things with bringing TFs and Joe together.   I really love that they are basically using the ARAH designs and scale for the vehicles, and then working backwards from that to make the robot mode.

Also more O-ring figures!!!!

Wish Sarge came with more accessories, but both he and Leatherneck look great and go well with the previous releases.

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 on: January 09, 2025, 05:45:24 AM 
Started by canprime - Last post by canprime
Man Super7 finally killed it with a wave.   

While wave 1 was cool, especially the Twins in suits, the rest of the wave was kind of "expected" choices that really weren't anything too new.   Just mostly characters we already have in different looks we never had as figures.

This time around we get 2 of the same (Serpentor and Duke), but then they throw in 2 never before made figures, and both of them are large O-ring figures!!!

I also like the look of Serpentor.  I think he is different enough to warrant a purchase.   However Ramar and the Fatal Fluffy are instant buys when I can find them.   I love how both of them turned out.  The looks are spot on and they will go great with my other O-ring figs even though most of them are not really Sunbow looks but rather toy looks.   

Great work this time Super7.  Also it looks like they are the regular O-ring price and not inflated due to their size.

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 on: January 08, 2025, 09:05:59 PM 
Started by canprime - Last post by martin-montreal
Fatal fluffy & Ramar

https://toynewsi.com/345-56253

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