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Hasbro and the Fan Community
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05-25-2012, 01:07 PM
Omega 8
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I’ve been thinking about this for a while but in light of the revelation earlier this week that the movie would be pushed back and this morning’s
“Official Statement” I just had to post …..
Why is it that MOTU, a brand that is not even available at retail and is widely regarded as one of the most poorly managed toy lines (both 200X and Classics) EVER, has a voice among the fan community and Joe doesn’t?
Toy Guru gets a ton of heat over at The Org, and rightly so, but I gotta give the guy credit; He’s THERE. Sure he spews corperate-speak and non-answers much of the time but he does answer a number of questions head on. Even if you don’t like the guy, you have to give him that.
So now I come back to Joe, it’s pretty easy to say that Joe is more popular and successful than MOTU (even with the distribution nightmares) by a wide margin. The Fan Community is seemingly larger, the line is and has been at retail this second time arounf for more than a decade. There has been media Yo-Yo’d at us over the last few years. It feels like The ‘Bro WANTS Joe to do well but they apparently are hell bent on being sneaky about it. And they just aren’t sure HOW to make it successful.
It is clear to me that a Scott Neitlich –esque rep out here in the community would do WONDERS for Fan morale and it would keep some of these “problems” from becoming “TEH END OF TEH LEIN”……
Think about how much “easier” things would have been these past few months if there was a person form Hasbro addressing the Renegades Cartoon, the Renegades SS deal, Dollar General Joes or, now this.
C'mon Hasbro, get out in front of the issues, give us a liaison. Don’t let Mattel’s Toy Guru make you look bad, think about how ridiculous that sounds…..
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