Dear Hasbro

Shin-Gouki · 10-24-2008, 01:28 AM

I realise for some ungodly reason that you are hellbent on assembling the vehicles, putting them in these stupid window boxes, applying some of the stickers and costing us more money because of the assembly and the labor involved in the afore mentioned.

I can live with that I guess (I'm not happy about it but you obviously are not going to budge from that stupid stance). However I do have one small request.

STOP HIRING RETIRED REFEREES TO PUT THE STICKERS ON!

I mean seriously that is the only reason I can think of that the pre-applied stickers are place so badly is that the people that are doing the job are BLIND!. My 9 year old could put the stickers on better than the ones that came on the Firebat. It's not like it can be replaced, hell even if you included duplicate stickers for the pre-applied ones on the sticker sheets so we could take off the crooked as hell pre-applied ones and replace them that would be better than the "Hope to hell I don't f$#% up the sticker as I am removing to fix what some Brain Donor in china did" method!

Hasbro wake up and do what we all want.

10-24-2008, 01:31 AM

man i feel you on this. whoever thought of the window boxes is an asshat! Why couldnt they have put them in the OG boxes!!!???

Gung.Heaux · 10-24-2008, 01:34 AM

id like to assemble my own vehicles too.

there isnt much i enjoy more than having a new vehicle on a saturday night and messing around with it until 4am. if i had to assemble it and apply ALL the decals, i could make it 'til 5am!!!

10-24-2008, 01:38 AM

the sigma 6 vehicles were kind of lame, but they came in cool boxes, you got to assemble them yourself and put the stickers on to boot. I dont think i have dont anything like that since the OG joes. Now those were some good times.

KingBiohazerd · 10-24-2008, 01:41 AM

I AGREE THIS WAS MY FAVORITE THINK TO DO WHEN I WAS A KID!!! now its like o look i can up a box yah yah yah for me. lol guess they thought cause we are older now we couldn't do it are selfs!!

Jolly Roger · 10-24-2008, 01:45 AM

hasbro's excuse is that American's are lazy and they want to know exactly what they are buying. Heck I would love Mystery Boxes like they have in Jay-pan.

Who can resist the Mystery box? It could even be a BOAT!

Shin-Gouki · 10-24-2008, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger

hasbro's excuse is that American's are lazy and they want to know exactly what they are buying.

Hasbro I call BS on this, the afore mentioned S6 Vehicles, Star Wars and Indy Vehicles are perfect examples. QUIT BEING OBTUSE!!!!

10-24-2008, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shin-Gouki

Hasbro I call BS on this, the afore mentioned S6 Vehicles, Star Wars and Indy Vehicles are perfect examples. QUIT BEING OBTUSE!!!!

did you just call me obtuse?

gunslingercbr · 10-24-2008, 01:56 AM

I loved applying decals as a kid but hate it as an adult. I'd be much happier with all the stickers pre-applied if they were done straight.

1SGHauser · 10-24-2008, 02:04 AM

Wow. There's a sure fire way to be ignored. Use strong language to a toy company and make demands that they stop being stupid. You catch more flies with honey than you do vinnegar.

Look, I understand exactly where you're coming from and miss the good ol' days of assmbling and applying stickers to my vehicles, but I'm sure there is a better way to get Hasbro to listen. besides, they probably have a better marketing plan for WHY they are doing it this way. Seems to me that the cost would be more for employees to have to do all the assembling and sticker application, but Hasbro don't take a dump without a plan, boy.
As far as cost, why is it bad? Star Wars vehicles like the Jedi Starfighter were gong for $30. The Conquest and Rattler are going for $25. The vehicle two-packs are a great value at $15 AND we get figures with it that retail for as high $7.

Cost is not an issue here. And we're NEVER going to pay 80's numbers again os we might as well rest that point.