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03-22-2014, 11:21 PM | #11 |
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Hasbro has the SW license, after all, and Transformers. And to be quite honest, GI Joe SHOULD - or at least could, be Hasbro's Barbie. It was, for a very long time... In the cultural vernacular, it still is, even if its presence on shelves these days is almost nonexistent.
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03-23-2014, 04:13 AM | #12 |
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LEGO is a beast, they are on like a 50 year plan.
They never stop spending money on R & D and consultation. I encourage everyone to read about their history and strategy, it is impressive.
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04-12-2014, 09:59 PM | #13 |
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Expand...ha, they can't even have more than 1 group working on one thing at a time.
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04-12-2014, 10:02 PM | #14 |
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And they have reps that go into the stores restock, reorganize and ask the customers if there is anything they don't see that they would like to. That is customer service. I have met talked to our rep on a few occasions and I don't even collect Legos. I do buy some for the kids.
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04-12-2014, 10:47 PM | #15 |
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Hasbro had a golden opportunity to license the Unreal engine and do a Third person action game based on Retaliation. Whoops.
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04-13-2014, 05:58 AM | #16 |
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I think it's less a story of how Hasbro failed than Lego is kicking everyone's ass. LEGO WILL beat mattel and become THE largest toy company profit wise in the world at some point in time in our lifetime.
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04-17-2014, 01:14 AM | #17 |
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Hmm, hasbro either needs to sync with an adult audience and collector based line, or children cartoon and subsequent toyline.
Retaliation was more geared towards adults for the film, toy line for kids. Renegades, aimed at kids, toyline was more geared towards collectors. Seems a little backwards to me.
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04-17-2014, 07:15 AM | #18 |
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Besides, on what would've been a ridiculously short production schedule (because they can't really start a tie-in game in earnest until the movie is underway and they'd want it to come out in time for the film's original release date), we would've most likely ended up with a crappy 3rd person shooter using the Unreal Engine that would have brought NO new fans to the brand. In other words, pretty much a waste of time. Besides, video games don't really get kids buying action figures for said games. Otherwise McFarlane's HALO line would command greater shelf-space than Transformers or Star Wars right now. Last edited by Jmacq1; 04-17-2014 at 07:19 AM.. |
04-17-2014, 08:38 AM | #19 |
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04-19-2014, 05:58 PM | #20 |
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Oh dear god, I hate legos, how is this possible…
I understand they have stellar customer service, but I hate all the brands they have currently, Star wars (ugh), lord of the rings, etc. If they only made a set based off of 20,000 leagues or nautilus story then I'd buy, but theres nothing lego has to sell that I like. Now kreo sells Star Trek which isn't kiddy at all, along with GI Joe. Last edited by CrackerJacks; 04-24-2014 at 08:30 AM.. |
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