[Ozymandias13]

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Originally Posted by ShadowNinja

So Hasbro listened to the fans and is no longer doing pre orders?

What's this? How is *not* pre-ordering even possible in today's market? How does BBTS not know what's coming until it shows up on the truck?

[THEDARKONE508]

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Originally Posted by AxonRey

I think in classic Hasbro fashion, they completely fucking missed the issue.

That's it. That.

[jason1551]

Pleasant surprise while I was out looking for new Fortnite stuff.

[Snakeeyesisposh]

I've heard rumors, the product announcements are not for customers.

It's for Chris Cocks desperate attempt to get investors trying to claw the Hasbro price higher before Q1's epic dumpster fire financial report craters the stock again.


It would explain why the company couldn't give pre-orders, it's being announced
4-8 months ahead of schedule. And yes, knowing what happened to Magic and DND it could be that dumb of a reason.


And No I have no idea if it's 100% true. Another good alternative is the company is just on fire and someone is trying really hard to not get fired like the last batch of employees.

[AxonRey]

This is why CEOs get paid so much. The good ones are worth it. Chris Cocks is not a good one. Frankly, with his name literally being cocks, the writing was on the wall

[THEDARKONE508]

Just start calling him dickead.

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by AxonRey

This is why CEOs get paid so much. The good ones are worth it. Chris Cocks is not a good one. Frankly, with his name literally being cocks, the writing was on the wall

They were once worth it, relatively. Things are skewed now though, with even really proficient true "leaders" like Iger being obscenely overpaid. Corporate "leadership" has become like journalism* in a way, with it being a basically cookie-cutter sort of education where they're taught how to be a "type," follow set rules and adhere to a standard rather then actually innovate, problem-solve and excel.

*Journalists are now taught to not offend and not get sued more than anything else.

[AxonRey]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

They were once worth it, relatively. Things are skewed now though, with even really proficient true "leaders" like Iger being obscenely overpaid. Corporate "leadership" has become like journalism* in a way, with it being a basically cookie-cutter sort of education where they're taught how to be a "type," follow set rules and adhere to a standard rather then actually innovate, problem-solve and excel.

*Journalists are now taught to not offend and not get sued more than anything else.

It is incredible how basic everything has become. I remember when Hasbro rolled out this "box" marketing, which was the same old shit dressed different. Real innovation doesn't seem to exist

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by AxonRey

It is incredible how basic everything has become. I remember when Hasbro rolled out this "box" marketing, which was the same old shit dressed different. Real innovation doesn't seem to exist

I agree. I think we're bankrupt of originality and free thought as a society. You see it everywhere, from all the retreading in entertainment to retro-inspired architecture/interior design and tacked-on superfluous excess masquerading as "style" in auto design.

[CaliViper]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

They were once worth it, relatively. Things are skewed now though, with even really proficient true "leaders" like Iger being obscenely overpaid. Corporate "leadership" has become like journalism* in a way, with it being a basically cookie-cutter sort of education where they're taught how to be a "type," follow set rules and adhere to a standard rather then actually innovate, problem-solve and excel.

*Journalists are now taught to not offend and not get sued more than anything else.

Well you usually get two types of CEOs. Sales guys that are brought in with a flash and try to hype the stock but are often uninterested in the details. Or you get the CEO that was once a CFO, a bean counter brought in to cut all the excesses and poor decisions that the previous "sales' CEO did. And looking at Chris Cocks's background he's the sales guy and usually, they can only hype so much before it crashes.