>>6426459I'm wondering where you are getting the numbers on costs to make your claims. Unless you're on Hasbro's payroll, it's speculation on how their costs break down. But there is this: "But wages make up only 7 percent to 9 percent of Hasbro's manufacturing costs, Goldner said, and the company, which does not own its factories in China, is making greater use of automation."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-retail-summit-china-idUSTRE75S4BO20110629>Almost all other 1:18 lines are $20, if not more.What 1:18 retail line costs $20 or more? Does Hasbro make most of the available 1:18 lines? These two Marvel Legends figures seem to have good articulation, aside from wrists (?) I'm not trying to pretend anything, things don't seem to be as expensive as you're making them out to be.
>However, is it in Hasbro's interest to take the time and resources to make 5,000 sets again? Nope. How do you know what's in their best interests? This seems like a product that they could make more of if there's enough demand, since it is three figures and cardboard. Like a holiday release or something, instead of "whoops you missed it LOL"
>So they're doing fanboys a solid by releasing previously unreleasable productsGuess we'll see how the thing sells. Are you one of the fanboys they're doing a solid for?
Do you work in some related industry? You make a lot of assertions and I'm wondering where you get the facts and figures they're based on.
