>>9453544>Volume is the issue hereLOL, no, it isn't. IT's still Hasbro charging what RETAIL price would be (at collector stores).
>that fiasco is why they ask the money upfrontPoint still stands, the risk they undertake isn't what they would if it was released at retail. Not by a long shot, ESPECIALLY if they fucked up, because retail stores can sue and strain their business relationships. That shit is the life and blood for companies like Bandai, Hasbro, and Mattel. IF they fucked over collectors, it's literally a drop in the bucket.
>almost every Haslab project was turned down by all major retailersYeah, but the point still stands, because there is no risk and they're directly charging you full price.
>Not working out that great with global inflation then You realize that even Hasbro takes out loans, right? It's a constant thing every year/quarter. They take select liquidity and put that money to use, like investments. So they don't always have enough money to invest in tooling AND taking out loans helps get even more line of credit too. So all things being equal, that interest free loan is better than the normal loans they're getting from banks/investors/etc.
It's waaay more complicated than this, btw, but that's the gist that i hope a peon like yourself can understand.
>if they could get these things to mass retail, they wouldYeah yeah, but I'm explaining why people dont like giving out interest free loans for blind buys. If there were a better way, we'd (maybe) love it, but the reality is GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE. No one likes to be taken advantage of, even when we want cool shit and pay up anyway.
A lot of Kickstarters are viewed favorably because we DO get discounts and deals, and because they're not Hasbro, it's understandable what their prices are like (first for not being able to get volume sales/orders and second because they don't get manufacturing deals, didn't fund the building of factories for even greater manufacturing discounts, etc etc etc).
