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Post by cableV on Feb 4, 2016 18:33:31 GMT -5
"Children have been mixing and matching their toys for years. Now comes news that Mattel and Hasbro may be trying to combine their toy boxes. Bloomberg News reported Thursday that the two companies have held talks about a possible combination that would bring Barbie together with Luke Skywalker figurines. It's not clear yet how a deal might be structured (or how it could get past regulators) but let's discuss. Hasbro reportedly approached Mattel, but Mattel may be the one that needs a deal more right now. While Mattel has been the larger company for the bulk of the last 20 years, Hasbro has been closing the gap. For a good chunk of 2015, it was actually the bigger one." For more: www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-02-04/mattel-and-hasbro-merger-possibilities?cmpid=yhoo.headlineDid anyone receive the below survey? Via PWInsider: "WWE issued a survey to fans on their mailing list today, gauging interest in potential discounts or free giveaways in combination to live event and action figure purchases. Some of the options they wanted feedback on were buying a certain amount of figures and being rewarded with a live event ticket, a reward system for discounts on figures and tickets, getting a free action figure immediately with a live event ticket purchase and getting a discount coupon for an action figure after a live event ticket purchase. Thanks to Jeffrey B." |
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Post by kiloinnorcal on Feb 4, 2016 18:51:56 GMT -5
I dunno, the two don't share similar business philosophies at all. While both companies make quality product most of the time, Mattel seems to maintain an open and welcoming environment from their fans, while conversely Hasbro seems to be very closed off and practices a general distain for the very customers who buy their product.
Also Hasbro seems to take more shortcuts and tries to lessen the quality of figures while constantly raising prices.
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Post by deskjet on Feb 4, 2016 18:53:18 GMT -5
Ugh this will not end well. Hasbro is a horribly operated company. ive only bought wwe from Mattel and have had generally good experiences. Hasbro has been a hair pulling WTF experience. Please don't sell ur souls Mattel. People complain about quality control now with Mattel wait until your wwe figures come with the eyebrows painted on the knee caps if Hasbro takes over
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Feb 4, 2016 19:02:11 GMT -5
They could do like Jakks did making LJN style RA guys but make like Hasbros of Modern guys
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Feb 4, 2016 19:06:53 GMT -5
I've bought gi joe and transformers for 20 years for myself. And for many years before that they were my go to toys as a child. I have no issue against this. I've said numerous times, I wish mattel wasn't so overly fan sensitive. I miss the days of not knowing about toys.
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Post by poindizzle on Feb 4, 2016 19:22:37 GMT -5
If Hasbro gained Mattel's assets, I would hope that Hasbro would allow the toy line to go on unfettered and change nothing. Mattel's work stands on it's own legs and obviously makes money.
When Hasbro acquisitioned Marvel Legends, they cut quality, for what I can only guess was a "They'll buy it because it says Marvel Legends". Something that is still a sore subject to some after somewhere close to 9 years later. Bringing Jesse Falcon's autonomy back is why in recent years the Legends line is thriving again.
The lesson to learn there is not to change a winning formula. I for one wouldn't buy a Hasbro WWE figure if it looked as awful as Ultimate Iron Man or Emma Frost or Ultimate Wolverine in those early sets.
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Post by doubled on Feb 4, 2016 19:22:38 GMT -5
Hope they don't merge.
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Post by l on Feb 4, 2016 19:42:50 GMT -5
I don't buy Hasbro stuff except for MP transformers. Given the price range, they better damn well be perfect and the ones I have gotten have been but I am wary of some bungholes screwing with the figures we are currently getting. ^^As mentioned above with the Marvel stuff.... it is quite a difference in quality from what I have seen.
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Post by Boy Wonder on Feb 4, 2016 20:08:08 GMT -5
I dunno, the two don't share similar business philosophies at all. While both companies make quality product most of the time, Mattel seems to maintain an open and welcoming environment from their fans, while conversely Hasbro seems to be very closed off and practices a general distain for the very customers who buy their product. Also Hasbro seems to take more shortcuts and tries to lessen the quality of figures while constantly raising prices. I'd say the exact opposite. Look at how they ran DCUC and MOTU into the ground, whereas Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black, and Transformers all seem to be doing great. How WWE is managed so well astounds me. |
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Post by LA Times on Feb 4, 2016 20:25:24 GMT -5
A Hasbro/Mattel merger would practically monopolize the action figure business and would NOT be good for the consumers.
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Post by ARUN on Feb 4, 2016 20:47:15 GMT -5
They could do like Jakks did making LJN style RA guys but make like Hasbros of Modern guys This  |
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Feb 4, 2016 20:48:30 GMT -5
Doubt this happens. Big companies approach each other about mergers all the time and rarely does it actually happen. These 2 tried this about 20 years ago and, after talks fell apart, ran far away from the table. There's always a chance and if did combine, they would have probably about one quarter of the market in the U.S.
I still don't see this happening.
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Post by maske2g on Feb 4, 2016 21:06:55 GMT -5
I dunno, the two don't share similar business philosophies at all. While both companies make quality product most of the time, Mattel seems to maintain an open and welcoming environment from their fans, while conversely Hasbro seems to be very closed off and practices a general distain for the very customers who buy their product. Also Hasbro seems to take more shortcuts and tries to lessen the quality of figures while constantly raising prices. I'd say the exact opposite. Look at how they ran DCUC and MOTU into the ground, whereas Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black, and Transformers all seem to be doing great. How WWE is managed so well astounds me. Star wars black are dreadful. I took them five series to realise the bubbles dont stay on the card. The figures are average at best. Disney have already suppassed with their own figures. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 21:12:45 GMT -5
I'd say the exact opposite. Look at how they ran DCUC and MOTU into the ground, whereas Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black, and Transformers all seem to be doing great. How WWE is managed so well astounds me. Star wars black are dreadful. I took them five series to realise the bubbles dont stay on the card. The figures are average at best. Disney have already suppassed with their own figures. Star Wars Black series doesn't suck. (Well the 3.75 black figures suck.) I've been a huge Star Wars fan and I've collected 3.75 inch Star Wars figures since I was four years old, and hasbro drove 3.75 figures into the ground. It sucks. The 6" figures are enjoyable, but I wish they still produced quality 3.75 figures. |
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Post by Mongo Bears on Feb 4, 2016 21:28:45 GMT -5
I don't want anything to change for Mattel wwe.
Unless we are talking about better QC and distribution.
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Post by TheLastDude on Feb 4, 2016 21:35:27 GMT -5
A Hasbro/Mattel merger would practically monopolize the action figure business and would NOT be good for the consumers. Hasbro and Mattel already do monopolize the action figure business. A merger wouldn't change much in that regard. |
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Post by ZDB on Feb 4, 2016 21:46:19 GMT -5
A Hasbro/Mattel merger would practically monopolize the action figure business and would NOT be good for the consumers. Hasbro and Mattel already do monopolize the action figure business. A merger wouldn't change much in that regard. It can only really get worse |
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Post by LA Times on Feb 4, 2016 22:24:48 GMT -5
A Hasbro/Mattel merger would practically monopolize the action figure business and would NOT be good for the consumers. Hasbro and Mattel already do monopolize the action figure business. A merger wouldn't change much in that regard. Hasbro and Mattel are currently a duopoly. Even if they are the big 2, they are still competing against each other. If they merge, they will have almost no competition and you can expect quality to go down while prices go up. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 23:00:29 GMT -5
Ugh this will not end well. Hasbro is a horribly operated company. ive only bought wwe from Mattel and have had generally good experiences. Hasbro has been a hair pulling WTF experience. Please don't sell ur souls Mattel. People complain about quality control now with Mattel wait until your wwe figures come with the eyebrows painted on the knee caps if Hasbro takes over LOL @ the last sentence |
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Post by LostHawk05 on Feb 4, 2016 23:14:25 GMT -5
Did anyone receive the below survey? Via PWInsider: "WWE issued a survey to fans on their mailing list today, gauging interest in potential discounts or free giveaways in combination to live event and action figure purchases. Some of the options they wanted feedback on were buying a certain amount of figures and being rewarded with a live event ticket, a reward system for discounts on figures and tickets, getting a free action figure immediately with a live event ticket purchase and getting a discount coupon for an action figure after a live event ticket purchase. Thanks to Jeffrey B." I took the survey earlier today on my lunch break. With the amount I spend on figures it would be nice to get some sort of rewards. |
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