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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 7:30:17 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 24, 2024 7:36:54 GMT
Is an earnings call due? -Ralph Your last link says yes |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 7:55:22 GMT
How depressingly predictable.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 16:30:45 GMT
Person being laid off = bad. But in terms of his contribution to Transformers, Im not sure. Even heading the line he'll have had people over him pushing him in some way or another and designers below him will have been responsible for other things. So exactly what he should be credited or blamed for isnt clear. Having said that, Im glad we arent potentially going to experience 2014-2020 again. I think we are talking about two entirely different topics here: -Layoffs at Hasbro. -Personal opinions about a specific Transformers toy line (Titans Returns). -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 24, 2024 16:53:38 GMT
Yes. I'll tidy up.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 24, 2024 17:01:00 GMT
I think we are talking about two entirely different topics here: -Layoffs at Hasbro. -Personal opinions about a specific Transformers toy line (Titans Returns). -Ralph Posts on the pros/cons of the lines while Warden was in charge have been move to the CHUG retrospective thread tmukhub.proboards.com/post/531599/thread |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 24, 2024 17:27:40 GMT
Person being laid off = bad. But in terms of his contribution to Transformers, Im not sure. Even heading the line he'll have had people over him pushing him in some way or another and designers below him will have been responsible for other things. So exactly what he should be credited or blamed for isnt clear. Having said that, Im glad we arent potentially going to experience 2014-2020 again. I think we are talking about two entirely different topics here: -Layoffs at Hasbro. -Personal opinions about a specific Transformers toy line (Titans Returns). -Ralph Normally, for most job losses, but in this case the redundancy will likely have a big impact on the direction Hasbro takes Transformers. Im using past events to gauge wether I think thats going to be positive or not. That seems to be on topic for a Hasbro News thread. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2024 22:25:12 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 24, 2024 22:29:25 GMT
There'll never be a better time.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 24, 2024 22:42:02 GMT
Do you really want the Transformers: Prowl toyline? |
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Post by Llama God on Oct 25, 2024 6:54:05 GMT
I mean, it's at least going to be different than Transformers: Optimus and Bumblebee Forever As Dictated by ChatGPT...
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Post by Llama God on Oct 25, 2024 7:00:47 GMT
Well this is a sure sign that the company's going to be in real trouble soon. You'd think, with, to pick a totally random example, a big Transformers film out that that'd be a very decent level of marketing, and that they'd have the product on the shelves to match. But no. Instead, I guess we'll get "better" and more adverts with lesser quality toys given their focus on "time to market" (and I know exactly what that means - and that's bad enough in the software world). These are all phrases that basically exist to reassure shareholders and will help bolster C-level wealth until such a time as it doesn't, by which time they'll have all moved on anyway. A proven strategy. Oh well. |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 25, 2024 8:59:09 GMT
Do you really want the Transformers: Prowl toyline? Well we had Transformers: Prime... -Ralph |
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Post by Nigel on Oct 25, 2024 11:26:00 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 25, 2024 11:41:04 GMT
"Gina Goetter, Hasbro’s chief financial officer, added: “We continue to execute our turnaround efforts and are poised to finish the year with improved profitability, cash flow and operational rigor.” By firing the people who helped you get rich!  -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 30, 2024 8:14:17 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Oct 30, 2024 8:30:01 GMT
This is, sadly, standard for employment protections in the good old US of A - in that you have none. Hasbro is not the only company I know of to just dump long-term employees without word or recognition. It's just business, after all. And what do people matter to business..?
As you might be able to tell, this kind of thing boils my piss to the point that you could run a whole power grid off of it.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 30, 2024 8:44:54 GMT
It's horrible behaviour.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 30, 2024 17:05:13 GMT
Oh it is. But it is what you get when medical care is openly a for-profit enterprise. The fact that medical providers can charge whatever they like for important medical treatment encourages them to do so. This then allows large corporations to offer their employees insurance that covers some of that cost (rarely the whole of it), both as an inducement for people to join them, and as a threat to encourage them to fall into line with abusive working conditions:-
"You don't want to work 18 hour shifts in our "fulfillment centre", that's ok you can quit. It is a shame that you'll lose your income and your medical insurance and not be able to afford your insulin and will die as a result. But it is your choice, we are an "at-will" state".
It is the end product of a mind-set which states that the medical care you deserve to receive is the medical care that you can afford, and that you could always work harder to make more money and be more deserving.
It is a vile outlook as far as I am concerned, but it is an ingrained part of US cultural discourse.
Karl
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Post by that_bluestreak on Oct 30, 2024 17:41:09 GMT
i was watching a video the other day made by a dnd nerd who hates hasbro so much its like their identity and whilst most of it was utterly dull there was a gem in there. apparently none of the hasbro board have ever purchased shares in hasbro. that's the sort of thing the other shareholders are a bit worried about, capitalism being mostly vibes-based and all that. not sure hasbro is quite circling the drain yet though.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 1, 2024 22:21:49 GMT
Not really a rumour but it pertains to forthcoming releases, RFC chatted to Hasbro at NYCC and learned that going forward there will be three deluxe waves a year instead of four, but the numbers of new deluxe scale moulds won't be reduced. They claim this means toys will be on shelves for four months instead of three to increase availability.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2024 22:56:59 GMT
Yes. Increasing availability is a good thing. Why make it harder for customers to buy your products.
-Ralph
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Post by Rich on Nov 1, 2024 23:28:14 GMT
I guess the theory was that scarcity drives fomo and thus sales. There are plenty of things I've not bought that I originally intended to because I put it off long enough to realise I didn't need/want it. And conversely things I've bought just because they wouldn't be around for long. It's also true that when you're browsing in a shop, your eye is drawn to new stock.
Equally,there is clearly a balance the other way where people need time get around to buying stuff. Hopefully this change works for everyone.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2024 23:52:54 GMT
I got sucked into FOMO during the pandemic (and for a period afterwards) but now I realise it was not good for my health or finances. No more pre-orders or sitting on sites waiting for announcements. So much less stress* and the joy is coming back into the hobby.
I've gone back to just seeing what is out when I have spare pennies. I might miss out of some things, but that's life. Pre-pandemic I didn't get bothered by missing out on some toys.
Having products available for longer would actually mean companies might get more cash from me.
-Ralph
*When it finally clicked (not so long ago) that these behaviours were causing stress, I wondered why. Hobbies should be the opposite of stress.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 3, 2024 20:53:44 GMT
Not really a rumour but it pertains to forthcoming releases, RFC chatted to Hasbro at NYCC and learned that going forward there will be three deluxe waves a year instead of four, but the numbers of new deluxe scale moulds won't be reduced. They claim this means toys will be on shelves for four months instead of three to increase availability. My belief is this is connected to to demands from Wal*Mart as per this: |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2024 22:54:12 GMT
Makes sense. It does seem odd that Hasbro would reduce the number of waves per year but not the number of new moulds. It sounds like a cost saving exercise that isn't really going to save them anything because all they're doing is dropping the number of package refreshes. Maybe they really are thinking they'll need fewer PRs if the original release is on shelves longer.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2024 13:38:59 GMT
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Nigel
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Post by Nigel on Nov 22, 2024 16:18:02 GMT
"Mr. Cocks is also expanding Magic: The Gathering with crossover sets featuring Lord of the Rings and Marvel characters, drawing new players while sparking fan debate."
Much of the fan debate being that many core/traditional Magic players/customers don't much like the Universes Beyond crossovers.
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Post by that_bluestreak on Nov 22, 2024 18:33:02 GMT
no more financing movies, not no more movies, i suspect. hopefully we'll get some weird auteur nonesense instead of awful big budget nonsense.
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Post by Llama God on Nov 24, 2024 10:02:40 GMT
An A24 film of Man of Iron? It'll never happen, but I can dream...
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