I guess I shouldn't whine without being able to point to specific examples, but I didn't keep any for the obvious reason that they were essentially ruined, especially after I finished prying them open (!). Most of my stuff in years gone by came from DC Collectibles. Even my Arkham stuff all came in sealed plastic with cardboard inserts. Love the figures, dislike the packaging.

BOXES! YEAH BABY, YEAH! :D

But isn't that what really matters :)

Yep, if they could package them with the least expensive materials just enough to get them safely to shelves and the store that would be great.

Again Hasbro doesn't have control over how much retailers mark up their products when will people realize this?

Maybe not now but i remember when hasbro would send out reps to the stores to check he merchandising and pricing. Guess as long as they get their money who cares?

I say if they can pack it cheaper to lower the price do it. Most of my stuff gets opened anyways.

Even if they send out reps they can't make people change their pricing Hasbro sells to the various store's purchasing departments not to individual stores.

Not to scalper/comic shops but to brick n mortal stores id think they could say hey dont sell above msrp. I dunno its all getting too expensive anymore these days and the quality is seriously down against what toys cost.

Hasbro: "You can't sell our product above MSRP anymore."

Wal-Mart: "We don't appreciate ultimatums, we no longer have need of any of your products."

Hasbro: "Well crap, now we've just lost a billion+ dollars a year in revenue in 10 seconds."

So no....Hasbro can't tell stores not to sell above MSRP. In point of fact, once its' in the retailers' hands, they can sell it for whatever price they want, and Hasbro can't really do a thing about it. The retailers are the ones with nearly all the power in that relationship, and without their support Hasbro would cease to exist rather quickly.