[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

Personally, I don't condone the idea, but being a father of two, I can certainly understand the motivation. Especially considering the lack of alternatives for them.



Hasbro doesn't make any money off the secondary market, and they definitely don't make any money off black market sales. So why would they care what the secondary market is doing? And if a toy gets stolen off the assembly line, Hasbro doesn't see any of that profit. In fact, they lose money since they can't sell that figure to the retailers.

It generates hype and if people are looking for a rare figure, they're looking at all those other figures while they hunt.
All of us have gone hunting for some particular figure only to find somethng we sorta wanted and bought just so the trip was not for nothing.

Hasbro does not really care about a figure or ten going awol via ebay- it's very very minor..
Speaking of which- I just got my Mandarin in the post!My roommmate bought him on eby for $15 and $4 in shipping- it came right from China and I dont see how anyone made a killing off this with shipping rates and all that- and it arrived in ten days!
As a collector, I feel pretty damn great having got this for under $20!
And no, he has no sword or helmet- the pic on ebay did not have it either and I could care less- those would have gone in a box anyway.

It came from Guandong....no clue if that's where MU figs are made or if this guy bought one cheap and sold it cheap.

I'm happy.