[Bubba304]

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Originally Posted by Korben

"How? and Where? did they put the figures to smuggle them out of the factory"

Those poor bastards are overworked and underpaid, let them have their fun.

I didn't knock the workers....I questioned how they stole the figures from the production line. I could care less if they put action figures in their butts...it doesn't affect me, it does affect the value of some of these figures possibly. Retail companies ranging from toys to clothing to food and other goods are making product for profit, shrink happens when product gets stolen, internal theft is a large problem in a lot of these retail companies...I find it surprising that Hasbro and Mattel haven't caught on to this and investigated these sellers on ebay just yet. Having a lot of friends in Loss Prevention, and having managed a large retail store for a number of years I know quite a bit about the subject. You say let them have their fun, I'm not complaining, to each his own...whatever floats their boats...I simply inquired how they are taking "defect figures, test figures, samples, or final product figures" off the shop floor and getting them on ebay. I can take a few guesses how....just really wondering how they haven't been caught yet.
If I were working in corporate for Mattel or Hasbro...I'd be pretty pissed. Yeah they make LOADS of $$$ and whats a few hundred figures spread across various lines, maybe most were trash figures anyway and supposed to be melted down, but it affects sales and values of the regular MSRP. then "we" have to pay more at retail.