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Originally Posted by kylactus

Experience is not always the best teacher, again the dinosaurs were around a long time, when shit changed they couldn't keep up.

Sorry, but I will not compare changing industry trends to a sudden cataclysmic event. The changes in environment were far more immediate and drastic for the dinosaurs than they are for the toy industry.

Technology may change quite rapidly, but adoption of that new tech by the general populace is a much, much slower procession.

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the segments of there product I was referring to would be there movie merchandise, there was a poor performance story, ON THIS SITE! sorry if that is not a credible enough source.

You mean this one? As you may recall, it was an analyst with a research company that was speculating that movie-related lines weren't selling at retail, based on a study his company completed.

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And the earnings report I was referring to :Quarterly Results - Hasbro, Inc.

check out the first Quarter report 2014

plus there first quarter profits were off across the board(I'm not just a consumer, I'm a share holder) It's HAS on the NASDAQ. and a quick look will tell you that "giving them the benefit of the doubt" may not be the best policy.

I'm not sure which report you read, but the one I read showed an overall profit increase for two of the four major categories listed. The only ones to show a decrease were Games and Preschool. Even with those losses, the gains made by the other two (Boys and Girls) were more than enough to compensate. So I don't get where you're seeing profits were "off across the board".

From what I can tell, Hasbro had a much better first quarter this year than this time a year ago.

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but don't always assume you're dumber than someone just because they control the company, CEO's, CFO's, and designers with more degrees in there fields than anyone can dream of are fired every day for simply not knowing what WE want. Remember my friend the cart don't push the mule.

Intelligence has nothing to do with it. My comment was regarding collective job experience of the company, not any one individual's.

Also, how do you know that they were fired for not knowing what "we" want? Are you guessing, or do you have some sort of documented proof? And who is this "We"? Adult collectors? If that's the case, I still think you're putting far too much influence into collectors hands.

Not trying to bust your balls or anything, but you can't just go around making blanket statements like that and not expect someone to question them.

"Mule" is a good metaphor for a toy collector, though. We can be stubborn, annoying, loud, and kick people when we're upset.