[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by CMIII

wow we are tame you guys really need to read this Unleashed Doomsday and the misleading practices of Mattel - Topic do read it quick it's likely by AM Monday it will be Pulled

Anyone that expects honesty and transparency from any corporation doesn't understand the fundamental principles of business. Companies respond to the wishes of major shareholders (no small stake players either - strictly fat-cats/whales) before ALL else. Even when those wishes are counter productive to sound business decisions or common sense. Don't hold your breath waiting for some PR rep. at a corporation to give you the skinny as to what's really going on behind the scenes. That is counter-intuitive to everything they do for a living.

They (corporations) will tell you only as much as serves their needs. Most established corporations are not in the business of satisfying our every wish as consumers (which is understandable - to a certain degree). Sometimes, as consumers, we luck up and the company we are dealing with understands that if you satisfy the consumer the company, as a whole, will prosper greatly (i.e. Costco). This scenario usually occurs as the company is in it's infancy or in the initial stages of offering a new service or product. For whatever reason, as time progresses, companies grow increasingly tone deaf to consumer wants. Is it because of their hubris, sense of entitlement, or tunnel vision created by a myopic and insulated perspective? Who can say really?

You want them to pay attention? You want them to hear you? You want them to right the ship and return to the ways of old? DO NOT BUY THEIR SHIT. That is the only thing that opens their eyes. I try not to get into these conversations, but when I see more complaining about the board-room than sharing pics and talking about what we like (or don't like in the way of lines)...well, it frustrates me.

I want that Unleashed Doomsday. I wrote as much in a post defending my decision to buy the Prison Suit Doomsday. I also wrote that I was very confident that we would see Unleashed Doomsday. With that in mind, the downside of it all is that Mattel knows they have me (and many others) by the short-hairs. If it comes out, I will likely buy one 98 times out of one-hundred. Now if someone were to, I don't know, create a network where I could buy one of those Chinese factory run-offs for a reasonable price...well, I might spend my money somewhere else. Unless something like that happens, I'm pretty sure most of us here are going to line up to get an Unleashed Doomsday and post pics of it here....