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Quote from: hathorcat on June 12, 2014, 02:30:20 PMForbidden Planet, yes: they buy straight from retailer so they probably bought bulk from TRU wholesale and their stock was pretty poor. A1, no; they buy direct from Hasbro UK therefore they will have been stocked by Hasbro UK as a supplier ....Interesting. I wonder why TRU won't pick the lines up. Though, considering they hiked the price of the PPB line...yeah, I can do without them having it Sucks to have to order ponies online, though. With all the factory flaws G4s have, buying them "blind" is such a gamble
Forbidden Planet, yes: they buy straight from retailer so they probably bought bulk from TRU wholesale and their stock was pretty poor. A1, no; they buy direct from Hasbro UK therefore they will have been stocked by Hasbro UK as a supplier
OH that's great! Makes sense that she is going to be released that way- otherwise I think the doll/pony set might have been pretty expensive.
Its wild speculation but I cant help but wonder if the line just is not a fantastic seller in the UK. We dont have the cartoon push they have in the US, advertising for the line on childrens channels is pretty woeful and other than the lines main annual drivers [this year the jumping RD and the Castle] they seem to never get any marketing support in comparison to other Hasbro lines. The main toy retailers in this country - from the supermarkets to the likes of Argos and Smyths - do not actually any where close to the whole line [online or in store] and even The Entertainer, which was the best store for them for a while, has downed the number of products it carries. For that reason I wonder if TRU simply dont see the value of an exclusive line - which is as special as these [as opposed to pink ponies with pink accessories] would be a worthwhile stock?