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So I'm thinking I'm done collecting anything [new] by Hasbro

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Bebopgroove:
As the topic title states, I think I may quit collecting anything more that has been made by Hasbro. However, I will make an exception for G1 MLP.

This stems from a lot of things. It stems from the quality of current MLP toys. It also stems heavily from their handling of the first line of Jurassic World toys that were released in 2015. For those who don't know, their handling of the line was so poor (raptors without toe-claws, glaring screw-holes in figures reminiscent of happy-meal toys, sloppy paint jobs, and some toys with rubber parts that are already rotting and tearing), and the public reception so bad, that Universal stripped Hasbro the rights to the Jurassic toy line (who had long owned the line since acquiring Kenner), and gave them to Mattel. Since then, what Mattel has released for the JW: Fallen Kingdom line has been absolutely outstanding. Figures harkoning back to the original vintage lines, stellar paint jobs, zero screwholes, beautiful sculpts on the dinosaurs, and human action figures (which Hasbro failed to produce) - all of which are [mostly] in scale to one another. Taking all of this into account, I have to wonder what has happened to Hasbro, one of the most successful toy-producing companies, and it makes me sad, even a little angry. Mattel heard the complaints of its consumers and responded to them accordingly, going above and beyond with their JW line. Meanwhile, Hasbro was (and still is) cutting corners in an (apparent?) effort to cut costs. I also have to wonder, as a long-time MLP collector, what Mattel might do with the MLP line if they were to have it instead of Hasbro.

With all this mind, I may be at a point where I no longer want to give my money to a company that doesn't care about the quality of its products - and I will give my money instead to a company that does (though, as I stated earlier, I'll always be collecting G1 MLP). This isn't about a disgust to MLP, but rather to Hasbro. And I'm disgusted.

ColdRuru:
I agree with the fact that toys quality is low by theses days, but saddly I thinks Mattel didn't specially do best than Hasbro (in line, see how the barbie's animal have become this ugly? The horses in particular :shocked: ).
Also, yes the quality is low on MLP these days, it's a shame and why I only take ponies from the show for the fandom only and not more. And didn't buy a lot of merch too.

In the end, it all comes to you and your decision should be the one who make you feels good about where your money goes!

Stellaluna:
I don't collect their pony toys or their transformers toys anymore, when I used to be a very active collector in both areas. I agree that the quality has gone down and their creativity has dried up too. We know how badly the pony characters are recycled - it's not as bad with transformers, but the characters they do come out with they hardly make any attempt with it. For example, Blurr was practically a solid blue piece of plastic. No paint applications. No parts or features that stood out. That's just lazy design.

I will give them this though. Hasbro did finally listen to the feedback they were getting from the LPS fans and revamped their product line accordingly. The new designs aren't my cup of tea personally, but it is what most collectors were asking for. Maybe Hasbro was just getting really tired of children submitting complaints on their 1-800 number. (Seriously. Kids were doing that.)

BerylBreeze:
What got me upset about Hasbro's Jurassic World was that they made legit good new sculpts and a modified bull t-rex only a few years before that: http://www.jptoys.com/toy-database/jurassic-park-2009/dinosaurs/index.htm
And then when JW came, that potential (and two unreleased prototypes) got thrown out the window for what basically are McDonalds toys.

Taffeta:
I personally think this is the way of big toy companies these days. Hasbro in the UK used to have a great customer service team who you could write to and who would actually answer your messages but now they just copypaste and it's irritating.

Toy quality and design inspiration has also gone downhill with G4 - I mean, some good stuff, but a lot of bad hair, and expensive stuff that's not got through QC very well.

But Mattel? Seriously? Did you see what they did to Monster High? Aside the start of MH where dolls had (and still are found with) glue seepage in their heads that make the hair sticky and greasy and which is really hard to fix unless you're willing to spend a lot of time on it, rehair or use noxious chemicals...the reboot of MH made everything cheaper and nastier. True, no more glue head, but reductions in clothing variety, articulation, and the joints of the dolls were just horrible. Not to mention all the soul of the line basically died with the reboot as there was no more quirky monster stuff and just girly themes cloaked in monster doll guises.

I don't hate all the reboot dolls, but I'm just saying that Mattel definitely are no better than Hasbro in this regard. All big companies want money for the least amount of output. Sad reality of our modern world.

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