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I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand it sounds like a great idea and will keep Barbies and the other toys from ending up in landfills but I wonder how well it will work in practice. I also wonder if there will be issues with the new toys if batches of plastic from the older ones are used with newer plastic.It also makes me concerned that people might send perfectly good toys that could still be loved by children or used by customizers to be recycled. Ponyfan
So yeah. Since there's no financial incentive to this, the only ones that will be sent back are likely to be from more recent purchases that have no resale value on the second hand market.
Quote from: Taffeta on May 11, 2021, 02:13:55 AMSo yeah. Since there's no financial incentive to this, the only ones that will be sent back are likely to be from more recent purchases that have no resale value on the second hand market.At least no resale value currently. I can see it being a problem when the current generation grows up and realizes they want their old toys. But then again maybe they will just have new stuff aimed at them like the Basic Fun ponies and how MGA is doing Bratz and Lalaloopsy reissues later this year.
I guess we'll see how it pans out. If it is successful, I imagine it will have an impact on the collector market some time down the line, but probably not imminently...the stuff that would be sent back will probably be fairly recent stuff as we also live in a society where people are massively misinformed that that 5 year old toy rotting in their dog's bed is worth a fortune if they put it on ebay.So yeah. Since there's no financial incentive to this, the only ones that will be sent back are likely to be from more recent purchases that have no resale value on the second hand market.Sorry if that's cynical.