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Quote from: Wardah on February 04, 2017, 11:51:48 AM The weird thing is I know worse flaws can exist (if hoof hearts can be missing than eyes could be missing) but even these Chinese seller ponies don't have such drastic flaws. I'm guessing those ones actually get destroyed since they probably figure nobody wants them.Yeah...visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThe bootlegs are better quality that the stuff that gets through. No wonder the manufacturers will try and sell bootlegs.
The weird thing is I know worse flaws can exist (if hoof hearts can be missing than eyes could be missing) but even these Chinese seller ponies don't have such drastic flaws. I'm guessing those ones actually get destroyed since they probably figure nobody wants them.
The pearly ponies aren't really "bootlegs"; they're produced in Hasbro factories, made of the same material as the ponies found in stores, etc.
Sometimes employees walk off with merchandise but that's pretty rare (and a huge risk for said employee). It's most common that the factory owner is selling the stock behind the backs of their contractors, either directly online to to a third party who lists them.Not surprising they're getting them at the factory and selling them for less than Hasbro's retail - I mean there's a huge markup on almost all products when you look at how much big companies pay the factories to make their stuff compared to what the end user shells out for them. Between companies like Hasbro and retailers (let's say, Toys R' Us) there's often a doubling of price. Between Hasbro and the factories, probably an even bigger jump. So factories sell stuff on the side because the profit they get is much better than the per unit cost for the legitimate contracts. Even if they get half of what Hasbro's charging, it only cost them pennies on the dollar to make.As for the missing zap codes, only conjecture but maybe it's to pass them off as 'flawed merchandise' if there was ever an inquiry, as I'm sure whatever contract Hasbro has specifies that all the retail-bound ponies have to meet a specific design sheet. If they were made before and design specs. changed, why wouldn't they just run them through the extra step to pad-print the missing marks? Much easier than running a full new batch of ponies.
If they were made before and design specs. changed, why wouldn't they just run them through the extra step to pad-print the missing marks? Much easier than running a full new batch of ponies.