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You can read more about this in the following article from Shine.cn: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2007232766/ .
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Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073411)
Posted by Cheetron on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:07pm CDT
Wondered where all the knockoffs on Amazon went to overnight. Now I know and it’s better for that!
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073414)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:20pm CDT
Look like the Weijiang toys will become rare hot collectibles pretty soon.
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073417)
Posted by Ultra Markus on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:44pm CDT
i wonder if those oversized combiner wars figures will be rare now
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073418)
Posted by LE0KING on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:46pm CDT
That’s a real shame. WeiJiang took alot of the crappier hasbro designs and fixed them. They would upscale some figures, add articulation where needed, overall good things.
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073419)
Posted by sol magnus on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:48pm CDT
Welp. Hadda happen eventually.
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073420)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:49pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:i wonder if those oversized combiner wars figures will be rare now
They will if Ebay suddenly forbid their sale and the authorities command the remaining stocks to be destroyed. This is the most likely scenario.
I wonder if it’s just Weijiang that is affected, or is it all the KOs? Because I ordered yesterday the undersized MP-10V trailer for a custom and it would suck if I could no longer receive it despite the thing being marked as shipped.
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073421)
Posted by DeathReviews on July 23rd, 2020 @ 9:59pm CDT
I think Hasbro is just jealous because some fly-by-night losers can make the toys bigger and better than THEY can…
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073422)
Posted by sol magnus on July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:05pm CDT
DeathReviews wrote:I think Hasbro is just jealous because some fly-by-night losers can make the toys bigger and better than THEY can…
By reverse engineering their designs? Are you joking or is this a “blame the victim” thing?
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073423)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:10pm CDT
sol magnus wrote:DeathReviews wrote:I think Hasbro is just jealous because some fly-by-night losers can make the toys bigger and better than THEY can…
By reverse engineering their designs? Are you joking or is this a “blame the victim” thing?
I think it’s the usual troll-n-run tactic.
Replying nonsense via the news article without ever entering the thread, and never replying to anything afterward. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073424)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:20pm CDT
A part of me is a bit more tempted to get the oversized combiners while I can find them easily. But that’s the relentless consumerist in me.
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073425)
Posted by DeathReviews on July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:24pm CDT
sol magnus wrote:DeathReviews wrote:I think Hasbro is just jealous because some fly-by-night losers can make the toys bigger and better than THEY can…
By reverse engineering their designs? Are you joking or is this a “blame the victim” thing?
Hasbro’s got their “Masterpiece” line for high end stuff – except they keep remaking those too. If the normal figures weren’t lacking, then 3rd party enhancement companies (and their dark cousins the “KO” outfits) wouldn’t have such a huge market. Sure it’s better to buy the official merchandise. But it’s also better when the official merchandise is made with enough quality that nobody would bother with 3rd party and KO figures….
Re: Shanghai Police Crack Down on Transformers KOs, Raiding Factory and Arresting People (2073426)
Posted by sol magnus on July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:32pm CDT
DeathReviews wrote:sol magnus wrote:DeathReviews wrote:I think Hasbro is just jealous because some fly-by-night losers can make the toys bigger and better than THEY can…
By reverse engineering their designs? Are you joking or is this a “blame the victim” thing?
Hasbro’s got their “Masterpiece” line for high end stuff – except they keep remaking those too. If the normal figures weren’t lacking, then 3rd party enhancement companies (and their dark cousins the “KO” outfits) wouldn’t have such a huge market. Sure it’s better to buy the official merchandise. But it’s also better when the official merchandise is made with enough quality that nobody would bother with 3rd party and KO figures….
The guy above you would disprove part of your thesis. He buys them not because of quality at all – but because they’re oversized versions of Hasbro figures. If Hasbro is “jealous”, they’d be right to be, since they are literally selling their stuff and not getting a cut of it.
I don’t buy knock-offs. I will buy the occasional 3rd party figure to fill in a collection gap, but I always get the official of any character I do this with. We can debate the merits of IP infringement in both cases, but with the knock-offs it’s indefensible. With 3rd party figures, Hasbro isn’t actually losing any money (in my case).
