How Hasbro's inventory problem became so large that it became a Class Action Lawsuit!

[@ciscodeer9094]

Ah Ollie's where toys goes to die.

[@manor-studios]

Bro I love ❤ Ollie's they are the ultimate army builder characters 😂

[@Racetrack82]

No mention of the disaster that was plastic free packaging and how it made MIB collectors quit and retailers dealing with unprecedented scam returns. So bad that they reversed course after only 6 months but it effected 18 months of product.

[@Radi0ActivSquid]

Or plastic quality in the toys themselves. Idk about other lines but transformers has been having yellowing problems. A toy can pop out of the plastic free package discolored without light ever touching it.

[@polarboy5862]

There was a loud small cabal of people bitching about plastic free packaging, but is there any proof that anybody stopped buying action figures because of the box, when there was a big old price hike at the same time.

[@Racetrack82]

@@polarboy5862 Anybody? Well I would be one. Went from dropping about 10k a year to zero. Even now that the plastic is back I have no urge to buy again as the habbit was broken. Collected MIB since 1995 for what it's worth.

[@ziero01]

In a world where vast quantities of merch is bought via pre-order through online shops, this idea that "Plastic free" boxes actually hurt sales is ridiculous on it's face. Also, G.I. Joe Classified's Plastic Free boxes was one of the best mass market toy packaging I've ever handled. The fact they went back to awful plastic trays will never not piss me off.

[@LxMxNxG]

@@ziero01 I personally haaated plastic free packaging, but I'll totally agree that the GI Joe boxes were among the best, and genuinely didn't feel like cheaping out like all of the other lines, like there was effort put into them rather than just cardboard carton

[@shawnstark7622]

It's a pretty much known in the industry that companies over produce in order to keep production costs lower, so I'm not exactly sure of the details in this case whether the investors were purposely misled about the exact quantity or it's just business as usual and being salty after the miscalculation and not wanting to suffer loss. I think the larger issue is that of Hasbro's against Disney due to the fact they basically cause damage to their own IP which is part of what's causing toy sales to suffer which would help offset the over production aspect to some degree. And due to covid causing supply issues and and increase in material costs it's possible that companies had to increase production a tad bit more than normal to minimize said cost increase. Not to mention that some factories were basically running rough shot and setting minimum unit runs or they'd go with another company that would meet their demands. There's a whole list of factors and scenarios that pretty much impacted production all at once.

[@acem7749]

So many toys end up at Ollie's when I had a hard time finding them in the wild.. Shows a crappy understanding of were to stock these in the 1st place.

[@JrP-sf6bq]

My Walmart hasn't restocked new ML figures in around 1.5yrs n counting. I've seen them put em on clearance for 80 cents off. Smh.

[@werewolfantipaladin]

What gets to me is there are still horrible distribution problems for the figures. Why is it certain areas get glutted with product and others don’t see a single thing? It’s rare I find anything in my local Target and Wal mart. Huge difference from pre pandemic I almost always found everything I wanted in the wild.

[@trevordavis5053]

You mean like Moss Man selling for $30-$60 on your Walmart app while someone else is posting pics of Moss Man on clearance for $5 at their local Walmart? It's crazy.

[@BushBabyL]

Personally speaking (for Hasbro's Transformers figures), this is the experience I have had in the last three years in no particular order. Please enjoy this vertical slice of what us TF collectors have had to deal with: ~ Across most stores, TF movie (kid) merch is shelfwarming like the Marvel/Star Wars figures with full pegs and shelves. Deep clearance in about six months after first appearing. I assume this goes to liquidation stores. ~ "Mainline" Legacy figures are a wave behind and don't start staying on shelves until the *next* wave is ready for order & shipping. It's always the less desired characters that reoccur and you'd have to ask if they have (insert name) in the back. ~ Studio Series Figures fly off the shelves the fastest unless they're side characters (ex. ROTB Pablo, still on shelves now). ~ Commander Class figures and Titan Class figures ($90 and $200) have not been stocked on shelves since CoVid hit and has instilled hesitation into retailers. Only option is to order online and hope it isn't scalped at 2x price. ~ All figures listed above have no plastic to protect the figures from the "head" thieves or customizers who call dibs by ripping the head off the ball socket. This is especially common in stores without security cameras looking at the aisle. ~ Customer service in the stores doesn't give a fuck and will return figures to the shelves from guest returns. This has led to figure swaps and stolen accessories. Hasbro won't directly replace your character either, you'll get a random warehouse figure around the same price. ~ Target exclusives aren't good character-wise and the boxes have plenty of open space to steal from, so four-packs or three-packs are incomplete or swapped. On the rare times a good character does appear (ex. ROTB Optimus Prime), they get bought out or hidden somewhere in the store so scalpers can flip them. ~ Walmart exclusives get scalped pretty bad based on who's shortpacked in the wave, they only appear once and Walmart doesn't order more since they have to sell shelfwarming figures from (insert most recent movie). Shortpacked meaning less copies per shipment. ~ Online stores have stock quicker than in-person by four months. Hasbro Pulse sells out the fastest but is sketchy (service is a total rip-off at $50/yr), TFSource/BigBadToyStore have been more reliable for reserving figures on preorder days, CMDstore is the fastest out of all and that's how I got Titan Tidal Wave. ~ Additionally, Hasbro is super slow to reveal anything and it got to the point that I had Voyager Class figures in my hands right as they "revealed" them for the first time ever. We get forecasts by leakers months ahead of what's shared.

[@scockery]

@@trevordavis5053 Walmart's been terrible about that for years. I mean, YEARS. There were exclusives 15 years ago people would get on clearance in their region, that I never saw at all in 3 to 4 Walmarts within driving distance.

[@SlashTheWeasel]

TF collector here too. I said screw it couple of years ago and just preorder everything off Pulse. Less stress cause finding stuff on shelf is gamble.

[@Kuroketsu]

Check out the video Nerdzoic did a month or so ago about distribution/warehouse issues. It sheds a lot of light on one aspect of this

[@brixferatubrixferatu6866]

For the past 6 months or so, I keep hearing about this Ollie's place on these toy channels. Had to look it up because I'd never heard of it before. Is it as magical and wonderful as it sounds? Looks like the closest one to me is a little over 200 miles away. Maybe I should make the trip so I can save $2 on a figure....

[@BushBabyL]

You should save up and go once a year for backlog hunting! It's worth a shot!

[@joehenry9546]

It’s really not worth the 200 mile trip. I have one right by me. And if there is anything sought after, it’s gone the same day it’s put out. Save yourself the aggravation.

[@knightwolfpro4494]

The Ollies they opened in my area doesn't really get much good backlog. I see other toy channels do Ollie's videos and I get jealous because they have so much better stuff.

[@BoogSReviews]

Mine is hit or miss. It can be extremely touch or go. Mine never got in most of the stuff I really wanted that I saw toy KZbinrs finding. Ross is the same way. I’ll see people finding such good stuff at Ross and never see anything at mine.

[@LxMxNxG]

Not worth the trip tbh, but it is a great place to see what stuff might not work well as well as get a few decent deals. TBH you might be better checking out a Ross, it's basically the same concept, just less stock

[@jboy27]

lawsuits like this get filed all the time they just want a settlement

[@osenator]

Hasbro is completely collapsing. Is it on purpose ?! I been banned by multi transformer Facebook group for saying Hasbro is collapsing. HOW DARE YOU SAYING THE OBVIOUS !!

[@jeremygregorio7472]

I think the problem is inflation is just making toys too expensive. That just makes it that much more likely the kids will switch to video games earlier. Also losing Toys r Us to a private equity firm basically doomed to the toy industry. Walmart and Target can put a lot more pressure on them now. What they really need is economies of scale so they can build large-scale automated production lines but they just don't have them. It doesn't help it birth rates are down in every first world country so there's just fewer kids to buy toys. It's frustrating because it's so incredibly important that children get toys so they can learn imagination. Exercising your imagination leads to learning and empathy skills.

[@osenator]

@jeremygregorio7472 well, distribution is horrible, quality is shit, shrinkage of toy sizes and prices going up constantly. Toysrus and Walmart are barely have any transformers anymore too in Canada. I give less than a year for Hasbro to start selling their IPs.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

@osenator it's because Chinese labor is getting more expensive. 15 20 years ago we had borderline slave labor making our toys and while the people making our toys aren't exactly rich they're not newly as badly off as they used to be which bites in the profits hard. And because every year every company has to be substantially more profitable than the one before because of how Wall Street works you can't just run a profitable company making a good product. You have to show large growth or Wall Street eats you alive

[@osenator]

@jeremygregorio7472 you realize transformers and other toys have not been made in China for the last 4 years. Hasbro is greedy and don't give a sit about destroying itself. It wants to rebrand itself as a video game company.... ya, woke gaming is selling so well lately.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

You don’t need to convince people you know the truth and that’s enough.

[@supercfrompulaski]

If they sold for what they sell for on close out we wouldn’t have this issue. The issue is they want astronomical amounts of our money and don’t give us astronomical amounts of what it is back.

[@jackharpe3rd233]

Hasbro never saw any writing on the walls for the future of Star Wars and Marvel when they sign the exclusive contract with Disney 2015. Sure, an argument can be easily made that the entire cinema industry is having story telling problems, but I honestly wish Hasbro stayed with Warner instead, or at the very least stayed independent.

[@kobocopcustoms]

"Captain America and the seven dwarfs" is one of my favorite porno parodies

[@tjmb]

Hi Scott! I appreciate your content, though this video didn’t clarify things at all. If you could please work on trying not to ramble so much when addressing topics like this it would help greatly. I know that can be a challenge, and one that I deal with myself, so I know it might take some work.

[@rustyshackelford5892]

Where tf are the people talking shit about Mcfarlane talking about crooked eyes and disproportions. Atleast its not as bad as habro selling trashhhhh

[@Evan19900]

Disney ruined Star Wars and marvel making their products nearly unsellable. Nobody likes the new stuff. Go woke go broke.

[@ZamboniZone]

You might want to adjust your mic when you sit in front of the screen. The volume drop dramatically

[@mfa8086]

They made a bunch of female characters that nobody wanted so they get what they deserve.

[@ILikeParties-mq3bl]

1:23 mlp shirt.

[@ApostateoftheArt]

Bro waffles for 11 mins saying next to nothing and demonstrating no actual understanding of the legal claims or procedures. Boy that sounds familiar, Scott. I hope the copyright claims board doesn’t make too much fun of you.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I was just at Ollie's today. I only picked up 3 Figures. However, I would have bought a lot more if I knew that they were were 50% off of their regular half off. I didn't really need even the 3 I bought except for World Building as I have multiple 'Earth's'. I will have to go back now and buy some more that I can Army Build. I have even found a use for Eternals Sersi and Ajax. I bought them for their heads, I can use the heads on extra Daisy/Quake bodies to Fudge Agent Melinda May and Agent Yo Yo. With a Fudged Mack and I figured out a Fitz. Just need to figure out a Simmons now. Obviously a Moira MacTaggart body. Maybe a Peggy Carter head? I have Coulson and Daisy so I can make that Team

[@ventor50]

Has un buen video y deja de usar esta voz programada, Ya Sabes, Ya Sabes .I.

[@guruuvy]

Good to see you back Scott! Just wanted to thank you for all the Masters of The Universe Classics figures you gave me when we were both at Mattel!

[@Christo-pv7eb]

Is this the guy that said no more motu like 2 years ago?

[@polarboy5862]

Thats the one

[@masonj4779]

So basically you made a video about the nothing you know about an industry you no longer have anything to do with😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrisdmowski8494]

If only the plastic used to make crappy Star Wars figures nobody wants were used to make more Cobra Ferrets.

[@thezombiemachinist01]

Only person to Blame is that Chris Cocks guy. He done messed everything up.

[@herbbot8241]

Captain falcon toys be at ollies before the movie released

[@andrewgrant2990]

I still think some costs/ money could be saved by limiting the SIZE of the boxes- you know less cardboard. Also, wouldn't a temporary price drop from the company on items be noticed by customers who then could buy more toys, increasing overall profits? Any # of people I talk to say prices are too high & lower prices would lessen this. Food for thought...

[@Snigglefugg]

They should have an introductory discount, as in a sort of early-bird price label for the first few weeks they hit the shelves.

[@andrewgrant2990]

@@Snigglefugg Remember when on-line pre-orders did just that- automatically saved you $?

[@EdgedShadow]

Theoretically could Hasbro do Marvel but not Star Wars (or vice versa), or would they have to do both because they’re both Disney?

[@justicierodelaliga]

Instead of ending up in the trash, couldn´t they get all those unsold toys back, destroy them and repurpose them?

[@ScooterinAB]

I don't think it works that way. How do you repurpose them? Where do you take them back to? Why destroy them when they can at least try to recoup something?

[@JurassicRod]

I don't think the Eternals are toyetic at all. Their costumes all look the same just different colors. It's boring. Same with Shang Chi and the like. On top of the increase in female characters that have never sold as well as male. Sad how disney have screwed hasbro over with their awful Star Wars content and characters then for some inexplicable reason after seeing Star Wars die on the vine, decide to copy that strategy which Marvel which had been going strong. Now Hasbro are stuck having to produce toys of bland looking characters from content no one liked.

[@polarboy5862]

well that was an 11 minute ramble about nothing much.

[@miragexl007]

Haslabs probably cover part of the lawsuit costs. Lol

[@deckofcardboard]

I still don't know what they're being sued for. I still don't know what the inventory problem is. I know generally that movies that don't sell well, don't sell toys tied to it, but why would someone sue the toy company in relation to that? Were Hasbro under-producing toys because of so many failing movies?

[@ScooterinAB]

They are suing because they feel Hasbro lied to them about inventory levels and for how that affected the investment. That's it.

[@CB-ke7eq]

Great work on that GL line, I'll have to check that out. Btw, I would just add to the conversation that one of the main factors in Hasbro thriving during the pandemic and the main business keeping them alive now is Magic the Gathering.

[@Radi0ActivSquid]

Meanwhile I can't find any mainline transformers at my local Walmart. They've skipped multiple waves and RotB, Earthspark and One product isn't moving. Studio Series pegs have sat empty for weeks and only the Star Raider Legacy subline is available.

[@Lurklen]

God, I wish Canada had Ollies... So far as I know, there's no equivalent that just has buckets of figures here.

[@FracturedReality777]

This might be a business opportunity. Contact Ollie's and see if you can open one and get excess merchandise imported from the US.

[@Lurklen]

@@FracturedReality777 lol, I'm in no position to open anything. But someone with a bit more capitol and resources should jump on that. (I suspect there's a reason it hasn't happened though, supplying things from across the border is a weird business here, and the rates are ridiculous. For groceries we have like two companies that dominate the market and act as suppliers for the big three grocery companies across the whole country. You'd think Canada was the moon instead of just across the border with the way prices get inflated too.)

[@sitoudien9816]

Me too. But unsellable stock can bankrupt a company. Samko and Miko were clearance stores that went under this year after 50 years. I've been shopping there for 2 decades. But the selections these last few years were unmovable. Past years were like a goldmine.

[@Lurklen]

@@sitoudien9816 Oh for sure, and I think something that's just fundamentally true for us and not for the States is that we're a small market. We've got an entire population that rivals one or two of their more populous states. There's just so much _more_ down there. Be it people, or stuff. So that kind of store is entertaining far less risk there than here. So it's probably unrealistic to expect here, the market just isn't really big enough to justify it at a scale large enough for it to be worth it for the most part.

[@ScooterinAB]

Here, they would probably just go to any number of liquidation places that have all popped up, or to Dollarama.

[@Barada73]

I'm still pissed off that they cut the scene of Hulk bursting out of the Hulkbuster armor from Avengers Infinity War.

[@ziero01]

The toys they could've sold if they went with that idea and had the Hulk actually *wear* bits of Hulkbuster as armor would've sold themselves.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

I just swapped a Bruce Banner head on the Hulkbuster to simulate the 'You guys are so screwed now.' Scene. I used the Banner body and a Star Lord head to Fudge a Fitz from Agents of SHIELD. Also Fudged Mack, Melinda, and Yo Yo.

[@midwestmonster9886]

lol @ that contract signing image

[@futuramayeah]

spector you didn't clarify anything you told us what brands are and what sub brands are and then for the rest of the video you talked about going to ollies and showed us that ollies has the figures that target and walmart don't , you didn't discuss what the title of the video is

[@ScooterinAB]

He did though. What's happening is very simple. Why it's happening and how it impacts the market is more complicated.

[@futuramayeah]

spector you didn't talk about why the shareholders are suing hasbro, you went off on a tangent about going to ollies to find kazar figures, why were the shareholders suing hasbro?

[@polarboy5862]

And whats it got to do with firefighters?

[@ScooterinAB]

They're suing because the believe Hasbro mislead them about inventory levels.

[@ronleonard7015]

Blame Disney wrecking their IPs

[@oddcreatureX]

100% what Disney has done to Marvel and Star Wars recently is shameful.

[@masonj4779]

Stop crying. Get over it.

[@ScooterinAB]

Why would Disney wreck their IPs? Because your feelings are hurt? Because you hate girls? Society is basically on the brink of collapse right now because no one has any money and they're tired of being slaves. EVERY movie is underperforming. EVERY product is underselling. It has nothing to do with girls.

[@futuramayeah]

spector i see people on youtube go to their local target and walmart and find star wars figures i never saw at my local target and walmart and i saw people go to ollies and i see star wars figures i never heard of and i go to hasbro pulse to look at the available figures and i see figures on those videos that i had never seen on the websites

[@futuramayeah]

i would want to sue whoever put those figures in ollies and not at my local target or walmart store

[@Patriot1791-BOR]

All the investors had to do is walk in a any Ollie's every fricken toy in there is from Hasbro thanks to Disney, Hasbro investors should sue Disney. I have no idea how Disney has not been sued by there investors for mismanagement, like keeping Kathleen Kennedy impolyed.

[@BoogSReviews]

It’s not though. There’s so many comic marvel figures and non Disney Star Wars that it’s not funny. Sure, there’s a lot of movie stuff, but the comic stuff far exceeds it. My Ollie’s got in like 25 solid cases of the age of apocalypse and controller waves in and neither had any movie figures in them. Same with the avengers anniversary line. I honestly don’t see any Disney era star wars stuff at mine. It all seems to be archive figures of original trilogy figures.

[@futuramayeah]

spector, at 34 sec, i never saw that figure before, i didn't know it existed and i see it is at store called ollies, i never went to that store, i go to target and walmart and i used to go to toysurs before they all closed, i want to know where that figure would have been sold, or when , because i saw another video on youtube where a person went to ollies and they had star wars figures i had never seen at my target or walmart

[@hankday28]

I said jokingly the other day that toys have peaked in the 20's I believe inflation will continue, and I'm starting to see a shift on several companies like Mattel and super 7 putting less product and or being more selective and also McFarlane finally giving people what they want in term of the Dc Liscence.

[@Radi0ActivSquid]

We know inflation is going to go through the roof with the upcoming mass tariffs. As for Transformers, I think Hasbro has said they're gonna cut back production on future product. So stuff that's already pretty scarce due to poor distribution is going to get more scarce. I can't believe how much I've had to order online because nothing shows up locally.

[@hankday28]

Toy Guru channel whoa! bro I thank you so much for the DCUC superpowers you're the GOAT!

[@adinocc2042]

I will say one thing, as a collector of marvel legends, I was much happier with Hasbro releasing a 6 or 7 figure wave, in conjunction with a movie, and having 2 or 3 of them being MCU characters and having the rest as comic book looking characters. Hasbro going in and doing MCU exclusive waves for this and that movie actually made me decide to stop buying MCU legends all together.

[@Inkarmy]

The Green Lantern toyline was good for one thing and one thing only: The construct accessories. Everything else about it was garbage.

[@robblumenberg5965]

Can tabletop role playing games sell action figures?

[@BatFan1]

Hasbro should just flood the market with everything they have. Scalpers will panic and will buy 2x-3x what they normally would and they would be the ones stuck with unwanted figures.

[@damionbaxter4912]

They overproduce other stuff but underproduce their own. Studio series magnus sold out in 6 hours never got a re release like prime did. Never hit the majority of mass market retailers and now sell's from crazy marked up prices. Nearly 400 is ridiculous for a main line figure.

[@Radi0ActivSquid]

Holy shit. I'm glad I preordered it. I've been having trouble finding mainline Legacy stuff.

[@damionbaxter4912]

@Radi0ActivSquid could be worse no retailers I live near have stocked anything since the release of studio series Bumblebee Movie Shockwave.

[@magnumrex]

Retroblasting shit in you again in his latest He-Man video.

[@polarboy5862]

What are you? are you like one of those slytherin thug guys that go around picking fights on there bosses behalf?

[@masonj4779]

@@polarboy5862what are you? The internet good guy trying to get everyone to have love and peace like that moron that lives in Lala land? Oh and it’s their not there. Man up and grow a pair😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelrinaldi9168]

thumbs up for shang-chi/eternals! 😛

[@CC-dw9ch]

Scott, to be honest, if you had done the face thing first off, I'd be ok with it, but since I started watching for all the toy shots you used to include, I really wish you would go back to it. Just my two cents, spend them as you like.

[@ScooterinAB]

His channel kept getting shut down because of those photos and copyright trolling. That's probably why he changes to this.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Ummm? Scott, you completely failed to discuss what the issue actually is. What the lawsuit is about. It's not that Hasbro overproduced and ended up with excess inventory. It's not even that they failed to react to their ballooning excess inventory in a timely manner. (and lets be honest, a lot of the excess inventory showing up at Ollie's and Ross had absolutely nothing to do with COVID. It's just an excuse.) The problem. The really really big problem, is they lied to shareholders about the excess inventory. They failed to disclose the problem. And outright lied when asked about the stuff showing up at Ollie's. In forums where they are not legally allowed to do that. God help me for using Funko as the go to example of doing ANYTHING right. But for this example Funko is the go to example. When during the same time period they had warehouses full of excess product that was beyond 18-24 months old and was not going to sell, they disclosed this on an earnings call. Took the massive write down, and publicly destroyed the excess product. They landfilled it. We made fun of them. Everybody pointed fingers and laughed. But what they did was actually proper. And they seem to be in a much better place today. Whereas Hasbro and our old friend Chris Cocks hid Hasbro's ballooning inventory from the shareholders. And in some cases from the employees. Hasbro apparently has warehouses full of shit that were not disclosed on the financials. This is bad. Really Bad. They have been trying to piecemeal run this inventory down by dumping it to Ollie's etc, so as not to fully reveal just how big the problem is to the investors. But in the process they trained their core collector customers to look for all of their stuff cheap. The "Ollie's Effect". Which caused the news to get out, and major investors to start asking questions. This is a really big scandal.

[@ScooterinAB]

The lawsuit is about investors thinking Hasbro lied to them. He explained it. There just isn't much to explain.

[@hunter350js]

“Captain America and the 7 Dwarfs… I’d watch that.” Yeah me too

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

Definitely. 😅

[@Hurricanelive]

shareholders crying that companies aren't getting away with the annual/yearly 15% to 50% price hikes. boo hoo. Shareholders can pound sand until the next panda mike, the bloodsuckers.

[@jimbear62]

You mean "Pandemic " ?

[@ScooterinAB]

This is why I did poorly in sales. This idea that you can have infinite growth infinitely is beyond delusional. These investors and managers don't seem to live in reality.

[@ryanwike2780]

I'm guessing sooner then later toy companies won't want to produce movie toys anymore.

[@BatFan1]

Not all movie franchises are toyetic. But franchises based off of superheroes like Marvel and DC it would dumb not to put out merch. The toy companies have no control of the quality of the movie they're just doing the product. Keep in mind they're making toy lines for toddlers all the way to adult collectors. No responsible parent is going to buy their child a Marvel Legends, they're going to get the cheap 5POA figures and 12" figures. Kids arent reading comics and there's no cartoon to promote those versions of the characters so the movies are it. Video games are 50-50 in terms of the character designs.

[@ryanwike2780]

@BatFan1 Well yeah, terrible movie after terrible movie os going to ruin toy sales jo matter of age, and in time no companies will want to make toys.

[@JurassicRod]

@@BatFan1 A lot of recent Marvel movies haven't been very toyetic though. The costumes are becoming blander and all very samey. The Eternals for instance and Shang Chi. They all look like they have the same outfit but in different colors. Then the increase in female superheroes which have never sold action figures as well as male characters.

[@PolishTamales]

Can you clarify what can potentially happen to Hasbro, if they are found guilty? Any shake ups from the top? Possible resignations? Or do we expect a cash payout and life goes on?

[@osenator]

@@PolishTamales their stocks will hit rock bottom and be bought by someone.

[@joeholtster1891]

I don't know what that Elephant Star Wars guy is but probably will get it because reminds me of Hooter from Captain EO. 🐘

[@doctorgoodguy1]

I can tell you what it's not... an Ortolan. I still like it though!

[@jeremygregorio7472]

The character is from a show called skeleton Crew and his name is Neel.

[@jontuell5338]

My only question is & has been if they allowed cancelations by Diamond, EE, etc around the pandemic? Allocation closed an incredibly high amount of toy stores & comic stores and it took a while (and alot of store closings) before distributors allowed the stores to cancel orders. And you know they did not want to but saw the apolocolypse in front of their nose. So if Hasbro DID allow cancelations and ended up stuck with product and then lied to shareholders, then they will pay. To make a point, allocation causes companies to over-order by large amounts because they only get around 10-to-40% of what they order i.e order 100x SnakeEyes to get 15x. So during pandemic stores started actually getting the large amounts of stuff they ordered and it came all at once, creating an economic hardship for the ma & pop stores. Just in case that part was unclear. I'd love to hear details on this, Scott. It would paint a much clearer picture for the newer Ollie's/Ross'/discount store world were living in...and more.

[@robertwishin2868]

I am a little curious as to when the Ollie's bubble will burst. As some Marvel Legends waves are not hitting Walmart or Target are they going to end up overproduced? Will production level off in the next year so that we don't see Ollies and Ross being overrun with stuff for the 2025 Christmas season or will 2026 be the year that it normalizes for lack of a better term? I know it is all speculation right now, but I am interested in what people think about it.

[@scockery]

I think it will burst. years ago, Marshalls and TJ Maxx were getting good stuff, now I never visit them. ROSS is raved about. They finally opened one in my county and I was so disappointed. both by stock and the fact it's just another store that every local reseller and collector will hit before I do.

[@andrewgrant2990]

@@scockery The trick w/ Ross is getting there shortly after the truck is unloaded...

[@ScooterinAB]

If things are done 3 years in advance, there's probably 3 years of inventory problems. Any change that comes from this will probably take years to iron out.

[@Rob-z7k]

So...does this mean we wont get any new Mandalorian figures??

[@walkforgiven]

Glad you fixed your lighting issues.

[@machineman6498]

Oh boy! The Inventory dance. Been there.

[@zzzartan]

They don't understand the importance of scarcity in collectables.

[@spaceheadstudio3031]

Great content as always. Scott, have u ever talked about why there is such a difference in terms of value and figure accessories between 6" GI Joe and SW figures? IMO: We pay too much for the SW figures and get less pack ins.

[@shawnstark7622]

It's due to the Star Wars licensing fee being high, very high compared to say Marvel even. Hasbro 100% owns the G.I. Joe IP thus no fee to pay which means they're able to pack more value into the package at $25 the price point. There's also the matter of built in mold reuse with Joes that isn't as abundant within Star Wars except for trooper type characters, or ones where said reuse can be hidden if it's not entirely accurate.

[@TheJofurr]

Hasbro didn't lie to its shareholders. No big, successful company would risk taking illegal shortcuts like that when they could simply bring the best possible product to market instead.

[@osenator]

@TheJofurr you don't understand how many times companies lies to their share holders....

[@TheJofurr]

@@osenator Well that's bad and all but as long as they're not lying to their customers too...

[@osenator]

​@TheJofurr if you think they give 2 shts about us, you are indeed going to have a rude awakening.

[@TheJofurr]

@@osenator Yeah you're right, I was just funnin'.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Hascrap has lost its mind because of the classified series. Simple. Emily and Lenny are running the company into the ground.100 employees played off?! Wtf?! And what's up with Mattel bothering with the thundercats? Isn't super 7 doing a good enough job? They've finally got a Lionel with a ball jointed waist. This is good. I don't like the thundercats, but would buy that one just out of curiosity.😂❤

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Emily and Lenny cannot run Hasbro into the ground. Classified is very successful. These are facts.

[@osenator]

@@nicholasdickens2801 delusional....

[@machineman6498]

Respectfully disagree. Emily and Lenny are the public face we see. They all probably report up to a VP of Boys Brands or something (who also has a boss).

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

@machineman6498 all I can report to you is that I was the first hascrap pulse member. Bought a couple of things. Got snake eyes off the site, then I pre-ordered that blue variant cobra commander, waited,then waited for about two years. By that time Lenny and piggy got started blabbing about the classified. By then I emailed hascrap pulse about a time frame for delivery. They get back to me telling me I had to pay again for the cobra commander. I get back at them telling me they were going to charge me even though I called customer service on the phone, and they ended up billing me 3 fucking times. 89$!!! Wtf ?! I had to cancel my debit card twice!!! U do the math. That piggy bitch is a fucking crook. Never doing business with them again 😃🤔

[@Hurricanelive]

all the hasbrah toy divisions are ultra woke. just ultra dei throughout the company, everyone else just fired who will not support the esg agenda.