Rated X wrote:Posting from a cellphone here so I cant do all the cut and paste stuff. Let me try to answer your questions. I know 2 wrongs dont make a right but it is what it is. If hasbro pulls a dick move thats not in the collectors favor, they have to remember collectors can be dicks too.
Collectors can be dicks. I don't want to be that kind of collector, nor do I think the majority does. Some people do, however. And even if you don't personally do this, the fact that you don't seem to have a problem with it is strange to me. So, if there were others in your area who
did do this, and if you walked into a store hoping to find a new item you were looking for, and for a moment it looks like there is one on the shelf and you get all excited and pick it up! ...only to notice a moment later that the wrong toy is in the box, and there are no others on the shelf, your response shall be, "Awe, shucks, those silly toy swappers! Oh well," before walking away whistling a jaunty tune?
Rated X wrote:On fleamarkets and parts graveyards, i was suggesting where a majority of little kids toys end up anyways, so I flat out dont feel guilty for toddlers who get a not so perfect figure.
So here your argument is that, because over time some kids toys will become less then pristine over time, it is acceptable to sell them pre-messed up toys? Seriously?
Even discounting adult collectors, which admittedly (as much as we like to tell ourselves otherwise) are not Hasbro's primary market, not
all kids trash their toys. Some take care of them. And even for those who
do take less then ideal care of them, well heck, that's part of being a kid and it is their right. But if a toy is bought for them with the expectation that it is new, it is only right that they receive it that way! What happens to it afterwards is irrelevant to that fact.
Rated X wrote:As I stated before, I have never swapped parts out from different figures, only identical ones. And I dont go to a different store as your cartoon suggests, I go right back to the same store and tell them this figure came broken.
Well, good on you as that is the proper way. But even though you may not do things improperly yourself, the fact that you have stated that you have no issue with those who do do such things is still somewhat saddening. To provide the same mindset in an extreme example, "I don't murder random people myself, but if
you feel like exploring a career as a serial killer, hey, that's your right! Go for it!"
Rated X wrote:On the boy scout thing, ive read your sig before. I dont want to go off topic, but they havent always had the most ethical standards either. I salute their decision to end a certain type of discrimination. Hats off to them for finally doing the ethical thing
Absolutely no disagreement with you here. As much as I think the Boy Scouts is an excellent organization, that is unfortunately marred by the fact that two major groups have been historically excluded from membership. That they have loosened this restriction on youth members of one of these groups is a step in the right direction, but they still have a ways to go.
(As for the stories hosted on the webpage mentioned in my signature, if the stories get far enough, one of the characters will be revealed to belong to one of these aforementioned groups, and since the series is set in the late 90's,
all restrictions will alas still be in place. And it should be noted that the character in question is one of the main characters, and one of the characters based on a real person. Alas, such an event isn't planned to take place in story for quite a while yet... I
really need to get back to writing... And to doing Transformers reviews -- that website's gone too long without an update, too!)