Comments on: Toy manufacturing costs to go down in 2009? http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3128 PrfktTear Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3128 @Esbat... I share in your frusteration. Have you ever tried to get a Transformer out of the box? @Esbat… I share in your frusteration. Have you ever tried to get a Transformer out of the box?

]]> By: Esbat http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3126 Esbat Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:30:03 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3126 Anyone else feel that its overkill for Hasbro to use Twist Ties on every weapon in those weapon caches for star wars figures? Anyone else feel that its overkill for Hasbro to use Twist Ties on every weapon in those weapon caches for star wars figures?

]]> By: Toys Toys and More Toys » Blog Archive » Toy manufacturing costs to go down in 2009? : Poe Ghostal’s Points … http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3087 Toys Toys and More Toys » Blog Archive » Toy manufacturing costs to go down in 2009? : Poe Ghostal’s Points … Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:02:09 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3087 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3099 PrfktTear Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:52:42 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3099 Hey... if I wanted to be socially or environmentally conscious, I'd have a different hobby! ;-) I'm all for slave labor to save a few cents, and then polluting the environment to get them here from over seas, and then to make my "carbon footprint" even bigger, having them put in oversized packaging with superfluous twisty ties. -x Hey… if I wanted to be socially or environmentally conscious, I'd have a different hobby! ;-)

I'm all for slave labor to save a few cents, and then polluting the environment to get them here from over seas, and then to make my "carbon footprint" even bigger, having them put in oversized packaging with superfluous twisty ties.

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]]> By: Poe http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3097 Poe Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:14:04 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3097 That's true. The article did bother me in that regard. My toys will be cheaper because Chinese workers will have fewer bargaining rights...um, yay? That's true. The article did bother me in that regard. My toys will be cheaper because Chinese workers will have fewer bargaining rights…um, yay?

]]> By: Newt http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3095 Newt Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:44 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3095 Hooray for cheaper child labor. MAKE MY TOYS FASTER AND CHEAPER CHINESE INFANTS! Okay, not really, but that's kinda what it says. Decreasing salary demands sounds like a scary situation for those over there. Hooray for cheaper child labor. MAKE MY TOYS FASTER AND CHEAPER CHINESE INFANTS!

Okay, not really, but that's kinda what it says. Decreasing salary demands sounds like a scary situation for those over there.

]]> By: Don http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/toy-manufacturing-costs-to-go-down-in-2009.html#comment-3079 Don Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:06:20 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1681#comment-3079 They should drop just by looking at gas prices alone. The economy eventually catches up to the average folk. First time poster, love the site. Keep up the good work. They should drop just by looking at gas prices alone. The economy eventually catches up to the average folk.

First time poster, love the site. Keep up the good work.

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