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Originally Posted by JLvatron
I wonder how the U.S. fall of Toys R Us affected this?
Perhaps:
1- TRU Canada got scared and realized they need to jack up prices
2- Walmart & Target U.S. mostly took advantage of their huge toy market share, (now with competitor TRU gone), so they upped their prices.
...mostly because they can.
3- Hasbro got scared from the largest toy store's downfall and instead of streamlining toys and reducing prices, they listened to Walmart & Target and agreed to their terms for larger profit margins for all.
Now it depends on consumer backlash. Let's see how this goes.
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Agreed on the fall of TRU US is a big issue on this.
We have to also remember that Hasbro took it on the chin as well. I'm sure the profits they were expecting from the Disney Star Wars films didn't hit their marks.
I have a feeling TFA toy sales did alright. They appropriately scaled back for Rogue One. But TLJ and Solo...
The stories and characters didn't resonate to too many of the people buying. Though I'm sure there are still some.
Remember the prequels? Sure they weren't as good as the originals, but people still wanted to buy all the Jedi, Clones, Droids, and Sith. The vehicles were alright too.
I'm sure it was a big factor for Hasbro to try and make up the losses from somewhere.
