jfc I teach fifteen year olds who are more decisive about major decisions then this guy.
Hasbr-uh-oh - Business and Tariffs Discussion
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"I think we should have a tariff on tar, if the tar tariffs for countries exporting tar are higher than the tar tariffs on ones if importing it. I call it, " The Tariff on Tar, If..."
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"No, I'm just reading this press release..."
"Are you being sarcastic?"
"No, I'm just reading this press release..."
Good news, I just read that he's reversed himself on electronics again, so . . . yeah!
Wait, for real?
Yup.
And eventually we may have some other "Hasbr-uh-oh" news to discuss that isn't related to the tariffs, so the topic title may inevitably have to be changed back.
Speaking of other news(related to D&D) the Sigil VTT(virtual tabletop) launched as a beta, then was promptly sent immediately to maintenance mode and most of said team laid off, and the guy who appears to have been pushing the project left entirely. So no VTT where you're taking Optimus Prime to fight Beholders in fancy 3D(with microtransactions).
Also Chris Perkins, who'd been around since the TSR days, is retiring, while Jeremy Crawford, who was heavily involved since at least PHB2 of 4E and is responsible for a lot of 5E is also leaving in the near future. He'd been talking about retiring a while back but looks like he was waiting on the 5eR/5.5/2024 rollout to finish first before stepping aside. Hasbro isn't looking to fill either spot though and seems to be just shuffling the responsibilities onto their other employees.
Also Chris Perkins, who'd been around since the TSR days, is retiring, while Jeremy Crawford, who was heavily involved since at least PHB2 of 4E and is responsible for a lot of 5E is also leaving in the near future. He'd been talking about retiring a while back but looks like he was waiting on the 5eR/5.5/2024 rollout to finish first before stepping aside. Hasbro isn't looking to fill either spot though and seems to be just shuffling the responsibilities onto their other employees.
That's...odd. I am not a gamer and didn't even understand some of the acronyms, but if Hasbro wants to transition to a game company, doesn't it work against the goal to cancel the games leveraging their own IP?
And if that wasn't the concept, never mind. Like I said, not a gamer, I may have misunderstood.
And if that wasn't the concept, never mind. Like I said, not a gamer, I may have misunderstood.
Video games, not pen and paper games.
Which is probably just code for "stuff with oodles of microtransactions in it"
Monopoly GO! had made like 3 BILLION in revenue in the span of just over a year (April 2023 to July 2024). That's most likely what Chris Cox is talking about hen they're talking about doing more with video games.
Which is probably just code for "stuff with oodles of microtransactions in it"
Monopoly GO! had made like 3 BILLION in revenue in the span of just over a year (April 2023 to July 2024). That's most likely what Chris Cox is talking about hen they're talking about doing more with video games.
A VTT isn't a game by itself, it's literally a virtual tabletop to play other games such as D&D, a computer version of a physical tabletop with miniatures and such. Project Sigil was meant to be Hasbro tossing their hats into the ring, and almost certainly why they tried to kill the OGL(there's a whole thread on this elsewhere on the 'spark) as a lot of the provisions would have blocked any other company from duplicating some of its features. With that not happening, they had to actually compete, but couldn't cut it apparently. The guy who had been running it was originally from Zynga, a company well-known for microtransaction-stuffed mobile games, and undoubtedly had planned to stuff it full of them.
On a strange note, I made this 17 years ago, and I haven't had to update it for any news event since:
So I did end up placing one more order at Show.Z for the TF One wave of Blokees. I was on the fence on them when it was just the one wave, as Megatron's really the only one in that wave that I really wanted. But now they've teased Soundwave and Shockwave for the next Galaxy wave, and I'd be willing to bet Starscream will either be in that wave or planned for a following wave. And at that point, I would definitely want to have that set. Add in Elita and Airachnid, and I'd be pretty much completely satisfied.
Of course, now I'm questioning whether I'll be able to get that next wave, much less any waves after that. Anyone know of any good places to import them from that aren't in China and won't charge China-tariff-level prices for shipping? At first glance, doesn't seem like the Euro Amazon sites are going to be good options.
Of course, now I'm questioning whether I'll be able to get that next wave, much less any waves after that. Anyone know of any good places to import them from that aren't in China and won't charge China-tariff-level prices for shipping? At first glance, doesn't seem like the Euro Amazon sites are going to be good options.
Tariffs on China are now 245%.