Sep 16, 2019

War of the Unicrons

I mentioned the Haslab Unicron crowd funding campaign. Recently, a Third Party Maker, Zeta Toys revealed their Not-Unicron, but it's totally Unicron figure pre-order . While Smaller than the Hasbro one, it had some advantages in design. Zeta somehow was forced to cancel this project.

Of course the internet is furious about this situation. People are blaming Hasbro for being greedy and other claims.  These arguments are ridiculous. Hasbro has to protect their own IP. Normally they don't go after 3rd party makers. I should know since I'm most of my masterpiece Transformers are 3rd party items and not official Hasbro items.

The issue is that Zeta Toys crossed the line.  they literally put themselves on Hasbro's sights by producing an Unicron WHILE HASBRO IS CROWD FUNDING THEIRS!!
Normally I don't have issues with 3rd party makers but this was a massive dick move. No one wins with this war. By overstepping, Zeta may have screwed the fandom over.

This act can lead to even harsher crackdowns on 3rd party makers. Especially since Hasbro has been trying to pull out from China.

Now thanks to Zeta's greed, Transformers fans may lose a lot more.

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