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Old 11-27-2011, 08:28 AM
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Man, you make me more glad than ever that Estes is no longer under the thumb of "Mister T". Seems like there were a number of business decisions made there over the years that were totally capricious in nature with no standing in logic - just emotions (of the CEO). Having seen the same thing in the wargaming/role playing game industry, I quickly learned that it is NEVER a good idea to let the marketing department determine the direction your company's product line should go. (That's why TSR - the maker of Dungeons and Dragons - brought out a "Rocky and Bullwinkle" RPG complete with flat plastic hand puppets and a "Honeymooners" game - both brought out because the shows in question were popular and marketing thought they'd make great game titles. The games sucked, sales tanked, and TSR couldn't understand why such winning "titles" didn't sell.)

Greg
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