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Hasbro to Phase Out Plastic from New Toy and Game Packaging | Hasbro
This is great news for the environment.
I am afraid that toy swappers will use it to their advantage though.
What do you mean toy swappers? Also be cool to see what they end up doing. I hope Basic Fun will keep the packaging the same for the most part since I keep the boxes anyway
That's not good. I hope Hasbro makes it decent but I honestly doubt it.Some people buy toys, put something back in its place and return it for money. I've seen it happen once. Like, not in action, but a different toy was in the package.
Glass, maybe?My number one question is how will they do the "viewing window" so that the customer can see what they're buying? Plastic is still the best option for that.
The problem with biodegradable plastic is its short shelf life, which isn't ideal in toys. As for recycled, idk much about it but I understand the recycling process still isn't great for the environment, and when you toss a whole bunch of different plastics together as current recycling procedures do, you're not gonna get transparent polyethylene at the end of it.Isn’t there an alternative to plastic? Such as biodegradable/recycled plastic...
They can go back to backcards, I mean, look at recent pony packaging, tons of waste.
@Skybreeze
Additionally, toy packaging is NOT single use. [...] Many people seem to forget that reduce and reuse are the first two steps
Something about this seems...strange. Almost as if it’s designed specifically to spite collectors. Why are you holding onto those old toys once your kid is done playing with them? Give those back!
Realistically so many ponies would need to be donated to make even a single piece of playground equipment. I think this is just environmental lip service at best, and possibly an excuse to do all blind boxes and/or trying to keep ponies rarer at worst.
While the whole “blind box” thing would be frustrating for others, this video actually illustrates a point with shipping; the only box used would be the one the item ships in. Still not sure how their reduced packaging would do in retail. For example, the mini Celestia castle was at Walgreens the other day and I completely walked past it the first time because it didn’t have a window.Hasbro/Amazon Frustration Free Packaging
It seems relevant to the discussion.
While the whole “blind box” thing would be frustrating for others, this video actually illustrates a point with shipping; the only box used would be the one the item ships in. Still not sure how their reduced packaging would do in retail. For example, the mini Celestia castle was at Walgreens the other day and I completely walked past it the first time because it didn’t have a window.