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Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:31:33 -0000 From: "Bond. Estebond" Subject: Quick notes on Hasbro in Turkey The following quote explains Hasbro's existence as a company here in Turkey and is from this site:
"Hasbro is the leading company in the traditional toys and games market in Turkey. Hasbro entered the Turkish market by signing co-operation agreements with a strong local company called Intertoy. In 1999, Hasbro bought all the shares of Intertoy and started actively investing in Turkey. In 2003 Hasbro/Intertoy had a value share of 30% in branded toys and 6% in overall traditional toys and games." So their existence here is a relatively new thing. Their TF distribution may suck over here, but I guess I should be happy I've found anything at all considering how recently they've arrived on the scene. If I'm interpreting this info correctly I have come over here at a time when the official release of TFs just barely started. I guess that's significant from a historical perspective. Here's Hasbro Intertoy's Transformers page (in Turkish of course):
And their home (also in Turkish):
steve with evil 6% The only significant Turkish variant I've found was the RiD train Midnight Express, who got that 'Euro Express' sicker put on his package covering the original name.
 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:43:41 -0000 From: "Bond. Estebond" Subject: Re: Turkey any online english to turkish translators? There are a few online but they all suck. My Turkish also sucks but I can do a better job than the online translators I've found. The only significant or interesting thing I've seen on the Hasbro/Intertoy site that's TF related is the timeline with the picture of Overlord in the 1991 year block:
That specific square reads "Turkey welcomes the brave Transformers robots." So that means that TFs have been here since '91, possibly starting with the Euro Classic reissues. I'm trying to make some connections on Turkish message boards to get a feel for what was released here. I misinterpreted the euromonitor page I quoted. I got the impression that Hasbro hadn't arrived on the scene until 2003, but they've been here since 1987 and TFs apparently started here in 1991. So I wanted to clarify that. Oh hey-here's another cool Turkish TF link. Check out this Turkish online store's G1 commemorative TF selection.It's a cached google page because they don't sell the G1 commemoratives anymore, but it's cool anyways:
You'll see solicitations for Starscream and Hot Rod using pictures of the actual products, modified missiles and all. Note the price-16,320,000. That's what I paid for them when I found them here. It broke down to about 12 dollars each. Who said TFs were expensive in Europe?!?! steve with evil MMMM (Editor's Note: On a trip to Istanbul, Crazy-Steve discovered another package variant: Armada Tidalwave. True to form, it's a sticker conspiracy again.)
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