Tracking toy tariffs

EnigmaticClarity said:
Hasbro imports everything and pays the tariffs. Hasbro packs cargo containers as full as they can get them, and they split up the product off the container and ship to retailers from the dock warehouse.

There's not a separate cargo container for each retailer. Rarely would a retailer place an order that fits neatly into even numbers of cargo containers, so Hasbro maintains possession all the way to the US port they arrive in. The end retailer also doesn't know the declared value of any given product as
well as Hasbro would to assess the tariff and pay for insurance. I saw a manufacturer recently comment that they were hoping their container ship sank instead of arriving because they'd get more from the insurance payout than they would after tariffs ate most of the profits on containers shipped on products that were already purchased using pre-tariff prices. :oops:

I never thought about how goods come from China until early in the pandemic when the cargo containers weren't running. I saw a few documentaries of the process in 2021 and 2022 including the one 60 Minutes did.

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I don't understand how a ship stacked that high makes it through the first instance of rough seas it encounters without dumping off a few containers into the ocean. I know that happens but I don't know how we don't hear of it more often.

Ru1977 said:
My brother in law is one of the crane operators at the port of Los Angeles. He claims they have slowed down, but were told it's temporary. I really doubt anyone knows.
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I'd imagine the higher ups at the port are just reassuring everyone below them so they don't all leave and look for new jobs. For sure no one knows anything at this point. It's impossible to with the imbecile in the Oval Office changing his plans so frequently and not even understanding the effects of them himself.

RicksNerdLife said:
I love how not only does he think Mattel is a country and a solitary "him"...
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Leave it to a MAGA to assume someone's gender so willy-nilly!
 
@Justice right, even Hasbro seems to have given up since everything is still up in the air. it'll be interesting* to see how long this can be dragged out for.

*interesting if watching from space or something, rather than being part of society that is getting rocked by it.
 
Justice said:
I don't understand how a ship stacked that high makes it through the first instance of rough seas it encounters without dumping off a few containers into the ocean. I know that happens but I don't know how we don't hear of it more often.
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I know! That was my first thought when I saw that image. I was in the Navy for six years, and I can't even imagine being on a boat like that in the South China Sea during a typhoon. You could encounter 100 mile an hour winds and waves as high as 50 feet. No thank you.

I wonder how many of those shipping containers are at the bottom of the ocean?
 
SDcomics said:
I know! That was my first thought when I saw that image. I was in the Navy for six years, and I can't even imagine being on a boat like that in the South China Sea during a typhoon. You could encounter 100 mile an hour winds and waves as high as 50 feet. No thank you.

I wonder how many of those shipping containers are at the bottom of the ocean?
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I was watching a video of a huge ship on stormy seas just this morning and then this got posted. I can't wrap my brain around it. I don't think they are secured together in any way? I know there is a Facebook page called "Lego Lost at Sea" or something like that. Years ago a Lego container went over and for years they've been finding pieces from those sets washed up on beaches and the whole account is just for pictures of what has been found. There was also a famous incident of the old 1980s Garfield telephones that went overboard and people have been finding those for years as well.

Here's an article about that one https://scoop.upworthy.com/the-garfield-phone-mystery-was-solved-after-35-years-607390
 
My guess is that the problem with the trade talks was Trump and his representative thinking they had some sort of leverage to work with, but they don't. As soon as the diplomats saw them trying to negotiate to some middle ground they realized there was no point and left.

I bet Xi's goal with any trade talks is to absolutely humiliate Trump, but hopefully I'm wrong about that. We'll see what happens.
 
Saw that Target basically mass cancelled all preorders for a Star Wars retro set that was supposed to be released at the end of April. Doubtful it's tariff related but I have a feeling this will happen a lot more in the coming months.
 
jonaskane said:
Saw that Target basically mass cancelled all preorders for a Star Wars retro set that was supposed to be released at the end of April. Doubtful it's tariff related but I have a feeling this will happen a lot more in the coming months.
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My first thought is tariffs, but since they haven't canceled any other Star Wars preorders en masse yet, just this one specific listing, maybe the shipment fell off a boat or something. I'll assume tariff-related until proven otherwise though.
 
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