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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 9629010" data-attributes="member: 725">GW manufactures most of the minis in the UK, occasionally some of the very big plastic kits (terrain) are made in China.Hasbro: Depends on which toys. The Magic cards were manufactured in Belgium, then they moved I think to Cardamundi in Texas. I also read that WotC is actually printing books in the US... Some of the other Hasbro products are also manufactured in the US, don't know which, and not everything is manufactured in China. But even the stuff manufactured in the US, prices for resources will go up (paper/inkt/machines).A factory list from 2018: <a href="https://csr.hasbro.com/en-us/downloads/Hasbro_factories.pdf" target="_blank">https://csr.hasbro.com/en-us/downloads/Hasbro_factories.pdf</a>I don't know how well Hasbro did when you add in inflation to the growth metric. That breaking point has been discussed for decades, not two, more like 3-4... Never really happened. And I think GW has seen growth year on year since 2008. From what I remember is that in 2007 they hit a new low in years (I think also a decline of years), not because of economy or prices, but due to product quality. They turned that around with a new edition of 40k in 2008, specifically their core boxed set '40k: Assault on Black Reach'. As most of the stuff comes from the UK and some people have been saying that books are not affected, the UK has the lowest tariff set, and seeing that GW has been setting the GW prices relatively high... They could potentially absorb the costs of that tariff and get to par with the profit margins in the EU.There have been years (many, many years back) where they were too aggressive in the then almost yearly price hike and it impacted sales a bit. They just paused further price hikes, made attractive bundled mini boxes, etc. and they quickly recovered. They tend to not lower prices, but can compensate with how much you get (perceived value adjustment).Heck, at this point companies primarily manufacturing in the UK might be in a better position then even companies in the US. They can buy their resources and machines without the tariffs while only costing a 10% tariff. While many resources/machines going into the US have a drastically higher tariff. And when GW imports into the US, they are not paying that 10% tariff over the retail price, but over what it cost GW to produce in the UK (please correct me if I'm wrong), which is a LOT lower then what they sell it for...</blockquote>

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