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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tratyn Runewind" data-source="post: 521346" data-attributes="member: 685">Hello!I'm not so sure about this.  From what I have seen, RPG stuff seems like a pretty small portion of the business at the WotC stores, despite the shelf space devoted to it.  Magic:  The Gathering, current gaming hits like the Yu-Gi-Oh CCG or WizKids minis, boardgames, and video games appear to be more important in money terms.  Will they be getting rid of all the non-Hasbro stuff in these areas as well?  I suspect it's just that the sale of products from Hasbro's competitors is aggravating the company's already-existing discomfort with the retail end of the hobby biz - they've supposedly never been comfortable competing in any way with the big retailers who sell most Hasbro goods, and with whom they are naturally trying to maintain good relations.  I also suspect that a lot of the stuff they're dumping is just plain not profitable at most places.Admittedly, I haven't the slightest scrap of inside knowledge on this.  It's just from observation at a couple of stores near where I used to live.Anyway, hope this helps!</blockquote>