Post by MechaShiva on Jun 26, 2009 19:07:37 GMT -5
I've given this topic more thought recently and I've come to the conclusion that it is utterly impossible to know which company tries the hardest to make robots. Impossible.
We don't have access to employee surveillance tapes. Or punch cards. Or company emails. Or hired detectives.
What might be hard work for one designer might be a breeze to another because of a difference in talent, or inclination. One company might have a more streamlined work protocol, leading to greater output, fostering the illusion of harder work.
It is clear, however that Bandai has the largest work force and are therefore capable of undertaking the most labor.
They also have the largest budget and are capable of acquiring more licenses and taking on the most number of projects.
People tend to forget that in business.......work actually costs money too. More money = more work = more product.
So does that mean that Bandai worked the hardest early on for their size? Not necessarily. Bandai is DECADES OLD. These other companies are.....what.....10 years old? Maybe 20? Through sheer attrition and luck (and good lawyers) Bandai has emerged the sole survivor of the OLD toy companies. Who can say what clever moves or spurts of hard work paid off and what years it occured? Sometime in the late 70's? Anyway, that decades old head-start practically disqualifies Bandai from this "contest".
*If a tiny Bandai worked way harder (per worker) in the 60's for miniscule gains then it stands to reason that these younger companies are doing the SAME right now. *
Finally......the APPEAL of one style of toymaking to a certain kind of customer doesn't neccesarily mean harder work, either. They might just have the same design sensibility as YOU. So they're MORE LIKELY TO PLEASE YOU. Dumb luck.
That OTHER style of toymaking might take just as much work.
We don't have access to employee surveillance tapes. Or punch cards. Or company emails. Or hired detectives.
What might be hard work for one designer might be a breeze to another because of a difference in talent, or inclination. One company might have a more streamlined work protocol, leading to greater output, fostering the illusion of harder work.
It is clear, however that Bandai has the largest work force and are therefore capable of undertaking the most labor.
They also have the largest budget and are capable of acquiring more licenses and taking on the most number of projects.
People tend to forget that in business.......work actually costs money too. More money = more work = more product.
So does that mean that Bandai worked the hardest early on for their size? Not necessarily. Bandai is DECADES OLD. These other companies are.....what.....10 years old? Maybe 20? Through sheer attrition and luck (and good lawyers) Bandai has emerged the sole survivor of the OLD toy companies. Who can say what clever moves or spurts of hard work paid off and what years it occured? Sometime in the late 70's? Anyway, that decades old head-start practically disqualifies Bandai from this "contest".
*If a tiny Bandai worked way harder (per worker) in the 60's for miniscule gains then it stands to reason that these younger companies are doing the SAME right now. *
Finally......the APPEAL of one style of toymaking to a certain kind of customer doesn't neccesarily mean harder work, either. They might just have the same design sensibility as YOU. So they're MORE LIKELY TO PLEASE YOU. Dumb luck.
That OTHER style of toymaking might take just as much work.