Disney Buying Hasbro?

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Zappit

Zappit

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http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/11/05/disney-buying-hasbro/

Disney, in its ravenous IP collecting frenzy, might be acquiring Hasbro. This means that they would control G.I.Joe, Transformers, Nerf, dungeons and Dragons, and Magic the Gathering. (Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast, too.)

I don't know how I feel about this one. They are letting Marvel do its own thing in terms of comics and movies, but hands down orders to Pixar. It would very hard to make the G.I.Joe and Transformers movies worse, so that might improve. I don't see them messing with Magic, as it's very profitable and growing fast. I'd be disappointed that IDW would get screwed on the TF books, as I've enjoyed what they've done with them and the quality I've seen there.
 
Frank

Frank

Jeez, Disney is just the ravenous beast now.

And to think they we're in a bad way financially, what was it, 10 or so years ago?
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

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Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

First Marvel, then Star Wars, now Hasbro. Is Disney like, the Borg of entertainment companies? "Prepare to be assimilated...and make a Transformers Avengers cross-over movie."

...okay I was joking there but that is why they did that didn't they? That is going to happen, just wait I assure you .
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

I wonder if they are diversifying because they know they aren't getting Congress to let them keep Mickey much longer. Then again, they could just be doing this because they want The Hub and plan to turn it into another Disney station.
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

I won't be happy with this merger unless they make a sequel to Beast Machines! Cos seriously, that show had some loose ends.

Edit: ALSO-who wants to bet what they buy out next? I'm betting Nintendo.
 
Frank

Frank

Here's how well off Nintendo is right now. They lost money in their last quarter due to Wii sales all but drying up, they can apparently afford to lose that much money for the next 80 years before they would be in trouble.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Yeah, Nintendo would basically need to bomb the WiiU, have their headquarters burn to the ground, lose Miyamoto, AND be caught in a Yakuza scandal in order to come even close to the strife they'd need to suffer in order to close shop.

Capcom though? Capcom would sell in a heartbeat. All of their successful products are made overseas now anyway.
 
Frank

Frank

Ugh, the MLP shit pairings with Disney are going to be even more obnoxious and not funny than the Star Wars ones.
 
strawman

strawman

The only reason Disney would want MLP is to make MLP the movie. You can make a small chunk of change on tv shows and toys, but there are big bucks to be had in a well executed animated feature, and the demographics are great for MLP right now.
 
Gryfter

Gryfter

If Disney keeps acquiring IP at this rate can a live action version of the Ultimate Showdown be far behind?

 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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stienman said:
The only reason Disney would want MLP is to make MLP the movie. You can make a small chunk of change on tv shows and toys, but there are big bucks to be had in a well executed animated feature, and the demographics are great for MLP right now.
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I saw this in theaters, back when I was a young-un. I kinda want to see a Lauren Faust reimagining of the Smooze.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

stienman said:
The only reason Disney would want MLP is to make MLP the movie. You can make a small chunk of change on tv shows and toys, but there are big bucks to be had in a well executed animated feature, and the demographics are great for MLP right now.
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It wouldn't be a theatrical release... it would probably be a string of direct-to-DVD movies. They'd keep the show running though... they finally learned their lesson with Kim Possible and Phineas & Ferb: It's worth to keep a wildly popular show in new episodes even if the merchandising isn't great because gets people to watch OTHER shows on your network.
 
Frank

Frank

I loved that cartoon as a kid, I know a lot of other kids did too. It was responsible for a lot of today's adults even knowing what D&D is.

Actually, it makes me question why Hasbro hasn't already done some sort of new D&D thing for The Hub. You want new consumers for your floundering D&D products (I'm pretty sure Pathfinder is continuing to eat up the not growing marketplace)? Make new ones.
 
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