You could also say that X3 through Wolverine Origins were a result limited competition and market dominance. Plus that it wasn't until pre-Disney Marvel Studios/Iron Man that forced Fox to re-evaluate and come back with First Class.

Again I am not saying you shouldn't be exciting for the possibilities. Plus I will admit a lot of this critical thought is due to my worldview. That said I think being skeptical of corporate maneuvers is a good trait.

May be now Hasbro & Shout can put out a 5th Megaset of
Samurai Super Samurai
Megafore Super Megaforce
Dino Charge Dino Super Charge
Ninja Steel Ninja Super Steel.

Will Hasbro work with Bandai of Japan when it comes to toys for shared development/engineering? Or will they develop everything on their own so as to not damage the relationship with Takara

Sources indicate it's newly designed product from Hasbro, no Bandai involvement.

And these sources are?

Considering the fact that Yokai Watch merch, which is a Bandai thing, is already handled by Hasbro in America I think it probably is fine relationship-wise. Or are they making original stuff unrelated to Bandai? If so ignore what I said. :lolol

I get where you're coming from, but there's a lot going on in this case that encourages optimism including:

Hasbro's licensing deal with Disney is up for renewal in a couple years. There's a real possibility they lose both Marvel and Star Wars. With the Transformers movie no longer raking in the cash, and the rest of the "Hasbro Universe" DOA, Power Rangers is something Hasbro needs to succeed, possibly even survive.

There's also the "nowhere to go but up" aspect. Bandai America has been doing a lousy job. Even a mediocre Hasbro effort would be an improvement.

Power Rangers is still co-license with Toei. Hasbro may not have full control over everything with PR. I remember Disney never did neither back in the 2000's.

Well, that's just Prime

Get it?

Takara's only involvement with Hasbro is Transformers. What Hasbro does with Power Rangers in its own market is of no concern to them. And any Power Rangers product would only be competing with Bandai of Japan if it were imported to their country, not Transformers.

That said, I imagine Hasbro will do their own engineering. This...may not be a good thing. Hasbro has a track record of not doing Transformers designs well when Takara isn't there to lend their expertise. Brian Chapman is the Head of Design. Depending on who they hire to work on engineering underneath him (John Warden is the Transformers senior design manager, BTW), I'm slightly afraid we may end up with a few dumpster fires before we get things properly made.