[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by Sevenlima

Unless, they expand the partnership ?

They can’t. Hasbro has pre-existing agreements with TakaraTomy, whom they co-own, and more importantly, co-produce, Transformers with. As one of their huge moneymakers, Hasbro couldn’t afford to lose that ownership (and with all they money they’ve pumped into saving the film franchise after Michael Bay’s departure, they are looking at bolstering it instead).

TakaraTomy and Bandai are HUGE rivals in Japan, and Hasbro would never want to make an enemy of TakaraTomy. I imagine that this deal will already have shaken the waters between them, and so Hasbro will want to lean away from deepening ties with Bandai, not toward it.