[Sentai]

Oh come freaking on goddamn it. You have Marvel, now Lucasflm, now you want Hasbro?! Disney needs stopped -_-

[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Oh come freaking on goddamn it. You have Marvel, now Lucasflm, now you want Hasbro?! Disney needs stopped -_-

I agree to an extent, but it could be worse...they could be under VIACOM!

[Kiryu]

…Wonder what sort of Yummies would pop out of Disney Execs?

[musicfighter]

Honestly, the only things I'd be afraid for would be third party TFs and IDWs license. I really don't want current Marvel Comics to have Transformers. Keep Joe Quesada away!

[Dr Kain]

This could be the only thing that saves both Transformers and GI Joe from utter crap. Neither series has done really anything worthwhile in a long time. Well, that isn't completely true, as the 30th figures that were coming out were excellent, but then Hasbro decided to can them for a non-existent movie line, making it one of the worst decisions ever when dealing with the Joe universe. As such, I no longer have a desire to really own anything Joe related and I hope this movie bombs so badly that they have no choice but to sell to Disney.

[KRX]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

This could be the only thing that saves both Transformers and GI Joe from utter crap. Neither series has done really anything worthwhile in a long time. Well, that isn't completely true, as the 30th figures that were coming out were excellent, but then Hasbro decided to can them for a non-existent movie line, making it one of the worst decisions ever when dealing with the Joe universe. As such, I no longer have a desire to really own anything Joe related and I hope this movie bombs so badly that they have no choice but to sell to Disney.

...Did Hasbro murder your puppy or something? Dude, they're doing great! They've made a few dumb decisions, but so did I by deciding to be a nerd (...I'm still single, aren't I).

[Blade Raider]

I love how every site on this network frontpaged a RUMOR while only Hisstank frontpaged the real news that Disney bought Lucasfilms. Apparently Disney used Confuse and it's super effective on this network

PS What do we call this network anyways? TFW?

[WhiteRanger]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

There are laws to prevent monopolies when a market is completely owned and dominated by one company - however if Disney purchases Hasbro, all it means is that Disney now has:

- ABC (news and television network)
- ESPN (sports multimedia)
- Disney (childrens programming)
- Disney Land/World (theme park based around childrens programming)
- Marvel (comic company and movie entertainment studio)
- LucasFilms & Industrial Lights and Sound (movie studio and special effects department)
- Hasbro (toy company)

That's it. Toy wise?

Mattel, Bandai, PlayMates, McFarlane, off-brands

Movie studio wise?

Thousands.

Comic wise?

DC, Dark Horse, IDW Publishing, Image, Valiant

Hardly a monopoly. Just an unstoppable juggernaut.

well you also for got Lucus films gamign studio lusarts and DC is owned by Warner brothers

[Rotorstorm]

As a customiser, I can only feel this would be a bad thing for those who like to customise their toys and sell them on, I have no idea how Disney would react to that but i'm pretty sure they are even more protective of their IPs and after the 3rd parties are gone there is no telling whether they will have away with independent artists and fan conventions as well.

Not to mention we don't know how Disney will react to the more violent aspect of Transformers, plus with them owning Marvel IDW's current transformers comics would come to an end (which would be a crying shame as the current comic series are fantastic fiction.)

I hope it stays as a rumour and doesn't prove to be true.

Shame Lucas arts isn't owned by Disney now though, I would have liked a film version of Grim Fandango

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by KRX

...Did Hasbro murder your puppy or something? Dude, they're doing great! They've made a few dumb decisions, but so did I by deciding to be a nerd (...I'm still single, aren't I).

Nah, they just killed my interest in Transformers with thier Bayformers ****. Animated was the best thing to happen to Transformers since Beast Wars ended and then they went and prematurely canceled it just because they wanted to promote another Bayformers and do a Bayformer-esque cartoon. As for GI Joe, like I said, they canned the 30th anniversary line to do movie toys for a movie that was then pushed back until next year. They could have been celebrating the 30th anniversary all year with new toys based of unreleased comic characters and the like, but instead, they wanted to focus solely on a movie that never came out, and as such, also delayed the toys until next year.

Rotor, what is the big deal if they canned IDW's license of the series to give them back to Marvel? IDW has not put out a single good Transformers comic ever. As for GI Joe, meh, their Hama continuation is all right, but it does not feel like a continuation at all.