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I don't find it to be that weird. Disney does have some ties with Hasbro. The rights to the production of Marvel character toys at the moment lies with Hasbro. Also, Disney had the rights to Hasbro's library of shows in the 90s, including My Little Pony Tales. So it only makes sense. On the other hand, the rights to Disney Junior toys currently is with Mattel (Fisher-Price). Buying Hasbro will severely damage Disney's tie with Mattel. So yeah, I'd just take it with a grain of salt given that Disney does have deals with Hasbro rival Mattel. Buying Hasbro would be a bad idea.
I don't know! Why would Disney what to buy a toy company??? They deal mostly with movies and T.V Series.... If this is true it sounds like Disney's becoming rather desperate.
I don't think they'd know what to do with Hasbfo. They'd probably just keep fumbling it until they sell off the IPs like they did with Power Rangers(NS,DT,&SPD are hilariously bad).
Quote from: popyduggan on November 06, 2012, 06:42:47 AMI don't think they'd know what to do with Hasbfo. They'd probably just keep fumbling it until they sell off the IPs like they did with Power Rangers(NS,DT,&SPD are hilariously bad).I'm curious, I don't usually follow Power Rangers... did Disney really own them? what happened in the end?
Disney doesn't even make their own toys. All the toys based on their characters are made by other companies, mostly Mattel and Jakks Pacific. If they did somehow gain the rights for MLP things probably would not change too much on the toy side of things. Hasbro would probably make sure they at least keep the toy rights to the properties. It is a little worrisome on the fandom end but considering they also own Marvel and haven't really hammered down on that fandom I am not that afraid.
it feels apocalyptic to me though... disney owning everything Hasbro/Marvel/Star Wars related. would they be a monopoly?
Quote from: gabumon on November 05, 2012, 03:20:51 PMit feels apocalyptic to me though... disney owning everything Hasbro/Marvel/Star Wars related. would they be a monopoly?Disney is taking over the world. They are taking over all popular things especially if kids like them or if it is related to fairy tales. They are even doing a movie musical of Into the Woods which was one of the few remaining widely known non-Disney fairytale musicals. I think Disney wants to snuff out any other popular things by making them Disneyfied. I hate Disney. Mind you, I also love Disney, but I hate that the Disney version of things always becomes "the" version of things that most people know and assume is the original. Yes, Disney does do things good, but I wish people didn't accept everything they did as the "standard". Sigh.For example, I love Tangled, but now that Tangled is out everyone thinks Rapunzel has to be like Disney's Rapunzel. Any time someone writes about something that is not Disney's version of Rapunzel they now have to explain that the version they are talking about is not like Disney and is more like the original story. I liked it better when everyone knew of Rapunzel as the girl in the tower who could look like anything you wanted her to look like. You could use your imagination. All the Disney movies set a standard into your head and you don't get to dream up your princess or prince anymore. My Beauty before Beauty and the Beast had long very curly brown hair. My Little Mermaid had black long hair and blue eyes. My Pocahontas was a little girl with braids. My Jane was blonde with shorter hair. My Rapunzel had one long braided rope of hair for the witch/prince to climb. Now when you hear Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Tarzan, and Rapunzel you first thought is most likely of the Disney version. They are now making a version of The Snow Queen (Frozen) which will likely replace everyones original ideas of the story and characters once it comes out. So when you hear "Snow Queen" your old image will most likely be taken over by Disney's new version too. I rant.