• RUMOR: Disney to Buy Hasbro (G.I. Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony) Next?
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[quote="MTV.COM"] OK folks, take this one with a grain of plastic for the time being. Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve heard that Disney acquired Lucasfilm for roughly $4 billion last week and Marvel for around the same price a few years prior. Well, we have it on good authority that serious discussions are happening at the highest levels of both Disney and Hasbro to fold the largest toy and game company on the planet into the Mouse. From what we’re told, these are still just discussions at this point, but serious enough that something could be announced at any time and create ripples throughout the entertainment industry. The Lucasfilm acquisition has been reported as taking as few as 6 months to complete. On the other hand, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger has until 2015 on his current contract, and he waited about 3 years in between the acquisitions of Marvel and Lucasfilm, so we may be without firm news on this for some time. The acquisition would give Disney the rights to Transformers, G.I. Joe, Dungeons and Dragons, Beyblade, Battleship, Nerf, and Magic: The Gathering among several dozen other game titles and IP. When you add Marvel and Star Wars to that list it’s a pretty comprehensive lock on boy’s entertainment; a far cry from a few years back when Disney was heavily criticized for losing its grip on boys. Hasbro holds the toy and table top game licenses to the now Disney-owned Star Wars and Marvel, and has shown great success with those franchises, as well as exploiting their own IP across film, television, and games. We’ve already seen some cross-pollination with Star Wars Transformers and Monopoly. And Hasbro isn’t shy from M&A having scooped up Parker Brothers, Kenner, Tonka, Milton Bradley, and Wizards of the Coast over the years. So from an outsider’s perspective this makes a ton of sense for all involved. So if this turns out to be true, what will it mean for these franchises and their homes, and what will it mean for The Hub, the Hasbro-Discovery JV cable net? The Transformers and G.I. Joe films are with Paramount, but as we saw with Marvel, that could easily change. The animated series are with The Hub, along with Beyblade, Kaijudo, and others, and it’s not clear how that channel would fit into Disney’s plans. They could be folded into Disney XD, and the girls brands folded into Disney Channel. On the comics’ side this would be bad news for IDW, just as the Marvel acquisition was for BOOM! and the Lucasfilm acquisition is likely to be for Dark Horse. But here’s hoping to a Marvel vs. Star Wars vs. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe vs. D&D vs. Bronies video game! (So yeah, this means Disney would also own My Little Pony, and there would be plenty of cross-over material there, too.)[/quote] [url="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/11/05/disney-buying-hasbro/"]Source[/url]. Disney seems to be on a purchasing spree lately.
[QUOTE](So yeah, this means Disney would also own My Little Pony, and there would be plenty of cross-over material there, too.)[/QUOTE] NO! Disney, I forbid you from purchasing Hasbro on principle alone.
Disney better not fuck with my ponies or my Optimus Prime. Fanbase, roll out!
Please, purchase MLP and kill that off too.
I wouldn't trust MTV too seriously on this. This is almost certainly just speculation based on a non-trend (only 2 instances). Just because Disney waited 3 years before buying Lucasfilm doesn't mean that they would do so with Hasbro if they are going to do so. I would LOVE to see MLP killed though. That's probably going to be the only good thing Disney will ever do.
[QUOTE=Ereunity;38332995]Disney better not fuck with my ponies or my Optimus Prime. Fanbase, roll out![/QUOTE] Too late, Hasbro already did it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEL1hda9K8[/media]
[QUOTE=Ereunity;38332995]Disney better not fuck with my ponies or my Optimus Prime. Fanbase, roll out![/QUOTE] lol as if transformers could be any more shitty than it is and disney you know... owns avengers, wtf are you doing [QUOTE=Fangz;38333014]Too late, Hasbro already did it.[/QUOTE] point proven [QUOTE=wickedplayer494;38333009]I would LOVE to see MLP killed though. That's probably going to be the only good thing Disney will ever do.[/QUOTE] hey dude [video=youtube;0la5DBtOVNI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI[/video]
2006 - Pixar 2009 - Marvel 2012 - Lucasfilm 2015 - ???
My Little Desperation Ep1: Disney has no creativity
why would disney kill off MLP if they could make lodsemone off it instead if anything MLP would become more prolific because it would start airing on the disney channel where more people would be exposed to it
[QUOTE=Paramud;38333000]Please, purchase MLP and kill that off too.[/QUOTE] please do this, anything else and i will cry myself to sleep [QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;38333115]why would disney kill off MLP if they could make lodsemone off it instead if anything MLP would become more prolific because it would start airing on the disney channel where more people would be exposed to it[/QUOTE] OH GOD
And from the sky's above, Dai hears a MLP shitstorm brewin'..
I like Disney, but putting anything MLP into anything they make would make it unwatchable for me. didney, pls
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;38333085]My Little Desperation Ep1: Disney has no creativity[/QUOTE] I don't understand why everyone claims disney has no creativity. Watch the movies and not the Disney channel.
Disney buys Valve.
[QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;38333115]why would disney kill off MLP if they could make lodsemone off it instead if anything MLP would become more prolific because it would start airing on the disney channel where more people would be exposed to it[/QUOTE] people are just being totally retarded "lol they're going to buy everything then kill it all" yes because buying and not investing makes total fucking sense seriously, why would they even touch it aside from owning it, Disney owns marvel, and they didn't do shit to the avengers, if anything they helped they have a lot of bullshit but they're P. good
[QUOTE=Man in the Moon;38333164]I don't understand why everyone claims disney has no creativity. Watch the movies and not the Disney channel.[/QUOTE] Disney channel are where most people have interaction with Disney on a daily basis.
hello, i am facepunch, i think it's horrible when companies buy franchises and ruin them, but i think a company should buy and ruin a cartoon because i don't like it
[QUOTE=Ezhik;38333443]hello, i am facepunch, i think it's horrible when companies buy franchises and ruin them, but i think a company should buy and ruin a cartoon because i don't like it[/QUOTE] Finally someone with common sense in this thread.
[QUOTE=cqbcat;38333407]Disney buys Valve.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XGEuS.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Ereunity;38332995]Disney better not fuck with my Optimus Prime. [/QUOTE] Sorry but I thought the Michael Bay films were shit
The Avengers were all wearing Mickey ears, so everything else they buy will too. Oh wait.
[QUOTE=Falubii;38333712]The Avengers were all wearing Mickey ears, so everything else they buy will too. Oh wait.[/QUOTE] And Pixar haven't made a good film in the last 6 years
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;38333009] I would LOVE to see MLP killed though. That's probably going to be the only good thing Disney will ever do.[/QUOTE] stop liking things that i dont like!!!
PLEASE GOD NO Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast, the makers of D&D, Magic, the Pokemon TCG, and numerous other games and franchises which are currently making a FANTASTIC comeback and would be completely ruined by Disney PLEASE NO
I dont get why Disney is suddenly on a purchasing spree and buying corporations and their rights. I really hope this dosent lead to a monoply on the Entertainment Industry for Disney.
[QUOTE=Ezhik;38333443]hello, i am facepunch, i think it's horrible when companies buy franchises and ruin them, but i think a company should buy and ruin a cartoon because i don't like it[/QUOTE] Why is every second post you make you bitching about facepunch?
[QUOTE=Zombii;38333790]PLEASE GOD NO Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast, the makers of D&D, Magic, the Pokemon TCG, and numerous other games and franchises which are currently making a FANTASTIC comeback and would be completely ruined by Disney PLEASE NO[/QUOTE] no its ok because they will also ruin a horse cartoon i dont like
[QUOTE=Paramud;38333000]Please, purchase MLP and kill that off too.[/QUOTE] help i dont like something please make it stop
Fuck off Disney. Don't you dare touch Transformers.
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