Why would he be joking ... ?

 

I didn't think it was true. It's been too soon since Disney bought Star Wars, and to me it sounded like some butt-hurt Star Wars fan who's still in a state of shock about Disney buying Star Wars that they decided to spread bogus stuff to get people to hate Disney more than they already do (mind you, convincing people on the internet to hate Disney is like convincing a giant panda to eat bamboo). That probably isn't the case, but it's what it felt like.

 

Could someone put up the article that debunks this rumor or post it in the news instead of quoting it?

 

Kostrzewa - Wall Street focuses on spike in Hasbro stock | Business | providencejournal.com | The Providence Journal

Faber also tweeted it yesterday and gave a report live on CNBC calling the rumor into question.

 

So Disney essentially is bankrupting the economy, lol! How much money is out in the world? And how much of it does Disney have?  

 

Thank Primus.

 

But if this was only between the heads of Hasbro and Disney, then that just raises the bigger problem of how anyone else would have known enough to leak it in the first place.

 

Because perish the thought that ID theft can be so willingly embraced because of a section of the fandom's sense of entitlement. You think I don't want a Classics Superion/Menasor/whatnot? I do, I just refuse to give money to someone who is blatantly ripping off the IP of the toyline I collect.

 

This totally.

I will always buy the official Hasbro products no matter what. I want to buy Transformers not-Transformers.

 

Thought shit for you son. I will most likely buy the FP Menasour and like me several other people on the board. You not buying it won´t make a dent.

And consider some of your other posts (specifically that FoC should not cater to the Prime/Bayverse fans), you are the last person to talk about "sense of entitlement".

 

I have a love/hate relationship with 3rd party dev's

I love the designs because they beat Hasbro at their own game at least 7 times out of 10.

I hate them because when they came up with those price tags, the phrase "A sucker is born every minute" was likely their inspiration.

All I can say is that Disney wouldn't have let this slide.

 

So much to address, where to start?

First off, I'm well aware that there are several people here who will buy these things when I won't. There are also people who will sink tons into KOs when I won't, what's your point? Should I NOT dislike or refuse to support something because someone else DOES support them? Asinine. Just as asinine as assuming that everyone wants something just because a minority of the fandom does.

Second, what posts are you talking about? I know that I don't indeed want Prime/Bayverse shit shoved into the FOC line. They get their own lines. It's no different than Legends slots tied up in Universe 2.0 by Animated Legends class figs. Useless.

I'm totally fine with 3rd party accessories or replacement heads as if anything it could possibly encourage purchase of an otherwise lackluster mold. Had FP's Cliffjumper head come out while CJ was fresh on the shelves, I don't think he ever would have shelfwarmed.

That being said, to me, full on figs are no different than someone making significant money off of an unauthorized film from an established franchise. It's no less wrong.

 

What? Not even close. The GDP of the United States was roughly 15 TRILLION last year, that's two orders of magnitude larger than the entire value of Disney, even though they're a global corporation. Disney's economic activities are a drop in the bucket. And how much does Disney have? Like I said, their entire company is worth around $100 billion, and that would likely include all their assets (including their cash on hand).

 

So, because something you particularly don´t want it´s now useless. Right...

As for the legends slots, those were when the Animated line was pretty much dead. So might aswell get them up in the market.

 

You sure about that? I'm pretty sure it was during the middle of the line when the Animated legends got a Universe release, namely because they did later show up in Animated packaging along side crystal/Stealth Lockdown and that amazingly hideous "Movie deco" Ratchet;





Considering the last of Animated didn't get released until 2010 through the TRU Deluxes, and these multi-packs are from 2008, the line wasn't dead at all. I think it was more of the fact Universe had a legends class price point and Animated didn't (because of Activators), so the few Legends Animated had were put into Universe to simply getting them to market.

 

Ohmigod. Best post in this thread.
You are amazing, I couldn't have said it any better. I hate how some fans defend what is so clearly ripping off Transfomers IP.

You did good, G1Prowl, you did good.

 

I truly wish Disney WOULD buy Hasbro. Because the pathetic distribution would end right there forever. You'd have tons of product everywhere and ZERO chance of TRU getting all the exclusives when Disney has it's own massive stores.

End the madness and sell out, Hasbro.

 

PH:

Haven't shopped for many Cars toys, I presume?