wow, a power move by TOMY, no more fighting for names/exclusives/toy deals/asking for rights. Congrats to Hasbro, but at the same time I hope they keep Takara's major core staff. I've grown to like what they have been doing these last few years.

meet the new boss, same as old boss. but HasTom just doesn't have the same ring to it, unless we call them "Hastomy".

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Hasectomy?  --> :grr :grr

I guess I stand corrected, Tomy is not owned by Hasbro, I just looked it up.  Maybe I was confusing it with Tonka or Tiger... irregardless, I'm certain that Tomy will continue Takara's joint ventures, it would be bad business sense not to....

 

However, if Tomy does not continue the TF line, that would likely mean that Hasbro will then be doing all TF development in-house, which could be good or bad (likely bad).

i have a bad feeling about this.

okay.. i tought tomy was gonna be incorporated into takara.. turns out its the other way around....

 

one good thing i think may come out of this is more radical designs for tfs...

tomy designers are very at coming up with great designs... :clap

er... does Tomy own any Tf mold? 

er... does Tomy own any Tf mold?

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It's kind of a moot point, with Takara being merged and dissolved into Tomy, all of Takara's assets will then become Tomy's property, including Transformers and their molds.

now that i think about it, i see tomy canceling the tf toyline due to low profits. hasbro will then cancel the toyline as well since they would probably think that it is no longer profitable since takara is no longer footing the bill.

now that i think about it, i see tomy canceling the tf toyline due to low profits. hasbro will then cancel the toyline as well since they would probably think that it is no longer profitable since takara is no longer footing the bill.

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You certainly like to see the silverlining in the clouds don't ya bro  :tflaugh

 

Personally, I think if the TF franchise is handed back into US hands, it could be 'Beast Wars the second coming'. Heck, without BW we probably wouldn't of even saw RiD or anything else there after.. I don't see this as a bad thing, persay.. atleast american writers throw a little more variety into the mix.. it's not like Transformers are on their way out any time soon.

lets just hope our resident rattrap doesn.t turn out to be right other wise things will definately get ugly for hasbro.