WED99
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Who said they bought hasbro?
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RUMOR: Disney Buying Hasbro?
- Thread starter DocMcHulk
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the title of the post. i know its a rumor but just sharing what my initial thought was if it was to come true
WED99
Well-Known Member
this thread is old, that ship has sailed.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
It was a rumor back in November but there has not been one piece of supporting evidence since then, I doubt the rumor has any validity.
juniorthomas
Well-Known Member
No. Why is that scary? If anything, bringing more into the Disney family means more entertainment options on property.
Krazy Joe
New Member
That's why Disney is so awesome...they allow Marvel to do their thing. It's why I have so much faith in the Disney/Star Wars deal.
Krazy Joe
New Member
Nothing wrong with that. Mickey has always been kind of lame. I've always been a firm believer that Donald should be the flagship Disney character, not Mickey. Mickey's never been very funny.
Spider-Man, Thor, Kermit the Frog, and Darth Vader add a spark to Disney. These acquisitions are a great thing. Add Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern to that lineup, you've got gold!
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
While I do agree with you, the one issue I do see is this. Disney seems to have lost focus on coming up with their own IPs. They have settled on it just being easier and cheaper to just buy an established IP rather than putting the resources into their own business. A company with the creative history of Disney should not have this much trouble coming up with awesome new things.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
Disney is not allowing. There is a reason Pixar suddenly decided to do a bunch of sequels. Marvel has pushed back and is not allowing Disney to push them around.
Occasional Guest
Well-Known Member
A couple years ago on a Disney cruise, the weather was kinda of bad and the cruise director joked "Sorry, Disney can't control the weather....yet." I always think about that joke when I here rumors of these major acquisitions.
imagineer boy
Well-Known Member
I hope this isn't true, because it is honestly getting really rediculous. Plus people would make out Disney to be an evil empire that buys everything. I didn't care for the Marvel purchase, but I thought the Lucasfilm purchase was definately a good decision. Buying Pixar was a no-brainer.
juniorthomas
Well-Known Member
That makes a lot of sense. A harsh indictment of Hollywood and their fascination with rebooting series' instead of making new ones. While I don't mind the frequent acquisitions, I would absolutely love to see Disney come up with more original characters and entities.
tracyandalex
Well-Known Member
I think they do that joke a lot, but it always makes me think that they are definitely working on it somewhere!
GLaDOS
Well-Known Member
Disney bought Marvel 2 years before Universal refurbed Spider-man, and if you think Disney won out on the New Fantasyland/Harry Potter front, I think you need to reexamine your world view.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Comcast owned networks:
- NBC
- Comcast SportsNet
- MLB Network
- E!
- Style Network
- G4
- NBC Sports
- The Golf Channel
- FEARnet
- NHL Network
Genie of the Lamp
Well-Known Member
Disney as a whole is worth $84 billion and climbing. Helps that ESPN is worth $40 bil. Found it in this article written last year on Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad...valuable-media-property-and-worth-40-billion/
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the info, and sorry for the incorrect info in my original post. Having said that, Comcast is a legit player/backer for the Universal theme parks.
Rainbow Dash
Member
Disney > Comcast
Disney is better is what I meant.
Disney is better is what I meant.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I'll certainly agree with you on that...but only because we haven't seen what Comcast's theme parks would be like.