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<blockquote data-quote="Superomegaprime" data-source="post: 145236" data-attributes="member: 121">Hasbro has other properties from the 80s that they are just sat on and doing nothing major with, just because they failed back then, doesn't mean that they can't attempt a revival, but then, they are generally in a lot of trouble, as they got mountains of unsold Disney Star Wars and Marvel stuff that simply isn't shifting and they are facing legal problems with that from investors who been mislead as they have over produced a lot of stuff and there is a lot of stuff unsold as they had bad advice or completely dupped, I know one youtube channel that has videos of him touring various stores in the US and showing tons of unsold Disney Marvel &amp; Star Wars stuff, things that been sitting on shelves for at least a year, depending what movie or TV show its from!In general, I think the current leadership of Hasbro, simply doesn't know what to do, but then again, Paramount is kind of in the same boat where they lack a sense of direction or purpose, about the most sucessful thing Paramount has going right now, would be the Sonic movies as Sonic is one of the most popular boys brands right now, while Marvel &amp; Star Wars have fallen off due to gross mismanagement! Until someone with a proper vision comes along and is given control, I think Hasbro will just stagger along until they collapse and go bust or get bought by another company who have a plan for them! Kids today are more into tech than we were with mobile phones being used to keep them quiet when shopping and pads at home, there will always be a market for action figures, but likely never on the scale of the 80s, but for a sucessful toy, it needs to appeal to a boy or a girl directly (none of this mind set of trans, disable or race swapping characters, etc...), proper marketing, maybe a cartoon show that is on more than just one platform, of course other stuff like school stuff, promotion with other properties like food or drink meant for the age group, then praying that it takes off with the target group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Superomegaprime, post: 145236, member: 121"] Hasbro has other properties from the 80s that they are just sat on and doing nothing major with, just because they failed back then, doesn't mean that they can't attempt a revival, but then, they are generally in a lot of trouble, as they got mountains of unsold Disney Star Wars and Marvel stuff that simply isn't shifting and they are facing legal problems with that from investors who been mislead as they have over produced a lot of stuff and there is a lot of stuff unsold as they had bad advice or completely dupped, I know one youtube channel that has videos of him touring various stores in the US and showing tons of unsold Disney Marvel & Star Wars stuff, things that been sitting on shelves for at least a year, depending what movie or TV show its from! In general, I think the current leadership of Hasbro, simply doesn't know what to do, but then again, Paramount is kind of in the same boat where they lack a sense of direction or purpose, about the most sucessful thing Paramount has going right now, would be the Sonic movies as Sonic is one of the most popular boys brands right now, while Marvel & Star Wars have fallen off due to gross mismanagement! Until someone with a proper vision comes along and is given control, I think Hasbro will just stagger along until they collapse and go bust or get bought by another company who have a plan for them! Kids today are more into tech than we were with mobile phones being used to keep them quiet when shopping and pads at home, there will always be a market for action figures, but likely never on the scale of the 80s, but for a sucessful toy, it needs to appeal to a boy or a girl directly (none of this mind set of trans, disable or race swapping characters, etc...), proper marketing, maybe a cartoon show that is on more than just one platform, of course other stuff like school stuff, promotion with other properties like food or drink meant for the age group, then praying that it takes off with the target group. [/QUOTE]

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