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Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The TV show of G1 lasted from 84-87.

no one ever remembers G1 season 5 from 1988.

Yeah. That happened. But those episodes were basically the same episodes from the previous 4 seasons (and the movie cut up into 5 episodes) with some Tommy + Prime love scenes interaction at the beginning and end, so I didn't count them.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The TV show of G1 lasted from 84-87.

no one ever remembers G1 season 5 from 1988.

Yeah. That happened. But those episodes were basically the same episodes from the previous 4 seasons (and the movie cut up into 5 episodes) with some Tommy + Prime love scenes interaction at the beginning and end, so I didn't count them.

The Tommy/Prime story bits (however minute they were) still happened, though.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The TV show of G1 lasted from 84-87.

no one ever remembers G1 season 5 from 1988.

Yeah. That happened. But those episodes were basically the same episodes from the previous 4 seasons (and the movie cut up into 5 episodes) with some Tommy + Prime love scenes interaction at the beginning and end, so I didn't count them.

The Tommy/Prime story bits (however minute they were) still happened, though.

Somewhere, Jason Jansen is looking back on his life and wondering what happened to himself.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The TV show of G1 lasted from 84-87.

no one ever remembers G1 season 5 from 1988.

Yeah. That happened. But those episodes were basically the same episodes from the previous 4 seasons (and the movie cut up into 5 episodes) with some Tommy + Prime love scenes interaction at the beginning and end, so I didn't count them.

The Tommy/Prime story bits (however minute they were) still happened, though.

Somewhere, Jason Jansen is looking back on his life and wondering what happened to himself.

The fandom wonders the same thing: What happened to him?

Blackstreak wrote:I wouldn't be a bit surprised. When you got the money greed knows no bounds. Disney don't know when to quit. Won't be long before we end up as a country of monopolies.

Doesn't know when to quit what? Making money?

As someone who lives in Orlando let me point two things out:

1. Disney already sells Transformer toys in at least 2 locations (Japan inside Epcot and at Downtown Disney) so I doubt they have a problem with the guns and "violence" of Transformers.

2. Violations of Disney trademarks/copyrights are EVERYWHERE down here. You can't walk ten feet in the tourist areas without seeing something that's a Disney bootleg whether it's clothing or toys. If they're not all that worried about their main money making franchise being depreciated by 3 for $10 t-shirts I doubt they're going to start chasing down relatively small companies making quality toys based on their intellectual property.

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:The TV show of G1 lasted from 84-87.

no one ever remembers G1 season 5 from 1988.

Yeah. That happened. But those episodes were basically the same episodes from the previous 4 seasons (and the movie cut up into 5 episodes) with some Tommy + Prime love scenes interaction at the beginning and end, so I didn't count them.

The Tommy/Prime story bits (however minute they were) still happened, though.

This is really a stretch. It's as much of a stretch as saying that the commercials continued the cartoon continuity and it last until the 1990 Action Masters commercials aired. Or that G2 should count as additional seasons.

The G1 cartoon ran from 1984 to 1987. Any statement other than that is trying to make something out of nothing.

Seibertron wrote:This is really a stretch. It's as much of a stretch as saying that the commercials continued the cartoon continuity and it last until the 1990 Action Masters commercials aired. Or that G2 should count as additional seasons.

The G1 cartoon ran from 1984 to 1987. Any statement other than that is trying to make something out of nothing.

Well, they did air as actual episodes, rather than one-off commercial bits. What's to stop us from considering Optimus having become a Powermaster, telling war stories to a kid, and helping out other Autobots like Grimlock, Joyride, Cloudburst, Sky High, and Landmine, all happening at some point after "The Rebirth"?

Though the meat of the episodes themselves were repeats of old material, all the book-ending live action segments were new content made specifically for the show, and managed to have some semblance of continuity to them. I don't see anything wrong with season 5's exclusive content being part of the American G1 cartoon canon, since "The Rebirth" itself did have a pretty open ending.

Handels-Messerschmitt wrote:Because the circumstances in which people are hired are not equal. You agree to it in a legal sense but if you don't agree to employment anywhere you will be without income and unable to pay for a home, clothes, healthcare and food. You are under far more pressure to be hired by anyone than anyone is under to hire you, specifically. Companies know this very well and make the most of it.

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It is still a choice. People don't have to work for those companies if they wish to have a piece of the pie for the ideas they create. There are other options out there. They can start their own businesses, they can do freelance work ... there are other options out there believe it or not. Some people complain, some just make it happen.

While I worked for other companies as a programmer and web-developer, creating/writing code, applications, modules, documents, graphics, etc ... I never once thought that I was owed any royalties for anything that I created. I was working for that company and I was collecting a paycheck for the work that I did for them. What I did was no different for the company I worked for than the artists who worked for Disney. We did what we were asked, we produced a product/concept/solution/idea for the company so that the company could make money, stay in business, and keep us employed.

Companies are in business to make money. That's not evil. That's not wrong. It's just how it works in a capitalist society. Companies such as Disney and Hasbro are NOT non-profit organizations. They are for profit and that is how they survive. We want companies like Hasbro to make money so that they do well, prosper, thrive, and survive. Why? So they can continue to employ and afford the talented people who work for them and so that they can continue making products which we have enjoyed over the years and hopefully for years to come.

This should douse the flames:

http://news.providencejournal.com/business/2012/11/kostrzewa---wall-street-focuses-on-spike-in-hasbro-stock.html

While most of the country focused Tuesday morning on the presidential election, Wall Street analysts turned their attention to Hasbro.

Stock in the Pawtucket-based toymaker (HAS:Nasdaq) spiked 6.8 percent to $38.66 at the opening bell amid speculation that Disney (DIS:NYSE) was preparing a multi-billion dollar bid for Hasbro.

Hasbro declined comment, citing its policy of not talking about rumor or speculation. CNBC analyst David Faber reported that Hasbro's advisors told him there's "absolutely nothing going on that they are aware of at all, in any way, shape or form" involving Hasbro or Disney.

Wall Street analysts said a Disney acquisition didn't make much sense, just after Disney agreed to buy Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. And for any deal to happen, Hasbro would have to dissolve agreements with Disney's competitors.

The analysis sent the stock down to $36.75 by 10:30 a.m., but then it crept back up to close at $37.79, up $1.62 for the day or 4.5 percent on extremely heavy volume of 7.2 million shares. The stock is now up 6.2 percent over the last two trading days.
Disney's stock closed at $50.47, up 15 cents a share.

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