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Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?
Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?
It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.
We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.
AbsumZer0 wrote:Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?
It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.
We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.
G.I. Joe is a Hasbro brand though so I'm pretty sure they still have Bombshell and have just opted not to use it for Transformers.
Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:AbsumZer0 wrote:Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:Caelus wrote:Hmmm... So is "Shrapnel" just not kid friendly, or too vague to trademark?
It could be an "unfriendly" name in the same vein as Wheeljack not being used for an Autobot, but it could just as easily be the name was lost. There's never been a Shrapnel since G1.
We do know Bombshell is gone, by virtue of the GI Joe character of the same name. Kickback somehow charmed his way into getting his name reused, and Ransack's the most reused name - nice deal, for a non-show 'Con. I don't know how, if at all, Hasbro could swing the use of Venom, even with the rights to Marvel's stuff.
G.I. Joe is a Hasbro brand though so I'm pretty sure they still have Bombshell and have just opted not to use it for Transformers.
That's just it. Hasbro can't use the name for its GI Joe character. Bombshell had to be renamed Bombstrike for the 2005 ARAH figure.
Hasbro has no problems with a name being shared between a Joe character or vehicle and a TF.
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