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News Credits: 665 · Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:52 pm

Hasbro CEO Alfred J. Verrecchia will be stepping down in May and may be replaced by Brian Goldner, chief operating officer at Hasbro and executive producer of the Transformers Movie.

Read the article by clicking here.

Stay tuned to Seibertron.com to see how this developing story will effect the Transformers brand.

EDIT: Woohoo! My 400th news story! :grin:

News Credits: 8 · Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:58 pm

Makes sense, you know it's coming. You always know when a road is coming to an end.

No wonder why most of the Hasbro lines got a whole bunch of good stuff added to their 08' line ups.

All of them schedualed for the second half of the year no less, leaving the new boss just enough time to cancel them!
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I don't know if any of thats true, it's just what I'd do, cause you know, I'm a prick!

Anyhow, note to the new guy, knock off all the friggin repaints!!!

News Credits: 10 · Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:11 pm

I met Brian Goldner very briefly at Botcon last year and and he is very in touch with the TF fan base. Much more than the current CEO. Goldner's elevation to CEO could be a blessing to Transformers.

Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:50 pm

Well lets see what new this guy can show us, other than what we already saw.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:31 pm

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I met Brian Goldner very briefly at Botcon last year and and he is very in touch with the TF fan base. Much more than the current CEO. Goldner's elevation to CEO could be a blessing to Transformers.

NICE...
Although it doesn't mean much yet,
that's the positive vibe I wanted to hear.

News Credits: 409 · Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:12 am

I like the news of this. Brian Goldner seems to believe in the Transformers products and in the past has sought the opinions of the TF fans.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:36 am

Well here is hoping this guy doesn't F*** things up and make all transformers movie like figures.

News Credits: 668 · Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:44 am

I see nothing but good coming of this. From what I've read of the man, he's on our side.

This is on the plus side people.

Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:56 am

Liege Evilmus wrote:Makes sense, you know it's coming. You always know when a road is coming to an end.

No wonder why most of the Hasbro lines got a whole bunch of good stuff added to their 08' line ups.

All of them schedualed for the second half of the year no less, leaving the new boss just enough time to cancel them!
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I don't know if any of thats true, it's just what I'd do, cause you know, I'm a prick!

Anyhow, note to the new guy, knock off all the friggin repaints!!!

2 points,

Firstly, it does make a lot of sense now. With CEO stepping down, he did the next guy a solid if he did indeed choose to push back releases to the fall. Thus the new guys first quarter looks great and the shareholders will love him.

Secondly, CEOs generally don't decide to screw around with whether or not certain produicts are released. Hasbro has a ton of marketing and research groups who pretty much make that call. All the CEO really does when it copmes to that area of business is sign off on the papaerwork.

Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:48 am

Who? What? When? Where? How? So he is supposed to be like the good guy on are side eh? I don't trust him, how do we know he is not gonna demand that his childhood fanmade TFs aren't gonna be maid.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:47 am

I love that picture...

"Alas, poor Optimus! I knew him, Ratchet..."

News Credits: 387 · Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:56 pm

I just hope someone doesn’t see this thread and say “Hey guys! Maybe this guy will release the B***** exclusive S****** and T************ at retail!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!11”.

BTW you cant say the T-word anymore without a thread turning into sixty pages of flaming so you have to bleep it out.