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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:01 pmMegatron Wolf wrote:i really hope disney doesnt let this happen, id hate to see dreamworks go down the toilet cause of hasbros idiocy.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:04 pmDelta Magnus wrote:Oh GOD no. Anything that increases Disney's ownership over everything (that isn't Japanese anyway, as Japan seems to be the only place where businesses will tell Disney to get stuffed) is a baaaaad idea.
Also, whoever it was that said Disney should buy Bandai...not gonna happen. 1, Bandai is Japanese, so they're out of Disney's reach anyway. 2, Bandai is so enormous that even Disney couldn't afford to acquire them. Mickey Mouse can't defeat Gundam I'm afraid. Or Kamen Rider. Or Godzilla. Or any of the other millions of franchises Bandai owns (and unlike Disney, they don't have a reputation as insufferable legal pricks). Bandai is going to live forever- I'll wager a lot longer than Disney.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:20 pmGuyIncognito wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:i really hope disney doesnt let this happen, id hate to see dreamworks go down the toilet cause of hasbros idiocy.
You'd rather watch Dreamworks continue to go down the toilet on their own? (The Croods? Turbo? Mr. Peabody and Sherman?) Dreamworks Animation is to Disney what the Go-Bots were to Transformers.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:27 pmmooncake623 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Oh GOD no. Anything that increases Disney's ownership over everything (that isn't Japanese anyway, as Japan seems to be the only place where businesses will tell Disney to get stuffed) is a baaaaad idea.
Also, whoever it was that said Disney should buy Bandai...not gonna happen. 1, Bandai is Japanese, so they're out of Disney's reach anyway. 2, Bandai is so enormous that even Disney couldn't afford to acquire them. Mickey Mouse can't defeat Gundam I'm afraid. Or Kamen Rider. Or Godzilla. Or any of the other millions of franchises Bandai owns (and unlike Disney, they don't have a reputation as insufferable legal pricks). Bandai is going to live forever- I'll wager a lot longer than Disney.
I think he was just joking about Disney buying Bandai... but you're dreaming if you think Disney can't buy Bandai. Disney is so much bigger than bandai it's not funny. Disney has a market cap of 153.51 billion dollars, Bandai 5.17 Billion
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:29 pm
Really, though, if that's the case then Hasbro are literally playing their own game, which means Disney don't need to buy Hasbro, they just need to buy monopoly, thus winning the game by buying the very game they are playing. There's possibly an Inception joke in here somewhere...but I can't make it that far. 
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:36 pmPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:42 pmDelta Magnus wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Oh GOD no. Anything that increases Disney's ownership over everything (that isn't Japanese anyway, as Japan seems to be the only place where businesses will tell Disney to get stuffed) is a baaaaad idea.
Also, whoever it was that said Disney should buy Bandai...not gonna happen. 1, Bandai is Japanese, so they're out of Disney's reach anyway. 2, Bandai is so enormous that even Disney couldn't afford to acquire them. Mickey Mouse can't defeat Gundam I'm afraid. Or Kamen Rider. Or Godzilla. Or any of the other millions of franchises Bandai owns (and unlike Disney, they don't have a reputation as insufferable legal pricks). Bandai is going to live forever- I'll wager a lot longer than Disney.
I think he was just joking about Disney buying Bandai... but you're dreaming if you think Disney can't buy Bandai. Disney is so much bigger than bandai it's not funny. Disney has a market cap of 153.51 billion dollars, Bandai 5.17 Billion
Disney is quite big, but given Bandai's location and the large amount of faith and support they have from their consumer base (coupled with the generally more independent attitude Japanese companies tend to have) I don't think Disney could buy Bandai, mainly as Bandai could easily turn them down and survive without them, and also as Disney would not have enough to gain from the buyout to compensate for the huge expenditures they'd have to make to buy them.
TL;DR: Disney COULD buy Bandai but they won't and if they did it wouldn't go well for them.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:44 pmhinomars19 wrote:All this just looks and sounds like everyone playing a very big game of monopoly.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:47 pmGuyIncognito wrote:hinomars19 wrote:All this just looks and sounds like everyone playing a very big game of monopoly.
That's what Capitalism is! Monopoly was originally invented as a way of teaching people the dangers of capitalism: one person ends up with all the money, and everyone else ends up broke, bitter, and angry.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:57 pmSabrblade wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:hinomars19 wrote:All this just looks and sounds like everyone playing a very big game of monopoly.
That's what Capitalism is! Monopoly was originally invented as a way of teaching people the dangers of capitalism: one person ends up with all the money, and everyone else ends up broke, bitter, and angry.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:06 pmPosted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:14 pmAutobot tap out wrote:ugh the nightmare is coming alive.
I will absolutely not have the Tyrant Disney company be invovled whatsoever in this.
would Any Transformers Fan want some Tyrant want to turn what they love into a absolutely horrendous thing?! i say NOT
I say NOT.Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:29 pmMetro Prime wrote:Autobot tap out wrote:ugh the nightmare is coming alive.
I will absolutely not have the Tyrant Disney company be invovled whatsoever in this.
would Any Transformers Fan want some Tyrant want to turn what they love into a absolutely horrendous thing?! i say NOT
Look at how well Marvel's doing right now. You call that an "absolutely horrendous thing"?
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:42 pmOptimum Supreme wrote:Disney should just buy Hasbro.
Then they could have Emma's yellow VW bug on Once Upon A Time turn out to be G1 Bumblebee.
Sabrblade wrote:Nah, see, first Hasbro buy Dreamworks, then Disney buys Hasbro, then Disney buys back Saban, then Disney makes a deal with Bandai that forces them to join with Hasbro, then Disney buys Bandai and merges it with Hasbro, then Tomy gets merged with Disney's new Hasbrandai.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:43 pmOptimizzy wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:i really hope disney doesnt let this happen, id hate to see dreamworks go down the toilet cause of hasbros idiocy. Now disney buying hasbro im all for cause marvel has done really well since they were bought & star wars is looking the same so far.
so I take it you havent seen Star Wars Rebels?
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:01 pmmooncake623 wrote:According to USAtoday, Hasbro is in talks to buy DreamWorks, the Studio behind animated movie franchises as Shrek and Madagascar. While NY Times is citing anonymous sources that talks are in "advance stages" and the deal would include a combination of stocks and cash. This deal with Hasbro would forge a family entertainment powerhouse to be called DreamWorks-Hasbro. Hasbro already owning 40% of Discovery Family is making it clear that they want to be the leader of family entertainment, using this media to promote their games and toys including Transformers.According to Deadline.com, "DreamWorks Animation is deeply engaged in two potentially game changing negotiations that could transform the company - including one with Hasbro to forge a family entertainment powerhouse to be called DreamWorks-Hasbro. The other talks are with Hearst to turn DWA's AwesomenessTV into a joint venture."
DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg would become chairman of the combined operation, the website says.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:17 pmGuyIncognito wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:i really hope disney doesnt let this happen, id hate to see dreamworks go down the toilet cause of hasbros idiocy.
You'd rather watch Dreamworks continue to go down the toilet on their own? (The Croods? Turbo? Mr. Peabody and Sherman?) Dreamworks Animation is to Disney what the Go-Bots were to Transformers.
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:20 pmOptimum Supreme wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:i really hope disney doesnt let this happen, id hate to see dreamworks go down the toilet cause of hasbros idiocy. Now disney buying hasbro im all for cause marvel has done really well since they were bought & star wars is looking the same so far.
so I take it you havent seen Star Wars Rebels?
I take it you haven't seen Star Wars Rebels by the way you seem to be implying that it's bad.
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:58 amPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:12 pmPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:15 pmspiderbob007 wrote:My first thought was, why would Hasbro want to merge with a failing company and put the CEO of the failing company, Jeffrey Katzenberg, in charge?
My suspicion is that Hasbro is really courting Disney, and their merger talks with DreamWorks and Softbank were to make their intended suitor jealous. I have read that Disney has 30% of Hasbro's business in toys; which includes Star Wars, Marvel, Disney Junior and Disney Princess. A merger between the two is probably inevitable, its just a matter of when and under what circumstances. If Hasbro can show that they are a desirable partner to competing companies, they can negotiate a better deal with Disney.
If they do merge, we can also get a collection of Marvel era Transformers comics with issue 3, featuring Spider-Man.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:18 pmWe already got that from IDW.spiderbob007 wrote:If they do merge, we can also get a collection of Marvel era Transformers comics with issue 3, featuring Spider-Man.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:21 pm