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06-18-2014, 11:30 AM
Jmacq1
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Trigue
Far as I know, I didn't keep up with star wars toys too much the last year or year and half. But I think the last time they renewed the license was year or two before Disney got Star Wars and it was thru 2018.
Last October or November sometime around there, I read over at rebel scum that Disney hasn't been too impressed with Hasbro's sales. It probably had more to do with the Phantom Menace anniversary line peg warming than anything else. But yeah the sales haven't been that great and Disney is not happy. They also put a bunch of restrictions on what Hasbro and can and can not make for star wars. They were saying Hasbro had to cancel a bunch of stuff because of it. Supposely that is why there is so little Hasbro star wars stuff in stores now. They've had to play catch up and get new Disney approved products made. The one bit of good news is that at SDCC Hasbro is rumored to be showing off a large amount of new star wars stuff, even a new large 3 3/4'' scale vehicle.
Incorrect on the renewal. The license was extended in July of 2013 by Disney and Hasbro, and Hasbro has the Marvel and Star Wars licenses through 2020, not 2018.
Hasbro and Disney Expand Strategic Merchandising Relationship for Major Entertainment Properties (NASDAQ:HAS)
Tales of Disney being "disappointed with Hasbro's sales" are contradictory with "Disney putting restrictions on what Hasbro can sell." The more realistic, less wishful-thinking (for some) scenario is that Hasbro and Disney recognized there would be a lull between Clone Wars and
Rebels
(a lull the line was already sliding into when Disney bought Lucasfilm) and like everything else in the Star Wars licensing world, Disney's "toned it down" in anticipation of new product. We'll get a "soft reboot" for Rebels-themed product later this year, and of course late next year we'll get a flood for Episode VII.
Disney isn't stupid. They know if they restrict what Hasbro makes that Hasbro is likely to have less sales.
Also? The Phantom Menace stuff came out before the Disney buyout. The main thing Disney has done is ax EU characters from the line almost entirely.
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Only if Hasbro continues to foolishly evolve into a multimedia company.
If Hasbro doesn't evolve into a multimedia company then it's guaranteed to eventually fail. Or at least its' action figure department sure as hell will.
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