[brditsme]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

HAVOC would be better as a HasLab than a boring, outdated tank. I need cartoon deco Chuckles to be able to toss a rocket at the HISS. It?s iconic lore that Hasbro needs to acknowledge. The best way would be via a HAVOC Haslab work Chuckles as a tier. It would have to include a rocket that he could hold and maybe a blast effect for the front on the HISS.

I don't mean this as a criticism in any way, but I freaking love that this single moment from the show (it was the show, right? not the comic?) seems to be driving your vehicle wish-list. This is such a great franchise because of the variety of people's loves, their moments and memories. It's just great to hear what people "imprinted" on.

[wmichben]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

HAVOC would be better as a HasLab than a boring, outdated tank. I need cartoon deco Chuckles to be able to toss a rocket at the HISS. It?s iconic lore that Hasbro needs to acknowledge. The best way would be via a HAVOC Haslab work Chuckles as a tier. It would have to include a rocket that he could hold and maybe a blast effect for the front on the HISS.

I am all in on this idea. I love it.

[CG23]

Pulse just sent me an email that my Stingers have shipped

[RedAlert Rescue]

This a fun thought experiment. Look at this and ask yourself "what if the plan is to release things more or less in date order"
https://www.3djoes.com/the-gi-joe-ye...-playsets.html

[DFender]

I love Dustin's dedication to being able to recreate Chuckles throwing a missile in 1/12 scale. His unbridled enthusiasm around this matter is truly infectious.

We need to take this to Dreadnok Twins level of obsession. In 2027 (since the haslab is obviously already chosen for this year) I want to hear Tony say "annnndddd the missiles are scaled perfectly for Chuckles to throw" when presenting the Havoc Haslab.

[Jeffrozup]

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Originally Posted by firefly069

Interesting. Hope gi joe breaks out of that category. Maybe some of the other portfolio brands they should cut?

I am not sure they will. Hasbro had the 7th highest revenue brands in 2022. Dropped to 10th highest in 2023 and so far they are 12th in 2024.

Top 10 are Lego, Bandai Namco, Barbie, Fisher Price, Hot Wheels, NERF, Dragon Ball, Mobile Suit Gundum, Mattel and Hatchimals.

[Ted Kamensky]

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Originally Posted by CG23

Pulse just sent me an email that my Stingers have shipped

Same. Stinger inbound, on the 24th.

[Ash Talon]

Every time the end of Hasbro's license for Star Wars and Marvel approaches, people panic and think Hasbro won't retain the license. Probably what is happening with any current rumors. There really isn't another toy company, other than Mattel, who could handle either license volume-wise. Unless Disney parsed out the license and spread out different scales to different companies.

D&D brings in a lot of revenue, so they're not dropping. The only license Hasbro has which they could likely drop is Power Rangers. They've already licensed toys for it out to Playmates. Conceivably, they could sell the property to someone.

The only other thing that could be happening to cause rumors is Hasbro could start licensing some of their properties out to other companies for a range of products. We've seen them license out GIJoe and Transformers to McFarlane for their Page Punchers line. Super7 makes some GIJoe product. Jada made some GIJoe vehicles. And Playmates got the license for Power Rangers toys. There were "prototypes" of a few parts for Mega Construx which looked very much like GI Joe items, so maybe Hasbro will license out GI Joe to Mega Construx. So instead of making all kinds of tertiary types of products themselves, Hasbro is starting to license out brands to other toy companies. This kind of thing wasn't really happening in the past, but maybe they'll just continue this trend.

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by brditsme

Not really following it but for some reason I assumed Indy was dropped already?

Clues point to the Indy license being part and parcel with SW. Same team worked on both. So it's more likely, Hasbro still has it, just isn't making figures with it. I believe there might still be some "themed" games still coming out.

[wmichben]

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

Hasbro cannot drop Star Wars and/or Marvel. Disney can drop Hasbro since they own the IPs. Star Wars and Marvel accounted for 18% of Hasbro?s revenue in 2023. They cannot make up that kind of a loss. Star Wars and Marvel would be fine without Hasbro making their toys. Hasbro would not be fine not making Star Wars and Marvel toys.

Transformers, Play-Doh and Hasbro gaming combined for 65% of revenue. GI Joe, which is listed under portfolio brands, was part of a group that accounted for just 10% of revenue.

I am waiting to see the 2024 numbers compare to the above 2023 numbers.

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

I am not sure they will. Hasbro had the 7th highest revenue brands in 2022. Dropped to 10th highest in 2023 and so far they are 12th in 2024.

Top 10 are Lego, Bandai Namco, Barbie, Fisher Price, Hot Wheels, NERF, Dragon Ball, Mobile Suit Gundum, Mattel and Hatchimals.

It is hard for me to imagine GIJOE Classified growing if they continue to cram the majority of releases into two months out of the year and many can rarely be found in B&M. I know consumers here like to say B&M doesn't matter because we can order online but it does matter to those making these products. And all these other brands listed above and even some of Hasbro's brands like Transformers have solid B&M presence 12 months of the year.

Of course, there are many other factors but this is just one big thing that stands out to me. There are plenty of lurking variables at play.