Hasbro, Inc. announced today that they have purchased over 1,000 episodes of classic programming featuring some of the most established brands, including G.I. Joe and Transformers.
These properties were produced by Sunbow back in the day and were most presently owned by TV-Loonland.
"As we deliver new immersive entertainment experiences to audiences worldwide, it was extremely important that we had the rights to fully control the usage of our intellectual properties," said Brian Goldner, Hasbro’s Chief Operating Officer.
Read the full press release.
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Beast Megatron
2008-05-14
4:24 pm
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This is fantastic news for fans. Hasbro now has control over the various Japanese G1 series. Here's hoping to a Headmasters DVD box set in the states! |
Lord Madhammer
2008-05-14
4:06 pm
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Only if they were produced by Sunbow. |
Not Letting The Acronym Go
2008-05-14
4:01 pm
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Soooo... American release of the Japanese shows? |
Lord Madhammer
2008-05-14
3:16 pm
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This is as it should be. Hasbro not owning the rights to Transformers is like Michael Jackson owning the Beatles' catalog. |
MikePrime
2008-05-14
2:56 pm
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This is good. Hasbro is already going to be making cartoon based G.I. Joe boxed sets, which will include DVDs. Isn't Hasbro's 25th anniversary G1 Prime going to come with a DVD MTMTE? G.I. Joe will be perfect to market with the new movie next summer. The old cartoon will be a nice refug... read more |
prime_time
2008-05-14
1:46 pm
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Any one else thinking 25th anniversary? |
sertile
2008-05-14
11:52 am
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Hopefully this means I'll finally be able to enjoy G1 without enduring the Rhino with the catapult and all the other retarded sh*t those DVD's make you sit through. |
nobody1898
2008-05-14
11:30 am
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this couldn't be better timed, I missed the original rhino dvds due to being a poor college kid, but now that I have a real job I decided to buy them up. I got season 1 and 2 part 1 last week. I swear hasbro must have just been sitting on this for the last few weeks just to screw with me. |
Hellscream333
2008-05-14
10:48 am
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Bay's opinion means about as much to me as the words coming out of a hookers mouth during sex. "I'm not payin ya to talk!" |
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