The History and Mystery of Why Harmony Gold Is Suing Hasbro Over the SDCC GI Joe Transformers Set

This is just pathetic!!

I dunno, if that is the original G1 artwork that was used on the original toy, which I think it is...can't they use their own artwork? I am confused how using 30 year old artwork for a figure could be grounds for a lawsuit from a company that produces nothing but lawsuits.....I have a feeling this will settle out of court, even if Hasbro could win it. I would agree with MikePrime with the whole just do the Skyfire style figure from the original G1 cartoon with the Jetfire name and just forget about this "Macross / Robotech" version. HG sounds like they use Blackmail and extortion as their source of income from what I have been reading about them. What kind of figures or Toys have they produced since they have had the license for such said line?

Mattel owns the NAME Skyfire, while Harmony Gold owns the Jetfire toy. Thats why we get Skyfire looking toys named Jetfire.

If so, then that is unfortunate, but Hasbro should at least abandon the obviously iffy Macross Jetfire and just go with the design of Skyfire from the G1 cartoon.

Mattel own the Skyfire name, or did as of 2003.

Uh-oh. This why Hasbro should just abandon Jetfire and use Skyfire.

Gosh, I have to wonder if Hasbro didn't do this on purpose. :alert

Wait, I see why Harmony Gold sued. Look at the tech spec on the SDCC toy box!

That's a Veritech in Battloid mode. They could win this suit!

You're not very familiar with Harmony Gold's history, are you?

Harmony Gold are bullies, so it's not necessarily going to be about the merits of the claim.

I would have to guess that the actual Harmony Gold and Hasbro lawyers are not actually concerned about this. Some fanboy probably wrote a letter to Harmony Gold saying it looked like their Veritech, and they were legally obligated to "vigorously defend" their intellectual property as a matter of course. Once this suit is filed, the judge will find that it doesn't violate their IP and everyone will go home, the lawyers having done their job.