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Originally posted by: BCYOJOE @ Hisstank.com

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Hasbro held its 2013 1st Quarter Financial Conference Call yesterday and HISSTANK staff attended live online.

Although, Hasbro didn’t mention much about G. I. Joe on their main financial statement, a question was asked at the Q&A session regarding the future of the brand.

Is there any sort of impact to be expected on bottom-line in participation of G. I. Joe: Retaliation?

Hasbro’s CEO Brian Goldner answered the question.

"We have to see over the longer term how that looks obviously. We do participate a bit in the box-office and we are also very excited of the long term opportunity with that brand. You know, the update over the weekend we saw box-office results coming out of China and now Global Box-Office is over [US$] 300 Million and we are up significantly in major emerging markets if we talk about box-office there… especially the emerging market for 3D. Great box-office results in China, in Russia and Brazil. So, it portrays great things for the brand in longer terms"

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