[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

If anything. My main concern right now is that Disney might be thinking Hasbro would make a good acquisition because of their brands. Something that would help bolster Disney to have another in house mass released toy company under its hat, another channel, and tons of IPs to work with in the future. Considering they have a fairly friendly business cooperation abroad, it does make me a little concerned.

I think Hasbro is too big for Disney to be able to swoop in and take over. Ten years ago, woulda been a different story. But now Hasbro has become more than just a toy company, and is now becoming a Media empire. It has several monster franchises that it owns, and a few others that it has strong alligiences with. And it's the largest toy company in the world, with several global blockbuster movies, and now even it's own TV channel.
Hasbro's nowhere near as big as Disney, but if Disney came knocking now, I think Hasbro could fend them off (Unlike Pixar, or Marvel). Or at least put up enough fight to make it not Disney's worth while.

However, something no one's really considered...
Given how Disney either does everything themselves, or aquires companies to do it for them, I'm surprised they haven't started their own toy company, years ago.
But, let's not forget that Marvel aquired Toybiz years ago, and turned it into Marvel Toys. No one's considered that Disney now owns Marvel Toys. It's far more likely that Disney will return the marvel lisence to Marvel Toys, than it is that they'll give it to Mattel.
But, if Hasbro's handling of the Marvel franchise is still successful by '17, Disney won't do anything.