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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

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.

Well, and Marvel with toybiz had an interesting relationship. Toybiz bailed them out when marvel hit financial trouble, and then the reverse happened with Marvel now owning them. Even so, they've scaled back operations so much it's kind of moot. and not likely.

As for Disney buying hasbro. Disney does have deep pockets, that's why I'm concerned, but Hasbro has also shored up their stocks better now to prevent something like that from happening. I do agree though, Hasbro is well on their way to becoming a masssive media empire that could rival disney, hence my concern that Disney would want to acquire them before that happens. Again though that's not likely with how Hasbro has managed to put majority share of the stocks back in its favor to prevent that.