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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

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.

Hasbro is not rivaling anyone right now - or any time soon. The Hub is struggling mightily. Hasbro remains number two in toy sales. GI Joe is on the ropes. TFs is a long time from another movie - and the toys didn't seem to do so well this time around. And with prices rising and the recession continuing, I don't see a huge surge for Hasbro anytime soon. In fact, most folks are being turned off by the price increase rather than buying more.

Disney on the other hand expands. Their theme parks are doing amazing. Every time a Pixar movie comes out it is more money for them. ABC is doing pretty well. With a huge blockbuster this summer, not to mention some residuals from Spider-Man as well, plus "The Brave" coming out as well, I don't see Hasbro giving any competition. More like a 4 year old running along side an Olympic marathoner.