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webz · 11-06-2019, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

Please forgive me if this has already been talked about. I have been really busy at work and I haven't been on much. Apparently, it was leaked yesterday, via a packaging designer's LinkedIn, that Hasbro is going to relaunch G.I.Joe in 2020. This sparked a conversation between a few friends and myself. We were all kind of thinking that Hasbro will most likely make the G.I.Joe line a 6 inch line (which could open up the vehicle idea to HasLab projects). Since Hasbro's Marvel licence expires in 2020, we were thinking Disney might opt to take the license on themselves. And if Hasbro isn't doing 6 inch legends, it could easily leave room for G.I.Joe. This sparked a longer conversation about continuing to collect if Legends leave Hasbro, since often times scales change between companies. I have been around long enough to remember when the Legends went from Toy Biz to Hasbro. I always felt like that wasn't the smoothest of transitions.
Please keep in mind that I have no insider information, this is just speculation between me and some friends. But I am curious if anyone would stop collecting if the licence when to a new company? For me, it would depend on how different the figures would or wouldn't look next the Hasbro ones as well as variety of characters. I don't want to buy the same characters over and over. I wouldn't be selling my collection, but it would be nice to be able to put a cap on it. Anyone want to share some thoughts?

Pretty sure Hasbro will do everything in it's power to keep Marvel a happy camper. The line has been profitable for both. It's cheap to make (face it, 90% of figures are the same 3 or 4 figures, with slight remolding) and it's got free marketing from comics and films. As for GI Joe, I really don't see a vehicle line ever happening for a major toy line anymore. Plastic and tooling are too expensive to hit the price points needed. Especially in 6" scale. GI Joe will sell to nostalgic fans, but I'm not sure how well it will sell to the snowflake general population, unless Duke is packed with his comfort companion chihuahua.

Haslab could do something for the line, but I think it'd be a harder sell than Unicron or cookie monster. I love the concept, I just can't see the execution of it as an "all-in" line with the modern world politics.

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webz Zero social skills Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,409	Quote: Originally Posted by Spyne98 Please forgive me if this has already been talked about. I have been really busy at work and I haven't been on much. Apparently, it was leaked yesterday, via a packaging designer's LinkedIn, that Hasbro is going to relaunch G.I.Joe in 2020. This sparked a conversation between a few friends and myself. We were all kind of thinking that Hasbro will most likely make the G.I.Joe line a 6 inch line (which could open up the vehicle idea to HasLab projects). Since Hasbro's Marvel licence expires in 2020, we were thinking Disney might opt to take the license on themselves. And if Hasbro isn't doing 6 inch legends, it could easily leave room for G.I.Joe. This sparked a longer conversation about continuing to collect if Legends leave Hasbro, since often times scales change between companies. I have been around long enough to remember when the Legends went from Toy Biz to Hasbro. I always felt like that wasn't the smoothest of transitions. Please keep in mind that I have no insider information, this is just speculation between me and some friends. But I am curious if anyone would stop collecting if the licence when to a new company? For me, it would depend on how different the figures would or wouldn't look next the Hasbro ones as well as variety of characters. I don't want to buy the same characters over and over. I wouldn't be selling my collection, but it would be nice to be able to put a cap on it. Anyone want to share some thoughts? Pretty sure Hasbro will do everything in it's power to keep Marvel a happy camper. The line has been profitable for both. It's cheap to make (face it, 90% of figures are the same 3 or 4 figures, with slight remolding) and it's got free marketing from comics and films. As for GI Joe, I really don't see a vehicle line ever happening for a major toy line anymore. Plastic and tooling are too expensive to hit the price points needed. Especially in 6" scale. GI Joe will sell to nostalgic fans, but I'm not sure how well it will sell to the snowflake general population, unless Duke is packed with his comfort companion chihuahua. Haslab could do something for the line, but I think it'd be a harder sell than Unicron or cookie monster. I love the concept, I just can't see the execution of it as an "all-in" line with the modern world politics. __________________ Bah! Humbug! Instagram @webzphotomania Facebook page: webzphotomania Last edited by webz; 11-06-2019 at 10:19 AM..