Anti-trust lawyers must be wringing their hands with glee at this one: MTV Geek is saying that after acquiring Lucasfilm (pending approval) Disney will be turning to Hasbro. Or rather, that they’re having “discussions.”
Buying Hasbro would give Disney the rights to Transformers, G.I. Joe, Dungeons and Dragons, and My Little Pony, among others. And by folding in the toys, they’d be getting a bigger share of the Star Wars pie as well.
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Master Devwi // Nov 5, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I can just see it now… “Power! Unlimited Power!” ;)
2 Brian // Nov 6, 2012 at 7:05 am
So what, 20 years of so before Disney owns everything and is the dominant global superpower?
3 Nancy // Nov 6, 2012 at 2:59 pm
One thing I love about CJ is that everyone understands that mergers create antitrust issues. Heehee!
4 Domingo // Nov 7, 2012 at 12:54 pm
I’m already picturing the massive sh*tstorm bronies will be throwing around, what with their delusions that MLP is for adults and Disney will “kiddy-fy” it…
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