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Anonymous Sun 14 Jul 2024 17:07:27 No.11069950 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11071145 >>11077265

So do they even own Transformers anymore or what

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Jul 2024 18:01:54 No.11069998 Report

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They co-own it with Hasbro, always have.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Jul 2024 18:14:14 No.11070009 Report

Quoted By: >>11070418

Yes, but it's not a massive profit for them. Hasbro funding them and taking over packaging their mainline releases is a good deal for them because the mainlines are unimportant compared to the MPs for them.
The TF direction of focusing the retail lines on nostalgia or pandering to American focus group tastes(Earthspark). If you see at what kids lines in Japan are like, the current iterations of Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman are generally very different from the original. They don't want the same thing audiences had decades ago. But That's not what Hasbro wants.

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 02:23:07 No.11070418 Report

Quoted By: >>11070429 >>11070701

>>11070009
When was the last time it was successful in Japan? Beast Wars? Even the Japanese-produced shows cut their toylines early compared to America.

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 02:45:58 No.11070429 Report

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>>11070418
>When was the last time it was successful in Japan?
Who cares? It's better than anything Americans make

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 13:03:41 No.11070701 Report

Quoted By: >>11070834 >>11071102

>>11070418
Probably Animated. The franchise took a huge nosedive once Prime came around and has never really recovered since.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 15:02:19 No.11070834 Report

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>>11070701
This, Japan LOVED Animated whilst Prime bombed hard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 19:17:10 No.11071102 Report

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>>11070701
It was slightly before Prime. Arms Micron's alterations were made specifically in reaction their slipping marketshare, trying to add elements that their market research told them Japanese boys of the time liked.

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 20:11:18 No.11071145 Report

Quoted By: >>11071149 >>11071743 >>11071745 >>11072101

>>11069950
No.
Hasbro essentially stole all takara's designers. It's either that or look elsewhere for work.
Hasbro also decide takara's budget on what little figures they do make now and their extremely tight fisted.

BW rhinox is beautiful and a miracle of a design.
MF super ginrai looks great but is really tiny. Especially when compared to FH/KFC Ginrai which are the correct scale.
Raiden is rushed and clearly unfinished due to budget restrictions.

All unifying the brand did was screw customers over because Takara are a shadow of their former self, hasbro are raising prices constantly and scamming more money out of people via specialist lines ....its just a shit hobby now unless you collect 3rd party mps

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 20:13:30 No.11071149 Report

Quoted By: >>11071159

>>11071145
You faggots do realise shinkalion is another takara property doing extremely well?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 20:18:41 No.11071159 Report

Quoted By: >>11071166 >>11086313

>>11071149
Explain

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 20:24:30 No.11071166 Report

Quoted By: >>11071171

>>11071159
What's to explain to a bootleg loving faggot obsessed with 3p crap for that MP display of retarded 80s shit

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Anonymous Mon 15 Jul 2024 20:30:25 No.11071171 Report

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>>11071166
Oh I see your retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Jul 2024 06:57:41 No.11071743 Report

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>>11071145
>MF super ginrai looks great but is really tiny. Especially when compared to FH/KFC Ginrai which are the correct scale.
The old MP scale was too big to be feasible for shit like combiners. It was made for leaders and important characters, the MP cars being feasible for a decent price was a happy coincidence, but as the G1 size creep became apparent it became clear it was going to be too much for Takara to handle.
MPG scale is basically meant so you can use Generations as filler.

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Anonymous Tue 16 Jul 2024 07:00:20 No.11071745 Report

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>>11071145
is BW megatron gonna get a reissue, do you reckon? pls god I passed on it and regretted it ever since.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Jul 2024 17:38:45 No.11072101 Report

Quoted By: >>11077263

>>11071145
>Hasbro essentially stole all takara's designers.
Wrong. Most of the heavy lifting when designing the transformations is still done in Japan.

>Raiden is rushed and clearly unfinished due to budget restrictions.
Also wrong, Hasbro has absolutely nothing to do with the MP side of the franchise including budget, that's all Takara.

>>11071745
He knows jack shit about things everybody knows, why do you think he's going to know that? Also you're getting annoying, save money and pay scalper prices if you want it that much and let this be a lesson for next time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Jul 2024 15:38:04 No.11077263 Report

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>>11072101
Based grumpy toy poster

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 20 Jul 2024 15:39:22 No.11077265 Report

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>>11069950
they own transformers but they're cucked by hasbro's shitty paint jobs most of the time

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Anonymous Fri 26 Jul 2024 08:47:56 No.11086313 Report

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>>11071159
Shinkalion's first series was extended past it's original intended run without a break due to high sales and it's received a sequel and is currently airing a third series.
Saying Takara is a shadow of itself is wrong

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