Hasbro To Aquire Power Rangers
 

Hasbro has bought the Power Rangers franchise/property as a whole from Saban with the exception of the music.

https://www.powerrangersnow.com/hasb...r-522-million/

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Wow I can't believe he actually sold. I figured we would get hold on to it forever once good he got it back.

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Very surprised it happened now. But I figured this was coming once it was mentioned Hasbro had an option to buy. But I figured it would be five to ten years down the line. It was impossible for Saban to own the franchise forever. PR was going to get sold again. Hasbro sounds like a better fit then Disney was when they purchased the brand. They definitely want PR.

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I wonder what this means for Morphicon, Boom Comics, and Hyperforce? Also will the writers go union? I expect preduction to remain in New Zealand unless Hasbro has a cheaper alternative.

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No!!!!!This is a truely dark day for the franchise. I was hoping the Hasbro Option to buy thing was just a smokesscreen or at least wouldn't happen for long time. I can't believe Saban has given up his baby a second time, after he fought so hard to get it back. Without Saban in charge, PR is doomed. No one cares about that series as much as Haim.

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I am all for new owners. As the series has been gsrabage for awhile now. I just hope this isn't a disappoint like when Saban Brands bought the series.

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I would rather Saban still own the series too. But you have to believe part of the deal is that Haim will still be running day to day operations. Saban will continue to be the driving force behind the series. Hasbro isn't foolish enough to think they can do it without Saban, not like Disney.

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Maybe he can buy it back again if Hasbro does a bad job.

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Thats not usually how this works. Hasbro won't ever want to sell the ip itself. Whoever owns PR next will probaboy buy Hasbro itself.

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Yes, companies don't usually like to sell ip. Even if its not being used. Since if it succeeds with someone else. they look bad. We are lucky Disney was even willing to sell to Saban in the first place. Its unlikely this happens with Hasbro. Who aren't buying pr by accident and the show's toyline is related to a core part of its business! PR just didn't fit in Disney's profile at the time. Lets not forget that when Disney bought the franchise, they didn't own Marvel or Lucasfilm.

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I really hope that Boom is still allowed to produce the comics...and I enjoyed Hyperforce as well. As far as the show is concerned...well Hasbro really couldn't make that worse...

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nothing for the moment since the deal won't be fully closed until later on and in the case of Morphicon absolutely nothing although they might do away with cast reveals at Morphicon but they don't own the con so they have no say in whether it continues or not that's up to Morphicon's current owner

don't be ridiculous he sold his property to Hasbro for a reason he likely wants to retire but is willing to stay on to help teach them the ropes.

precisely

dunno about the comics probably depends on what they think and what their deal is but in the case of HyperForce I think there's slightly better odds with them renewing that

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Well - New Age with new owner should make all great. Return serious tone, age connection 10-16 from Disney Age (even higher), bring more good writing and higher budget, and refuse to fart and children's humor (which is now time to make the entire entertainment industry) and formula "2 years for one team". Also, because Hasbro have tons of problems with fans thanks to Transformers movies (let's see what be with "Bumblebee"). Plus, make great and epic work with epic soundtrack, like in better times and this:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...AB2BFC37554646
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBZna0xAhTY
Also, I hope we got more quality and good games. Much better than Mega Battles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3VgMoVJ7s
With big budget and development with talent, like Platinum Games. Something like Transformers: Devastation, but with big budget.
And of corse - more quality for action figures. It's also one of the reasons, why Hasbro buying franchise.
But I hope, any good what we get in this decade stay. Sequel of movie 2017 we still see. Even, if it become part of Hasbro Cinematic Universe (with new Transformers reboot). And Boom still make new comic books (and don't have sad fate of Dreamwave Transformers and Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog). But I will not mind if the cause will take - IDW. And we got in this case crossovers with Transformers, G.I.Joe and - TMNT, again! :)
And my final big hope - animated movies for DVD and Blu-Ray. And those movies can be epic remakes of famous stories. Like "Green with Evil" and final of "In Space". Remake of "Green with Evil" can be in 2 parts, like "Dark Knight Returns", and with more darker and serious becoming of Tommy the Ranger villain and his redemption. And remake of "In Space" final can bee bigger, more epic and massive than original. With the moment where the Astronema reveals to the whole world the identity of the Rangers and stole their powers, and the final battle with the participation of all former Rangers, more epic than Legendary Battle in Super Megaforce.
Also I hope, we see adaptation of Kyuranger in 2020.

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This is an awesome day! I felt this day would come when Hasbro signed the toy deal. But now its come true way quicker then I imagined! Hasbro is going to do great things with the franchise . They are a major league company and PR fits them perfectly.

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Toei already nixed Disney switching to animation after RPM.

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that they did but they were using it as a way to replace adapting a season which would severely derail the share Toei got but if they did it as a secondary thing and Toei still got a decent enough share they could approve it.

Now as for some of the other poster's points. Sadly the sequel to last year's movie is basically dead now since Hasbro doesn't work with Lionsgate.

Hasbro can't really do much with increasing the show's demo since they're stuck in a 3-year deal with Nick so if Nick wants something then Hasbro has to give in.

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Can't they work with Lionsgate with just PR?

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Or they could just buy the rights entirely back from Lionsgate?

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In theory yes. The trouble is that its hard to get a company to part with ip , even if they don't use it. Plus even if they did they would chwrge a premium.

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Lionsgate is actually for sale. I think it might be a good idea for Hasbro to buy them. That way they have their own studio like Marvel. It would be hard to get transformers back from Paramount. But they could use PR and their other properties. Marvel had to go without Spider-Man, X-Men, and F4 for years.

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This is just ridiculous. I really hoped that Hasbro wasn't dumb enough to waste money on this brand. Hopefully they just bought it to shut it down.

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Yes, because most well run companies buy lucrative brands for 500 million to shut them down. Hasbro owns Power Rangers and cares about it just as much as transformers going forward. Deal with it.

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I think this topic is drifting a little too far.

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Not really, since we are discussing the ramifications of the purchase. Also topic drift is allowed.

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The funny part is that she is the one causing the topic to drift with her ot comment.

As for the sale. Color me excited. I do think the tv show needs a change! Plus we know Hasbro wants pr strong to sell their upcoming toyline in 2019. Sucks to be Bandai America. Who will probably go the way of the dodo.

I hope this someone leads to no more Tommy after Super Ninja Steel.

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working with Lionsgate isn't a wise idea for them since they have a movie deal already in place with Paramount so it'd be seen as a violation of that deal.

it being for sale wouldn't really matter much they already have their own studio they just prefer to hand the production stuff over to Paramount.

I think you're confused with the Transformers movies that's just the movie deal they have with them.

no you're ridiculous and that's the most ridiculous and foolish thing that I've heard from you. Only a complete idiot would pay 500m for a property that they're shutting down which Hasbro is not an idiot nor a complete idiot and they know they'd be dumb to shut it down

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How many people are exited that Hasbro now own the Power Rangers name? :confused:

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that's usually her thing she complains about the topic drifting when 90% of the time she's the one who starts it and 2. she doesn't seem to comprehend that it's not her call to make. She has no power here so she just needs to shut it about whether a topic drifts or not

doubt it in regards to Tommy.

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no one knows what to expect from it since they don't generally have live action TV shows so I'd say they're hopeful but I wouldn't say that you'd find many people who are excited about it

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I could see them using properties not signed with Hasbro. Its not like Lionsgate doesn't have other properties and the potential for original content.

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I'm excited. We needed a fresh start big time.

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Wow! So it happened again. Does PR get sold just about ever ten years or so lol.

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Seems like thats how it tends to work lol

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I'm very disappointed. I was hoping Disney would outbid Hasbro and buy Power Rangers. I don't get why Saban didn't sell back to Disney. The show would have been in great hands with them.

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Rest assured people. Hasbro may own the show but Saban is still running things. He isn't givening up PR with no production control. Not this time. Saban will continue to be the creative driving force of the series.

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I suspect Hasbro will want to bring in their own people. Saban just has the token consultant role.

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perhaps but I don't see things happening like that since with Hasbro's properties that do get movies it's either them or Paramount.

I'm hopeful.

probably not.

indeed not just with the selling of the property but also with our topic drifter.

don't be ridiculous they had no interest in it and would've never had any interest in it. Haim Saban and I think Hasbro's CEO are close so Haim actually trusts him with the property more than he ever did Disney.

don't be ridiculous while that's true for the time being eventually those employees will likely be out.

same here granted I think the consultant role is also as a bridge to help them transition things since Hasbro doesn't know how to handle a show like Power Rangers

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It all depends on how the contract with Hasbro are worded. We do know Battleship was produced by universal.

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What a big mistake! Ditching Bandai America and selling to Hasbro? Saban should have sold to Toei. Now the show will probably move away from adapting Japanese Sentai verbatium. And the franchise will slowly die. Especially if they try and ditch Toei.

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they can't ditch Toei so stop being ridiculous. Of the Sentai snobs you tend to be the most ridiculous and on top of which it's plain stupid, idiotic and moronic to film something that's already there but hey that's you in a nut shell isn't it? You don't have a brain or common sense