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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6512588" data-attributes="member: 2525">No, again, that is meaningless for a 10-Q.  It doesn't get reported.  Indeed, it could result in a shareholder lawsuit if they do things like that, if it's not a material gain for Hasbro in general.  They did not report it was an increase over the prior quarter for D&D.  They reported it was an increase for Hasbro's overall revenue, in a material way.  So no, they're saying it did well - well enough to finally blip onto the total Hasbro revenue, which is totally independent of how it did previously.  No, it was never a line-item one way or the other.  WOTC is the line-item for that.  It's only being mentioned because it warrants mention for Hasbro overall revenue increases, not relative to prior rates.  The report would be thousands of pages long if it were detailing every product rise and fall.I don't know what's not making sense here - it has to be a material increase for HASBRO'S OVERALL REVENUE to get a report item.  If they reported every major increase even if it resulted in immaterial sums, they would be accused of being misleading in their reports.  This is not a PR document - it's covered by FTC rules.  It's not the type of increase you're talking about - we know this, for sure, 100%, unless you have evidence of fraudulent reporting.  Which you don't.  So no, that's not what this is.No, that is not what it proves.  I understand you may not be familiar with quarterly reporting for public companies...but now you are.  We know it means the launch did well.  We know that - it's not in doubt, you have it in black and white in an official document, reported to the Government and to all shareholders, that is bound by FTC law and under threat of shareholder lawsuit for misleading statements.  That's the best you're ever going to get for any type of industry - it's as certain as you can get.It does not mean anything necessarily for long term success, but we can finally put to bed any claim that the launch didn't do well financially.  We know, for sure, it did.</blockquote>

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