Alzrius
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Damn, beat me to it!View attachment 152012
Devil's Advocate. Gimmie my prize.
Love that movie, though. It's an unsung classic!
Damn, beat me to it!View attachment 152012
Devil's Advocate. Gimmie my prize.
Yeah, I don't think this push to spin off would be happening if D&D weren't on a heavy upswing. As you say, it does indeed speak to just how much times have changed.What a strange world we're living in! I remember some industry insider saying that one costume of a Barbie made more money than the entirety of the D&D hobby, and that was like a decade ago.
Mattel isn't owned by Hasbro.Okay so there is a limit to my knowledge, but, look at it this way. Hasbro has bought every major US gaming and toy company over the last 40 years. Hasbro currently owns the licenses for Hasbro, Milton Bradley, Avalon Hill, Ideal, Kenner, Marx, Mattel, Wizards of the Coast amd several others that are escaping me at the moment.
Barbie has always carried the Mattel logo except for a very small amount of time. The money still goes to Hasbro but Mattel is ran as its own brand. This is no different. They wouldn't be orphaning the company or even changing its operations, just sub-dividing the board, issuing separate stocks and allowing the WotC sub-board greater latitude in granting licenses. For the most part it would be business as usual for gamers.
An activist shareholder is someone who tries to use the voting power of their equity stake in a corporation to pressure management to take some course of action, usually through the threat of potentially replacing the board of directors, and thereby management, through shareholder voting.What does the word activist in the title mean?
And what proxy fight?