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<blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4962233" data-attributes="member: 51325">As a former Hasbro stockholder, I think it should be known that Hasbro does NOT look at specific lines for its companies.I'm not sure where this idea came from originally, but Hasbro has ALWAYS been known as more of a hands-off company with regard its subsidaries.Most of Hasbro subsidaries have more or less a stable constant revenue stream during the year.For example, Hasbro owns Parker Brothers (producers of Sorry! and Monopoly among others) and the have never expected PB to increase sales aggressively year in and year out as people seem to think they expect WOTC.Hasbro tends to realize that games come in waves and one year you might have a dip and another it might go up but they don't panic (well, that mattel toy recall with the tainted plastic made a couple of white pants brown admittedly)Remember, it was only a few years ago that both Transformers and GI Joe were pretty much all but forgotten.The only time Hasbro will look at a subsidary is if it is in the red. It doesn't care HOW a subsidary is run, but as long as its profitable.WOTC's own president is the one who determines ultimately whether or not DnD survives and that is based on whether or not the line can support itself.Hasbro (and the WOTC president itself) will most assuredly NOT allow for one side of the company to prop up another side like was done during the TSR years of even with regard to West end games (the WEG book side being used to support the shoe side of the company? seriously, what the hell were they thinking)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AllisterH, post: 4962233, member: 51325"] As a former Hasbro stockholder, I think it should be known that Hasbro does NOT look at specific lines for its companies. I'm not sure where this idea came from originally, but Hasbro has ALWAYS been known as more of a hands-off company with regard its subsidaries. Most of Hasbro subsidaries have more or less a stable constant revenue stream during the year. For example, Hasbro owns Parker Brothers (producers of Sorry! and Monopoly among others) and the have never expected PB to increase sales aggressively year in and year out as people seem to think they expect WOTC. Hasbro tends to realize that games come in waves and one year you might have a dip and another it might go up but they don't panic (well, that mattel toy recall with the tainted plastic made a couple of white pants brown admittedly) Remember, it was only a few years ago that both Transformers and GI Joe were pretty much all but forgotten. The only time Hasbro will look at a subsidary is if it is in the red. It doesn't care HOW a subsidary is run, but as long as its profitable. WOTC's own president is the one who determines ultimately whether or not DnD survives and that is based on whether or not the line can support itself. Hasbro (and the WOTC president itself) will most assuredly NOT allow for one side of the company to prop up another side like was done during the TSR years of even with regard to West end games (the WEG book side being used to support the shoe side of the company? seriously, what the hell were they thinking) [/QUOTE]

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