MAT bidding for Hasbro??

[Meloncov]

Lego is the numer 3 toy company. I doubt there is any real chance of them buying Wizards, thoug it would be quite interesting if they did.

 

[Staffan]

WotC was run by suits when they bought TSR (gamer suits admittedly).

That's what was so good about an independent WoTC: they had a real interest in D&D, in addition to being gamers. Heart and mind.

 

[vulcan_idic]

Lego is the numer 3 toy company. I doubt there is any real chance of them buying Wizards, thoug it would be quite interesting if they did.

I think that would result in some much better medieval themed sets than some of the ones I've seen around lately!

 

[Ranger REG]

Just recently, Infogrames - renamed Atari - sold back the rights to Magic and, apparently, Transformers to Hasbro, for ~$65. [http://www.hasbro.com/media/pl/page.release/dn/default.cfm?release=372] Think of all the successful Magic and Transformers electronic games made in the past 5 years. Now think of all the successful D&D electronic games made in the past 5 years. Now multiply that number times $65 million, and you'll get a feeling for how much Hasbro will have to pay to get their electronic D&D rights back. Infogrames / Atari wisely refused to sell for less that that.

So what's with the 10-year time limit?

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=HAS&script=411&layout=-6&item_id=718688

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Glassjaw beat me to it, but think about MCI/Worldcom, the boatload of television/cable mergers, the recent announcement that AMC is buying whatever the other big cinema company is, the incredible size of merged companies in the banking industry......Toy companies are the least of the SEC's worries.

These all work as long as there are companies of similar scale to compete with them. AMC and Lowes Theater combined will now be close to the same size as Regal Entertainment. Competition still exists. MCI/Worldcom also had competition of the same size. You rarely ever see #1 and #2 in a market combine. More often you'll see # 2 and # 5 combine and maybe as a result jump to become #1, but not so far ahead of the former #1 that they dwarf them as Mattel and Hasbro could do in the toy market.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

So what's with the 10-year time limit?

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=HAS&script=411&layout=-6&item_id=718688

That looks like the remaining time from the original contract.

 

[Storyteller01]

Now, Barbie's Malibu Dungeon! Including Ranger Ken, Sorceress Skipper, and Stacy the Faerie Queen!

(Pink Dragon Mount sold separately.)

NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[francisca]

I think that would result in some much better medieval themed sets than some of the ones I've seen around lately!

Yeah, but they'd replace D&D minis with Lego dudes (which may be a bane or boon, depending on your tastes).

 

[Storyteller01]

Interesting. I never knew about the soap opera that is running a gaming company.

I think it applies to all comapnies. We had a box making company on this end go down due to mismanagement...

 

[diaglo]

Yeah, but they'd replace D&D minis with Lego dudes (which may be a bane or boon, depending on your tastes).

been there, done that. have the lego castle to prove it.