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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8898456" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I don't believe Hasbro generally sells their stuff. They are more likely to shelve something for later (or forever) rather than sell, at least from what I understand.</p><p></p><p>IF something were to sell I think the rule is to take the profits and then extend it to 5 years out, so if something took in 50 million last year, than a reasonable offer would be 250 million. Considering that it's HASBRO you are going to have to go above and beyond that mark. I would say nothing under 500 million to a billion at this point in time...if they were to even CONSIDER it.</p><p></p><p>It could go up as high as 5 - 8 Billion currently...IF they even consider it (which I highly doubt). You're going to have to offer something crazy for them to think about even doing that...and even then...</p><p></p><p>And that's a wild stab in the dark.</p><p></p><p>As I said, I think they are more likely to shelve it or dwindle it (for example, there are franchises that were basically very small items being released very slowly in certain toylines when they were almost extinct until they were resurrected again later) rather than sell it.</p><p></p><p>(Edit PS: They HAVE been known to license things out occasionally, things that have no hope of ever selling or that they see would be a waste for them to market. That would probably be far more likely than selling, but I feel D&D would have to flop and flop hard before that would even be a consideration).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8898456, member: 4348"] I don't believe Hasbro generally sells their stuff. They are more likely to shelve something for later (or forever) rather than sell, at least from what I understand. IF something were to sell I think the rule is to take the profits and then extend it to 5 years out, so if something took in 50 million last year, than a reasonable offer would be 250 million. Considering that it's HASBRO you are going to have to go above and beyond that mark. I would say nothing under 500 million to a billion at this point in time...if they were to even CONSIDER it. It could go up as high as 5 - 8 Billion currently...IF they even consider it (which I highly doubt). You're going to have to offer something crazy for them to think about even doing that...and even then... And that's a wild stab in the dark. As I said, I think they are more likely to shelve it or dwindle it (for example, there are franchises that were basically very small items being released very slowly in certain toylines when they were almost extinct until they were resurrected again later) rather than sell it. (Edit PS: They HAVE been known to license things out occasionally, things that have no hope of ever selling or that they see would be a waste for them to market. That would probably be far more likely than selling, but I feel D&D would have to flop and flop hard before that would even be a consideration). [/QUOTE]
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