Hasbro To Reevaluate Its Entertainment Plans

T-Hybrid

I mean if you didn't watch Cyberverse you could just say so.

I started watching it and it just wasn't for me. I want to look up some highlights but along with all the other stuff that I watch and real life responsibilities, I have to be a little more selective with what I watch.

Rocka5438

It's not AAA, but Earth Wars has been going strong for a while, and even though it's a Clash of Clans ripoff it's very enjoyable

I used to play it but got bored of it. It's a simple mobile game like the rest, I'm talking about an actual, proper console game. I'm sick to death of mobile games and their greediness.

SillyMcGilly

I really miss stuff like Transformers Animated. That show was so based. Seems like nothing to that quality will ever happen again in Transformers.

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Rojixus

I have been saying that for years, I knew that live action crap would drive the franchise over a cliff eventually. Live action Transformers inherently places too much importance on the human characters, thus making it an inferior medium for the brand by default.

What an absolutely terrible take, as if Bumblebee didn't have the most coherent and engaging narrative in the whole franchise.

Did everyone hate Bumblebee? It was only four years ago. Even if RotB isn't good, there haven't been two good Transformers movies in a row … ever. TF doesn't have Marvel or Star Wars output or quality, and the highs can't compete with something like Batman, but I don't understand the level of bedwetting here.

"We need help from the guys who made Morbius" lol

Rocka5438

maybe just make a really good glorified toy commerical again if thats all hasbro are willing to do. i know most cartoons nowadays have a limited cast, but it doesnt even have to be 3d

3D is cheaper to make look decent.

Autobot Burnout

It's not just about money, its about reputation. Thanks to the films, the idea of Transformers generally is associated with 'brainless popcorn movie' to the point this is literally the only reason the Bumblebee movie doesn't have 'Transformers' attached on the title as a prefix.

And again, right now ROTB has probably cost Hasbro millions of dollars over the past four, soon five years, and they haven't seen a single cent returned on that investment because of Paramount pissing around on a film they're apparently scared to even show off. So, no, the movies really aren't making Hasbro money right now.

Well, that's not encouraging if they are scared to show it off, lol

I am pretty concerned for the Transformers franchise in general, right now. If Hasbro did sever ties with Paramount, I really hope they join with Sony or something for some movies, maybe animated or something like Spiderverse, rather than Disney. I hate Disney. And IMO live action Transformers is a lost cause right now in general. We really need some new good animated Transformers media or something to get it going, or even a good larger video game project rather than some useless mobile thing that dies in a couple of years.

GrimLocke

I think the choice they're making, and not at all without warrant, is that they can't trust that a Trigger TF wouldn't be a second coming of Kiss Players, pun intended.

Still, let's see how Gridman x Dynazenon fares, and if it further includes even more TF easter eggs.

And, at the very least, Gridman and Dynazenon got some good productions from Good Smile Company and, oh, yeah, this little company that some of you might know called Takara Tomy, among many others.

How the hell would Trigger lead to Kiss Players?

Kiss Players was Takara trying to appeal to an unusual market with Binaltech/Alternators molds. It comprised like, four figures, a manga, and a radio program.

Trigger meanwhile is absurdly obsessed with Transformers. SSSS Gridman was literally populated by Shattered Glass figures and the Gridman upgrade people were the AOE Dinobots. They're essentially BEGGING to get a series.

Autobot Burnout

It's not just about money, its about reputation. Thanks to the films, the idea of Transformers generally is associated with 'brainless popcorn movie' to the point this is literally the only reason the Bumblebee movie doesn't have 'Transformers' attached on the title as a prefix.

This, This right here.

Autobot Burnout

which includes low toy sales in conjunction with a shitty movie

I think it's already too late for Paramount. Retalliation got pushed back at the last minute and left them with a huge line of toys in stores with no tie-in at theaters. Then Snake Eyes got boned by COVID, and now RotB got pushed back at the last minute.

Hasbro relies on the movies to help sell the toys. But that relationship breaks if the toys are on shelves with no film. There's a whole line of RotB toys that were already in plan and on their way to stores when this went down. They're not gonna be happy. The difference, though, between this and all the Marvel stuff getting out of alignment with the media is Hasbro can control their licenses while they're at the mercy of Disney for stuff like Marvel/Star Wars.

Autobot Burnout

It's not just about money, its about reputation. Thanks to the films, the idea of Transformers generally is associated with 'brainless popcorn movie' to the point this is literally the only reason the Bumblebee movie doesn't have 'Transformers' attached on the title as a prefix.

And again, right now ROTB has probably cost Hasbro millions of dollars over the past four, soon five years, and they haven't seen a single cent returned on that investment because of Paramount pissing around on a film they're apparently scared to even show off. So, no, the movies really aren't making Hasbro money right now.

I think this is fundamentally off-base and is a misunderstanding of how these things work, but we may just have to agree to disagree.