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Re: *NEW* LEGO brick-ish Transformers by Hasbro -- What's the deal?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Mon, 26 May 2003 03:06:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Laswell writes:
> In lugnet.general, Andrew Saada writes:
> > NOW, this makes me think.  The toys are identifiably Transformers but they
> > would not have been made for mass production if the makers did not intend
> > for them to be joined in the manner of the system originated by the LEGO
> > Company.  So, this means that the makers at Hasbro believe and/or have
> > researched enough to ensure that there is a market for such a line of
> > Transformers.
> > That being the case, I am wondering WHY was a joint venture not looked into
> > by Hasbro and the LEGO Group?
> 
>     Because Hasbro's attempt to outright _BUY_ The LEGO Company was turned
> down.

Whoa... do you have more info on that? Hasbro tried to buy TLC? When was
that? I did some googling to try to find more info, but it was inconclusive.

Sounds like a fascinating subject for a Forbes or HBR article. Any info you
might be able to share would be gladly received at least by this reader.



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  Re: *NEW* LEGO brick-ish Transformers by Hasbro -- What's the deal?
 
(...) My boss receives a variety of industrial publications focussing on plastics and technology, and I believe he was the one who mentioned it to me, so it might have been buried in one of them. Industry news sometimes takes a while to trickle out (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

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  Re: *NEW* LEGO brick-ish Transformers by Hasbro -- What's the deal?
 
(...) Because Hasbro's attempt to outright _BUY_ The LEGO Company was turned down. Hasbro doesn't typically cooperate with other companies unless it involves a purchase price. As for TLC, I suspect that the Transformers line might be a bit more (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

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