Does anyone know what's going on? I'm seeing people say the current CEO of Hasbro threw out the entire archive of toys but I can't find the sourcee.g.https://x.com/RuHamsDollRace/status/1990932817044512944Finding out that the current CEO of Hasbro threw out the ENTIRE archive of toys (given to them by ex-employees for preservation) is so rage inducingsome of them being 1 of 1 or rare older toys. Ponies, Transformers… gone… history gone… all bc corporate greed
>>11629317>Believing random Twitter posts with zero verification or corroboration Why are you all so fucking stupid? Do you go out of your way to try and find things that will upset you, regardless if they're even true or not?
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>>11629317That happened around 1993/1994 when Hasbro bought out Kenner. It requires physical storage for all the toy molds, production samples, and everything. When the two companies merges, they "cleaned house," so to speak. So they threw away stuff they thought would never be useful again. They also let a whole lot of toy brand and character copyrights simply expire from non-use.For the main brands like Star Wars, GI Joe, and Transformers, they kept the stuff they felt would be useful later on, but trashed the rest. They also let a lot of character copyrights expire. In the 90s shortly after the merger they re-used classic Kenner molds they still had for the POTF2 vehicles. In the early 00s when Gen-X was really digging in with nostalgia-hunger, Hasbro went to do reissues only to discover that they threw away a fuckload of stuff. Key stuff that got thrown away:1. MOST Star Wars figures and vehicles. 2. Transformers dinobots, Jetfire, Shockwave, Mirage, and probably every Transformer after 1987 except for Power Master Optimus Prime. 3. GI Joe 1985 Snake Eyes, 1983/1984 Cobra Commander, 1986 BAT, 1984 Zartan, all the big stuff (Flagg, Terrordrome, Defiant)Hasbro has since re-made a few molds like 1983 Cobra Commander and 1984 Zartan, but still no 1985 Snake Eyes or 1986 BAT. And still no dinobots, Mirage, Jetfire, and Shockwave reissues.
>>11629329>They also let a whole lot of toy brand and character copyrights simply expire from non-use.To expand on this, if you want to produce your own line of Centurions, Inhumanoids, Supernaturals, or whatever, then go for it. They're dead brands with expired copyrights, and are up for grabs.Hasbro did maintain the overall Transformers and GI Joe name copyrights, but not for most individual characters. They only maintained a few key ones. And when Hasbro got back into making Transformers and GI Joe with expired character name copyrights, they re-copyrighted everything with tricks like "Autobot Jazz" instead of just "Jazz" and "Cobra Agent Scrap Iron" instead of just "Scrap Iron."
>>11629325>op trying to find a source from people that might know moregee, what do you think is going on?
>>11629364One look at that profile and that tweet is enough to know it's unsubstantiated bullshit and the account is probably run by a bot or worse, an Indian.
>>11629317>twitter bio indicates a clearly mentally ill person>somehow thinks throwing things away equates to corporate greedNothingburger status? Even if true, I imagine this probably happens every once in a while just to clear space
>>11629369It really did happen with Hasbro tossing a fuckoad of stuff in the trash. It's just not new, and something that happened over three decades ago. >>11629371>just to clear spaceThat's exactly why they did it.
>>11629329>>11629330thanks!
>>11629374That's clearly not what he's referring to when he's talking about the current CEO doing it. Are you people just bad at reading comprehension or something?
>>11629382It's easy to read. Someone found out about shit that happened decades ago, flipped out, and assumed that it was recent.Well they may have done it recently too. I can't imagine them sitting on massive warehouses full of molds for POTF 2, Animorphs, and other guaranteed-dead toys.
>>11629317>Finding out that the current CEO of Hasbro threw out the ENTIRE archive of toys (given to them by ex-employees for preservation) is so rage inducing>some of them being 1 of 1 or rare older toys. Ponies, Transformers… gone… history gone…>all bc corporate greedare quotes from the tweet btw. OP isn't really reacting to the news apart from asking for more info about it
>>11629391So basically you don't know either and are just speculating. Shut the fuck up faggot. Goddamn
Well, they are moving their offices so it makes sense and is probably true
>>11629399I wish jannies would range-ban you. You never contribute anything positive to any conversation. All you do is enter a topic, flame anyone/everyone you can for your percieved superiority, then leave. Just please fuck off. People are like you are why the traffic's lower than it used to be in /toy/.
Americans sure are retarded
I found someone on Instagram talking about it. People are saying Chris Cocks is doing it in 2025, but there's still no public source. The person in the video said they spoke to Kirk Hindman.https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRKYeDlDW6W/
>>11629407Who do you even think I am?
>>11629413It makes sense for them to do it. There's no money to be made off of POTF2 figures when the ones from 30 years ago are barely worth at or slgihtly above their original retail price. There's no money in any of the failed toy lines that came and went just to get forgotten about. But it does cost money and physical space to store and maintain molds that'll never be used again.
>>11629317>>11629413>literally just "believe me bro"anyone who actually believes this is a god damn moron
>>11629329So...Batman variants, the Ewok village, loads of early 80s Star Wars figures, Jurassic Park figures, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves figures and their Ewok village, Congo figures, and the other 80% of transformers that were not notable main characters at all or ever even appeared in an episode before that no one really cares about. No one really cares to have Sandstorm ever again.It's not a huge surprise. Without GI:Joe becoming very popular again I could never see them making another Terror Dome or Rolling Thunder again. Those are too big and expensive to produce and there is not nearly enough interest in a collector market to make that a viable option to manufacture again. Also chinese companies churn out all the Dinobots so those seem to be fine.
>>11629461Even though they did and probably still do toss out old molds for everything, that doesn't mean that they can't make new ones using the exact same techniques that AliExpress sellers, Stan Solo, and Black Major use to produce KOs. And they have. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the retro-collection Star Wars vintage reissues are all-new molds. For GI Joe Hasbro did produce all-new molds for the retro collection Zartan and Cobra Commander. As far as ythe terrordrime goes, Hasbro did at least save the Firebat, which they reissued with the 25th anniversary line. I just wish they'd reissue it again because that one's gotten too pricey as well.
>>11629458Careful, you might get yelled at by guys like >>11629407 for being too negative.
>>11629482People who sling shit and insults but never actually refute with any substance to have any real discussions are just trolls looking for internet-arguments.
>>11629495What substance? I pointed out that this is clearly unsubstantiated bullshit and that you're grasping at straws to seem like it isn't. Cut it out and stop playing the victim you big fuckin baby.
>>11629508>this is clearly unsubstantiated bullshitYour bullshit is equally unsubstantiated. Show us the Hasbro warehouse inventory sheets showing they're keeping all the molds for toys they'll never produce again. So what's more probable?-Hasbro is once again tossing out molds to dead toys they'll never re-use to free up space LIKE THEY'VE DONE BEFORE-Hasbro is holding on to all of it
>>11629511Do you not understand how the burden of proof works? The person making the claim needs to provide proof, not the person refuting it. Why are you even being like this? I'm not even outright refuting it, just pointing out that the claim has been made with zero evidence to back it up on an account clearly run by a mentally ill person/bot/pajeet.
You know if it's modern toys I kinda get it, they can literally just save the CAD files if they decide to recreate them for a Haslab or something since digital storage is cheap
>>11629482they're free to try.>>11629511nta but they're right, it is on the person making the claim to prove it, hench why that tweet and instagrams whole "TRUST ME BRO HASBRO IS DOING THINGS" is pure bullshit because they're not proving anything just making up rumors morons can pretend is real
>>11629479In context of 1994 that is not at all a surprising thing. There was no major large scale collector's market and especially not one that the toy companies ever catered to. Toys were made, runs ended and they were never going to see the light of day again so the molds were essentially useless to them. Barely anyone ever rereleased an old figure of any kind, almost everyone was a one and done deal. This was also coming off Generation 2 not doing so great and falling off so Hasbro likely assumed the line was pretty much dead.
>>11629529one of the people complaining is an early generations my little pony fan who claims she spoke to Kirk Hindman, who worked on early MLPshe also mentioned gi joe and mr potato headfrom the comments of that instagram:>Do you have a link where I can read more about this, there's other platforms I'd like to share this too>that isn't a public story. I heard it from Kirk hindman himself when we met>srry i speak spanish, what happen here? :c>there's a company archive for hasbro with a lot of work from employees. The current CEO decided to throw out the archives. Literally. They're in the trash. We're talking about toy samples, original sculpts, physical concept art, animation cells, etc. all in the trashIf the rumour is at all legit, maybe some more news will eventually break publicly if there's more salty former Hasbro employees
>>11629508>this is clearly unsubstantiated bullshitwell obviously, it's a rumour thread trying to find if anyone knows more information about the origins of the rumour so it might become more substantiated if anything is true
>>11629545>Trust me bro, my dad works at Nintendo!
>>11629555eh, nobody has to believe it. but we can keep tabs on the rumor just in case more verifiable sources pop up in the futureit's not really the type of rumor that gives you much clout anyway. there's no leaks or things to keep baiting people with
>>11629545this is still just "trust me I totally spoke with someone" while providing nothing, also this doesn't make sense because this is the same hasbro under the same CEO that auctioned off PR stuff, you seriously think they wouldn't take this opportunity to make cash off fans of an actual alive franchise by selling it to them?>>11629559ok sure keep tabs on it but the way the tiktoker and twitter user framed it is just for outrage which is still dumb and people are dumb for taking it at face value
>>11629512I see. So you sling out insults because it's someone else's job to back up what they found, and not yours to back up your shit? Got it.
>>11629564>Anon doesn't know how the burden of proof worksLmao, I accept your concession. Stop being such a baby and playing the victim.
as OP, idk why people are getting so heated over a rumour thread asking for more possible infocan't you just all chill? just because the people that mentioned the rumours are outraged doesn't mean we have to be too
>>11629329Well Jetfire is fine, they couldn't sell that one again anyway
>>11629317Chris Cocks is the ultimate jew
>>11629329>and probably every Transformer after 1987 except for Power Master Optimus PrimeThe 2000s reissue of PMOP was made on the Takara's version fo the mold, as they did already their own reissue of the mold as Super Ginrai, Fire Guts & Super Convoy years back (hence why it has the retractable blue fists & comes with Godbomber with the localised/western name of Apex bomber)
>>11629329>1984 ZartanFunny thing about that one is they scrambled through their warehouses hoping they didn't throw that one away because with the massive pile of decades of toy molds that got tossed, they couldn't remember. They fould the mold for his head, AND THAT'S IT. They also tried to find what they realized were the "big three" figures from the regular-production 1980s line (BAT, CC, and '85 SE) because of the value of them in the collector's market, and didn't find shit because their inventory-keeping while they were tossing stuff was apparently pretty terrible.
>>11629330>InhumanoidsI think its something more autistic like they own the concept still but not the actual designs
I hope the 2008 animated Clone Wars molds no longer exist for potential reissue because I'm sitting on a treasure trove of them.
>>11629642I'm glad they threw that shit away, because it meant we got a BRAND NEW figure instead of a moldy old toy.So any news on trash diving or did everyone already walk away with the archive before it hit the bin?
Im the TikToker who posted the original post. If you go to my Instagram (alicesponycorner) there's literally pictures of me and Kirk from the 16th, (when I heard it) how am I supposed to show proof when I'm not the employee from Hasbro. Kirk is. I'm literally just the messenger lol. Kirk is a really busy man and it took me literally 6 years to finally meet him. I would love to give more information but I only have bits and pieces. Like Kirks archives that he gave to Hasbro are now thrown out, and some of that was stuff like My Little Pony animation cells for G1. And he also said that there was a lot of GI Joe stuff too
>>11629961omg if you're legit, hiii!!! didn't expect you to pop up here. must've been amazing to finally meet kirk after all that time! (but also heartbreaking to hear that news from him)thanks for trying to clarify things and sending out the message
>>11629961For other anons, Kirk pic she mentioned is herehttps://www.instagram.com/p/DRKVFItjQEa/?img_index=1>SHE MET KIRK>RUMOURS ARE MOST LIKELY EXTREMELY REALnow can we collectively join in on the outrage and lose our shit too?THE ARCHIVESTHEY'RE GONE
>>11629982I'm legit and yes meeting him was awesome but I didn't expect him to give me such crazy info. I also didn't expect for the news to go to places like 4chan! Because it's spreading wide, I'm trying to get clarification and more info from Kirk but it all depends if he responds to his emails. Honestly I was expecting my original video to reach my normal audience. So that's why the video was kind of like vague. And I didn't mention kirks name in it. One thing I didn't mention cuz I thought it wasn't necessary in my first comment, was that Kirk and my father are friends they became friends because they both collect antiques. And that's why I was able to meet Kirk via my dad. My dad has his email address and I'm going to see if I can contact kirk. Because I don't know when's the next time I can see him face face.
>>11629991>they both collect antiques>Hasbro throws out their archives which would be future antiques and toy historyouch that's definitely gotta hurtgood luck to both you and kirk!
WE NEED TO SAVE TEH PONIES AND GI JOESWE NEED TO SEND IN THE RACCOONS!
>>11629961Do not do what >>11630013 said. That will just paint a target on your back.Put "Subby tongues my anus" in your profile. Nobody but us will know what it means.
>>11630013if she finds out more, she'll post on her more normal social medias instead of this hellhole dumpsterfire of a website
>>11630026so what? u r just namecalling and being mean and nasty for no reason
>>11629987It's no replacement, but at the very least I hope Hasbro scanned all the models and other things they threw out
>>11630026I'm not defending her, but nobody deserves to become the target of Redditors, hole or not. I just want her to confirm it's not a larp, and making fun of the board's biggest lolcow to prove she's legit would work for me.
>>11630032>from twitterI'm from tumblr and reddit and youtube actually. And also here. I go on multiple sites.
>>11630033>larpWho cares if it's a larp or not, we got the info origin OP asked for, and if we look at her instagram and its comments, we can see that info there too
>>11630041>>11629987If you scroll a few photos, you can see Kirk
>>11630046congratulations, you found the photo of kirk and the owner of that instagram?
Can we get back to discussing the implications of the Hasbro archives being thrown out?
Her having a pic with Kirk doesn't actually prove anything except that she met Kirk, Kirk also doesn't actually work at Hasbro and hasn't since 2013, now he could easily have friends and contacts within Hasbro still but he doesn't have direct access to what the CEO does, and you'd think someone would at least get a picture or something.So this whole thing is still in firm rumorsville
>>11630053>someone would at least get a picture or somethingare people even allowed to take pictures inside of hasbro and its dumpsters?
>>11630056>anon somehow thinks the twitter account in the OP who was probably reacting to a video they saw on tiktok and the instagram account mentioned later in the thread are the same people
>>11630061>mommy i anonymously typed SWEAR WORDS on the INTERNET in a thread about toys i'm such a TOUGH GUY!
>>11630051What implication?
>>11630066idk, it'd be nice to see the original GI joes>>11629328
>>11630057Maybe not inside but the dumpsters should be no issue, there's also the fact Hasbro would never skip the opportunity to dump some toys onto some collectors if given the chance
>>11630066Many a jar.
>>11630037So this is confirmation that it is in fact a larp right?
>>11630109we don't know shit about the person who posted in 4chan claiming to be that person, but we do know that someone has met Kirk in person
>>11630113Got it, it's a larp. Understood. Glad I was right from the very first post in this thread.
Keep watch on this onehttps://x.com/rxdxmxncy_angxl/status/1991202813808886066>My former employer changed jobs to work for Hasbro this entire change has been terrible. The locals hate it and the employees hate it >I learned today that one of my coworkers relatives is a designer at Hasbro who’s been there for many years. Hopefully she can connect us cause I have a lot of questions. No promises tho :/
This is my last post in this thread because I don't like being on 4chan. I'm not putting anything in my bio because that's weird. So here's a screenshot of my Instagram showing I'm actually alice. I have nothing to do with the Twitter post and or anything on Reddit I've only posted my video on tiktok and InstagramEven though Kirk hasn't worked since 2013 he has connections from everywhere. And because he's an Hasbro alumni he actually is allowed to request things from the archives, but it doesn't exist anymore. I will be trying to email him.For the people making fun of me I'm actually a CIS woman. So sorry I don't fit your beauty standards lol.
>>11630124yeah sorry about this place being a hellholepeople here are really rude for no reason
>>11630124>Even though Kirk hasn't worked since 2013 he has connections from everywhere. And because he's an Hasbro alumni he actually is allowed to request things from the archives, but it doesn't exist anymore. I will be trying to email him.Even though this thread about toys is somehow filled with really immature and cruel people, thanks for dropping by and explaining things. Have fun on the more normal side of the internet
>>11630152why are you on the fucking toy board then, piss off
>>11630158>huurr durr i have nothing better to do than to harass people
>>11629317Fucking hell, I thought because the /toy/ board was relatively slow and the transformers threads and the fashion doll threads seemed relatively tame, making this thread would turn out ok and people would want to actually discuss the archives or old toys instead of insulting some internet rando's appearance like a bunch of toddlers given too much time on their ipads
https://old.reddit.com/r/TheJemFanGroup/comments/1p15ed6/does_anyone_know_if_this_is_true/npo3ov4/Unverified, but this person says>The archive was like a big assembly room type thing, like in an old school.>I don’t think it’s a part of the actual school, but the old factory building across the parking lot. At one time the Jem dolls were being designed in one building, and the Jem fashions were being designed in the building on the other side of the parking lot, so basically a block away.>So the archive was just a big room with big windows and no one ever thought to cover up those windows. So the stuff in the archive would not fade, melt, etc. It was not really temperature controlled well, no humidity controlled. So everything was left to rot.
>>11630124>Just trust me bro>My dad is John Hasbro Go away or at least bring back some actual tangible evidence. Also, your twitter reads like the schizophrenic thoughts of a mentally ill person. You might want to get that looked into.
>>11630196>twitterwhy do people in this thread keep thinking the random twitter account in the OP and the instagram account are the same person when they're not? are you fuckers trolling are you completely unable to read?
>>11630124>Hasbro alumni he actually is allowed to request things from the archives, but it doesn't exist anymore.If this was the case why wouldnt hasbro just contact them and give them what they want?Also why are you speaking on his behalf when not in actual contact with him? So much of this comes off like he told you a thing and you decide to run with it to the extreme
>>11630207she isn't coming back to answer anything more after some idiots shat up the thread. maybe we'll get some more answers later since this is a developing situation. i found this screenshot of a comment, maybe kirk has a bit of a rant
>>11630165/toy/ is full of trolls. Just report and move on.
>>11630209Ok fair but this just means she should post this on twitter, insta and so on, and I still highly question her talking for him, the whole thing comes off as someone young trying to do something righteous for the sake of it
>>11630213she did post it to her instagram and tiktok. I don't know how she found her way to this thread though.When somebody is new to 4chan, and there's people aggressively asking for proof and more information, it's easy to get sucked in and try to justify your arguments by adding in details you know like>Hasbro alumni he actually is allowed to request things from the archives, but it doesn't exist anymore.
>>11630200Ok but xur Instagram isn't really any better.
>>11630210>/toy/ is full of trollssad way to find out after usually going to the more relaxed threads
>you're s troll if you don't believe a "trust me bro" tier rumorYou people are way too fucking coddled. Holy shit. Grow a pair.
>>11630225I'm sure you are fully capable of reading the thread and telling the difference between somebody not believing the thread and troll-tier insults.
>>11630228You get what you fucking deserve.
>>11630234>hasbro>jem>transformers>gi joe>mlphmmm i wonder why
>>11630225Re-read OP's post. He's asking questions about it, not claiming any of it is verified fact. Here's his post:>>11629317>Does anyone know what's going on? I'm seeing people say the current CEO of Hasbro threw out the entire archive of toys but I can't find the sourceYou in your psychotic need to internet-fight just latch on to the small part that you can use to start an argument.
>>11630247And my response is it's clearly unverified,mand coming from the schizophrenic account, that it's difficult to believe. Then you got all defensive for some reason. Get a grip you baby bitch.
>>11630258>>11630253did you come here to discuss or to attack?
>>11630268I only started "attacking" you when you got ultra defensive and hostile. Sorry that it bugs you, but you were the one who was hostile first. Not even sure why you're acting like this.
RAPE CHRIS COCKS
>>11630220thank you jannies for cleaning out that earlier shitfest
>>11630122So is that like the toy collector version of people hanging around and discovering someone was a story artist on some cartoon, and begin sending them messages and bothering them repeatedly for deep lore and insider info?
>>11630393It was just the resident bot that shits the board up. He's been doing it for years. Just ignore it.
>>11630393What happened up there?
>>11630401someone spamming slurs and insults
>>11630394haha, seems so. i wouldn't be brave enough to do that myself for fear of bothering the person, but i'm glad someone else is trying XD if that hasbro employee spills the details, we won't be able to verify if what they're saying is true since we're just hearing it through somebody else's twitter, but it'd be interesting to note
>>11630417It takes a very special kind of autist to discover some background painter on Twitter. Follow links to a portfolio page, discover their contact information and call them on their phone, and then start asking about things that happened in episode 19 and why did they decide to break from established lore like that. And that is not an uncommon thing.
Genuinely hope Hasbro go out of business. They do fucking stupid shit like this (supposedly) screw customers over each year and jack up prices, make record profits, use cheaper and cheaper factories, give less quality product for your money, release figures in cheaper boxes, use less paint apps now than what they were using in 2015, complain about loss in profits BUT then piss away millions on retarded shit like that transformers cartoon were prowl came out as non binary to the fat black sheboon creature - then wonder why it makes a loss and why no one wants anything to do with it.We then get ko companies doing better jobs than them and releasing improved kos at a fraction of the cost of the original.
>>11630474>to discover some background painter on Twitter. Follow links to a portfolio pageI've gone up to that part, but I've never dared to do the rest>And that is not an uncommon thing.wow, really? must feel weird to be on the receiving end of that
>>11630480>Genuinely hope Hasbro go out of business.don't worry, they're well on their waywill be shocked if they exist after 2030
Another person saying that Kirk spoke about this last month at a pony con:https://old.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/1p1q1nj/all_of_hasbros_toy_archive_was_dumped_into_a/npv65pl/
The rumour and discussion has spread the to the transformers fans too:https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/hasbro-dumping-entire-toy-archives-including-transformers.1284413/
>>11630492I hope so. Looking at the latest bunch of transformers guys they've hired it could just be used as an advertising campaign to show what a 2/10 is
>>11630497>>11630501>links back to the original twitter post>still no concrete proof. Jesus
>>11630506>original twitter postthe twitter post isn't the original source of the rumour, scroll up through the thread and you'll find it
>>11630509I am aware. My point remains though, the sources the above links are discussing is the same one as here.
>>11630519hearing that Kirk spoke about it last month>>11630497from ponycon attendees is new though.
>>11630497Did no one seriously record it? guess we'll just have to wait for him to actually confirm it himself
It used to be if someone couldn't post a real source they wouldnt just keep arguing "yeah just believe me bro"
>>11630523>hearing that Kirk spoke about it last monthmore heresay
>>11630480I hope they get broken up. Toys being consolidated into a small few mega companies has been a fucking disaster and ruins all chances of getting a wide variety of anything released. They just like to rerelease and make slight updates of the same few franchises recycled from the 80s seemingly forever.
unless someone is in the area and can go dumpster diving, we're likely not going to get any concrete proof. I doubt there's a current Hasbro employee willing to risk their job by saying the archives are disappearing
>>11629317Ehh, it's not all that hard to make new molds from existing products and it makes a perfect 1:1 recreation anyway. So It's not like some things are lost forever and ever. I kind of doubt the company does not still have the actual figures on hand in some capacity that they can remold whenever they want to.
>>11630537Neither OP nor anyone else ever said that though. That's something made up by people looking to argue.
>>11630551YOU said it at least 4 times now. Quit backpeddling after being called out on it.
>>11630531https://old.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/1p1q1nj/all_of_hasbros_toy_archive_was_dumped_into_a/npv6kjy/says it was from a small texas pony con from last month. maybe someone can go see if there's any videos for iti think it might be this onehttps://ponyfriendsforevercon.com/2024event.htmlPony Friends Forever 2025 Convention InformationPony Friends Forever is a convention held for My Little Pony collectors and fans of all generations! Our mission is to bring people together of similar interests to celebrate their love of colorful and magical ponies. Our upcoming event will be held in San Antonio, Texas on October 17th-19th 2025. Pony Friends Forever will be hosting bountiful pony sales, exciting contests, knowledgeable guest speakers, fun activities, and workshops. Please look through this site for more information or contact us if you have questions. We hope to see you all in October!
Chris Cocks doesn't care. He just wants to move to video games and cards. He's been jacking prices and rewarding himself while undercutting his people.Note they're also in the process of moving to Boston so I don't see them saving much. I would HOPE they did but probably not. For a long time they were just buying old stuff they needed for projects off ebay.
>>11629317Hasbro is not a toy company anymore. Corporations have no need to preserve their "history" as their history is a graph line and it must continue to go up.
Do we know if there's any chance there's stuff that might still be in the dumpster? I can go to Pawtucket this weekend if I get a lead...JM5VP
>>11630688https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=18637f1ce6371d1f&sxsrf=AE3TifNh-kDwUgayVTO1YxPLV9W4SfG_ng:1763667451597&kgmid=/g/11dzdv4l8l&q=Rhode+Island+Resource+Recovery+/+Central+Landfill&shndl=30&shem=dais,dimg2,lcuae,uaasie,shrtsdl&source=sh/x/loc/uni/m1/1&kgs=fac9b34f2ba29310&utm_source=dais,dimg2,lcuae,uaasie,shrtsdl,sh/x/loc/uni/m1/1#ebo=0Go to landfill friend but just remember we support your heroism of history
>>11630207>If this was the case why wouldnt hasbro just contact them and give them what they want?If they didn't care to preserve this stuff why would they go out their way to contact ex employees to see if they wanted it?The way switchovers happen, it's probably not he same people at Hasbro today that were there when he left.
>>11630124Are you single?
>>11631006u are so cringe
>>11630569i went to a mlp forum thread and the users there are also saying they heard it at the pony friends forever convention
>>11631349My dad is John Hasbro and he said you're full of shit.
>>11629329It also happened at Hasbro Corporate back in the 2010s when they cleared out even more of the archive. The Modern Era Skystriker (not the later HasLab) was made from using multiple private collector copies of the Skystriker carefully taken apart of new molds made.