For both movies and upcoming HBO series, toys coming in 2027.Hasbro are truly collecting lots of licenses like Street Fighter, Voltron and now this. What's their endgame?
>>11706334Acquiring live action shit that won’t sell apparently. New potter mech based off of the new series will sit.
>>11706334>What's their endgame?Money lmao. What kind of question is thatM
>>11706334#BoycottHasbro
>>11706334it's almost like movie shelfwarmers work in their favor after all
>>11706334>upcoming HBO seriesBlack Hermione and Snape are gonna be stuck in stores until the apocalypse.
Harry Potter stuff based on the movies sells really well actually, so it’s no surprise really.
>>11706334Oh wow! They've secured so many amazing IP!They have Tron, a franchise that's so popular, it even has the amazing Jared Leto attached to it!The new live-action Street Fighter, which will no doubt make as much as the original Street Fighter movie in the box office (not adjusted for inflation).Voltron, this one will be big on Prime Video, folks! If it's big enough, we may even get a second movie for streaming!And now Harry Potter, because all the girls love buying those Harry Potter dolls from Spin Master, just like how they all bought the Disney dolls from Hasbro!
>>11706399Harry Potter is LEGO’s best seller after Star Wars
>>11706401Source?
Two things:1.Every action figure line made of Harry Potter since 2001 has flopped. Mattel, NECA, McFarlane. Everybody's tried and they've never gotten past the mains. You're never gonna get any of the cool secondary and tertiary characters like Luna, Neville, The Weasley Twins, Bellatrix, Mad-Eye Moody.It's gonna be fuckin' Harry, Harry, Snape, Harry, Dumbledoor, Harry and Voldemort. They're gonna be overpriced, soft sculpts, and mid paint apps. And I garuntee you they're gonna hike up the price with am unnecessary BAF.2. They're probably thinking they're gonna make money on playable toys like wands, brooms and that kind of thing. They might, but the problem is that all the hardcore HP fans can already buy those expensive replica wands and props already and so they're really hoping that the kids will buy them. Are kids still in to HP? Does anybody care about it since the last Fantastic Beasts movie?
lol nobody cares
>>11706399A Hasbro employee wrote this shit.
>>11706334>Hasbro are truly collecting lots of licenses like Street Fighter, Voltron and now this. What's their endgame?Mattel just announced they got TMNT. On top of DC, Kpop demon hunters and their other brands they already have. They are going to murder Hasbro in action figure sales so Hasbro is just scrambling to get whatever they can.
>>11706596This. I would be surprised if hasbro were making figures past the end of the decade.
>>11706596Weak ass bait post
>>11706343>New potter mech based off of the new series....if Harry Potter had Mechs I'd actually be interested in it as a franchise. >>11706592>itt: someone who doesn't get sarcasm
>>11706618Magic mechs seems like such a slam dunk idea. I know super robo is a thing but straight up magic infused mecha would be cool.
>>11706602ikr. They keep talking about only licensing their IPs to other companies like they do with many to Super7 and with Rangers to Playmates. They want to be a video game or movie company so badly but can't make good games or movies
>>11706464lego hp did pretty well initially iirc, and has had enough staying power that lego still releases sets despite some lull years the smartest move for hasbro is to approach hp like they did with star wars back in the day, which is to have a good mix of figures and playsets even shit like simple classroom facades could sell well if they were appealing to kids
>>11706334They can plug it into mtg in one of the UB sets. it'll be a massive selling set, and another nail in the coffin of magic.
>>11706807>the smartest move for hasbro is to approach hp like they did with star wars back in the daywhy do you boomer fucks need everything to be boring action figure crap?
>>11706334People are more interested in the props, not the toys. They want their own house scarf, time turner, wand, and jellybeans. HP toys are all mundane or awkward looking British people in pajamas. No one ever really cared about those. They want to roleplay as themselves going to Hogwarts.
>>11706366I'm wondering how different the series art aesthetic is going to be since WB has spent a lot of money investing in three theme parks that take place in movie locations, with all the same trappings, same props, same designs everywhere and all the costumes and toys for sale within. The latest one just opening less than a year ago.
>>11706334Hasbro is about to lose the Marvel License CONFIRMED and they're trying to recoup their loss with a bunch of shit tier small licenses.
>>11706834Shut up
>>11706464>>11706828Harry Potter has the same problem as Star Trek. The setting is fascinating for audiences, but the characters are mostly just typical looking people in mostly normal looking clothes to onesies or robes. But otherwise very not interesting people in weird, equally uninteresting clothes.People like the stuff from the series, not the characters. With Trek they want ships, phasers, bat'leths, comm badges etc. In Potter they want wands and house themed clothing.
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>>11706837It’s true tho
>>11706834>Hasbro is about to lose the Marvel License CONFIRMEDNo way. Who would it even go to? Mattel is the only one who'd be able to take it, but not now that they have DC. Unless they split it up among several companies but that seems unlikely since Hasbro has all of the Disney properties.
>>11706334>What's their endgame?Hermione Legends
>>11706865They're not losing Marvel, he's trolling you.
>>11706809ok smart guyhow do you sell harry potter to kids and make a profit?
>>11706464The most expansive (PopCo) HP line was never available here in Burgerland. In yhe main you are correct, HP as a toy property, LEGO being the obvious exemption, has no legs.Hell, Bandai just released solid Harry and Voldemort figures, and apparently they're just sitting.
>>11706808Could, but Strixhaven is basically their in-universe Hogwarts.
>>11706928You need to make some changes. First instead of Harry being some little orphan kid, he needs to be something cooler like a a barbarian prince. And instead of some stupid wand, he has a magic sword that he uses to transform into a barbarian themed superhero and gets a cool tan. Hermione should be a childhood friend that was raised by the captain of the guards, but is in reality the daughter of the sorceress that gave Harry the sword.And instead of some weird noseless snake guy, Voldemort needs to be cooler and scarier like he has a big skull for a head. Or what if Harry, Hermione and Ron were actually aliens from a plant of cat people and Harry was like a lion guy that had a magic sword? And Voldemort was an Egyptian themed mummy wizard.
>>11706920They will make a few sets based on the WB films, but most everything will be based on the book art, the way other stuff is or will be based on the new HBO Max series. For one thing, WB will insist on it.
>>11706399If they're smart, they'll realize that appealing to girls means plushes of cute animals, replica wands and sorcerer's stones and the time travel thing. Not as much in selling figures of human characters.
>>11706365>Black Hermione be stuck in stores until the apocalypse.Your racism is showing, son.At least base it on reality. Yes, NuSnape is a black guy but they had black guys in the books and the movies. And no one bought Snape dollies even when they were of an old white brit.
>>11707176Hermionegro actually looks kinda cute there. The show is gonna be a disaster but I might buy her for, uh, headswap purposes.
What kind of Transformers x Harry Potter collab could they do like with other franchises. Beastformer for an owl or phoenix of some kind? Or I guess one of the trains or carriages or the car they fly in that one time lol
>>11706834Based if true. I got everything I wanted out of Marvel Legends a long time ago. None of it MCU shit.
>>11707176Are you saying that she's not dark skinned enough to be considered black? That's pretty racist. She has the same complexion as Beyonce.
>>11707176>>11706365>>11706920raceswapping aside, y'all know hermione is supposed to be homely/average/below average, right? emma watson was a miscast, especiially as she got older/hot. she's not supposed to be that way. like that was the entire point of viktor asking her to the ball and why it was a surprise to everyone because she's constantly described as plain-looking at best. hot hermione the OG movies really ruined a lot of peoples perspective of these characters. i have my doubt the new show will be super accurate either but bitching about hermione just exposes a lot of movie-only tourists. it kinda sucked emma watson grew up to be hot because it goes against the character. i guess they could have uggo'd her up more but it is what it is
Yesterday Hasbroke reported they lost $250 million last year. They need cash desperately
>>11706834More like dump it like a sack of potatoes. Marvel has become retail poison.
>>11707340arent they moving from rhode island to chicago or baltimore or something. why move to a big city if youre bleeding money
>>11707340Thats stupid bro
>>11707340Those executives wasting so much money on avocado toast and rotisseries chicken...They deserve to be bankrupt!
>>11707556>rhode island to chicago or baltimore or somethingThey are moving to Boston. Something about it being easier to hire tech graduates since Hasbro would rather be making AI illustrated Magic cards than toys.
>>11707176>At least base it on reality.Ollies is still overflowing with Wakanda Forever how many years after the movie?Finn from Star Wars Awakens sat forever everywhere, longer than even Constable Zuvio.
>>11709440You know rotisserie chicken is sold at Costco and Walmart. It's about as American as baseball and apple pie. Why you assholes think it has anything to do with anything is just another example of what imbecilic stupid idiots y'all are.Also - post fucking toys.
>>11712957>It's about as American as baseball and apple pieFuck off it is. Walmart and Costco didn't even have them until the 90s. Australia sold them in supermarkets at least in the 70s, long before they were widespread in America. I got to live in both countries as a kid in the 80s, so I know what I am talking about. My aunt had to take me to Boston Market once she figured out what I was talking about so I'd shut up.Also the rotisserie chicken thing is the latest reason boomer financial analysts at WSJ are using to justify why zoomers are in debt, like they did when they said smashed avocado is why millennials can't afford a house a few years ago. Try to keep up old man. And I say that to you as an old man that can remember the lack of rotisserie chickens at Costco in the 80s.Anyway, it's hard to post toys from a toyline that doesn't even exist yet. Have a pic of SHF subway flasher Voldemort.
>>11713005>Have a pic of SHF subway flasher Voldemort.Nice try, but that's McFarlane's Voldemort.
>>11713005I hate to break it to you, Grandpa, but the 1990s were 36 years ago. Idiots on 4chan have parents that are that age. You're two generations behind the times, old man.Your entire conversation with a bunch of illiterate tiktoking zomies getting their news reports on toy companies from social media is predominately unrelated to toys. It's hugely unrelated to Harry Potter toys.Have an artificial toy, three actually.
>>11713014Damn. I posted the wrong pic from my naked Voldemort folder.Maybe it's this one.
>>11713027Technically the 90s were only 27 years ago.Either way, you need to keep up with the times so you know what is happening when a zoomzoom makes a reference to rotisserie chicken so you don't end up being like picrel and getting mad at a meme.
>>11713048>90s were only 27 years ago.1990 - 2026 = 36I guess zoomies can't into English and, apparently, can't into Math either.
>>117140801999 was the 90s, which was 27 years ago. You didn't specify the START of the 90s, but that's because you can't into English. Pic related is on topic and features your mother's favorite Harry Potter toy.
>>11706464the best harry potter merch is the candy
