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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Jeff on December 15, 2015, 10:52 AM
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Under a new deal between the studio [Paramount] and Hasbro's Allspark Pictures, G.I. Joe will join up with characters from the Micronauts, Visionairies, M.A.S.K. and ROM brands (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-hasbro-gi-joe-universe-848920?utm_source=twitter)
This sounds interesting.... but at the same time, it could be pretty lame based on some of the other Hasbro movies we've seen.
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If the Rock runs around with a hologram on his chest and hops into his Camaro that turns into a jet, then I'll be surprised.
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So were is the My Little Pony movie that JediMac has been waiting for?
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More 5POA toylines to fight for shelf space against 5POA Star Wars and 5POA Marvel?
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M.A.S.K. better keep it's original theme song!
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Please don't ruin Rom or the Micronauts. :-\
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Fixed this...
Added Goldner: “Hasbro and Allspark Pictures put storytelling merchandising at the center of everything that we do.
I love just about all of these brands with the exception of Visionaries. Micronauts and ROM are some of my favorite old time comics and I used to watch MASK daily as a kid. One one hand, it will be great to see these get the big screen treatment. But I threw up a little when I read that they storylines will be "interconnected." I could see mixing and matching GI Joe with MASK or having ROM shrink down into the Microverse, but all of them tying together is a pretty big stretch. Sounds a lot more like trying to build a standardized toy line than "great storytelling."
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Hasbro still trying to get their own 'movie universe' off the ground (http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hasbro-ambitions-20170321-story.html).
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Why? Just... why?
The GI Joe movies were a hot mess. They want to keep at this?
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The last TMNT pulled in a quarter billion dollars worldwide. If you even get close to a hit there's good money to be made.
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I've been reading those Revolution comics from IDW where they're trying this same thing, and they're awful. I don't see how a bunch of movies aiming for the lowest common denominator could be any better, but I've been surprised before.
I guess Hasbro recognizes the true strength of their brands isn't in the toys anymore, but the intellectual property.
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Hasbro's Revolution Box Set Planned for SDCC debut - $99.99 (http://ew.com/news/transformers-gi-joe-mask-hasbro-toys-first-look/hasbro-first-look/)
Based on the IDW comic book set, the package includes Jetfire, Action Man, Matt Trakker, ROM, Roadblock, Leoric, Dire Wraith, and mini-Micronauts.
(https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/c2984as00_hasbrou_04.jpg?w=1000)
Giant pic -
https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/c2984as00_hasbrou_04.jpg
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I'm kind of curious about this even though I'm sure it will be terrible. Have a soft spot for Rom growing up with those comics and Jetfire is always awesome...
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It's weird to see a Visionaries figure officially redone in modern form.
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That IS weird...I remember wanting to get into that line a few years ago and eventually gave up because the stuff is just impossible to find on the secondary market.
I've always wanted a 3&3/4" ROM, but it's not the classic version nor does the Wraith look at all similar, so I can't say I care too much about this one.
Those Micronauts are just garbage...an insult to the original toys which could actually be played with...
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Wow....bringing back MASK. Where are the vehicles?
I agree about the Micronauts. I had a bunch of the vintage ones when I was a kid. Great toys back then...these not so much.
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I've always wanted a 3&3/4" ROM, but it's not the classic version nor does the Wraith look at all similar, so I can't say I care too much about this one.
That seems to be the main complaint about this set. It's based on the IDW comic series looks/takes and not the classics. Matt Trakker isn't the same, ROM isn't the same, the micronauts are just lil mini-figs, etc.
For a one-off box set based on a comics, seems like a fun SDCC set. I can handle the micronauts being what they are trying to keep everyone in scale, but yeah. This box is basically a giant tease to fans of all these properties who'd like to see MORE of MASK, GI Joe, ROM, Micronauts, etc. :-\
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That IS weird...I remember wanting to get into that line a few years ago and eventually gave up because the stuff is just impossible to find on the secondary market.
If you're actually interested in these, my neighbor has a fair amount of them still on the card for sale. That and Bravestar stuff. I think he'd sell it for a really fair price just to get rid of it. I was going to try to help him unload them, but he's anti-Ebay and we never really found another good outlet.
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M.A.S.K. movie gets a director (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/f-gary-gray-direct-hasbros-mask-movie-1103866)
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Hasbro buys Power Rangers franchise from Saban (https://www.cnet.com/news/hasbro-buys-power-rangers-from-saban-brands-in-522m-media-deal/)
I wonder if they'll throw Power Rangers into the Hasbro Cinematic Universe mix?
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Hasbro buys Power Rangers franchise from Saban (https://www.cnet.com/news/hasbro-buys-power-rangers-from-saban-brands-in-522m-media-deal/)
I wonder if they'll throw Power Rangers into the Hasbro Cinematic Universe mix?
Based on the last movie I hope not.