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8/11/2009 12:03 PM
Goldbug
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New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory

  It was recently anounced that Hasbro has newly formed their own production company Hasbro Studios, (not unlike what Marvel did when they started releasing their animated features.)

I'm wondering how this news will affect Shout Factory releases of Hasbro cartoons, if it has any effect at all?

8/11/2009 12:46 PM
Omega Supreme
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Member since: 3/6/2009
RE: New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory
I believe what you read was Hasbro and Discovery teaming up to bring a new cartoon/kid channel to us. I apologize if this is not what you read. Do a search on what I am talking about if not.
8/11/2009 1:19 PM
Goldbug
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RE: New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory

The Hasbro/Discovery thing is only part of the anouncement.

Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) announced today that prominent international production and distribution television executive Stephen J. Davis has been named President of the Company’s newly-formed, Los Angeles-based Hasbro Studios.


The “virtual” studio will produce shows based on Hasbro’s world class brands, deliver new branded content and produce programs from top third party content creators. Many of these shows will run on the new television network created by the joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), that is planned to debut Fall 2010, as well as on multiple channels in international markets.

Davis will begin work in September, leading a team of internal and external creative talent in a wide-range of genres, including animated, live-action and game show programming, as well as content designed for digital and mobile extensions.

New programming is planned based on brands such as ROMPER ROOM, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, SCRABBLE, CRANIUM, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, GAME OF LIFE, TONKA and TRANSFORMERS, among many others.

I'm afraid I no longer have the link to this report, I copied this from a post I made on another forum.

I was asking if this will impact DVD distribution of Hasbro cartoons, if Hasbro will begin releasing DVDs directly from "Hasbro Studios"

8/18/2009 10:17 AM
B Ward
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Member since: 1/12/2007
RE: New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory
We've known about these plans for some time.  It won't affect our releases at all.  They are a production studio, not a distributor.  So, we're good.

Brian

"Know Thyself" --Thales
8/23/2009 9:35 AM
kaddursal
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Member since: 2/7/2009
RE: New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory
Shout Factory just released The Transformers, and G.I. Joe on DVD. But the pictures have been re-colored, and with several different motion looks on the characters, and they also altered it with some extra new images in some of the scenes. I bought the first volumes of these cartoons. And not only that, but there are a few GI Joe and Transformers toy commercial on these DVD's  with the live boys' faces being concealed from the public And I think I got ripped -off. I wouldn't bother getting these DVD. I only liked it when they showed the original images when they were release on VHS by Family Home Entertainment back in the 80's.
8/23/2009 4:16 PM
Omega Supreme
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Member since: 3/6/2009
RE: New Hasbro Studios & Shout Factory
I am not 100 percent positive on this, but if they didn't blur our the kids' faces they would have to pay them royalties (and that would mean the sets would be more expensive for us). I didn't purchase my boxsets for the commercials with the kids in them so I don't feel I got ripped off. Would you rather Shout! not release any of those commercials with the kids' faces blurred out?

----- Original Post -----
by kaddursal at 8/23/2009 9:35:31 AM

Shout Factory just released The Transformers, and G.I. Joe on DVD. But the pictures have been re-colored, and with several different motion looks on the characters, and they also altered it with some extra new images in some of the scenes. I bought the first volumes of these cartoons. And not only that, but there are a few GI Joe and Transformers toy commercial on these DVD's  with the live boys' faces being concealed from the public And I think I got ripped -off. I wouldn't bother getting these DVD. I only liked it when they showed the original images when they were release on VHS by Family Home Entertainment back in the 80's.
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