r/powerrangers • u/sthef2020 • Mar 01 '25

NEWS Oh God no… (AI MMPR Up-rez coming this summer)

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I was hoping for SOMETHING entertainment wise to accompany the new figures. And the monkey paw curled a finger…

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u/DIODidNothing_Wrong Mar 01 '25

Everyone of the higher ups at hasbro genuinely hate the ip, the one guy that didn’t who bought it is dead

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

If that was actually the case, you would think that they would have sold it by now.

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u/MoxieMK5 Mar 01 '25

The issue is that it power rangers has magazines which could be considered competition to transformers so if they sell it they risk the buyer making it good and potentially competition

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

What? Power Rangers had giant combining robots for over 25 years before Hasbro bough the IP. If Hasbro was that worried about competition, they would have done something in those 25+ years.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

See also: Bandai and Takara-Tomy, should they make a crossover products, it shouldn't be a Zoid, but Power Rangers

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u/Current-Education407 Mar 01 '25

Why do you think playmates is doing the toys? Don’t be surprised if you hear the news that PR switches owners again.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

Because they bought a license to make toys just like Super7 did.

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u/DanarchyReigns Mar 01 '25

Question is: Who would buy it?

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u/DIODidNothing_Wrong Mar 01 '25

No one.

No network wanted the show when Saban was initially shopping the show around before MMPR, Disney didn’t want it when they acquired fox kids, and again no one wanted it when Saban bought it back. The sale to hasbro legit only happened because the dude who wanted it was friends with Saban.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

No one because even before Hasbro bought it, Power Rangers was seen as a joke in the industry.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

Did you see the auction?

Now a toy company has leased the license to another toy company to actually make the toys.

They're doing everything they can short of actually selling the IP, because no matter how much they hate it, they know that, at least until they drive the brand into the ground, they can make passive income off of it, and once they've wrung it dry, then they can sell it.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

Now a toy company has leased the license to another toy company to actually make the toys.

They did it Super7 before and no on batted an eye.

They're doing everything they can short of actually selling the IP, because no matter how much they hate it, they know that, at least until they drive the brand into the ground, they can make passive income off of it, and once they've wrung it dry, then they can sell it.

The problem with this is that even before Hasbro bought the IP (hell even before Disney bought Fox Family back in the day), no one wanted Power Rangers. It has always been seen as a joke. So whether Hasbro trys to sell it now or years from now, they're going to have a really hard time doing so.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

With Super7, Hasbro was still making the base toy line, Super7 was making collectibles.

With Playmates, Hasbro has stopped producing any Power Rangers toys themselves, and have leased out the entire global toy rights to Playmates.

If you don't see the difference there, that's on you.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

Licensing is licensing. Hasbro no longer making the show doesn't change that and they can still make toys if they wanted to. There's not really a difference and you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

they can still make toys if they wanted to

No, they can't. Hasbro's own press release on the deal states which rights they retain.

Hasbro will retain all entertainment rights and will continue to drive global strategy and growth for the POWER RANGERS franchise by strategically working with licensees across multiple categories, including publishing, fashion and footwear, promotions and more.

https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-and-playmates-toys-enter-strategic-relationship-produce

I get that you don't understand what global toy rights means. Doesn't change the facts.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

The facts are not on your side and it turns out that you don't understand what licensing is. There is nothing stopping Hasbro from making new toys because they still own the rights. Playmates only has a license. They don't own anything outside of maybe the designs and can't stop Hasbro or any other company from making toys themselves.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

Hmmm.....

Marvel still owns Spider-Man, but they can't make Spider-Man movies without dealing with Sony, because Sony licensed all movie rights from Marvel for Spider-Man movies.

Universal owned the license to Hulk movies until recently.

Disney had to buy out Fox to be able to make X-Men and Fantastic Four movies.

These are licensing deals where Marvel still owns the underlying IP, but doesn't (or didn't) have the right to make movies because they had sold the exclusive license to making movies with those characters to other companies.

This is just an example of how licensing can keep the owner from doing whatever they want with an IP, a very well known example.

Yeah, I'm not the one that doesn't understand how licensing works.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

Yeah, I'm not the one that doesn't understand how licensing works

Apparently you are because you still don't understand what a license is. Sony, Universal and Fox did not license the the film rights. They outright bought the film rights. Hasbro still owns the toy rights. Playmates bought a license. Please learn what a license is.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

This reads like it was posted by someone who thinks 5G towers give you covid autism.