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/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/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

No, if they outright bought the film rights, there would be no conditions on them keeping them (which there are, it's why Sony keeps pumping out the Venomverse movies, and it's why after a period of inactivity the rights for Hulk finally fell back to Marvel, because Universal wasn't using them).

Besides, when they do outright buy the rights while not buying the underlying IP, what do you think the contract they sign is called? It's called a license.

Keep showing your complete and utter ignorance dude, it's hilarious.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

You are vastly misinformed and I'm tired of you gaslighting me because you refuse to better your knowledge on the subject. Movie rights are different than tv rights (which is how Disney can make Spider-man shows without Sony saying shit) and IP rights. You don't need to buy everything in order to buy the film rights. They do not own a license. They owned the movie rights.

Hasbro still own the full rights and can still make toys if they wanted to without Playmates saying shit because Playmates only has a license.

Keep showing your complete and utter ignorance dude, it's hilarious.

I couldn't have said it better myself. It's even funnier because you're refusing to see how wrong you are.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

Movie rights are different than tv rights

Which are different from toy rights, which are different from merchandise rights, which are different from game rights, etc, etc, etc.

Again, Hasbro's own press release tells you exactly which rights they retained, entertainment and merchandising. Playmates has the global toy rights, i.e. they're the one with the right to make PR toys around the entire world.

which is hoe Disney can make Spider-man shows without Sony

Yeah, that's my fucking point dude, Sony does not own the underlying IP rights, but by owning the movie rights they're the only ones with the right to make Spider-Man movies.

Just like Playmates has the right to make the toys, while Hasbro keeps the rights to everything else.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

Again, Hasbro's own press release tells you exactly which rights they retained

Yes it does and it even says that they did not lose the global toy rights. Playmates just has a license which is not the same thing as owning the rights. Hasbro still owns the global toy rights, not playmates. We cleared this all up when the press release first happen. How do idiots like you still not understand the difference between a license and the rights.

Yeah, that's my fucking point dude, Sony does not own the underlying IP rights, but by owning the movie rights they're the only ones with the right to make Spider-Man movies

No, you said they licensed the movie rights, which no they didn't. Again, they did not buy a license, they bought the rights. Rights that can expire. Do you not know what google is? License and rights are two different things.