Talk:Hasbro/Archive 1

Tiger Electronics

Isn't Tiger electronics part of the Japanese toy company, Takara? Maybe Hasbro just has the US distribution rights for some (or all) of Tiger's US imports.

No, but it might be the other way around. Tiger was founded as a US-based firm, and acquired by Hasbro. I wouldn't be surprised if Takara has the Japanese distribution rights. Tiger was known for their handheld games, and attempted a portable video game system in the late 1990s. They also developed Furby. I have one game of theirs that I won in a contest: Laser Tennis - it uses reflective paddles to 'bounce' a beam of light back and forth across a tabletop or floor. --JohnDBuell 03:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

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American vs. United States

Heegoop objects to the use of the term "American" for "someone or something from the United States" because, apparently, it is ambiguous. American can also mean from South or North America. When I initially changed the wikilink from United States to American, s/he changed it back to United States and left me a note on my talk page telling me that the term was wrong. Completely on their own, Firebug changed it back to American and left a note on Heegoop's Talk page.

In an effort to prevert an edit war, if you feel we must change the opening reference from American to United States, discuss it here first so we can come to a consensus. — Frecklefoot | Talk 03:41, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

• The reason I took it to Heegoop's talk page, rather than this one, is that Heegoop had unilaterally performed this stylistic change on many different articles with no attempt to first seek consensus. He claimed that this was justified by Alternative words for American. Of course, this is an article, not a stylesheet. The stylesheet doesn't speak to this issue directly, but the stylesheet itself uses "American" as synonomous for "someone from the United States". Our job is to use the English language as it exists. And in the current English language, "American" virtually always is the commonly used method of referring to someone from the United States, not from another nation in North or South America. Firebug 19:39, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I totally agree with you. "American" is commonly accepted as "from the United States." It's not perfect, but it's how it's used. I only pointed out that you had reverted it without me prompting you to. Heegoop, no one here agrees with your continuous revision of the wording. If you keep doing it without any attempt at discussing it, I think the only thing we can do is ban you. — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:04, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

American is used for meaning "of the U.S.", but it could also mean "of the Americas." Therefore, this whole thing is pointless. (from a random US person)

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American vs. United States, again

A user who calls him/herself No Account has gone about and started making changes similar to what Heegoop originally did. I think, therefore, that No Account is a sockpuppet for Heegoop. Based on the above discussion, I'm reverting their changes to the original one which used the darstardly word—*gasp*—"American". No Account, if you feel the change is justified, please discuss here first. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:45, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Okay, Heegoop went ahead and changed the wording again without discussing it. I don't want to engage in an edit war here. Anyone want to help me out here? :-S — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:12, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

(From a random South American reader): I'm sorry to disagree with Frecklefoot and agree with Heegoop, but I do believe the term United States is better than American. I'm from South America and I do not have anything to do with United States. Btw, here (and I mean in the whole South America) United States is not commonly known as "America", so this generalization is incorrect.

Hasbro is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which is located in the United States, which makes Hasbro a US corporation. American, as an adjective, is vague, and can refer to any number of nations spanning two continents.Demokratiatora (talk) 07:09, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not the Admin Almighty when it comes to the use of "American" to describe entities of the United States. This is a Wikipedia policy more or less. Look around. "American" is used to describe countless people and companies that are from the United States. It's not used to belittle or ignore other parts of the Americas, but it's used as shorthand, more or less. I live in the US, and we rarely call ourselves "America" either, but "American" is used almost exclusively when describing someone's nationality. If you have a problem with it, don't quibble about it here. Bring it to a higher authority (and good luck). Entities that are from or have to do with the United States are called American on Wikipedia. Period. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 08:14, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

On second thought, with sales, support, distribution and manufacture located worldwide, Hasbro is categorized most accurately as a multinational. In fact, the company identifies as such in its annual reports.Demokratiatora (talk) 08:08, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't matter. It's based in the US, was founded in the US. It has multi-national reach, but is a US corporation. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 08:14, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

No. It is a multi-national corporation, with major divisions in Canada, Ireland and Mexico, distribution and manufacture worldwide. Hasbro states that it is a multi-national corporation on its websites and in its annual reports. Furthermore, its consumer-base is international. The original company may have been founded in the US, but has developed today into a multi-national corporation, with headquarters in Rhode Island, but with thousands of employees in several countries.Demokratiatora (talk) 08:47, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Origin of name

From Mr. Potato Head:

This was not successful and Lerner bought back the rights to textile manufacturers Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, who did business as the Hassenfeld Brothers, later to be shortened to Hasbro.

Hasbro = Hassenfeld Brothers? --Abdull 13:02, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. I copied over some of the content of that article to this one. It makes for a nice expansion for the History section. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:30, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Western Publishing

What about Western Publishing Company? Are they a subsidiary? 24.54.208.177 04:00, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Their article says they were acquired by Hasbro. So I doubt they are even a brand anymore. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:11, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hasbro Interactive

Someone may want to mention that Hasbro bought up a few other video/computer game makers in the late 1990s to attempt to build up HI. This included MicroProse, which had existed since the early 1980s, and many of the home-gaming assets of Atari. When the division folded, all of the above was sold off to Infogrames, which later renamed itself into Atari in most markets (but I think still retains the Infogrames name in its home market of France). --JohnDBuell 03:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Good points, but all this info is already in the Hasbro Interactive article and has been for at least several years (way back when I wrote it :-). — Frecklefoot | Talk 03:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed that as soon as I read it. You might want to update the section though to say that HI's assets went to Infogrames in 2001, instead of just being dissolved in 1999. --JohnDBuell 12:10, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean--it already says the assets went to Infogrames. But make any comments about the Hasbro Interactive on that article's talk page. — Frecklefoot | Talk 13:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

No, I was referring to the following quotation at the bottom of this article's page: "Hasbro began a short-lived computer and video game development and publishing venture called Hasbro Interactive in the 1990s, but disbanded it in late 1999. Now Hasbro develops video games based on its brands through third-party developers and licensing strategies." It wasn't disbanded, and it wasn't 1999. It was sold off, and it was in 2001. :) --JohnDBuell 01:53, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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Largest brand name

The article states that Magic: The Gathering is Hasbros largest brand. What evidence is there to support that claim? Particuarly compared to LPS (Littlest Pet Shop), Monoply, MLP (My Little Pony), and others. While I agree Magic is the largest brand currently supported by Wizards, I feel stating that it's Hasbros largest brand is incorrect. Daapatemysoul 20:18, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Any assertion such as that needs a ref. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 19:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

"Zok"

I have a game entitled "Zok" that was made by Hassenfeld Brothers in 1966. I have the map and the cards, but not the box or instructions. I was wondering if anyone has heard of this game, and can give me information on it.Firewithinfreak (talk) 23:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Info on the edition by Hasbro can be found here (boardgamegeek.com). — Frecklefσσt | Talk 13:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Lead Pain "Controversy"?

There's a newly added section (which took Authority2008 an aweful large number of edits to make) talking about lead paint being found in Cranium Cadoo, part of a line which Hasbro acquired earlier this year. Since the recall was announced (17 January 2008) before the deal closed (25 January 2008), could it be argued that Hasbro's hands were clean in this case? Either way, I don't know why this would be considered a controversy, as the products containing lead paint weren't made under Hasbro's oversight anyhow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Petronivs (talk • contribs) 19:09, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 13:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Clueless Hands-Free Phone?

No mention of it anywhere on wiki, but I don't know enough about it to enter it in.69.243.193.208 (talk) 16:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Manufacture

This article is lacking pertinent information regarding the manufacture of Hasbro products. I added a short text on outsourcing and production facilities, which needs to be elaborated. Any suggestions?Demokratiatora (talk) 08:13, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Image

Why exactly is a photo of bootleg toys supposed to be representative of Hasbro?--87.164.97.117 (talk) 11:08, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

If you read the text of the article, the section is about Hasbro legal action against these bootleg toys. Mathewignash (talk) 12:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I read the two lines about the knockoffs, so I can see why its there. But two things: 1) There is no picture in this article that is of anything Hasbro makes or has made. Odd. 2) A comparison picture of the Knockoff Jumpsters next to one of the tranformers it was said to have counterfitted would be a better reference.

I just find it really odd that on the page for a toy company, there are no pictures of toys or games made by said company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.99.65.63 (talk) 21:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, no one's bothered to go out to Pawtucket to photograph the headquarters. Of course, that's because Pawtucket is one of the most remote, economically depressed, crime-ridden, dysfunctional corners of the Northeast. I was in Boston in June 2009 (see my HQ photos for Legal Sea Foods and Au Bon Pain) but couldn't find the energy or time to drag myself all the way out to that miserable dump of a state called Rhode Island. (I visited Providence in the 90s while doing college tours and once was enough.) --Coolcaesar (talk) 06:12, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Movies

The list of movies is vary incomplete, what about Battleship? There is also Candyland, Stretch Armstrong, Ouija, Clue, Monopoly and Magic the Gathering? 66.63.102.243 (talk) 21:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Siccing lawyers on fans

It appears that Hasbro has been siccing their lawyers on NERF fans. See here for more info. - 114.76.227.0 (talk) 00:16, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

More on the working conditions

http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642 As currently discussed in the Transformers fandom...--217.187.1.230 (talk) 11:54, 21 December 2011 (UTC) I'm adding this. Since no one said otherwise.117.216.25.216 (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2013 (UTC)Look

Hasbro abuse

"Workers at the Yongshen toy factory in China share filthy overcrowded dormitories infested with bed bugs. Twenty-four share each room, sleeping in narrow triple-level metal beds. Twenty-four workers must share a toilet and in the sweltering heat of summer must work drenched in their own sweat. The Yongshen factory produces toys for Hasbro and for RC2 the makers of the popular Bratz dolls."

Is this true? 117.216.25.216 (talk) 13:00, 10 May 2013 (UTC) Look

I was about to bring this section up for discussion. An anon user just deleted it without comment, but I don't think we should re-add it. It would be a worthy topic if it had more than a single source, but, as it stands, it has a single source and it therefore somewhat dubious. While I don't doubt that many factories in China have horrible working conditions, it's unclear whether Hasbro is a standout and if Hasbro is totally complicit about it. I vote to leave it out unless more evidence on it from reliable sources can be brought forth. Just my $.02. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 00:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

A partnership

Recently Hasbro has partnered with a mobile game community called BackFlip Studios. You can see it here. Is it okay if I add it to the page? The Gold Dragon (talk) 01:27, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

With the ref, sure. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 01:03, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

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