Might not be able to get a part of the DC action figure market here. We also need to look at Mattel and Parker Bros, as they, Hasbro, and Milton-Bradley would compete or edge with each other over time IOTL. Wonder if Hasbro tries for its own video game console or game publishing line.
What if Hasbro and Marvel merged in the 80s?
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I was just thinking that if Hasbro buy Marvel in 89 or 90 they might not be able to do it. And that acquisition was MASSIVE. It gave them not just Tonka, but also Parker Bros and Kenner. I was just mentioning it when Clandango said that Parker Bros would be a competitor for the DC license.
We would probably get a Spider Man cartoon earlier than 1994. Also maybe a Thor cartoon? Maybe Pride of the X-Men happens?
I personally think it would be combined with the Serpent Society.
I made my own thread! https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/nahmt.491313/
Ahhh no, I didn’t mean they would specifically be competitors. I am unsure if Parker Bros made action figures, though apparently Kenner did. And yah, only so much money so Hasbro might find Marvel as a comparative liability. I am thinking like AOL Time Warner, where they had to give up certain things to allow the merger, and what hey gave up made the new acquisitions useless, followed by a breakup. I also wonder if this might be seen as undercutting the quality of comics, with them and tv shows even more flagrantly being used to sell toys.
The butterflies lead up Hasbro buying PR are dead, with Marvel, Hasbro already have enough franchises to play with, so not need to buy PR unless Hasbro feel potential in the toys.
A shame Disney dropped PR OTL, they did make good series under their belt(Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury and RPM)
Well, Stan apparently had an interest in Super Sentai long before anyone else did, so it's possible that Stan could convince the people at Hasbro (who had already adapted Japanese toys with Transformers) to move forward with it, thus giving us a 100% Marvel-Hasbro owned Power Rangers!
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What we need is a Fourth Network with a sympathetic or daring executive. What would it American name be? What about the American cast?
I mean it's possible it could also be a part of Fox Kids ITTL. I mean, Marvel definitely had a lot of dealings with them. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers also seems like the kind of name that Stan would come up with.
However, while I think the concept and the cast wouldn't be different, the show itself would actually be pretty different. The teens would probably be a bit more angsty and have social issues like Peter Parker did, while still being palatable to the pre-adolescent demographic.
Also, I think since this would be an entirely new IP for them, they might actually try to place the Power Rangers in Earth-616 rather than make it a part of it's own continuity. This would be massive, cause it would be the first piece of non-comic media to take place in 616. The rangers would probably also crossover with the cartoons, but since the animated universe is not 616 it would obviously not be the exact same characters.
Fox Kids due exist in the 1980s.
That assume Stan Lee is heavily involved in the production of the show.
First off Stan want to make a new show based on Sun Vulcan in America's not a new comic book. Secondly by this point I don't think Stan had much influence in Marvel to be able to make a new comic even if he did, he was more of a figurehead like the Queen of England.