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Tag: Hasbro

Image of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Monster Manual, 2nd Edition, 1977, The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.
  • The Strong

Tiamat, the Chromatic Dragon, Has Landed in Hasbro Game Park

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on December 8, 2023December 8, 2023

If you have come to the museum recently, you may have noticed a new friend—or…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

A Tale of Two Companies – Mattel and Hasbro Walk Very Different Walks

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on September 8, 2023September 15, 2023

Goldman Sachs, an investment banking company, invited the Mattel and Hasbro CEOs to speak at…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro’s Business Model, Mattel’s Business Model and the Fight for the Toy Industry’s Future

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on August 16, 2023August 21, 2023

In my last posting, I wrote about Mattel and its decision to become a force…

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  • Guest Blogger

Behind an Interactive Toy Phenomenon: What Makes Furbies Tick

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on June 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Furbies, the endearing interactive toys that captured the hearts of millions in the 1990s, are…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Mattel and Hasbro Stock Price Up Despite Weak First Quarters

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 27, 2023May 2, 2023

Mattel and Hasbro struggled in the first quarter of 2023. Mattel was down 22%, and…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro: Big Changes at the Top

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

Hasbro traveled to Wisconsin for its two latest hires. There must be something in Wisconsin’s…

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  • Layoffs

Toy Industry Gets Hit with Layoffs; How Many, Who, and Why?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on March 3, 2023March 7, 2023

Before I get into the numbers, I want to say to those effected by the…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Magic the Gathering Is Now a Billion Dollar Brand. So Why are some stakeholders unhappy?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on February 17, 2023February 20, 2023

I read many different publications, so I sometimes see sharply conflicting perspectives on the same…

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  • Layoffs

The Hasbro Layoffs – Two Clues as to Who Will Be Impacted

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on January 29, 2023January 30, 2023

Hasbro announced last week that it was reorganizing. The announcement gave 1,000 as the number…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro Has Angered Its D&D Fans; Does It Matter?

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on January 18, 2023January 20, 2023

All is not well in the land of Dungeons & Dragons. Wizards of the Coast,…

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  • Guest Blogger

Attention in the Produce Aisle! Mr. Potato Head and his Old Friends

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on January 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Recently, Hasbro and Mighty Jaxx made an aspiring young artist’s dream come true when they…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro Gets Blindsided by Bank of America

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on November 17, 2022November 21, 2022

Marketwatch ran this headline on November 15, 2022, “Hasbro is making too many ‘Magic: The…

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  • Guest Blogger

Pie in the Eye: Pie Face from Hasbro

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on September 9, 2022September 13, 2022

“Pieing” – the act of throwing a pie at a person – has been a…

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  • Guest Blogger

Just add Ice! Hasbro’s Frosty Sno-Man Sno-Cone Machine

  • by Todd Coopee
  • Posted on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

Released in the 1960s by Hasbro, the Frosty Sno-Man Sno-Cone Machine allowed children to beat…

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  • Announcement

Block by Block: Leslie Scott’s Jenga Game (or, in Swahili, Zuia kwa kuzuia: Mchezo wa Jenga wa Leslie Scott)

  • by The Strong
  • Posted on November 5, 2020

Born in Tanganyika (now the Republic of Tanzania) in East Africa, English national Leslie Scott…

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  • Economics

Hasbro Stock Soars; Maybe Toys ARE an Essential Item

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 24, 2020June 18, 2020

Toys are an essential item, no matter what Amazon says. …… The toy industry, and…

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  • Dolls

Will It Be a Horse Race? Placing Bets on Barbie, Frozen and LOL Surprise

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 13, 2019

Dolls have been a growth category for the last five years (45%, according to NPD).…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Hasbro To Stop Using Plastic in Packaging; What it May Mean

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 20, 2019

If the toy industry moves away from the notion that plastic is the automatic default…

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