# Hasbro and Mattel Possible Merger

**URL:** <https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-and-mattel-possible-merger/23649>\
**Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\
**Created:** [February 7, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-and-mattel-possible-merger/23649 "2016-02-07T01:12:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![goldenhawk](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@goldenhawk](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/goldenhawk)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-and-mattel-possible-merger/23649/1 "2016-02-07T01:12:33Z")

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I was planning on laying low from the GB thing. But this news is too much to ignore posting here:

[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-04/hasbro-mattel-said-to-have-held-talks-about-possible-merger-ik8jsx1q](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-04/hasbro-mattel-said-to-have-held-talks-about-possible-merger-ik8jsx1q)

Just imagine what this means for the toy industry, let alone the GB License. Well, here’s another article:

[http://screenrant.com/hasbro-mattel-merger-talks/](http://screenrant.com/hasbro-mattel-merger-talks/)

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**Author:** ![fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/fritz/32/10773_2.png) [@fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fritz)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-and-mattel-possible-merger/23649/2 "2016-02-07T01:33:12Z")

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This really unsettles me. It would instantly create one company with an insanely large amount of the toy market all to itself–not technically a monopoly, but too close for my comfort.

This wouldn’t sit well with me even if it got us reissues of the classic RGB figures.

Though that would help.

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**Author:** ![gold333](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gold333](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gold333)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/hasbro-and-mattel-possible-merger/23649/3 "2016-02-07T07:27:40Z")

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It makes a lot of sense.

Both companies consist of the same third party supply chains (China) and a whole lot of identical overhead (marketing, product development, brand management, etc.)

A merger would be very profitable for both, as it would involve a whole lot of people fired…