Summary: This week: Hasbro Pulls Back, Buzzworthy Rise of the Beast, a SG Perceptor, and more!<br> <br> <br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismcfeely/status/1561079478771748865">Chris McFeely covers the earliest draft of TFTM</a> (twitter)<br> <a href="https://bwtf.com/news/buzzworthy-energon-escape-reveal">Toy News: "Buzzworthy Bumblebee"/"Rise of the Beasts" Energon Escape 2-Pack Revealed</a> - Because Brian put it on the thumbnail<br> Hasbro Pulls Back:<br> <br> <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hasbro-stock-down-19-6-134301502.html">Hasbro (HAS) Stock Down 19% in 6 Months</a> (Yahoo Finance)<br> May bounce back, projections are based on the entertainment areas, but uh…<br> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-08-21/hasbro-considers-sale-or-restructuring-of-entertainment-assets">Hasbro Considers Sale or Restructuring of Entertainment Assets</a> (Bloomberg)<br> It sounds like Brian Goldner was mostly the champion of making Hasbro an entertainment brand, and the new leadership may not be as convinced after his passing. Concrete plans to be announced, but the leading options are focus eOne exclusively on in-house IP, or sell most or all of the eOne assets off.<br> <a href="https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/08/22/hasbro-to-reevaluate-its-entertainment-plans-464080">Hasbro To Change Their Toy Distribution Strategy</a> (TFW2005)<br> Unclear if or how this will affect collector lines, what TFW has reprinted it sounds like the overall totality of product won’t change, but maybe grouped differently and staggered more to absorb logistics challenges more smoothly.<br> <br> <br> Also: We’re probably getting SG Perceptor (functionally the same as Magnificus), per a listing on an overseas alleged-theft site that’s broken news on a bunch of other toys. No pictures yet.<br>
