animation Is Hasbro capitalizing on the nostalgia?

[ManaMinori 4,149]

nostalgia is a HUGE thing right now, and many companies are taking advantage of that. (Disney,  especially). a lot of tv shows from the 90's are resurfacing with fresh reboots since 2017- from Rocko's Modern Life and Fuller House, to She-Ra and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. But what is Hasbro doing? Are they hopping on the nostalgia train, like the many others? Should they? A Third Party company by the name of Bridge Direct, has been making retro My Little Ponies from gen 1, since the brand's 35th anniversary, last year, but Hasbro themselves.....as far as I've seen, isn't doing much. They have quite a few IP's on their animation side- Moon Dreamers, Potato Head Kids, Glo Friends- all of which could be brought back, just as Jem and the Holograms were, fairly recently. (I'm looking at you, Moon Dreamers) . This animation in particular had a very strong 80's feel to it, as it aired in a programming block with "My Little Pony n' Friends". So it could be interesting to see how it would go from that to something more modern, if ever it was brought back, for the nostalgic crew.

 

What do you guys think? Should Hasbro be getting more on board with the nostalgic hype, beyond just My Little Pony and Jem?

[Megas 28,145]

Not really, Transformers is the only franchise I can think of that relies a lot on nostalgia, which has entire toylines dedicated to the old design based on the G1(Generations, Prime Wars, War For Cybertron, and Masterpiece) I don’t see them doing the same for the rest of the other toylines, except maybe milking Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for all it’s worth like Saban did

[SharpWit 2,873]

I don't think Hasbro can jump on the nostalgia train so much because they never really stopped making the content that so many have enjoyed. They've just rehashed it in some other form, and the current generation is a solid example of that. I don't know all the franchises they own well enough to know that they absolutely can't, but they may very well have a car to themselves that's simply been overlooked.