According to the friend who informed me, this was revealed in a shareholders call.
Habro bought the IP under the previous CEO; who didn't consult R&D about it. The current CEO and the rest of the company now have an IP they absolutely do not want, don't want to invest money in and don't understand.
Toy rights were sold to Playmates so they don't have to invest money in it. The props of any given show (other than the suits) were destroyed rather than let the actors (like JDF) have any of them; when previous companies would allow at least the helmets to be taken home as a token of thanks for working on the shows.
Rights to the comic books are still with Boom Studios, but this is up in the air. After a young-adult reboot with Netflix fell through, Hasbro seems content to vault the IP in the future.
Even future blu-ray releases of Super Sentai are iffy as Shout! Factory would have to go through them since they inherited Saban's stranglehold on western releases.
And here's the kicker - Hasbro may not have the legal right to sell these costumes. I'm told they were loaned out from Toei; who insisted on having any damaged ones returned to be replaced with fresh ones.
I actually heard things like that from BoundingIntoComics.com. Yes, it does seem that the franchise is likely coming to an end (or at least going into relative dormancy) after the intended reboot fell through.
Speaking of the intended reboot, there are two questions I would like answered:
Did the team behind the franchise make Cosmic Fury the finale of the rangerverse in part because Hasbro didn't care about the franchise? Maybe not, since they at least put some effort into the reboot.
How far into development did the intended reboot get? It might be a morbid curiosity, but maybe it would be worth discussing, kind of like the awful Live-action Powerpuff girls script.
That being said, I don't imagine that fans of the franchise would take this development too badly given that they got one last reunion show and a proper conclusion to the franchise on top of that. I think they would be like "Yeah, it sucks, but at least Power Rangers went out with dignity." If nothing else, some people here might say it was probably for the better that the IP got vaulted.
According to the friend who informed me, this was revealed in a shareholders call.
Habro bought the IP under the previous CEO; who didn't consult R&D about it. The current CEO and the rest of the company now have an IP they absolutely do not want, don't want to invest money in and don't understand.
Toy rights were sold to Playmates so they don't have to invest money in it. The props of any given show (other than the suits) were destroyed rather than let the actors (like JDF) have any of them; when previous companies would allow at least the helmets to be taken home as a token of thanks for working on the shows.
Rights to the comic books are still with Boom Studios, but this is up in the air. After a young-adult reboot with Netflix fell through, Hasbro seems content to vault the IP in the future.
Even future blu-ray releases of Super Sentai are iffy as Shout! Factory would have to go through them since they inherited Saban's stranglehold on western releases.
And here's the kicker - Hasbro may not have the legal right to sell these costumes. I'm told they were loaned out from Toei; who insisted on having any damaged ones returned to be replaced with fresh ones.
Should have tried to sell it back to Bandai
That shouldn't be legal.
I hate it too, but if it's made illegal, it WILL be weaponized against those who gatekeep their IPs from those who would destroy them.
I actually heard things like that from BoundingIntoComics.com. Yes, it does seem that the franchise is likely coming to an end (or at least going into relative dormancy) after the intended reboot fell through.
Speaking of the intended reboot, there are two questions I would like answered:
That being said, I don't imagine that fans of the franchise would take this development too badly given that they got one last reunion show and a proper conclusion to the franchise on top of that. I think they would be like "Yeah, it sucks, but at least Power Rangers went out with dignity." If nothing else, some people here might say it was probably for the better that the IP got vaulted.
Wouldn't be the first time Toei had to deal with that. Suit destruction happened under Saban too. Tragic they just ruin stuff like that.