Changes: Hasbro

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Hasbro is an American toy and game company and is the second-largest toy maker in the world, second only to the toy giant Mattel. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Hasbro is currently the parent company of such brands as Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, South Bend, Palitoy, Tiger Electronics, Wizards of the Coast, Coleco, and Galoob. Hasbro has also licensed several of their properties to other companies including PPW Toys, USAopoly, and Fundex which in turn produced Star Trek-themed versions of Hasbro toys and games.

For many years, 1974's Star Trek Game was the solitary Star Trek-related product which was produced under the Hasbro brand.

For a time Hasbro also competed in the video game industry from 1995 with their subsidiary Hasbro Interactive. They acquired MicroProse in late 1998 and went on to publish Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation in 1999. They would also produce a compilation set that same year before losing the Star Trek video game license. Hasbro eventually decided to leave the video game business and sold Hasbro Interactive off to Infogrames in 2001.

In 2012, Hasbro announced they would make licensed toys for Star Trek Into Darkness and slated them for release during the following year. These included Kre-O building toys, Fighter Pods, action figures, and "role-playing" items.Hasbro at StarTrek.com Ultimately, the company opted to release only the Kre-O and Fighter Pods lines and first displayed these products at Toy Fair in New York City on 10 February, 2013.

External links

Hasbro.com - official web site
Hasbro at Wikipedia

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 '''Hasbro''' is an American toy and [[games|game]] company and is the second-largest toy maker in the world, second only to the toy giant [[Mattel]].  The company's corporate headquarters are located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
+Hasbro is currently the parent company of such brands as Parker Brothers, [[Milton Bradley]], [[Milton Bradley|South Bend]], [[Palitoy]], [[Tiger Electronics]], [[Wizards of the Coast]], [[Coleco]], and [[Galoob]]. Hasbro has also licensed several of their properties to other companies including [[PPW Toys]], [[USAopoly]], and [[Fundex]] which in turn produced ''Star Trek''-themed versions of Hasbro toys and games.
-Only one known ''[[Star Trek]]''-related product was produced directly by Hasbro which was the ''[[Star Trek Game (1974)|Star Trek Game]]'' that was released in 1974. In 2011, Hasbro released four Mr. Potato Head toy versions of [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Kor]], [[Spock]], and [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]] under their PPW Toys brand.
+For many years, 1974's ''[[Star Trek Game (1974)|Star Trek Game]]'' was the solitary ''[[Star Trek]]''-related product which was produced under the Hasbro brand.
-In 2012, Hasbro announced they will make toys for {{film|12}} which are slated for release in the following year. These include [[Kre-O]] model toys, action figures & "role-play" pieces. {{st.com|hasbro-launching-star-trek-toys-in-2013||article}}
+For a time Hasbro also competed in the video game industry from 1995 with their subsidiary Hasbro Interactive. They acquired [[MicroProse]] in late 1998 and went on to publish ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation]]'' in 1999. They would also produce a [[The Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection|compilation set]] that same year before losing the ''Star Trek'' video game license. Hasbro eventually decided to leave the video game business and sold Hasbro Interactive off to [[Infogrames]] in 2001.
-Hasbro is currently the parent company of such brands as [[Milton Bradley]], Parker Brothers, [[Milton Bradley|South Bend]], [[Palitoy]], [[Tiger Electronics]], [[Wizards of the Coast]], and [[Galoob]]. They have licensed several of these properties to other companies (notably [[USAopoly]] and [[Fundex]]) which have produced ''Star Trek''-themed versions of their games.
+In 2012, Hasbro announced they would make licensed toys for {{film|12}} and slated them for release during the following year. These included [[Kre-O]] building toys, [[Fighter Pods]], action figures, and "role-playing" items.{{st.com|hasbro-launching-star-trek-toys-in-2013||article}} Ultimately, the company opted to release only the Kre-O and Fighter Pods lines and first displayed these products at Toy Fair in New York City on 10 February, 2013.
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 File:Hasbro Star Trek Game.jpg|Hasbro ''Star Trek'' Game from 1974
-File:Hasbro Star Trek Mr Potato Head.jpg|Hasbro PPW Toys ''Star Trek'' Mr Potato Head figures
 File:Hasbro Kre-O USS Enterprise.jpg|Hasbro Kre-O {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}}
+File:Star Trek Fighter Pods.jpg|Hasbro Fighter Pods display
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