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>Have they wanted to get rid of that fame? Yes. but they got used to it and have caught a dynamic that certainly works.
>Yet they did. Most companies don't do that but as you said, they saw those little silly things into something profitable while making something worth with them and the

I still recall Hasbro's reluctance in the early years. Their first interactions with us was like tipping there toes into water, feeling the tempiture. They did get used to the fandom and certainly took advantage of us better then many companies could have. Remember in the 1990s when many of the first fanwebsites were CoD? I don't see hasbro going that far with a simple fansite, but corperations can react pretty stupidly to something new and unknown.