The 1985 Transformer Hasbro Is Legally Banned From Remaking

In 1985, Hasbro released one of the most iconic figures in Transformers history: Jetfire. But nearly forty years later, the original toy has never once been reissued. The reason isn't lost tooling or factory molds. It’s a forty-year legal battlefield between Hasbro, Japanese anime studio Macross, and Harmony Gold over a rented design Hasbro never actually owned. From an animated series forced to alter its own character into "Skyfire," to a 2013 Comic-Con lawsuit that vanished behind closed doors, this is the story of the rarest vintage Transformer silhouette you will never see on store shelves again. Timestamps: 00:00 - The Transformer Hasbro Can Never Reissue 00:46 - Borrowed From Macross 02:08 - The Cartoon That Couldn't Show Its Own Toy 03:31 - The 2013 Comic-Con Lawsuit 04:54 - Michael Bay & Takara’s Elaborate Workarounds 06:20 - The Flawed Legal Argument Nobody Challenged 07:34 - What an Original 1985 Jetfire Sells For Today #Transformers #G1Transformers #VintageToys