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'''Bandai''' is Japan's largest toy company, and [[Takara]]'s biggest rival. | '''Bandai Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社バンダイ, ''Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai'') is [[Japan]]'s largest toy company, headquartered in [[Wikipedia:Taitō, Tokyo|Taitō]], [[Tokyo]], and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s biggest rival. Currently, Bandai is a subsidiary under [[Wikipedia:Namco Bandai Holdings|Namco Bandai]] after the main company bought/merged with [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]] in [[September 29]], [[2005]]. | ||
During the 1980s, when Bandai had very little direct presence in the North American market, they not only licensed their ''Machine Robo'' toyline to [[Tonka]] as ''[[Tonka GoBots|GoBots]]'', but also licensed several other molds to [[Hasbro]] for the ''Transformers'' line that they obtained when they bought out another Japanese company, [[Takatoku Toys]]. | During the 1980s, when Bandai had very little direct presence in the North American market, they not only licensed their ''Machine Robo'' toyline to [[Tonka]] as ''[[Tonka GoBots|GoBots]]'', but also licensed several other molds to [[Hasbro]] for the ''Transformers'' line that they obtained when they bought out another Japanese company, [[Takatoku Toys]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Current Hasbro Chief Operating Officer [[Brian Goldner]] was an executive at Bandai's American division before joining Hasbro in 2000. | * Current Hasbro Chief Operating Officer [[Brian Goldner]] was an executive at Bandai's American division before joining Hasbro in [[2000]]. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [[wikipedia:Bandai|Bandai at Wikipedia]] | * [[wikipedia:Bandai|Bandai at Wikipedia]] | ||
* [[wikipedia:ja:%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4|Bandai at Japanese Wikipedia]] | |||
* [http://www.bandai.co.jp/ Bandai Japan] | |||
* [http://www.bandai.com/ Bandai US] | |||
* [http://www.bandai.co.uk/ Bandai UK] | |||
* [http://www.bandaieurope.com/europe/index.php/ Bandai Europe] | |||
* [http://www.bandai-asia.com/ Bandai Asia] | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
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Bandai Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンダイ, Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai) is Japan's largest toy company, headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo, and Takara's biggest rival. Currently, Bandai is a subsidiary under Namco Bandai after the main company bought/merged with Namco in September 29, 2005.
During the 1980s, when Bandai had very little direct presence in the North American market, they not only licensed their Machine Robo toyline to Tonka as GoBots, but also licensed several other molds to Hasbro for the Transformers line that they obtained when they bought out another Japanese company, Takatoku Toys.
Since the Transformers cartoon would air in Japan, these toys were dropped from the animated lineup to avoid giving Takara's rival free publicity... with the exception of Jetfire, who instead got a name-tweak and extensively-changed animation model, probably due to Hasbro wanting some form of advertising for a very expensive item.
Trivia
- Current Hasbro Chief Operating Officer Brian Goldner was an executive at Bandai's American division before joining Hasbro in 2000.
