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In [[1991]], Hasbro bought out another former competitor, Tonka, who produced a toyline that rivaled ''Transformers'' known as GoBots. Since Tonka owned Kenner, they also acquired the rights to ''[[Star Wars]]''. Around this time, Hasbro had restructured many of its subsidiaries to have 'Hasbro' in their names, causing the company to become an international household name.
[[File:HASBRO_1992.jpg|thumb|200px|[[HASBRO 1992]]]]
In [[1992]], Hasbro would launch the second ''My Little Pony'' television show, ''[[My Little Pony Tales]]'', animated by [[AKOM]], which when compared to the original show, was a failure and the toyline would go on a 5 year hiatus in the United States, with only scarce releases in Europe. In [[1997]], [[Generation 2]] was launched, which also resulted in a failure in the U.S., but saw reasonable success in Europe. In [[2003]], [[Generation 3]] was launched, which in contrast, was a massive success and produced a number of toy releases all the way into the early 2010s, bleeding over slightly with [[Generation 4]], which was a monumental success. In [[2021]], Generation 4 concluded, with [[Generation 5]] taking over as the dominant generation.
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In [[2019]], Hasbro became an even larger media powerhourse, purchasing [[Entertainment One]], a Canadian media production and distribution firm for $4 billion on {{D|August|22|2019}}, with the acquisition completed on {{D|Dec|30|2019}} of that same year. eOne would soon absorb [[AllSpark]] and became Hasbro's media production arm. This would give Hasbro control over the mega-successful ''Peppa Pig'' and ''PJ Mask'' franchises. Many eOne staff members would go on to work on media produced in the 5th Generation of ''My Little Pony''.
In [[2022]], many of Hasbro's comic series published by [[IDW Publishing]] were concluding due to the publishing house losing the rights. The [[My Little Pony comics|''My Little Pony'' comics]], including [[My Little Pony (2022 comic)|''My Little Pony'' (2022)]] and various Generation 4 spin-offs would remain in publication, however. Of note, many of IDW's Hasbro properties would share a loosely connected universe, usually referred to as the '''Hasbro Universe''' or ''IDW Universe'''. ''My Little Pony'' would not be apart of this universe, but would share its multiverse with it, as per ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers]]''.
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