Statement verification:

Actually, that is a huge misconception. Although Takara first released the molds that would later become the (G1) Transformers, the intellectual properties of those molds have been owned by Hasbro since 1974.

So if it wasn't for Hasbro, Takara would have never been linked with Transformers in the first place!
Someone in a different forum made the statement above. Is this true?

As far as I knew, Hasbro had nothing to do with Takara until they decided to market the toys in the USA.