Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
I don't think they ever had ownership of the mold. The G1 Shockwave toy was something Hasbro paid license to release but the mold belonged to Toyco. Just how G1 Jetfire is a Bandai mold that Hasbro paid to have released for Tranformers back in the 80s.

Not sure who owns the G1 Shockwave mold now as originally it had been licensed and sold to several companies back in the 80s. However it may be safe to say that Hasbro is not the current owner.
Just out of curiosity... who owns the rights to the original G1 cartoon/comics likeness of Shockwave? I mean, is it a bit like Mattel's situation with MOTUC... ie, Takara/Hasbro might be able to do a version of the G1 "cartoon" Shockwave but not the G1 "toy" version?