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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by status_quo69 on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:00AM (#26225252)
Another example of this is Transformers, which is/was beloved by kids and was easy advertising for Hasbro.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by dspillett on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:11AM (#26225385)
> was easy advertising for Hasbro

Transformers was only advertising for Hasbro. They licensed the toys then made a show around them to sell them.

And as a big Transformers fan as a kid I along with many others fell right for it!

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