When even more powerful versions of the Optimus Primal toy ( such as Optimal Optimus ) were introduced, Hasbro even invented a " 10 +" rating in an attempt to keep increasing the power levels.

When his favorite game was sold along with Avalon Hill to Hasbro, Schilling joined the small gaming company Multi-Man Publishing which maintained ASL and other Avalon Hill titles.

When Hasbro discontinued the G1 My Little Pony line in 1992, some pony molds fell into the hands of other toy companies, who made their own " pony " toys.

When Hasbro bought the publishing rights, they added these components to bring the physical components in line with the other games in the series.

When Hasbro began their own series of reissues, the " Powermaster Optimus Prime " toy they reissued was, in fact, the God Ginrai mold, and hence featured a die-cast cab and shorter, chromed smokestacks.

When K ’ Nex went to the big toy companies, such as Hasbro, and others, their idea was turned down, but they were referred to giant construction toy producer Lego.

When they found out from Hasbro they could use the Crumplezone mold, Fun Publications switch Optimus Primal to that mold instead.

When Hasbro Interactive ceased operations, so did the e-mail servers, but the established fanbase quickly created utilities to bypass the gamefile submission to the server.

When sold to Hasbro, the basic line was largely discontinued, and new packaging of the toys didn't catch on as well as hoped, though some imitators continue to be sold in toy stores.

When Hasbro bought out Tonka, they assumed ownership of the GoBots character names.

When Hasbro / Takara first envisioned the concept for Energon, the Autobots were to be combiners with a " Powerlinx " feature, while Decepticons were to be Triple Changers, but this was abandoned for most of the Decepticons having a " hyper-power " mode, which usually just revealed more weapons.

When they acquired the Transformers licence from Hasbro, Dreamwave Productions initially produced a six-issue mini-series, written by Chris Saccarini and drawn by company President Pat Lee, titled Prime Directive.

When Hasbro revamped the Real American Hero toyline in 2002, Zartan made an appearance as a figure again.

When Microsoft acquired the FASA Interactive subsidiary, Babcock went with that company.

When Eidos Interactive was an independent company, its head office occupied the Wimbledon Bridge House.

When Eidos Interactive was an independent company, its head office occupied the Wimbledon Bridge House.

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When the new Interactive division debuted in late 2010, IGT's separate mobile-and internet-based gaming groups, known as Million-2-1 and WagerWorks, merged and formed one team with 18 years combined experience.

When the designers were working on the 3D-visualizations of Springfield at Fox Interactive for the game, they conceived of the project to construct a real-life replica of the Simpsons ' house and give it away in a contest.

When Electronic Arts purchased DreamWorks Interactive, he moved to their Vancouver office to set up their next-generation games research group.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When a customer bought a minicomputer, at that time the smallest computer on the market, the computer did not come with Pre-installed software, but needed to be installed by engineers employed by the OEM.

When Jerry Jones bought the team he inherited Schramm's Ring of Honor " power " and immediately inducted Jordan.

When Ball returned to weekly television, she and Arnaz worked out an agreement regarding Desilu, wherein she bought him out.

When the " Salvador Ibáñez " workshop was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, the " Ibanez Salvador " guitars were no longer available, so Hoshino Gakki bought the " Ibanez Salvador " brand name rights and started making Spanish acoustic guitars in 1935, at first using the " Ibanez Salvador " brand name, and then later using the " Ibanez " brand name.

When Richard's second son Harry was born, Michael bought him a train set.

When Presley heard " Only the Lonely " for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends.

When Apple Inc. bought NeXT, and used NeXTSTEP to construct Mac OS X, they replaced Display PostScript with Quartz.

When Williams bought the £ 8. 5 million mansion in early 2009, Vickers lived at the estate for some months but had recently moved back in with his mother who lives nearby.

When he was eight years old his father gave him a large chemistry set which was enhanced over the next few years with extra chemicals including a bottle of concentrated sulphuric acid, bought from a pharmacy, at a time when pharmacists were less regulated than now.

When he was about eight or nine years old, his father bought him a beautiful Victorian brass microscope, which he used to examine biological specimens, furthering his interest in biology.

When Numan was 15 years old, his father bought him a Gibson Les Paul guitar, which he regards as his most treasured possession.

When the confirmation came, he bought books ( for example, the complete works of Aristotle ).

When Mannie asks him why he bought it, the Professor relates the following parable, implying that self-government is an illusion caused by failure to understand reality:

After producing a film adaption of his 1968 novel Only When I Larf, Deighton and photographer Brian Duffy bought the film rights to Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop's stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War!

When the company gets bought out ( or taken private ) – at a dramatically lower price – the takeover artist gains a windfall from the former top executive's actions to surreptitiously

When the painting that was singled out for special condemnation, Matisse's Woman with a Hat, was bought by Gertrude and Leo Stein, the embattled artist's morale improved considerably.

When he married, he acquired Jesmond Dene House, a house to the west of Jesmond Dene, Newcastle and began to landscape and improve land that he bought within the Dene.

When Pierce bought the West Virginia property, he named it the " Cosmotheist Community Church " and applied for federal, state, and local tax exemptions.

For example, in the classic novel Journey to the West ( circa 1590 ), Sun Wukong tells a lion-monster in chapter 75: " When I passed through Guangzhou, I bought a pot for cooking za sui – so I'll savour your liver, entrails, and lungs.

When Hell's Hinges was released, the reception of the film among New York critics was so positive that the producer bought space in newspapers around the country to reprint the reviews.

When the Bourbon rule collapsed in 1860 ( see Francis II of the Two Sicilies ) a British man named James Stevenson bought the northern part of the island, built a villa, reopened the local mines and planted vineyards for grapes that would later be used to make Malmsey wine.

When WRIK-TV was bought by Tommy Muñiz, Mercado stayed for two years, then moved his show to WKBM-TV which later became WLII-TV, Tele Once ( Channel 11 ).

When Frederick Rogers bought of land from the Earl of Derby on 9 January 1923 it was for the purpose of developing Keston Park.

When this line was bought by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad the following decade, the L & N built train depots at Woodstock and other towns.