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So shall we wrap up the mainstream corporate criticism with the fantasy of the Mattel Extended

Universe that's coming our way?

Deandre, do you still have that list handy that Mattel, not in their secret underground

layer, but like a pretty overt plan they have is to make a series of movies akin to Marvel,

but based on their own IP, which doesn't interlock, doesn't have stories connected to it, doesn't

make any sense, but if it worked with Barbie, then presumably it can also work with hungry

hippos, or the Udo card game, or what else were they trying for now?

First of all, you saying that out loud, does that not just sound like a joke to you?

Like, what do you say?

Of course, that can't be real, right?

But obviously, they're going to do the Udo game, they're going to do polypocket, Vin Diesel's

already connected to Rockham Sockham robots, I believe, they have people lined up to be

connected to these shows, Barney has Daniel Kaluya from Get Out to star in an edgy version

of Barney.

I don't know what that means.

What?

Oh my God, I had not heard about that.

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