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Still wondering which characters will show up in the *Avengers *movie? I’m now wondering instead if any of Hasbro’s Marvel action figures will show up in a movie called Hasbro Factory, which *Pajiba *has learned](http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/exclusive-hasbro-developing-its-own-version-of-the-avengers-night-at-the-museum-meets-toy-story.php) is in development at Paramount. Pitched as *Night at the Museum *in a Hasbro factory, the project continues the nauseating trend of turning every toy and game property into a movie. The company responsible for whoring out Transformers](Transformers (2007) - Movie | Moviefone), *G.I. Joe *and soon-to-be-films *Battleship *and Micronauts](http://www.cinematical.com/2009/11/05/j-j-abrams-to-produce-micronauts-movie/), among many others, can now throw all their leftovers into a big summer blockbuster that’s even more of just one big product placement than *Mac and Me *was.
But how this will be different than *Toy Story *is beyond me. Especially considering the hit Pixar franchise features some Hasbro-made characters, like the Potato Heads, and other properties like Lite-Brite. I doubt Disney would want any overlapping, but I wonder if Paramount would mind in-house mining since they’re making the thing. Will *Hasbro Factory *really be like the *Avengers *in that it could be a meeting place for characters from *Transformers *and G.I. Joe, only in smaller form? Might they also talk to Universal about borrowing future *Stretch Armstrong *star Taylor Lautner? And who/what else might show up? Cabbage Patch Kids? Strawberry Shortcake? *Star Wars *characters? Potato Head Iron Man? Furby?