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Mudflap wrote:Will there be a re release or repaint of Armada Tidal Wave or Classics Megatron (The voyafger blaster) Because I wish I could get them so much...

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any chance of Siebertron doing something like Generals Joe where there is a central location of links to the Q and A sections on other sites? This would come in handy down the line to make sure people don't ask questions that have already been answered.

If the specific question you asked wasn't answered should you post it again or will it be considered for selection in the next round?

tigertracks 24 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any chance of Siebertron doing something like Generals Joe where there is a central location of links to the Q and A sections on other sites? This would come in handy down the line to make sure people don't ask questions that have already been answered.

If the specific question you asked wasn't answered should you post it again or will it be considered for selection in the next round?

That's a good idea, I'll make a thread, sticky it and lock it.

Thanks ChuckD!

tigertracks 24 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any chance of Siebertron doing something like Generals Joe where there is a central location of links to the Q and A sections on other sites? This would come in handy down the line to make sure people don't ask questions that have already been answered.

If the specific question you asked wasn't answered should you post it again or will it be considered for selection in the next round?

That's a good idea, I'll make a thread, sticky it and lock it.

Thanks ChuckD!

TFormers.com: Are there any steps being taken to address for the recent quality issues in the Transformers: Animated and Universe lines?

Hasbro- Corporate: Product quality is at the extremely important to us. Firstly, as conversion of Transformers has become more complicated, it is critical for peices to pop off more easily. This is meant to stop breakage and stress points. It some of the pieces didn't pop off, they might end up snapping off or at the very least stressing the plastic. However, we have heard some complaints about Animated products and are currently investigating. If you have specific issues please contact our consumer affairs department.

TFormers.com: Hasbro has said that the Universe line is a tribute to all eras of Transformers. Can you reveal any figures currently in the pipeline, or planned for production, that the fans can look forward to?

Hasbro - Corporate: We have announced most the characters and figures that we will be celebrating in Spring 2009 as part of the 25th Anniversary. Some of the great ones include: Cheetor, Hound, Cyclonus, Smokescreen, Hot Shot, Inferno and many other of the great characters throughout the ages.

TFormers.com: What is the process you use to decide which characters get made into which size class?

Hasbro - Bill Rawley: We try to mix up all of the different types of vehicle and alt modes, flying, tanks, faster land based, beasts, etc. Having a variety in vehicle modes and robot silhouettes is a plus, not to mention having a good balance of Autobots and Decepticons. Scale is not really something we stay true too, it's just to difficult. But where ever possible I'll try and throw historically smaller guys like Wheelie and Bumblebee into a Legends scales. That way they look closer to their actual scale when posed next to Deluxe.

Hasbro - Eric Siebenaler: One part Animation Scale, one part Popularity/Exposure, one part Feature driven, one part Brand Goals, and one part Personal Preference. Not in any particular order.

TFormers.com - MikePrime: Will there be a Transformers Crossovers G.I. Joe line?

Hasbro - Corporate: We have had many discussions about GI Joe Transformers either executed as the other Crossovers lines or even true to the Comic (Joe figures and Transformers figures together). Right now is just not the best time with the Movies being the main focus for brands, so don't expect to see it in 2009.

TFormers.com - BLACKOUT34: 5) Will the Alternity Convoy figure (in either color) see a US release?

Hasbro - Corporate: Not likely in 2009.

Q1.Any chance that any Transformers Classics figures will ever be released with retro box packaging? (Much like the G.I. Joe 25th anniversary figures were released with the vintage package recreations)

A1) We try to "never say never", but the current plans are to use the 25th Anniversary Universe packaging in the near future. We do have the new Special Edition figures that are being released in a commemorative package, but not necessarily a G1 retro package.

Q2. Any chance we could see some larger "Mega" sized Robot Heroes like Devestator and Superion?

A2) We are looking into it - stay tuned!!


Q3. We’re getting a Robot Hero of G1 Slag, but you’ve named him Snarl like the animated version. Will we get an actual "Snarl" (steg) RH now?? What will you call him? Will we get all 5 dinobots in RH?

A3) Unfortunately, we do not have plans to release any additional Dinobots at this point in time within the Universe Robot Heroes line. However, as with everything that we do, there is always a chance to see them all atsome future point in time.

Q4. Any chance of getting more of the 1986 movie characters in the Classics line: a G1-accurate Arcee, Kup, Springer, Blurr?

A4) We would love to get more 1986 G1 Movie characters in the Universe line. There’s a fantastic cast of characters from that movie and I’m sure a few of them will be turning up in Universe. I would love to design a Blurr and Arcee personally, but we’ll have to see what we can fit in theline.

Q5. Any chance of getting a new voyager/ultra seeker mold for the Universe line? You’re sitting on a gold mine of repaints and easy money. The deluxe seekers look out of scale with the other TF as they are TOO SMALL! Also, how about a Galvatron or G2 Megs in the voyager/ultra size??

A5) The seekers are always loads of fun to make repaints of. We chose the lower price point of the Deluxe for our current seekers because it’s more affordable for the masses. People don’t mind buying a few repaints if they look cool and are only the Deluxe price point. Once they get larger and higher in price, it’s harder to expect collectors and kids to buy repaints
over and over again. Now a G2 Megatron in Voyager or Ultra has come across my mind a few times. In our current Universe line up we have a lot of tank-like vehicle so squeezing in a G2 Megatron would have been tough. But for the future…let’s just say I’ll try to get Megatron as big as I possibly can.

1.) Any chance of seeing Universe 2.0 Voyager Onslaught remolded/recolored into G1 Hardhead?

1) I'd say that's a good possibility for a repaint either for our main line or an exclusive. But when ever possible, I try to offer more than just a straight repaint, such as a new head or weapon. So I might have to sketch up some options and see just what I can come up with.

2.) Why did you choose that particular deco for Universe 2.0 Deluxe Cyclonus and Nightstick, which differs radically from the prototype? Many fans liked the purple prototype.

2) Sometimes test shots come in and all of the molds are not cast in the correct colors. But that's why test shots exist, so that we can catch those problems before the toy is produced. In this example, an image of a Cyclonus testshot was released and fans had issues. But rest assured, the mold is going to remain purple and match the initial prototype image.

3.) And chance for new-mold Universe 2.0 combiners teams/gestalts?

3) The typical gestalts require a price point higher than any of the ones we have established in the short-term in Universe, so we won't be tooling up any new Universe gestalt molds for 2009. But we really like the combiner idea and would like to add some new combiner play in the relative near future (no specific plans or line decided - we are talking about it).

4.) Why the baby blue for Universe 2.0 Ironhide's face? It was originally silver, which was correct. It changed from proto to production to baby-blue. Ironically Robot Heroes Ironhide came out at the same time, he had the correct silver face. Why the difference?

4) It's supposed to be silver. When I last saw the final paint on the figure it was silver. But somehow in the development process, someone somewhere picked up a blue brush instead of the silver one. We are currently making a "running change" on the face so future Ironhides will
be correct.

5.) Will we see more Headmasters toys in Universe 2.0? If so, will they be based on IDW Headmasters? How about a Sunstreaker with headmaster Hunter?

5) I hope we'll be seeing more Headmasters in the future for Universe. If we continue to celebrate all of the different eras of Transformers there will certainly be some more headmasters to redesign. I'm not too sure about seeing a Sunstreaker with Hunter...we had already done a Sunstreaker in Deluxe so having another Sunstreaker offered again just a year later might be tough. But we'll try to get some fun stuff in the line for you guys.

Mudflap wrote:Only one question from me I'd despreatly like to know:

Will you ever make a re-paint of the classics voyager megatron blaster from '06?