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GI JOE and Star Wars brand toys have them. And with the franchise's second movie coming out, HASBRO sees a need to connect with the community of this ever growing franchise, and allow fans to reach out to them and ask questions about upcoming TRANSFORMERS brand products.

We have been invited to be one of the websites that can contribute questions to the very top of HASBRO's TRANSFORMERS brand designers and staff about our beloved robot toy's future. This will be done bi-monthly, and answers should be returned within a week's time frame.

*There are some rules to submitting the questions:

1.) Straightforward.

2.) No multi-part questions.

3.) Not all questions will get answered or even officially asked.

4.) Appropriate and important, timely to the brand.

5.) Do not turn this into a criticism of each other's questions or HASBRO, in general. However, if information is already known--and you know it has been answered and have a source-- that would be an acceptable response so as not to have wasted questions.

(Examples of how this works, the type of questions to ask, and types of responses we will get can be seen here, and here.)

We may not submit more than 5 questions, and they should have priority rankings (staff will choose and prioritize).

First round of questions will be submitted by a staff member on October 6th.

This is an awesome opportunity to ask questions that you have wanted answered. This privilege also speaks highly of our community and the important ideas we share daily.

At the date of submission, you will be informed of the questions chosen, and then when/if they are answered the news will be shared with our community.

So please, start typing your serious TRANSFORMERS toy questions...

[Mkall]

1) What is the likelyhood of seeing a TF:Animated character receive a new mold for the Universe/Classics line and vice versa? Characters like Blitzwing or Swindle come to mind.

2) What will happen to the production volume of the Universe and Animated lines once the Revenge of The Fallen Toys hit the market, will they continue at current strength or will they tone down numbers to promote the movie line like last time?

3) How does the eventual release of the new line of Movie figures impact the 25th anniversary line of figures?

4) Will we see Supreme-class figures for either Animated or Universe lines such as City-formers or certain Guardian Robots?

5) How has the current market situation, such as high fuel prices and the recent Wall Street market crash affected Hasbro's ability to produce quality figures?

6) What measures has Hasbro taken regarding the various quality concerns raised about some figures such as sticky paint, sloppy paint applications, assembly issues and so on.

[Skice]

1) With the upcoming release of Universe Targetmaster Cyclonus will we see any other classics "master" figures Like Headmasters or more Targetmasters?

2) Will we see any Classics/Universe combiners at all like the Technobots.

[Gutter Bunny]

Will the universe line continue to have new molds created for popular characters that have yet to receive the classics/universe treatment,i.e. shockwave(g1 or the unused wwi tank) or a classics appropriate soundwave?

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6) What measures has Hasbro taken regarding the various quality concerns raised about some figures such as sticky paint, sloppy paint applications, assembly issues and so on.

[Sledge]

1) Will we see triple changers done at Voyager or Ultra size?

2) Any chance at all of a repaint of Cybertron Hardtop into Beachcomber?

3) Could Hasbro UK start letting people in the UK know which items will and won't be sold in the UK? This would be a massive help in knowing whether to import items or not.

4) Why has the price of Transformers Universe Deluxes in the UK gone up to £12.99 whilst the price of Transformers Animated Deluxes has remained £9.99?

[GetterDragun]

1) Do you have planned the next series after Animated? If so any hints on the direction it takes?

2) How big will the 25th Anniverary line be? And will we see any surprise reissues from G1?

3) It seems great progress has been made in stopping Knockoffs, but how come it seems that stolen prerelease figures from the factory continues on?

4) Are retailers more willing to take on exclusives after the success of the movie line?

5) Can we get the name of a previeously unannounced upcoming Universe figure (especially if it is a new mold)?

Thanks!

[Blurrz]

1) Will Arcee recieve a figure in the Animated Line-up?

2) Will Omega Supreme recieve a figure in the Animated Line-up?

3) Is the rumored Overload repaint in the Universe line, a repaint of Armada Overload?

[Overcracker]

1. Are there going to be any figures from older lines re-issued for the 25th anniversary line?

2. Is there any chance of continuing the Titanium Line?

3. Is there any chance of seeing more War Within designs in any other line such as Universe?

[Nekoman]

1) GI Joe/Transformers crossover. Will we be getting one?

2) How many more uses of the classics seekers mold will we see in the near future?

3) Universe Headmasters, when and will we get them?

4) How well have the ANIMATED toys sold in comparison to previous lines?

5) How many waves can we expect in Universe?

[robofreak]

1. Is there any chance of the Transtech series getting a show and toyline?

2. Has the recent surge of quality control issues affected sales?

3. If Quality Control has affected the sales then what measures are being taken to ensure quality figures in future releases?

4. How will the supply of movie toys be better maintained when Revenge of the Fallen is released? (example: 4 months of empty toy shelves when the first movie was released)