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News Credits: 1082 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:29 am

HASBRO has answered the questions that the staff of Seibertron decided we should submit based on ALL the fantastic entries from our community. Too many to choose three from, and unfortunately, it seems this time we wasted a portion of one, but some answers regardless.

Check 'em out:

--Are there plans to release toys from the video game such as Protectobot, Arialbot and Seeker?

(HASBRO 1) We do not have any plans to release these characters/figures anytime in
the near future
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--Will we every see the third Arcee sister as a toy and will she come with instructions on how to transform the three toys together to make a bigger robot? If we are not going to see the instructions officially, can we please see them unofficially?

Plus, is it true that Skidz and Mudflap can transform together to form a bigger robot?

(HASBRO 2) While we do not want to confirm or deny our plans for the future, it
would make a lot of sense to release the third ""Arcee sister"" and with
it the instructions if they combined together. Needless to say, you will
just have to wait and see!

As for Skids and Mudflap, their individual deluxe figures do not combine
together to form a larger robot.

*While we all knew this, I believe the original intent of our question was to discuss the concepts of the characters, and if they were to planned to combine in robot mode at the beginning...sorry folks.*
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--Will you ever be making toys for the other Constructicons in ROTF? The ones that we have not seen a transforming toy for such as Scrapper, Hightower, etc.

(HASBRO 3) Unfortunately, there are no plans at this time to release any
additional Constucticons past those that we have currently announced.
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So there are the brief,and to the point answers that we received. Thank you again for participating.

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News Credits: 335 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:47 am

Those are the questions we picked? Hmm... well I guess there were enough people asking.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:04 am

Hm ... looks like the staff needs to get more involved with answering more questions for people because I think most of the staff here could've answered the 3 questions above, and perhaps we can help come up with some harder questions for Hasbro. You know ... ones that might make them squirm and aren't so easy for them to answer.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:19 am

Given how far away the next movie line is at this point (and that the relevant movie hasn't been made yet) I'm still working on the assumption that we'll see more Constructicon moulds in a couple of years when the next movie rolls around. Beyond a bit of fairly loose long term strategy it's not like Hasbro's going to have that line planned in any great detail at this stage.

News Credits: 335 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:23 am

Seibertron wrote:Hm ... looks like the staff needs to get more involved with answering more questions for people because I think most of the staff here could've answered the 3 questions above, and perhaps we can help come up with some harder questions for Hasbro. You know ... ones that might make them squirm and aren't so easy for them to answer.

Agreed. I have some ideas in mind.

News Credits: 16 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:28 am

Nevermind.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:38 am

I spent the last 1/2 hour replying to some of the questions for this month. I'll try to do a better job of helping to answer questions in the future so that we can get to the real meat and potatoes questions. Maybe the staff can help answer some of the obvious ones?

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=55503&p=980034

Maybe we could make this a new feature ... "Seibertron.com staff answers your questions that Hasbro didn't answer from July 2009"

News Credits: 5 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:41 am

damn... what happened to the questions about the classics 3.0 line up? future cartoons/figures and premiums for the ROTF line??

I'm sorry but these 3 questions were kind of a waist of a chance to get some kind of answers that would have been reeling us for days..

I'm going to be on point the next round.. and ask some thing we should get some answers to.

I think that 3rd party manufacturer questions should definitely be left out.. on any rounds we do going forward..don't want to rock the boat or waste a question

but atleast I know that the video game figures aren't on the table.. which kinda sucks.. these answers were kind of negative all around..

kind of a downer.. :-(

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:59 am

Is there a reason why there are so many Star Wars questions answered but only 3 for transformers questions?

http://www.hasbro.com/starwars/en_US/di ... C33F1BE85B

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:02 am

I think the next 3 questions they answer will be,

Will you still make more Transformers? Yes.

Really? Yes.

REALLY? Yes.

Thank you for your time.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:13 am

omega666 wrote:Is there a reason why there are so many Star Wars questions answered but only 3 for transformers questions?

http://www.hasbro.com/starwars/en_US/di ... C33F1BE85B

Because Hasbro answers 3 questions for each Transformers site that participates whereas it appears that Hasbro answers the questions for Star Wars directly on their website. I'd rather have us get 3 questions answered than have Hasbro answer the questions directly on their website.

Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:19 am

I asked between 10 and 15 questions. My time was wasted. Thank you Hasbro, for insulting my intelligence. :-x

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:26 am

Hmm, no more release for other Constructicons. :-?

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:32 am

Primus1101 wrote:I asked between 10 and 15 questions. My time was wasted. Thank you Hasbro, for insulting my intelligence.

Please don't bash Hasbro over this guys. We'll make sure that we ask some harder questions and limit the questions that we send them next time. If we give them an easy out, of course they'll answer the easier questions. Why wouldn't they? The staff on Seibertron.com, or at least myself, will make sure we do a better job of looking through the questions in the future to see which ones we can answer for you since it seems that most of the questions that were asked I can answer. It's up to us to make sure that really good questions are getting asked. Let's all work together to make our end better for August.

News Credits: 8 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:49 am

So those were the best questions we had this time around? I think we're losing our touch here on seibertron. Im really surprised that hasbro isnt going to make a toy for scrapper. Guess they couldnt figure out a way to make it transform and look right.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:53 am

Primus1101 wrote:I asked between 10 and 15 questions. My time was wasted. Thank you Hasbro, for insulting my intelligence.

I just spent some time answering your questions. Here you go: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=55503&p=980097#p980097

Please feel free to respond with further questions in this thread. Hopefully myself or someone else in-the-know can answer your questions for you.

If you guys think I answered any of those questions incorrectly, please feel free to correct me. Thanks.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:54 am

Megatron Wolf wrote:So those were the best questions we had this time around? I think we're losing our touch here on seibertron. Im really surprised that hasbro isnt going to make a toy for scrapper. Guess they couldnt figure out a way to make it transform and look right.

As I mentioned, I'll make sure that the questions sent by the staff next time are better questions. In the meantime, I'm doing my best to go through all of the questions that were asked and answering them to the best of my ability. So far, only two questions have stumped me. The rest I've been able to answer.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:22 pm

Finally i bought Chromia (after i loathed her), and i really like the mold ! I'm sorry Chromia for the things i said. I'm so sad, baby. Would you ever forgive me ?

Anyways, i preordered Arcee and i deffo get the third combiner when it comes out.

Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:28 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Primus1101 wrote:I asked between 10 and 15 questions. My time was wasted. Thank you Hasbro, for insulting my intelligence.

I just spent some time answering your questions. Here you go: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=55503&p=980097#p980097

Please feel free to respond with further questions in this thread. Hopefully myself or someone else in-the-know can answer your questions for you.

If you guys think I answered any of those questions incorrectly, please feel free to correct me. Thanks.

Seibertron, I read your response and I have one thing to say: Dude, Hasbro should so hire you as a "Public Relations" guy (or a design guy to help with the galleries).

Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:46 pm

Actually, I do have one more question. Why are some of the Revenge of the Fallen lacking so much areticulation? Such as Demolishor, Leader Megs and Deluxe Rampage. Oh and why are Voyager SS's tattoo's peeling off? I have heard this flaw at least three times, including myself.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:55 pm

I have waited for weeks for the Q&A to return and this is all we get?

Seibertron, if you could, could you please tell me about any Premium plans? Hasbro definitely did say they would do, but all we got was a one worded 'yes'.

Then again, you *could* try to answer the questions I suggested. The questions submitted hardly contained relevance to the most suggested questions on the forum (except maybe the Constructicons) and the answers were very anti-climactic. (:|

Oh well, do try better next time! (When is next time?)

News Credits: 18 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:38 pm

That's the three questions a five year old could answer them, who actually decides what questions get to be asked?

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:56 pm

Primus1101 wrote:Seibertron, I read your response and I have one thing to say: Dude, Hasbro should so hire you as a "Public Relations" guy (or a design guy to help with the galleries).

I'd love nothing more than to be working for Hasbro in some kind of way on the Transformers brand, for their marketing department, or for their technical department.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:00 pm

leokearon wrote:That's the three questions a five year old could answer them, who actually decides what questions get to be asked?

The staff on this site does. We send Hasbro a group of questions (maybe 10 or 20) and let them choose which ones they want to answer. We're going to really filter out the questions next month and help answer the ones that the staff on this site knows the answers to. You guys keep asking questions and the staff here on Seibertron.com will get more involved with finding the answers to your questions. I think once we start doing that, we can really sharpen up the list of questions and get to the real nitty gritty from Hasbro.

News Credits: 3658 · Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:23 pm

Swiftknife24 wrote:I have waited for weeks for the Q&A to return and this is all we get?

Seibertron, if you could, could you please tell me about any Premium plans? Hasbro definitely did say they would do, but all we got was a one worded 'yes'.

Then again, you *could* try to answer the questions I suggested. The questions submitted hardly contained relevance to the most suggested questions on the forum (except maybe the Constructicons) and the answers were very anti-climactic.

Oh well, do try better next time! (When is next time?)

Actually, Hasbro specifically stated that they had NO plans for a premium series for ROTF.