Mkall wrote:joevill wrote:1)"...the Japansese and the U.S. markets each have their own individual needs, thus requiring the development of specific product to meet these needs.
So they are basically saying the Japanese market have a need better product than the US market?
Not quite. Here in N America. Transformers are seen only as a toy by 98% of the population, and thus that is what they get. Very few people would shell out 50 bucks for a transforming 2GB USB stick that turns into Ravage while they could get a 16 GB stick for 20 bucks. Thus transformers are sold to kids at prices their parents might pay. If they have to sacrifice some quality for that price point, then so be it.
Japan sees Transformers more like a collector's item, and such they are aimed at an older audiance with higher standards and more expendible money
NuclearConvoy wrote:Those questions were lame. I could have answered them all without ever being a Hasbro exec...
"...the design intentions behind the Universe line, such as reimagining our heritage characters, will continue in some form or fashion in the future."
Counterpunch wrote:NuclearConvoy wrote:Those questions were lame. I could have answered them all without ever being a Hasbro exec...
No you couldn't.
Swindle and several other figures from the first movie game were given figures. With at least the first question, the final answer to whether or not the second game characters would have figures was answered.
That was a clear and entirely new answer.
Convotron wrote:I'm just happy to see some of the answers we're getting. While you never can guarantee things will go as planned, hearing certain things like the confirmation of the end of the Universe line saves me from futile hoping while the statement of:"...the design intentions behind the Universe line, such as reimagining our heritage characters, will continue in some form or fashion in the future."
makes me happy to know that continued plans for homages are still in the works.
NuclearConvoy wrote:Those questions were lame. I could have answered them all without ever being a Hasbro exec...
tyranus wrote:asking hasbro questions at this point, isn't going to help anyway.
it all boils down to, all hasbro is going to do is churn out more and more re-paints, retools, and old figures, in ROTF packages. new figures cost money to make, and hasbro would rather cut cost, then give us what we want.
tigertracks 24 wrote:Convotron wrote:I'm just happy to see some of the answers we're getting. While you never can guarantee things will go as planned, hearing certain things like the confirmation of the end of the Universe line saves me from futile hoping while the statement of:"...the design intentions behind the Universe line, such as reimagining our heritage characters, will continue in some form or fashion in the future."
makes me happy to know that continued plans for homages are still in the works.
I believe that this means, like the GI JOE line, they will have all movie product on the shelf, but will repaint figures from older series into G1 selves or other homages, like Crasher, Crackcase, etc. Even though they are in the movie line, they would basically be considered classics/universe figures. These will be few and far between and probably limited to store exclusives, but still there.
Another example would be ROTF Superion, and Bruticus. G1 coloring and names (mostly), but ROTF line.NuclearConvoy wrote:Those questions were lame. I could have answered them all without ever being a Hasbro exec...
It's always so nice to have the support of posters on the site when you try to do something for them. Really you could answer the Human Alliance question from HASBRO's POV for sure? I don't think so. You can tell us if HASBRO might put some of the TakaraTomy items for sale on Hasbrotoyshop.com, I'm impressed! And you knew they would tell us nothing about Universe/Classics 3.0 even though that is all people are clamoring to hear more about (see posts below). Save me some trouble, start a thread and have people ask you the questions... I'll spend my time elsewhere.
I will be looking for your name and questions at the end of September, make them good ones...
tigertracks 24 wrote:Convotron wrote:I'm just happy to see some of the answers we're getting. While you never can guarantee things will go as planned, hearing certain things like the confirmation of the end of the Universe line saves me from futile hoping while the statement of:"...the design intentions behind the Universe line, such as reimagining our heritage characters, will continue in some form or fashion in the future."
makes me happy to know that continued plans for homages are still in the works.
I believe that this means, like the GI JOE line, they will have all movie product on the shelf, but will repaint figures from older series into G1 selves or other homages, like Crasher, Crackcase, etc. Even though they are in the movie line, they would basically be considered classics/universe figures. These will be few and far between and probably limited to store exclusives, but still there.
Another example would be ROTF Superion, and Bruticus. G1 coloring and names (mostly), but ROTF line.NuclearConvoy wrote:Those questions were lame. I could have answered them all without ever being a Hasbro exec...
It's always so nice to have the support of posters on the site when you try to do something for them. Really you could answer the Human Alliance question from HASBRO's POV for sure? I don't think so. You can tell us if HASBRO might put some of the TakaraTomy items for sale on Hasbrotoyshop.com, I'm impressed! And you knew they would tell us nothing about Universe/Classics 3.0 even though that is all people are clamoring to hear more about (see posts below). Save me some trouble, start a thread and have people ask you the questions... I'll spend my time elsewhere.
I will be looking for your name and questions at the end of September, make them good ones...
1. When will we hear about the new line / cartoon coming out after Revenge of the Fallen?
As you can imagine, TRANSFORMERS is a very important brand for Hasbro and we continue to look for new ways to bring the story to our fan base. Hasbro is looking forward to delivering exciting new content to kids and fans through our recently announced joint venture with Discovery Communications. We're excited to share this news with you and look forward to doing so when we have more specifics to share but it is still very early in the process to discuss what direction the entertainment will take. Stay tuned for future announcements.
2. Would Hasbro be willing to sell Takara-Tomy Transformer products such as Henkei/encore figures to the collector's market in the United States similar to what Takara does with their "USA Edition" figures such as Universe powerglide/Masterpiece Starscream?
As we have done in the past, we make sure to release those Takara-Tomy developed products that make sense for the U.S. market.
3. The large sized Robot Heroes toys (The Fallen, Demolishor, Devastator) in giftsets are a big success. Any plans on giving us G1-style large Robot Heroes (Unicron and Devastator were mentioned in last years Botcon) in 2010?
We do not have any plans to do any G1-style large Robot Heroes at this point in time.
tigertracks 24 wrote:I think they want to suck us all dry before we see what's new and stop buying ROTF in favor of saving for the new.
skywarp-2 wrote:these were the questions on tfw2005.. I didn't know about the new communications deal.. the way they answered our questions seemed vague..1. When will we hear about the new line / cartoon coming out after Revenge of the Fallen?
As you can imagine, TRANSFORMERS is a very important brand for Hasbro and we continue to look for new ways to bring the story to our fan base. Hasbro is looking forward to delivering exciting new content to kids and fans through our recently announced joint venture with Discovery Communications. We're excited to share this news with you and look forward to doing so when we have more specifics to share but it is still very early in the process to discuss what direction the entertainment will take. Stay tuned for future announcements.
2. Would Hasbro be willing to sell Takara-Tomy Transformer products such as Henkei/encore figures to the collector's market in the United States similar to what Takara does with their "USA Edition" figures such as Universe powerglide/Masterpiece Starscream?
As we have done in the past, we make sure to release those Takara-Tomy developed products that make sense for the U.S. market.
3. The large sized Robot Heroes toys (The Fallen, Demolishor, Devastator) in giftsets are a big success. Any plans on giving us G1-style large Robot Heroes (Unicron and Devastator were mentioned in last years Botcon) in 2010?
We do not have any plans to do any G1-style large Robot Heroes at this point in time.
so what do you guys think?? I think they don't know what they are going to do for a new series past ROTF...
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