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1. Why havent Hasbro picked up the rights to make a DVD Set or Ultimate Collection of "Transformers RiD".

The Set has been in legal limbo since as long as I can remember and I just wondering why the USA has never seen it on DVD as of yet it would be nice to watch the series once again cause it has been at least 10 years since we last son on FOX Kids.

2. Do you plan on re-releasing any more Ultimate Collection sets such as Beast Wars, Beast Machines and also Armada.


3. Is it indeed true that "Transformers Animated" will be getting canceled after season 3 is finished. I have recieved emails and people have told yes it will be. I dont know rather or not it is true or not since nothing has been officially announced bye Hasbro/CN.

4. Are you in the process of making another Transformers series or is the Transformers series going to be taking a short break after animated is finished.

5. I am 27 years old and I still enjoy Transformers. But I think it is time to kick Transformers up a notch and give it a newer edge in a newer direct. Many fans including myslef has always wanted a more violenter, bloodier version of Transformers such as the 1986 animated movie was.

Maybe you guys could go in the direction of the New GI Joe-Resollute was I mean Transformers doesnt always has to be geared toward little kids I mean I am really enjoying animated but it is time to give Transformers a New look and in a new direction maybe a reboot of the franchise of sorts like how they are doing with movies now of days such as Star Trek.

For the Universe line:
Will there be a Voyager Grapple (redecoed/remolded from Inferno), a Universe Deluxe Red Alert (redecoed from Side Swipe),a Deluxe Sunstorm (redecoed from Starscream), a Legends Bug Bite (redecoed from Bumblebee), a Legends Bumper (redecoed/remolded from Bumblebee), a Legends Cliffjumper (redecoed from Bumblebee), a Legends Goldbug (redecoed/remolded from Bumblebee), a Legends Hubcap (redecoed/remolded from Bumblebee), a Legends Outback (redecoed/remolded from Brawn)?
Will there be a new Deluxe mold for G1 Scourge, since there are Universe Deluxes Galvatron and Cyclonus?
Will there be new Legends molds for the rest of the Mini-Bots like Gears, Huffer, Windcharger, and Seaspray?
Will there be a new Deluxe mold for Jazz, since Hound also got a new Deluxe mold after his Legends toy?
Will there be new Cassete molds, since Ravage got a new mold?
Will there be a new Deluxe mold for Soundwave?
Will there be a new Deluxe mold for Blitzwing, since there are Classic/Universe Deluxes Astrotrain and Tankor (Octane)?
For the Animated line:
Will the rest of the Starscream clones get to be redecoed from the Voyager Starscream mold?
Will there be a new Voyager mold for Sentinel Prime?
Will there be a new Supreme mold for Omega Supreme?
Will there be any new molds for othere Transformers that have appeared?

1. Has there been further contemplation on the continuation of the Classics/Universe line after Revenge of the Fallen has run its course? (We still need Arcee, Jazz, Wheeljack, Triplechanger Springer etc.)

2. If the Universe line does continue, what are the chances we could see a Powermaster style Optimus Prime?

And I second these:
Are you in the process of making another Transformers series?
Can you guys tell us anything about upcoming Animated figures such as Arcee and Rodimus?

I just have one
will you release all the classic universe seekers in original cartoon colors like you did star scream ?

1. I really hope the Universe line continues as I like it a lot, I must say I have really enjoyed how the line has evolved. My question is, with the great way Universe Targetmaster Cyclonus turned out, is it possible that we will get to see re-imaginings of Headmaster characters like Hardhead or Brainstorm, or especially my favorites the Horrorcon's Snapdragon and Apeface?

The nice thing about guys like these is that being "futuristic" vehicles, there is no worry of license issues and the design can be pretty free as to styling.

2.Again in the Universe line, some really great moulds have come out of the Universe Classics line, fan-favorites that have been claimed by 'modders' for many various characters old and new. Some of these moulds include the Starscream seeker mould, which has already been re-done officially to get the Conehead seeker moulds, and the Sunstreaker mould, which has been re-painted several times officially to get both Sideswipe and Red Alert. My question is, considering the seeker mould has been re-tooled at least a few times officially, what is the possibility that we could see slight re-tools of the Sunstreaker mould, mostly just a different shell and head would suffice, to get characters like Wheeljack or as some fans have done Stunticons like Breakdown and Wildrider.

It would also be cool to get Jazz, Ricochet and Dead End with the Prowl mould being re-shelled with a more Porsche-like car.

3. What does the future hold in general for the Transformers universe. In my opinion many of the current story lines; Animated, Movie-verse and comics, have all been great, even my daughter loves animated. As far as the toys go, we have seen great strides in engineering with figures getting more pose-able and great updates. Is it possible we may even see more new characters and not just re-hashes of older ones, I like the idea of a Drift figure even without having read any comics containing him?

1. There has been a lot of speculation around the ROTF combiner Devastator and the individual toys. It is obvious that the gift set vehicles do not have individual robot modes. Will we see a "premium series" combiner in which the individual vehicles have robot modes as well as the ability to combine? Or was the engineering of these figures far too difficult to incorporate robot, vehicle, and combiners and still have a viable structure to them?

2. Have designs already begun for the line for Transformers 3 and will having the extra year- Michael Bay has said he wants to take an extra year off between TF2 and TF3- be a help in engineering that line to avoid some of the differences between the on screen robot and the toy version (such as Bumblebee's face from the original line)?

3. Takara has continued to use the "chromed" paint with their figures (see Universe Hot Shot's weapon and MP Grimlock's sword and chest plating). Is there a reason the paint is not used on Hasbro figures anymore? And how much does the "lead in paint" issue have to do with the recent decline in TF profits?

I also second (or third or whatever) the question regarding what comes next after ROTF, Animated, and UniClassics.

1: Will your next line be more gritty, like ROTF, or more cartoony, like Animated?
2: Will the SW Crossovers line end? Many people don't care for it, and some have even theorized that it may have caused your sales to drop 47%.
3: Will the people at Hasbro give the TF brand a break for a little while?

I know Hasbro has said before how difficult it is to design a combiner Transformer that can meet the current standards, but I was wondering since ROTF will be bringing back the concept, would it be possible to get reissues of the original combiners? I know I for one have already shelled out a lot of money for older Japanese reissue of Predaking, the club exclusive Seacons, and now the Encore Bruticus. I just think they would be a better hit than some of the past more played out reissues.

1. Given that HasbroToyShop sells blank white and blank black Mighty Muggs online, I was wondering if there were any chance of something similar being done with the Classics/Universe 2.0 Starscream/seeker mold? I think, used in the collectors environment of HasbroToyShop, it would be a very good seller.

Are we going to see more G1 reissues?

(I have a feeling we'll hear the answer to this at Botcon next month.)