HASBRO Q / A: Next Round Questions Due Monday

Why was the decision made to have the individual components of the Supreme Class Devastator NOT transform into separate robots and are there any plans to make this happen in a future release?

Which exclusives are having international releases (G1 Perceptor, Insecticons, Masterpiece Skywarp)?
Are Animated Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Wreck-Gar and Universe Inferno going to be released in Mexico?

1: Will you ever be making toys for the other Constructicons in ROTF?

2: I have a few considerations for toys in the future of ROTF, and I'm wondering if you'd like to use them:

Buzzsaw (Repainted Dead End/Detour)

Steeljaw (Repainted Ravage)

Perceptor (Repainted Scalpel, minus antennae)

Any plans for a U.S. release of Masterpiece Grimlock? If not, then please consider having one... please. I'm very poor.

Are any Human Alliance sets planned besides Bumblebee w/Sam, Skids w/Mikaela and Arcee, Swideswipe w/Epps, and Barricade w/Frenzy?

Would it be possible to include Tech Spec cards with future figures similar to what the Henkei and Masterpiece line included? Featuring Character art on one side, and their motto and stats on the other.

Could a robot points system or Hasbrotoyshop.com codes be included with future toy lines as well?

1. Whats the word with the new Animated stuff you showed off at BotCon? Mostly Rodimus Minor, Arcee, Blackout, Wingblade Prime and Hydrodrive Bumblebee.

2. Is the US going to see a Legends Devastator release?

3. Any new remolds for any Beast Wars figures like with Cheetor and Dinobot in the Universe Line?

4. Anymore Leader class RotF figures coming out? I heard a rumor about a Leader Starscream and I would like to see some more.

1 - ROTF line: Is Wheelie planned for a Legends and/or Scout class release?

2 - Since Masterpiece Skywarp was announced, will we also see Masterpiece Thundercracker and Grimlock in future released by Hasbro, and maybe a slightly modified Megatron (a shade of white instead of silver, with an orange tip)?

3 - Are there more G1 reissues planned after Perceptor, the Insecticons and the Soundwave 4 cassette pack and will they be available internationally in Toys'R'Us?

What are the plans (if any) for a US release on the Takara version of ROTF Leader Prime(the one that comes with transformable guns/removable faceplate)???

1. Are there any plans for a Voyager Class RotF Ironhide done in G1 red colors?

(He's the ONLY one that has yet to receive such a treatment.)

2. Will Hasbro be releasing a RotF Prime figure sans faceplate at any point?

1-Do the Arcee bikes combine?
2-Is there going to be a toy of the third Arcee bike?
3-Is Universe continuing the next year (2010)?

are you planning on making more reissues other than perceptor and the insecticons? and are you planning on making toys on the other primes?

Why is it that some people have found ROTF Breakaway in tan/beige and in a darker brown color? Is this a running change or something?

We've heard that characters such as Springer, Hot Rod(Rodimus), and Ultra Magnus were in an earlier version of the script for ROTF, but somewhere along the line they were either changed or cut out entirely. How far along in the design stages did these characters get and will we get toys of them? Obviously Springer was far along enough that he got a Legends toy. Any possibility he or some of the other characters that didn't make it into the film will see mainline toy releases as deluxes, voyagers, etc. and not just Legends?

Will ther be premium paint versions of the ROTF figures?

1.why was rampage red in the movie,but yellow on the toys,and are there any plans for a release of a red repaint?

2.is there any plans for another tf cartoon in the distant future?

3.will there be a larger toy for hightower and scraper in the rotf line?

4.is there any chance at all of hasbro getting distribution rights for other robot shows for an american release(mazinger z,and getter robo for example),or is transformers going to be the only one you make?

5.will scott mcniel be returning to transformers in any form?

6.what type of an education does someone have to get in order to work in the transformers franchise?

1- Is Universe Classics allready being planned (Sketches, ideas,...)
2- Is Soundwave, Wheeljack, shockwave reflector, rumble(and all his recolors/remolds) some of the names on the top of the list for the Universe line?
3- Are there any plans for a new cartoon (maybe with Beast Wars kinf of plots) to continue the movie hype?

1.Will we see a voyager and/or deluxe figures for Hightower and Scrapper?

The human alliance sets are great. will there ever be a lennox human alliance set. will there be a set with the human characters like simmons and the marine riding there bikes and the hummer. will there ever be mini figures made for the delux classes and mini figures for the universe line. maybe ones from the comics.

Love the gravity bots and their transformation technique. Any chance we will see a gravity bot of Jetfire? Thanks!

Is the Animated Line Continuing in the UK? The last deluxes to be released were wave 5 and voyager wave 6 (Skywarp & Shockwave) seemed to be online only purchases, will they see brick-and-mortar store releases along with further waves?

Thanks very much.

1. Will there be anymore sets of G1 Robot Heroes?
2. Will there be anymore repainted "seekers" as new G1 characters in Universe? (ie Acid Storm)
3. Will there be accessory packs for previous released lines (G1 thru to ANI), giving people new weapons/tools/display stands for their figures? (ie 80s GI Joe Weapons Pack, 90s Cantina Scene)

1. will we see any more constructicon figures( scrapper, scavenger etc).

2. when will the third arcee component be released?

3. are there any future plans for a supreme devastator with robot alternate modes as well as vehicle and devastator forms?

1. When can we expect to see the Animated toys shown at Botcon?
2. Will there be a Leader Class Fallen figure?
3. Will Universe Line continue?

Will we be seeing a voyager class ROTF Jetfire (which could combine with the existing voyager Optimus Prime or a new one)?

regalplants wrote:Why was the decision made to have the individual components of the Supreme Class Devastator NOT transform into separate robots and are there any plans to make this happen in a future release?

What? I can't believe they don't transform. Whaaa.

1) The UK and Ireland don't seem to be getting any of the newer released lines, specifically any of the Hasbro released versions of the Masterpiece line, anything after Animated Shockwave and Universe Wave 4 and later. Why is this, and are there plans for a wider release of the later waves in the UK and Ireland?

2) What's next on the series agenda for Transformers? Will it be another Robots in Disguise style stop-gap measure, or is there another Western series in the works?

3) Will we be seeing toys of the remaining Starscream clones from Animated, Ramjet and Slipstream?

How much involvement does Hasbro have int Japanese-only TF releases such as BinalTech: Alternity and Device Label?

Are there plans to release toys from the video game. The designs for Protectobot, Arialbot and Seeker are very impressive and would make aesome toys.

As a previous post said;

Are we going to see any Premium repaints of the ROTF line? (Deluxe/Voyager/Leader) If so, which models? Because it already seems that Sideways and Sideswipe (and Bumblebee, actually) are Premium-esque already. I want to get the best quality figures that resembles the screen incarnations as much as possible.

Also, on the subject of accuracy, will we be seeing more remolds (like Leader Optimus Prime and Voyager Starscream) of certain figures from both films (like Ratchet and Jazz), and Leader-sized versions of the Decepticons that are supposed to be Leader-sized, to go with Optimus and Megatron (like Blackout, Bonecrusher, Starscream, Soundwave and The Fallen)?

Greatly appreciated if any of my burning questions can be answered

I've read that Universe might continue in 2010, and the characters from animated which di not make it into the toy production will be produced in the universe line. Does this mean that characters, like perceptor will be done with his animated alt mode rather than his original G1 mode?

I've read also that if the line continues, we might see Soundwave and Beast Wars Rhinox. Are these 2 confirmd and are than any others which we should expect?

In a previous Q/A session I asked whether we should see any future female bot in the universe lineand Hasbro's reply was that we should see Arcee in animated and ROTF and kudos for those figures. More kudos go for the Pretender Alice from the movie. With reference to the Universe line, will we be seeing any fem-bots, Pretenders, headmasters, more target masters and or any other characters which where Japanese and/or European exclusives?

My last question for now. A friend of mine, who owns a (the only) comic shop in my country told me that his sales of the universe line was better than the animated line. Would you agree? Which of these two lines made more sales?

1) Mattel is doing incredible business with their online store and the "Classics" He-Man toys. I understand that their cost saving measures (using the same molds and mixing and matching parts for figures) would not be applicable to Transformers... However, does Hasbro have any intention of setting up something similar? I would love to see the entire classics line re-released and sold online with better paint apps and a few new heads (Cliffjumper?). Sorta like the "special editions" you released a bit back.

Why are the TF's pictured on the back of the boxes always mistransformed and/or have different paint applications than the actual toy?

I would think Hasbro would get it right by now but...

Thanks.

1) are there any plans to reissue transformer city figures scorponock, Fortress Maximus, trypticon


2) is there plans on the japanese Lio Convoy figure here in the us?


3) in the universe or revenge of the fallen line is there going to be cybertron primus figure release just like you did with armada unicron in the universe line.?


4) you reissued soundwave few times is there going to be another reissue store exclusive G1 combiners predaking, menasor, devastator, superion, computron, bruticus, dino king, King Poseidon (King Poseidon gift set is expensive for some poeple to get over the net from botcon exclusive) or possible repaints in the revenge of the fallen line series?

5) whats the deal with your shotning the somkestacks on optimus prime figures laltly gijoe fiures are more dangerous than transformers gijoe has small guns kids can choke on & poke ther eyes out, trasnfromers not to much injurys there especialy primes smokestacks on the g1 25th edition version


6) is ther going to be us released transformers R.I.D., japanese beast wars neo, victory force, other japanese seeries i cant think of dvd box set


7) are the rumors true there maybe another new unicron figure that transforms into perfect plant mode?


is there a chance that there will be Transformers Classics sunstrom figure all the other sunstorm toys have crappy bot modes

1-Does Hasbro make the Transformers toys for McDonalds and Burguer King?
2-Is Universe Leo Prime going to be released in a more accurate color scheme for the masss market, as an exclusive or is it just a Japanese only release?

1: Will Blackout/Grindor ever get a leader class toy?

2: Will Bonecrusher ever get a voyager/leader class toy?

3. What's the release date for the Human Alliance Skids?

are they planing to release a combining legands devestator

- seconding:

-will there be a voyager / leader class bonecrusher from the 2007 movie?

-will there be a leader / supreme class blackout/grindor ?

also:

- is the rumored HA ironhide coming?

- any chance for a more accurate combining ROTF optimus/jetfire in new class size?
for example, 2 new voyager molds, a new dx and voyager set, voyager + ultra, or 2 new ultra sized figures? Maybe even the combined design transforming into an unseen cybertronian vehicle or a new trailer for optimus?

- why has the ultra class size not been used for the movie lines?

Will we be seeing ROTF figures of the Hummer HX concept and Hummer H3T that were seen in the opening Shanghai scene? The ones that were in the NEST team?

Any chance of doing Human Alliance Figures for other TF ranges, for example Animated and Universe?

if the smokestacks on the optimus prime 25th anniversary edition is such a breakage issue that for safety you have to make them short, why the hell won't you make them long and flexible so they appear to be correct but won't break off when dropped, you make long bendy smokestacks for the movie primes surely they can be made for a reissue

1.Are there any plans for a nation wide release of the 25th anniversary Soundwave after comic con 2009 has ended?

2.With the current release of the 25th anniversary G1 season 1 what other Transformers series (I.e. Beast Wars, R.I.D) do you plan on releasing?

3.Is there series you would like to focus more on creating in a future Transformers Universe toys wave or keep to picking a variety from each series?

Thanks

1. Could we ever see a series, once the movies are completed, that follows the transformers movies, but is in a seiries. That way, you could get a lot more story ideas and more characters in the movie universe.

2.Could we every expect to see a trailer for ROTF Optimus Prime, since we saw it in the comic book prequals.

3. I have heard rumors of a Leader class Starscream! Is this true,or false, and if not true... could we every see more leaders or other figures from ROTF in universe that couldn't be put into the line.

4. I also heard rumors that the three arcee sisters combined, and so did Skidz and Mudflap! Will we every see the third Arcee sister with instructions on how to transform to make a bigger robot? Plus, is it true that Skidz and Mudflap can transform together to form a bigger robot?

Thanks!!!

Now with the release of the human alliance sets. why not make a transformers/gijoe crossover. The figures can be the same size as the human alliance figures. huge seller!!!!! In fact they should have made the sigma six figures the size of the human alliance figures for the mission sets. Will there be human alliance figures sold by themelves. Like troop builder packs of marines?

Is last movie Bonecrusher part of the Constructicons?

Can we ever expect to see a leader class Blackout even if he needs to go by the name Grindor?

There are a few components of Devastator that have yet to have a deluxe or voyager sized figure with a robot mode. Is Hasbro planning on releasing these figures

1. Is there going to be new remold of Megatron and Jetfire leader class like Optimus new gun ?

2. Is there going to released leader class that can combined with megatron (ROTF) like the Fallen or blackout ??

3. What is the next voyager class for rotf and movie line ???

I have two questions.

1 Will the Animated Arcee,Rodimus,Blackout,etc be realeased, and if so when?

2. Wil there be any Mini con or Smallest Transformers sized movie figures that DO transform?

Thanks alot!

About ROTF Springer: Both a Legends and Robot Heroes Springer have been released. Are there plans for other Springer toys? If there aren't any planned for future waves, were they previously canceled?

1. There have been very few toy representations of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, and only one that is Generation 1 accurate. Is it conceivable to make the Matrix a standard accessory for all future Optimus Prime toys/incarnations?

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