Questions for Hasbro? - Session 33
On June 29th, we sent another batch of questions to Hasbro for their Star Wars Question and Answer feature. Today, we've got the answers to those three questions... one of which is Indy related!
1. Everyone seems to love the new "Vintage" IG-88 figure. Any chance we'll see him used as the base for a Clone Wars IG Lancer Droid? IG-88 seems like the perfect base for a nice kitbash figure the next time you need some line filler.
**That certainly would be a cool figure to do. If the lancer droids make a return appearance in the animation (and we hope they do, because they are downright awesome!) then we will certainly look at this cool idea.
2. Since the Saga Legends line was first announced, we've seen and heard that some figures were juggled around. Can you give us a rundown of how many variations we can expect to see for the Battle Droids and the Pit Droids? At first it sounded like there would be 4-5 variations of each, is that still true?
**Saga Legends has not been as easy as we first thought it would be, mainly because not all tools have been located and we have had to recreate some of the deco schemes because the original masks and reference were gone. Add on top of that the logistics of waving in the different versions, and the "simple concept" (on paper at least) of releasing previous versions has been anything but! But we digress....there will be at least four pack variations of Battle Droids, including the first variation of blaster & saber damage (including OOM-9), followed by maroon, then a version of the first without OOM-9, then a darker brown version with no damage. However, we haven't seen the last two versions yet ourselves so we might still have some tweaking to do based on base color and battle damage. Stay tuned.
The Pit Droids is a little clearer since we know that we could NOT locate the tools for the bent-leg pack-in droid and rectangle cart accessory in time to include in the shipments for this year, so we are going with a double pack-in of the straighter-leg one with the hexagonal crate accessory. There will be three versions of this 2-pack: grayish, maroon, and then orange. Both figures will be the same in the pack. Now, we know that this is only half of the solution for Pit Droids, so we are still searching for the bent-leg one, and if we cannot locate it, we will recreate the droid and crate. This will not be before next Spring at this point. But we are committed to making both droids available to fans.
3. OK, last time we asked, you couldn't say. But, now that the cat is out of the bag thanks to the LFL press release, what can you tell us about your upcoming Indiana Jones IV toy line? Scale? Vehicles? Playsets? New and old movies? Will we see a preview at Comic Con? Will we have to wait until Toy Fair '08 for our first glance? (as you can tell, we're all pretty stoked about Indy toys  )
**We are glad to hear it, because we are stoked too! While we will be sneak-previewing some figures at Comic Con International in San Diego, we have to keep the details under wraps for now. We can divulge that there are some very familiar scales, as well as a few surprises in the line. Suffice to say that we have top men working on it. The same top men that have been bringing you the Star Wars line, so there should be a lot of consistency in approach.
If you've got a question you've always wanted to ask the Hasbro Star Wars Team, then head into our forums to find out how to submit your question! 
Friday, July 6, 2007 | Jeff Smentek
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