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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #240 on: September 29, 2006, 02:31 PM »
The Hasbro QnA for JD from 9/22 has been posted.

- a possible fan poll for "greatest hits" repacks?
- what was the deal with those 2003/2003 bases?
- a whole EU wave next year?
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #241 on: September 29, 2006, 04:48 PM »
Hasbro taketh away:

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How about one good playset in 2007. Please Hasbro. (YF, 9/29/06)

We've discussed playsets to death, I think. There won't be any in 2007. Sorry!

. . .and Hasbro giveth!

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But if you follow my distracting hand movements over to the new vehicles, I think you'll be very happy.

I've heard rumours about a 3 3/4 scale Sith Infiltrator? First of all, is it true? And secondly will it be scaled like the 'real' ship [ideally with space for a couple of probe droids and a Sith speeder or is it going to be a modified TIE fighter with room for one pilot? (YF, 9/29/06)

Yes, it is true. It will be develoepd for the $19.99 Starfighter Vehicle line, so liberties will be taken with scale but there will be cool features and will be designed for one pilot. We can't wait to show fans the final product…it's a sensational vehicle.

(LOL, by the way, on the playset answer.  If that's not a sign to quit asking about them, I don't know what is. . .)
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #242 on: September 29, 2006, 05:50 PM »
So...the Infiltrator will be for the $19.99 line?

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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #243 on: September 29, 2006, 08:12 PM »
I thought that was clear from the last time the Infiltrator question was asked.

Here I have to agree with Matt.  For ***** sake stop asking about damn playsets!  We all want them and they are not going to make the damn things so move on and be unhappy.
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #244 on: September 29, 2006, 09:04 PM »
The Infiltrator is going to suck ass at a $19.99 price point IMO.  It does deserve a window box which I highly doubt a $20 vehicle to fit in + it's obviously going to be highly underscaled.  Besides the Queen's Starship, this is the second best ship to release from Ep1.

I'll still buy the ship because I'm Hasbro's bitch though...
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #245 on: September 29, 2006, 10:16 PM »
The Infiltrator's a big ship with five seconds of screen time from an almost eight-year-old movie.  I think we're lucky to be getting it at all at this point--even at the price and size it's gonna be.  It should have been released in 1999 or 2000.

(This Hasbro apologist cannot wait for the deluge of complaints when the first pics show up sometime in the next few months. . .) 
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #246 on: September 30, 2006, 08:11 AM »
Finally some answers to questions that I actually care about...

1.  Death Star Trooper is definately coming and will be all new (I am both scared and excited at the same time)

2.  Letting the fans help decide the Greatest Battles assortments of repacks (but I fear we will be given a list of pegwarmers to choose from, not actually get a blank slate to choose from)

3.  It sounded like the realized the VOTC2 Biker Scout was not packed to the proper ratio.  And mentioned fixing that for the 2007 versions.  Do we take that to mean the Vintage-esque is definately coming back in 2007.

Maybe JD.com should ask 3 playset questions next week, just so we can keep up the quota.....

I thought it was interesting the only figure they will admit is a failure was the Cruise Missle trooper. 
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #247 on: September 30, 2006, 08:49 AM »
They've said there'll be more VOTC when this thing started. :P
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #248 on: September 30, 2006, 02:14 PM »
I forgot another nugget of news...WM, Target and TRU exclusives will be available on their Websites, albeit in limited numbers.

And a big thank you to MATT...I controlled my urges to look at other sites (and was very busy yesterday) so I was able to just check the compiled list.  You save me hours of clicking...
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #249 on: October 1, 2006, 02:29 PM »
The Infiltrator is going to suck ass at a $19.99 price point IMO. 

I agree. That's why I'm using my re-bigulator on it when I get it.
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #250 on: October 6, 2006, 01:24 PM »
The Hasbro QnA for JD from 9/29 has been posted.

- Remote Control?
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- "Team Star Wars" R2-D2?
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #251 on: October 6, 2006, 02:06 PM »
Well you have to admit those were unique questions this time. 

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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #252 on: October 6, 2006, 10:03 PM »
Another week, another round of questions that have been asked  or that they have said not to ask....it boggles the mind...
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #253 on: October 6, 2006, 10:12 PM »
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The Infiltrator is going to suck ass at a $19.99 price point IMO.

Agreed.

I know what you're saying though Matt, and I agree with the points made (it's old, from an old film, etc.) but this vehicle snob is going to easily turn his nose up at a $19.99 Infiltrator.  It's gotta be way undersized to be at that pricepoint.

Not that it bothers me really, I don't really care about that ship anyhow, I just know it's something I will have complaints about.  Vehicles are something I have come to view much the same way 12" Figures became...  They're something Hasbro rarely does well, though I do believe they have a better track record on ships than they did the 12" line overall. 

The Infiltrator is too big for the $20 mark though so I'm pretty sure this'll be a pass for me.  They've made some cool features in undersized ships though so I'm sure this'll have something neat to it.  The Gunship and ARC Fighter both were good toys, just way undersized which kills it for me.
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Re: Hasbro Weekly Q and A
« Reply #254 on: October 13, 2006, 10:26 AM »
Just a quick note:

Due to the holiday-shortened work week for our friends at Hasbro, the Star Wars Weekly Q&A submission that we sent on October 6th will be not be answered until October 20th.

So, once again, no new answers this week.  Might be a good time to review Matt's mega Q&A thread to think up some new/follow-up questions to ask Hasbro!
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