What do you guys at Hasbro think of our Top 5 Hotties thread?
It is Hasbro policy to not participate in any threads that either we do not start or that are not started by a paid representative at the pinnacle of SW collecting discussion, the Rebelscum forums. Regardless, I have investigated your "Top 5 Hottys" thread, and I am astounded by your misconception of beauty by continuing to not post nude photographs of Ms. Kathy Bates.
Some of you might be asking yourself, "Well, if the RS forums are the pinnacle of SW collecting discussion, why are you here at JD in this thread?" The answer is quite embarassing, to be honest. I started what I titled an "Official Q&A with Hasbro" thread in their ROTS forums, but it was locked because the only person who can start "Official" threads was a moderator known as GNT. When I informed him of my credentials, he informed me of his credentials, which apparently entail being a deity of some sort, and I was banned. All mention of this thread was erased from the forums. When I attempted to ask why the thread had been locked and deleted in their feedback forums, this thread, too was locked and deleted.
Very strange indeed, but if the moderator is in fact a deity, I must not question this. After all, without that site, Hasbro's hindquarters would not be soft and smooth from all the kissing done there.
Dear Hasbro,
How comfortable is it up Wal-Mart's butt, surely there's not a lot of room with Mattel and the RIAA being lodged up there as well.
Thank you for your time, watch out for the corn...
Mr. Horn, you apparently have not been paying attention in this thread, as we have moved our operations out of the colorectal cavity of Mr. Walton's enterprise into the colorectal cavity of Target Stores, Inc. To commemorate this proctological relocation, Target will be offering an exclusive Prolapsed Rectum Clone Trooper this fall at Target stores everywhere.
In retrospect, however, the time we spent in the Wal-Mart ass was quite enjoyable, despite the presence of the RIAA and Mattel. People online make constant claims about how Wal-Mart is the biggest ******* corporation in the world, and I can confirm that it is quite the roomy orifice.
So Hasbro, in 10 years of modern Star Wars you've only really put a lot of effort into the line in the last 3 years or so. How does it feel to have basically wasted 66.6% or so of the time you've had with inferior quality on the shelves? Do you (likely) consider ROTS the weakest line you've ever done while Saga was clearly your best work? Or was the original 1995 group of figures your peak and it's been all downhill to you guys since then?
Mr. James, we do not believe this to be the case at all. Outside of the early parts of the ROTS line this year, we feel that we have put as little effort into the past three years as we did in the previous seven, if not less. Do you forget the fact that only 7 of the 38 figures offered in the Original Trilogy Collection last summer and fall were new? Or the fact that the last 12 figures and every figure included with a Battle Pack is a repaint or a kitbash, as collectors call them (we call them "Happy Fun Figures" as we're happy to not have to do too much, and it's a lot of fun to screw with collectors)?
If I had to pick a favorite time, however, it would be the Original Trilogy Collection. We told everyone that we were caught by surprise with DVD announcement, but in actuality, the Bespin and Dagobah waves were already planned for 2005 and would have immediately followed the Endor Generals wave. When it became clear that we could get a lot of stuff out without any effort, we had to do it. I mean, just look at those figures: we didn't have to do a thing to them in most cases, and the only reason some of them were repainted was because Roy won an office bet and we pacified him by letting him repaint those figures.
The biggest effort we put into those figures were having our Photoshop guy do the card backgrounds, and we racked up on them. And people still bought them. So, when you have a line that we did very little work on making a pile of money, that is the perfect line for us.
