I have not seen the official rules...so I am waiting for Jeff to answer that since he has them.  I know they have said those figures were off limits in the past but its our list, you know what I mean.  I know other sites specifically said that but it could be their own interpretation of what Hasbro has said in the past.

What I understand from the info Hasbro presented at Comic Con is that they will have a panel (consisting of whom is unknown) to sort through the candidates.  That panel will make the determination on which characters end up in ToyFare's online poll.  I think this Hasbro/LFL/ToyFare panel will probably be responsible for weeding out those candidates that are submitted but are verbotten by Lucas Licensing.

Still, I think it's important for the fan sites that are participating to be vocal about which characters they really want.  Will it have an impact?  That's debatable.  But if Hasbro sees results from a dozen+ of their Q&A sites that show people want the Tonnikas, Ackmena, Tyvokka or other forbidden characters, maybe it will get the wheels turning at Lucas Licensing and some change could take place on the so-called "forbidden list".

We've definitely been seeing some very strong trends in the voting over at JTA.  When you let people pick 30 characters, you're bound to see a number of them recurr.  And I think with the annual polling that JD conducts that this site was already well positioned to take part in the poll.  As for when things get to ToyFare's poll?  That remains to be seen.  But looking back at the last Fan's Choice poll, it was definitely a positive experience all the way around.  We've gotten nearly ALL of the characters that were candidates in that last poll over the past few years.  And I think that this group of 30 Fan Choice poll candidates will definitely be the source of a lot of figures for the next few years.

Wow, all of a sudden I feel really justified in the open disdain I expressed for both TF2 - ROTF and GI Joe.

I found at least one case of the TLC BLUE wave 7 revision case today.  The Hoth Rebel Trooper was in there with HK-47 parts, but it was still the bearded version.  This and other recent sightings give me more confidence that just MAYBE the beardless HRT is going to show up at some point.

I was looking for this on my toy run this afternoon.  And there was no sign of this at any of the stores I hit, despite Clone Wars having a significant presence at almost every store I visited.

Yeah, I watched EMPIRE OF DREAMS recently and the whole REVENGE issue came up, and how it was the working title until shortly before the film came out.

Same here.  A figure in hand is a figure in hand.  I got mine.

I've been checking the event calenders in the cities that are reportedly in contention.  No sign of anything being firmed up yet.