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Community => Other Toy Lines => The Bullpen => Topic started by: Scott on March 4, 2010, 10:36 AM
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We are going to start participating in the Marvel Q&A...feel free to list any questions you have. The rules for questions are fairly tight so we may editorialize a tad.
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One of the exclusions has been bugging me - the "When will X toy be made/redesigned/released?”.
Does this mean we cannot ask question like: Have there been any developments on how the Marvel Universe Team is planning to get Ghost Rider with his bike out for fans - possibly in a deluxe format?
Or is it more to discourage questions like (not pertaining to MU here): Cry-cry, when are you going to ever put out the variants for Hoth Rebel Soldier/ Utai / Bespin Guard that you showed us back at SDCC?
if it is the later type of question that is the exclusion then I totally understand the point of it being excluded - stuff happens - it's business.
I said it before, and I'll say it again, if it's questions like my Ghost Rider one above that are to be excluded, then that sucks out all of the fun for me from the QnA's. The sole reason I look forward to the QnA's is to look forward to possible hints at future releases of certain characters - from any line.
Final note - how does JD.com feel about posters posting the same questions on other sites? For example, the Ghost Rider question I posted above I have already posted to be asked on Rebelscum.com Should I not post repeat questions here? Or is there a way that the Hasbro team helps to filter out questions so there are not repeats?
thanks in advance.
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Technically, you can ask anything - you just might not get an answer is all.
It remains to be seen how "hard" the restrictions are. Obviously they want to set some sort of guidelines to help people get 'real' answers instead of "we can't comment on Ghost Rider, wait for SDCC" or something like that for an answer.
The Star Wars team tried on a few differnt occasions to get rid of "will you make figure x" questions, but people kept asking them and eventually they relented and tried their best to asnwer them when they could.
Final note - how does JD.com feel about posters posting the same questions on other sites? For example, the Ghost Rider question I posted above I have already posted to be asked on Rebelscum.com Should I not post repeat questions here? Or is there a way that the Hasbro team helps to filter out questions so there are not repeats?
There is NO filter for repeats on Hasbro's side. If we see a question posted someplace else, we usually don't use it for that very reason that someone over there may use it and create a duplicate/wasted question.
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Q1: *EDITED* I would like to know if Hasbro thinks the Comic 2-packs have been a success given the cancellation of these in the Star Wars line. I'm really enjoying them and wonder if they will continue beyond the
Secret Wars series additional items we saw at Toy Fair. If they will continue, any plans to offer a complete storyline like Secret Wars or will these turn to ad hoc individual comic issues that feature the two characters, but don't relate to others in that wave/assortment?
Q2: Can we get some clarity on what is being offered in the Target Hall Of Armor Light Up Exclusives? I think it's a great concept and want to get them, but am not sure if these are all orginal figures or if they overlap with figures from the Movie or Comic basic figure lines. Are there just three different figures or are more planned?
Q3: As a huge fan of the Avengers, I'm looking to expand my collection of past and present team members in the Marvel Universe line. Some core characters were recently crossed off the list with Hawkeye and two versions of Thor (Yay!). Can you tell us if/when we might see some of the other core Avengers characters? I'm specifically interested in a full size Wasp (not the comic pack mini), Scarlet Witch, Black Knight, She-Hulk, Ares, Wonder Man, Quicksilver, Tigra, and Yellow Jacket.
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Q1: I would like to know if Hasbro thinks the Comic 2-packs have been a success given the cancellation of these in the Star Wars line. I'm really enjoying them and wonder if they will continue beyond the Secret Wars series.
At TF they showed the next several packs coming out after Secret Wars during the slide show:
Dark Avengers: Dark Wolverine & Sinister Spider-Man
New Avengers: Sentry & Spider-Man
X-Men: Dark Phoenix & Cyclops
Infinity Gauntlet: Thanos & ???
pretty sure marvelousnews has pics of them.
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Thanks, I fixed the question.
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Thanks, I fixed the question.
np - I was wondering the same thing as what you have written now - so good question! ;D
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Any chance of getting some more cosmic characters in the line (basic scale as well more in Galactus scale)?
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Back during the Toy Fair presentation pictures were shown of the exclusive Marvel Universe 2 packs that are going to be sold exclusively at Target. My question is do you know when fans can expect these in stores and approximately how much will they cost? Also, do you have any close up pictures of the figures from these exclusives to share?
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We have a few days until the Q&A is due...any other questions people are dying to get answers to?
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Do you have any plans to release some Hammer Drones in the Iron Man 2 line? The line is severely lacking villains for Iron Man to fight and there seems to be several different drone designs.
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Do you have any plans to release some Hammer Drones in the Iron Man 2 line? The line is severely lacking villains for Iron Man to fight and there seems to be several different drone designs.
+1
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any QNA's been returned yet?
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Question 1:
Finding the Marvel Universe line in stores and online with single figures is becoming increasingly difficult. I have been to several Walmart stores that no longer carry this line. The K-Mart by me no longer has peg space for singles or Comic Packs. I have been to a couple Target stores that no longer have regular peg space for this line - currently they have a "shelf-shipper" on an end cap - but nothing in the toy aisles for either single carded figures or comic packs. Hasbro Toy Shop has seemingly stopped offering any of the newer waves of figures as singles and has, for the past few months at least, moved to only selling figures by the case. My question to you is, when is this situation going to improve for the casual collectors wishing to continue collecting in this line?
Question 2:
So, I just heard about FrankenCastle today and did some research on the internet to learn more. Any chances we will see this character in the forseeable future in the the Marvel Universe line up?
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With the upcoming Thor movie and recent emphasis on Asgard in several Marvel titles, is there any chance we will see more Asgardians in the near future? We have only Thor and Enchantress to my knowledge, so Balder, Loki, Valkrye, Sif, Kelda, and Odin would be great additions to the line. Any possibility of a Warriors Three multipack?
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CTR just got there answers back - did we over here at JD receive any responses? are we still submitting questions? I believe the next question deadline is this Friday.
I would like to post some questions here if we are still doing this.
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These QnA's are starting back up again too with a due date of 3/25/11. Can we start these back up for submission here too? If so I have some questions I would like to submit.
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Sure...not sure what happened in the past as we never got our first answers back, but, we can try again
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cool, here is one from me:
I love Archangel and that you made his Death variant, and the upcoming Apocalypse looks too cool for school. All that said, what are your thoughts on the possibility of making an exclusive set containing Apocalypse and his Horsemen? If you could make the set, who would you like to see fill the roles of Death, Famine, War, and Pestilence? You could throw Mister Sinister in too if you would like.
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I think I know what the answer will be if this gets submitted, but why not:
Are you guys working with retailers to get more Universe figures onto shelves? My stores either do not carry the line at all or have been sitting on the same Iron Man and Hobgoblin figures for close to two years now, and refuse to restock the shelves. It's very frustrating because the current crop of figures is top notch, and I hate that I'm missing out on them.
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I think I know what the answer will be if this gets submitted, but why not:
Are you guys working with retailers to get more Universe figures onto shelves? My stores either do not carry the line at all or have been sitting on the same Iron Man and Hobgoblin figures for close to two years now, and refuse to restock the shelves. It's very frustrating because the current crop of figures is top notch, and I hate that I'm missing out on them.
I like this one. I have not seen a full wave of new figures in ages. When I do find something new, it is picked over to just 1-2 leftovers, which leads me to believe stores are only getting in a case on the rare occassion that they do get something new.
For my question, I'd like to ask about the Avengers figures. With many characters left to make and excitement building over upcoming Avengers and companion movies, I'm surprised to see fewer and fewer Avengers characters in the last few assortments. We will obviously have movie line figures forthcoming, but I'm wondering if there are any plans to delve further into some of the classic comic characters from the 80s and 90s. I'm thinking along the lines of characters like Hercules, Black Knight, Wonder Man, Jocasta, Quasar, Tigra, She-Hulk, Mockingbird, etc.
Thanks!
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So I have no clue what happened to the last round of MArvel QnA - I didn't see any come back for any website. Anyway, just saw this on marvelousnews.com
We want to hear your questions for Hasbro and their Marvel Brand Team. Post them in the comments section below and we will choose 3 of them to be sent in on Friday to the folks at Hasbro to answer.
Answers are slatted to be returned to us where we will post them here on Monday, May 16.
Hopefully we can still participate here, and if so, I still like my question I asked before back on 3/17/11 that is posted just a few posts up.
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I did send in the last couple but we haven't gotten any back
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I dont see any sites with an acive Marvel Q&A, that team just seems to be out of it.
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I saw CTR got a QnA response today: "These were sent in on March 25, and were originally due back on April 11. "
did we get any answers back here?
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We sure did...although the answers probably aren't too great :P
1. Going all the way back to the first Secret Wars pack, what happened to Captain America? The back of the packaging and press photos showed a correctly decoed Secret Wars era Cap and what ended up in the pack was not exactly as advertised with the belt and likeness (ie missing head wings!). This seems to have happened more than once in that a classic deco Cap was replaced with more of an Ultimates/Modern hybrid.
1) Have you been banished from this great realm and not heard any of the news? Be on the lookout for a very classic Captain America figure…like NOW!
2. Are you guys working with retailers to get more Universe figures onto shelves? My stores either do not carry the line at all or have been sitting on the same Iron Man and Hobgoblin figures for close to two years now, and refuse to restock the shelves. It's very frustrating because the current crop of figures is top notch, and I hate that I'm missing out on them.
2) We think it's time for you to move… Seriously though, the Marvel Universe line is doing very well and retail distribution is expanding.
3. I love Archangel and that you made his Death variant, and the upcoming Apocalypse looks too cool for school. All that said, what are your thoughts on the possibility of releasing or making an exclusive set containing Apocalypse and his Horsemen? If you could make the set, who would you like to see fill the roles of Death, Famine, War, and Pestilence? You could throw Mister Sinister in too if you would like.
3) Apocolyse definitely gets around…you never know where he may show up!
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Who wrote those answers? An intern trying to be funny but failing miserably? Seems like the SW side at least has some interest in its buying public, to bad the same can't be said for the Marvel side.
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Wow, those are ******. You'd think one of the sheltered nerds from a collecting site was the one who actually answered them, with how snarky some of them were. :-\
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Yeah, those are kind of bizarre. The SW answers can sometimes be really boring but are usually somewhat informative. The GI Joe answers quite often seem like they're blowing off the sites, like they really don't want to answer the Q&A but it's been ordered that they participate. And then, these...
Is there a My Little Pony or Furreal Friends Q&A? Can we get in on that to see how those answers are?
E...
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The Marvel team continues to annoy me.
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Yeah it's like they picked out key words and didn't even read the questions.
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I'm thinking along the lines of characters like Hercules, Black Knight, Wonder Man, Jocasta, Quasar, Tigra, She-Hulk, Mockingbird, etc.
Wonder Man is confirmed and he's coming in a 2 pack with Quicksilver.
(http://therumorbuster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/0007-Wonder-Man-and-Quicksilver-530x1024.jpg)
Duh, winning.
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Hoy **** those "answers" were terrible!
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I think I know what the answer will be if this gets submitted, but why not:
2) We think it's time for you to move… Seriously though, the Marvel Universe line is doing very well and retail distribution is expanding.
Well that certainly wasn't the answer I was expecting... :P
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because I HAVE been seeing new shipments of figures recently. Of course they're all older cases but at least I'm seeing restocks. However, there are still stores in my area that do not stock one or more of the superhero lines... to me that's unacceptable in this day and age.
And yeah those answers... yeesh. I thought these questions were really good too.
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Wonder Man is confirmed and he's coming in a 2 pack with Quicksilver.
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YES! That's a great looking 2-pack.