Agreed. I think its kind of lame for Hasbro to be taking this type of action against Galactic Hunter. I get that they wanted to "surprise" collectors, but with as much stuff that is out there these days - and money tighter than ever for just about everyone - popping a $150 "surprise" on us maybe wasn't the best idea. Plus, like Nicklab mentioned, all the news at GH has done is generate some big excitement for the Falcon. A lot of us started saving the moment we got the info, and its even generated lots of talk about what other "large items" we'd like to see - and how much we'd be willing to pay for them. Like it has been said before, its free (and good) market research for Hasbro.
Plus, the thing is, leaks are just a part of the game these days. All of the sites have them, and to be honest, GH hasn't had much for awhile now until this big Falcon news. So, if anything, if GH is going to be punished there are some other sites around that have had a lot of news over the past few years as well. Are you going to "ban" all of the fan sites? Kiddos aside, this group is your bread and butter, whether they want to admit it or not - particularly for items that are $100 or more. If they would start updating their web site in a more timely manner, they could probably avoid things getting leaked before they can debut it.
Sure, it would be nice if things could be a "surprise" like in the vintage days. I kind of liked the days as a kid where the only way I knew what was out or coming out was by going by the cardback. It would be nice if that could still be done, but the age of the internet, scalping, and lots more people "collecting" this stuff has really done away with that. I'm sure it stinks from their side of things that this got "spoiled", but they could have done a big debut themselves if they had brought the news out at Toy Fair, or even on their website. Just think of the excitement they could have gotten, and traffic to their website, if in the middle of March or something there is just a big post of the "BMF Falcon" at the Hasbro Star Wars site. They tried to hold out too long I'm afraid, and things (Target computer, KB computer, TRU computer, GH pics, etc.) beat them to the punch. Plus, on the GH side of things, its not their fault someone sent them the pictures.