More than likely Hasbro will crank out realistic versions of those as well. I understand if you don't want to buy the line because it's animated, but why all the hatred toward Hasbro about it? It's just odd to me.
Makes perfect sense to me. Fans have a lot invested in the line-- time, money, love-- and now we're seeing a big chunk of it altered into this other, unknown thing. A lot of fans are going to get animated figures if they want them or not (free Clone Trooper in the AT-TE, for example), but it's totally obvious to me why fans don't like the idea of the new figures being this weird style that doesn't mesh with the line they've been buying for a few months, or over a decade now.
We're not a logical bunch-- our gut says "it's different! kill it! kill it!" because most "other" lines Hasbro and Kenner have given us have a very short life (Epic Force, Collector Fleet, Micro Collection), or are cycled in and out (Buddies, Unleashed, Playskool/Galactic Heroes) before ultimately succeeding or being slaughtered. I have no doubt most fans are under the assumption (as this is what I'm assuming) that the animated line may be a flash-in-the pan which if we like, we *can't* collect for too long because Hasbro will pull the plug, or that if it does well, it may take the place of the movie-style line eventually, thus ending our decade-long affair with thousands of small plastic men. Either scenario isn't particularly rosey.
We want to see Hasbro do well, and we want the line to continue and to be great. But competing action figure lines of the same brand typically compete for resources, and well, I can understand why people are worried one may clobber the other. Since we can't see inside Hasbro's magical meeting rooms, we don't know what their plans are for sure, but it certainly looks like they're pitting two styles against one another this year rather than showcasing one strong uniform line. Hopefully everything will just do awesomely and continue as long as we're interested in buying.