Hasbro Q&A Sessions

[iFett]

Yeah, Toryyn Farr seems really likely.

I have no idea who this is....pic   

[jedi_master_sal]

Yeah, Toryyn Farr seems really likely.

I have no idea who this is....pic   

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http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/torynfarr/

-Sal

[CHEWIE]

Nice if we get Toryyn... but something tells me that if we do, we'll get a nice SA version of her before Hoth Leia...

[evenflow]

Here was a clever way to ask about the BAF wave from BB:

"2.  I recently discovered I still had my old Droid Factory Playset.   Is there any chance of an updated version?  Or a build your own Astromech type set?

Well that's a very interesting question.  While there are no plans for
playsets in Star Wars, the play pattern you describe would be fun.  Stay
tuned…."

[Darth Broem]

Nice if we get Toryyn... but something tells me that if we do, we'll get a nice SA version of her before Hoth Leia...

Oh yeah.  Do not get me wrong.  I would like to have torryn but would much rather get Yarna or Beru first.  But yeah, it will be a kickass SA version of Torryn with a console to. 

Sucks about the playsets yet again.  Oh well.  At least the AT-TE is coming.

[Jesse James]

Sucks about the playsets yet again.

Yeah, never saw that answer coming.   In any of the incarnations the question was asked this time either.   

[evenflow]

I am very surprised we are not getting at least one of the vintage figures not yet done. I have to say I am unhappy about that.

[Jesse James]

I'm a little bummed, but it did say several for '09 though...  I can accept that.  2008's seemingly a hectic year.  It also seems like maybe they're not going to eye the OT as much.  Perhaps that's because of Clone Wars?  They'll be eyeing the prequal films that sort of lead into, and cap off that era...  It makes sense really, but I'm still disappointed as well, that we won't see a vintage figure makeover in '08.

[Darth Broem]

Sucks about the playsets yet again.

Yeah, never saw that answer coming.   In any of the incarnations the question was asked this time either.   

Well yeah it is certainly no surprise.  Besides they probably can't make a decent playset to save their toy lives anyway.   

[Jesse James]

Ya never know...  I think with their mentality fixed as it is that playsets need kids to buy them, there's definite precedent then that Hasbro would build the st to suit one age group over another, and thus it's not going to appeal to "us"...  Just never know what's up their sleeves though.

[Daigo-Bah]

They rejected the list of unmade vintage for this year, yet claim much OTC goodness.  Evidently there are some unmade characters and/or resculpts coming then.  Toryn Farr is a good guess, and since they expressed interest in ewoks, we could get the mother/wokling or perhaps a resculpt of Wicket/Paploo/Logray.  Looks like we're getting several pilots in Evolutions, so maybe we'll get some Hoth versions, and very possibly resculpts of Hoth Troopers or RFTs.  We should get the obligatory 2 cantina denizens and maybe a Jabba palace creature or two.

[Oboewan]

What totally threw me this QnA is when discussing vehicle types in terms of what Hasblo won't do:

"do not have an inspiring design (Dooku's Solar Sailor)"

I personally thought Dooku's ship was an AWESEOME design and QUITE inspired. 
But that's just me......

[Paul]

Looks like a slow year for OT (despite possible Evolutions stuff, maybe they consider the fact that Boba Fett is in the one Evo set, that they have the OT covered).

With PT and PT based EU filling the schedule this year, I'll just save up and move my resources the 25th Joe stuff.

I also take issue with Hasbro and their "Aggressive" comment on the Cloud Car..not to be too much of Geek on this but...name one of the few ship types in the OT to fire on the Millenium Falcon and Live to tell about it...that's right  Twin Pod Cloud Car....in fact since we never see one explode in the OT, it COULD be canon that they cannot be destroyed at all..how's that for aggressive.  I am sure we'll get it some day, but it will be re-imagined to fit the PT so it will be the "Clone-Pod" Cloud Clone Car.

It seems the vintage line may well be dead, which is sad, but at least they are looking at ways to find out how to charge OT collector's an extra dollar per figure, so they haven't completely forgotten us.

[Brian]

I kind of get the feeling that this year will be a little light on the OT as well.  I mean, I do collect the prequel stuff - and I'm excited for the Clone Wars - but I hope we get some OT goodness along the way as well.  Hasbro keeps telling us there will be OT, so I'm sure there will, but with the first three waves (at least what is rumored), along with the big EU, Force Unleashed, and Clone Wars pushes this year, there probably won't be a whole lot of slots left when its all said and done.  So much of what we've heard about OT figures seems to be as a "classic" line alongside Clone Wars, so I do hope the "line looks" (like cardbacks) are different enough so that we don't have trouble finding any new OT stuff due to the pile of Clone Wars Anakins and Obi-Wans on the pegs .  I'm really looking forward to Toy Fair this year, because I can't remember a time when we had known/seen less of the year's offerings at this point than this year.

Also, I do hope the vintage line isn't ending totally.  I mean, I could see not being able to do the entire original vintage lineup, but there are enough main characters left to get another couple waves.  Sure, the increased price stinks, but I do like seeing those classic cardbacks .

[Jeff]

The latest Hasbro QnA has been posted.

- no silver EU coin...
- maybe a non-Sullustan B-Wing pilot pack-in?
- no Toht in 2008