Hasbro Q&A/October 2009: Question submission

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Transformers Wiki participates in [[Hasbro]]'s roughly-every-other-month [[Hasbro Q&A|Question & Answer]] session. Our site will be allowed to submit '''three''' questions to Hasbro's Transformers team for answering. If you're a registered user at our site, please add your question below!

Keep in mind that Hasbro is not likely to tell us about future product they are not ready to reveal, so keep those sorts of questions to a minimum. Please be as thoughtful about your question as possible! We will similarly reject questions like, "Hasbro, why do you suck so much?" The better and more useful the question, the more likely the admins will choose it to be one of the three submitted. We also reserve the right to edit your question for clarity if need be.

Each registered user can ask '''one''' question at this time. Please bullet and sign your question. The deadline for your questions is the evening of '''TBA''', and answers will be sent back on '''TBA'''. If you're a registered member and for some reason you can't edit this page, ask your question on the [[Talk:Hasbro Q&A/October 2009: Question submission|discussion page]], then I or [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] will move it here.

Thanks!
--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:22, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

==October 2009 questions==
*<strike>Will we see a Human Alliance Optimus Prime/Tommy Kennedy?</strike> --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:24, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*Why are certain molds made of better quality metal than others? For example, the Seacon molds are degrading after being used three times, but the Combaticon molds are only showing signs of mold degradation after eight uses. Why is this? --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 09:34, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*What are the chances that Transformers 3 will end with Bob Newhart waking up to realize that the whole Movieverse was nothing more than a dream? --[[User:Kilby|Kilby]] 09:38, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

* ''Beast Wars'' Ultra Transmetal II [[Tigerhawk]] has four wheels on his wing assembly that were intended for a third mode that was dropped at some point in development and replaced with an attack mode. What was this mode supposed to be, and can the released toy convert into it? --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 09:47, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

* Based on past releases, it seems to be possible to repair older molds to restore detail lost with repeated use. Specifically, the G1 Jazz mold appears to have had its face detail corrected between the 2003 U.S. reissue and the 2004 release of the mold as Ricochet. Are there limits to how much damage can be repaired, or is it just a matter of whether it's economically feasible to repair a mold? [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 10:30, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

* We now know that the voise of the Universe cartoon Optimus Prime is Ron Hayden, but who are the Voises of Megatron, Cyclonus and Bumblebee in the episode "Fight for Energon"? Are there also more episodes planed now the Universe line ended?--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 10:59, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*Is there any possibility of actually using the old Generation Two faction symbols again? Homages to the Generation Two line thus far have failed to use these symbols.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 15:02, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*Most Transformer combined modes have a name of some sort. Does the combined (ice cream truck) mode of Skids and Mudflap? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 15:24, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*Are any of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]] female?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 15:30, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*The concept of relatives is a little strange in a species that doesn't reproduce by human methods. As such, what is the basis of the many established familial relationships among Transformers? How do things like Sideswipe and Sunstreaker being brothers, ''Shattered Glass'' Crasher and Blurr being cousins, some Transformers having parents or children, etc. work exactly? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 22:47, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*What misconceptions about the Transformers development, marketing, sales and distribution processes frustrate the Transformers team the most? --[[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 22:52, 30 September 2009 (EDT)

*So, there are lots of look-alike Constructicons in the film ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. According to the toys, Rampage is the yellow bulldozer able to combine. While there is a red bulldozer credited "Skipjack" but called "Rampage" by Starscream during the film. The '''question''' is: Are there two Rampages in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' OR the yellow bulldozer is Rampage while the red one is Skipjack just as the credits ({{m-}} which means Starsream's line is an error)? --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 02:37, 1 October 2009 (EDT)

*In the Generation 1 episode "The Search for Alpha Trion" only 4 of the female Autobots are named, that is Elita One, Chromia, Firestar and Moonracer. The ones that are not named are a green robot and an orange one. Do you have any plans to give them names and/or official backstories in Generation 1 fiction? (And I'm not asking this just because I'm a girl!) [[User:TFgirl|TFgirl]] 20:47, 2 October 2009 (EDT)

* Traditionally, it's been thought that Hasbro own all the characters from the Marvel ''Transformers'' comics EXCEPT those that debuted elsewhere (discounting TFUS #3, the "Spider-Man issue" which involved various other Marvel cameos, that virtually limits it to Circuit Breaker & Death's Head). However, the indicia in TFUS #74-80 also claim that Marvel own the Neo-Knights and '''all''' their individual members, rather than just Circuit Breaker. Significantly, the other characters ([[Dynamo]], [[Thunderpunch]], [[Rapture]] and [[G.B. Blackrock]], who were named individually) had all debuted in ''Transformers'' itself, earlier than #74 - G.B. Blackrock debuted over 50 issues earlier! - and ''weren't'' previously claimed by Marvel in this fashion. Could you please clarify the ownership status of these characters? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 03:54, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

* In ''Revenge of the Fallen'', during the scene where the Constructicons go to revive Megatron, a flyover shot shows a red bulldozer (Rampage), a concrete mixer (Mixmaster), a dump truck (Long Haul) and a yellow front-end loader (Scrapper), but after that flyover, the front-end loader is replaced with a yellow Volvo excavator marked with a Decepticon insignia. Underwater, [[Scalpel]] orders the Constructions to kill [[ze little one]] (the Volvo excavator). In a [http://www.actionfigs.com/index.php?categoryid=21&p2_articleid=2471 previous Q&A], it was stated that Demolishor, Rampage, Mixmaster and Long Haul received figures before Scrapper because they had more screentime, even though the Volvo excavator/ze little one shared a scene with the latter three. This means the Volvo excavator/ze little one isn't Scrapper (even though his robot mode is similar), so what is he? A [[Constructicon Scout]] or what? -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 09:25, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

* Is there a release date planned for the Animated Season 3 DVD? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:09, 3 October 2009 (EDT)

* Will we ever see a combiner in the Universe line with each transformer having individual vehicle and robot modes? Like a Universe version of the Protectobots that can form Defensoror or the Stunticons that can form Menasor for example. [[User:Shockmatter|Shockmatter]] 14:46, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

* Forgive me if this is a silly question or already has been answered, but what happens to unsold Transformer toys? - [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 19:00, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

* Is Bonecrusher part of the Constructicons in the movieverse? [[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 16:49, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

* Recently, various characters such as ROTF Skids and Mudflaps' combined form (Ice cream truck), Animated Wreck Gar (Garbage truck) and ROTF Ejector (Toaster) have been released with various uncommon alternate modes. Are there any plans to release any more Transformers with strange alternate modes and if there are can we at least know what the alternate mode is? [[Special:Contributions/81.155.128.21|81.155.128.21]] 13:33, 6 October 2009 (EDT)

==October 2009 answers==
* [[Hasbro Q&A/October 2009: Answers]]

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