Hasbro Q&A/August 2010: Answers

Read August's submitted questions!

1. Why do Transformers, being robots, exhibit sexual dimorphism?

In order to relate to a story revolving around robots, we feel the need to give the Transformers human qualities and characteristics. This has been expressed in various ways over the years. The pupils in their eyes, the simulation of breathing, and especially human-like emotions. All these things work together to make these characters feel more real.

2. In a previous round of the Transformers Q&A, TFWiki.net was asked to resubmit the following question in a later Q&A session due to time constraints:

The July 2003 issue of the magazine NewType USA contained an article on the then-upcoming Armada series, and featured an interview with the Japanese director of Armada, one Hidehito Ueda. According to the preamble of the interview, and we quote:

"In the beginning, Transformers Armada was planned as a sequel to The Rebirth, the last three-part Transformers episode shown in America featuring the Autobots and Decepticons, but later, partially because of Hasbro, it was produced as a completely new series."

Is this statement true? Was Armada originally conceived as a follow-up to the original Transformers cartoon?

We understand that this question has been asked in past Q&A and we are still looking into this. As soon as we have a response, we will provide this in the Q&A.

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