Hasbro Q&A/May 2009: Question submission

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Transformers Wiki participates in Hasbro's roughly-every-other-month 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 Sunday, May 3rd, and answers will be sent back on May 14 May 18 ??? June 4. If you're a registered member and for some reason you can't edit this page, ask your question on the discussion page, then I or Walky will move it here.

Thanks! --Monzo 19:29, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

May 2009 questions

  1. Are there any thoughts of creating artbooks like that of Japan's "Transformers Generations 2009" in the US? --Lonegamer78 20:01, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
  2. To what extent is Hasbro allowed to use Tonka Go-Bots characters in new toys? Assuming the trademark to a character's name is available are you limited to homages, or are you allowed to use the character itself?--RosicrucianTalk 20:18, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
  3. If you were forced at gunpoint to redeco Universe Cyclonus into a different character, with no retooling, who would you choose? --ItsWalky 20:21, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
  4. Given the advances in toy design over the last twenty years, if you could go back in time and impart one piece of knowledge to the Transformers design team of the 80s, what would it be? --abates 20:36, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
  5. Has Hasbro given a thought to producing a figure of the upgraded form of Sari Sumdac? Given the fact that a figure of Kicker was produced for the Energon toyline, a figure based on a "human" isn't unlikely. Antimatter 20:59, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
  6. This question may concern more the European branch of Hasbro and the part linked to the television distribution, but why was the third season of Beast wars (Animutants) and the whole beast machines show never aired in French, and subsequently, can we expect one day a DVD release of the French version of Beast Wars. Thanks.--GUIGUI 13:33, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
  7. Will the Revenge Of The Fallen toyline, much like its Movie predecessor, feature redecos of non-Movie molds in its assortments beyond the Superion and Bruticus giftsets? --Detour 14:09, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
  8. Once you're done with Transformers: Animated, what's next? --Gurahk2 19:21, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
  9. Any chance there will be a Classics/Universe (2008) style updated Wreck-Gar? With Animated Wreck-Gar, kids will certainly recognize the name, and even the more obscure guys like Smokescreen have done pretty good, so a new Wreck-Gar should sell well. Monty Prime 19:47, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
  10. What kind of background is Hasbro and Takara looking for in toy designers and engineers?; which positions would be looking for a graduate with an engineering degree?KrytenKoro 23:45, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
  11. Bumblebee! He's a good character, liked by many. But sadly, Animated Voyager Hydrodive Bumblebee has been delayed/cancelled, along with a group of others! He's not a new character, and the toy has been revealed to the public, so could you please confirm whether he is cancelled or merely delayed, and if he will have a release in 2009? Also, this mould has HIGH retool value. Have you considered a Wasp or Cliffjumper retool? But mostly Wasp, because Wasp hasn't got his earth mode as a toy yet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gearshift (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.
  12. I pretty clearly recall seeing a picture of resin prototypes of Animated Scrapper and Mixmaster during one of the Hasbro presentations at BotCon 2008. Was this image actually displayed, or am I mistaken? Were prototypes of these toys produced? --Thylacine 2000 10:13, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
  13. Universe Overload is a redeco of Cybertron Defense Scattorshot in shades of green and brown, which makes him look a lot like the Generation 1 Micromaster Flak. But his bio makes him out to be the character Overload from the Unicron Trilogy, who the toy does not resemble in any way. What led to this peculiar combination of toy and bio? - RolonBolon 02:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)
  14. Any hope for a new Shockwave-as-raygun toy on the horizon? Possibly in the Universe line? Excise 08:27, 29 April 2009 (EDT)
  15. Why was Elite Guard Bumblebee a "season 2 sneak preview" on the Animated season 1 disk? (Possibly more appropriate for Wyatt...) -Derik
  16. For the entire team: What has been the most rewarding part of working on the Transformers brand? Conversely, what has been the most disappointing part of working on the Transformers brand? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hooper X (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.
  17. There have been times when TakaraTomy has designed a Transformers line specifically for the Asian market, then Hasbro has reproduced it in North America afterwards (Car Robots becoming Robots In Disguise is the biggest example, though the old Universe line also contained some previously Japan-only toys). When deciding whether or not to do this, is Hasbro able to track import sales to gauge how popular a toyline might be in this market? Or would you even factor that in at all, if you could? - Jackpot 19:58, 30 April 2009 (EDT)
  18. What's the deal with Kiss Players homages in the Transformers Animated cartoon? Is Kiss Players something Hasbro thinks is homage-worthy? - Starfield 14:22, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
  19. Do Marvel or Hasbro own the Neo-Knights (including G.B. Blackrock)? Up until Transformers (Marvel US) #73, only Circuit Breaker was claimed by Marvel in the copyright indicia, but as of #74, all the others (including Blackrock, who appeared in upwards of 20 issues with Hasbro the apparent copyright holder) are claimed by Marvel - did Hasbro sell them to Marvel? - SanityOrMadness 14:58, 2 May 2009 (EDT)
  20. Considering the recent reacquisition of the Generation 1 cartoon series, does Hasbro currently own the rights to the Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoon shows in the United States? And if not, are they pursuing them? --Professor Icepick 22:36, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

May 2009 answers


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