Hasbro Q&A/May 2010: Question submission

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MediaWiki participates in Hasbro's ongoing Question & Answer sessions. Our site will be allowed to submit two questions to Hasbro's Transformers team for answering. If you're a registered user at our site, please add your question below!

Some ground rules:

  1. Don't ask about hypothetical future product or if certain characters are going to come out in toyline X.
  2. Don't ask about financial numbers or corporate matters.
  3. Don't ask Hasbro why they suck so much to vindicate your personal grudge.
  4. Don't ask Hasbro to badmouth one of their licensees to vindicate your personal grudge.

But questions about current or past product are pretty great! Those kinds of answers will result in the best and most informative responses.

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 2th, and answers will be sent back on (approximately) May 24th. 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 Monzo will move it here.

Thanks! --ItsWalky 10:33, 26 April 2010 (EDT)

May 2010 questions

  • When deciding on redecos which comes first the mold or the character? That is, do you say "We should reuse mold X, what character should we make it?" or do you say "We should make character Y, what mold should we use?" Khajidha 11:49, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • According to the Revenge of the Fallen novelization, Optimus Prime was to reveal to Sam Witwicky that the knowledge of the AllSpark in his mind was transferred into the Matrix of Leadership, which Optimus recovered after the death of the Fallen. However, in the film itself, this is not addressed. What happened to the AllSpark knowledge in Sam's mind? -- SFH 12:16, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Why was Universe Galvatron's left arm molded in purple plastic (the "correct" color for his robot mode) and then painted grey like his tank mode? --Thylacine 2000 15:26, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Is there a reason why deluxe class Elita-1 is a redeco of Chromia? Did she originally have her own mold in the deluxe size class like her "sisters"?--Sunjumper 16:41, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Now that Slag has been renamed "Snarl" for the Robot Heroes and Transformers Animated lines, what would new toys of Snarl be called? --NCZ 16:52, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Hasbro's talked alot recently about their commitment to revisiting "legacy" characters from past lines. I'm just wondering if you guys on the Transformers team there have any personal favorite characters you'd like to get around to revisiting someday? --ZacWilliam 17:37, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • What factors are considered to greenlight a mold that most likely won't get reused, like Classics (2006) Astrotrain, for an example? - Zadok Rox 22:51, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Is the character Logos Prime (a.k.a. Soundblaster) one of the 13 original Transformers? Zakor1138 23:20, 26 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Drift, Mindset/Hailstorm, Straxus/Darkmount... many characters originating from comic books are going to be getting the toy treatment in Generations and the regular line. Can we expect more fiction-only characters to receive their first toys in the near future? --Detour 00:37, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Is there any possibility of the Motormaster name getting used? Rodimus723 00:38, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
  • It's great to see obscure characters from the early Transformers media get official identities, like Acid Storm. Are there official identities for the other "Rainmakers" seen alongside him in the cartoon episode "Divide and Conquer"? (Some fans claim that Sunstorm is the yellow one, but the blue guy definitely has no name.) -hx 08:14, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Would you say that cel animation or CGI is better for representing the characters on screen? --Fortress Minimus 14:55, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Recently, we received news that there is going to be a new book for Transformers Animated, called "The Adventure Continues". However, it has been speculated that this a fourth season in print form, which is what IDW indicated they would consider producing. In contrast, Amazon.com's "Product Description" indicates it's Season 3 in print form. Can you give any sort of confirmation on which statement is accurate, as in, is this a fourth season, or is it just Season 3? User:OptimusMagnus4 21:11, 27 April 2010 (EDT)
  • When you design bios for the characters, do you usally search for the character's info or do you search in fan fiction, or both? User: Primal primus 16:23, 28 April 2010 (EDT)
  • Is there a large difference between how well a toy that is featured in recent media sells, such as Revenge of the Fallen, an old legacy toy such as the Universe (2008) line, and a toy that hasn't been featured in a movie, comic, or show (such as Brawn (ROTF))? Excise 03:37, 2 May 2010 (EDT)

May 2010 answers


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