View source for Hasbro Q&A/May 2009: Question submission

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 '''Sunday, May 3rd''', and answers will be sent back on '''May 14'''.  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 May 2009: Question submission|discussion page]], then I or [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] will move it here.  

Thanks!
--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 19:29, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

==May 2009 questions==
#Are there any thoughts of creating artbooks like that of Japan's "Transformers Generations 2009" in the US? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 20:01, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
#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?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:18, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
#If you were forced at gunpoint to redeco ''Universe'' Cyclonus into a different character, with no retooling, who would you choose? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:21, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
#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? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:36, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
#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. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 20:59, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
#Is anyone on the Transformers team at liberty to discuss the cancelled third series of the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], as far as what might have been in it character or concept-wise?  If not, is there any way TFWiki can liase with someone at WOTC for more info?  [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 10:58, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#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.--[[User:GUIGUI|GUIGUI]] 13:33, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#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? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 14:09, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#Once you're done with Transformers: Animated, what's next? --[[User:Gurahk2|Gurahk2]] 19:21, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#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. [[User:Monty Prime|Monty Prime]] 19:47, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#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?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 23:45, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
#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.  {{unsigned|Gearshift}}
#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?  --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:13, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
#''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? - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 02:56, 29 April 2009 (EDT)
#Any hope for a new [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]-as-raygun toy on the horizon? Possibly in the Universe line? [[User:Excise|Excise]] 08:27, 29 April 2009 (EDT)

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

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