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Eternal Padawan wrote:Because as hard as we try, we can't make the other 2% suck also. Sometimes little gems sneak thru and we apologize for that. Needless to say, anytime someone on the team comes up with a good idea and it makes through R&D, to production, to retail, they get sacked. Which is why quality has steadily declined over the past 13 years. Hotcha!


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BECAUSE PURPLE IS THE GREATEST!!

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DEAR HASBRO, WHEN CAN I EXPECT TO SEE A VINTAGE-STYLED WALRUSMAN IN THE VINTAGE-ACCURATE PURPLE COLOR SCHEME?
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He will be part of the new EU "What if..." series. We're kicking off the line with a "What if...Mace Windu was Darth Vader" Boxed set. It will include a purple repaint of the 500th Vader, his purple astromech, purple Droopy McCool, a purple Death Star Gunner, and a purple Walrusman.

Hasbro, I know you unleashed Perpentor on this website just to piss us off. Speaking of Unleashed...No, I won't collect them at any size, but why is the only 7" sized Unleashed figure out right now a Bumblebee from the movie?
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Would it make you feel better if we said there was plans to put Bumblebee into the new 30th Anniversary 3-D versions of the Star Wars movies? Lucas was so impressed with ILMs work he decided "Giant Monster Robots" would work well in his movie universe. Spielberg responded by putting Yoda in Transformers II. But I digress, that retroactively makes Unleashed Bumblebee a SW Unleased figure (although technically he will be in scale with the smaller Unleashed Battlepack figures...). Look for a SDCC Exclusive Unleashed Perpantor figure in 2008!!


Have you guys thought about bringing back M.A.S.K. as a toyline? You seem to ressurect all your other properties.
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M.A.S.K is not a good idea for a toy line. Why would we release transforming flying vehicle?



Why the fuck is all the old product still on the shelf???
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It's not old, it's retro. Retro is cool.


Any plans for re-releasing more of the VOTC and VSTC as next year's Legends line or will the line be full of clones and other various figures no one is asking for?
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We're glad you asked! We will be reopening the voting polls later this year for fans to decide which rare figures from years past will find their way back onto the shelves. We will then throw out the results and repack clone troopers that never appeared in the films. Oh, and you'll never see the new Snowtrooper again.

You keep mentioning cool new vehicles that you'd rather make before you get to the Cloud Car. After Grievous' Starfighter and the AT-AP/AT-TP/"I didn't see this in the movie" ship, I can't really think of any more ships in this scale to do before the Cloud Car. So . . . howsabout it?
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Fine. We'll be releasing the old Batman Animated Car and painting clouds all over it. You happy? You gonna shut up now?

Why does the selection on your own store site suck worse than any backwoods K-Mart in the country? And, a related question: you make the shit, so why not allow pre-orders? It's annoying that I have to wait until something shows up on the site, then have to order quickly so it doesn't sell out.
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It's just one of the many ways we like to piss you off.


Looks like you blew it with the Father's day set. It has figures no one wants and it doesn't seem to be in very many stores. What happened with that one? And please don't tell me Bizarro The Grin is going to personally deliver one to all the fathers of the world on Father's Day eve.
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Sorry, we were too distracted by the tits in your avatar to get them out on time. They should arrive just in time for this Christmas, so you and your dad can remember the fun times you had on Father's Day.

You recently asked us to tell you which stores had which pegwarmers. What are you going to do with the information?
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Figure out a plausible battle pack that utilizes those figures plus that Fat Yarna figure you've been pissing about for half a decade. Then make it a hard to find exclusive, and slowly dole them out on eBay to whatever chumps are willing to pay big money for them.



Rhode Island was the last of the colonies to ratify the Constitution. it also happens to be your home base. Doesn't that make most of your employees descendants of wank douchebags and assholes? And how does that affect your overall business plan?
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We're glad you asked. Our company mission statement requires us to do what we can to discourage collectors who buy our products. That is why we came up with the UGH last year and half of the McQuarrie figures will be convention exclusives. Go ahead and ask for that fat Yarna bitch and the Cloud Car again. We dare you.

Alright, what new and exciting vehicles that can fit in the $20 price range are more important than the Cloud Car? And why do you put out resculpts of figures no one is asking for (like Hammerhead and Garindan) instead of a figure like Yarna?
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Uhmmmmmmmmmmm...I'm sorry...wha..what was the question? We were distracted by your new Avatar, Rogue II. Something about a Cloud Car with an Exclusive Yarna pilot? Uhmmm..We are doing an exclusive Yarna Cruisemissile Trooper Variant for the....first quarter....booobies.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



Hey! Eyes up here, Jerks! What's the word on the Alternator and Classic lines now that you have this movie thing going on? You had two good things going and then pffft. Nothin. What gives? Will we ever see the other Classics Jets in stores and NOT as overpriced exclusives?
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Well, to andswer the first question, we have about 30 more Jedi-Starfighters to release again, this time with the Hyperspace Rings. The second part of the question is we like resculpts, we gave you a Moisture Vaparator which cost us an ungodly amount of money, so we have to make resculpts to make money. As for Yarna, didnt we tell you that we would never release a figure the size of Ephant Mon again?


What the fuck is this Mandalorian BS set?
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Alternator and Classic Mandalorian Jet Sets? Good idea! We can't show anything right now, but look for them at SDCC 2010. Bring cash.




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