Wouldnt it be good if there is a die hard TF fan working for hasbro???

[primatives]

I was thinking that would be so cool cos then we'd get all this cool releases we would never have from someone who just works for Hasbro. Sadly only a dream

[SOUNDBLASTER]

FRENZY/RUMBLE or KINGBOTZ

They would be my pick :) :cool:

[GoktimusPrime]

Being a TF fan wouldn't give you any special privileges in working for Hasbro. At the end of the day the product would still have to fit in specified criteria; e.g.: budget, appeal to children, safety etc. Sure, you could pitch ideas which might appeal to a lot of fans, but that doesn't mean that your ideas would necessarily get approved.

I think the Hasbro submission threads like this one (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=136369#post136369) work well in allowing fans to ask questions to Hasbro. You can also just call them on 1-300-138-697 or visit them at 570 Blaxland Rd Eastwood if you happen to be in Sydney (source (http://www.hasbro.com/en_AU/customer-service/)).

[roller]

Being a TF fan wouldn't give you any special privileges in working for Hasbro.

Not necessarily

if you were really popular, good looking and sassy i think you'd eventually promoted to the board of directors and able to assign resources accordingly.

Eg: No more GI Janes= more chrome on g1 reissues I...er we want


or you could just walk into their Epping branch shouting while dressed as a dero

[Tommy K]

lol sigh, these are my view on this subject

a) the normal me: ok it would be great but there are a few other places id love working at, like insomniac games, lucas arts etc those places would be able to hold my "potential"

b) the fanboy me: OMG OMG LOOK AT ALL THE CREATORS OF TOYS, now to add mirage and hound into most of the line of toys and create " legendary saga of kuzzy and rolelr with the transformers!!!!!!!!!!!!" (i hope i put in enough exclamation points lol)

c) the evil genuis me: bwahahaha now i can manipulate the minds of kids to do my bidding, first ill make kids buy more transformers, then once its popular ill take over other franchises, star trek, ben 10, MY LITTLE PONY WILL ALL BE MINE!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............






















...........................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA





so yeah those are just 3 views on that subject, those are some of the minds that come into tuition as well when i think of transformers fans wanting to get a job in the buisness

[GoktimusPrime]

if you were really popular, good looking and sassy i think you'd eventually promoted to the board of directors and able to assign resources accordingly.
Well that rules you out. :p


or you could just walk into their Epping branch shouting while dressed as a dero
You mean Eastwood (2122). :p I love how there's a Tarrants Avenue just 1.7km down from Hasbro (cos Tarantulas' Japanese name is Tarrans :D) <insert.Tarantulas'.evil.cackling.laughter>

[SilverDragon]

There already ARE die-hard TF fans working for Hasbro-namely the TF development team. Derrick J Wyatt probably also counts, considering the size of his own collection as shown on his blog (Headmaster dino cassettes!).

I fail to see how being a die-hard fan would influence Hasbro in any way.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Wouldn't it be good if there was a die-hard TF fan making the live-action movies? :rolleyes: :(

[GoktimusPrime]

Not necessarily (http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=120375). :p

[Lord_Zed]

Not necessarily (http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=120375). :p

And thaaaaattttssss why I don't read Fanfics.

Other than all hail Megatron. :p oops!

[SuspectimusPrime]

if you were really popular, good looking and sassy i think you'd eventually promoted to the board of directors and able to assign resources accordingly.

Sounds like that journey should start in the executive bedroom ;);):p

[liegeprime]

Wouldn't it be good if there was a die-hard TF fan making the live-action movies? :rolleyes: :(

He'd probably be fired by Michael Bay immediately anyways for being such a whiny %$#% on the set.... mumbling and grumbling how ugly the TFs look and complaining about certain aesthetics :p

[5FDP]

Last time I heard, Benson Yee was on the fan advisory board with a few other members hand picked by Hasbro.

They basically meet (not physically) and give feedback / suggestions on future product.

Benson was featured on a Canadian show called Fanatical (you should be able to find it on Youtube) explaining his involvement with this.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, but these are fans who Hasbro consult with for advice. They're not actually employed by Hasbro. Correspondence is done through email.

Still... it's good to have that kind of relationship with Hasbro. It turned out to be beneficial for me 10 years ago when the Ultra Transmetal 2s were obscenely hard to find; I never found them in stores (they were only released in Toyworlds and even then in limited quantities) and I whinged about it to Ben Yee, who then mentioned it to Hasbro, who then sent me TM2 Megatron and Tigerhawk for free! Yay! :D

So in answer to this thread's question, yes, it is good to have a TF fan working forwith Hasbro! :) I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but some of the guys currently working for Hasbro like Eric Siebenaler are also fans of Transformers. (^_^)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/Transfan%20Meets/Parramatta%20Meet%20November%202008/th_parrameet_nov08_04.jpg<-one of the happiest days in kuzzy's life :)

[5FDP]

When did Eric come out to the Parra Fair? I thought he was only here briefly for a signing at Ultimo... :confused:

[GoktimusPrime]

November 2008. Eric was living in Sydney for about a year working at the Hasbro office in Eastwood (hence why he didn't attend BotCon last year; there was a cardboard version of him instead). His appearance in Ultimo and Melbourne were advertised public events, but he attended the Parramatta Fair as an ordinary private fan (just like the rest of us), so naturally it wasn't advertised.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/Transfan%20Meets/Parramatta%20Meet%20November%202008/th_parrameet_nov08_05.jpg (http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/Transfan%20Meets/Parramatta%20Meet%20November%202008/parrameet_nov08_05.jpg)

[Sky Shadow]

I was thinking that would be so cool cos then we'd get all this cool releases we would never have from someone who just works for Hasbro. Sadly only a dream

What? No, it wouldn't be cool - it would still suck every bit as hard as it does at the moment - we already have fans working at Hasbro. And, ironically, (in my opinion) Transformers toys were better before they had 'fans' working on them.

[kup]

I think that although fans work for Hasbro they still have to compromise to corporate product demands. They may have some awesome new design but they still have to adapt it to ever decreasing production costs and odd ideas like 'Make this character unique mold into x character in a repaint' or 'This toy should look more realistic, make it grey instead of red but keep bright electronics visible so it stands out in the box'

[GoktimusPrime]

Like many things I think there needs to be a careful balance between when dealing with fans. If Hasbro completely catered to fan sentiments, then I think the line would never have evolved past "Gee Wun." On one hand it's nice to see G1 homages, but on the other hand I can't help but wonder if it's holding Transformers back.

I would really love to see a Transformers series whose leaders are NOT called "Optimus" or "Megatron." The current movie franchise is keeping the Optimus Prime and Megatron trademarks in use, so there's no need to have other incarnations of them in the next TF series between now and TF3. We've seldomly seen anything terribly fresh and innovative done with Transformers since Beast Wars. After Beast Wars finished we had Transformers return to becoming licensed vehicles with Car Robot, which in turn led to all the "G1 reboots" starting with Armadaverse. That was nearly seven years ago... could we have something new now?

[G1Optimal]

i don't know if this Promotional video from Paramount helps or not...

25 Years of Transformers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhlSIUea7gs&feature=player_embedded

[GoktimusPrime]

Oh god... that's from the DVD special features. I was bitterly disappointed with that. :mad: What really made me mad about that video was how that Hasbro guy described people who enjoyed Transformers as children and are now rediscovering them as adults as "long time dedicated fans." So what about fans who started collecting Transformers from the very beginning and never stopped? I don't object to them mentioning new "born again" adult fans, that's fine... but it made me sad to think that after a quarter century's worth of loyalty, dedication (and money) to this franchise we didn't even get so much as a single mention... Gee, thanks for nothing Hasbro. :(

It also doesn't really give us much insight at all about the actual full 25 years' worth of Transformers history. I was hoping it'd be like some kind of actual documentary about the history and evolution of the brand, focusing on what Transformers was like year by year (as briefly summarised in this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-RvHPGgoc) but of course done in much greater detail), but it was nothing of the sort. It was pretty much like early G1, movie franchise, old 80s fans, new kid fans, born again adult fans... and that was ALL. This franchise has endured for a quarter century and that was all they could do?!? (o_O)

I didn't expect a video that claims to look at 25 years' of Transformers to only cover "Gee-Wun" and the movie and pretty much nothing else. :/ Most disappointing special feature ever!

[kup]

I think that the feature speaks volumes of the mentality that Hasbro executives currently have of the franchise.

The reason why we do still get some cool stuff is because several of the designers seem to be well informed or long time fans who don't just limit themselves to 'gee-wun' and Bayformers as their only source of inspiration. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the people higher up in the chain.

[5FDP]

I agree with you 100% on this Goki. When I heard that there was going to be a '25 years of Transformers' featurette on the DVD I was more excited about this than watching the movie again.

When I bought it the first day it was out, I rushed home to watch it with my wife. Approx. 15 mins later I turned to her and said "What the hell was that??!" 25 years of Transformers... I think not.

They put less than the least amount of effort into making that and what content there was, was pretty lame. I can't say that I am suprised though given that Michael Bay has a huge amount of input into the DVD release as well.

[5FDP]

I can't say that I am suprised though given that Michael Bay has a huge amount of input into the DVD release as well.

Just to clarify this statement before people start thinking that I have contradicted myself here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=140302&postcount=64), you don't know what you don't know, and Michael Bay was only recently put through 'Transformers School' in preparation for the first movie so I'm not directly blaming him for the lack of content.

I would have liked to see more involvement from Hasbro in creating a documentary style '25 Years of Transformers'. What we have is a shameful plug for the recent movies (which is comical considering chances are you wouldn't be watching it if you hadn't bought the DVD already), with some G1 tacked on which feels like an after-thought.

[GoktimusPrime]

you don't know what you don't know, and Michael Bay was only recently put through 'Transformers School' in preparation for the first movie so I'm not directly blaming him for the lack of content.
Yeah but I think if you really care about what you're doing and want to dedicate yourself to doing the franchise justice you would consult people who have a deep knowledge and affection for the lore (i.e.: fans). That's what Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio did when they wrote Beast Wars and it's also what J.J. Abrams did with Star Trek (i.e.: as Roberto Orci is a Trekker).

It doesn't mean that you have to listen to everything that fans tell you... in fact you would be choosy in terms of which fans to listen to and which ones to ignore (i.e.: you'd have to pick fans who are genuinely giving constructive criticism and advice and not just blindly hating on anything different to Gee Wun). I think that the movies could have been better if Bay had put more effort and dedication (and caring) about the TF franchise.

I don't want to say that Bay is a lazy or undedicated director because that's not true. When I watch the special features you can see that he is a very active and passionate director who does care about getting good results (according to his standards), and I do appreciate the tireless effort that he's put into these movies and there have been a lot of good things that have come from it (as Jhiaxus pointed out well)... but I think the movies could've been better if Bay had applied the same enthusiasm for the Transformers franchise.

I'd like to see Bay treat the Transformers themselves as people (characters) and not just giant f***ing robots. Still... I prefer the Bay movies over Pat Lee's G1. :p