April Hasbro Questions - open until previous submissions are returned.

[GoktimusPrime]

Will Australia be skipping/missing any Transformers Animated toys?

RE:

Hey Guys,
Not a sighting but some news about Shockwave, spoke with Paul over at Figuresdirect last night this what he had to say:

"In checking a product list that I have from Hasbro before sending this email I noticed that there are NO Voyager assortments due for release here in Australia for the first four months of 2009.

With that I mind, I have the feeling that we’re most likely not going to see Shockwave or any future Voyager Animated TFs in Australia due to the fact that the movie line is due very soon and I suspect Hasbro Australia will put all their effort into that particular line."

Paul definitely seems to be on the money, does it strike anyone as odd that we have gotten all the deluxes that came out after Shockwave in the US before our release of Shockwave.
Plus consider the rumoured cancellation of the Animated show combined with Rumours of running down the production of Animated figures, deluxes sell best that is why that is probably why that is all we are seeing.

I am off to buy Shockwave from Ebay and pay some hideous price for him.

[swoop]

Will australia be getting the new 6 inch titanium figures?
Also I'm not sure if this has been asked before but how long is the movis line expected to run?

[sifun]

We want more takara exlusives at target. Please?

[swoop]

Is there still going to be a second wave of universe special editions and if so when will they be released?

[Adzma]

Is it possible we will see more combiners in the Universe line after Revenge of the Fallen has died down? Possibly the Stunticons or Constructicons?

[GoktimusPrime]

(that _aren't_ repaints of existing moulds. )

[Wheel-J]

Will there be a Transformers Animated DVD Pack for all three seasons? If so, are there plans on putting some extra gimmick on the packaging (i.e., a comic or an exclusive-to-DVD toy figure - maybe a legend/activator/deluxe-sized toy)?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

What considerations are taken in regards to whether a TF is packaged in robot mode or vehicle mode? For example, voyagers Animated Wreck-Gar and Classics Optimus looked very small in the box and might be deemed as not good value for money, whereas if they were in robot mode, they would appear to take up more room and therefore be seen as more toy for dollar and int he mind of the buyer better value for money.

Wreck-gar could stand in a vertical box if need be.



Can roller have some free toys?

[roller]

Can roller have some free toys?

attaboy!!!

Q:Are there any plans to repackage, perhaps with flashy new animation inserts, any old "Animated" cartoons? and sell them as new cartoons? Like was done with the final season of G1 and the Generation 2 tv series

[griffin]

Don't want to put too much of a dampner on things here, but due to Hasbro being 3 months behind on their answers, I will only be sending in a new submission after we start getting answers to previous submissions. It isn't fair to have you guys continue posting your questions, if it doesn't look like they are going to be answered. Or if they do, they take 3 months to be answered. If Hasbro AUS Customer Service are being swamped by more important things, then there's no point in me adding to their workload with more submissions that are going to be shelved until they clear out the backlog.

So you can keep posting your questions as you think of them, but be aware that I will only send in a month's submission after we get the previous months' submission returned to us.