Hasbro's Questions & Answers #15

Q. Are there any plans to do any more vehicles with sound effects like the POTF line?

A. We weigh the trade-offs on every vehicle for various features (lights, sounds, launching missiles, moving or opening parts, etc). It just happens that we don't have any sound vehicles in the line next year, but future vehicles may. It's not out of the question.

Q. Why does the Greatest Battle C-3PO come with so many different base variations. All the rest of the figure in that line come with the ROTS base. We can see where the white/grey Tantive IV base some into play, but what is the inspiration behind the brown one?

A. Well now that's a case of interative changes to "get it right." We were in such a hurry to get the Greatest Hits to shelf that we asked for products to be carried into the new line exactly like they appeared in the ROTS line. Well, we chose a background for the Greatest Battle C-3PO packaging that just didn't make sense with the lava base from ROTS, but we didn't see this until we were on the edge of production. So it became a running change. We then spec'd the ship interior base in the original colors, and then moved to the corrected, final colors that match the background scene. This was not intended to drive collectors crazy, but to get to what we thought was the best match of background and base. Unfortunately, it couldn't be from piece 1 because of the very tight schedule.

Q. The images of the interacting Super Battle Droid and R2-D2 from the 1st wave of 30th Anniversary figures fresh in mind...will other figures from that line have features that interact and/or will they come with accessories that interact on either the basic figure level or a "deluxe figure level next year?

A. The Cantina bar pieces will also have the same effect of interacting with each other. But for the most part the other accessories are stand alone.

Check back next week and we'll post the next round of Questions (and answers) as soon as Hasbro offers them.