Hasbro's Questions & Answers #29

     Don't forget, you can submit questions in our forums and we'll try to get as many as possible submitted to Hasbro. We can send only three questions per week, so make sure they are good ones! Now, on to this weeks Questions and Answers directly from Hasbro.

Q. Coins are a big theme this year for the 30th anniversary, being a big part of the vintage line. As a tie-in, why didn't Hasbro make this years vintage style figures on the POTF style cards, with the coin packed in as well? Was this ever a consideration? It would have been a great tie-in with this years coin collection. Might we still see an exclusive figure packed like this?

A. It was not a consideration because we have certain figures we never made with POTF cardbacks and our direction was "all or none" with the coins. So we decided to make it a mail-in program instead. There are no additional vintage figures planned for this year.

Q. The announcement of the display stand pack was great for collectors of loose figures who have tons from previous lines that could use a similar style stand. Having a variety pack is nice, but what about collectors who might concentrate on only original trilogy figures, or all clones, etc. Any chances of offering all like stand packs on hasbrotoyshop.com? Perhaps a pack of all ROTS or all Expanded Universe, etc? Otherwise, they would end up with extra stands that might not go with the figures they have.

A. This was not an option due to logistics—the creation of 7 SKUs instead of one, and the minimum order equirements for each would preclude some movies, and EU, from ever being made at all if we took that route. We thought that army builders, who were generalist (all films), would probably be getting multiple stand packs and would be fine. Our hope is that those who solely focus on EpII or EpIII Clones or OTC Stormies will probably use them anyway regeardless of movie, and over time perhaps accumulate enough (perhaps by buying multiple sets) to suit their needs. They really do a good job of allowing many troops to be posed in a compact space....a great boon for us troop builders.

PS—two more tidbits on the stands pack you can let the public know about:
1) The labels are clear with silver writing so when they are placed on the stands the appearance will be very similar to the '06 TSC stands. The yellow cardstock we have revealed is just the backing for the labels.
2) Any figure from the '06 TSC collection that already came with a stand does not have a label, since the theory is that fans don't need a stand for those figures since they already have them. We were able to dig deeper into the past this way with our 200 label slots and cover more modern-era figures.

Q. Are there plans to continue the expanded universe comic 2-packs past this years run? Or, is this something only planned for the 30th Anniversary Collection?

A. The comic packs will continue through 2008 and into the future as long as fans keep showing their interest in the concept. So far, reaction has been very positive and we hope it continues..the ones we have planned for later this year are fantastic and we can't wait to reveal more when the time comes!

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