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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.
Iconic scenes in the Saga tend to make for some interesting figures. One such
iconic scene from REVENGE OF THE SITH among fans seems to be Yoda's "Sword
in the Clone" moment, as he and Obi-Wan fight their way into the Jedi Temple. Would
something like this be a viable candidate for a Basic Figure pack, even though it
might incorporate 2 figures that could stand on their own as Basic Figures? Or
would this be a more likely candidate for something like the Order 66 2-packs?
A.
We like to theme our waves as much as possible, and have made basic
figures in the past that "interact" with other figures to form a scene,
so
it is not out of the question that we could do ideas like this. However,
that's not where our focus is on basic figures and we like to look for
ideas where figures could go together in the same pack for things like
Order 66 or the upcoming Droid Factory exclusive packs. Exclusives like
Order 66 do need strong figures that could be basic figures themselves; if
you look at the lineup, there are many core heroes in those packs, needed
to "anchor" the quality of the set and give kids something to meet their
interests. As great as Tsui Choui is to us collectors, we still need to
deliver the Vaders and Obi-Wans for kid traction.
Q. The Saga Legends for later this year is reportedly offering
characters that we're going to see in the Clone Wars line, such as Anakin, Obi-Wan & Yoda
but in the movie-realistic style. It also seems to be widely accepted that
these figures will be reissues, as we've seen in the 2007/08 Saga Legends line. Will
this upcoming Saga Legends line mine recent figure sculpts, or in keeping with this
year's Clone Wars theme, can we expect reissues from 2003's Clone Wars line?
A.
All of the Saga Legends figures coming this Fall will be resissues of
current "realistic" sculpts. We will not be reissuing the 2003/4
Clone
Wars sculpts again.
Q. In your most
recent responses to JTA's Q&A session, you mentioned that the V-Wing fighter
will be carried forward in the Clone Wars starfighter vehicle assortment. We've
also seen indications that there is another wave of REVENGE OF THE SITH Basic
Figures on tap for the Legacy Collection. Given those factors, and collectordom's
love affair with all things Clone Trooper, could we be in store for a V-Wing Pilot
Clone sometime in the near future?
A.
Not for this year, but we are looking at one possibily for 2009.
Check back in a few weeks and we'll post
the next round of Questions (and answers) as soon as Hasbro offers them.
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