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Hasbro's SDCC Questions & Answers Session

Posted by Chuck | July 21, 2006 at 06:31 PM ET

The latest updates from Hasbro's live Q&A are in. If you want figures, then you are going to get them. Hasbro's focus will continue to be collectors and kids. So, you will see a little bit of everything...Kids Focus

More Galactic Heroes 2-packs are coming.

The Galactic Heroes Cinema Scenes will be 10 packs with a usable diorama. Their will be four, retailing for about $20:

Death Star Escape (Death Star Docking Bay Diorama)

Vader's Bounty Hunters (SD Bridge Diorama)

Jedi vs. Sith (Coruscant Diorama)

Battle of Geonosis (Arena Diorama)

R2Potatoe will be a limited edition

New Roleplay items will consist of: Spring-loaded lightsabers and new blasters

4 new basic lightsabers (Luke, Vader, Obi-Wan, Green Jedi)

Darth Maul Double-bladed lightsaber (Walmart Exclusive)

Stormtrooper Blaster (laster scope/nerf projectiles)

Rebel Blaster (laser scope/nerf projectiles)

Attacktix Series 5 (Fall '06)

Transformes: 2 new this year (sith starfighter/vader & clone/arc 170 with clone wars deco)

Transformers will continue in '07

Unleashed

2" unleashed will continue with 4 more basic sets this year

2" unleashed will have 3 Ultimate Battle Packs (10 figures each) (Dec 1)

Hoth set

Kashyyyk set

Geonosis set

3 3/4" Line

22 additional figures in the 2006 Saga Collection, to include Kit Fisto, Holographic Cody, more clones, more battledroids, Holographic Obi-wan, Kashyyyk Clone Trooper, Padme (EII Battle Arena), EU Aurra Sing, Purple Astromech droid, more cantina aliens, and more!

The line will end at #74, and the last 4 will be exclusive to Wal-Mart

There will be a total of 7 collectors tins. 1 from each movie, then one Wal-Mart exclusive that will have 5 Cantina Band members. Expect these in Oct. '06)

2006: Large wing TIE, Dagobah X-Wing, AT-AT (all TRU exclusives)

2007 new vehicles: Small wing white TIE Fighter; Saese Tiin Starfighter.

Multipacks:

Rebublic Commando 7-pack (SWshop, available NOW)

Death Star Briefing: 7-pack (Vader, Tarkin, Motti, Tagge, Bast, Yularn,
and an officer) (Diamond Exclusive)

60 new figures in 2007, with 1 McQuarrie figure in each of the first 8 waves. Some figures include: Lava Miner, airborne Clone Trooper, EIII Snowtrooper, and Commander Fox. These figures will all come packaged with a vintage style coin!

3 Comic 2-packs, focusing on comic book style EU designs:

Vader & Rebel Trooper

Tarkin & Stormtrooper

Chewbacca & Han Solo (stormtrooper)

Now, if that is not enough to whet the whistle of any collector, then nothing will!!