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Hasbro's Questions & Answers #81

Posted by Chuck | December 21, 2009 at 11:53 PM ET

We've got the latest answers to some great questions! Find out information about the Hasbro Celebration V exclusives and more! Click through for the latest answers to JTA's questions, as well as a letter from Derryl DePriest of Hasbro...

Hasbro's Q&A

Firstly, before we get to this round of questions & answers, Derryl DePriest of Hasbro wants to share a message with the Star Wars community...

On behalf of the Star Wars team, we want to thank all of the Star Wars collector-fan media, and all of the fans, who have shown tremendous support for Hasbro’s Star Wars lineup this year.  We hope that you have found delight in playing with your toys, just like we have in working to bring them to you this past year.  In addition, the tremendous work that all of the fans and sites have done to deliver another great Fans’ Choice poll will result in not one, but many great inspiration for years to come. We have a lot of excitement in store for next year, and we think 2010 is going to shape up to be one of the most exciting years ever for fans of Hasbro Star Wars.  With the 30th Anniversary of Empire Strikes Back to celebrate, we think it’s going to be a big year as well. Happy Holidays to everyone!

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.

You can also check out our Q&A Round-up, as well as our exclusive Headline Report over in our forums!


Q. As of this writing, Celebration V has just been announced for August 2010 in Orlando, Florida. Comments from Steve Sansweet on December 3rd indicate that an exclusive figure like those at past Star Wars Celebrations may not be likely.

However, in a November 16th Q&A session with Jedi Temple Archives, Hasbro indicated that some items from the due to be cancelled Expanded Universe comic 2-pack line were now slated to possibly become convention exclusives. Obviously, the announcement of a Star Wars Celebration Hasbro exclusive is usually something of a news event of it's own. But can we expect one of the previously seen comic 2-packs to become a Celebration 5 exclusive? Or should we expect any C5 exclusive to be themed around the 30th Anniversary of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, since that is one of the main themes of Celebration 5?

A. Thanks for the chance to correct that statement.  There definitely *will* be two CV exclusive sets.  One of them will be a Comic Pack with two new figures originally slated for the main line that has been redirected to be a CV exclusive.  The other set will have an EpV theme, although it will not necessarily debut new characters.  Details of both sets will be announced at a later date as we get closer to CV.

Q. The production sheet that you shared with Galactic Hunter was such an amazing and informative piece of information. It makes us think that of course there must be one of these for every figure. Would you be able to post these on your website or provide them to collectors? They are absolutely mesmerizing and it makes us want to see them for the other action figures. If you cannot provide them on the web or in some other similar way, can you work with Lucasfilm to perhaps generate a book of the all and sell as an exclusive? We are confident that this would sell beyond all expectations. The Wooof production sheet created such a buzz in the collector community and these are the types of resources we want to see. Any others you would like to share with us? We would love to add these to our archives!

A. Great question, Chuck - and thanks for the suggestion.  Knowing the response it had, we will certainly look into how to get more widespread distribution of our sculpting inputs, since it seems to be a key link to the figures that a lot of fans like to see.  It's not that easy since there may be proprietary input there and we may not be able to make a lot of these available, but we will look into it.  Thanks again for the great suggestion.

Q. We've seen an admirable effort by Hasbro to offer some variety to the more anonymous characters of the Star Wars universe by offering running changes.  However it seems that a number of possible factors affect the feasibility of bringing all of them to retail in a way that works for Hasbro, collectors and retailers.  There seemed to be a question about the second Cloud City Wing Guard (Utris M'toc) until one site received a correction on that figure.

But on that roster of running change characters we've seen the Hoth Rebel Trooper, the Ugnaughts, Cloud City Wing Guards, the Utai and Imperial Scanning Troopers.  Only the second Ugnaught has made it to market so far, and the Cloud City Wing Guard running change should be shipping with the next wave.  How are the other running change figures faring?  Can we expect these other figures reasonably soon?  And in which format are they likely to be offered if at all?


A. Thanks for asking.  The second beardless Hoth trooper has been slotted into an exclusive Battle Pack for Fall 2010.  The Utai has not been slotted in but will eventually make it out, most probably as a basic figure, either in 2011 or after.  The Imperial Scanning Trooper is the most vexing one at the moment, since we do not have a pack he can naturally go it.  We will find a way to bring him out, most likely as either a Saga Legends figure or as part of an Imperial-themed Battle Pack no later than Spring 2011 if all goes well.


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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