This was taken from Galactic Hunter's last round.

Galactic Hunter: Only encompassing the "classic" Kenner line (now owned and carried on in the Hasbro line) what toy (from figures, playsets, vehicles, and "other") either as a new SKU or as a one-off would the "Star Wars Team" most like to revive for the modern line — especially items that are not in the forthcoming Hasbro plan for 2010?

Hasbro: There is one that has interested us for a while, even though it didn't get to the prototype stage, is a modern version of the Droid Factory.  Given that we have built up a library of  Droid Factory parts, it made sense to look at this and the combination of Attack of the Clones inspiration-meets classic Kenner Droid Factory was a fun mash-up. Ultimately, though, the slowdown in the Droid Factory caused us to put this aside although it's something we still have heart for. We would like to make use of our droid part tooling library some day, so it's possible that a set like this could eventually come out. For now, though, it remains far off on the horizon.

love the look of this picture

I probably shouldn't muck up this thread with all of the other site's Q&A responses and speculations but there is just too much interesting info out there to ignore lately.

Here is a question from yoda'snews answered by Hasbro and then speculated upon by Jeditemplearchives that sounds like an interesting possibility.

YN: I love the OTC figures you've been doing lately, specifically the cantina aliens. Keep up the good work. I display the new stuff and some vintage Kenner stuff as well in my collection. Recently I was comparing my robust collection of modern cantina aliens to the 5 (Blue Snaggletooth) vintage cantina figures and realized how sorry a lot they are. I would love to fill out the old Kenner cantina playset with some more figures. To that end, do you think it would ever be possible to produce new "Kenner" style figures (5 points of articulation) of some different cantina aliens as either a pack in to a battle pack or a mail away figure? I'd love to see your take on what Dr. Evazon or Brainiac would have looked like if they actually were produced in the original Kenner run with some 70's deco. I know that this would mostly be collector focused and that it could be argued that figures like Wuher and Dr. Evazon could already be considered in that style in their current form but they're not really the same. Give it some consideration.

Hasbro: We have looked at this numerous times over the past couple of years, and have decided that we would move forward with the new sculpting, deco, and articulation, rather than look back. The reason is that there are a lot of diverse collecting interests in Star Wars, but we need to keep focused on the heart and soul of collector demand, which is the realistic-style modern aesthetic. There will be one important exception to this that we will announce officially at Toy Fare in a couple weeks, but there will not be any return to the simpler style of figures we grew up with.

JTA:Take note of the mentioned exception above. Could it be that it is indeed the highly coveted rocket-firing Boba Fett figure? And if it is, will Hasbro be designing it utlizing the original mold of the figure or its prototype? We certainly hope so and we will find out for sure on February 13th. And we could also be way off on our speculation as anything is possible.

Good idea on the alternate thread for  q&a skippy. I will do that next round.

couple more ideas:

Price increases across the line have been partly attributed to the rising cost of labor over seas.  Based on the current economic trends in the Asian markets, these rising costs will likely continue.  Shipping product overseas to the major consumer, the United States, also plays in the local cost of items.  And finally, plenty of Q&As sessions have hinted at misunderstandings in goals for a final product--i.e. running changes, that may have their roots in language barriers.  Is it becoming more feasible, to bring toy production, not just the Star Wars line, back to the states? 

We understand quantities is one of the primary factors in pricing but, might having a more globally market centralized production facility also help bring down costs to non U.S. collectors who are having to pay rape and pillage level prices to continue with the hobby?