Folks we were able to get a Question and Answer Session set up with Hasbro for SDCC once again!
So get your burning questions in here and I will get em loaded and ready for our site reporter Todd at SDCC who has graciously given us some of his busy time during the con. Thanks Todd!
Remember, the better worded and well thought out questions, will have a greater chance of making the question list. Please also remember that Hasbro has also graciously given us some of their time and while even I will admit to not being happy with all of their creations we need to respectful, responsible, and professional when we write our questions. I am not saying you cannot point out issues with their action figures, but any blatant flaming questions that are just bash Hasbro will be deleted.
I am also not sure how many questions they would be willing to answer about Rogue One so be aware that if we submit them we may just get the ole Lucasfilm won't let us talk about that yet.
Questions List so far (new ones will be added to this list):
1. Will there be other retailers besides Wal-Mart to receive your super articulated 3.75" line?2. How successful would you say the 6" The Force Awakens TIE Fighter was? Is there another possibility that we will see a full size 6" vehicle offering again going forward? Perhaps in the Original Trilogy Line Up?3. Will there be 1:18 scale reissues of older Star Wars vehicles or even new ones that will not include the Nerf play features but focus a tad (just a tad) more of the collectors market? How well did that Nerf shooting Falcon work out for you anyway? 4. Any chance once again for a 6" black series scaled Dewback?5.Will we see a 3.75 equivalent of recently released 6 inch figures, R5-K6 for example is going for silly money on ebay so the demand is there, particularly with Rogue One on the horizon.6. How is distribution of 3.75" super-articulated figures in Europe going to be handled? At this point in time our only way to get these figures is find somebody in the US to buy them for us and ship them to Europe. Which is very complicated and expensive.7. As a kid, I never used the firing missiles or electronics that the 3.75 vehicles included. Now, we've seen the TFA Falcon have a Nerf feature, and now there is also an A-Wing with a Nerf feature. Is there a large appeal for the nerf firing feature in your vehicles? 8. Have you evaluated more limited production or collectors club options for collectors who are interested in 3.75 SA? Boss fight studios and I think even go joe and he man used to have this. 9. Collectors are always interested in items that were close to being made but just never got done. Can you let us know some figures that were shelved in the past? Some rumors to get you started (noghri, anakin solo, new Yakface, pong Krell)10. Any hope for future characters from the clone wars or the new comics for us Jedi lovers?11. Any chance you would bring the fan poll to 3.75" to gauge interest in quantities?12. What is the status of The Black Series figures that were due to be released prior to TFA event last year? In particular: Tzizvvt, Shasa Tiel, Barada, and Vedain among others. Are they still on schedule to be released at some point?13. With Disney now owning the rights to Star Wars, and doing a great job with their own "in house brands" will you consider collaborating with them to make a 3.75" scale Death Star environment? Their PVC figures are about that scale anyway. Bottom line, we've been waiting most of our lives now for a Death Star playset and if one's not coming for Rogue One, we would be happy to see another company make this happen.14. With the assembly style of the 5POA figures, customizers can't "boil and pop" these things, hence preventing us from making mass purchases of things other people don't want multiples of. Example - Goss Toowers and General Hux. If these figures could easily have their arms/legs removable (like most pre-2013 figures), we'd buy more and this would help prevent backup of pegwarmers at retail (the issue is the torso plastic is hard and does not soften when warmed up - this also leads to manufacturing paint coloring not matching up on torsos vs. legs/arms, but that's a different issue altogether). That being said, look at the Quiggold figure - he's the ONE figure in the TFA line with a soft torso - love it! Can Hasbro start making figures more in this style (with softer torsos) if we have to settle for minimal articulation?15. The Revenge of the Sith Line had a better mix of figure articulation, creatures, vehicles and even playsets. By comparison, that line was much better received by both children and adults. Will Hasbro look to go back closer to that model?16. How would you gauge the success of the Build-A-Weapons? Has there been any thought of replacing these with some improved articulation to the figures, or alternate heads, stands, or even droid parts?17. How would you describe your distribution of Star Wars Products at this point? Do you still feel there are any issues with poor distribution and are there any plans to correct it?18. How satisfied do you feel the general consumer is with the 3.75" 5 points of articulation line? Are there any plans to add more articulation to this line at any point? Perhaps not full arty, but more movement? Its awful hard to pose one of those 5 poa figures!19. I was playing Battlefront a bit last night with my son - and it brought back great memories of the Battlefront sets that Hasbro used to release back with the older games.
So, on that note - will we be seeing some new Battlefront multi-packs in the 3.75" scale again? It would be a great opportunity to get some SA army builders back in the mix, including a repainted Sandtrooper mold using the Imperial Shocktrooper paint scheme. Retail would have a hard time keeping these in stock due to a starving demand for 3.75" SA army builders.20. Your build a figure pieces for your Marvel Brand are extremely popular. Have you ever thought about doing build a figure pieces in the 6" Line Up? What are your thoughts for doing this for the Star Wars Brand? It would be awesome!21. Has Hasbro been looking at Amazon and what they are charging for most figures and ships? What is Hasbro planning to do with the crazy pricing that Amazon and other second hand market sellers are charging for figures and vehicles?22. What kind of a compromise would Hasbro be willing to do for collectors that want The Vintage Collection 3.75 fully articulated figures to come back without just making an exclusive line that is limited to one retailer?Separate Question for PR Group (I can send this one separately):
Do they see the over overwhelmingly negative sentiment collectors view the 5 POA figures with?
