Post your questions for the Hasbro Transformers Q&A

[Bruticus82]

Originally Posted by dancybak

I would like to know if they are going to release a thundercracker in the generations/classics line to complete the seekers as he was a Botcon 2007/08 exclusive? I also wonder if they could take a suggestion to make a general purple seeker and Sunstorm?

I think thundercracker is probably out because he's a botcon exclusive, unless he has very different paint apps, but Sunstorm is a good possibility.

[mrluthor]

Recently you made the packaging change from plastic covered wire ties to a plastic rope ties. I noticed that the new ties rub the paint on the toys. I noticed this on the WFC Generations figures and had to look through several of each to get ones with little paint rubbing. Is there another way that figures could be packed where they will not get paint rub marks. Is there any chance on Hasbro/Tomy making more Transformers based on real cars outside of the movie lines like the Alternators. I really like the Human Alliance line and hope to see more of them. I'd even buy a repaint of Human Alliance Bumblebee if he was painted in black and gold in stealth mode.

[Pascal]

Why is Stealth Force Optimus Prime so different (5 weapons are missing!) from the version shown on the packaging?

[Retread]

Will we see Power core combiner drone packs or minicons packaged individually?

Was the scale of the central figure and the drone concept simply a factor of your target market and price point or was there some engineering limitation that prevented either larger figures or limbs with robot modes?

[Super_Megatron]

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[Prowl_2009]

Any plans on releasing the other Dinobots (Slag, Snarl, Swoop & Sludge) in some scale in the near future?

[Super_Megatron]

Originally Posted by Prowl_2009

Any plans on releasing the other Dinobots (Slag, Snarl, Swoop & Sludge) in some scale in the near future?

From post #1:
Unfortunately, there are some things that Hasbro cannot comment publicly on due to confidentiality, legal or competitive reasons. Examples of these types of questions are ones that relate to the upcoming TV series or movies that have not had details announced yet, “When will X toy be made/redesigned/released?”, Hypothetical scenarios or “what if questions”, Sales/Cost Data, Product Idea Submissions, Potential Design/Redesign and Future Movie/Entertainment.

[KBlurr]

Is there actually combination instructions for the movie Arcee, Chromia and Elita-1 figures? And if so, when are they going to be online?

[TheLogicalProwl]

Have the sales of the Masterpiece lines in North America met Hasbro's expectations? If they haven't, does that mean that the Masterpiece line is in jeopardy beyond the next release (Rodimus Prime)?

[Stapler]

It's clear that Hasbro has been making a big push for the Powercore Combiner line. Is there a particular reason for why it is being pushed so hard but without any related media to help promote it? Has the PPC line lived up to Hasbro's expectations thus far and can we expect some inventive experimentation (commander figures that turn into pieces like gas pumps and small buildings to build a whole city, for example) in the future?