Post your questions for the Hasbro Transformers Q&A

[Super_Megatron]

Questions of a Canadian nature will be given priority for submission.

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.

With that said, that leaves a lot of room for a whole host of other discussion points. Topics that are open for discussion are things like Deco Decisions, Current Design Choices, Design Process/Development, Character choices and Redeco/Retooling choices. Also, questions pertaining to past and current Lore/Storyline, Line Strategy and Marketing are open for discussion too.

Questions Due: Responses Returned:

Monday, March 8, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, May24, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, July 19, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, October 4, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010 – by 10 AM Monday, November 22, 2010

[Ozrein]

Many fans in Canada would like to know if TFA Deluxes Arcee, Cyb Ratchet and newly announced for the U.S.: Rodimus and Ironhide will ever make it to Canada. Are these TRU exclusives planned for the Canadian market? If so, is it possible to expect these in the Fall 2010 to coincide with the release of Rodimus and Ironhide in the US?

If we knew for sure we'd be getting them, it'd save alot of us the hassle of trying to source them from the US via ebay or other means.

[jjwankenobi]

With Thrust due to make an appearance in the upcoming Universe "Classics 3.0" collection can we expect to see more wide releases of previously hard to get exclusives, such as Jazz (based on his deluxe sized BotCon '07 Shattered Glass counterpart) or even Dirge?

[Super_Megatron]

Originally Posted by jjwankenobi

With Thrust due to make an appearance in the upcoming Universe "Classics 3.0" collection can we expect to see more wide releases of previously hard to get exclusives, such as Jazz (based on his deluxe sized BotCon '07 Shattered Glass counterpart) or even Dirge?

Please review post #1.
When will X toy be made/redesigned/released? type questions are not permitted.

[Malwave]

Okay, gonna post the obvious one everyone wants to know...

Animated TRU Exclusives; were/are there any plans to bring them to Canada?


and I have my own; what was your most favourite figure to retool from the original?

[Scrapper6]

I'll add my two cents in I guess.

When designing new figures how exactly do you decide just how many Autobots and how many Decepticons will be released in any given line? Is there like a quota that needs to be met for each wave of a series? For examble X number of Autobots should be released/designed where X = 6 and Y (the number of Decepticons in that wave) = 4.

[MisBio12]

will the exclusive toys r us animated toys Arcee and cybertronion ratchet get a relase in canada or WILL THEY EVER BE RELSEASED IN CANADA

[Dragon Knight]

With the release of Lio Prime in Unvierse, Is there a possibility that we'd see an update on other Japanese characters like Big Convoy or Star Sabre?

[GMfan]

^ That would be a perfect example of a question Hasbro wouldn't answer

[justprime]

What is the process that go's into the decision to cancel a toyline, what is the process to determin where the last few pieces go ( IE..no NorthAmerican release of Classics red alert or cliffjumper) does Hasbro understand the problem this creates for Children and collectors trying to complete the line?Thank you for your time.