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Welcome to the Mousedroid HASBRO STAR WARS
Q&A Session page. Finally Aussies and Kiwis can ask their collecting question to
the Hasbro US Brands Team. We have opened up a special
Hasbro
Star Wars Q&A Forum
Section to assist our Australian and New Zealand Members post
their own series of collector questions. If you have a pressing question to ask
Hasbro then;
Join the forums,
Join the fun and
Post your QnA today.
Below are the responses from the Hasbro
USA Brands Team to Mousedroid Round #5. Also check our affiliates at
Rebelscum and
Yodanews for Question
Round-Ups. Also, a few exciting announcements from Hasbro's Star Wars Brand
team...
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ROUND #07
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QUESTION #1:
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Dear Hasbro,
How many Astro Droids and Protocol Droids do you predict we will see in the
Droid Factory series in the 2008-09 line up? Who comes up with the design? Does
Lucasfilm have a huge file that the developed during the preproduction of the
prequels, that you can reference, or do you get to make the designs yourself and
then Lucasfilm approves them. If the latter is the case, would you like to see
your designs end up in the television shows?
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HASBRO REPLY:
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Hey there Commander!
The idea behind Droid Factory is to get out there some exciting droids that have
never before been produced in a cool new collectible way, as a "bonus" to the
figures that we all love to collect.
We current have
lined up about 18 different droids that would take us through the end of 2009…that
is, if all waves go according to schedule (if there is anything we have learned,
it's that there *will* be change). Of this total, there are 10 Astros and 8
protos in the lineup. All of the concepts have been drawn from continuity or
concept figures developed by Lucasfilm (such as the R7 model). This includes EU
sources as well such as games, comics, and novels. None of them are Hasbro
creations, and all of them are approved by Lucasfilm before we begin
development. Thanks for the question!
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QUESTION #2:
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Dear Hasbro,
Are there any plans to retool the Imperial Officer, Death Star Trooper, or AT-AT
Driver? so they do not have those awkward looking swivel elbows? Or are these
figures on a long term list to get the whole "SA treatment" sometime in the near
future?
Mike S
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HASBRO REPLY:
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Yes, we do have
plans to update these guys within the to SA versions at some point.
Imperial Officer would be first, in 2009. The AT-AT driver would come later
and might be 2010. Death Star Trooper, though, is someone we might save for a
Vintage line and probably wouldn't be in the mainline per se.
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QUESTION #3:
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Dear Hasbro,
Yoda is one of the few smaller characters that you seem to be able to do as a
single carded figure, and not as a 2-Pack. However, due to his less active role
in the series (and lack of costume changes) it seems that accessories are a way
to make him seem more appealing. Having said that, what are the chances of us
ever see a Yoda with the Holographic Communication Table he uses on Kashyyyk to
communicate with the Jedi Council
Commander Collars
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HASBRO REPLY:
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Interesting idea,
Commander. We'll take that into consideration for a future possibility
for the Legacy line. For all of our Clone Wars Yoda figures, though, we will
most likely continue to develop accessories along the current path - good
kid-feature accessories like launchers.
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Q&A ARCHIVE AREA |
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Hasbro Star Wars Q&A 2007 Xmas
Edition |
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Round #1 2008 |
Round #4 2008 |
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Round #2 2008 |
Round #5 2008 |
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Round #3 2008 |
Round #6 2008 |
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