Is there a Universe Soundwave in the works like these concept photos and not just a reissue of the G1 figure?

 

 

The second one is a comic art concept, not a toy concept.

What's the outlook for animated in the next 2/3 years?

 

Will it coincide with the ROTF line as well as future movies?

 

Is there a chance Q/C will improve on main line figures? (needs to be on par with A/E/C) Animated hasn't been bad but Universe in package looks pretty rough all around)

Why is it Canadian retailers get things three weeks after U.S. retailers, or never?

(I know some people will want to strangle me for this, but...) Why can't Hasbro finally appease fans by releasing the "seekers" in the mass market...even if the paint schemes are altered from the convention set's appearance?

Will the Alternity Vibrant Red Convoy see a US release?

Will we ever see Masterpiece Combiners like Devastator?

Any chance of the original 5 Dinobots being made for classics/universe in the voyager scale?

Will Blackout be making another Appearance? (as anything. TV show, Recolor...)

Following BotCon '07, it was pretty clear that you guys were the target of a lot of nerdcore rage, and rightfully so. To this day the people who weren't among the 1500 +/- people fortunate enough to obtain the Games of Deception boxset are either harboring an intense grudge, getting their hopes up they can some day have all the figures in that set via overseas exclusives, or in the worst case scenario, have thrown in the towel and stopped collecting your product entirely. There are select few who resort to customizing to fulfill their wants, but really, there's just something about a product being official that seems to give it all the validation in the world, regardless of its quality.

 

But while all of this stuff was happening, something else was going on with your brothers in arms at the GI Joe and Star Wars teams. DTC collections, Previews Exclusives, figures and sets that could only be purchased via online e-tailers, and in most cases they were characters that were believed to be not worthy of mass-market retail. All that Transformers has going for it beyond big box retailer exclusives is the Collector's Club merchandise, but their production run and exclusivity result in a higher price than most figures. So the big question on my mind is this: Why is it that Transformers doesn't have characters being offered via Specialty store exclusives or Online store exclusives? It may or may not be too late for the Games of Deception characters, but If BotCon '07 and the more recent Henkei exclusives could teach you anything, it is that the fans want to give you money, so meet us half way and give us some alternatives to purchasing figures without having to pay for a club membership or a convention pass.