Hasbro Q&A
Posted by: Beedo Sookcool 04.16.08 12:01am
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Wa tetu dat uta, gang! Got another couple of questions answered from the Hasbro High-Ups, and Mandalorian buffs and Rogue Squadron fans should definitely pay attention to this week’s batch!

CreatureCantina.com: This is a two-parter. It’s obvious that some, if not all, of you Hasbro folks are reading and enjoying the Republic Commando novels by Karen Traviss, in that we’ve now got some Delta Squad figures to collect. Firstly, do you think there might be enough fan support and recognition behind these unsurpassable books to warrant some more Republic Commando-inspired figures? And secondly, how big of a kick was it for you when a couple of your own gunmetal-and-purple-clad Covert Ops Clone Troopers showed up in True Colours?

- Beedo Sookcool, staff writer and scholar of Mando culture

Hasbro: Republic Commandoes seem to be one of those things that have just struck a primal chord with Star Wars fans, and while we don't have more specific plans to expand the "coverage" it doesn't mean that ideas won't percolate up and see the light of day at some point in time. We also thank Ms. Traviss for the nod to the Covert Ops troopers. Her residual check is in the mail! ;-)

CC: We’ve enjoyed the Rogue Squadron pilots you’ve produced already, but are there plans to produce any more, like Corran Horn, Gavin Darklighter, Wes Janson, and the others? Or how about a Titanium gift set of Rogue Squadron X-Wings from The Bacta War, when they each painted their fighters differently?

- Richard Rice, avid reader and piloting enthusiast

H: Yes indeed, if all goes well, Rogue Squadron will have a long and bright future as a theme woven in and out of the 3-3/4" line. The plan will be to bring out an occasional figure here or there, in a comic 2-pack or other format (such as including Doc in one of the upcoming Evolutions packs centered around Rebel Pilots). Rather than devote basic figures to these lesser known, but much-beloved Rogues, we will build the base of Rogues organicaly. Here's a hint for a gem that, if all goes well, will be coming within the next year: a comic 2-pack (likely an exclusive) featuring Nrin Vakil and Ibtisam.

CC: Since you’ve re-released the Imperial Shuttle a couple more times in the last few years at a much lower price point (once formerly exclusive to the now-defunct Freakin’ Abominably Overpriced Schwarz for $125), is there any chance of a Fambaa re-release at a similarly reduced price? Or better still, selling it with both the “drum” attachment AND the “projector” attachment (once sold as a Gungan Artillery Cannon with a Jar-Jar Binks figure) so fans could buy as many as they needed to make a Gungan shield generator team?

- Beedo Sookcool, staff writer and in need of more large, rare beasts for the menagerie

H: We don't have any plans to re-release the Fambaa right now, but a couple years from now, when there will be an upswell in Episode I collectors, it will be a strong candidate for re-release as will many of the Episode I beasts (yes, including the Eopie, which, we almost guarantee, will see a re-release by 2018!).

So there you have it, space freaks! Tune in next time and hear your duberries go >PING!< as we bring you some more socko inside information! No, I don’t know what “hear your duberries go >PING!<” means, either. I cadged it off a Kenny Everett DVD ’cause it sounded

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