Hasbro Answers Seibertron.Com's Q&A

Overcracker wrote:Sorry, no offense to anyone but I have to say it:

Seriously? We wasted a question to know if Scourge would come with a target master? Something easily deduced from the multitude of pictures we've seen since the questions were submitted?

Overcracker wrote:Seriously? We wasted a question to know if Scourge would come with a target master? Something easily deduced from the multitude of pictures we've seen since the questions were submitted?

Kibble wrote:That's not the thing to focus on...the good news is there are no plans for Beast Wars figures at this time!

Mkall wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Seriously? We wasted a question to know if Scourge would come with a target master? Something easily deduced from the multitude of pictures we've seen since the questions were submitted?

Gotta agree with you on that. They said it straight out at Botcon, I don't know why there's any confusion.

Kibble wrote:That's not the thing to focus on...the good news is there are no plans for Beast Wars figures at this time!

Yay for that. I love BW characters as much as (some of) the other fans, but if Universe Cheetor and Dinobot are of any indication, they should just stay locked up.

Kibble wrote:That's not the thing to focus on...the good news is there are no plans for Beast Wars figures at this time!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:In the pictures I've seen it looks like Scourges gun transforms. Is it possible that it is a target master under a different name?

Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro will only answer questions they want to answer
to give us an illusion that they are giving us what we want to hear
but they actually are in control and tell us really nothing

El Duque wrote:Why go to the trouble of making his weapon have the look of a Targetmaster and not just go ahead and make it a Targetmaster? They already did it with Cyclonus. Seems like a step backward rather than forward.

Seibertron wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro will only answer questions they want to answer
to give us an illusion that they are giving us what we want to hear
but they actually are in control and tell us really nothing

We won't be participating in the Q&A any further for a variety of reasons. I hope that we can start up something here on Seibertron.com where we do our best to answer your questions. I think this approach might provide more answers to our average user than our experience has been with the "official" Q&A program.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro will only answer questions they want to answer
to give us an illusion that they are giving us what we want to hear
but they actually are in control and tell us really nothing

We won't be participating in the Q&A any further for a variety of reasons. I hope that we can start up something here on Seibertron.com where we do our best to answer your questions. I think this approach might provide more answers to our average user than our experience has been with the "official" Q&A program.

Good on ya Ryan. The Q&A's were "good" for awhile but since they adjusted the parameters for the questions it's gone down hill.

ShardFenix wrote:these were horrible terrible questions...I know theycant answer anything crazy like "Will we ever get a non repaint Ultra Magnus with armor?" but still targetmasters and beast wars? Ugh.

• As I see it, yes
• It is certain
• It is decidedly so
• Most likely
• Outlook good
• Signs point to yes
• Without a doubt
• Yes
• Yes - definitely
• You may rely on it
• Reply hazy, try again
• Ask again later
• Better not tell you now
• Cannot predict now
• Concentrate and ask again
• Don't count on it
• My reply is no
• My sources say no
• Outlook not so good
• Very doubtful

Hasbro’s Transformers team greatly appreciates the collector-fan community’s continued passion and support, and is always listening to its valuable feedback – particularly with regards to the Q&A program. As we proceed into the next year of Q&A, the Transformers team wants to ensure that fans continue to get the most out of this forum by being able to provide answers to questions that are of interest to your readers. As a result, we thought it might be helpful to share some insights into what types of questions the team is able to elaborate on and what types of questions cannot be answered for various reasons.

• Unfortunately, there are some things that we 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.

Participating outlets will submit two (2) questions per round – no longer three (3)

Amelie wrote:

Kibble wrote:That's not the thing to focus on...the good news is there are no plans for Beast Wars figures at this time!

Despite my loathing of Beast Wars - I would still like to see a new Tyrannosaurus or Transmetal 2 Megatrons. Modern engineering could do wonders for those two.

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Shadowstream wrote:Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Seibertron wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro will only answer questions they want to answer
to give us an illusion that they are giving us what we want to hear
but they actually are in control and tell us really nothing

We won't be participating in the Q&A any further for a variety of reasons. I hope that we can start up something here on Seibertron.com where we do our best to answer your questions. I think this approach might provide more answers to our average user than our experience has been with the "official" Q&A program.

For competitive reasons

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

LiKwid wrote:

For competitive reasons

What competition? Is this more from a busniess stand point? i never quite got this..Is there some underground mega toy compnay that could steal their ideas in the night? I highly doubt fansproject or any other 3rd party company would deliberatley bring down the wrath of hasbros legal department upon themselves..

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Tytus wrote:I know you guys are disappointed that you're only getting "lame" answers, but are you really expecting Hasbro to share their business plans with you? That is how toy companies, and any companies selling a product for that matter, operate. They don't comment on leaked information, don't discuss certain things until they are formally announced, etc. They're not being lazy, they are just protecting their product. It's good business practice.

I have little to no experience with communications with Hasbro, but from years of Q&A with LEGO employees I've come to understand the kind of questions they can answer, and the kind that would be a waste of time on both ends. Discussions on current products are wide open, but upcoming stuff is off limits until that information is officially released by the company.

That's just the way it is.

Granted, the person who answers questions for LEGO is more or less a saint, receiving waves of questions every day and answering all of them even if it's with the generic "I am not allowed to discuss this at this time". He is even a member on the fan site, participates in the forums, and takes pm'd questions directly.

Limiting an entire website to two questions of your choosing is absolutely ridiculous.

LiKwid wrote:I say send them some questions like..

"What does optimus prime like on his pizza"

or
"what does Startscream like to do on his days off?"

It's pretty much established that they wont say anything important so I say, lets ask them totally stupid questions..At least have some fun with it..Seems like people get really bent out of shape about the answers Hasbro gives so I say don't give them a reason too..

griftimus prime wrote:does hasbro have a new promo code?

Tytus wrote:I know you guys are disappointed that you're only getting "lame" answers, but are you really expecting Hasbro to share their business plans with you? That is how toy companies, and any companies selling a product for that matter, operate. They don't comment on leaked information, don't discuss certain things until they are formally announced, etc. They're not being lazy, they are just protecting their product. It's good business practice.

I have little to no experience with communications with Hasbro, but from years of Q&A with LEGO employees I've come to understand the kind of questions they can answer, and the kind that would be a waste of time on both ends. Discussions on current products are wide open, but upcoming stuff is off limits until that information is officially released by the company.

That's just the way it is.

Granted, the person who answers questions for LEGO is more or less a saint, receiving waves of questions every day and answering all of them even if it's with the generic "I am not allowed to discuss this at this time". He is even a member on the fan site, participates in the forums, and takes pm'd questions directly.

Limiting an entire website to two questions of your choosing is absolutely ridiculous.

Energon Is My Drug wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Whoa!

That's a pretty ballsy comment, man! Especially considering the site owner is quite close...

Seibertron wrote:Nearby. Real nearby.

Now all that remains is for you to blow your cover and get shot like an ass.

Seibertron wrote:

Tytus wrote:Limiting an entire website to two questions of your choosing is absolutely ridiculous.

I think that most of my frustration comes from how much time is put into sending the questions to Hasbro. While it might seem ridiculous, it somehow takes me about twenty minutes or so to do the initial news post asking people to submit their questions, and then about an hour to sort through the questions users submit to figure out what to send. I read through all of the questions, try to figure out which ones I already know the answer to, put the email together in the format which Hasbro requires, and then send it. If that doesn't happen by 10am on the Monday the questions are due, we just never hear back from them.

Seibertron wrote:

Energon Is My Drug wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:How depressingly pointless. Really, I hope we never have to have these dumb Q&As ever again since they rarely contribute worthwhile information. Hell, I don't even trust the people who run this hole either.

Whoa!

That's a pretty ballsy comment, man! Especially considering the site owner is quite close...

Nearby. Real nearby.