Hasbro Q&A, Round 3 Answers Options

[NightViper]

Hasbro's answers for Round 3 of the Q&A have rolled in!

1) How many Human Alliance figures are scheduled for the Revenge of the Fallen toy line? And when you decide to end the Revenge of the Fallen toy line, is there any chance that this fan-popular sub-line will continue? There are still plenty of human and not-so human characters that could use toys. Like Daniel with Arcee, Spike with Hot Rod, or Una and Chak with Transmetal Cheetor!

1) Currently, we have announced five figures for the Human Alliance line, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Autobot Skids, Barricade and Mudflap. Outside of these announced figures, we are already investigating other characters and pairings that would make sense for the line. As a whole, humans have always played an important part within the Transformers fantasy, especially in the two live action films. With that in mind, we have tried to bring those relationships to life in toy form. We are eager to see what the reaction to the line will be and will base our future decisions on where this line goes based on these results.

2) After Perceptor and the Insecticons, how many other reissues are planned? Or if there are currently no plans for more reissues, but it's something that you'd like to look into in the future, which figures would you personally like to see reissued in the US market?

2) Currently, there are no plans to release any other reissues at this time. However, we would always strongly consider any re-issues that Takara has previously done.

3) "Revenge of the Fallen" has brought with it a more adult-aimed Transformers, both in terms of toy complexity and the adult humor sprinkled generously throughout the movie. What will this mean for any future toys and fiction--including comics, toy bios and cartoons-- that Hasbro may have planned for the movie continuity? Would a movie continuity cartoon revert back to the more child friendly stories as we've seen with the past few years, or would it keep a flavoring of the adult themes that Michael Bay brought to the films?

[Razorsaw]

Can I just say that with all of this stuff about the 13, I think the best example of a cosmic character portrayed in a TF series is Vector Prime?

Hear me out. He's not a super being. He's not all powerful, and can be beaten in a fight. He's a being as old as time, but still very much mortal and for that reason, more real and grounded, and can thus feel like part of a group and less like a MacGuffin. And he forms relationships; friendships with people based on his experiences, which in his final episode, gives value to his purpose as Guardian of Time and Space beyond simply protecting it; he's doing this because these people, with their fleeting lives full of courage and hope inspire him to do so. And when he does whip out his amazing plot device powers, it's at a cost and for the sake of not just winning the day - but saving the people dear to him.

He's warm, sagely, grandfatherly... much more than the likes we constantly see; distant, unapproachable figures whose only job is to satisfy plot concerns.