1) Many moons ago Hasbro mentioned that the Imperial Dignitaries released
were precursors to the rest of the Imperial Dignitary gang. Given that it
has been well over five years since the first two Dignitaries came out, any
chance of seeing Sim Aloo or the others any time soon? (Especially Sim
Aloo who we had in the vintage line).
2) With the Unleashed Battle Packs coming to their end, and the Titaniums
finishing at the end of this year, and Muggs being reduced to only Toys R Us
exclusives, what can you tell us about the viability of the Star Wars
Transformers line?
3) This question is in response to a previous Hasbro Q&A question from
another site which asked about creation of more cantina patrons. In your
response you cited how collectors alone do not drive the market, pointing to
the Yarna figures that seem to be abundant on pegs. In your response you
point out that figures need to appeal to kids and collectors and while
collectors may yearn for a Yarna or a Willrow Hood, the kid market prefers
more iconic characters.
Our follow-up question: With these iconic characters appealing to the
kid's market, have you found there to be more appeal in a resculpt of a
character versus a repackaged, rereleased figure?
We ask because so many of the main characters have close-to-definitive
versions already released, we wonder if it make more sense to put the effort
of new sculpts and new toolings to figures that have never been done in the
modern line (the missing Imperial Dignitaries, etc.) or ones that do not
have good versions yet (such as Lobot needing an update), and keep the
iconic, kid appealing figures to the Greatest Hits/Saga legends line.
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