Q&A 2009 - New year, new rules

[RedClaw]

Alrighty!

This year, we will be submitting three (3) questions per session and due to short notice, they are due by 8PM Pacific Standard Time, THIS SUNDAY 3/1/09.

So, with Toy Fair over, this is your best opportunity to ask the questions you're dying to know - so get to it!

[cocoabononohead]

Like the Ninja Ku,Red Ninja (Satan-Argentina) figures and Iron Grenadiers Destro, can we expect to see more more of the foreign exclusive releases being put out on cards (Ripcord Python Patrol, Heavy Metal, Overlord on card, green Frag Vipers) etc.?

[alkatrazzz]

For the COBRA LA/GI JOE TOON MOVIE FANS, will we finally get to see 25th versions of Golobulus, Pythona, & Royal Guards?

[hrdwrkngXsoldier]

You have crossed over the Transformers line with other Hasbro Properties like Star Wars and Marvel Legends. Will we see a Transformers vs. GI Joe line anytime in the near future?

[Sly]

When can we expect the original night raven and the sky strikers at Target killer whale,slugger,APC, dragonfly,ferret,snowcat?
Why are the comic pack figures not coming with there backpacks and original wepons shockblast(shockwave) no packpack and no sub machine gun Tunnel rat without his backpack with removable flashlights?

[olyeller01]

I know there's not much hope for something on the scale of the FLAGG, but considering how well the smaller (and even larger, like the Rattler) vehicles have done is there any hope for remakes of some of the larger vehicles/playsets? I'd love to have a Terrordrome or a Tomahawk...

[Rooster3D]

Originally Posted by hrdwrkngXsoldier

You have crossed over the Transformers line with other Hasbro Properties like Star Wars and Marvel Legends. Will we see a Transformers vs. GI Joe line anytime in the near future?

Now that's a crossover that makes sense! I always say that Transformer Star Wars is like a Godiva-Chocolate-covered Fillet Mignon. Two great tastes that cancel their amazingness when combined. GI Joe-Transformers is a no-brainer.

Aside from agreeing with hrdwrkngXsoldier, I wanted to say that the Ghost Hawk is amazing. It's everything the Sky Hawk would like to have been. So, here's my actual question:
If/when we start to see more classic vehicles again, after the movie nonsense dies down, will they be made with the same start-again-from-scratch-yet-upgrade-the-overall-original-design method as the Ghost Hawk? It's obvious that most of the 25A+ vehicles are actually made from older molds that have been retro-fitted for 25A characters. The Ghost Hawk, CLAW, and Sting Raider (all great) are the exceptions. This is what I expected for a line of figures that were started from scratch in better likenesses.

Here's another question, if I may:
Will we be getting more of the unnamed character army-builder sets? The Night Watch and Crimson Guard 5-packs were great, because they were not specific characters. When a high-profile character such as Firefly gets thrown into a set of otherwise generic soldiers, it makes me have second thoughts about its value as an army-builder set. I keep passing on this set because of my doubts, for the record.

Last one for me:
Will we be seeing anything like "Masterpiece GI Joe?" or "Titanium"? Yes, there are Sideshow's 12" figures, but I would especially like to see Masterpiece vehicles, and in the 1/18 scale, not 1/6.

[tanker11741]

At last years toy show their was mention of 3 3/4 Adventure Team
Any chance of seeing these

[Flint4107]

After the movie line has run its course, will we see a return to the "Classic" style and will we see more carded versions of characters we have yet to see like Sci-Fi, Footloose, Low Light, Techno-Vipers and so on?

Also is there any chance of seeing some more "basic" no frills troop builder sets such as BATS, Cobra Troopers, any of the numerous Viper specialists and so on?

With that question I would like to ask, may we please have a troop builder set of Vipers with the corrected arms and "Chromed" Face masks? The troop builder set coming out seems like such a step backward compared to the new Viper we've seen in the new battle pack and the Hall of Heroes collection; which is a work art.

[msv]

Would you ever let a long time fan design a Gijoe toy to be produced officialy ?