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Hasbro answers
more Cantina queries!
Posted by: Bill Cable
04.04.07 12:01am
A few weeks ago Hasbro
proved themselves game to our unique probes... answering our
unorthodox questions with flair and gusto! Since they were nice
enough to replay, we felt it was our responsibility to give them
another shot at some humorous Qs and As.
But we don't want to hog all
the fun! Perhaps you have your own questions... questions that
perhaps you submitted to other web sites who were afraid to forward
them along... well, you can see we have no such scruples! Send
them to us and we'll make Hasbro answer! Mail your Cantina-style
questions to hasbro@creaturecantina.com.
Now for the questions...
CreatureCantina.com: On a scale of one to
ten, how pissed are you that the same people who wasted thousands
of good VTSC Biker Scouts to customise some 41st Elite Brigade
figures are now complaining bitterly for you doing exactly the
same thing, only for cheaper?
Hasbro: The fans were thinking the same thing we were
when we saw the potential for reuse. We hope that fans appreciate
both versions. Vintage always features the debut of 100% new
super-articulated figures which does cost a premium. Over time,
we have re-used the figures again, and we were glad to be able
to use this one like we did.
CC: Bearing in mind that
I will send you a roadkill skunk in the mail every time you answer
a collector's question "Wait and see," what is your
planned lineup for 2008?
H: Dear reader: Rather than be the recipient of
a roadkill skunk, we elected to tell Bill the planned lineup
for 2008. We regret to inform you for contractual reasons, the
local 501st garrison was immediately dispatched to retrieve the
plans. His place is now being taken by Bill 2 until we can implement
a mindwipe and return him back to routine service. End of transmission.
CC: Now that Sideshow has
the license for 1/6th scale action figures, I'll bet your large
doll designers need something new to do. I have a suggestion...
1/1 scale action figures! You could start with... I don't know...
let's say... Padme in "Fireside Gown." I mean... from
a practical standpoint, Natalie Portman is a tiny little waif
of a girl, so you'd be starting out with a figure where the materials
needed would be significantly less than most options. In terms
of soft goods there'd be virtually no design work, since the
life-sized gown already exists. So all you're really need to
work on is sculpting a perfectly to scale, life-sized Natalie
Portman. While she wouldn't necessarily need to be anatomically
correct... you could make her skin out of that same stuff Stretch
Armstrong is made from so it'll be soft and... supple...
What collector
wouldn't want that in their collection? I predict the best selling
figure of all time!!
H: We couldn't come up with just one answer for
this, so for the first time in Q&A history you get your choice
of two:
- You had us seriously considering
this until you brought up the Fireside Gown. I mean, obviously
her Naboo Pilot outfit would be a much more useful all-around
outfit.
- We have actually started this
project several times, but have gotten.... distracted... and
left it unfinished.
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