Hasbro's June Transformers Q&A Answers for TFW2005

1) Will we see a Transformers series in the vein of GI Joe Resolute? With the recent announcement of the Hasbro and Discovery Kids joint venture there will likely be great opportunities for new Transformers animation.
Unfortunately, it is a little bit too early to make any announcement on what this may or may not be.

2) How does Hasbro view custom fan-produced upgrade kits (City Commander Armor, Shadow Commander Armor, etc) and add-ons (Another War God Sword, Aerial Team Appendages, etc) for Transformers figures? Particularly with FansProject apparently moving into producing full, transforming figures that are based heavily on Transformers characters, is Hasbro largely accepting of these projects or might they be vulnerable to legal action in the future?
Hasbro takes its Intellectual Properties very seriously. As we¹ve stated in the past, Hasbro does not condone the unauthorized production and sales of our toy designs or intellectual property. Simply put, the manufacture, distribution and any resale of fake Transformers products is illegal. Customized figures have historically been a result of our fans¹ passion for the brand. While we love the passion and this form of artistic expression, when customization becomes a business without being an official licensee, it infringes on the Transformers IP.

3) Is it possible that Universe (or something like it celebrating characters from all of Transformers' history) will return down the road? If so will any Transformers Animated characters be incorporated into the line?
We certainly appreciate all of the interest that the Animated and Universe lines have received! It is still too early to speculate what the future of Transformers will be post Revenge of the Fallen as we are gearing up for what will hopefully be a groundbreaking year for Transformers!


You can also check out more answers here:

• Hasbro's June Transformers Q&A Answers for Cybertron.ca.
• Hasbro Transformers Answers 6/09

not to many answers but oh well

All I got from this was that fan-produced figures and accessories will have the wrath of Hasbro's Lawyers brought down upon them until they cease to exist.

And we already know from BotCon that Animated and Universe toylines will return.

I used Q&A dodge! *Fwoosh!* Take that, obsessive fanbase! We can give you any kind of vague answers we want!

In all seriousness, the only good answer was the FP one, although it was already sort of answered at BotCon. :/

Originally Posted by Polenicus Honestly, this isn't even a debate. It's like trying to choose between a kiss from a hot girl, and an extremely hard kick to the balls.

It would be nice if we could have asked questions post-con, so there aren't so many already answered q's.

For all the people that will inevitably bitch about how Hasbro just dodged questions, maybe you should take a look at our last question submission thread. It was basically only rehashes of the following-
1. Questions Hasbro answered in the past.
2. Questions the staff said we would not get answers to (is Animated canceled?!).
3. Can we have this or that toy?
4. Will Universe/Animated/Alternators/etc. be coming back?

Maybe if we made an EFFORT to ask decent questions, we'd get some decent answers.

I didn't learn anything new from that, they just said a bunch of maybe's...and to add to that, it sounds like Fansproject is going to be facing some big problems in the future...All I can hope for is Hasbro see's the potential of a partnership with them.

I'd swear #2 is worded exactly the same way that Greg Lombardo delivered the answer to that question at Botcon. o_O

Remember that this is Hasbros official legal position - it isn't necesarily the same as what they will actually do (although I expect they'll do something about the full figures)

<hasbro> grrrrrr, whe hate anyone who's better at what we do than we are.
this seems to be the vibe that they give off.