Hasbro Answers Our November Questions

[Stealth Viper]

Joecanuck asked:
Since store exclusives don't always come out in Canada, and especially
not in Quebec, is there any way we fans can be informed of what exclusives
will be carried by Canadian retailers?

Hasbro Answered:
Hasbro Canada is working on a way to more effectively communicate all
exclusives that will be coming to market and which retailers will be
carrying them. Thank you for the insight!



Joecanuck Asked:
The Official GI Joe convention run by Fun Publications and the Master
 Collector Group is scheduled for the last weekend in April, traditionally
 the time the Canadian G.I. Joe convention is held every year. Since Master
 Collector indicated that Hasbro made this decision, why did you request  that
 the Official Convention be held this weekend?

Hasbro Answered:
We had to look at many factors - we needed a great location for the
official convention and we wanted to make sure all key contacts from
Hasbro and external parties were available for the show.  This was
determined to be the best time to host it in Hasbro's hometown.



Joecanuck Asked:
 Is there any chance of some more classic figures being slipped into the movie/post-movie line-up?

Hasbro Answered:
Yes!  Look out for a S.A.W. Viper Crazy Legs, and plenty of others in 2010.

[Jon S.]

Did someone say Crazylegs?

[SnakeEyesOnAPlane]

Did someone say Crazylegs?

I'm excited!  Let's hope they don't give him black armour and/or skin...

[Wild Weasel]

Wow, Hasbro threw a "bone" for once with #3. Nice answers guys.

[Oreobuilder]

Ok, I'm cautiously optimistic about Crazy Legs and Saw Viper. I just hope they are classic styling and that Hasbro won't pull another Footloose on us. 

OB

[morgardee]

Hmmm. Saw Viper eh? Will he come him "No Russian" action?  Anyone who's played CoD Modern Warfare 2 and read the comic should get the reference. 

[Jay]

Ok, I'm cautiously optimistic about Crazy Legs and Saw Viper. I just hope they are classic styling and that Hasbro won't pull another Footloose on us. 

OB

By "pull another Footloose", do you mean "adapted for modern times" or "just a mishmash of repainted parts that lacks appeal"?
Because I'm all for the former (modern parachutist, SAW-Viper with a machine gun worthy of ROC's higher technology) but against the latter.

[THE Mike™]

Did someone say Crazylegs?

Is it sad that I thought of you when I read that Jon?

[darth cujo]

Ok, I'm cautiously optimistic about Crazy Legs and Saw Viper. I just hope they are classic styling and that Hasbro won't pull another Footloose on us. 

OB

By "pull another Footloose", do you mean "adapted for modern times" or "just a mishmash of repainted parts that lacks appeal"?
Because I'm all for the former (modern parachutist, SAW-Viper with a machine gun worthy of ROC's higher technology) but against the latter.

By pull a footloose I'm pretty sure he means not giving us a real classic figure and giving us some ROC figure with a classic name. Hopefully Hasbro doesn't pull a footloose and we'll get a real Crazylegs, SAW Viper and more! I'm not a real big fan of either SAW Viper or Crazy Legs, but at least there's hope for more classic figures.

[Jay]

By pull a footloose I'm pretty sure he means not giving us a real classic figure and giving us some ROC figure with a classic name. Hopefully Hasbro doesn't pull a footloose and we'll get a real Crazylegs, SAW Viper and more! I'm not a real big fan of either SAW Viper or Crazy Legs, but at least there's hope for more classic figures.

Any Crazylegs or SAW-Viper put out by Hasbro will be a real Crazylegs or SAW-Viper, unless they share a codename because the intended codename could not be secured.

If Hasbro gives a Neo-Viper repaint a chaingun and calls it a SAW-Viper, it'll be a SAW-Viper.

I mean, for tapdancing's sake, guys... none of you went on any bitchfests when pre-ROC different takes on characters were done. When Barrel Roll got his DTC figure no one bitched his blue shirt and glider were absent. When Major Bludd was made in Battle Corps no one bitched that he didn't look like the 1983 version. Went Destro went all pimp turtleneck in 2003 no one complained that he wasn't wearing his flared red collar.
But if Footloose ditches his woodland camo and outdated fatigues for some digital desert camo and modern tactical vest, LOOK OUT HASBRO THE FANS ARE PISSED!!!!!

[SnakeEyesOnAPlane]

By pull a footloose I'm pretty sure he means not giving us a real classic figure and giving us some ROC figure with a classic name. Hopefully Hasbro doesn't pull a footloose and we'll get a real Crazylegs, SAW Viper and more! I'm not a real big fan of either SAW Viper or Crazy Legs, but at least there's hope for more classic figures.

Any Crazylegs or SAW-Viper put out by Hasbro will be a real Crazylegs or SAW-Viper, unless they share a codename because the intended codename could not be secured.

If Hasbro gives a Neo-Viper repaint a chaingun and calls it a SAW-Viper, it'll be a SAW-Viper.

I mean, for tapdancing's sake, guys... none of you went on any bitchfests when pre-ROC different takes on characters were done. When Barrel Roll got his DTC figure no one bitched his blue shirt and glider were absent. When Major Bludd was made in Battle Corps no one bitched that he didn't look like the 1983 version. Went Destro went all pimp turtleneck in 2003 no one complained that he wasn't wearing his flared red collar.
But if Footloose ditches his woodland camo and outdated fatigues for some digital desert camo and modern tactical vest, LOOK OUT HASBRO THE FANS ARE PISSED!!!!!

Complaining about Battle Corps?  SPOILER: Someone probably did.

Just because they call something something doesn't make it that thing.  Case in point: modern 'reimaginings' that miss the mark that don't have the spirit of the source material.

If they took Cobra Trooper legs, Snow Job's body, Croc Master's arms, and Flint's head, coloured it black with neon fuchsia highlights, gave it a jetpack and called it "Crazylegs," what would it be?  A crappy figure named after the character of Crazylegs and has no connection to the character/original figure outside of the name.

[Jay]

If they took Cobra Trooper legs, Snow Job's body, Croc Master's arms, and Flint's head, coloured it black with neon fuchsia highlights, gave it a jetpack and called it "Crazylegs," what would it be?  A crappy figure named after the character of Crazylegs and has no connection to the character/original figure outside of the name.

Well the colors would be moderately close to Crazylegs' Night Force colors, and neon fuschia is close enough to the v1's bright red. A jetpack can works every bit as well as a parachute for aerial insertions.
So yeah, he'd work okay as Crazylegs.

And I really don't see how Hasbro "missed the mark" with Footloose. The original was an infantry trooper according to 1985. The new one is an infantry trooper according to 2009. Seems like he's perfectly in tune with the spirit of the original.

[SnakeEyesOnAPlane]

If they took Cobra Trooper legs, Snow Job's body, Croc Master's arms, and Flint's head, coloured it black with neon fuchsia highlights, gave it a jetpack and called it "Crazylegs," what would it be?  A crappy figure named after the character of Crazylegs and has no connection to the character/original figure outside of the name.

Well the colors would be moderately close to Crazylegs' Night Force colors, and neon fuschia is close enough to the v1's bright red. A jetpack can works every bit as well as a parachute for aerial insertions.
So yeah, he'd work okay as Crazylegs.

And I really don't see how Hasbro "missed the mark" with Footloose. The original was an infantry trooper according to 1985. The new one is an infantry trooper according to 2009. Seems like he's perfectly in tune with the spirit of the original.

By that rationale, maybe they should stop making Joes at all since Corps figures are close enough.

[Jay]

By that rationale, maybe they should stop making Joes at all since Corps figures are close enough.

No, my point was that Hasbro can do what they want with their license, and if they want to update toys instead of just reusing designs that are over 20 years outdated, they can. And a Reactive armored Crazylegs with a jetpack will be every bit as valid a Crazylegs as the original 1986 toy.

[pdaat]

Isn't Crazy Legs dead?  Wouldn't that imply it would be a different character 

At like this batch of answers - because they are actually answers!