Hasbro Q&A: Ask your questions for Aug 19th 2010, 5pm

[JediPatrick]

Since any question related to new products or product to come will likely be answered in the coming Celebration V panel, here is my very down-to-Earth question for this term:

"Initial batches of the wave 1 (ESB) of Vintage Collection line came in Canada without the sticker and the mail in offer for the vintage Boba Fett figure. Why is that? Do you plan to have that corrected for future batches? Or have you decided not to offer this promotion in Canada? And what is the decision regarding the state of offers for exclusives mail-in product in the future for us Canadian colelctors and consumers?"

[sinkie]

Yeah, I second this question. Maybe modify it to ask specifically if the form will be available as a download from Hasbro.com and if so when?

[JesseVader08]

And as part of that question - if the mailaway Boba Fett is offered to Canada, will it come on a Canadian cardback (with the multilingual packaging)?

[Hellboy]

Since any question related to new products or product to come will likely be answered in the coming Celebration V panel, here is my very down-to-Earth question for this term:

"Initial batches of the wave 1 (ESB) of Vintage Collection line came in Canada without the sticker and the mail in offer for the vintage Boba Fett figure. Why is that? Do you plan to have that corrected for future batches? Or have you decided not to offer this promotion in Canada? And what is the decision regarding the state of offers for exclusives mail-in product in the future for us Canadian colelctors and consumers?"

The cases that showed up at WalMart had no sticker or mail-in offer. The cases that have been showing up at TRU do have both the sticker and the mail-in offer.

[clonecommander972]

with some waves having been harder to find this year, has hasbro considered repacking some of the more popular BAD droids (HK-47, YVH-1, etc) on their own single card?

[napseeker]

with some waves having been harder to find this year, has hasbro considered repacking some of the more popular BAD droids (HK-47, YVH-1, etc) on their own single card?

They've answered this three times now in different ways but essentially the answer was no, no, and stop asking us

[zeusguy]

Since any question related to new products or product to come will likely be answered in the coming Celebration V panel, here is my very down-to-Earth question for this term:

"Initial batches of the wave 1 (ESB) of Vintage Collection line came in Canada without the sticker and the mail in offer for the vintage Boba Fett figure. Why is that? Do you plan to have that corrected for future batches? Or have you decided not to offer this promotion in Canada? And what is the decision regarding the state of offers for exclusives mail-in product in the future for us Canadian colelctors and consumers?"

This has been answered already I'm pretty sure. Something about the stickers being spelled Bobba Fett instead of the proper Boba Fett, so they took them off, though it appears samples of the incorrectly spelled version have leaked out to places like TRU. Wave 2 is supposed to have the corrected Boba Fett stickers and mail in offers.

Also, did we ever get an answer one way or the other if Jabba was coming to Canada or not? Last I recall the answer was that Wal Mart said no initially but they were trying to renegotiate with them to take it on. Did we ever get any further updates on it?

[Darth Cujo]

Since any question related to new products or product to come will likely be answered in the coming Celebration V panel, here is my very down-to-Earth question for this term:

"Initial batches of the wave 1 (ESB) of Vintage Collection line came in Canada without the sticker and the mail in offer for the vintage Boba Fett figure. Why is that? Do you plan to have that corrected for future batches? Or have you decided not to offer this promotion in Canada? And what is the decision regarding the state of offers for exclusives mail-in product in the future for us Canadian colelctors and consumers?"

This has been answered already I'm pretty sure. Something about the stickers being spelled Bobba Fett instead of the proper Boba Fett, so they took them off, though it appears samples of the incorrectly spelled version have leaked out to places like TRU. Wave 2 is supposed to have the corrected Boba Fett stickers and mail in offers.

Did this actually get answered by HasCan? I've only seen speculation on the part of posters on the boards. I think a question is warranted clarifying which version came first and whether or not there will be corrected stickers on wave 1 or wave 2 or what.

Perhaps something like this:
Vintage wave 1 initially showed up at Canadian retail at Walmarts with no Boba Fett sticker or redemption certificate. Then shorty afterwards wave 1 showed up at TRU with the mis-spelled “Bobba Fett” sticker and a redemption certificate. What is the story behind these variations? Which was produced first and in what relative quantities (I know you don’t reveal actual production numbers)? Will wave 1 show up with a corrected sticker? Just wondering how “rare” each of the variations will end up being.

[JediPatrick]

Since any question related to new products or product to come will likely be answered in the coming Celebration V panel, here is my very down-to-Earth question for this term:

"Initial batches of the wave 1 (ESB) of Vintage Collection line came in Canada without the sticker and the mail in offer for the vintage Boba Fett figure. Why is that? Do you plan to have that corrected for future batches? Or have you decided not to offer this promotion in Canada? And what is the decision regarding the state of offers for exclusives mail-in product in the future for us Canadian colelctors and consumers?"

This has been answered already I'm pretty sure. Something about the stickers being spelled Bobba Fett instead of the proper Boba Fett, so they took them off, though it appears samples of the incorrectly spelled version have leaked out to places like TRU. Wave 2 is supposed to have the corrected Boba Fett stickers and mail in offers.

In fact, that has never been answered officially by Hasbro Canada. Anything related to this came from assumptions we thrown in this very forum. But I have to agree with HB, it's not a real issue right now since TRU at least have the stickers. It's just for curiosity, really, and to know if the next mail-in offers will really be offered in Canada.

For Jabba, I do think as well that we really do need to get a straight answer from Hasbro for its availability.

[Darth Cujo]

The offer is clearly available in Canada, as it even says as much on the US redemption certificate. You can see scans of it on rebelscums photo archive. I don't see why they would stop making these offers available to Canadians. There's no indication that this will change, so I don't know that we need to ask about that.

[spoodger]

Would like to have clarification about the jabba exclusive at walmart as well as whether canada will be getting any of the vintage vehicle packaging, ala the at-at and snowspeeder later this fall? As well, what about the galactic heroes box sets of kamino and purchase of the droids?

[Mit_Othy]

I could be wrong, but I think Hasbro did say that Canadian TRU would be getting the Vintage vehicle packaging.

And also, not to beat a dead horse here, What about Jabba?   :)Last we heard, like zeusguy pointed out, was thatWalmart Canada has passed on it, but that Hasbro was still trying with them. Jabba has already started showing his mug down south, so by the time the next Q&As come out, they should hopefully have an answer for us. Although, technicly we shouldn't really have to be wasting a question spot for this type of thing, if Hasbro would just keep up on their mythical 'list' we kept bugging them about.

[JediPatrick]

My question:

It seems there are two different redemption forms included in various packages of the new line of Clone Wars figures for the Galactic Battle Game Mat. One form clearly indicate that the offer is for Exclusive Galactic Battle Game Mat & Sergeant Bric figure", while the second only specify the "Exclusive Galactic Battle Game Mat" without any mention of an exclusive figure. According to some customers, both forms have been found randomly in Clone Wars figures, sometimes varying within figures from the same wave or case. It triggers some questions: will the two different forms yield two different results (meaning: one form for the Game Mat only, one for the Game Mat + Bric combo)? Or is this simply an omission on the form that Hasbro discovered and corrected after the initial batch of forms has been printed? Please enlighten us here.

[jediburrick]

Don't waste a precious question for the Bric/Mat "matter". USA got the same dichotomous problem, so you can be sure that the question will be asked by another SW fansite.

[Darth Cujo]

Don't waste a precious question for the Bric/Mat "matter". USA got the same dichotomous problem, so you can be sure that the question will be asked by another SW fansite.

I agree. Especially since it's probably just an error.