Lucas loses his mind even more...

**Peter Peeker** · July 18th, 2005, 09:09 PM

Originally posted by DARTH POOH:
Wow, everytime I turn around I read another horses ass idea out of the SW camp.. I'm still
just amazed at the shear stupidity of taking a fabulous line like 'Unleashed' and turning it into a 2" line (Like they don't have small enough figures with 'Attacktix) I guess I'm going to be saving some serious coin when it comes to SW product. I just hope they don't decide to change
/add / subtract anything else at this point [img]eek.gif[/img]

I spoke with the guy at the Hasbro booth, and he laid out their plans in some detail. He said the 2 inch line is cool for people who want to do troop building, as it is easier, and cheaper, to get these new figures. The same sculptors and artists are working this project. He also said that they were doing it so they could create entire scenes from the movies, not just 2 linkable figures. Eventually the line will return to the 7 inch scale, but not for awhile. Marketing wise, its a very familiar strategy. THey want to entice younger children to buy these figures, because if you hook 'em when they're young, they stick around longer. From playing with toys, to collecting them when thy're older. Sound familiar?

no idea if it's true, but someone said that on the white board...

**0193081** · July 18th, 2005, 09:37 PM

Makes sense to me.

**Quikman** · July 18th, 2005, 10:01 PM

there was some discussion about this at tfw2005 what the idea would bee , I can say most of them agrred with you a transforming character is just dumb, They should just have done the vechiels into a bot and give it a TF name like

Optimus Prime = Millenium Falcon
Sideswipe = Obi ones starfighet ( red )
Sunsteeaker = Anakins starfighet ( yellow )
Grimlock = Cargo ship from EP5
Prowl = Snowspeeder
Bubmblebee = Naboo Fighter

Megatron = AT-AT Walker
Starscream = Tie Intercepter
Skywarp = Tie Fighter
Thundercracker = Tie Bomber
Soundwave = At-ST
Astrotrain = Republic Gunship

This is just a generall idea btu this could actually work but perhapps some vechiecls are not fitted to be transformers but this idea sounds way cooler then the other crappy idea

***marv*** · July 19th, 2005, 03:10 AM

I don't know if you can blame it on Lucas, but you can blame it on moronic Hasbro powers that be for sure.

**Spore** · July 19th, 2005, 03:15 AM

I doubt Hasbro can do anything with the SW license unless it gets approved by Lucas in one way or another...

**Dajistano** · July 19th, 2005, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by *marv*:
I don't know if you can blame it on Lucas, but you can blame it on moronic Hasbro powers that be for sure.

But he definitely loves his money more than most in similiar situations.

**Andyman** · July 19th, 2005, 03:22 AM

Organic beings just don't lend themselves to Transformers. A droid I can see, but Luke Skywalker? Dumb.

**Dajistano** · July 19th, 2005, 03:23 AM

Yeah, some sound disastrous.

Which is why I'm eager to see what they look like.

***marv*** · July 19th, 2005, 03:58 AM

Originally posted by Spore:
I doubt Hasbro can do anything with the SW license unless it gets approved by Lucas in one way or another...

Yeah, that's probably true. Damn is this a dumb fucking idea.

[ July 18, 2005 12:58 PM: Message edited by: *marv* ]

**The Mighty Wolf** · July 19th, 2005, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by Spore:
I hate cross-overs... especially 2 Universes not even remotely related... next thing you know we'll have G.I. Joe taking on the Empire... or Alien vs Terminator vs Predator vs Batman vs Superman vs Spiderman vs Joe vs Darth Vader...

And vs Spawn with special edition George Bush figure as the father of Captian Nemo! [img]wink.gif[/img]