Robimus
11-28-2009, 01:52 AM
From the most recent round of Hasbro Q & A's:
Question:
What's going on with Comic Packs? There seem to be rumors that these are
going away or converting to exclusives only. Can you comment on that,
and maybe update us on some of the packs that we thought were coming,
particularly wave 3 (with the TOTJ pack and the Tholme pack), the
WalMart exclusives, the 2010 Wave 1 packs, and the Camie/Fixer pack that
had been pulled out of the lineup?
Hasbro's Answer:
Yes, here's the latest. We can confirm that the Comic Packs will be
discontinued after Spring 2010 (meaning no packs for Fall 2010). The
Wal-Mart exclusive Comic Pack program has been cancelled after the last
ones ship this Fall. Wave 3, including the pack with Tholme and T'ra Saa,
will now be on shelf approximately March in the U.S. along with the rest
of the Fall Comic Packs shown at Comic Con. This schedule should hold
unless there are further delays. The Spring 2010 Wave 1 packs shown at
Comic Con, including the Darth Nihl & Deliah Blue pack, may not make it
out at all based on the current rate of sale, but we remain hopeful. The
Camie/Fixer pack will be a convention exclusive next year.
This is a severe disappointment for me as my buying(and customizing) is virtually exclusive to the EU, alongside CWA.
If Hasbro thinks I'm going to buy more movie characters I already own they are just being silly, yet this is exactly what they are saying the future of the Legacy Collection will be........lame.
Question:
What's going on with Comic Packs? There seem to be rumors that these are
going away or converting to exclusives only. Can you comment on that,
and maybe update us on some of the packs that we thought were coming,
particularly wave 3 (with the TOTJ pack and the Tholme pack), the
WalMart exclusives, the 2010 Wave 1 packs, and the Camie/Fixer pack that
had been pulled out of the lineup?
Hasbro's Answer:
Yes, here's the latest. We can confirm that the Comic Packs will be
discontinued after Spring 2010 (meaning no packs for Fall 2010). The
Wal-Mart exclusive Comic Pack program has been cancelled after the last
ones ship this Fall. Wave 3, including the pack with Tholme and T'ra Saa,
will now be on shelf approximately March in the U.S. along with the rest
of the Fall Comic Packs shown at Comic Con. This schedule should hold
unless there are further delays. The Spring 2010 Wave 1 packs shown at
Comic Con, including the Darth Nihl & Deliah Blue pack, may not make it
out at all based on the current rate of sale, but we remain hopeful. The
Camie/Fixer pack will be a convention exclusive next year.
This is a severe disappointment for me as my buying(and customizing) is virtually exclusive to the EU, alongside CWA.
If Hasbro thinks I'm going to buy more movie characters I already own they are just being silly, yet this is exactly what they are saying the future of the Legacy Collection will be........lame.