[RAR]

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Originally Posted by G.I.Eddie

can we have a straight answer about why we are not seeing the increase in production/availability of Joe product instead of the LIE that "the popularity of the line has caught us off guard and we will see an increase in the future"...thats BS and we all know it by now...STRAIGHT ANSWER PLEASE!

I 'm with Eddie! Make them answer this, no wishy washy, wormy mouthed slimy answer like we are working on this. Gas is too expensive to run around looking for product that does not exist in the stores on Hasbro's word they nebulously plan to increase production at some future time.

I would like to know numbers of figures produced for initial Wave runs. Where was it at the beginning say for W1 or W2 and where is it now for W8 or W9?

Why did W9 appear and then disappear?

When is the W5 Rev 5 assortment coming out?

[Pimp Daddy Darklon]

It's nice to see the v2 Deepsix doesn't have the bright neon colors his ARAH counterpart has. Will this be implemented (the toning down of neon colors) on all upcoming figures even though it may not stay true to it's original figure (like Sci-fi)?

While we're at it, is it possible to standardize their firearms/weapons in either black or silver or any real world firearm colors. Roadblock's v1, Viper's & Spirit's weapons looks unreal.

[Chris L]

These seem like the most popular questions (para-phrased of course,) outside of asking if a specific character will be made, which I believe Hasbro has said they will not answer directly. I also left out the Duke arms question as this was addressed at Jon Con and the team stated specifically that the Duke arms would be corrected starting with TF Duke. Of course, I'm not saying the other questions are not important.

1. Please definitively comment on the production and availability of GI Joe at retail. Currently, is the issue that retailers are not ordering enough or is Hasbro behind in production?

2. This is a two part question. Given the dramatic increase of the price on a single figure over the last year (while two packs and vehicle/figure combos remain stable) can you comment on EXACTLY what is causing this increase? The conflict between price increases in the items stated above would indicate that more than oil is at play, especially in light of Hasbro turning a record profit this quarter. Also, is Hasbro aware of the overall unhappiness with the collector base on the increase of price on the single figure and have they considered that they may be approaching a dollar value that will dramatically affect the sales of the line? Respectfully, we are looking for more than a "Yes" or "No" answer with this question.

3. Will it be at all possible to run the 25th anniversary line concurrent with the movie line, as the 25th anniversary line obviously has a tremendous following? At very least this could show retailers that GI Joe is still a viable product if the movie line does not perform as expected.

4. This question is not WHEN Sgt. Slaughter will be made, but does Hasbro have the rights to make Sgt. Slaughter?

5. Does Hasbro understand the collector based desire to have multi-packed figures (like Techno-Viper, Tripwire, Iron Grenadier, etc) on single card, and if so can you comment on the real possibility that these types of figures will eventually make it to single card status?
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Here are my questions:

1. What is the point of showing professional looking "customs" at shows if you say there are no plans to make them? I place customs in quotes because the figure shown have no apparent difference to the finalized product you show for retail. They are professionally painted and utilize figure parts from other figures, which is standard operating procedure for the retail line thus far.

2. If plastic is at a premium due to oil and the 4 inch 25th anniversary line is doing so well, why devote any resourses to a 12 inch line?

3. Please keep the troop building packs coming, they are one of the main reasons I still collect the 25th anniversary line. Great job on the 7 packs!

[spacemonkeymafia]

Since Oil has went down a bit shouldnt the price of figures?

[82joe]

Will supply ever reach demand? (no beating around the bush this time give us a real answer)

[Dr. Henry E. Miller]

What is Hasbro doing about the fact that Deep Six sucks.

[Spade]

1. Will we see more Artic Condition Joes

2. Who approves the final design of the figures? And what is the criteria of a design being approve?

[GIshawn]

Will you please release an original 13 multipack?

[Letal]

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Originally Posted by spacemonkeymafia

Can we please stop seeing repaints of Duke, C.C, SnakeEyes and Storm Shadow? Yes youve said before kids know them and that gets them to buy them and more....but kids dont buy the 25th line........

I think this is a good question... another would be

Could You please throw away that lame Duke arms mold in the volcano on cobra Island?

Another one...

Could you please keep the regular line running along with the movie toys in 2009? I guess if you completely halt this line, losing it´s good momentun it would be more dificult to capture it´s sucess in a relaunch in 2010...

[crazy_parakeet]

There will be any plans for Recondo, Night Creeper, Shockwave, Night Viper, Alley Viper, Interrogator, Law & Order, MonkeyWrench, Alpine and Outback ? Plans for APC ? WHALE ?