Hasbro Q&A/March 2010: Question submission

Transformers Wiki participates in Hasbro's ongoing Question & Answer sessions. Our site will be allowed to submit two questions to Hasbro's Transformers team for answering. If you're a registered user at our site, please add your question below!

Some ground rules:

1. Don't ask about hypothetical future product or if certain characters are going to come out in toyline X.
2. Don't ask about financial numbers or corporate matters.
3. Don't ask Hasbro why they suck so much to vindicate your personal grudge.
4. Don't ask Hasbro to badmouth one of their licensees to vindicate your personal grudge.

But questions about current or past product are pretty great! Those kinds of answers will result in the best and most informative responses.

Each registered user can ask one question at this time. Please bullet and sign your question. The deadline for your questions is the evening of Sunday, March 7th, and answers will be sent back on (approximately) March 29th. If you're a registered member and for some reason you can't edit this page, ask your question on the discussion page, then I or Monzo will move it here.

Thanks! --ItsWalky 18:49, 5 March 2010 (EST)

March 2010 questions

• Is the new Voyager Sea Spray a character who lives in the live-action film universe? --ItsWalky 19:02, 5 March 2010 (EST)
• Is there a reason why deluxe class Elita-1 is a redeco of Chromia? Did she originally have her own mold in the deluxe size class like her "sisters"?--Sunjumper 14:06, 4 March 2010 (EST)
• Does Hasbro still own the molds from the Animorphs toyline, and/or the rights to use them again? Antimatter 19:52, 5 March 2010 (EST)
• It's great to see obscure characters from the early Transformers media get official identities, like Acid Storm. Are there official identities for the other "Rainmakers" seen alongside him in the cartoon episode "Divide and Conquer"? (Some fans claim that Sunstorm is the yellow one, but the blue guy definitely has no name.) -hx 20:41, 5 March 2010 (EST)
• A previous Q&A gave us some cool new info on the Original Thirteen Transformers created by Primus and told us that their story would be told soon. Could you perhaps share with us what format we will see that story in? Comic book, video game, novel, cartoon, or what-have-you? --ZacWilliam 23:21, 5 March 2010 (EST)
• According to the novelization, Optimus Prime was supposed to recover the Matrix of Leadership after defeating The Fallen, and reveal that the knowledge of the AllSpark had moved from Sam Witwicky's mind to the Matrix. However, in the actual film, the issue is not addressed. What happened to the Matrix after the final battle in Egypt? -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SFH (talk • contribs).
• What is the origin of the Action Master partners? Are they mechanical lifeforms like Transformers? - Starfield
• We've had some interesting new alt-forms this last year (toaster, biplane, forklift). If you could make a Transformer toy of anything in the world that hasn't ALREADY been a Transformers toy, what would it be? You can be as specific (1974 AMC Javelin, P-38 Lightning, Cobra HISS) or as general (school bus, tractor, port-a-potty) as you wish. --Bluestreak7 16:03, 7 March 2010 (EST)
• Was the Chaos Trinity in the designers's minds when making Bludgeon and Mindwipe? Will the Trinity be rounded out? --Detour 00:09, 8 March 2010 (EST)
• Over the years, the design aesthetic for each Transformers franchise has varied (often quite sharply) from the next. Do the design team members have any thoughts to share on working within those different styles, either comparatively or overall?--Apcog 13:52, 8 March 2010 (EST)
• How much of the old GoBots intellectual property is fair game for use in Transformers toylines and media? More specifically, is the old Challenge of the GoBots cartoon considered to be a world within the TF multiverse? Khajidha 13:55, 8 March 2010 (EST)

March 2010 answers

• Hasbro Q&A March 2010: Answers