Hi folks and happy holidays!

We hope you and yours are having a terrific holiday season and looking forward to 2010 as much as we are.

Just a reminder that the final round of the 2009 GI JOE Q&A session will take place RIGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR.

We need all questions submitted NO LATER than 12:00PM (noon) eastern on Monday January 4th - exactly one week from today. That means that you can send them in earlier; and I actually encourage that, so no issues arise.

If we don't receive them by then, they will have to wait until we start up the new 2010 schedule in March (details forthcoming).

***Please note: There will be no exceptions this round for late submissions. Because January is Toy Fair prep, there is zero wiggle room. So get the questions in as early as possible - maybe before the weekend - then you can relax and toast the new year stress-free.

Thanks so much and happy new year!

Mike and team






Please get these in by 12.31.09 so I can send them off Saturday or so. All the questions are excellent so far and it will be VERY hard to figure out what to ask. Good job everyone. These are incredibly thoughtful.

1) The cardboard dioramas that come in multipacks rock! Is there any way to have the designs and building instructions available on Hasbro's website, for those who missed out on the sets or could not afford them?

2) Considering the success of Lego Star Wars, Lego Indiana Jones, Mega Bloks Spider-Man and Mega Bloks HALO, has Hasbro given any consideration to reviving the Built To Rule toyline, using smaller figurines instead of regular Joe figures with brick connectors on their limbs?

3) With Pursuit of Cobra, two of the four environments feature a notable specialist of said environment, Snow Job for Arctic Threat and Recondo for Jungle Assault. Will the Desert Battle and City Strike environments feature such specialists, like Dusty and Shock(wave)blast?

4) During the last Q&A, you said Pursuit Of Cobra would show up in "the back half of 2010". Does this mean we'll be without new G.I.Joe figures until June 2010?

5) What kind of guidelines must be followed for certain items (ie: The Geonosis Arena being used for the Conquest on Cobra Mountain) to be used in another brand?

6) Why was the Mantis Attack Craft's stock photography edited with two sets of controls to look like a two-seater, when the toy itself only has one set of controls and can only fit one figure?

7) At one point Hasbro planned to make a different Scrap-Iron using parts that made him ressemble the original a lot more (Shipwreck torso, Airborne arms and legs), with very positive response from fans. Why was this tooling not chosen over the Comic Pack version for either of his Rise of Cobra redecos?

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One of my favorite things about getting a new vehicle is the sticker sheet, especially for Cobra. Can you give some insight as to how the stickers are chosen, designed, and who decides where they should go? Some Cobra designs have what appears to be Cyrillic letters. Are they meaningful or random? Is there any chance you could include
extra Cobra emblems on future sticker sheets?

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I'll add to the question about the decals...
Over on JoeCustoms there has been a debate about what the 788 signifies on the original HISS. Is it the vehicles ID number? Is it the unit designation to which the vehicle is assigned?

What other vehicles are slated for the old/new (or what ever that series was called that has the Polar Battle Bear and the Rock Slider)?

Are the future figures going to remain looking like their movie counterparts or will they continue looking like the Resolute figures, changing only for the next Joe movie?

MORE MARINES!

Now that the Joes have "The PIT," is there any plans for a large Cobra base?

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Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, or perhaps food, or drugs... I turn not to any of those... I collect action figures, turning my mind to the hunt, so that I might find a mote of peace... Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.

Considering that you still have the original molds for fan favorites like the Snowserpent, Viper and Trooper, why have more not been done with figures like these and others? GI Joe toys are sold at various dollar stores, is there something that makes releasing these toys there difficult?

Funskool seems to be producing GI Joe toys once more, or so we think. Can this be confirmed by Hasbro and if so what molds do they have?

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1. Will o-ring figures come back as the main line?
2. Just kidding

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Great question. I would by GI Joe vehicles and Lego minifig style BTR. But...It will never happen!

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Are there any plans to release the 25A Stinger in 2010? This vehicle is an instant classic, and all I have ever seen are pictures. I think this is a guaranteed successful vehicle.

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Hasbro emailed me this morning and requested I send the 3 questions as soon as possible. So consider the need for questions to hasbro closed since I sent them in today. Thanks for all the questions, it was really hard to choose what to use this time. We'll get the answers in a couple weeks.