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1) Are you ever going to have another contest where the winner gets their likeness made into a figure? (You guys might remember that FHM had that contest in their magazine. Luke Ellison, a prior member of JoeDios.com, won. He not only got a figure of himself (as part of the Steel Brigade) but he got a tour of the office.) And just for the record, was that a GI JOE Hasbro contest done in FHM or did FHM talk you guys into a contest? (that would just be for clarification)

We have no immediate plans for this type of contest but we can't rule it out for the future.

2) As a software engineer I am always involved in meetings which often have live demos illustrating new concepts. As a Joe collector and fan, I often find myself wondering what are the Hasbro's Joe design team meetings like? Do you guys/gals bring out your favorite Joes?

The meetings during which we map out the newest wave or product segment are some of the most fun - and challenging - meetings we have. The Design Team creates sketches and inspiration boards to visually tell the "story" behind the character, vehicle or situation. Sometimes they do add flavor to the discussion by bringing a classic figure to a meeting and that sparks additional conversations and debates.

(1) Great showing at Toyfair! With all of the other charters getting new heads to look less like the actors will Cobra Commander get the same treatment, You also mentioned some of the things we saw at Joe Con (Shadow Tracker, Arctic Threat Duke, Jungle Strike Rip Cord, and Cycle Armor with Ashiko) might get pushed back into 2011 and some might get cancelled all together can you elaborate on this?

Thank you! We had a great Toy Fair and were excited to show off a lot of new goods. Some of these items you mention are planned for the Spring 2011 line, such as Shadow Tracker and Cycle Armor with Ashiko. We will have more details at JoeCon! See you in Providence...

(2) What is the status of the ROC wave 3 Alpha Vehicles are we going to see them at retail or are they getting cancelled?

Some quantities of this wave have started shipping, so keep an eye out!

1) At the start of the 25th line all of the figures came with "Diaper Crotches", and as we moved along those crotches were fixed to allow better movement and playability. Did you go back and change the tooling on that specific body part, or did you make new tooling and swap it in?

In most cases we went back and modified the tool to change the "diaper crotch", but in some rare cases we had to re-mold the lower torso.

2) One interesting piece of information to come out of Toy Fair this year is the decision to change some of the Pursuit of Cobra head sculpts from the movie actor likenesses to the more traditional head sculpts. Considering PoC is supposed to be a continuation of the movie universe it seems a bit odd to change the character’s sculpts (especially the incredible Zartan/Arnold Vosloo head). Can you explain the reasoning behind this decision?

The Pursuit of Cobra line is a celebration of the G.I. Joe universe. The brand has a rich heritage and we wanted to use inspiration from both past and present. So we pulled classic characters from the lore and layered on the more realistic styling that were established through the movie.