You asked the questions and here's the answers to the 11th batch of questions and our third batch for 2008. Thanks again to Hasbro for giving the UK fans a chance to get their voices heard and their questions answered here at Jedi News, the UK's premiere Star Wars fan site.
This set of questions was sent in before the US Toy Fair and one of our questions has since been answered from what was revealed there. Our next round of questions needs to go in this Friday. Got anything you want to ask? Then take the link above and let us know ASAP!
Read on for the Questions and Answers...
1. You've confirmed that the new, second wave of Order 66 packs will be coming out later this year. You've also stated that you're trying to get as many of the US exclusives into the UK. Will Tesco or another UK outlet be stocking these?
We have looked into the situation with our U.K. team. The remainder of the first Order 66 wave will be released this Spring through Tesco (only two of the first wave have been released so far). The second Order 66 wave currently is not planned for this year, but could be evaluated for release further down the road pending the success of the the rest of the first wave release.
2. Will all the new figures coming out in the autumn (Fall) ship in the new packaging revealed earlier this week or will the core line ship on different cards?
The Clone Wars animated line will ship on the cards shown (Clone Trooper helmet), while the Legacy Collection (built around film characters) will ship on a different Stormtrooper-centered design.
3. Congratulations on getting the FX lightsaber license. We read the recent interview with Derryl and Philip from Rebelscum with great interest. Can you please advise when we're likely to see the first Hasbro FX lightsabers on shelf and idea what the first products will be?
The first Hasbro-produced Force FX Lightsabers will be on shelves this Fall. This year we will only be producing the current line-up of sabers, and we will not be looking to add new items until 2009 after we have had a chance to wrap our arms around the business. There is no update on what new items we will be adding to the line-up but we look forward to getting to them!
Jedi News Captain Rex Mailaway Hasbro Update: Finally, in case you hadn't heard there's a mail-away Clone Wars Captain Rex figure coming out very soon in return for 4 barcodes and some loose change... Unfortunately though we had it confirmed from Hasbro UK that this offer will not be coming to the UK... doh!