Just received the following news from Hasbro and Hunter PR: Announcing the Build-A-Droid Galactic Swap Meet at Celebration V Hasbro will be hosting the Galactic Swap Meet at the Hasbro booth at Celebration V! Bring your surplus Build-a-Droid parts and trade with us, and other fans, as our booth becomes the hub for some serious droid-part-swapping! We will have a limited supply of complete parts available for 14 of the buildable droids from the Legacy/Droid Factory basic figure line (see attached poster for exact droids we will have). Just bring your extra Legacy/Droid Factory parts and trade them 1-for-1 for
Continue readingFrom the ASM Archives – OTFCC 2003 and 2004 Pictures
In an effort to bring over the content of ASM’s old site alteredstatesmag.com, we’re starting to (slowly) load up our gallery with pictures of old. These pictures haven’t been seen in years, as the gallery functionality on our old site was inadvertently corrupted after a server move. So, let’s walk down memory lane with these two galleries: OTFCC 2003, the Official Transformers Collector’s Convention held at the Hyatt in Rosemont, IL. Alternators and Energon were the big toylines, but we were starting to see the initial entries of Universe as well. Also included were the first looks at the OTFCC
Continue readingHasbro Transformers Q&A – August 2010 Call for Questions!
Got questions for Hasbro’s Transformers team? Ask away! Questions must be in to us by 11:59pm Eastern Time on Sunday, August 8! You can post your questions below, send them to us on Twitter, or send them to hasbrotfqa@asmzine.com. We’ll pick the two best questions and send them off to Hasbro. As usual, the following rules apply: Hasbro probably won’t answer questions about future product unless they can reveal it to the public, so keep that in mind if you ask about future toys. Be constructive in your questions. Don’t just say, “This toy sucked!” If you have a legitimate
Continue readingHasbro Marvel Q&A – August 2010 Call for Questions!
It’s time once again to submit questions to Hasbro’s Marvel team! Questions must be in to us by 11:59pm Eastern Time on Thursday, August 5! You can post your questions below, send them to us on Twitter, or send them to enable Javascript to see the E-mail address. We’ll pick the three best questions and send them off to Hasbro. As usual, the following rules apply: Hasbro won’t answer questions regarding when certain characters will be made, redesigned or released (even if it’s just talking hypothetically or potentially). Sales and cost data are not available for discussion, nor are topics
Continue readingHasbro Transformers Q&A – July 2010 Answers
You asked and Hasbro answered! Hit the jump to see the answers from Hasbro and Hunter PR!
Continue readingHasbro Star Wars Q&A – July 2010 Answers
You asked and Hasbro answered! Hit the jump to see the answers from Hasbro and Hunter PR! The Sun Fac figure has given us some terrific Geonosian Warrior redecoes… but they’re all based on a character with a very distinctive one-eyed head sculpt, giving army-builders a legion of squinting Geonosians. Is there any chance of a retooling to give the head a second eye the next time it’s used? In the same 2-pack as the aforementioned Geonosian, we got a Kit Fisto based on his iconic pose in the arena…but he’s still not smiling! How did he end up with
Continue readingBid on an AT-AT for Charity!
Just received an E-mail from Hasbro/HunterPR: A charity auction launched today by the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) provides the opportunity for STAR WARS fans to own the hottest new collector’s item – Hasbro’s STAR WARS AT-AT – before it hits toy store shelves in the coming weeks. Proceeds of the auction will benefit TIF programs that provide much-needed support to charities supporting children at-risk, abused, abandoned, ill or otherwise in need. The auction on Givingworks.ebay.com began at noon (EST) today and features two of Hasbro’s all-new STAR WARS AT-AT vehicles. The auction will close at noon (EST) on Monday, July
Continue readingFrom the ASM Archives: A Little Q&A With Bob Budiansky
In honor of Bob Budiansky’s induction into the Transformers Hall of Fame at BotCon last week, we’re reposting one of the first interviews Bob ever conducted with the online fandom. This originally appeared in ASM on July 26, 2004. This interview was conducted by Matthew Karpowich and Andrew Sorohan. ASM: You started your comics career in the mid-70s with a background in engineering. Given that, who were your influences? Artistically? Writing-wise? Bob Budiansky:While I was in college in the early 70s, I was reintroduced to comics by a couple of friends. (I had stopped collecting comics years earlier.) So, at
Continue readingHasbro Marvel Q&A – June 2010 Answers
You asked and Hasbro answered! Hit the jump to see the answers from Hasbro and Hunter PR! While Iron Man 2 had its share of awesome suits, there were plenty of scenes featuring characters not in armor. Will the Iron Man 2 line have non-armour figures? What is the status of the next batch of Mighty Muggs? These things are just too cool, and we want to see more! A major character in the Iron Man franchise was recast between movies 1 and 2, and there are rumors circulating that the Avengers movie may feature Iron Man and the Hulk
Continue readingHasbro Star Wars Q&A – June 2010 Answers
You asked and Hasbro answered! Hit the jump to see the answers from Hasbro and Hunter PR! The new roleplay Boba Fett helmet is great! It’s sure to be a hit with kids and fans of the bounty hunter. It does seem odd that this would be the next in line when the previous helmets have been kid-centric Clone Wars helmets. Was this done for the 30th anniversary of “The Empire Strikes Back” or is there something you know about season 3 of “The Clone Wars” that you aren’t telling us? We heard something in a previous Q&A about some
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