I don't buy the Tonnika response! Also, I think the "a lot of characters from the Cantina are in the works for 2013" statement might be referring to a Battle Pack!!! ...and don't forget, Hasbro is most likely only referring to the regular line, not exclusives! I stand by my prediction for a blue snag this summer!
"You just watch yourself, we're wanted men! I have the death sentence on twelve systems!"
This summer, confirmed not to be. Next summer... maybe.
yeah, take it for what you will, but according to Stan's most recent report, Snag is on the way!!!...and of course they will most definitely do a blue one!!!
"You just watch yourself, we're wanted men! I have the death sentence on twelve systems!"
They are this summer? I thought this years TVC lineup was just about full...
Stan's report is for next year.Originally Posted by Jcc2224Cody
Top Wanted: Uul-Rha-Shan, Garnac, Dar, Bomo Greenbark, Tessek(SA Resculpt), Ree Yees(SA Resculpt), a Rakghoul ,Shasa Tiel, EV-9D9(SA Resculpt), Velken Tezeri, a Ssi-ruu, Vedian. Reward: 1,000,000 credits.
Okay, I knew that, but KiAdiRandy's post got me a little confused.
sorry for the confusion, but we still haven't seen the CVI exclusive!
"You just watch yourself, we're wanted men! I have the death sentence on twelve systems!"
True... I would love to see what they've got cooked up for CVI.
Agh, way to dash hopes, Hasbro. I can imagine they're "off the table" strictly because of the "Star *****s" jokes from the 70s-early 80s.
Ridiculous. Not as ridiculous as the prices some customizers charge for their versions of the Tonnikas. But ridiculous nonetheless.
When will they figure it out: folks pay so much for the customs because Hasbro hasn't made official ones yet! If people are willing to drop $100 and up for two figures, maybe it would make buisness sense to make $15 version of them. A lot of money being pushed off the table for a stupid joke from 1977 IMO.
I remember around 2000-2001 a custom Fixer and Camie set that went for over $400+... and they were not very good quality even for the time.
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I think they're just hyping it up and it's the last thing they are ever going to sell for $50 a sister. Homer says ooooohhh!!! Forbidden sisters
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http://www.change.org/petitions/hasb...admiral-trench
The Sith control everything! You just don't realize it.
Interesting Q&As from NYCC 2012.
Dewback Patrol's Q&A:
3. Hasbro over the years has said that the Tonnika Sisters could not be made due to some legal issues. This year Volkswagen is using their likeness in a super bowl ad. Has something changed? Can we now have a glimmer of hope to get the Tonnika Sisters?
[Hasbro:] “It’s still the same issue that’s been around but it’s also the first thing I thought of when I saw the commercial.” (Damn, still NO Tonnika sisters!)
and then another from JTI:
Q: Absolutely absolutely please ask about the Tonnika Sisters situation. How can they appear in a VW superbowl ad but not be made into figures? Is this some sort of legal way around getting them made? If so, AWESOME, but if not, why even let the commercial be made and tease and slap the fact that we can't have them made as action figures in our faces? Something to that affect. Please just ask about their status as figures. Couldn't Hasbro just make the likeness more generic and release them as "Cantina Patrons" in the way they called Captain Fordo "ARC Trooper Commander"?
AND
Well yeah, don't forget the upcoming Brea & Senni Tonnika. I mean they must be making them right... RIGHT! They have to. They're all over the small screen (Clone Wars and VW commercial). Just think of the millions of [Super Bowl] viewers that these two hotties were just dangled in front of (and the millions of dollers spent to surreptitiously get these two out of the shadows and into the limelight). So there must be a greater cause then just selling more Beetles, right... RIGHT?!!
Hasbro: They're not coming and we will not be able to make these figures.
I wish for once they would really legitimately discuss with fans the truth as to why they can't/won't do them. It just sounds like a few lawyers being overzealous to me. Or maybe an employee at Hasbro is holding them back on purpose. Maybe I'm wrong in some of this, please correct me if I have my timing or facts wrong. It's so tough to get to the truth.
First, it was because the actresses (plural intentional) didn't sign likeness rights. Circa 1998ish
Then, when it was discovered than at least the one actress did sign away her rights, it got vague.
Then, it was Lucas himself not wanting them to appear due to the 70's "Star *****s" jokes back in the day.
Then, they made the Galoob Micro Machines figure(!!!) ugh.
Then, it was because one of the actresses was supposedly a drug addict.
Then, it was because that same actress threatened to sue if a toy was made.
Then, it was because one (or both of them?) was a nude body double in various UK movies.
Then, they appeared in a few novels and comic books.
Then, they released a trading card with their images on it.
Then, they said they wouldn't sell (girl characters don't sell!)
Then, they went quiet and just stopped answering the questions.
Then, an official "Draw The Tonnikas" page was put at SW.com
Then, the character appeared in The Clone Wars TV show.
And now, in a VW Super Bowl ad.
If there really was a problem, then why allow the character to appear at all?
Why was the actress allowed to appear at conventions and sign memorabilia?
At this point the characters have been used across photographs, minifigures, trading cards, website pages, television appearances, AND a high profile TV advert... all 100% official Lucasfilm products... the only thing they haven't done yet is legit 3.75 inch figures.
Back in the day they used to say the same thing about any & all EU novels, video game, Holiday Special, Ewoks, Droids, and Marvel comic characters. And now they do these figures all the time. What exactly changed that allows this but not the Tonnikas?
It sounds like the "cloud car" incident or some of the other products that singular Hasbro employees hold up or mess with because they don't like them. Ah, it's been beat to death already elsewhere, and feels like I'm pounding my head against a wall. Sorry guys.
Additional posititve Cantinaness from JTI's Q&A:
Q: Aside from the delayed Dr Evazan, can we expect anymore Cantina Patrons in 2012? Sign me up for Takeel, Yerka Mig and Arliel Schous.
Hasbro: Unfortunately nothing more is planned for 2012, but we can assure you that a lot of characters from the Cantina (my personal favorite scene from Episode IV) are in the workds for 2013.
Great news there though!
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