McBotCon 2007: Hasbro Secrets Or should I say, lack of secrets. Hasbro let us wander around their old building, specially pre-prepped for us to look at. Everyone took pictures. These were the things we were meant to see. But what about the things we *weren't* meant to see? Hmmm. :-) Guess we'll see below.

Hasbro Meeting Secrets: Hasbro Talking Head. I mean the Prime head, not the sleepy one. Effeminate Talking Head. Oh, that blue is sooo garish, Mr Prime. Movie Scout. Hey look! Something we already saw! G1 Heroes. More stuff we already knew. Pointing to Cellphone weapons. Aren't those illegal in airports? Hasbro Video. Now he's making us watch the Wiggles.

Hasbro Tour Secrets: No Parking. Anyone else see the guy trying to swipe this thing? Herding us all in. See the group. See Paul's head. Mooo. The back office. Staged for us to look at, but in the background, some things we don't know about yet. A long hallway of secret offices. Ooh, I saw Pete sneak into one. Inside the secret office. Secret documents on table not included, but read. Secret playroom. Caged area where they play with toys not yet released. Loose proto on table. See, I can take this hammer, and transform it into pieces! Room they wouldn't let us into. They said it was full of promo stuff they didn't mail out yet. Cool. Another hallway we couldn't go down. But man, the cool stuff they had in there... Employee opportunity. So that's where the tf ad in the RI paper came from. Other side of room they didn't let us into. More cool stuff. Storyboards. Staged for our amusement. Movie Scale; robot to human. Cool size comparison. Archer spills the beans. He shows all and tells even more. The ladies are impressed. Study in Jazz heads. Doing it with style never looked so good. The Hasbro Store. Yes, you too could buy a Green Ramulus here... Hasbro Tour Rep. Nice guy. Told us what he really thought. Proto table 1 See them on ebay if you didn't take the tour. Proto table 2 You think I'm kidding? These are all on ebay right now. Proto table 3 These, however, ended up in a private collection. Proto Arcee and Shockwave. Yea, like we'll never see them. Proto table 4. Oh, I think we'll see these. Proto Toxic Prime Yea, that sucks. Proto Last Autobot They really like tweaking people, don't they? Package mockups. Cool, in a 'I don't like it' sort of way. Bumbebee heads. Case study 1. Bumblebee heads. Case study 2. Prime Heads. Case study 1. Prime Heads. Case study 2.

Hasbro Corporate Secrets: The Hasbro Product Plan. Transformers for everyone! Hasbro Marketing Plan. So that's how they get us. Hasbro Marketing Plan. The one they *didn't* want us to see. Hasbro's secret schedule. See what they plan to do this fall! The Missing Lunchables. I didn't need to buy that Krap food after all. They were giving them away by the boxload. Grrr.