tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post6252829469275792507..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: Linkee-poo, it was a god-awful small affairSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-5359027683219903812016-01-13T16:00:51.969-05:002016-01-13T16:00:51.969-05:00Then you'd think Hasbro would also have includ...Then you'd think Hasbro would also have included Rey, but with her scavenging stick. Pretty damn easy compromise. Also, not Hasbro's first infraction for excluding female characters. Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-35312458239151283652016-01-13T14:57:51.666-05:002016-01-13T14:57:51.666-05:00JJ Abrams directed the movie, not the licensing. M...JJ Abrams directed the movie, not the licensing. Mouth in gear, not brain. http://file770.com/?p=27037 directs to a WSJ article behind the paywall, but File 770 quotes it as: “One of the biggest surprises that filmmakers wanted to keep under wraps was that the Force awakens in Rey and she carries a lightsaber,” said Paul Southern, head of licensing for Lucasfilm. “We always planned a second wave of product after the movie’s release that would include secrets revealed in the movie.”<br /><br />Hasbro’s new Rey toys will be based more on her action scenes later in the film, including a climactic one in which she wields a lightsaber.<br /><br />There have been products including toys, T-shirts and costumes featuring Rey available for months, but to date virtually all have featured her only as she appears in the movie’s earliest scenes."Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150865035908254753noreply@blogger.com