Secret Files: General discussion and speculation

[SDLagent]

On my new blog on The Hardy Boys Wiki, I've posted further info about The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, including plot summaries for the first two books. Check it out.

[hardy boys fan]

dont like the plots. who wants to read about a missing mitt

[Bigfootman]

Oh no!  They just ruined the Hardy boys even more! Missing mitts? Lame!

[tomswift2002]

It will be interesting to see if the chronology of the Clues Brothers is ignored, since I've found that, even with the Undercover Brothers, Simon & Schuster seemed to use the Clues Brothers as background material for Frank and Joe's early years, whether it through the mention of a classmate or whatever.

But finding someone's missing baseball mitt...that sounds like it is very repetitive of the first Clues Brothers book, The Gross Ghost Mystery where the boys had to locate a missing baseball in an old "haunted" mansion in Bayport.

[SDLagent]

But finding someone's missing baseball mitt...that sounds like it is very repetitive of the first Clues Brothers book, The Gross Ghost Mystery where the boys had to locate a missing baseball in an old "haunted" mansion in Bayport.

That's what I thought.

[tomswift2002]

On the Hardy Boys newsgroup that I'm on on Yahoo, one of the members has posted the cover art for the first 2 Secret Files books:
http://http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1416991646/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
http://http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1416993940/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books


I wonder if the boys are going to meet up with Erin Esurance, from the eSurance TV commercials, for a few adventures in these books.

[003Robin457]

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Those covers are Awefull! I actually miss the UB trilogy covers!
A few coments:
1.Secret Files #4 Is Called the Great Esurence Disaster.
2. The Hardys look Mexican.
3. I like MY covers better. (See Fan Art) I got Troble at the Arcade really close!
4. The Dog is Baaaaack! (See the Missing Mitt)

[003Robin457]

Also in the official info it said "Eight year-old Frank and Joe Hardy." Are the hardys bouth 8? According to the UBs this can only be so for a mounth.

[tomswift2002]

Also in the official info it said "Eight year-old Frank and Joe Hardy." Are the hardys bouth 8? According to the UBs this can only be so for a mounth.

I think the Secret Files are shaping up to be another Clues Brothers series.

[003Robin457]

Rumor Confirmed.

[HB@1718]

The HBs are eight-year olds? Both of them? I thought Frank was    11 mo. older than Joe. Besides, I like them when they're teenagers, because you can relate to them in some ways.

[Bigfootman]

It seems that Hardys have met the Robinsons.  (Look at Frank, then watch the trailer for meet the Robinsons)

[JoeHardyRocks]

I don't see any similarities, DD.

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Those covers are Awefull! I actually miss the UB trilogy covers!
A few coments:
1.Secret Files #4 Is Called the Great Esurence Disaster.
2. The Hardys look Mexican.
3. I like MY covers better. (See Fan Art) I got Troble at the Arcade really close!
4. The Dog is Baaaaack! (See the Missing Mitt)

Yes, your covers are waaaay better. You should send them in!!!

[SDLagent]

My first thought was, they're not the greatest covers ever, but definitely better than the current UB covers. At least these covers give us an idea at what will happen in the books. Already we can assume Callie at Iola will appear in the series.

I find it strange that this series uses the color scheme the UB just ditched. It would make sense if the UB still used blue, black, and yellow, but they don't...

[003Robin457]

Good eye. I missed the high scores. So who's Adam?