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Ask Mattel – Answers for August 15th, 2012

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I should have posted this yesterday, but I didn’t receive the answers until late in the evening, so I decided to save them for today. Anyway, these are the answers for the August 15th session of Ask Mattel. We’ve got a wide range of questions this time, so let’s just jump right in, shall we?

 

 

If the Superboy and Miss Martian 2 packs sell well enough, could we possibly see more 6″ Young Justice 2 packs in the future? Maybe some characters from the second season, Invasion? Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, Lagoon Boy, Nightwing, Tim Drake Robin perhaps?

No. The only reason we can offer these  is because the sculpts were done. We don’t have the resources for additional sculpting. This last set is a “gift” for fans (if we get the min order).

 

 

Will the Watchmen figures come with character appropriate accessories? I noticed at SDCC that Dr. Manhattan was posed with no accessories and that Rorschach came with a grapple gun, but will he also come with a gas gun? Perhaps including Bubastis with Ozymandias? Some cool gadgets to go with Owl Man? Will Comedian come with his guns, and maybe a second head with the S&M mask?

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Ask Mattel – Answers for August 1st, 2012

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Brandon Gibbs asks: In the reviews of Rocket Red for the DC subscription, he appears to be much larger in comparison to a standard figure than he has been to regular characters in virtually all his comic appearances. Also, the particular RR design seems to be between the original JLI Dmitri version most people favor and the current DCnU version. Can you talk a little about the design choices for Rocket Red so fans will understand why these elements were chosen?

This was completely a choice from the Horsemen and Mattel design in order to maximize shared parts and deliver a unique figure.

 

 

Troy asks: Considering the key role Emiliano Santalucia played in creating the Classics line for MOTU, would it be possible to get some kind of credit for him on the packaging, such as ‘Created by Emiliano Santalucia’ – even if it is only on the white mailers under the MOTU logo.

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Review – Sorceress – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel

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Mattel He-Man Masters of the Universe Classics Sorceress of Grayskull 6" Action Figure

SORCERESS
Heroic Guardian of Castle Grayskull™

REAL NAME: Teela’na

Growing up in a small Eternian village, Teela’na helped defend her people from a Horde Scout ship that had discovered her planet on a magic locating mission. Recognized for her loyalty, courage and wisdom, the current aging Sorceress® chose Teela’na to take up her title and defend Castle Grayskull’s secrets for the next generation. During her reign as Sorceress®, Teela’na not only cast the spell to clone the Sword of He, she was also cloned herself by Skeletor® who desired a magic-wielding bride to pass on his legacy. With the help of Man-At-Arms®, Teela’na saved the cloned child. And it was through her undying love and devotion to this baby girl that Teela’na gave her up to Man-At-Arms®, awaiting the day when her daughter would become the new Sorceress® and Guardian of Castle Grayskull’s secrets.

 

The Sorceress is arguably one of the most important characters in Masters of the Universe history. As her bio states, she is the guardian to Castle Grayskull. She was featured in just about every episode of the cartoon, and had a huge role in the MYP 2002 series as well. Fans have been waiting a long time for her, and now that she’s here has she been worth the wait? Keep reading to find out!

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Review – Fisto – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel

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Mattel He-Man Masters of the Universe Classics Fisto 6" Action Figure

FISTO
Heroic Hand-to-Hand Fighter

REAL NAME: Malcom

The older brother of Duncan™, Randor’s first Man-At-Arms®, Malcom served under King Miro™ during the Great Unrest but was wounded in battle and stricken with magical amnesia. Wandering through Eternia®, he settled in the Mystic Mountains in a mining settlement, unable to piece together how he lost his battalion. His life changed when the Snake Men™ attacked his town and he helped save the Masters of the Universe® from their trap. But in doing so, Malcom shattered his right hand. In gratitude, Duncan™ replaced it with a robotic strong arm. Now known as Fisto™, he has made up with his brother and fights as a heroic member of the Masters of the Universe® smashing evil with his giant knuckles!

 

First of all, let me say that I hope I don’t attract the wrong kind of traffic to my site just by having the word “Fisto” on my main page ha ha. With that said, Fisto was one of my most anticipated figures in the line. I don’t know why, I’ve just always loved his design. It’s fairly basic as far as Masters of the Universe characters go, but I just always really dug the body armor and the stern expression, the rugged beard, and of course the giant mechanical fist. Not to mention that thanks to the 2002 MYP cartoon, it’s in canon that Fisto is Man-At-Arms’ brother. Why not, right? They certainly look like they could be brothers. I’m glad the MOTUC bio took the 2002 cartoon’s Fisto storyline as inspiration.

The figure itself also took a lot of inspiration from the 2002 cartoon, but I’ll talk more about that in the actual review. Keep reading to find out my thoughts on Fisto.

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Ask Mattel – Answers for July 2nd, 2012

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Rizwan asks: So you don’t have the licence for ThunderCats toys. Given the situation, planning to pursue it?

Sorry, we can not comment on the acquisition of any property.

 

 

Ismail Kaddoum asks: Dear Matty,

Will there be any other Dark Knight Rises Movie Masters other than the original 6(to complete the Bat-Signal) and the SDCC exclusive?

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Review – Snake Man-At-Arms – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel (16 Pictures!)

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Snake Man-At-Arms Masters of the Universe Classics Mattel 6" Action Figure He-Man Heroic Warriors King Hssss

SNAKE MAN-AT-ARMS
Transformed Master of Weapons

REAL NAME: Duncan of the Viper Clan

Duncan heroically served King Randor throughout their battles with Skeletor and the Snake Men as Eternia’s chief war strategist and weapons maker. Exposed to the Serpent’s Ring, Duncan was magically transformed by King Hssss into a Snake Man permanently. Under this evil spell, he used his genius to create great and horrific machines of war for the Snake Men as they battled for control of eternia. Eventually, Duncan was forced to battle against Clamp Champ who had since replaced hima s Royal Man-At-Arms. In their epic final duel during the Second Ultimate Battleground, Duncan was mortally wounded, but not before momentarily recovering his humanity thanks to a spell cast by his daughter Teela, the new Sorceress of Grayskull.

 

Welcome to my very first Masters of the Universe Classics review. I hope to get to many more in the future, even past ones (mostly as an excuse to give you guys some pictures to look at). The figure starting off this trend is of course Snake Man-At-Arms. Duncan’s tranformation happened in the MYP (Mike Young Productions) 2002 animated series, towards its end. Mattel used this fan requested variant as an excuse to go all out, giving us a true Masters of the Universe Classics 200X Man-At-Arms, down to the armored detailing on his suit, and the muted paint scheme. To sweeten the pot with collectors, they made Snake Man-At-Arms one of the 3 figures this year to include a new mini-comic. Smart move on their part.

Join me after the jump to find out if this is just another variant, or a well deserved figure in the line. And don’t forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom for a short photo series by me, showing how Duncan met his unfortunate fate as a Snake Man!

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Review – Green Lion & Pidge – Voltron Classics, Mattel (20 Pictures!)

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Mattel Voltron Classics Green Lion Pilot Pidge Anime Action Figure

The Green Lion with Pidge is the latest set from the Voltron Classics toy line. It gets more exciting, and harder to wait, as it takes two months for each new set to come out. But Mattel is really handling this line quite well. The size alone for Voltron was enough to convince me to get a subscription.

With my past Voltron Classics reviews, I was quite extensive and thorough, talking about both the pilot figure and the lion vehicle, however this time I’m going to condense the review and be more concise. I have a tendency to talk a lot, to the point of excess, so I’m going to experiment with a much more clear-cut review here.

A large part of the reason I’m trying to be more concise with this review, is because every review I do of these sets seems to turn out the same. They’re all made the same way, and in turn end up getting the same opinion from me. And while consistency is good for a toy line, when it comes to reviewing, it can end up quite bland. So I’m going to mostly let the pictures speak for themselves in this review, and while I’ll still give my opinions on the figures, I’m just going to cut to the chase.

I’m also going to nix the scoring that I usually do for each section, and just give one overall score at the end. The reason is because all the scores for these sets seem to end up being the same anyway, and also because it’s just getting to become too tedious for me. Too rigid, just for the sake of it. I would prefer to do my reviews a little more lax, since all people want to do is look at the pictures and read my opinions. I don’t think a strict scoring system is all that relevant to be honest. So if this review goes well, this is how I’ll be doing all of them from now on, which will hopefully translate to me getting more reviews done.

Alright, now let’s get to the review.

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Got Any Questions for Mattel?

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Mattel Mattycollector LogoAlright guys, it’s that time again for Ask Mattel! This one kind of sneaked up on me, so I apologize for the immediacy of this, but all questions are due by 11:59 PM CST June 14th (i.e. TONIGHT), 2012. These questions are for the July 1st Q&A with Mattel. If you have any questions at all regarding any of Mattel’s brands leave them in a comment below and I’ll do my best to make sure Mattel gets them answered.