Ask Mattel – Answers for May 15th, 2012

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Welcome to another edition of Ask Mattel! In this session, Matty gives a surprisingly long thought out answer regarding the SDCC Death statue, gives us a hint at the SDCC Dark Knight Rises exclusive figure, and more! Let’s jump in.

Brandon Gibbs asks: Can you explain why there are no SDCC exclusives in DCUC scale this year and why you instead chose to do a less-articulated 8-inch version of death. As someone who has almost every DCUC figure, I frankly, feel a little insulted that you have nothing for me this year.

Some fans were confused (or Angry) that we didn’t do a 6” DCU (Classics) item at SDCC this year. Honestly, a big part of that was that we now have CIE on Mattycollector.com. In the past, we needed SDCC to put out 6” figures (for the “overall collection”) that didn’t fit into the retail line for one reason or another. Whether this was due to character selection (Lobo) piece count (Plastic Man) or a plus’ d up package with light and sounds (Wonder-Twins), in the past SDCC was our avenue to deliver items that really “didn’t work at retail for one reason or another”.

Now that we have Club Infinite Earths on Mattycollector.com, we can offer all of these executions without having to wait for an annual show. Honestly, fans are in the best position ever for 6”. By  supporting the online club (which we know was a “risk” in year 1 with a lot of unknowns at the time we sold the sub) fans are really going to be rewarded. Ideally it will be like getting a DCU 6” SDCC item every month. (no need to toy hunt!)  Metron is a great example. How in the world would we have done that at retail? He would have had to be part of a “deluxe” assortment with a Batman and Superman deluxe figure and would have been short packed with many fans unable to find him. He would have been better off at SDCC to do the full chair.

BUT now that we have CIE we can just include him (and other collector only figures) without retail restrains or having to wait for SDCC. With the online club the gloves are off and you will really see some great collector product (pending the sub goes forward in 2013, which I can’t imagine it won’t!).

Because we now have CIE delivering SDCC quality 6″ figures every month, we decided to use SDCC therefore to try out new form factors for fans to collect the DC Universe. This was not a slight to fans at all. you are still getting SDCC quality 6″ figures, and thanks to CIE you will get them every month instead of only once a year!

 

 

Victor asks: How about if the MOTUC line include a series of pink variants (and other figures), and proceeds could be donated to Breast Cancer Research? Such variants could include Filmation colors Prince Adam, pink minicomics Sorceress and Teela, and pink SwiftWind.

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Ask Mattel – Answers for May 1st, 2012

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Welcome to another edition of Ask Matty! We’ve got a lot of questions about Batman and DC Universe Classics, so let’s jump in and see Mattel’s answers!

 

Jason Melo asks: Hi, Huge DCU & YJ 6′ fan and collector. You have mentioned that 2013 your relaunch the 6′? Does this mean you might combine the 2 and continue with the characters? Have been waiting for months, years for a real Superboy\Connor and Huntress and more main characters like Lois Lane, Cassandra\wondergirl, Jimmy Olsen, Elogated man etc…

At this point, it’s too early to comment on 2013 beyond what we’ve said. However, we do love hearing your figure suggestions.

 

 

Matthew Roche asks: We know that there is no collector aimed DC at retail until 2013 (we’ve all heard the announcements by now). When does matty intend on announcing what will be offered at SDCC??

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Got any Questions for Mattel?

Mattel Mattycollector LogoHey guys, it’s that time again for Ask Matty! If you have any questions for Mattel, submit them  by 11:59 PM CST on April 30th, 2012. This is for the May 15th round of questions and the answers will be posted then. To submit a question, just leave a comment on this post asking your question. It can be about any of Mattel’s brands. So don’t be shy, ask anything. I’m sure in lieu of recent announcements, you have plenty of questions you’d like to ask Mattel. So go ahead, ask away!

I’ll be leaving this as a sticky post until after the 30th so anybody who wants to ask a question won’t miss it. For newer posts, just scroll down.

Ask Mattel – Answers for April 16th, 2012

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This session we’re bringing you 6 questions instead of the usual 5, since one of the questions last time was never answered. Enjoy!

 

1.) Ismail Kaddoum asks: 2 words, Mattel: Super excited!
At Toy Fair 2012, we saw the new Dark Knight Rises Movie Masters. They were incredible!
Then, you released 2 more on Mattycollector.com, even more awesome!
Now, to finish the Bat Signal, there’s 6 figures, but, only 5 have been revealed.
So, my question is: What is the last figure?
Ra’s Al Ghul, possibly?

You remember the teaser? The scene where Batman and Bane are fighting and you can see this person in white in the background? Who was that? Was that our next movie master? Frankly, we don’t know but if you do, let us know! =)

Editor’s Note: This the person they’re talking about. Nobody knows who this is yet, but it looks like it could be a random thug. I hope it isn’t the last Movie Master, as it doesn’t look like Ra’s Al Ghul, and we need a Ra’s Al Ghul Movie Masters figure.

 

 

 

2.) Joe Martin asks: i had asked a question last time about when the winner of the character contest will be announced.i meant to ask will they be informed ahead of time if the winner doesn’t live in california and will they be flown out to the comic con ?

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Got Any Questions for Mattel?

Mattel Mattycollector LogoIf you have any questions for Mattel, submit them by 11:59 PM CST on April 14th, 2012. This is for the April 15th round of questions and the answers will be posted then. To submit a question, just leave a comment on this post asking your question. It can be about any of Mattel’s brands. So don’t be shy, ask anything. I’m sure in lieu of recent announcements, you have plenty of questions you’d like to ask Mattel. So go ahead, ask away!

I’ll be leaving this as a sticky post until after the 31st so anybody who wants to ask a question won’t miss it. For newer posts, just scroll down.

Ask Mattel – Answers for April 2nd, 2012

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 1.) When willy you make a Batmobile for a 6″ Batman? Any 6” Batman?

You should be excited by the new Batman line that we’ve created coming out with the movie….

Editor’s Note: This wasn’t the question I submitted. The first question I actually submitted to Mattel was from NICKOLAS and read: “MY QUESTION IS WILL YOU MAKE A DC UNIVERSE CLASSICS BATCAVE OR BATMOBILE FOR YOUR
BATMAN FIGURE?” Granted this is a similar question, which is probably why it got mixed up, but I wanted to clarify it wasn’t one I submitted.

 

 

2.) Muten Chaoz asks: When is the schedule of a re-release for Battle Armor He-Man, Vikor, and also King Grayskull on MattyCollector?

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Got any Questions for Mattel?

Mattel Mattycollector LogoIf you have any questions for Mattel, submit them by 11:59 PM CST on March 31th, 2012. This is for the April 1st round of questions and the answers will be posted then. To submit a question, just leave a comment on this post asking your question. It can be about any of Mattel’s brands. So don’t be shy, ask anything.

I’ll be leaving this as a sticky post until after the 31st so anybody who wants to ask a question won’t miss it. For newer posts, just scroll down.

Ask Mattel – Answers for March 15th, 2012

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1.) Jason Cue asks: Will there be any chance of getting the rest of the Lanterns done in the DCUC/DCAS size (i.e. Saint Walker, Indigo-1, Munk, etc)?

Something we would love to include as we get to more colored lanterns in the future!

 

 

2.) Jason J Walter asks: Hi! I was wondering if the Vertigo line of characters was under Mattel’s contract with DC and if so is there a chance we could see a John Constantine or Sandman (Morpheus) in the sub line in the future? It seems that these characters were almost tailor-made for the smaller, direct market, so why not pull the trigger and get them made? Constantine especially wouldn’t be difficult to make as large portions of him could be re-tools.

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Have Any Questions for Mattel?

Mattel Mattycollector LogoIf you have any questions for Mattel, submit them by 11:59 PM CST on March 14th, 2012. This is for the April 1st round of questions and the answers will be posted then. To submit a question, just leave a comment on this post asking your question. It can be about any of Mattel’s brands. So don’t be shy, ask anything.

I’ll be leaving this as a sticky post until after the 29th so anybody who wants to ask a question won’t miss it.

Ask Mattel – Answers for March 1st, 2012

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1.) Jason Walter asks: With all the recent trouble with subscriptions getting cancelled and the laundry list of complaints from customers, what will it take for Matty (and Mattel) to drop Digital River as their site runners? It seems to me that there is just one major problem after another and they NEVER get back to you when a question or complaint is made.

We are working on major improvements to roll out over the next 2 months. We have heard you!

 

 

2.) Tony Antoniuk asks: When will Matty make a proper sized Mongul and Doomsday? The same size as the C&C Darkseid.

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