Comments on: Odds ‘n Ends

By: Telefizzled w.25 :: OB1og

Telefizzled w.25 :: OB1og — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:39:42 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:35:15 +0000

MY FAKERS ARE ON THE WAY THIS EVENING! Yes! I live close to their shipping plant so it takes a day from when I get the shipping notice (yesterday).

By: Michael Lovrine

Michael Lovrine — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:33:39 +0000

Got an update on my Faker shipment. Received a shipping email but get this..Delayed due to Incorrect Routing at UPS Facility!? Wtf does that mean? So now its UPS' fault for the slow shipping? I'm not sure what kind of service Mattel has with them but I'd imagine its not working out so well as people have claimed to have trouble with shipping especially the international customers.

By: PrfktTear

PrfktTear — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:01 +0000

I loved last night's episode of HIMYM. I haven't really been digging some of the more recent episodes, but I thought last night's was great. The whole pajama shirt scene clip a la "The Big Lebowski" with "The Man in Me" playing was hillarious.

I know the whole premise of the show is how he met the mother, and it would seem kind of pointless to continue after he's actually met her, but I hope they more towards it a little more than they've been hinting at. I wonder if its The Slutty Pumpkin girl.

I'm not surprised Faker sold out, but three hours is really fast. I'm just glad I was near a computer! If anyone is a MOTU fan, and they're planning on buying one of these figures and don't want to pay marked-up eBay prices, they need to be prepared to order pretty much the minute it goes on sale!!!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:33:00 +0000

I wouldn't say nobody. Nicholai already said he's looking forward to it and I'll be buying it. Not saying it'll be my favorite, but I do appreciate that Mattel really is looking to get EVERYBODY out there.

By: SANTO

SANTO — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:12:47 +0000

ha!…was not aware you your a himym fan mr.poe the flying scene with marshall and barney was great…and all of the background stuff going on with robin were fantastic also

and no…nobody wants alex luthor..everytime i read a ask matty questionare it seems like the responses to questions get more bitter.. he keeps mentioning that they need more fan support on the dc product…this isn't going to help matters any

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:56 +0000

I don't know Scott. Personally, I don't really believe anything Mattel says especially that most of their orders are 1-2 figure orders.

At least in my area, I know of ebay sellers, Comic book store owners, over 20 toy convention sellers, who have bought in bulk the MOTUC figures.

A lot of sellers that haven't been putting them up ebay want to save them up for an investment.

I think the MOTUC figures are hot because of the scalpers more than the fans. Heman and Beastman went from 25-30 bucks…then SKYROCKETED to 70-100 each when matty sold out.

By: Newton Gimmick

Newton Gimmick — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:08:39 +0000

No interest in Luthor or Ultraman.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:49:09 +0000

Mattel's already said that the vast majority of orders are for 1-2 figures. They say that very few people order 10. Some of those that do are legitimately for overseas buyers buying together.

There are 61 completed auctions and 13 current auctions for Faker on ebay right now. For Stratos, 88 completed, 26 current. Even if it turns out to be hundreds of each sold by re-sellers including other internet sites, a few hundred lost sales out of probably 10-20,000 produced figures is not going to make or break the line.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:04 +0000

Alexander Luthor looks like an adult over the hill male cheerleader. lol I'd buy a killer moth over him any day.

I'm pretty excited about Merman and I'm thinking increasing numbers of MOTUC figures will backfire as well. Unfortunately, what I think will happen is after Mattel increases production, less people will resort to ebay and when scalpers (who buy in bulk) lose interest, Mattel will have a lot of left over stock.

I think the line sells out instantly because all the Mattel stock gets transfered to ebay. If this were ever to be made in too many quantities, the orders would lessen because of a decrease in demand due to diminishing hype.

Then again, I maybe wrong but if Mattel overproduces to the point that'll effect the "scalpers" "incentive" to scalp…then I'm sticking to my story.