Comments on: Ask Mattel Answers for Mid-November http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sadman2000 http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16202 sadman2000 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:07 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16202 I got away from DCUC a while back due to price and turned to NECA for my figure fix. The Dante issue has me wondering.... what the hell? However, I would love Wal-marts to start carrying DCUC all over. I live in Southeast KS where the only option for ANY decent collector figures is the internet. I want that to change. I got away from DCUC a while back due to price and turned to NECA for my figure fix. The Dante issue has me wondering…. what the hell? However, I would love Wal-marts to start carrying DCUC all over. I live in Southeast KS where the only option for ANY decent collector figures is the internet. I want that to change.

]]> By: Kid Nicky http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16190 Kid Nicky Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:55:28 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16190 I already knew I could BUY stands for my figures,the question was could the overpriced figures I have to check 6 stores for before I find please INCLUDE a thin 3-cent stand? I already knew I could BUY stands for my figures,the question was could the overpriced figures I have to check 6 stores for before I find please INCLUDE a thin 3-cent stand?

]]> By: Motorthing http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16101 Motorthing Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:56:38 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16101 Let's be fair - Mattel doesn't give a shit about ANY of it's potential customers......... And NOBODY loves dynamic poses in the package, it's like admitting you like your toys broken. More Meh from Matty. Let's be fair – Mattel doesn't give a shit about ANY of it's potential customers………

And NOBODY loves dynamic poses in the package, it's like admitting you like your toys broken.

More Meh from Matty.

]]> By: Mark http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16093 Mark Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:39:22 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16093 @<a href="#comment-16089" rel="nofollow">Fengschwing</a>: Asda got in some Wal-Mart exclusive Transformers Ramjet figures. Lets fave it, unlike Hasbro, Mattel really couldn't care about UK fans for any of their products. @Fengschwing: Asda got in some Wal-Mart exclusive Transformers Ramjet figures.

Lets fave it, unlike Hasbro, Mattel really couldn't care about UK fans for any of their products.

]]> By: barbecue17 http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16092 barbecue17 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:35:38 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16092 So, has anyone noticed that a few sites have been absent for the past few q&a's? I haven't seen any questions from toynewsi or oafe in a few months...am I just missing them? So, has anyone noticed that a few sites have been absent for the past few q&a's? I haven't seen any questions from toynewsi or oafe in a few months…am I just missing them?

]]> By: Fengschwing http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16089 Fengschwing Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:23:33 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16089 Thanks for asking for me Poe, much appreciated. I'll just keep going to ASDA and having a scout round, you never know, they inexplicably got the Mojo wave of Legends which I picked up for under 15 bucks your money, I may get lucky....prolly not. Thanks for asking for me Poe, much appreciated.

I'll just keep going to ASDA and having a scout round, you never know, they inexplicably got the Mojo wave of Legends which I picked up for under 15 bucks your money, I may get lucky….prolly not.

]]> By: Emerald http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16087 Emerald Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:07:34 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16087 @<a href="#comment-16080" rel="nofollow">Thomas B</a>: It does not cost any more to engineer a swivel joint than it does a ball jointed one. What can happen though, is each chest piece (front and back) can have a 2-piece mold each and as one piece wears out (eg. the inner designed pieces to accommidate the joints - of which the sculptor does not create BTW) another guy might come along and re-engineer the new inside tooling to work another way. Then, once sonic welded together the finished chest piece looks no different. But while the outside can look the same the inside is completely re-engineered. A lot of people close to the production can wind up not even being aware of the fact until customers point it out, which is why I think these public internet forums are so important for the industry. If fans want ball-jointed necks back on their figures they best get loud about it quickly as the problem can't be corrected in any new figures for nearly a half a year! @Thomas B: It does not cost any more to engineer a swivel joint than it does a ball jointed one. What can happen though, is each chest piece (front and back) can have a 2-piece mold each and as one piece wears out (eg. the inner designed pieces to accommidate the joints – of which the sculptor does not create BTW) another guy might come along and re-engineer the new inside tooling to work another way. Then, once sonic welded together the finished chest piece looks no different. But while the outside can look the same the inside is completely re-engineered. A lot of people close to the production can wind up not even being aware of the fact until customers point it out, which is why I think these public internet forums are so important for the industry.

If fans want ball-jointed necks back on their figures they best get loud about it quickly as the problem can't be corrected in any new figures for nearly a half a year!

]]> By: Thomas B http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16080 Thomas B Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:28:55 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16080 monkeyboy- yeh not bad. look at the questions and think logically about how they WOULD answer them and we can actually glean some info from them. 1. they answered no in a round about way. 2. well, obviously they would not answer this but she was announced yesterday and will be shown dec 9th in toyfare. 3. it isnt up to them what wal-mart does with their stock plain and simple. Mattel sells it wall mart buys it. just like wal mart can't dictate what I do with the toys after I buy them. 4. they basically answered yes 5. they answered no for now but told us where to buy some haha seems pretty straight forward to me @<a href="#comment-16073" rel="nofollow">dayraven</a>: yeah i wondered about the head joint. it seems like it would be just as easy to give the heads a ball joint as it would be to give them a swivel joint. i figured since they had swivel joints they may have been a new upper torso since swivel and ball joints are obviously dif and that is what made me pause and say WTF? lol i still am perplexed how it would cost more to have a simple ball joint head over a swivel head. monkeyboy- yeh not bad. look at the questions and think logically about how they WOULD answer them and we can actually glean some info from them.

1. they answered no in a round about way.
2. well, obviously they would not answer this but she was announced yesterday and will be shown dec 9th in toyfare.
3. it isnt up to them what wal-mart does with their stock plain and simple. Mattel sells it wall mart buys it. just like wal mart can't dictate what I do with the toys after I buy them.
4. they basically answered yes
5. they answered no for now but told us where to buy some haha

seems pretty straight forward to me

@dayraven:

yeah i wondered about the head joint. it seems like it would be just as easy to give the heads a ball joint as it would be to give them a swivel joint.

i figured since they had swivel joints they may have been a new upper torso since swivel and ball joints are obviously dif and that is what made me pause and say WTF? lol

i still am perplexed how it would cost more to have a simple ball joint head over a swivel head.

]]> By: Zach http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16079 Zach Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:17:20 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16079 Thanks for asking my question, Poe! Not exactly that answer I was looking for, but, thems the breaks. I <em>really </em>don't like the dynamic posing, but I know how to fix 'em a little. I just wish I didn't have to. Thanks for asking my question, Poe! Not exactly that answer I was looking for, but, thems the breaks. I really don't like the dynamic posing, but I know how to fix 'em a little. I just wish I didn't have to.

]]> By: dayraven http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-november.html#comment-16073 dayraven Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:06:51 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8312#comment-16073 @<a href="#comment-16064" rel="nofollow">Thomas B</a>: new torso molds? no way, that kind of thing could be as simple as the manner the head connects to the ball in the neck, or changing the shape of the ball to a flat headed mushroom, like what you see in the biceps and thighs. you wouldn't have to mod the torso at all, and the heads are already being done exclusive to each figure... i suspect all they're doing is modding the neck ball. @Thomas B: new torso molds? no way, that kind of thing could be as simple as the manner the head connects to the ball in the neck, or changing the shape of the ball to a flat headed mushroom, like what you see in the biceps and thighs. you wouldn't have to mod the torso at all, and the heads are already being done exclusive to each figure… i suspect all they're doing is modding the neck ball.

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