Comments on: Ask Mattel > Answers for Mid-December ’09

By: Thomas B

Thomas B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:43:29 +0000

@Emerald: i don't see the size difference. BC looks just fine to me poe- they could use gygor again as a shadow beast with little to no new tooling. heck gygor could be a "good" shadow beast...a light beast? lol

By: Emerald

Emerald — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:55:22 +0000

@Poe: If you can wade through the annoying chick's schtick on G4's Attack of the Show, after her Matty advert, she holds up a Battle Cat with He-man sitting on it -- I suppose they got it instead of Fwoosh or AFI. Unlike the prototype, they have scaled the Battlecat down to its more original scaling. Very disappointing.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:56:21 +0000

Thank you for asking my question Poe.

I'll have to check them out when they are released.

By: fryman86

fryman86 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:07:16 +0000

I'd buy Keaton Batman and Nicholson Joker in a heartbeat. I'd even go for a Gordon (just to have a Pat Hingle Figure), and Bob, as well as Vale, Knox, Grissom and Eckhardt. I'd even go for Joker with hat and long coat from the final act, and a Museum Scene Joker with that other hat lol. Vale should come with her portfolio so Joker can call it crap.

By: dayraven

dayraven — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:25:22 +0000

@Poe: yeah, i haveto share the question here... i've read that elsewhere, that BC has been shrunk, but likewise have yet to see photos of production battle cat next to anything for reference... is this more mattel naysaying shit?

By: Poe

Poe — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:50:59 +0000

@Emerald: As far as I know, we haven't seen any photos of He-Man on a production Battle Cat. Why do you think he's going to be small?

By: Emerald

Emerald — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:20:40 +0000

I was excited for Battlecat seeing it at SDCC, until I saw how small they made him from the prototype. Now I'm not even sure I want to bother. The original was too small and Matty was so close to perfection here, but undoubtedly they decided to cut costs.

Tytus and Megator I figure are shoe-ins for their 1:6 scale 12" bodies (ala Ghostbusters and Zod). While the look might be different, I don't see them not saving $$ on that.

By: Mysterious Stranger

Mysterious Stranger — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:18:17 +0000

@Poe: They stated in another site's Q&A (I forget which) that they would share tooling within a brand but would not bring over tools from another brand (i.e. DCUC). So unless they backpeddle on that statement I'd say any Gygor or derivation would be an all new tool.

By: Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:00:26 +0000

I wonder if they consider Shadow Stalker a vehicle or beast, because he is probably my most wanted MOTUC character. The obvious benefit is that the mold can be use for him and Stridor.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:27:23 +0000

@Newton Gimmick: They didn't say anything new. All they said that additonal figures "can" be made with the Battle Cat base, not that they were going to. They've said that before.