1.) Damien asks: How committed is Mattel to providing plenty of new sculpts in the WWE line? There already seems to be a growing issue, especially in the BASICS line, with characters getting sculpts way too muscular for them. Fans are getting concerned that Mattel will continue the JAKKS trend of utilizing completely incorrect body types over and over again to reduce costs.
Our goal for the collector lines is to continue to pursue real “Superstar Scale.” We do this by literally had every Superstars go through a digital body scan to capture their physical attributes and visible body markings, which ensures characters like Big Show is physically larger than Rey Mysterio, just like in real life. There will be lots of new sculpts to ensure this scale accuracy.
2.) Snakeeyes22 asks: With so many standard style MOTUC figures done, how will you go about creating the vintage characters who looked so unique and whose actions were essential to the character, like Roboto and Modulok? I’d gladly and patiently accept a smaller number of these characters that may demand more tooling than usual per year rather than sacrificing vital traits.
Roboto and Modulok would clearly take more uniquely tool’d parts compared to other vintage characters like He-Man and Man-At-Arms who can share parts. Nothing to announce now, but we will do our best to create new parts when needed.
3.) Gambit320 asks: Is there a chance we’ll see more than just the Lion Voltron? Are previously toy-only robots like Gladiator and Dinosaur Voltron possible or do they have rights issues preventing them from being made?
At this time it is way too early to comment on Voltron specifics. We are committed to doing both kid and collector lines.
4.) sammybj asks: Are you going to re-release DCUC waves 2, 3 and 8? Because there is a whole lot of people that want those waves.
No plans to announce right now, but with the success of Wave 5 we are looking into other waves to possibly re-release.
5.) captainzero asks: Any chance of the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl being put back on the schedule?
Those characters, despite being in a few retailer lists, never made it past the planning stage. We don’t have plans for them now, but it doesn’t mean we can’t get to them down the line.
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