Ask Mattel > Answers for November 1

1.) You recently announced that the Winston w/ Slime Blower was delayed. Is there any chance the delay is because you’re adding the “football pads” part of his outfit?

He is delayed to make him more accurate to the film. He will have the full vest and pads when released.

2.) RM asks: He-Ro (the 2009 SDCC Exclusive figure) is listed on the Matty site as Out of Stock, while Orko (the 2010 SDCC Exclusive) is listed as Gone For Good. In the past it has been said that all figures (except the original King Greyskull) weren’t off the table for potential re-release at some point, but the “Gone For Good” listing for Orko seems to suggest otherwise. Could you please clarify?

Orko may be back one day. We may need to update that label. Thanks for pointing this out.

3.) Dayraven asks: What accommodations are being made for the Cyber Monday sale as it pertains to site traffic… for example, a discount is being offered for the first hour of sales, but isn’t that penalizing folks who, due to nothing more than location, aren’t on 50Mbps Internet services? Also, with the last few months as testimony, there have been increasing delays in gaining access to complete an order, people have been kicked out of fully loaded order screen to the WSOD, etc… all of which could cost a customer, who’s on even twenty minutes early, to be unable to complete an order in the allotted “discount” timeframe.

We are making some major changes to the Mattycollector.com store that should make it a lot easier to purchase. This should be ready to launch by Nov 15th. Details to be announced soon. Also, the sale will go all day on Cyber Monday, not just the first hour.

4.) Fengschwing asks: As it seems that two packs of smaller characters are going to be arriving in the Green Lantern Wave, has Mattel given thought to a wave which foregoes a C’n’C part in lieu of a smaller figure? For example, Batman with Batmite, Green Lantern with a Guardian, Superman with Mister Mxyzptlk or Krypto and so on?

This is something we look into and perhaps one day you will see more small figures in lieu of C&C parts, but nothing to announce now.

5.) DTW asks: Any chance of Green Lantern Classics Wave 1 Manhunter having a “classic colors” variant (all-blue hands/gauntlets, blue “shorts,” no blue striping on chest, etc.)? The Infinite Heroes version used the classic color scheme, so it would be nice to see it in the 6-inch line as well.

While this is a good idea for a repaint down the line, no plans for it in GL Classics Wave 1.