@Barbeque17: That was too funny! I'm sitting here reading that at work and I literally laughed out loud… and everyone turned their heads looking at me like I'm funny.
So we'll have Birthday Party Ray & Winston with party hats and "Bonus Accessory" He-Man!
A year into the Ghostbusters line with announcements made on pretty much the next year's worth of figures, we've yet to see or hear anything regarding the Stay Puft Marshamallow Man. Is Stay Puft actually on the drawing board as to how he would be executed, time of release, etc, or is he just on the list of things that would be nice to get around to at some stage if the line survives that long? Ditto with the Terror Dogs.
Would an eventual Dana Barrett figure be more likely to be a Zuul-posessed dress figure to match the upcoming Louis Tully, or a more 'civilian' look from earlier in the film?
We're still waiting on any further word regarding the fur-only Modern Cheetah variant that you said you had a plan for release of. Anything further you can tell us yet or is that consigned to the lucky few who already got them from Amazon and the like at the time of that wave's release?
On the Matty Collector forums there was mention made that no further DCUC complete wave box sets would be sold through the site. As an international customer this is very disappointing. Is there any chance that this decision might be revisited in the future so that international fans can get DCUC figures without having to go through 3rd parties and their extremely expensive shipping prices? It'd probably create far too much ire with US-based fans but even putting up a reduced number of wave sets that are only available to international fans?
Remember how in Ghostbusters 2, Ray and Winston show up at a kids party and the kids start chanting that they want He-Man? Mattel could easily repackage a He-Man figure and pass it off as a reference to a Ghostbusters 2 line: Imagine that?
1. Will there be some quality improvement as regards the loose-foot-joints-issue of MOTUC figures?
2. Will we see something like a 6" Ghostbusters accessory pack including at least up to 4 proton beams to go with all the figures that have been released so far?
3. Will there be single carded release of ghosts for the 6" GB line?
Nicholai: Aren't you excited for "Job Interview Winston" or "Hangin' Outside the Symphony Hall for Waiting for Dana Venkman" and of course my favorite, "Nighttime Ray" with swappable "Oh-face" head.
To piggyback on the MOTUC quality control question, ToyGuru stated on he-man.org that the poor quality control on Orko's ears was "unacceptable." What will Mattel do to rectify this situation? Will replacement heads be issued to dissatisfied customers?
Can we expect more non-main Ghostbuster figures in the line. Louis Tully was the only thing we got from SDCC and I can only take so many variants of Peter, Egon, Ray, and Winston?
Will anything ever be done for fans who have had the plastic on the Goddess figure crumble away? This seems like it needs to be addressed, as the figure is less than 1 year old and is from a premium collector targeted line sold at 20 dollars each.
anecdotally, it seems a lot of fans are having more frequent issues w/ the QC of the motuc figs they've recieved, w/ loose joints in the ankles and bicep swivels being the most frequent complaint. is mattel addressing these issues?
MotUC has generally followed the vintage line in terms of names until we got to King Hsss. Can you explain why the character was not named in line with his vintage name, King Hiss instead?
Mattel has acquired the Voltron property, but did not give out any news about the line at SDCC. When can we expect some news about Voltron?
Mattel made the Brave Starr toys in the 80s. Does Mattel still have the rights to produce these figures currently?
Can Mattel explain the choice of characters for the DCUC Legion of Superheroes 12-pack? Will the DCUC Legion of Superheroes 12-pack be available on Matty?
Thomas B
mattel:
fix the ankles! They are for a lack of a better term, the achilles heel of the MOTUC line.
PrfktTear
@Barbeque17: That was too funny! I'm sitting here reading that at work and I literally laughed out loud… and everyone turned their heads looking at me like I'm funny.
So we'll have Birthday Party Ray & Winston with party hats and "Bonus Accessory" He-Man!
Mark
Any chance you would release the unproduced second series Bavestarr figures as they were originally?
Sledgehama
A year into the Ghostbusters line with announcements made on pretty much the next year's worth of figures, we've yet to see or hear anything regarding the Stay Puft Marshamallow Man. Is Stay Puft actually on the drawing board as to how he would be executed, time of release, etc, or is he just on the list of things that would be nice to get around to at some stage if the line survives that long? Ditto with the Terror Dogs.
Would an eventual Dana Barrett figure be more likely to be a Zuul-posessed dress figure to match the upcoming Louis Tully, or a more 'civilian' look from earlier in the film?
We're still waiting on any further word regarding the fur-only Modern Cheetah variant that you said you had a plan for release of. Anything further you can tell us yet or is that consigned to the lucky few who already got them from Amazon and the like at the time of that wave's release?
On the Matty Collector forums there was mention made that no further DCUC complete wave box sets would be sold through the site. As an international customer this is very disappointing. Is there any chance that this decision might be revisited in the future so that international fans can get DCUC figures without having to go through 3rd parties and their extremely expensive shipping prices? It'd probably create far too much ire with US-based fans but even putting up a reduced number of wave sets that are only available to international fans?
Thanks!
Russ
what was the logistics reason for not including ghosts as accessories with Egon or Peter?
I can sorta figure this one out myself, but I want to hear it from the source.
Barbecue17
@PrfktTear:
Remember how in Ghostbusters 2, Ray and Winston show up at a kids party and the kids start chanting that they want He-Man? Mattel could easily repackage a He-Man figure and pass it off as a reference to a Ghostbusters 2 line: Imagine that?
*note: sarcasm"
RocketPunch
The Ghostbusters 2 Winston with Slimer Blower is missing the football pads-style chest armour, will this be corrected before release?
Too-Man-E-Faces
1. Will there be some quality improvement as regards the loose-foot-joints-issue of MOTUC figures?
2. Will we see something like a 6" Ghostbusters accessory pack including at least up to 4 proton beams to go with all the figures that have been released so far?
3. Will there be single carded release of ghosts for the 6" GB line?
Matt
Will there be a re-release of the Action League Atom figure? Maybe in a two pack with Batman or Aquaman?
Tom-Tom
Will the TRU exclusive Joker figure have the improved neck joint, or the "triple bar bell" the standard release had?
PrfktTear
Nicholai: Aren't you excited for "Job Interview Winston" or "Hangin' Outside the Symphony Hall for Waiting for Dana Venkman" and of course my favorite, "Nighttime Ray" with swappable "Oh-face" head.
Heli
To piggyback on the MOTUC quality control question, ToyGuru stated on he-man.org that the poor quality control on Orko's ears was "unacceptable." What will Mattel do to rectify this situation? Will replacement heads be issued to dissatisfied customers?
Nicholai
Can we expect more non-main Ghostbuster figures in the line. Louis Tully was the only thing we got from SDCC and I can only take so many variants of Peter, Egon, Ray, and Winston?
Barbecue17
Will anything ever be done for fans who have had the plastic on the Goddess figure crumble away? This seems like it needs to be addressed, as the figure is less than 1 year old and is from a premium collector targeted line sold at 20 dollars each.
dayraven
anecdotally, it seems a lot of fans are having more frequent issues w/ the QC of the motuc figs they've recieved, w/ loose joints in the ankles and bicep swivels being the most frequent complaint. is mattel addressing these issues?
DollarComics.com
@Novelty:
I second that BRAVESTARR inquiry!!!
DollarComics.com
Are there ANY plans to go 3.75 with the Ghostbusters or MOTU line?
I know we have Infinite Heroes/GL upcoming, but what about non DC properties in that scale?
Fengschwing
Has the sale of DCUC wave 5 been considered a success and if so, will we see re-releases of entire waves or single figures in the future?
There is, as you are well aware, a massive clamoring for Gentleman Ghost…
jestergoblin
Any release date for the DC Universe Action League figures?
Novelty
MotUC has generally followed the vintage line in terms of names until we got to King Hsss. Can you explain why the character was not named in line with his vintage name, King Hiss instead?
Mattel has acquired the Voltron property, but did not give out any news about the line at SDCC. When can we expect some news about Voltron?
Mattel made the Brave Starr toys in the 80s. Does Mattel still have the rights to produce these figures currently?
Can Mattel explain the choice of characters for the DCUC Legion of Superheroes 12-pack? Will the DCUC Legion of Superheroes 12-pack be available on Matty?
Has the Avatar toy line been discontinued?