Mattel news dump – Panthor, Gentleman Ghost, Weapons Rack

Mattel has dropped a whole load of previews–well, a few anyway–on us via their News page on Mattycollector.com. Info and links after the jump.

Toy Fans, Are You Sitting Down?

I hope so, because what follows is the biggest preview of products to come since SDCC! So get yourself a comfortable chair and prepare to be wowed…

Green Lantern Classics – Wave 2
Here’s your first official look at the second wave of dedicated Green Lantern comic-style figures! Includes interchangeable heads and hands on the two Green Lantern characters (Nautkeiloi and Medphyll), as well as the two Red Lantern characters (Skallox and Night Lik). Night Lik is an all new character created by the Four Horsemen and named by Geoff Johns. He will appear in an upcoming issue of Green Lantern, but appears first as a Mattel toy in the Green Lantern Classics line! This wave also includes a 3-pack of mini-characters: B’dg as a Green Lantern, Dex-Starr the Red Lantern, and Despotellis the Sinestro Corps member. The sixth and final figure is a Green Lantern movie preview figure, in movie style. For now, we can only show it in shadow… look for the full reveal in January in an issue of Toy Fare magazine!

Panthor – March 2011 Club Eterniaâ„¢ Monthly Figure
Back at SDCC, we showed a helmet in the display case. We can finally reveal that this spectacular large-scale beast is its owner! Includes saddle, newly sculpted head, and an all-new vintage style removable mask.

Ghostbustersâ„¢ Courtroom Peter
This new 6″ scale Peter Venkmanâ„¢ figure is our first single-carded Ghostbustersâ„¢ 2 figure! Comes with a brand-new Scalari Brother Ghost figure with swappable feet (flying feet and standing feet). NOTE: This figure will be released in January and Ghostbustersâ„¢ 2 Winston with Slime Blower has been moved out (release date TBD).

Walmart-Exclusive DCUC 2-Packs from Wave 1
All new 2-packs of best-selling, previously-released DCUC figures available only at Walmart! Just like all other previous 2-packs, these packs contain figures and accessories only, not the Collect and Connectâ„¢ figure parts. Packs include Gentleman Ghost/Hawkgirl, and Superman/Parasite.

MOTUC vs DCUC – Wave 2
Originally shown at SDCC, the next two MOTUC 2-packs feature original art from DC Comics and a collectable poster of both characters fighting it out! Packs include Hawkman vs Stratos and Aquaman vs Mer-Man.

MOTUC Weapons Pak Great Wars Assortment
The product was shown at SDCC and now here’s the package. It’ll be available November 15th 2010, so click here to see the full description.

MOTUC Weapons Rack
Coming spring 2011! Please note, this item will not be included in 2011 Club Eterniaâ„¢ subscriptions.

My thoughts, unwanted or otherwise:

  • Panthor looks…like Panthor (not that that’s stopped the inevitable He-Man.org complaining thread). A much cooler photo of Panthor, where he’s wearing the helmet, can be found on the Mattycollector Facebook page.
  • The Green Lantern Classics Wave 2 look awesome. I’m not really even a GL fan, but those are some great action figures.
  • Courtroom Peter – Pass, I’m afraid. I only need the core ‘Busters and maybe GB2 suited versions (w/ slimepack Ray and Winston). And why are we seeing him and not Slimeblower Winston? Winston comes out in January, CP’s next March. Never mind, I didn’t read the press release and am an idiot.
  • Walmart-exclusive DCUC 2-Packs: I’m glad people who want Gentleman Ghost are finally get him again, but holy crap, did Mattel actually just pass up another chance to release a light-blue Superman? They hate Superman fans, don’t they?
  • MOTUC vs. DCUC – Are the Hawkpeople really popular and I was just unaware?
  • Weapons Rack – I’m almost shocked to admit this, but I don’t know if I’m on board for this thing. Will it include any exclusive weapons? If not, I may have to think about it.