Here’s the latest Ask Matty Q&A. Thanks to Toy Guru and Mattel!
1. With Guy Gardner coming soon in the Green Lantern 5-pack, it dawned on me – we’re pretty darned close to having the core team members from the JLI. I won’t ask about our favorite Oreo-craving Martian, but will it be more difficult to get Fire and Ice in a regular Collect and Connect assortment because they’re female and not that active in today’s comics? And since Black Canary has seen a more classic release recently, is her JLI look off the table for the foreseeable future?
We’d love to get to all the figures and in the deco you mentioned. All are possible candidates but we can’t comment on unannounced figures!
2. You’ve said in prior Q&As that you were forgoing making figures for Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths because you wanted to see how the Superman Batman Public Enemies figures performed. Now that series 2 has hit retail, did the line do well enough to explore making more figure lines for the DC animated movies? Is Batman: Under the Red Hood under consideration, or is that coming too soon?
While we are very excited about all of the upcoming DC direct-to-DVD titles, we do not have plans to support any titles with toy lines for 2010 at this time.
3. On a related note, collectors have been hoping for more Crime Syndicate figures, and Crisis on Two Earths is helping to fuel the fire. Is there any reason why you couldn’t include those figures in the regular Collect and Connect assortments? After all, they’re just evil versions of the DC big hitters. Or would you prefer something like a box set if you were to do more Crime Syndicate characters?
Both a standard figure or a box set would be great ways to get out these fan demanded figures. Bill Benecke, lead designer for DCUC is, in particular, a HUGE fan of the Syndicate.
4. You’ve really piqued our interest in your description of the potential Club Eternia subscription – in particular, the description of oversized figures that may range from $30 to $60. Tytus is ginormous, but he’s only $40 – what could be big enough to warrant a $60 price tag? Hints would be great. Is this category restricted to figures, or could vehicles and playsets qualify too?
We are still exploring possible candidates for vehicles. A good example of a $60 SKU might be a very large creature or even a three-pack of standard size figures.
5. We really liked the reveals of the WWE Legends line at Toy Fair. When are the first and second waves due to hit stores, and how many waves of Legends should we expect to see in 2010?
The next few waves will hit in spring and late summer.
Here’s the other Ask Mattel Q&As from around the web (to be updated as they surface):
- ActionFigureInsider.com
- Bzzurkk
- ComicFigs.Net
- Cool Toy Review
- CriticalMess.net
- DC Hall of Justice
- Figures.com
- The Fwoosh
- He-Man.org
- ItsAllTrue.net
- JoeAcevedo.com
- Kastor’s Korner
- Pendragon’s Post
- Poe Ghostal’s Points of Articulation
- SuperHeroTimes.com
- Toy News International
- That New Toy Smell
WILL MATTEL TOYS EVER COME OUT WITH A SERIES 16 FROM THE DC CLASSICS 6″ ACTION FIGURE LINE
AND SO WHAT FIGURES WOULD BE IN THAT SERIES. I HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS. MAYBE THEY COULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: A VANDAL SAVAGE & (A GREY UNIFORM VARIANT), THE SHADE, BRAINIAC (IN HUMANOID FORM),GENERAL ZOD,URSA & NON (AS THEY APPEARED IN SUPERMAN II),PRESIDENT LEX LUTHOR IN A SUIT. AND THE BAF COULD BE APACHE CHIEF.