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DC Direct to Announce Batman: Arkham Asylum Figures in Toyfare #156

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DC Direct's Batman: Black and White Statue for Batman: Arkham Asylum

Fans of the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game have been clamoring for action figures, and DC Direct is stepping up to the plate. According to Previews, Toyfare #156, on newsstands on June 9, will reveal DC Direct’s upcoming line of Arkham Asylum toys.

At DC Direct’s show room at Toy Fair (the event in January, not the magazine), Jim Fletcher told us that they used the 3D materials from Rocksteady to produce their Arkham Asylum Bats in their Black and White statue line. So I’m confident that the figures will be look great – I’m just wondering how much articulation they’ll put into the figures. I hope it has as much as the awesome Arkham Asylum Batman custom by DoubleDealer.

TOYFARE #156 BATMAN ARKHAM DC DIRECT CVR

Heads up, game boys and virtual girls. The only thing better than toys and video games are toys based on video games, and ToyFare #156 is packed with all three! Get ready for the sequel to the best comic book video game of all time as we go inside DC Direct’s red-hot new toy line based on Batman: Askham Asylum. New figures will make their world debut and Arkham Asylum Batman will appear on one of our covers.

Then, get a sneak peek at some of 2010’s hottest video games and hottest video game toys, featuring companies like NECA, DC Unlimited, Square Enix and more. One of the coolest video game collectibles of all time–the insanely detailed Gears of War bust from TriForce–appears on our second cover.

All this, plus new toys in Incoming, Big Shots and, in Twisted ToyFare, it’s the long-awaited return of Mego Spider-Man! It’s been over a year since he graced our pages…who knows what kind of craziness he’s going to get himself into now.

via PREVIEWS: The Comic Shop’s Catalog! – Product Details.

AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 4/2/10 – the Real Deal

Some people sure got heated in their reaction to Toy Guru’s Magic 8-Ball April Fool’s prank yesterday. Did you really think he would leave us hanging? He’s supposed to be on vacation, but he still took the time to send us the real answers for this session. Thanks to Toy Guru and Mattel!

1. This may be a little early, but Raven is on my mind with Collect & Connect Trigon coming soon. Is Mattel planning to do another Fan’s Choice for DC Universe Classics in conjunction with Toyfare this year? And with respect to runner-ups from the prior votes, are any of those characters on the table for the upcoming year?

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Yes, we do plan to do another fan’s choice contest, but for 2011, it will be for a Collect and Connect figure! Yes, we do have plans for some of the runner’s up. More details at SDCC.

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AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 4/1/10

Please find below the bi-monthly answers to your “Ask Mattel” questions.  Scott is currently out of the office but asked us to provide answers on his behalf.  We know he is the “Toy Guru” and an expert on all things Matty Collector so to keep the same quality of answers you’re readers are used to, we consulted with an answer expert – please go ahead and post these as the official Mattel answers.  You can go ahead and forward your April 15th questions to Scott directly.

Sometimes, I don’t know why we bother with these Q&A sessions. All we ever get are these non-answers, session after session after session. And even though we are getting our answers from someone else this go around, it’s just more of the same.

1. This may be a little early, but Raven is on my mind with Collect & Connect Trigon coming soon. Is Mattel planning to do another Fan’s Choice for DC Universe Classics in conjunction with Toyfare this year? And with respect to runner-ups from the prior votes, are any of those characters on the table for the upcoming year?

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Yes.

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Masters of the Universe Classics Evil-Lyn, Hordak, Weapons Pak, and More on Sale April 19

The MattyCollector.com sales date in April was moved from April 15 to April 19 to accommodate more improvements in the sales process at Digital River. Quick sellouts will continue, though, since the production increases don’t kick in until this summer. So if you’re looking to pick up Evil-Lyn (and who isn’t?) you will need to be quick.

4/19 SALE REMINDER: Evil-Lyn®, Weapons Pak & More

Toy Fans,

Just a reminder that our next sale is Monday, April 19th. Items we’ve confirmed will be ready to ship include:

It starts Monday, April 19th at 12:00 noon Eastern (9:00am Pacific), so be sure to mark your calendar. We send out reminder emails, so if you haven’t registered yet, click here!

−Matty

via MattyCollector.com Online Store.

Reminder: Masters of the Universe Classics Moss Man, Stratos and More On Sale 3/15

Monday is the MattyCollector.com sale date for March, and Mattel has been warning that while they’re working on the issues with Digital River, we’re likely to see the same kind of performance this month. For more details see this post on Facebook about Moss Man’s production, this post about 3/15 sales info and this post about the Club Eternia subscription process on the MattyCollector.com forums. The net – fixing the production numbers and ordering issues will take some time.

So put on your hard hat and get ready to hit the “bundle” page to make your ordering just a little bit easier. Good luck!

3/15 Sale Reminder: Moss Man®, Stratos® & Scarecrow

Toy Fans,

A quick reminder that our next sale is coming up on Monday, March 15th! Click on our convenient “bundle” page and here are the figures you’ll find:

The sale starts at 12:00 noon Eastern (9:00am Pacific), so be sure to mark your calendar. I can also send you a reminder email, so if you haven’t registered yet, click here!

—Matty

P.S. You can also follow me on Twitter and get reminders there, too.

via MattyCollector.com Online Store.

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