Toy Fair 2011 – Four Horsemen’s Toypocalypse

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What an awesome way to start off Toy Fair – with Toypocalypse, an art show held at Toy Tokyo, featuring 10 years of action figure goodness from the Four Horsemen. The show opened tonight and will run through next Thursday, but I felt compelled to go tonight, before the craziness of Toy Fair began.

The show space was packed full of 4H fans – but the really overwhelming part was just seeing all the toys that the 4H have had a big hand in getting to our shelves. One section of the show space was dedicated to a “making of” section for the next figure that will be gracing our shelves – the Fantastic Exclusive Gothitropolis Scarabus.

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Masters of the Universe Classics Club Eternia Subscribers – Powers of Grayskull Sticker

Don’t blame Digital River – by “vendor,” Mattel means the factory that was responsible for manufacturing and packaging the Preternia Disguise He-Man, not the oft-maligned company responsible for taking and fulfilling orders on the MattyCollector.com site.

I actually would prefer if they not obscure the view of the figure with these stickers, so this is win-win for me.

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR CLUB ETERNIA SUBSCRIBERS

When you get your February Club Eternia shipment, be sure to look inside for a “The Powers of Grayskull” sticker! It was intended to be on the package for Preternia Disguise He-Man, but due to a vendor error the sticker was left off.

To ensure the figure is complete, we’re sending a sticker you can apply yourself. It will be shipped loose along with all of the February Club Eternia items (Preternia Disguise He-Man, Bow, Shadow Beast, and the Etheria Map) so don’t forget to look for it inside the box!

-Matty

AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 2/1/11

Here’s the story – our questions for December 15 missed the deadline, and then I misplaced them when we got the answers back for January 15. But we’ll be back on the Ask Matty circuit when it starts up again after Toy Fair – and I’m sure we’ll have lots of questions following their Toy Fair presentation on February 13.

In any case, thanks to the Mattel team, and forgive us for the holiday and end-of-year-oriented questions, plus being a day late on top of that!

1) The holidays are right around the corner. What Mattel collector items might last minute shoppers find on the shelf, and what are your recommendations for best gifts this season?

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The GL five-pack at Wal-Mart and DCUC Wave 15 and 16 are great buys at retail!

Note: You can see AFP reviews for these items here:

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Master of the Universe Classics Sy-Klone Packaged Pics

We just got in the first packaged sample of Sy-Klone. Still making a few tweaks but we’re mostly there! Enjoy the preview. MattyCheck out that awesome lenticular sticker!All new bio for the Fist Flinging Tornado!

In case you missed the update earlier this week, here’s a preview of what you’ll be getting for packaging for the Masters of the Universe Classics Sy-Klone. Sy-Klone is coming our way as the Club Eternia figure for April.

Sy-Klone package revealed!

We just got in the first packaged sample of Sy-Klone. Still making a few tweaks but we’re mostly there! Enjoy the preview.

Matty

Second Batch of Masters of the Universe Classics Vikor on Sale Right Now

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If you missed out on him during his lightning fast sell-out last Tuesday, you’ve got another chance at the Masters of the Universe Classics Vikor *right now*! The second part of Mattel’s Vikor shipment came in and they put him on sale at Noon EST today. Still available at the time of publishing:

Check out Sandman’s quick pics of Vikor or MattK’s review at the Fwoosh if you’re still on the fence. Happy hunting!

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