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Masters of the Universe Classics Trap Jaw Quick Pics

I hope you’ll forgive the makeshift photo setup. Mattel was kind enough to give Masters of the Universe Classics figures to people who attended their collector event – I was lucky enough to get Trap Jaw. We’re heading back home tomorrow, but my wife wanted to minimize the amount of stuff we are going to have to pack up – so since I was planning to open up Trap Jaw anyways, you’re getting the pics I could manage now instead of a few days from now.

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AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 2/16/10

Because we knew we’d get a lot of questions answered about our favorite Mattel toy lines at Toy Fair (click here for all our Mattel Toy Fair coverage), for this round of Q&A, we wanted to learn a little more about the person responsible for bringing them to all of us.

Scott “Toy Guru” Neitlich has stepped in to answer our questions this month! Scott is the Brand Manager working on Mattel’s DC, Ghostbusters and MOTU adult collector lines. Thanks to Toy Guru for this special edition of Ask Matty!

1. What was your favorite toy as a kid, and where is it now?

As a kid I was really into MOTU and Construx. Construx was a girder and bolt building system which until recently was still offered by Fisher-Price. I used to create whole worlds of military and space ships and still have the lead attack ship I built on my desk at home. My original He-Man is here at my office next to my Classics version!

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Reminder: Masters of the Universe Battle Cat, Trap Jaw, and More On Sale 2/16

Amidst all the Toy Fair news, it might be easy to forget that Tuesday is the MattyCollector sale date for February. You don’t want to miss Battle Cat and Trap Jaw!

2/16 Sale Reminder: Battle Cat®, The Justice Guild™ & More

Toy Fans,

Wanted to remind you our next sale is just around the corner on Tuesday, February 16th! It’s jam-packed with collector must-haves, including:

Battle Cat®

Man-At-Arms®

Castle Grayskull® Diorama & Stands

Trap Jaw™

The Justice Guild 4-Pack

The Joker with Missile Launcher

It 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

via MattyCollector.com Online Store.

Toy Fair 2010 – Interview with Mattel’s Scott Neitlich (Toy Guru), Part 2

Scott Neitlich, Mattel’s Associate Brand Manager for its collector-oriented lines, was kind enough to sit down with Hagop (my tag team partner from the Fwoosh) and me for a catch-up session following the Mattel Collectors Preview.

This is the second part of the interview – I wanted to title the article “Toy Guru Announces Jitsu” but then common sense prevailed. Part one of the interview is here.

H: Let’s go over what’s in store this year for Masters of the Universe.

TG: The line is composed of 12 monthly figures, 4 quarterly figures (although there might only be 3 this year) but ideally 4 standard 6” quarterly figures, and then 4 over-sized figures which could range from $30-$60 depending on how big they are. So Battlecat was the first, Tytus will be the second, and then Gy-Gor will be the third.

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Toy Fair 2010 – Interview with Mattel’s Scott Neitlich (Toy Guru), Part 1

We were all a little tired from the sensory overload, so a big thanks to Scott for taking the time to sit down with us, and to Hagop for recording and transcribing the interview. What follows is the first part of our discussion.

H: In other comic lines, we always hear about how obscure characters are hard to do because the retailers don’t want them. How are you able to pull off so many obscure characters in DCUC? I’m thinking of Killer Moth, Gentleman Ghost, Forager-in an exclusive wave no less.

TG: With the refresher cases and “all stars” retailers are getting Batman or Superman or whoever, every time they open a box, even if they’re not “in” the wave. And I think it just helps when the toy is cool looking. I mean, someone may walk by a Gentleman Ghost and just think, “That’s cool, I want that!” I’ve got him displayed in my office getting captured by the Ghostbusters.

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