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Masters of the Universe Classics Zodak

Masters of the Universe Classics Zodak with He-Man and Man-at-Arms
Masters of the Universe Classics Zodak with He-Man and Man-at-Arms

I’m a bit confused.  Yes, my Masters of the Universe Classics Zodak arrived.  And today, I finally received shipping notification for my subscription figure for Teela, over a week after she and Zodak went on sale.  And my credit card – no charges yet for either (not that I’m complaining!)  I guess Mattel and Digital River (who runs their Mattycollector site) have some kinks to iron out.

But let’s talk about Zodak!  Of the 200X Masters redesigns, Zodak was one of my favorites.  I liked that they made him black – let’s face it – the only minorities in the original line were bad guys.  I liked the tats.  And I really liked the removable helmet.  So when Mattel announced Zodak after releasing Zodac in his back to white classic appearance, I was pretty psyched.

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DC Universe Classics Deadman Variant Press Pics

With most of the “extra” tooling Mattel is doing for the DC Universe Classics Wave 11 Steppenwolf (they’ve got both a classic comic version and a Super Powers version coming), for Deadman it’s a simpler variant.  The “phasing” Deadman will be a chase figure.

New Deadman images

Just got samples of the Wave 11 DCUC Deadman variant. This chase version has clear feet and hands and glow in the dark paint on the face and chest symbol!

Matty

via Facebook | Mattycollector.com: New Deadman images.

Raven Wins ToyFare DC Universe Classics Fan Choice Poll

When the news of Raven winning the DC Universe Classics fan poll, guaranteeing her a spot in wave 15 next year, here were my initial thoughts:

The more I think about it, fan polls in which toy companies guarantee they’ll make the winner(s) don’t serve any purpose other than generating hype. When the companies pick who goes on the poll, they only pick guys that they would make anyways – otherwise, what happens if a character who can’t be made wins?

Then, fans of the ones who don’t win get disappointed because they know that their choices can’t get made before the winner, since that would negate the overall fan choice. And then there’s always the risk that the losers will never get made, based on how they did in the poll, when the poll is already stacked with the companies’ choices.

Of course, I’d feel differently if Catman won the first poll and Toyman won the second. 😀

After posting the ToyFare and Hasbro Star Wars fan poll news earlier, I was glad to see a poll where the majority of choices ended up getting made.  Let’s hope for the same with the recent polls from Mattel and Hasbro.

FansChoice_RavenDC Universe Fan Choice Announced

And the winner is…

My friends at ToyFare magazine ran a poll asking fans to help decide which character Mattel should add to the DC Universe Classics line. The votes have been tallied and the reader choice is:

Raven

Fans chose between Raven, Freddy Freeman, Toyman, Geo-Force, Libra, and Uncle Sam. Raven won by a landslide, so she joins DCUC Wave 15 in Winter 2010. To find out which competitor Raven beat by a two-to-one margin, pick up issue #148 on newsstands now!

—Matty

via MattyCollector.com Online Store.

Masters of the Universe Classics Teela Sales Update

Concerned about not getting a shipping notice on your Mattycollector.com order from last week?  Rest a little easier – Mattel posted a couple of Facebook updates today.  Read on.

Mattycollector To clear the air, subscribers will be getting Teela. She is NOT on backorder. Customer service has been giving out some incorrect information and we are working with them to correct this. Going forward, we will make sure subscriber figures are shipped first along with a confirmation email. We apologize for this inconvenience!

Trying to clear things up

Hey fans,

We know there has been a lot of confusion floating around on some recent orders and misinformation. I’ll do my best to clear this up.

We did switch over our customer service to Digital River, and it appears a few customer service reps have been going “off book” and giving out some incorrect info. Here is the latest:

MOTU Classics Wun-Dar
MOTU Classics Wun-Dar

1: Wun-Dar is most definitely the subscription figure only. He will only be available if you purchased a 2010 Club Eternia subscription and will be mailed out in the spring along with the all new poster. Wun-Dar will not be sold in any other way. If you did not purchase a subscription, you will not be getting Wun-dar. Nothing has changed on Wun-Dar from our original plans announced at SDCC 2009.

2: All 2009 subscribers WILL be getting Teela. The shipping confirmation should have gone out immediately and I apologize for this not happening. Going forward, we have made it very clear to Digital River that subscription figures need to ship out first (along with confirmation emails).

This may not have been the smoothest sale, but everyone will get their product.

I’ll do my best to keep an eye on Facebook and answer any other pressing questions. Unless you hear an announcement from me, there shouldn’t be any major changes. We’ll talk to Digital River and make sure their customer service reps are up on the latest info and training!

Doing all we can to correct these issues! Nothing is more important then creating a smooth process and pleasing our fans. Not every sale goes by the book, but we are working on fixing all of these issues. Thanks for everyone’s understanding!

Matty

via Facebook | Mattycollector.com: Trying to clear things up.

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