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Secret Wars is a much-beloved toy line that was a tie-in to the Marvel Comics Secret Wars 12-issue limited series by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and Bob Layton. The toy line was produced by Mattel in 1984 and 1985.
Captain America was part of the first of three series of figures, the last of which was released internationally. The Doom Roller was one of three Dr. Doom-related vehicles released in the line.
Mattel updated their Facebook page with loose and packaged pictures of DC Universe Classics Wave 9 – Black Adam, Black Canary, Guardian, Deadshot, Green Arrow, Mantis (with human and robot variants), and Wildcat (with black and blue variants). The two Mantises (Mantii?) are labeled as variants, suggesting a close to even ratio, while the blue Wildcat is labeled a chase figure. They also have a shot of the completed Chemo Collect and Connect figure. If I’m not mistaken, all the loose pictures with the exception of the blue chase variant of Wildcat are two-ups.
The question now is when these will start hitting shelves. Most online retailers show this hitting in 3rd quarter, which is right around the corner. However no auctions with figures in hand or even pre-sales are up on Ebay, so I’m guessing we’ve still got a while to go.
We got an update from Toy Guru that next week’s Q&A would be the last before August, so our strategy to save up all the hard-hitting questions until the July 15 Q&A was tragically flawed. On the plus side, a lot of our questions were going to be about what lines would they have on hand at the show, when their panels were going to be, and what exclusives were they selling – and Mattel just posted all of that info on Mattycollector.com.
One license that I was expecting but is not in the announcement is WWE – they’ve told us in the past that with the license due to kick off in 2010, they wouldn’t be sharing any information until San Diego at the earliest. We’ll try to find out whether they’ll be talking about WWE at San Diego.
San Diego Comic-Con 2009—New Toys & More
By Matty
Comic-Con is coming!
For us toy collectors, the granddaddy of events has to be San Diego Comic-Con. The 2009 show starts July 23rd (preview night July 22nd) and runs through July 26th, and this year I’m bringing more cool stuff than ever before!
FAN PANELS
First off, we’ll have not one, but TWO fan panels at the show:
Mattel & DC Comics, a Powerful Partnership
Friday, JULY 24
11:00 AM – 12:00 NOON
ROOM 2
MattyPalooza
Friday, JULY 24
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
ROOM 2
NEW PRODUCTS
Then, visit me at Booth #2845, and you’ll find tons of new toys either just coming on the market or soon to come. We’ll have Ghostbusters™, DC Universe, DC Universe Classics, Infinite Heroes, Justice League Unlimited, Masters of the Universe Classics, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Disney/Pixar CARS, Toy Story, Hot Wheels, Scene It? The DVD Game, and the insane new Mindflex game — plus a few surprises!
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT COMIC-CON
Products will be sold starting preview night. Customer service and safety is our number one priority, so we’ll have a separate booth run by our Toy Club to handle sales. Lines will only be allowed to get as long as the designated roped-off area, but “fast-pass” tickets will be handed out to reserve your spot later that day. Limits on all exclusives will be six per person, per visit to the Mattel booth.
If you choose to wait in line a second time, you’ll be eligible to buy another 6 figures (there will also be a limit of six figures for online purchases after the show). It should all go very smoothly for the best buying experience yet!
We’re going to have plenty of gotta-get products available for sale, including (click each for all the scoop):
Disney/Pixar CARS Toon Rescue Squad Mater
3-3/4″ scale Buzz Lightyear figure
DC Universe Infinite Heroes Anti-Monitor figure
Justice League Unlimited Green Lantern Origins 3-pack
DC Universe Classics Wonder Twins 2 pack
Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro figure
Ghostbusters™ Classics Dr. Egon Spengler™ with Slimer
Can’t make it to Comic-Con? Fear not, fair comic fan! You’ll be able to get everything listed above on MattyCollector.com starting at 12:00 Noon on Monday, August 3rd, except these items:
SDCC variant He-Ro
SDCC variant Buzz Lightyear (with “Andy” on his foot)
SDCC Gleek (but the onder Twins without Gleek will be available)
Whew! That’s it for now, but stay tuned to MattyCollector.com, because I’ll have more news as Comic-Con gets closer.
Khalil at Kastor’s Korner has posted some pics from the Four Horsemen at Wizard World Philly. The Question was a two-up (a prototype that’s sculpted at roughly 2x the size the figure will be in production). It’s a little more apparent here than in the pics of him in Toyfare magazine that the double-breasted coat is a separate piece and not part of the torso sculpt. Remind me to ask in an upcoming Ask Matty Q&A if there’s ab articulation under there.
For those of you who are Teela fans, what do you think of her badonkadonk? Personally, I’d like to see some more curves on her backside.
NEWS: WIZARD WORLD PHILLY
Kastor’s Korner was not able to attend Wizard World Philly this year, but our friend Pendragon was, and got some great pictures.
Sword-of-Grayskull, a poster at He-Man.org, was on hand at Wizard World Philly and took some pictures of a painted prototype of the upcoming Masters of the Universe Classics Teela. Unfortunately S-o-G had some camera issues, so there weren’t many clear shots of the “fixed”” booty. Still, you’ve got to applaud the effort.
Both this and the unpainted proto at NY Comic-Con featured Teela in her snake headdress. I am wondering if that is removable. Anyone know?
On display today at Wizard World Philadelphia, booth #400 – the Four Horsemen’s booth – was Teela in all her painted beauty. If you look at her rear, you’ll notice there’s also something different from NYCC.
At the 4HM’s panel, I asked them if there was anything different about this prototype from the one at NYCC. Cornboy replied, “You mean did we fix her booty?” And he said the answer was yes, they did go back and change it. Eric Treadway added that it was because of the “pages and pages” of “unanimous” opinion. Later I stopped by their booth to grab pics, and Cornboy was kind enough to take Teela out of the case so that I could get some clearer visuals (the glass was screwing up the focus on my camera, hence why the last couple of pics are a little fuzzy). So without further ado, here’s my photos:
