Moss Man day has left many-a collector mentally exhausted, but we have the latest round of answers from Toy Guru and Matty. Check ’em out!
1. Can you tell us why, from a design/engineering standpoint, was the choice made to put a hole in the forehead of the “original toy” head on the MOTUC She-Ra figure? Was it not possible to have it “clip” on the side of her hair? Many fans have expressed concern for future characters with masks (like Catra), are you looking a a more aesthetically pleasing way to attach the masks?
The She-Ra figure is not designed to be displayed with her tiara off. We may look at doing a helmet/tiara-less head in the future but, in this case, the “hole” is used as a mechanism to display the tiara in either direction, either toy look or cross sell look. It really isn’t mean to be displayed off. We could have opted to sculpt both tiaras to her head directly since a clip on was tried and did not work. By doing the “hole” it allowed fans to display the vintage toy tiara in two different ways, so really, we were trying to go the extra mile here and give fans more!
2. Looking down the road a bit – if/when Ghostbusters 3 hits that big screen, should the current GB line go to retail would an in-scale (i.e. 1:12 scale or Movie Masters scale) Ecto-1 be a real possibility at retail? The car is such an iconic part of the team, we must have one for our collections!
It is really way too early to comment on “Ghostbusters 3” anything at this point. In the world of wishlist toys, an in-scale Ecto-1 for 6-inch figures would be very cool and would likely take a movie to get made.
3. You have hinted at there being some different (not 2-packs) SKUs for DCUC on Matty Collector in the future, is that still in the cards for something like boxsets or the like? If so, when can we get a reveal?
We will have more to announce at SDCC!
4. So, Battle Cat sold out fast – you have to consider him a success, correct? Since he is a huge, articulated figure would something like an unarticulated Sky Sled (mimicking the original) be a real possibility now in the MOTUC line? It seems like it would be smaller and require less tooling so it feels like it would be an option.
Yes, Battle Cat’s quick sale has definitely given us the leverage to start looking into the possibility of smaller vehicles. We’ve always wanted to do vehicles and playsets for that matter, but we need to make sure the fan base is there before embarking on these larger more tooling intense offerings. Also keep in mind that with Battle Cat we knew we could reuse the tool several times for several cat characters rather than just a vehicle that is a one use tool. Battle Cat is more of an investment compared to a vehicle for Mattel.
5. While the DCUC line is building a gigantic collection, there are still TON (probably hundreds) of characters still left out there to do. Getting them in by 2012 would seem like a long shot, even at this point. Does your current agreement run through the END of 2012 or is the first of that year the cutoff? Has it been re-upped yet?
The current agreement runs through December 31, 2012.
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