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AFP Ask Matty Round-Up for 12/1/10

The crew from Mattel is back with another edition of Ask Matty. Our thanks to Toy Guru and the gang!

1) This may be a question for the Four Horsemen – what’s desired for the DC Universe Classics line for head size? Some of the early figures had heads on the smaller size, like Batman and Aquaman, while some of the more recent figures seem to have oversized heads, like Guy Gardner, Alan Scott, and OMAC. Is this an intentional move to make the heads bigger?

Sometimes it is intentional, based on character; sometimes it is due to tooling issues. We do strive for consistency but it is not a perfect world and sometimes not everything comes out the way design wants. In some cases, like with the corrected height Sinestro coming to TRU next month, we try to fix things when we can!

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Fantastic Exclusive Gothitropolis Scarabus Paint Masters

Wow – these look great! Wonder how they’re going to work with the interchangeable face plates.

They’re marching off to war! Actually these are shots of all of the Scarabus variant paint-masters waiting nice and patiently to be boxed up and sent over to the factories.

Although we’re going to ask to get these back, often the paint-masters are damaged beyond repair or even destroyed during production. Our fingers are crossed that this doesn’t happen to ours and we’ve been pretty fortunate with it in the past, but even if they do make it back to us intact there’s a good chance that they’ll have a lot of wear and tear, and they’ll need to be touched up and repaired again before they’ll be shown to the public again. Which, if everything goes as planned might be in February…

But more on that at another time.

-FH-

Diamond Select Toys Minimates Carrying Case – Minimate Pack-In

When Diamond Select Toys announced their Minimates Carrying Case, I had no idea that it would also come with its own Minimate. Cool!

First look at the Battle Beast that comes with the Minimates Carry Case

Presenting the first picture of the Minimate that will be included with the Minimates carry case.

via Art Asylum Blog » First look at the Battle Beast that comes with the Minimates Carry Case.

Reminder: Mattycollector.com Cyber Monday Sale 11/29

Mattel is running a Cyber Monday special across it’s collector-based lines. Items are listed at their original prices, but if you spend over $100 on Monday only, you get a 10% discount.

Masters of the Universe Classics: He-Man® Figure, Skeletor® Figure, Battle Cat® Figure
Justice League Unlimited: Lobo Figure, “Shazam!” Family 4-Pack, Doom Patrol 4-Pack, Legion of Super Heroes 4-Pack, JLU Gotham City Criminals 4-Pack, Justice Guild 4-Pack
Ghostbusters: 12″ Ray Stantz™ Figure, 12″ Egon Spengler™ Figure (with trap), 12” Peter Venkman™ Figure, 12” Winston Zeddemore™ Figure, 6” Peter Venkman™ Figure, 6″ Ray Stantz™ Figure, 6″ Winston Zeddemore™ Figure (with trap), 6” Walter Peck™ Figure
DC Universe Classics: Adam Strange and Starfire Figures, Alexander Luthor and Ultraman Figures, Justice in the Jungle: B’Wana Beast and Animal Man Figures, The Color of Fear: Romat-Ru and Karu-Sil Figures, 6” Superman
DC Infinite Heroes: Infinite Heroes Crisis 4-Pack (Psycho Pirate, The Flash, Supergirl & The Monitor)

Here’s a link to the bundle page for your shopping convenience. Improvements to the Digital River site have been delayed until January at the soonest, so be prepared for the WSOD. Best of luck!

Cyber Monday Sale Details

Sale Starts: Monday, November 29th at 9 AM PT
Sale Ends: Sunday, December 5th at 11:59 PM PT
Extra Savings Day: Monday, November 29th ONLY 9 AM PT – 11:59 PM PT. Save 10% off every order over $100 (excluding taxes and fees). All products must be purchased during the same transaction and shipped to a single address.
Battle Cat® Coupon: You must have the original code to redeem the coupon. Enter the code at checkout. Lost/deleted coupons cannot be redeemed.

via MattyCollector.com Online Store – Create Your Bundle.

Hot Toys Announces TRON: Legacy Sam Flynn and Light Cycle

I think this would have been completely awesome if this figure of Sam Flynn from TRON: Legacy would have been fully-poseable, but given the extreme nature of the pose, I guess this is a reasonable compromise.

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