Twice a month the gang from Mattel are kind enough to answer five questions from AFi readers. The Mattel marketing and PR team, have replied with the answers to our latest round of questions that AFi readers have posted in our forums.
Mattel will take a short break this month for the holidays and return January 1st 2012
Let’s get to the questions and the answers!
Q1. Recently The Riddler was release unannounced for the Batman Brave and the Bold line. That was a nice surprise for most of us. What are the actual plan for this line for 2012 and 2013? Are there any new characters plan for release? What about a nice box set of announced (GGhost, Flash, Shazam, etc) but not yet release figures either at retail or mattycollector.com?
A1. For now, this line will end and be replaced with something new when the DKR toys launch. There are no plans to go back to it as the show will be done. However, it is a good suggestion as a Matty offering in the future.
Q2. The inclusion of the Flashpoint version of Plastic Man in the newly announced DC All-Stars retail line given that his story line is that of graphic, awful depictions of murder. We know in the past that DC has been retisent to allow violent characters (such as Lobo) to be released in a mass market line for fear that kids will seek out the character in the comics. Was that not a consideration of this version of Plas? Was this just a figure that was already in the works before the change over and you knew fans would react poorly if he showed up in the subscription?
A2. We are offering characters at retail that are appealing to a broad base of fans. Plastic Man is a popular character, and we know that there were fans of the Flashpoint storylines. We are excited to offer him as part of the first mix.
Q3. Now that we have seen the first wave of DC All-Stars are there any sort of patterns we can glean for future waves? Will waves typically be 4 figures? Will there be one re-released figure in each wave?
A3. Each mix will be different, there is not a set pattern that can be interpreted from the first mix. Be on the lookout for more reveals soon!
Q4. The other day FanGirl 2.0 hinted that there was some "good news" coming for JLU fans (in 2012?) Fans were wondering if that was the 11/15 MattyCollector sale where the more you buy the cheaper they are, or if there is some other news/reveal still to come?
A4. The November Mattycollector.com JLU sale was some good news! But don’t worry…there is more coming!
Q5. Could the mold for Swiftwind be reused/repurposed for the 6" DC line? Could you make some alterations to it and be able to release Winged Victory or Comet? Or can the budget/parts for those 2 lines still not intermingle?
A5. It might be possible much as we used the bird buck for both DCU and MOTU toys but nothing is planned at this time.
Mattel will take a break for the holidays so there will be no Q&A for December 15th. If you’d like to ask a question for the January 1st submission then feel free to post your questions in our Mattel Q&A question submissions thread! Remember they can be about any Mattel product including MOTUC, Ghostbusters,WWE any of the Mattel DC lines, Voltron and Cars. Twice a month we draw our submission question directly from the ones that AFi readers post.
You can submit new questions in this thread.
You can find our past Q&A’s here. And you can discuss the answers on our Mattel board.
Thanks again to the team at Mattel for taking time to answer our questions!
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