Tag: Masters of the Universe Classics
by Daniel Pickett
July 15, 2013
Heading to 2013 San Diego Comic Con? Toy Guru has all the info you need on how to get the hottest toys from Mattel! We’ve also got six major fan panels, including reveals for 2014 from Masters of the Universe, Monster High, and more. Details are here on MattyCollector.com http://ow.ly/mWP5I
by Daniel Pickett
July 12, 2013
A couple of folks from SourceFed stop by the Mattel design center to check out the 2013 SDCC exclusives and chat with Scott Neitlich. Sounds like there will be some Ghostbuster news at the Mattypalooza panel. I suspect it’s for more prop replicas and not figures. If I was a betting man I’d say it’s…
by Daniel Pickett
July 12, 2013
Great things come in small packages! At long last, the fan demanded mini versions of He-Man® and Skeletor®… in a foldout mini Castle Grayskull® diorama package! Each figure has six points of articulation at the arms, legs, waist and neck, and comes with snap-on accessories such as a Power Sword®, shield and havoc staff. He-Man®…
by Daniel Pickett
July 9, 2013
I was traveling last week so I didn’t get it posted when it arrived partially because they only answered 2 of our 5 questions this round. Twice a month the gang from Mattel are kind enough to answer five questions from AFi readers. The Mattel marketing and PR team, have (mostly) replied with the answers…
by Daniel Pickett
June 27, 2013
Today on the MattyCollector.com Facebook page Mattel showed off the packaging forUC Filmation sub line. This figure is not part of the 2013 Club Eternia subscription. There will be some made available for “day of” sales. The Filmation subscription has begun! Icer, our premier figure in the 6 month 2013 Club Filmation subscription has begun!…
by Daniel Pickett
June 25, 2013
Yesterday Mattel reveled images of their carded samples for MOTUC Clamp Champ on their official facebook page. In addition to that was the news that was bound to ruffle some feathers that Clamp Champ would be exclusive to Club Eternia subscribers and not have any “day of” sales for the figure. Mattel mentioned that this…
by Daniel Pickett
June 18, 2013
We all know that the shipping is pretty steep on Mattel’s subscriptions due to Digital River. Today Mattel announced that both monthly and quarterly shipping would be available for the 2014 subs. That should save the folks that decide to go that route a few bucks. See details on this new offering below: Toy Fans,…
by Daniel Pickett
June 17, 2013
Today Mattel announced their latest contest – “Grayskulling” and the prize is you could win a 2014 Club Eternia® Subscription! See the details below: MOTUC Fans, Planking is sooo 2011. Show us your Grayskulling today and you could win a free subscription to 2014 Club Eternia®! Here’s how it works… First, you must channel your…
by Daniel Pickett
June 5, 2013
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. Q1. Will you ever offer Panthor with flocking as a variant, exclusive?…
by Daniel Pickett
June 5, 2013
Today over on MattyCollector.com they gave us our first look at there new version, their 2.0 version of action figure flight stands. We knew these were coming, but have been waiting to see what the redesign would look like. You can see that they changed the base on this version so it takes up far…
by Daniel Pickett
May 28, 2013
Today Mattel posted some packaged shots of the upcoming MOTUC Octavia figure so fans can see the final product and get a look at her bio: Hey MOTUC fans! We are not sure if we will have samples of Octavia for fan sites in time for her sale, but we did just get in great…
by Daniel Pickett
May 26, 2013
Good news. Mattel has heard our plea to open the yearly sub window for longer. However the extended time will be in June BEFORE the SDCC announcements of the first 4-5 figures in the 2014 subs. It will be interesting to see how many collectors buy into the subs before knowing any figures in the…
by Daniel Pickett
May 16, 2013
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. Q1. Any chance of some proper 1/18 scale figures loosely based on…
by Daniel Pickett
May 14, 2013
Hi everyone and welcome back! As you might imagine there’s going to be some Iron Man 3 talk this week. We both saw it, both dug it and try to talk about our enjoyment of it as spoiler-free as possible. Jason also has a leg up on the rest of us as he got to…
by Daniel Pickett
May 13, 2013
Today Mattel posted an update on the May sale, Early Access sale and the next opportunity you have to capture the elusive “Spirit of Hordak” figure in the news section of MattyCollector.com: Toy Fans, We’ve got important updates to Early Access for May, including the announcement of our new Spirit of Hordak™ figure! Read on…
by Daniel Pickett
May 10, 2013
The evil Spirit of Hordak is starting to materialize in the mailboxes of those fans lucky enough to have grabbed one of the top secret, limited edition figures this week when he briefly went on sale at MattyCollector.com. I got a sample in last night so I took some quick shots of the packaging so…
by Daniel Pickett
May 9, 2013
The “great event” has happened, the time portal opened and look what came through – Mattel’s “New Adventures of He-Man” Galactic Protector He-Man! So everyone grab your favorite bushy eye-browed scientist and settle back and take a look for a few “touts.” This is the first time fans will see the finished, production version of…
by Daniel Pickett
May 8, 2013
If you blinked you missed it today. Heck, I knew it was coming and I missed it today, at roughly 11am pst Mattel secretly released a new figure for MOTUC in very limited quantities on MattyCollector.com. That figure was the translucent red “Spirit of Hordak” figure. He’s gone… for now. We had some hints…
by Daniel Pickett
May 7, 2013
Toy Guru shows you how our 2013 SDCC Rokkon and Stonedar figures go from character to boulder form, plus check out New 52 Shazam without his hood. But the BEST news is that it looks like they finally sprung for an HD camera so we can SEE what he’s doing and what’s on the table!…
by Daniel Pickett
May 4, 2013
For the past several years, after they make their inital Comic Con exclusive announcements they put them on display at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, Ca for Free Comic Book Day. Since that comic shop is a few blocks away from my house I was able to swing by and get some more detailed…
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