{"id":10565,"date":"2010-12-16T02:31:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T08:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2010-12-17T03:36:09","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T09:36:09","slug":"ask-matty-december-15th-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10565","title":{"rendered":"Ask Matty <br>December 15th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10565\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/amfull.png?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><BR><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:150%\"><strong>Ask Matty &#8211; December 15th Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We need your questions for the next round!<BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=3&#038;t=47\">Submit your suggestions on the newly expanded ItsAllTrue.net Forums&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=9954\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty1215a.png\" hspace=8 vspace=4><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000a9\"><strong>DCClassics.Com: <\/strong><\/span> In the last few waves, the figures that have visible eyes are painted to be looking up while older waves had the figures looking forward. Is this a design choice by Mattel or being done at the factory? At IAT, we\u2019d prefer they look forward. <\/p>\n<p><strong>For the most part these are due to \u201chuman error\u201d at our vendor. Every single DCUC figure is painted by hand and sometimes the eyes are not always as eyes front as we would like. We will pass this along to our design and quality control teams. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ca0003\"><strong>MOTUClassics.Com:<\/strong><\/span> Since expensive figures need to be spread out in the line, is King Hssss the one \u201cexpensive\u201d figure for 2011? Meaning, we\u2019re not likely to see any other fully tool\u2019d figures in Club Eternia 2011?<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are not ready to reveal our full 2011 plans, but we can tell you there are other figures in 2011 getting quite a lot of tooling! King Hssss is not the only one!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty1215b.png\" hspace=8 vspace=4><span style=\"color:#ca0003\"><strong>MOTUClassics.Com:<\/strong><\/span> When will we learn more about The Fighting Foe Men? Are Demo-Man &#038; Red Beast members? <\/p>\n<p><strong>In time. We aren\u2019t ready to spill the beans yet. But we can tell you Demo-Man is not a \u201cPreternia\u201d character and is not connected to them. Just because a character is based on concept art does not make that character from the \u201cKing Grayskull\u201d era. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000a9\"><strong>DCClassics.Com:<\/strong><\/span> Will the yellow attachments in the upcoming Hal vs. Sinestro fit Sinestro? The new Sinestro appears to use the hands and forearms of the one we have and the Metal Men attachments don\u2019t work on him. <\/p>\n<p><strong> We actually went through quite a lot of testing with all the constructs. Originally, Sinestro was going to come with a yellow version of the rifle construct (originally with Wave 10\u2019s John Stewart figure) but it didn&#8217;t fit on his hand. The final constructs were all tested out and do indeed work for both Hal or Sinestro (but not the other way around).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ca0003\"><strong>MOTUClassics.Com:<\/strong><\/span> Will there ever be a horned helmet for Skeletor so he can match Panthor? <\/p>\n<p><strong>It is not out of the question, but much as He-Man does not have a Battle Cat helmet, nothing is planned right now. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty1215c.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table width=550>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=3 align=center><strong>Ask Mattel Around the Web: <span style=\"color:#f00000\">Red Links Are Active<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefwoosh.com\/2010\/12\/ask-matty-121510\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">The Fwoosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/article.php?story=20101215215707404\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">PopCultureNetwork<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kastorskorner.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=715&#038;Itemid=54\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Kastor&#8217;s Korner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehollywood.com\/2010\/12\/last-mattel-q-of-2010.html\" style=\"color:#F00000\" target=\"_blank\">InfiniteHollywood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kordindustries.com\/content\/ask-matty-12-15-10-675\/\" style=\"color:#F00000\" target=\"_blank\">Kord Industries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/therumorbuster.com\/2010\/12\/15\/ask-matty-121510-motuc-shadow-beasts-action-league-and-toy-story\/\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">The Rumorbuster<\/A><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toyark-spotlight-48\/mattycollector-december-15th-answers-3565\/\" style=\"color:#F00000\" target=\"_blank\">Toy Ark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/afi%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cask-matty%e2%80%9d-mattel-qa-answers-for-dec-15th-2010\" style=\"color:#F00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigureInsider<\/a><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeghostal.com\/2010\/12\/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-december.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Poe Ghostal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pendragonspost.com\/2010\/12\/16\/ask-matty-matty-answers-121510%e2%80%a6or-does-he\/\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Pendragon&#8217;s Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motucfigures.com\/2010\/12\/ask-matty-december-15th-2010.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">MOTUCFigures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalmess.net\/index.php?page=550\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">CriticalMess<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dchallofjustice.com\/news\/?p=6236\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Hall of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigurePics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superherotimes.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">SuperHeroTimes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.figures.com\/forums\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">Figures.Com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> In the last few waves, the figures that have visible eyes are painted to be looking up while older waves had the figures looking forward. Is this a design choice by Mattel or being done at the factory? 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