{"id":2814,"date":"2009-12-16T21:24:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2011-03-31T06:01:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T11:01:28","slug":"ask-matty-december-15th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2814","title":{"rendered":"Ask Matty &#8211; December 15th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:120%\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/matty\/askmL4.png?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n<strong>Ask Matty<br \/>December 15th, 2009<\/strong><br \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"newsimages\/spacer.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/matty\/purpleax.jpg\" hspace=10 border=0>1. <em>SilntAngl asks:<\/em> With Battle Armor He-Man being released next month there&#8217;s a lot of talk about Battle Armor Skeletor. One hot topic is what one accessory Skeletor should have to go with his damaged battle plates. Many fans are expressing a desire for Skeletor to come with a purple version of the ax (to mirror the He-Man) instead of an extra sword or staff. Is that something Mattel would consider?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, we\u2019ve seen this suggestion online. It is a very cool idea but nothing to confirm quite yet. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><P>2. <em>Mr. Rant asks:<\/em> For the last few releases, the handling time (between order and shipping) has increased. Items used to ship out day of or within one day and now they&#8217;re being held for multiple days (up to a week, in some cases) before they ship. What has changed? <\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re working hard with Digital River to constantly improve this so that figures ship as soon as possible from the order date. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/matty\/altbats2.jpg\" hspace=10 border=0>3. <em>Manekochan asks<\/em>: I&#8217;m still patiently waiting on Zebra Batman making his debut. What are some alternate versions of Batman that you&#8217;d like to see in the line?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pirate Batman and Batman of Planet X would be very cool! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2597\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/matty\/triball.jpg\" hspace=10 border=0><\/a><br \/>\n4. <em>Noisy asks<\/em>: For a custom, I recently cracked open the chest of a wave ten figure and saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2597\">new tooling<\/a> that now anchors the neckpeg in place. This anchor keeps the peg from moving and is the culprit behind the decreased range of head articulation in newer figures. I know inner tooling is usually done overseas, but can something be done to move away from this new internal structure? It is making the new figures head articulation subpar when compared to the older figures. <\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019ll pass this comment onto design and make sure it is addressed. Quality is the most important thing. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.<em> Vault asks<\/em>: The Supergirl &#038; Lex Luthor 2pk is back on the schedule, but does it still include a special accessory as was originally intended? If so, can you give us a hint as to what it might be? <\/p>\n<p><strong>The pack will have 4 different colors of Kryptonite! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"newsimages\/spacer.png\"><\/p>\n<table width=550>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=3><strong>Ask Mattel Around the Web:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeghostal.com\/2009\/12\/ask-mattel-answers-for-mid-december-09.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Poe Ghostal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/2009\/12\/afp-ask-matty-round-up-for-12159\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\"> ActionFigurePics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pendragonspost.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/ask-matty-matty-answers-121609.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Pendragon&#8217;s Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kastorskorner.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=437&#038;Itemid=54\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\"> Kastor&#8217;s Korner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeacevedo.com\/docs\/mycorner\/Blog\/index.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\"> JoeAcevedo.Com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefwoosh.com\/2009\/12\/ask-matty-12169\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">The Fwoosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bzzurkk.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">Bzzurkk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalmess.net\/index.php?page=390\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">CriticalMess.Net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.figures.com\/forums\/news\/9862-ask-matty-december-15th-2009-a.html#post51153\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Figures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dchallofjustice.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">DC Hall of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/?p=5593\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigureInsider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.he-man.org\/forums\/boards\/showthread.php?t=180973\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">He-Man.Org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cooltoyreview.com\/story\/front\/Mattel_QA_Session_The_Answers_127998.asp\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">CoolToyReview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superherotimes.com\/newsarchive\/005120.php\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">SuperHeroTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tnts.dirtmound.com\/article.php?story=20091217085720772\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">That New Toy Smell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask MattyDecember 15th, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[306,6,7,10],"tags":[2582,371,195,372,132],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-Jo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2411,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2411","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":0},"title":"Matty on Facebook: First Look at Battle Armor He-Man","date":"November 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Today on Facebook, Matty took a moment to show fans some early pictures of Batle Armor He-Man: Just got in early packaged samples of the first variant of He-Man in his all new Battle Armor! 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