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\nAsk Matty
January 15th, 2010<\/strong>
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1. SilntAngl asks:<\/em> I think I speak for most of the fans when I say that I love that MOTU Classics follows the blueprint of the vintage MOTU line, but is there room in the line for some new takes on old characters or some all-new characters? Something that we’ve never seen before like a Battle Armor Faker or an Evil Horde-counterpart for Extendar (that could make his parts reusable)?<\/p>\n

This is a very cool idea and something we have discussed at Mattel. As the line extends into 2010 and beyond, we may just look into these types of possibilities and maybe add A-List bonus figures on a quarterly basis. What do you fans think? Would you prefer a Battle Armor Faker over* say, Dragon Blaster Skeletor as an A-list update? What say you?<\/p>\n

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* – Editor’s Note: Over? I dream of a world where Battle Armor Faker, Dragon Blaster Skeletor, and Laser Light He-Man live in disharmony on my toy shelves! -ND5<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Mr. Rant asks:<\/em> Recently, Toy Guru gave He-Man.Org members the chance to weigh-in on the solution to the female MOTUC figures neck stability, but both choices would take something away from the figure. If the joint works successfully on the male figures, why can’t that technique be applied to the female figures? For my part, I can’t see a good reason to limit the articulation on a $20 figure.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The female neck is too thin to make the head both removable and fully articulated. <\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Manekochan asks<\/em>: We’ve already seen a few of the different 90s era Superman costumes, but what are some alternate versions of Superman that you’d like to see in the line?<\/p>\n

A lot of us at Mattel would love to get to some Golden Age variants of major characters in time. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n4. Noisy asks<\/em>: We loved the wave 13 pictures that debuted in last month’s ToyFare, but Superboy’s costume is painted incorrectly. The neck and shoulders should be black as seen in this picture to the right. Is there still time to get the paint master changed to the correct colors? <\/p>\n

We’ve actually already made this change! Good catch. <\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Vault asks<\/em>: Does Mattel look at upcoming DC multimedia projects and try to add related characters that they do have license to into the line? Specifically, something like the Jonah Hex film set to debut next year. Does that help his chances to see a DC Classics release? <\/p>\n

Yes, we do look at future projects from DC. While we may not be doing a Jonah Hex line, having a movie does make it more of a possibility to include him, or any other characters in the Classics line to coincide. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stay Connected with IAT<\/h4>\n

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While we’ve got your attention, we wanted to point out a couple new features we’ve added here at IAT. Over the last few days, you may have noticed a new “Connect with IAT” box up there on the right side of the page with a steadily growing number of little icons. We figured it was finally time to make better use of the 21st century internet and expand beyond our meager high school HTML comfort zone. In addition to being able to subscribe to our RSS feed a few different ways, you can also follow us on Twitter<\/a> & Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Twitter<\/a> updates include important tidbits of information not big enough for columns, some in-store photos of the interesting things we find, and our occasional attempt at witty commentary. For our Facebook<\/a> page, we’ll be uploading “behind the scenes” photo albums with stories of how we arrived at some of our favorite Amusing Articulations. And we’ll be posting more exclusive Facebook content as we get our ducks in a row.<\/p>\n

The first button though, is our newest on-site feature, the Green Room<\/a>. We had planned to launch a message board with the opening of the blog, but we left the forum out of sight because we weren’t sure where we wanted to go with it. Did we want to heavily promote it as part of the blog? Did we want to funnel comments into the forums instead of at the end of the articles? Did the internet really need another toy forum when we already have so many fantastic ones? We couldn’t decide. So we kept it running in the background. Mostly for IAT personnel, a few regular commenters, and the occasional person who happened to stumble across it. We used the last few months as a sort of test drive. Now that we’ve ironed out the kinks and gotten a handle on how it works* we’ve decided we’re ready to open the Green Room<\/a> to all our readers. Our plan is to keep it simple, just one small forum for our readers to kick back and enjoy.<\/p>\n

* – It’s a little to known fact that a PHPBB board has four million and thirty-seven settings.<\/em><\/p>\n

We do love reading your comments and all the IAT staff will still be responding at the end of the articles to your shared thoughts and concerns. But we’d also like to invite you a little deeper into the website so that we can get to know you and your fellow IATers. We think it’s a good step forward for the site and we hope it will be a fun ride for all of us.<\/p>\n


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