{"id":4478,"date":"2010-03-15T19:11:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T00:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2010-06-26T03:00:50","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T08:00:50","slug":"ask-matty-march-15th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"Ask Matty – March 15th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAsk Matty
March 15th, 2010<\/strong>
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1. Vault asks<\/em>: In the first year of DCUC, I was excited about the healthy mix of characters from different decades. I was especially happy to see the 90s represented well. But in 2009, I don’t think a single figure was made that could call that decade home. In 2010, we’re seeing Tim Drake & FA Superboy early on, is that a sign of more 90s characters to come? I know you can’t comment on specifics, but DC gained a lot of new readers in the 90s, with Morrison’s JLA in particular, and some fans want to see those characters represented…<\/p>\n

We definitely have more plans for characters from every decade. While we can\u2019t comment on any specific characters at this time you can bet the 90s is a favorite time around here as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Tekwych asks<\/em>: In Japan many companies participate in Wonderfest. The event allows customizers a chance to purchase a 1-day license to sell their own interpretations of licensed characters in limited quantities. These are often resin ‘Garage kits’ that need assembly and painting and must be 100% original work by the artist. If other North American companies also participated would a North American ‘Wonderfest’ be something that Mattel would be willing to participate in?\n<\/p>\n

It is a bit hard to comment on the hypothetical, but we did recently host a fantastic event at Gallery 1988 in Hollywood that featured over one hundred talented artists interpreting the MOTU characters in their own creative ways!<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Mo asks<\/em>: Hawkman and Hawkgirl gave Mattel wings, but you haven’t used them since. Are there any other characters on Mattel’s radar that could take advantage of those already-tooled wings?<\/p>\n

Dawnstar comes to mind if you are just asking for other winged characters off the top of our head. She would be a lot of fun to do but there\u2019s nothing to announce at this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.Mr. Rant asks<\/em>: Battle Cat is spectacular. I have to give Mattel and the 4H props for that, but Panthor is going to have a unique head sculpt, right?<\/p>\n

It is too early for us to comment on Panthor at this point. I can tell you that we do have some ideas that will blow you away!<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Noisy asks<\/em>: Will any of the inevitable future versions of He-Man (Adam, Thunder Punch, etc) have a head with a different facial expression? With MOTU being an adult collector line that can swap heads, it’d be great if we could get an angrier head or a closed mouth head on some future versions when the tooling budget allows.<\/p>\n

We do have some great ideas in mind for how to change up He-Man\u2019s facial expression a little bit. Just hang on! <\/strong><\/p>\n


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