{"id":5180,"date":"2010-04-30T16:47:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T21:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2010-06-27T00:36:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T05:36:58","slug":"ask-matty-may-1st-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5180","title":{"rendered":"Ask Matty &#8211; May 1st 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 \/>May 1st, 2010<\/strong><br \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/matty\/zod.jpg\"><em>1) SilntAngl asks:<\/em> Any new information about when the 12&#8243; Movie Masters of Superman or Lex Luthor will join Zod?\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/resources\/motuimages\/fill4.jpg?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>They are coming, but we went back to make some improvements. Likely Holiday 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>2) Mr. Rant asks:<\/em>What factors into Mattel&#8217;s decisions to include certain figures in &#8220;best of&#8221; assortments? What best of assortments should we be looking for in stores right now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u201cbest of\u201d assortments tend to include the top selling and\/or most mainstream characters (like Batman and Superman) that appeal to collectors as well as moms and kids.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/matty\/aots\/aots20.jpg?w=640\" hspace=8 vspace=4 data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><em>3) Vault asks:<\/em> Can you tell us a little more about the Infinite Heroes Starro from SDCC? What material is it made of? Will it have any internal armature?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is made of a rubber material with bendy metal wires running through it, similar to Clayface\u2019s arms but with a more heavy-duty material.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/resources\/motuimages\/fill4.jpg?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><em>4) Vault asks:<\/em> Why was the decision made to &#8220;amalgamate&#8221; a couple different Starro designs to make the SDCC Starro instead of just going for the classic look (long tentacles \/ bullseye eyeball)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>We wanted to go with the most recognizable version of Starro so we looked at the different ways he has appeared over the years when translating him into a toy form. In the end he became a bit of all things Starro.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>5)  Noisy asks:<\/em> We know that Wun-Dar lived a hundred years before Adam, but what era is Scareglow, or more specifically, Karak Nul from? Was Nul around during Wun-Dar&#8217;s tenure as the Savage He-Man, from further in the past, or closer to the present?<\/p>\n<p><strong>That remains to be revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/reviews\/motuimages\/2010\/wun6.JPG?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=47\">Got a question you&#8217;d like to ask Mattel? Submit it here<\/a>!<\/h5>\n<table width=550>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=3><strong><\/p>\n<h4>Ask Mattel Around the Web (Red Links are Active):<\/h4>\n<p><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeghostal.com\/2010\/04\/ask-mattel-answers-for-may-1.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Poe Ghostal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/2010\/04\/afp-ask-matty-round-up-for-43010\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigurePics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/toynewsi.com\/news.php?catid=241&#038;itemid=15806\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ToyNewsI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pendragonspost.com\/Toy_News.html#MATTY\" 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=540&#038;Itemid=54\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Kastor&#8217;s Korner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefwoosh.com\/2010\/04\/ask-matty-43010\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">The Fwoosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dchallofjustice.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">DC Hall of Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bzzurkk.com\/content.php\/461-Ask-Mattel-5-1-10\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Bzzurkk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalmess.net\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">CriticalMess.Net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.figures.com\/forums\/news\/10426-ask-matty-q-april-30th-2010-a.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Figures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicfigs.net\/News\/183.htm\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ComicFigs.Net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/mattel-qa-answers-for-april-30th-2010\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigureInsider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joeacevedo.com\/docs\/mycorner\/Blog\/files\/ask_matty_may1_2010.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">JoeAcevedo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/therumorbuster.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">RumorBuster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superherotimes.com\/newsarchive\/005354.php\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">SuperHeroTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/article.php?story=2010043016103681\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">PopCultureNetwork<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask MattyMay 1st, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5992,"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":[306,47,10],"tags":[2582,2557,16,2572,2560],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/askmTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-1ly","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20335,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20335","url_meta":{"origin":5180,"position":0},"title":"Ask Mattel August 15th &#038; Link Round-Up","date":"August 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ask Matty - August 15th Edition DCClassics.Com Asks: Did the Death staction have enough of an impact that Mattel will look into moving forward in that scale? 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