{"id":17811,"date":"2012-04-02T03:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T08:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17811"},"modified":"2012-04-02T23:38:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T04:38:54","slug":"ask-mattel-april-2nd-link-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17811","title":{"rendered":"Ask Mattel April 2nd<br> + Link Roundup (Updated!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17811\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/amfull.png?w=640\" vspace=\"7\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><BR><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:150%\"><strong>Ask Matty &#8211; April 2nd Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/center>           <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty030112a.png\" hspace=8 vspace=4><span style=\"color:#0000a9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/newsimages\/fill4.png?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/><strong>DCClassics.Com Asks:<\/strong><\/span> In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17289\"> last month&#8217;s Q&#038;A<\/a>, Mattel stated that the incorrectly scaled Rocket Red figure was approved by DC, but we&#8217;re not sure how that relates to why he can&#8217;t be fixed before release. Is Rocket Red being out of scale an error that Club IE Subscribers are just being asked to accept? <\/p>\n<p><strong>He is final and we can&#8217;t make changes at this point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000a9\"><strong>DCClassics.Com Asks:<\/strong><\/span> We&#8217;re not sure if that many folks will armybuild Rocket Red since he&#8217;s an incorrectly scaled $45 figure, but was any thought given to including a sticker sheet with different numbers? That would allow for him to be &#8220;customized&#8221; by the consumer as opposed to locking them into one number with the tampo?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty040212c.png\" hspace=8 vspace=4><strong>This is something we looked into but it was not working for the cost. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:green\"><strong>ItsAllTrue.Net Asks:<\/strong><\/span> What figures is Mattel aiming for the 6&#8243; BTTF Hoverboard to be compatible with? Mattel describes Movie Masters, DC Classics, and MOTU Classics as 6&#8243; lines, but one hoverboard won&#8217;t work for all of them. Which of those lines do you intend to be most compatible with the hoverboard? Basically, who gets to zoom around? Venkman, Batman, or He-Man?<\/p>\n<p><strong>It will work with a variety of 6&#8243; figures. We hope to have some comparison shots soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/matty\/matty040212b.png\" hspace=8 vspace=4><span style=\"color:#ca0003\"><strong>MOTUClassics.Com Asks:<\/strong><\/span> We understand that all of Mattel figures are subject to the same safety standards regardless of the &#8216;adult collector&#8217; label, but do the Snakemen teeth have to be so rounded\/dull? Is there anyway to make them appear more fierce and stay within safety guidelines? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, we do have standards. Although these are adult collectables out of the box they work as kids toys so we have to apply that standard. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000a9\"><strong>DCClassics.Com Asks:<\/strong><\/span> Any chance of swapping out one of Poison Ivy&#8217;s fists for an open hand sculpt? Either something new or a Cheetah hand for a &#8220;plant summoning&#8221; pose? <\/p>\n<p><strong>No, we don&#8217;t have time for the Horsemen to make sculpt changes to her. We are going with their design. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need your questions for the next round! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=3&#038;t=47\">Submit your suggestions on the ItsAllTrue.net Forums&#8230;<\/a><\/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\/2012\/04\/ask-matty-4212\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">The Fwoosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pendragonspost.com\/2012\/04\/02\/ask-matty-matty-answers-4112or-does-he\/\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Pendragon&#8217;s Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehollywood.com\/2012\/04\/mattel-q-april-2-2012.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">InfiniteHollywood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/afis-ask-matty-mattel-qa-answers-for-april-2nd-2012\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigureInsider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mintconditioncustom.com\/2012\/04\/02\/ask-mattel-answers-for-april-2nd-2012\/\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">MintCondition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkkthunderstoyroom.com\/2012\/04\/ask-matty-q-for-42.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">Elkk Thunder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kastorskorner.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=1090&#038;Itemid=54\" style=\"color:#f00000\"  target=\"_blank\">Kastors Korner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureblues.com\/2012\/04\/afb-asks-matty-for-1-april.html\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigureBlues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<td align=left>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/therumorbuster.com\/board\/new-news\/april-2012-ask-matty\/\" style=\"color:#f00000\" target=\"_blank\">TheRumorBuster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motucfigures.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">MOTUCFigures.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.criticalmess.net\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">CriticalMess<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticgraveyard.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">Plastic Graveyard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">PopCultureNetwork<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">ActionFigurePics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.he-man.org\/forums\/boards\/showthread.php?222446-MOTUC-Q-amp-A-s-From-Around-the-Net-(3-15-2012)\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_blank\">He-Man.Org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><del datetime=\"2012-03-02T05:10:30+00:00\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeghostal.com\" style=\"color:#000000\" target=\"_Blank\">Poe Ghostal<\/A><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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":[306,6,11,7,47,10],"tags":[679,1166,2557,1461,20,16,1459,1460,857],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4Dh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17289,"url":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17289","url_meta":{"origin":17811,"position":0},"title":"Ask Mattel March 1st  + Link Roundup","date":"March 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ask Matty - March 1st Edition DCClassics.Com Asks: At NYTF, nearly everything for the DCIE subscription looked fantastic. 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