Article: Ask Mattel 3/1/10

[ashley76]

You can view the page at http://www.bzzurkk.com/content.php/2...-Mattel-3-1-10

[Dick Grayson]

good questions that you asked them Ashley. the only probblem that i have with Matty.com is that when they sell figures on there, there arent many choices of figures on there.... and if a figure sells out, "thats it" they dont restock and you have to start raidin ebay or stores to find somethin...

[The Flash III]

They're expectations seemed pretty out-of-whack to me. If it didn't sell out, then it was a failure. If that's your business model, then you are in trouble. I didn't care for a lot of the figures, though I ended up with them (except the craptacular Ultraman/Luthor pack).

[The Flash III]

I was pleased to see this on another Q&A, though:

A lot have people have commented about Wave 13’s Blue Beetle’s articulation, because double elbows and knees are different from what we’ve seen from the start of the line. How do you feel about the aesthetic and the movement of the new joints? Are we going to see them incorporated into more DCUC figures over time? What will determine which you’ll use for each character?

This is something we will look into adding where appropriate. Blue Beetle made sense due to the nature of his armor costume. We don’t like to break up the Horsemen’s beautiful sculpts with unnecessary joints, but for some figures it makes sense to add extra articulation; much as we did for Green Arrow as well so he could hold his bow. We’ll handle this on a figure-by-figure basis.

So help me, Mattel, you'd better not be lying. If next year, you announce all figures will have double joints that A. look awful and B. don't fit in with the other sculpts for the rest of the line, then I will send you a giant box of my dog's feces with a letter attached saying that I won't be sending it to you.

[ashley76]

yep saw that as well. I hope they stick to that answer...