Tag: Mattel
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Mattel has finally revealed their 2012 San Diego Comic Con exclusives. Fans have been chomping at the bit for quite some time, speculating on what we may be seeing.
The goofy looking trio you see above is the Masters of the Universe Classics exclusive known as Vykron. At least, the barbarian guy is Vyrkon. I’m unsure yet if the other two have been given official names. But in a nutshell, it’s one figure that includes three outfits: a barbarian, a military man, and a space man.
For those in the know, you will immediately recognize what this is. But it seems that there are a lot of fans and collectors out there that are completely thrown off by this exclusive. Many seem to not know what these odd looking figures represent.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Raaaaaaaggggeeee! The second figure from the all-new Club Infinite Earths DC Universe Classics line is the Red Lantern known as Atrocitus! Join me for a look at this new figure from Mattel!
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The debate over the reversed forearms on the upcoming MOTU Classics Stinkor has been a very hot topic among fans over the past week. This thread on He-Man.org is a prime example of how fans are reacting.
Last week I posted a comment directly from Mattel where they stated that the arms were reversed on purpose. Mattel says this was a decision from the in-house design team in an effort to make Stinkor “pop” and differentiate him from other figures who utilize the finned forearms.
Mattel has stuck by this statement, as many questioned them on the MattyCollector.com forums. After similar mistakes happened with reversed parts on figures like Roboto and King Hsss, its understandable why fans may be having a hard time accepting Mattel’s statement as truth.
Yesterday, the Four Horsemen chimed in via their Twitter account, stating:
“We haven’t seen a production version yet so we really can’t comment yet, but we can’t imagine why they would be switched.”
In my opinion, this statement from the Four Horsemen does not prove that Mattel is outright lying about their decision like many fans are claiming. I feel that all this proves is that The Four Horsemen did not intend Stinkor’s forearms to look that way. We already knew this, considering we saw the original prototype at Power-Con, and the forearms were correct.
Now, I am not at all defending Mattel’s decision on this, so don’t get me wrong. I agree that it seems incredibly odd to swap parts for the sake of swapping them, especially when it throws off the anatomy. I’m just saying that the Horsemen have only stated that they also don’t know why Mattel made the decision to swap them, if they did indeed purposely do so.
The debate continues to heat up, so it’ll be interesting to see where it goes. What do you think? Was this a QC issue? Or do you believe this was a decision by Mattel design, albeit an odd one?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The DC Universe Classics line is moving to MattyCollector.com as part of the new Club Infinite Earths subscription! The line kicks off in May 2012 with the release of the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick! Join me for a look at this new figure!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Are you hungry for Episode 084 of He-Man.org’s Roast Gooble Dinner?
Val Staples, Danielle Gelehrter, “Pixel Dan” Eardley and Eamon O’Donoghue are back to discuss He-Man and She-Ra.
Click through for details and download link!
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Mattel’s second series of action figure stands for the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line are Snake Mountain themed!
Are these diorama pieces worth adding to your collection? Join me for a look at how they work!
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
Since the Stinkor reviews have hit the net this past week, many fans have started to notice something a little “off” about him. While Stinkor has newly sculpted forearms combining the furry sculpt with the Skeletor “fins,” the fins do seem to be reversed.
On Skeletor, Mer-Man, and other figures who have the finned forearms, the fins always pointed more outwards. Stinkor’s point more inward. Because of this, fans were starting to wonder if this was another incident of Mattel accidentally swapping parts at the factory, similar to what we saw with the shoulders on Roboto and King Hsss.
While many fans have agreed that it doesn’t seem to be as noticeable on Stinkor, it was still becoming a question that was lingering. So I went straight to the source to see if I could figure out if the forearms are reversed or not. I asked Scott “Toyguru” Neitlich for a comment.
From Scott: “I checked with design and it actually was not a mistake but a deliberate way to differentiate Stinkor due to the heavy use of shared parts. Design discussed as a team and found that you could swap the gloves to create a slightly different look. They wanted to give Stinkor something extra since he is basically Mer-Man’s head on Beastman’s body and Mekaneck’s armor (even though we haven’t done Mek yet but you know what I mean!~). Much like painting Sorceress’ wings blue this was one way of making the toy pop a bit and be different on shelf. For reference, we also did this on BG Evil Lynn to much success!”
So there you go. Official word from Mattel is that they are reversed, but it was done intentionally by design.
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
The smelliest member of the Evil Warriors is here! Take an advanced look at this awesome new action figure coming to the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line: Stinkor!
Stinkor features several accessories for multiple display options, and he STINKS! Just like the vintage figure! Click through to check out the review!
Sunday, April 15th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
I was going to think of a clever title for this post, but figured I might as well just call it exactly as it is.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you this teaser image of a figure coming to the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line…
Mosquitor baby!
I’ve been jumping for joy from the moment I found out! I expect that the full figure will revealed at SDCC this year.
Special thanks to Scott Neitlich and Mattel for giving me the honor of breaking this very exciting news!
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 by Pixel Dan
We’re one step closer to building that massive new Voltron! The second release in the series is the Yellow Lion with pilot Hunk!
The left leg of Voltron has arrived! Join me for an in-depth look at both the lion and the pilot! See how the action features work, the differences when compared tot he Red Lion and Lance, and TWO Comparison Times to see how both the figure and lion compare to their previous versions!
Click through to check out the review!
