[CMIII]

Ok this is a legit question....

At Comic-Con you showed us Doomsday but I am sure there are a few questions. #1 Speaking hypothetically if Tier 2 is reached what happens to the Tier 1 Doomsday? I am sure if you asked us the collectors we would want both. #2 Why do the planned 6 inch figures look Cartoony? even the Club version of Superboy looks very cartoony compared to Ice

[Dr Kain]

Scott already said that if they make it to Tier 2, there is a chance they could look into still making the containment suit version later for a con or something.

[CMIII]

forget look into just do it.

[CMIII]

Why does it seem as if the female characters are under represented in the DC Lines? we've gotten 16 in the DCUC waves, a few in 2 packs, 2 in 5 packs as well as 4 in Club figures. Now I get that Female characters do not sell as big to kids but collectors would buy them.

[CMIII]

Why does it take so long to get approved to post at Mattels Website and Forum?

[CMIII]

I for one did not sign up to get MOTU figures I wanted DC. How is it a fair trade getting MOTU figures when people do not want or have no interest in them? and How are you going to save the Customer base of the DC line when clearly you do not care enough to Keep it? Whats to stop the DC fans from telling people your future Subs are not worth the trouble?

Please post this one to them at Mattel they need to be on the Hot seat over this I want to see Scott Nichlic squirm

[Tiberius]

As the sub didn't go through, will there be a chance to have "fan votes" to see what fans really want?

Also, any chance of a Pre-Order for Tier 2 Doomsday?

[CMIII]

I do not think there will be a fan vote for any more figures. Really why bother? If DC's fans had fully supported the line I could see it. At most Mattel will put out 12 maybe 14 figures next year then stop making them they are going to want to keep the 63% around. I think Mattel and DC sign a Contract to do a full year if they signed for next year then we may see up to 14 but could be as little as 4 if not then it will be 0 based on DC/Sony/WB. While it may sound different Mattel would actually be fighting for the collectors, so they need us again but this time to speak up about saving the whole thing period because the next planned lineup will find no collectors market and will fail. The problem here is neither Mattel, DC/WB/Sony really ask what fans want. Now if you put everyone who bought a DC line together there would be a number who want every single figure made (I'm among them), a number would only buy certain ones, a few wouldn't buy any due to some misconceptions. While yes I want all 6 figures they showed between Comic con and Doomsday Tuesday I know its not likely Mattel will say the lack of Fan and Collector support killed the line.

[ToyAddict]

I'd like to know if the target numbers were the same for DCU and MOTU. I mean, were both subs set at the same target, like maybe 10000 subscriptions needed to proceed, or is it like 10000 for MOTU and 15000 for DCU? I'm sure they can't tell us what that number is, I just want to know if they were the same number, whatever that number is.

[CMIII]

They never give the number. I think much of it is predetermined they were very hell bent on keeping MOTU going and not so much so for DC.

How exactly were the Characters chosen for the DC Club? I mean I do see Fan input in only a few other wise it seemed as if you went all over the map and just picked a Random character (Batzarro) or decided to just Halfass it and throw up another Varient instead of giving us something new (Flash Wally, 1990's Aquaman, & Superboy Conner) because thats part of why the club failed

[Thugnificent]

Since the Ecto-1 preorder did not go through, what is the possibility for another version of some sort? I don't imagine it'd be the level of detail you guys were aiming for with the initial preorder, but it would be amazing if some sort of vehicle were still produced for the 6" figures. Seems like the Cadillac licensing & Sony letting you folks gather info on the real car would go to waste if nothing is ever made.

[Jmacq1]

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Originally Posted by CMIII

They never give the number. I think much of it is predetermined they were very hell bent on keeping MOTU going and not so much so for DC.

How exactly were the Characters chosen for the DC Club? I mean I do see Fan input in only a few other wise it seemed as if you went all over the map and just picked a Random character (Batzarro) or decided to just Halfass it and throw up another Varient instead of giving us something new (Flash Wally, 1990's Aquaman, & Superboy Conner) because thats part of why the club failed

The club failed because DC fans are tremendously divided and fragmented. Plenty of people wanted 90's Aquaman, Conner Superboy ,and Wally West (90's Kyle Rayner was another popular choice, as well as the 70's/80's Zatanna from the "Satellite Era" Justice League). They're opposed by people that think that absolutely under no circumstances whatsoever should any slot in the subscription go to variants of already-existing characters, and that would rather see tons of C and D list characters get made before they'd even consider such variants. Then you have fans that are looking for characters from any particular "niche" of the DCU (Batman characters, Golden Age/JSA characters, Legionnaires), and don't subscribe if they don't get exactly what they want).

In the grand scheme of things, the DCU is simply too big for 12 figures a month to please "most of the people most of the time."

[CMIII]

while I did not like every character choice for 2012-2014 (am including the 4) I was willing to have all that came heck I am getting the customer service figures of the ones I didn't get. I think the matter was Mattel said it was going to be Obscure and Class B,C, and D heroes and villains and we ended up with Varients I think had they Shown Vixin, Marlyn, and Lady Shiva you would have seen a different out come. The problem is people do not understand what Mattel meant by guaranteed sales. Those are the Items they need to not produce at a loss they cannot afford to have a Room full of stuff that wont sell (no company can and stay in business)

[Shin Densetsu]

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[Ravenxl7]

I'm probably in the minority on this, but I would actually buy that Batzarro they showed off if it was released at retail.

Hopefully they stick true to that bit about the 4" scaled "multi-verse" line expanding to not focus solely on Batman and Superman characters. Assuming the line doesn't get canned after a year anyways.

[CMIII]

I am growing tired of this "No specific Rule" answer that's not good enough anymore.

There are many people who still want Six inch figures but do not want the Total Heroes line. Lets be honest this is not a collectors line no matter how hard you try to make it into one. Will Mattel consider or find a way to keep the Six inch Collectors or are they just willing to lose a group of customers?

Digital River seems has the worst customer service why does Mattel continue use the company when people complain and complain?

[Crazy Jetty]

Will Mattel consider doing a subscription service with the DC Multiverse line to replace the CIE subscription, as a way we can get the more obscure characters you'll never want to do in retail?

Why did you not tell us the rest of the proposed line-up for the 2014 CIE? Even if you said it was tentative, surely that would have helped convence more people to join.

[CMIII]

as for the Batzaro "we don't give a rats ass what you want we decided to release something not many people really wanted and killed the club by doing so."

[CMIII]

I have seen post on the Mattycollector forum about Fan support only being 63% and yet these figures have all sold out every time they become available Heck Poison Ivy has effectively sold out Twice on Early Access. How does Mattel accout for the additional support on Day of Sales vs. Full support?

[Shin Densetsu]

Just a heads up folks, for the MattyCollector Q&A, Mattel is only taking questions for their online lines. MOTUC, Infinite Earths, that kind of thing.

[CMIII]

I think their entire Retail group got fired or just stopped dealing with people it's been months since they've answered a question.

Why is everything so Kryptic when it comes to NonMotu lines? By that I mean not getting straight answers and making people wait months to hear yes or no that probably is costing customers in the process

[Shin Densetsu]

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[Enigma2K2]

Quote:

In the end we can only make figures when there are customers to buy them!

... is THAT why you hid Young Justice Superboy behind a subscription?

[Shin-Gouki]

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Originally Posted by Mattel

No, we will not be doing any more sculpts without tier 1 support of the sub

Allow me to translate:

Unless it's Mass Market Garbage we are too chicken shit to take a chance on a line even if it has a proven fan base without having their money in our hands first so we can use said money to fund mass market crap they have no intention of buying but we hope kids and parents are stupid enough to buy.

[Dr Kain]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shin-Gouki

Allow me to translate:

Unless it's Mass Market Garbage we are too chicken shit to take a chance on a line even if it has a proven fan base without having their money in our hands first so we can use said money to fund mass market crap they have no intention of buying but we hope kids and parents are stupid enough to buy.

Pretty much. If it weren't for being so much trouble, I would get my sub canned just so Matty could not charge me this month for their piss of shit Batzarro.