The Rumor Buster

Ask Matty Feb. 1

We just got answers back from our most recent round of questions!

Regarding the Secret Saturdays cryptid line, will we ever see the Popobawa figure on the shelves – even under the Devil’s Cave Bird name?
We are still talking about the Secret Saturday line so stay tuned.

Is Mr. Potato Head off limits for the Toy Story line?
Correct. Mattel will not be including Mr. Potato Head in our Toy Story line.

Will we see Brave and the Bold/Action League or a continuation of the Infinite Heroes pack-ins with DC DVDs?
We are looking into future plans for DVD pack-ins but we’re not ready to announce anything quite yet.

Are there any characters from the various lines that, due to legal or copyright reasons, we probably won’t see?
At this time we will not be including Filmation characters in the MOTUC line.

Do the packages with female characters sell significantly less than the all-male packages?
Female characters tend to appeal primarily to collectors so we typically produce fewer figures overall. All of our lines at retail need to appeal to both kids and moms as well as collectors.

Matty Q&A Voting

There’s not much time left to vote for questions in the current round of Ask Matty, but you can still submit questiosn for the next round of voting! Remember you can submit questions regarding any of the Mattel lines… Brave and the Bold, DCUC, Action League, Cars, Masters of the Universe Classics, Infinite Heroes… the whole Mattel world is your oyster! Head over to the Ask Matty thread to post those questions

Star Wars Q&A

We’ve already got some really great questions submitted for the upcoming Star Wars Q&A, but the more the merrier! Head over to the message board to add your suggestions!

Marvel Universe AIM Agent, Colossus and Archangel?

WeaponEversor is, once again, seriously on top of things and pointed out the piece from Marvelousnews showing an AIM Agent, Colossus, Juggernaut and, what looks like Archangel’s wings (with the blue blur standing in front of Colossus possibly being Archangel himself). Head over to the Rumor Buster Message Board to discuss!

Animated Iron Man in May!

May 4th is going to be a good day for fans of 1990’s Marvel Animation! Both Volume 5 of X-Men, wrapping up the well loved series, and the complete Iron Man series (and responsible for a whole generation of kids knowing Julia Carpenter as Spider-Woman, the Mandarin as a green alien, and MODOK as a weird creepy floating head) get releases sure to make many people happy! While I agree, they could definitely benefit from some added features (and better encodings in some cases), given the number of years we’ve been waiting, at this point we’ll take what we can get.

Super Hero Squad Iron Man 2, Wave 2

Whiplash, apparently the movie version at least, finally makes himself known in this pre-order at Big Bad Toy Store for Wave 2 of the Iron Man 2 Super Hero Squad figures, the sets consisting of:

1x Iron Man Movie 01 (Mark V, Whiplash, Drone)

1x Iron Man Movie 02 (Mark VI, War Machine, Drone)

These are scheduled for March on BBTS, just like Wave 1. Head over to the message board to discuss!

Super Hero Squad Season 2 News

Comics Continuum has some new news about the second season of Super Hero Squad! The Scarlet Witch returns, and Thanos is the big bad for the season, while we get to meet the Squadron Supreme, including Hyperion and Princess Power. Meanwhile, Marvel Animation Age is reporting that Nova (the New Warrior and sometime Human Rocket) will also be appearing. Head over to the Rumor Buster Message Board to discuss!

Iron Man 2 Super Hero Squad Revealed

Floridaboy68 managed to score the motherlode: Iron Man 2 Wave 1 at a Toys R Us! Armor Wars Part 1 features Iron Man, War Machine and a comic-styled Iron Monger, Armor Wars Part 2 features a new version of Crimson Dynamo (featuring the more classic shoulder gear style), horned-helmet Iron Man and a Titanium Man repaint, while Armor Evolutions features a collection of movie styled armors, specifically Iron Man Mark I, Mark II and Mark III. Head over to the Rumor Buster message board to discuss!

OMAC Attacks at Wal-Mart.com

WeaponEversor pointed this out yesterday but unfortunately, I didn’t have time to post: The Infinite Heroes OMAC Attacks 6-pack is available at Wal-Mart.com. Although we don’t have a set in hand yet, Booster Gold and Maxwell Lord are going to go a long way to rounding out the Bwah-ha-ha era Justice League, all those OMACs make great army fodder!

Shazam as the Wizard!

Over at Action Figure Insider’s forums, there’s an awesome thread about the new Infinite Heroes figures showing up, including one surprise: the Billy Batson Captain Marvel as the Wizard figure! For those that don’t know, after the Rock of Eternity was shattered, Billy Batson took the Wizard Shazam’s place. Who’s left for the modern Captain Marvel family? Captain Marvel Jr.? Isis? Head over to the Rumor Buster’s message board to discuss.