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Mattel Q&A for 9/15/10 – Bad News for Action League, Zombie Love

clevernamehere — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:57:24 +0000

No new Mattel DVD pack-ins to announce, Bronze Tiger, Deadman and Robin are MIA and other Mattel news in today’s answers. Head over to the message board to pose some new questions and talk about this latest round of Mattel Q&A‘s.

1: Can we expect future Mattel pack-ins with DC’s Direct-to-DVD releases? The DC Direct PVC figures are ok, but the IH figures were very welcome.

Right now, we do not have future DVD pack-in figures planned but you never know what the future will bring!

2: Can you explain to collectors what the difference is between Mattycollector and shop.mattel.com and how shop.mattel.com interacts with Mattycollector’s occasional sale of retail product?

Shop.Mattel.com sells Mattel retail product online, Mattycollector.com sells exclusive product available nowhere else as well as some collector retail product such as DCUC box sets.

3: Do you plan to release the previously seen Brave and the Bold Action League figures (Grundy, Robin, Bronze Tiger, Deadman), or will they be folded into the new DC Universe Action League?

Right now these figures are MIA but we hope to get them into the line in due time.

4: The DC Universe Action League figures feature “kid friendly” sculpts of characters recently involved in somewhat mature storylines, for instance, Blackest Night where zombie heroes ripped the hearts out of friends and teammates, or Green Arrow and Prometheus. Who do you see as the target market for this line?

But don’t kids love zombies? At any rate, we know these are collector driven figures as well.

5: Marvel briefly explored digital content tie-ins with its’ Marvel Universe figures, and many mass toylines have found success with virtual worlds and unlockable content. Will any Mattel products be exploring these options, for instance, unlockable MOTUC secrets or DCU bios?

This is something we have looked into. Nothing to announce now, but anything is possible.

Brave and the Bold Canceled, New Batman on the Way?

clevernamehere — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:46:23 +0000

SDCC giveth, and SDCC taketh away. In the wake of oodles of fresh news about upcoming cartoons, comics and toys, one piece of surprisingly over-looked (at least amongst the “big” sites) is news that, as Comics Continuum reports, Batman: Brave and the Bold is winding down with production of the last 13 episodes.

Obviously this is sad news because the show has had lots of great fun, and even some great toy lines (like the Batman Brave and the Bold Action League figures. Visit the link to Comics Continuum above for more information, and some fun video as “Batman” explains showbiz to “Aquaman”. On the plus side? “Following Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Tucker will be working on a new Batman series…”, and Diedrich Bader confirms that Wonder Woman and Superman will make appearances. The fate of the toyline is obviously in doubt, but what a fun run, and who knows what we could get next time?

Brave and the Bold Action League Solomon Grundy Revealed

clevernamehere — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:28:59 +0000

Bigredmachine 17 has the first pictures of the Batman Brave and the Bold Action League Solomon Grundy (soon to be stolen by the rest of the internets no doubt), and reports the first sighting of the Batman/Chemo set in the wild. Head over to the board to congratulate him on the awesome find! On the back of the box, several 2-pack pairings are also revealed:

Sinestro/Green Lantern Batman

Deadman/Phantom Batman

Mutated Batman/Bronze Tiger

Robin/Solomon Grundy

Brave and the Bold Action League Robin and Deadman

clevernamehere — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:46:30 +0000

The unreleased Batman Brave and the Bold Action League figures continue to roll out, with Lobsterman pointing out the Action League Robin and Toxin pointing out the Action League Deadman figure. Along with Bronze Tiger, “Ghost Batman”, Sinestro, the Bat Creature and a few others, the line of unreleased figures continues to grow! Head over to the Brave and the Bold Action League message board to continue the discussion.

Another New Action League Batman on eBay!

clevernamehere — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:17:38 +0000

Bigredmachine17 found another new Brave and the Bold Action League Batman figure on eBay! We’ve seen a bunch of figures that still haven’t been released, but they keep getting better and better. I still haven’t seen the Scarecrow, Black Lightning, and Wildcat wave near me, so the waiting… continues. Head over to the message board to discuss!

Action League Bronze Tiger

clevernamehere — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:17:54 +0000

Well, after the Clayface and Mantis/Killer Moth figures turned out to be damn dirty impostors, it was looking grim for our friends in the Brave and the Bold Action League. Fortunately, Toxin saved the day with some his discovery of a photo of the Bronze Tiger! Head over to the Brave and the Bold Action League message board to discuss

Killer Moth Revealed

clevernamehere — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:55:22 +0000

HowToMakeAMonster busts wide open the secret identity of the figure once thought to be an Action League Killer Moth: It’s a Toy Story 3 character, as seen in the newest trailer. Head on over to the thread to discuss.

Action League Wave 4 and more!

clevernamehere — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:21:23 +0000

While Toxin spotted the Ted Kord Blue Beetle and a few Batman repaints on eBay, HowToMakeAMonster found Brave and the Bold Action League Wave 4! Black Lightning vs. Wildcat, Batman vs. Scarecrow, and Green Lantern (A.K.A. Guy Gardner) vs. Doctor Polaris.

Matty Q&A Voting

clevernamehere — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:06:44 +0000

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

More on the Mystery of Killer Moth?

clevernamehere — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:34:30 +0000

The mysterious a Brave and the Bold Action League Killer Moth“>Brave and the Bold Action League figure listed as Killer Moth still eludes identification, but atgscl pointed us to the Batman Brave and the Bold Facebook Page, particularly, this part of the merchandise gallery where the Killer Moth theory is struck down. The question remains… who is the bug-like mace-wielder? Over to the message board to continue the investigation!