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Ask Matty – 10/15/9

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Toy Guru and Matty are back with their latest round of answers to you queries. Take it away, fellas!

1.Since the MOTUC Teela’s waist articulation is limited by her outfit, will it be possible in the future (like with Adora) for female figures to have a two-part costume- above and below the “belt line” and be made of a softer, more pliable plastic (a la DCUC9 Mantis’ cape)? That really is an important point of articulation and most of the PoP females have belt lines anyway so it won’t break up the sculpt.

Future figures will not have a two-part outfit, but we will use a softer plastic for help with the articulation starting with future females. .

2. Since you announced that the Justice in the Jungle set was the last Matty Collector 2-pack will you be introducing a new execution for exclusive DCUC product on the website?

We do have a few concepts for 2010, but we are not ready to announce those yet.

3. When the slimed Peter Venkman figure ships next May will his deco be similar to that of the SDCC exclusive Egon in terms of slime quantity or will he be messier?

It will be a bit messier to look as close to how Peter looked in the hotel scene. He will also have a unique head for this release.

4. Now that the DCUC line is a couple of years old, how is it faring in terms of success? Is Mattel committed to continuing the line far into the future? There are A LOT of characters still to get to.

The line is doing GREAT and we are committed to it into the future.

5. Do you have the exact dimensions of the Map of Eternia that will be shipping to the Club Eternia members? Also, any plans on maybe getting a map of Etheria in the future as well?

The map will be 20 X 30. We do have plans for additional surprises for club members, but can not confirm Etheria at this time!

*Thanks, fellas!

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