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The Toyark › Masters Of The Universe Toy News › MattyCollector MOTUC Updates – King Hssss, Lord Masque, Snake Mountain and More

MattyCollector MOTUC Updates – King Hssss, Lord Masque, Snake Mountain and More

Posted on October 22, 2015 at 12:56 pm by Joe Moore under Masters Of The Universe Toy News

Over on the MattyCollector Forums, Skeletor’s Love child has shared a few updates on the Masters of the Universe Classics items that are scheduled for release. Here’s the update in full (minus embedded images, which you can see after the jump):

This is going to be a long one so before you settle in make sure you have your beverage of choice and some snacks handy.

King Hssss
As of right now he will not be available until January 2016. For the reasons why please see below…

His face can’t be seen and he’s licking the side of the blister…

This awful China stamp right in the middle of his chest…

There’s no articulation in the major snake head and it was glued on crooked.

The team wants nothing more than to get this figure right so we went back to our manufacturing team and gave specific instruction for the issues listed above to be fixed.

Lord Masque
You pointed out that his colors were incorrect and we made a note of it. Our counterparts in Asia, however, did not. Upon receiving the production models we knew immediately this wouldn’t be acceptable so we scrapped every unit and started over. That being said, expect him to arrive a little late. He’s the January Collector’s Choice figure and while he will still arrive then don’t look for him until the end of the month.

Snake Mountain
Yes, it was displayed during the MOTU Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater. No, it was not touched or scaled down. We literally unpacked it from its SDCC box and put it in the same case that was used in San Diego. No switcheroo. No sizing witchcraft. No changes. We sent all the accessories that were originally displayed with Snake Mountain at SDCC to the Egyptian; if it appeared there were items missing that were previously on display this could be because a different team was in charge of assembly and may have forgotten/didn’t know to include them. As for the final size of SM, the only real change will be that it won’t be as tall; no other pieces have been resized and we are still working out costing to determine the final cost.

On another note…

I have read most of the threads on multiple MOTU centric boards and there’s an underlying theme criticizing this team’s lack of transparency. Let me be the first to say we have no problem sharing certain information regarding figures and the process to create them, but to think this entitles you to know every decision that is made the minute it is discussed…it’s not realistic. Most of you go to work every day with no clue of what’s going on in the higher echelons of your management; working at Mattel is no different. Over the course of one year I have had nine different managers, each with their own thoughts on how or IF this brand should continue. NINE. If we were to be honest most of us haven’t had that many bosses in the entirety of our careers. As if that weren’t already a challenge we also contend with a limited amount of resources since Matty Collector is niche and the priority lies with core brands like Hot Wheels or Barbie (example: core brands receive anywhere from five to ten designers, Matty Collector currently has one who btw works on four other brands).

Yes, we know you love and are passionate about MOTU. Yes, we know you are paying your hard earned money for these figures so you are entitled to have an opinion. However what you don’t seem to realize is that your angry, profanity laced posts do not display you in the best light of the eyes of Mattel management, and it’s extremely difficult for my team to fight for the brand when screenshots of some of your “opinions” have been brought into meetings. I’m not here to wag fingers or spank anyone’s hands behind the comments that have been posted over the past few months, but I do want to remind you of a few things:

1. We are on top of things to the best of our ability even when you think we’re not;

2. Everyone on the team is human and when you’re human there’s always a chance that mistakes will be made. None of us can control every aspect of things such as quality control, and since no one on the team is moving to Asia to supervise the painting and assembly of every single figure (and let’s be honest, neither are you lol) there will always be the possibility of a product not meeting expectation. There is no god on my team who knows all, sees all and can be everywhere handling everything simultaneously. It’s cool to be angry, everyone is entitled to their emotions and far be it from me to tell anyone how to feel. But some of the acts of disrespect we’ve seen on the boards because a figure didn’t turn out exactly how or when you thought it should? Not cool at all. Please show us the same patience and respect you would like to receive.

Let me be very clear: the team loves what we do and we love the brands we work on. We are doing the best we can with what we have to get you the best product possible, have a little faith in us.

Skeletor’s Love Child

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    10-22-2015, 09:56 AM

    MattyCollector MOTUC Updates - King Hssss, Lord Masque, Snake Mountain and More

  2. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    10-22-2015, 10:38 AM

    Thank you, SLC! I don't even collect MOTUC, but I've been on the forums when I've got nothing better to do, and it's a treasure trove of entitled people incessantly whining :P Like he said, you may have put your money towards a subscription, and you are entitled to some answers, but nonstop whining about idiotic speculations and fears only make collectors looks bad. Even if they're not responding, they're still watching what we say!

  3. ultraman zoffy has no avatar! ultraman zoffy says

    10-22-2015, 11:09 AM

    Faith in the MOTUC creative team? No problem... faith in Digital River? No, none, never, nope.

  4. webz's Avatar webz says

    10-22-2015, 01:06 PM

    OMG I love this! This should be stickied on every toy forum, and read by every collector... Kinda like the TOS agreement... This sums up why so many collectors, particularly Transformers fans, I find ridiculous and intolerable... So many think they can develop a better product, or accuse a brand of being a cheap repaint, not realizing the 9 months to a year's worth of 8 to 10 hour days, 6 days a week, put into making these things.... They think that Mattel or Hasbro just looks at a cartoon cell, clicks print, and out pops the toy....

  5. iumma has no avatar! iumma says

    10-22-2015, 05:16 PM

    Agree with SLC 100%. The nerd rage and vitriol coming out of the mouths of "adult collectors" as of late on this brand has been rediculous. I am a regular on he-man.org and the whining really gets out of hand. These guys, and girls, need nothing less than perfection. While I do agree mistakes have been made, some of which probably could have been avoided and border on carelessness, it has not taken away from my overall love of MOTUC. I take the POV that every figure I get in this line is one more I am just glad to have in my collection. And for me that outweighs the negatives by a very wide margin.

  6. KaonKoopa's Avatar KaonKoopa says

    10-22-2015, 09:13 PM

    It's pretty disappointing to hear what Mattel goes through, but they're definitely not the only ones who come under assault from "disgruntled" collectors. Every time I hear the term "Hasblow" I can't help but want to roll my eyes so far back into my head that I swallow my tongue. If you're going to give a criticism of something you've gotta do it constructively so it'll help get things sorted out.

    I definitely have my problems with products/lines from these companies, but being hateful about it doesn't help anything. I think big toy companies taking on collector lines aren't necessarily ideal. Especially if you compare what Mattel/Hasbro can give you for $20, to what a smaller company like NECA can. But bigger companies are more than likely going to have the money to shell out to secure more popular licenses, so it is what it is. I've honestly never done business with MattyCollector because MOTU doesn't interest me. However, I'm definitely all in when it comes to Thundercats, so I guess I'll see how that goes sooner or later.

  7. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    10-22-2015, 09:23 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KaonKoopa View Post
    It's pretty disappointing to hear what Mattel goes through, but they're definitely not the only ones who come under assault from "disgruntled" collectors. Every time I hear the term "Hasblow" I can't help but want to roll my eyes so far back into my head that I swallow my tongue. If you're going to give a criticism of something you've gotta do it constructively so it'll help get things sorted out.

    I definitely have my problems with products/lines from these companies, but being hateful about it doesn't help anything. I think big toy companies taking on collector lines aren't necessarily ideal. Especially if you compare what Mattel/Hasbro can give you for $20, to what a smaller company like NECA can. But bigger companies are more than likely going to have the money to shell out to secure more popular licenses, so it is what it is. I've honestly never done business with MattyCollector because MOTU doesn't interest me. However, I'm definitely all in when it comes to Thundercats, so I guess I'll see how that goes sooner or later.
    Honestly, if people said constructive things like "The colors are off-model" or "He has the wrong style legs" instead of "MATTEL AND HASBLOW ARE TEH SUXURZZZ LOL!!!" they'd probably be more inclined to listed to us

  8. 1987olds442's Avatar 1987olds442 says

    10-25-2015, 07:52 PM

    Hmm... I wonder what this means for those that didn't sub for the 2016 year? I'm in that group that didn't signup for the 2016 sub. None of the figures shown interested me, so I didn't renew my sub. So it looks like this might be tough for me to get now.

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