Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Matty’s Flyer Missing Something …
I could swear this is missing something …
What was it? What was it …
I know it’s on the tip of my tongue …
From Collector_Mom who ordered the 7-foot Gleek … (just kidding! 🙂 ) from Matty and this little flyer ad is very telling in what’s not even considered part of Matty anyone.
(SDCC doesn’t count since it’s just a one-shot deal).
Well, now it’s pretty much official. Hasta La Vista CARS (on Matty).
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metroxing
5 May 2009
Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV
19 Comments
I can’t quite put my finger on why but every time I see Matty I want to punch him in his big stupid head; what’s that all about?
Your anger management classes ticking you off again??
Anger management; yeah maybe I should look into that!
I love it when you talk like that, Dude-CollectorMom-Dude!!!
😉
Why is Mattel so dead set on killing this line?
Absurd exclusives, delays on releasing cars they showed us nearly a year ago, shipping snafus, chase ‘packaging’, a 5:1 McQueen per case ratio, googly eyes and lots of broken promises.
If I didn’t know better, I’d say they enjoyed torturing people with addictions. 😉
So sad I hope what Gary UK posted is true and they are just re-vamping the site to give Cars some more love, but I know that is just a dream that will never come to pass.
Just been on Matty’s facebook site and read the April 30th update. It is interesting if what they say actually happens.
They mention SDCC and point 7 mentions cars.
Sorry it is a long one.
Hey toy guys and gals,
So here is the latest. As many of you know Mer Man sold out AGAIN in very little time. We have therefore increased production again on MOTU figures. However, as we need to purchase raw materials for figures sometimes 6-8 months ahead of the “on sale date” the first figure we will be able to increase production on is Tri Klops.
So Zodac, Hordak and Man-At-Arms will have similar runs to Mer Man (which is still the highest run to date) and starting with Tri Klops we will increase production again. We are committed to continuing to increase the run until we get it just right. Keep in mind, that it wook 41 days to sell as many Beast Man as we sold on the first Mer Man sale. We don’t want to get stuck with excess product, so it is a very careful balancing act between producing to demand without over producing. But we have our best folks on it and are working overtime to get it just right!
But in other news it seems that the sale went off without the major IP issues we had last time. We will continue to improve both product and the sales process every day to meet all of our fans needs. Here are a few more updates and FAQ answers:
1: We do not yet have prices or limits for the SDCC items. We will reveal these well before the show. Hang tight for now!
2: The Legion of Superheroes JLU 4 pack and Zodac will both go on sale on May 15th at 12:00 noon.
3: We will also have more Adam Strange/ Starfire packs on sale soon. We just got the second shipment in due to a delay. Check back this weekend for more!
4: We have heard fans asking about order limits, but again, we looked at the numbers and the vast majority (close to 90%) of orders are for 3 or less units. Yes there will always be people who buy more to resell or to save on shipping, but unless we see a spike in large orders at the limit we are not going to alter the limits again (except for SDCC items). We set the limits based on fan feedback that 4 was not enough. We are not going to keep changing the limits every month. 10 seems to work for most fans since 90% of you are ordering less than 3 anyway. We announce product about 3 months prior to onsale date, so if you want new figures you will know just when to be online to order!
5: DCUC Wave 8 is now in stores. Be sure to head out to pick up the latest figures with Hawkgirl., Gentleman Ghost, Dr. Fate, Parademon (in two colors!) Mr. Terrific, Vigilante and Commander Steel helping to build up a bonus 10″ Giganta figure (with mini Ray Palmer!). Truly one of the best waves yet with more on the way.
6: We won’t have any more big reveals until SDCC. Some of our product (like JLU) was held up a bit do to factory issues back in December. We are doing EVERYTHING we can to work with Target to get fresh figures in stock. It is not always easy, but we are extremly committed to this! New JLU is coming!
7: We are working on the CARs, Ghostbusters and DCU brand pages and hope to have them up before the summer.
8: We are also working out the final details on the MOTU subscription program. Ideally, subscriptions will be open for a set amount of time (10- 15 days). Fans can place as many subscription orders as they want in this time. Each subscription will get you the final 6 or 5 (depending on when we can launch it) figures of 2009. We will then have a new subscription for 2010 for all 12 monthly figures. Subscriptions will not include convention or bonus figures simply because these do not have as firm on sale dates and we don’t want to lock in to figures which may move around release dates.
All figures (both monthly and bonus figures) will also be available to order in the standard way on the 15th of the month per norm.
We are trying to set up the subscription to work in two ways. 1: Figures ship (and are billed to you) each month on the 15th. 2: Figures are held and will ship and bill all at once at the end of the year. Ideally we will have both options up and running. We don’t want to open the subscription program until we know 100% it will work and their are no IP bugs. It is coming, please just give us a bit more time to make sure it will run the way we intend it before it is up for sale!
Okay, that is it for now. Please keep the feedback coming and we will continue to do everything we can to keep the Matty.com experince smooth and easy.
See you on the convention floor this summer!
Matty
…. See you on the convention floor this summer!
Matty …..
Matty, just be careful around the ones wearing Cars shirts and holding the baseball bats.
It must be too complicated to ship Cars in the mail…maybe slicepie could give Matty some pointers!!
Yeah – What’s up?!?!
SHould we have a farewell party!!!!
A send-off!!!!
A Wake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whatever you want to call it… DO NOT INVITE MATTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOHOO!!!
I don’t think Matty’d have the brains to come anyways. He’d probably think it was some kind of junk email. 😛
I think that hat he is wearing is the ‘dunce hat’.
Yeah.. But three-fold!!!
I just deleted Matty as a favorite on my computer!
I think that if you put 2 and 2 together with this post and the J-Case post, it is official that Matty is trying to kill this line. Why not? Why not get rid of a collectible where you can sell one thousand $300.00 sets in 2hours, or 20,000 cases at a cars collector function at K-Mart nonetheless in a 1/2 hours time, and then so many thousands more over the internet. Did Matty hire the old General Motors CEO after he was fired by the U.S. Government? Looks like it.
Oh well, at least my wallet will be able to take a break then…
Met, what about the K Mart Racers? Matty logo on back, I realize those cardbacks were made months ago. The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.
(MET: The word is now ‘no CARS’ on Matty except the one-shot SDCC … and as noted, Matty on the back of the Kmart cards only promises exclusives, etc, etc but bot specifically CARS etc, etc …).
And what about the JL Signature Series we have seen pictures of?
Aren’t those going to be sold on Matty as well?
Not sure that this flyer constitutes anything conclusive.
(MET: There’s a holdup on that line … and if it actually arrives, looks like it won’t be a Matty exclusive … but until they actually get produced … no one knows).
REally, so Mattel is changing the Matty site?