Excerpt taken from he-man.org
July 25
Why are those new figures on display in San Diego?
Everyone wants to know, and it seems Mattel isn't talking or at least giving up any concrete information.
The reality of the situation is that most everyone at Mattel loves MOTU. They are passionate about it, and they know this line can succeed if sold just to collectors.
But, Mattel is a business. And they must weigh the expense of production and administration for continuing the line against the profit it would generate when sold to a specific audience.
People theorize about what should have been, yet the reality is that children didn't take to this brand. And that's the deciding factor for big toy companies.
We can blame it on case ratios, or poor marketing, bad time slots for the cartoon, etc. We're sure it all played a role to some degree. But children still wouldn't have driven the line to the extent necessary to keep it in mass retail accounts (Wal-Mart, Target, TRU, etc).
This is our passion, and MOTU would succeed if sold in the US for collectors while sold Internationally to adults and children alike.
The best thing we can all do as fans at this point is to once again let Mattel know how we feel.
Yes, we've done this before. But this time, even Mattel is encouraging fans to let the decision makers at the company know. Plus, we've all been provided the fuel for the fight. Who doesn't want those awesome figures shown at the show?
They know about the petition and many people at Mattel have referenced this as proof of the popularity of the brand. But now, we need to voice our opinions rather that post them.
We'll post more info soon. Don't let the toy line we love slip away!
HERE'S THE LINKS TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROTOTYPES:
CLAMP CHAMP:
he-man.org/news_images/...hampproto.jpg
SNOUT SPOUT:
he-man.org/news_images/...outproto2.jpg
CLAWFUL (finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
he-man.org/news_images/...wfulproto.jpg
HORDAK:
he-man.org/news_images/...rdakproto.jpg
SORCERESS (WITH ZOAR!):
he-man.org/news_images/...ressproto.jpg
TUNG LASHOR:
he-man.org/news_images/...shorproto.jpg
STINKOR (WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
he-man.org/news_images/...nkorproto.jpg
Again, these are only prototypes. So if we nag Mattel to the point where they have to listen to us, them maybe these will finally get made!
July 25
Why are those new figures on display in San Diego?
Everyone wants to know, and it seems Mattel isn't talking or at least giving up any concrete information.
The reality of the situation is that most everyone at Mattel loves MOTU. They are passionate about it, and they know this line can succeed if sold just to collectors.
But, Mattel is a business. And they must weigh the expense of production and administration for continuing the line against the profit it would generate when sold to a specific audience.
People theorize about what should have been, yet the reality is that children didn't take to this brand. And that's the deciding factor for big toy companies.
We can blame it on case ratios, or poor marketing, bad time slots for the cartoon, etc. We're sure it all played a role to some degree. But children still wouldn't have driven the line to the extent necessary to keep it in mass retail accounts (Wal-Mart, Target, TRU, etc).
This is our passion, and MOTU would succeed if sold in the US for collectors while sold Internationally to adults and children alike.
The best thing we can all do as fans at this point is to once again let Mattel know how we feel.
Yes, we've done this before. But this time, even Mattel is encouraging fans to let the decision makers at the company know. Plus, we've all been provided the fuel for the fight. Who doesn't want those awesome figures shown at the show?
They know about the petition and many people at Mattel have referenced this as proof of the popularity of the brand. But now, we need to voice our opinions rather that post them.
We'll post more info soon. Don't let the toy line we love slip away!
HERE'S THE LINKS TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROTOTYPES:
CLAMP CHAMP:
he-man.org/news_images/...hampproto.jpg
SNOUT SPOUT:
he-man.org/news_images/...outproto2.jpg
CLAWFUL (finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
he-man.org/news_images/...wfulproto.jpg
HORDAK:
he-man.org/news_images/...rdakproto.jpg
SORCERESS (WITH ZOAR!):
he-man.org/news_images/...ressproto.jpg
TUNG LASHOR:
he-man.org/news_images/...shorproto.jpg
STINKOR (WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):
he-man.org/news_images/...nkorproto.jpg
Again, these are only prototypes. So if we nag Mattel to the point where they have to listen to us, them maybe these will finally get made!
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