No Green Arrow for tomorrow [Archive]

madmarva

Dec 14, '09, 5:13 PM

Just found this on facebook

Mattycollector.com SALE UPDATE! Green Arrow isn't going to arrive at the warehouse in time for the sale tomorrow so he's going to move to our 12/23 sale with Wave 11. All other products are arriving as we speak and will go on sale tomorrow. There might be a day or two delay in shipping as they still need to be sorted out once we receive ...them, but don't worry -- they're coming!

Don't kill the messenger.

Meule

Dec 14, '09, 5:15 PM

For some reason I'm not even all that surprised

Random Axe

Dec 14, '09, 5:24 PM

Seriously, how do you just now find that out that you won't have them on-hand? I made work arrangements specifically for tomorrow to accomodate the noon sale time and now...it's for nothing.

Is it possible for them to look any more unprofessional? They have him listed one day and not the next, they don't show the final product till two days prior to sale and now they can't coordinate their warehouse issues. So no CHristmas delivery for us.

Now watch and they will be on sale tomorrow and we'll all miss it. They'll say ooops, our bad. I woudn't put it past them to screw up their Facebook entry.

I'm not sure I could be any more frustrated at this point. I still want the figure and I guess I'll buy it on the 23rd, but Matty Collector is obviously run by morons.

If they can't even get these figures right that only they sell on their own private website, how can we have any confidence they will get the product into stores in 2010?

Scott

Raydeen1

Dec 14, '09, 5:51 PM

Sucks for those of you who were planning on ordering tomorrow. I feel for you all. How awesome would it have been to put him under your tree and open him on Xmas morning??!!!??

I may miss out on GA all together as funds just won't allow for it right now. It would be a cold day in Hell for me to spend money on myself when I can't even get my kids some Xmas gifts this year. :)

I'm really sorry guys! I wsh I could help somehow.

thunderbolt

Dec 14, '09, 6:10 PM

Screw it, I'm not going to play these games for one more minute. You Matty guys can keep your dollies.

trekman101

Dec 14, '09, 6:45 PM

This is what's on the Matty site....MattyCollector.com Online Store (http://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/ContentTheme/pbPage.News)
I'm waiting to see what DOC has to say...:huh:

vulcan2074

Dec 14, '09, 6:59 PM

I took the day off so I could order him. Better luck next time :spin:
Sammy

drmego

Dec 14, '09, 8:07 PM

I'm disappointed too - but I have no control over Mattel's internal operation.

My involvement on Green Arrow ended when the prototypes were delivered
to San Diego.

Like everyone else, I have to order them through the website.

Cosmicman

Dec 14, '09, 8:10 PM

I just knew **** like this was going to happen.

I'll catch this "Green Arrow" figure on eBay about three years from now. No time to play games.

MEMEGO

Dec 14, '09, 8:31 PM

Ok, Question, So the GA figure is not in till next week, why can't they just sell them tomorrow as advertised, and then mail them when they come in next week? is that not the most logical thing to do?
I am truely not suprised this happened, however what does suprise is the companies unprofessionalism, the only think that would disappoint more is is when the figure ships the legs break apart or the elastic snaps, or the chest becomes unglued and mattel tells us fans, oh ,thats not a serious problem, just take some superglue and glue the chest back in place. If I spend my money on something, esp what this figure costs, I would want it to not break apart upon openning and I would not be pleased to have to repear it myself no matter how simple it was, now if the figure was older thats a different story.

MEGOMAN

Dec 14, '09, 8:53 PM

That is just what I was wondering. Why can't Mattel still sell GA tomorrow. More mattycollector crap!:yuk:

Random Axe

Dec 14, '09, 9:01 PM

[QUOTE=Like everyone else, I have to order them through the website.[/QUOTE]

What kind of ******baggery is that? You were the facilitator of this line and their main go-to guy. THey couldn't float you a couple of freebies? That's just flat out wrong. I know you have no control over that, but you should still get a few tokens for your efforts.

I know you can't publicly express an opinion on the matter, but I can. That's freakin stupid.

Scott

bleit1701

Dec 14, '09, 9:21 PM

The memo says Tuesday the 23rd but that's a Wednesday. Tues is the 22nd. Which is it? Do all sales start on a Tuesday?

Random Axe

Dec 14, '09, 9:29 PM

Ha!

They can't even get the dates right. What an outfit.

Scott

TCM Hitchhiker

Dec 14, '09, 9:43 PM

All sales do not start on Wednesdays. I can't speak for all lines, but the Masters of the Universe classics go on sale on the 15th (or next business day if the 15th falls on a weekend) each month. I am almost surprised they didn't push Green Arrow back to Jan. 15th.

drmego

Dec 14, '09, 9:48 PM

I had to buy the Treks - made in my own factory in China - at the same price as any
other retailer, and didn't get them until after most retailers in my area.

While it would be nice to get free swag, I am glad to buy them in quantity.

megalomaniac001

Dec 14, '09, 10:41 PM

I am crushed. I have been extra good this year, I have sat on every knee of every Santa asking to have one of these under my tree this year. That does it! I am not going to believe in Santa anymore! Furthermore, I think I will boycott this figure.... ahh, who am I kidding, I want this figure! Besides, I have my birthday at the end of January!

callistofreak

Dec 14, '09, 11:23 PM

Ok, were all ****ed.
I'm looking at the brighter side of this?
But as near as I can tell they are also selling about 9 other
tomorrow only specials.
We would be fighting it out with all the other figure collectors.
At least next week, there will not be as many problems?
So, in theory... It should be easy to buy?
And who knows, maybe they will even have more to sell??

This still beats the 8 weeks it took for the Super Hero catalog,
to send me my Fantastic Four and Conan back in 76?
In fact, I seen Conan at J.C.Pennys before I got mine.
So, I shoplifted him. I was a rotten kid.
But all my Superheros and comicbooks saved me.
Here is a pic of the button they tossed in, as a bonus.

http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab39/callistofreak-bucket/button.jpg

Funny, the junk we save.

geoffdude

Dec 15, '09, 12:12 AM

No surprise here. :rolleyes:

If you look back at some of my post you'll notice a CONSTANT theme towards Mattel as a company. They are the Keystone cops of toy manufactoring. :jester: For those of you who have been blisfully ignorant of any dealing with Mattel count yourselves lucky. I on the other hand have been dealing with them as a collector and customer for almost 10 years straight. They have in the last 3 to 4 years accelerated their incompetence to levels unimagined. And, no matter what anyone says, writes, blogs etc. about the way this company is run.. nothing at Mattel ever changes, except it gets WORSE! :help:

So, while not surprised at all that Mattel dropped the ball once again.. I too am disappointed along with ya all. :cry: These guys can't figure out how to get mass-produced toys into stores (seriously), let alone, speciality items targeted to go on their own web site (w/no middle man involved). Most of these apes :monkey_y: hitting computer keys at Mattel are LUCKY to even have a job. If I did my job as they do theirs, well, I would of been layed off years ago. :skull:

I am so tired of Mattel.. you have no idea. :wall:

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MEGOMAN

Dec 15, '09, 12:47 AM

Ha!

They can't even get the dates right. What an outfit.

Scott

Ah crap, now it's a game!

boynightwing

Dec 15, '09, 1:02 AM

I have to work Wed Dec 23rd and I can't get out of it. So no Arrow for me. Unless its actually Tuesday...then I'm off and free to get one.

ODBJBG

Dec 15, '09, 1:17 AM

While this actually works out to my benefit (budget was tight with 3 He-mans already) and I'm happy that this release date is pushed back, it's a harbringer of bad for this line. Selling this figure on the 15th pretty much guarnteed that it'd sell bigger. Most people try to buy from Matty ONCE, not multiple times to save on shipping.

By moving it to the less popular on sale date and ensuring that no one gets it before Xmas, they've hurt potential sales on this line.

Although the cases of DCUC go on sale on the 23rd, that's not going to drive as much traffic as the main 15th on sale date.

toystalker

Dec 15, '09, 3:16 AM

what a crock... its all part of the hype

surely if you are going to offer a web exclusive and have been announcing dates, times, product for months now your going to know what it is your doing

ive never bought anything from them and probably never will

these are probably on sale on the streets in china already, biggest crooks of all

we should have all replied to them spam emails for fake fashions we get and asked them to get us all boxes of retro action ga over here

so its 23rd, right on top of xmas lol, great! and you will all log on and buy, they have you right in there matty pockets

a bit like last year i bought my misses take that concert tickets, they had to go on sale in dec right before xmas yet the concert was not until july.. big marketing con the whole lot of it

ah well good luck suckers :)

Brown Bear

Dec 15, '09, 5:57 AM

I waited 25 years for a new super hero, so I can wait another week.

MIB41

Dec 15, '09, 6:11 AM

Wow... Got up this morning working in my office with the Matty site up and ready for the Green Arrow to come online. Then I thought to myself "Let's see what the buzz is right now at the Mego Musuem." Oooops. Good God. Mattel does it again. What an incredible blunder, and right before Christmas. :muh:

CaptainTrenchcoat

Dec 15, '09, 8:36 AM

I actually feel better with it being released next week. The Matty site has crashed in the past when too many people were ordering product there. With GA and the DCUC wave 11 pushed back til next week, fewer people will be on buying stuff.

GUYx1

Dec 15, '09, 9:01 AM

RetroGACardFt.jpg (image) (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MI2hY9mDyME/SybiR94WNoI/AAAAAAAAAEE/t3NNHbmQovA/s1600-h/RetroGACardFt.jpg)
Lil+Jim.jpg (image) (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MI2hY9mDyME/Sybh4uMin2I/AAAAAAAAAD8/U51BOByHT5g/s1600-h/Lil%27+Jim.jpg)
I am a bit bummed out about the Big Jim style bodies the Mattel has stuck them on. (see link)
After I saw the hands, my plan has been to put them on Doc Mego bodies anyway.
Do you think they will fit?

jacoblb

Dec 15, '09, 9:09 AM

Wow, just wanted to echo sentiment that I'm very surprised that Dr. Mego didn't get any comps sent his way.

kingdom warrior

Dec 15, '09, 9:12 AM

Screw it, I'm not going to play these games for one more minute. You Matty guys can keep your dollies.

Ditto complete Bull ****!!!!!!!

The Bat

Dec 15, '09, 9:25 AM

Hmm...since my post has been deleted...I'll use a different phrase...this totally SUCKS ARSE!! Today is my day off...and on the 23rd I'll be working.:ugh_y: I hope there will be some left at 5:00 pm.:please_y:

MightyMegs

Dec 15, '09, 9:59 AM

chunky B

Dec 15, '09, 10:04 AM

Welcome to the wonderful world of Mattycollector.con.

I never have liked the idea of online exclusives or store exclusives for that matter. I feel that complaining falls on deaf ears there at Mattel.

Gorn Captain

Dec 15, '09, 10:52 AM

Earth 2 Chris

Dec 15, '09, 11:00 AM

I think MattyCollector may be down now anyway. I was going to try and order Zod.

Chris

SeattleEd

Dec 15, '09, 11:03 AM

Site just crashed. Bad load balancing? I'm sure this will happen next week as well.

Gorn Captain

Dec 15, '09, 11:03 AM

I think MattyCollector may be down now anyway. I was going to try and order Zod.

Chris

Kneel before Matty...euh...Zod...and maybe you'll get a Green Arrow....

SeattleEd

Dec 15, '09, 11:06 AM

Just came back up at exactly 9 am on my computer.

SeattleEd

Dec 15, '09, 11:10 AM

Major hanging on the site pages. Now I know what to expect next week.

Riffster

Dec 15, '09, 11:11 AM

I was able to get the Super Friends Robin no issue today hopefully Green Arrow will be as easy

SeattleEd

Dec 15, '09, 11:12 AM

I got this:

Server Error

Error:

We are currently unable to perform the selected action. Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience. We have been notified and are already working to correct this issue as quickly as possible. Please click your browser's back button and try this action at a later time, or take a different action.

Error Number: SYS_000001

WOOHOO!!!

Gorn Captain

Dec 15, '09, 11:19 AM

"What are you doing, Dave?"
"I'm trying to order a Green Arrow, HAL."
"I can't let you do that, Dave. That figure will be offered five minutes after you shut off you computer and go to bed."

Riffster

Dec 15, '09, 11:26 AM

ha .

jasonmego1277

Dec 15, '09, 12:04 PM

I am trying to order that damn Zod , and it's not letting me. I hate Matty Collector..... GRRRRRRR !

Earth 2 Chris

Dec 15, '09, 12:32 PM

I had several error pages, then I made it through and went smoothly. Got Zod and two of the Dark Knight Bruce Wayne/Survival Suit Batman figures, one for me and one for the boy.

Chris

megocrazy

Dec 15, '09, 12:41 PM

I wonder if they felt there would be too many desirable pieces available on the same day and moved it for that reason? Moving it off for a week because it's not in yet doesn't make sense. Just take the orders and ship it when it arrives. If the site is crashing now imagine what it would've been if the GA figure was available today too. Plus if you're gonna put a figure up on a Tuesday why not spread the orders out across five days. At least you wouldn't have the buyers only looking for a single figure fighting for bandwidth with all the other people in the same situation. Sometimes I wonder if these companies think before rolling out a plan. Note to big company...In some cases the high school dropout that's been picking orders in your company for 10 years is smarter than the guy that smoked pot and drank for 4 years in college while he got his degree.

Meule

Dec 15, '09, 12:51 PM

It's...the nightmare before Christmas.....:sarky:

I really don't intend to sit at my computer on a certain date at a certain time and be allowed to spend my money when the seller deems it's time.
If I can't get my stuff in a normal way, then so be it.

If all the new figures are going to go through Mattycollector, then I think I'm going to be saving a lot of money in 2010.

Yeah, I'm not gonna bother either. If I can get it on eBay for the same price I'll buy it, if not so be it.
Gotta love exclusives :wall:
Oh and the others will be for sale in TRU :wink_y:

Sideshow Spock

Dec 15, '09, 12:55 PM

Be happy GA was delayed.. RTM is (as usual) swamped with Matty complaining.. here's one excerpt from a poster:

The site crashes wholesale a few minutes before today's items come up for sale.

It returns a few minutes later, but errors abound and I'm unable to place anything in my cart.

Several minutes later, I am able to place the items I want in my cart (from their individual listing pages, mind you, not the main sales page), but the RSOD makes its return and the going is slow.

Several minutes later, I make it to the end of the ordering process only to find an error screen blocking the completion of my order.

30 minutes later, I am told one of the figures that's been in my cart for almost 45 minutes has sold out while I was prevented from ordering it.

I remove the remaining items from my cart and close the browser window.

The End.

Raving Toy Maniac - The Toy Buzz (http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/index.shtml)

Meule

Dec 15, '09, 12:59 PM

Brown Bear

Dec 15, '09, 1:09 PM

Green Arrow will go on sale at 5am on Christams Eve where I live....very convienent. NOT!

Earth 2 Chris

Dec 15, '09, 1:21 PM

Once the site came up, my transaction was totally smooth. I had no previous account either, so I had to enter EVERYTHING.

Chris

Mego Milk

Dec 15, '09, 1:31 PM

I bought Animal Man and Bwana Beast.

all good.

vulcan2074

Dec 15, '09, 2:41 PM

"What are you doing, Dave?"
"I'm trying to order a Green Arrow, HAL."
"I can't let you do that, Dave. That figure will be offered five minutes after you shut off you computer and go to bed."

Ha Ha Ha :beaming1:
Sammy

Ivaniski

Dec 15, '09, 3:40 PM

If this is the sort of professionalism we can expect from Mattel then I don't have a lot of confidence for any future releases.
Seems like this rerelease is doomed from the get-go: crappy cards, bow-legged figures, first release is an exclusive and release date has been pushed back.

I Concur, and first impressions are highly essential. Hopefully, the delay will allow them time to workout the kinks (Bowleggness,...Pun). The videogame industry always pushes back their games when they need to fix a bug within the game. Hopefully, the delay is a quality control issue. :wink:

SoulSinger

Dec 15, '09, 3:48 PM

Well from what I have seen thus far, these are a source of clothes for doc/castaway-bodied megos. While disappointed, I guess the old megos can really be considered gone. If this is what they are, I'll get them for my kids. When they break them, docs parts will be used to rebuild.

The Bat

Dec 15, '09, 4:16 PM

Well from what I have seen thus far, these are a source of clothes for doc/castaway-bodied megos.

Yup...that's how I feel about it too.:wink_y: They will be a great source for Customs(Heads, Costumes, accessories, etc...). Heck...if I'll Customize "original Megos"...I won't think twice about ripping these Babies apart!:grin: The first thing to go will of course be the Legs.:yuk:

Meule

Dec 15, '09, 4:45 PM

Yup...that's how I feel about it too.:wink_y: They will be a great source for Customs(Heads, Costumes, accessories, etc...). Heck...if I'll Customize "original Megos"...I won't think twice about ripping these Babies apart!:grin: The first thing to go will of course be the Legs.:yuk:

Just remember these Mattel heads don't fit Mego, DM or any other Megolike body, they have different neck plugs

SoulSinger

Dec 15, '09, 5:02 PM

Just remember these Mattel heads don't fit Mego, DM or any other Megolike body, they have different neck plugs

I am sure someone here will make a resin adapter. Who accepts the challenge?

Bob

Ivaniski

Dec 15, '09, 5:35 PM

*Due to the fact that i hate hunting down Exclusives. I went ahead and pulled the trigger (via paypal) on a Mattel GA from an Ebay Powerseller with a (99.5%) rating. Seller ships fast (Priority mail w/delivery Confirmation). Total price (s+h) included......$39.99.
Enough with the shananigans, I refuse to deal with Mattycollecter.com. :yeah:
see You soon GA.............Sometime in JAN 2010!!!
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/9/4/1/IMG_3831Small.jpg

The Bat

Dec 15, '09, 5:50 PM

Just remember these Mattel heads don't fit Mego, DM or any other Megolike body, they have different neck plugs

I plan to use the upper half(so no need to worry about Neckplugs:wink_y:). I'll only be changing the Legs, and maybe the Pelvis if possible.:confused2:

Meule

Dec 15, '09, 6:29 PM

*Due to the fact that i hate hunting down Exclusives. I went ahead and pulled the trigger (via paypal) on a Mattel GA from an Ebay Powerseller with a (99.5%) rating. Seller ships fast (Priority mail w/delivery Confirmation). Totall price (s+h) included......$39.99.
Enough with the shananigans, I refuse to deal with Mattycollecter.com. :yeah:
see You soon GA.............Sometime in JAN 2010!!!
http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/9/4/1/IMG_3831Small.jpg

I'd rather not get it than a pay some lowlife scalper twice the price

Ivaniski

Dec 15, '09, 7:02 PM

I'd rather not get it than a pay some twice the price

True that,...True that. However, Thank God that it's only GA that will be a Mattycollecter Exclusive (as far as we know). I wouldn't be able to afford these Repros at $40 a pop from Ebay sellers,...if there were more heading towards the Mattycollecter site. :wink_y:

Hulk

Dec 15, '09, 11:23 PM

seems like they are setting up for people to NOT get even this week's stuff in time for christmas (it'll take a couple days to sort orders), so it's fine with me. less people to fight with on their website next week. i don't like feeling like i'm standing in the slow line at the supermarket when i'm online shopping anyway.