No Green Arrow for tomorrow

[drmego]

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]

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]

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.



Funny, the junk we save.

[geoffdude]

No surprise here.

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. 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!

So, while not surprised at all that Mattel dropped the ball once again.. I too am disappointed along with ya all. 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 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.

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

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[MEGOMAN]

Ha!

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

Scott

Ah crap, now it's a game!

[boynightwing]

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]

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]

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]

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

[MIB41]

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.

[CaptainTrenchcoat]

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]

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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]

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

[kingdom warrior]

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]

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. I hope there will be some left at 5:00 pm.