New Mattel prop at Comic Con?

Has anyone heard if there will be a new prop at Comic Con and when to expect coverage?

Only mention of Ghostbusters is for their Mattypalooza panel and even then, nothing specific..

"Mattel Presents: Mattypalooza 2014!

It’s that time again! Join us for the toy panel to beat all toy panels – Mattypalooza! Celebrating our 6th year at SDCC, come get the inside scoop on your favorite collectable toys from Mattel: Masters of the Universe®, DC Comics, Ghostbusters™ and more! Plus be there to hear the latest news on the future of MOTU Classics! As we enter the final year of MOTUC, we’ll complete the vintage toy line characters rendered in Classics styling. We look back and celebrate what is perhaps the greatest toy line in the history of ever! Get exclusive sneak peeks at 2015 product that will not be shown anywhere else. This panel will also include an insightful Q & A with Mattel Marketing Manager Scott “Toy Guru” Neitlich, Mattel Toy Designer Brandon Sopinsky, Digital Content Strategist Eve Orio and special guests The Four Horsemen. It’s the place to be for the world premiere of tons of new toys and collectibles! If you go to one Toy Panel at SDCC, make it Mattypalooza!"

I won’t be able to make it to Mattypolooza this year like I have for the past couple years. Hopefully someone else can take up that duty and fill us all in.

PROTON PACK… :wink:

I bet they will have a proton pack for this con.

It will be a foam core cut out of a proton pack…

That really rolls.

Matty hired Video Bob to give them exclusive rights to use his superb skills in proton pack building for their elite proton packs… he’s had their secret in tapping into the audio port on the bottom of their Matty wand handle for months now, and they will make the official announcement tomorrow at SDCC… :wink:

I don’t think you’re gonna win that bet. The Proton Pack question keeps coming up on the Matty site and the answer seems to be the same each time.

"posted June 24, 2014 08:18 PM

Hi all. I was wondering when the proton pack will ever be released. Paying 2000 bucks for a knock off pack on ebay seems dumb. Oh and 900 bucks for used traps on there. I’m thinking it’s time for a reissue. Fans are being ripped off left and right on the traps. Cleary the demand is there.

Toyguru

Collector Supreme

posted June 26, 2014 07:25 AM

We defiantly don’t have plans for one this year but we are hoping perhapes in a movie year things will align. We definitely can’t commit that their will be one. But we would love to investigate making one if the right situation arose (ie a new film year)"

My guess is they will announce the date they will start selling the Removable Pack Figures. If we’re extremely lucky, they might have a small prop, like a Belt Gizmo or something, as a surprise announcement…but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it. And no, I don’t have any inside info. The Belt Gizmo thing is just a guess.

A little off topic but how much were the Matty traps when released?

140, VS. I would be behind a Gigameter if they wanted to release one

WOW that’s cheap compared to today’s prices.

Thanks for the reply

That would be awesome!

Lol a special circumstance like a movie year?

We see your 30th anniversary, but… Eh… We just like to be THAT company.

Maybe they’ll give us Vince Clortho’s popcporn bowl! Or Dr Venkman’s thorazine needle!

What collection would be complete without those?

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Or how bout a replica Crunch bar. :crunch: lol.

It’d come out looking like some of the “crunches” the Angry Video Game Nerd takes.

Calling a commissioned piece a “knockoff pack,”…

…

I need to go lie down.

Mattybusters, go figure.

Preview Night Reveals from Matty News - Last paragraph.

“Also shown on Wednesday night were package reveals (bios!) for MOTUC Eldor™, Sweet Bee®, Rio Blast™, Madam Razz™ & Broom, Entrapta™ and Double Mischief™. We also showed packages for the new Ghostbusters™ 2-Packs, DC Universe Total Heroes™ Batman™ Beyond, DCU Damian Wayne, and the new wall-mounted display stands.”

No mention of a prop this time around.

I wouldn’t get too twisted about the remark. He was looking on eBay so in all likely hood it was one of Blob’s Packs he was talking about which does qualify as a knockoff.

SO: This is super unusual - I made a post about a month and a half ago on the Matty Forums regarding the Pack - if it was ever coming. The response was a flat out NO, because there wasn’t enough demand for the wands, and it was explained to me that if demand improves, they’ll look into it.

That post has been completely deleted. Very strange.