# The Future of Matty **URL:** \ **Category:** Collectibles\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619 "2012-05-09T22:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![craptacular](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@craptacular](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/craptacular)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/61 "2012-05-25T17:39:29Z")
> [@joeghostbuster](#): > > yeah because before I painted it green it was such a spectacular figure already. stfu. It was a lot better then your ■■■■■■ custom haha ---
**Author:** ![ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonCharger)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/62 "2012-05-25T17:43:51Z")
> [@joeghostbuster](#): > > WOW. sorry for not supporting the line enough. I have no reason to complain about anything. you know, I only bought 2 and sometimes even 3 of every figure they produced. I should have bought 10 of each. I personally accept the blame for the reason the GB line didnt sell well enough to continue into 2013. It doesn’t matter how many you bought; it doesn’t purchase or excuse you any reason for your ridiculously ceaseless amount of absurd complaints. If I were a betting man complaints of the line had more to do with it ending than sales. ---
**Author:** ![Ecto\_1](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Ecto\_1](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ecto_1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/63 "2012-05-25T17:45:18Z")
![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/9/c9eb82775b4e1cd7540f2a64795359754e48a122.png) All silliness aside, I have been guilty about bitching about the figures myself, and only in the past month has my attitude changed on the whole topic. I realized **\*\* WE ARE CURRENTLY SPOILED ROTTEN \*\*** when it comes to Ghostbuster related merchandise. I mean what better time to live in, I can actually walk into a store and buy Ghostbuster themed merchandise in a non movie year! Gexx it totally right, none of this was heard of when we were kids, the best we got was RGB (and that stuff rocked back then!) and a lot of us get up in arms because we can’t complete a set or something isn’t accurate, or Ray’s head is just a tiny bit too small… The thing is, if we wanted movie based figures badly enough before [Mattel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/mattel) offered them up, we were building our own. End of story. Which is why I came to the conclusion of being thankful rather than whine. In the end, Mattel owed us **\*\* NOTHING \*\*** for the loss of the subscription, so the fact that they are going to give me something for free is amazing no matter what it was. They could have just said, thanks but no thanks, obviously theres not enough fans out there to carry this on and be done with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ecto\_1](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Ecto\_1](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ecto_1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/64 "2012-05-25T17:59:44Z")
> [@joeghostbuster](#): > > what we need is a talented sculptor to take over where Matty left off - sculpt a Tony Scoleri, a Janine, a Gozer, etc and make unpainted casts, sell them at $20 a pop, I dont care if they arent articulated, I just want to finish my collection - I nominate spiff! > > [Spiff's Custom Nimble 'lil Minx - Collectibles - GBFans.com](http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=30071) I plan on making a custom Gozer out of a DC Universe Star Sapphire figure, I thought it had the best match in figure to Gozer to begin with while still being a [Mattel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/mattel) based 6 inch figure. I don’t know about casting it, but it would be an idea to create your own. Id wait for Tony Scoleri, as who knows what Mattel has up their sleeve for the 4th figure, they could end up blowing us all out of the water with a GB2 Janine with Tony Scoleri. I doubt it will be that as that require tooling 2 totally new figures but one can hope. I think it would cost a lot more to make the figures than $20, most of us have seen the pains Capt Cyan had in just making a kit for the [Proton Pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack), yet alone casting an entire figure. Not as detailed but if you get a flaw in a joint, the piece is toast at that scale. I would expect a custom cast figure to cost in the neighbourhood of 50-60 bucks, really no one on here has the means to do full production scale like Matty to get the prices down to the $20 mark. ---
**Author:** ![joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/joeghostbuster)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/65 "2012-05-25T18:30:05Z")
> [@craptacular](#): > > > [@joeghostbuster](#): > > > > yeah because before I painted it green it was such a spectacular figure already. stfu. > > It was a lot better then your ■■■■■■ custom haha I like my “■■■■■■” custom better then the original figure, so there you go. I dont take too much stock in what someone with a name like “craptacular” has to say about anything… ---
**Author:** ![slaysghosts](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@slaysghosts](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/slaysghosts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/66 "2012-05-25T18:47:26Z")
Do we not have moderators on this site? I started this thread to discuss the future of the Matty Collector 6" line. There are already TWO threads discussing the “Thank You” gift. There is also middle school where you pick on people for their opinions. ARE WE DONE YET? CAN WE GET BACK ON TOPIC? ---
**Author:** ![jackdoud](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@jackdoud](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jackdoud)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/67 "2012-05-25T19:07:18Z")
> [@slaysghosts](#): > > Do we not have moderators on this site? Yes, there are mods. We don’t read every thread. That’s what the report button is for. > [@slaysghosts](#): > > I started this thread to discuss the future of the Matty Collector 6" line. The title of the thread is “the future of matty” nowhere in the first post do you specify that it’s just about the 6" line. > [@slaysghosts](#): > > There are already TWO threads discussing the “Thank You” gift. See previous response. The topic will range to many points. > [@slaysghosts](#): > > There is also middle school where you pick on people for their opinions. No, people pick on people because they’re jerks. Contesting an opinion and presenting different opinions isn’t picking on people. I haven’t read through this thread but if there’s something you don’t agree with either refute it publicly in a well thought-out response or else report it and if it’s against forum rules the mods will deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/joeghostbuster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/68 "2012-05-26T01:07:49Z")
> [@gEkX](#): > > Just call it like I see it. > > I like the Mattey stuff and appreciate the fact that they made a pretty damn decent toy line to go with the movies. > > Was anything close to the movies available when we were kids? > > No. > > So here’s my question to you. > > Why do you think its ok to come out and bash the new stuff time and time again. > > We get it you don’t like them.. > > Did you ever stop and wonder if maybe it’s $&@\* like this that is the reason they are done with GB > > Or what about the halo effect… one person in a group dislikes something and then more people jump on the hate bandwagon and this leads to poor sales of said figure. > > Then reps from Matty come to the site and see this.. what would your reaction be? > > I guess some people can’t comprehend “You don’t know how good something is until its gone” > > Take your gift and be happy. > > If you don’t want it send it to me or anyone else that enjoys them. from the matty forums… > [@](#): > > _\*_ > > > > So, what you’re essentially saying is that Mattel have shut up shop on the GB line because a few forum members here have complained a bit? > > Have you seen all the mounting complaints about MOTUC these days? A quick glance at the [he-man.org](http://he-man.org) forums will show thread after thread of people bemoaning this, that and t’other about the Masters line. Why? Because Mattel are handling that line the same way they handled the GB line, the same way they’re handling the Voltron line and the same way they handled the ill-fated 200X line. But the MOTUC line is, according to Scott, doing really well! > > I’m convinced the downfall of the GB line comes down to these things: > > 1. Having your core characters listed as “Sold Out”. Even now people can only buy Pete and Ray all the time, Egon and Winston are not available. How many new fans are going to want to fork out for half a GB team? > > 2. Even the most dedicated, ■■■■■■■■ Ghosthead is going to get bored with variants eventually. Of all the figures we have, the only unique ones are Vinz (with his bad head sculpt and up-side-down legs), Walter Peck (Two-Face’s body with a new head) and Dana (which is a terrible “action figure”). All the rest are variations on the four main guys. Imagine a line of MOTUC figures where most of your collection is made up of He-Man and Skeletor variants… oh wait, we don’t need to imagine, it was the failed 200X line and it was those variants that killed that line! > > 3. Digital River. Nuff said. > > 4. Miscommunication/deceptions on Mattel’s part. Saying the PKE Meter would be available to everyone, right up until the week before the sale and then saying it was only for Americans. Telling us Stay Puft had been rigorously tested, only for many to turn yellow in a few months. Showing one figure and selling us something with obvious anatomical defects (Vinz’s legs again. And this is happening again now, I have a Stinkor on his way (thanks to the sub) that has his forearms on the wrong way! Apparently this makes the figure “pop”. Geeze. ). > > At the end of the day, Mattel have done a lot to make fans/customers distrust them and have done very little to put wrongs right. Blaming fans for the death of a line is what Mattel is good at. Scaremongering fans into buying figures and subs because of “short supply” is what Mattel is good at. Owning up to mistakes? Not so good. > > A dozen or so fans kicking up a stink and/or being negative on these boards doesn’t make a jot of difference to Mattel, they simply don’t care one way or the other. If fans are unhappy, so what? Most will still buy the product anyway. The only thing that matters to Mattel is profit and the GB line wasn’t profitable enough, likely because of the points I made above. The way things are going MOTUC won’t be far behind, but that remains to be seen. > > _The death of the GB line lies solely at the feet of Mattel and their epic mismanagement.\*_ so it’s not my fault after all! whatta relief! ---
**Author:** ![Carpeteria](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/carpeteria/32/4011_2.png) [@Carpeteria](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Carpeteria)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/69 "2012-05-26T02:44:03Z")
Jesus I hate people who complain about shit like this. Seriously? They’re goddamn toys. If it’s such an “epic” failure, then why buy it in the first place? Why even give it more than an iota of your attention if it’s such a horrible thing that they’re doing? **Fact** : [Mattel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/mattel) didn’t have to make Ghostbusters merchandise AT ALL. They’re the number one toy company - they don’t need Ghostbusters the way a smaller company like NECA banked on the line. That they bought up rights to an older line was pretty amazing, and the stuff they’ve made has been pretty remarkable, all things considered. **Fact** : Mattel owes no one ANYTHING - if you want to buy something they make, you pay them money, and they give it to you. End of transaction. If you don’t like the product, or the way they do business, keep your wallet next to your ass and walk on with your mouth shut - it’s not for you. The end. **Fact** : Mattel has gone beyond many expectations with this line, especially in regards to the props that they put out. They put out multiple figures in **three** different scales. They put out some pretty damn accurate and downright remarkable movie-style props, something I’ll bet none of us ever expected when we heard they got the license to begin with. Are the action figures the be all, end all? No, but I’d wager they could have put out a figure of a life-sized, fully functional Bill Murray-as-Peter Venkman android who walked around your house and made sarcastic remarks at the dinner table, and people would still find something to complain about. Could they have been better in very small, specific ways? Sure - but the product they put out is a hell of a lot better than the relative NOTHING that we had before (minus the Minimates, I guess), unless you want to argue the merits of the RGB line in regards to accuracy. **Fact** : Almost every toy line eventually degrades into variants, simply because it’s not cost effective for Mattel to tool brand new sculpts (despite the fact that they have done so with Vinz, Dana, Peck, Vigo, a number of ghost characters, etc.). Complaining about it is redundant and doesn’t do anything to add to the debate. You’re talking about a pair of movies with very few extraneous characters to begin with - this isn’t Star Wars with hundreds of unique possibilities. Getting variants of the main four guys makes sense here, and I think they did fine with what they gave us. **Fact** : They are making toys for a nearly thirty-year old movie that, while still well-known, is not something hot on many people’s (read: children’s) minds. While there are of course adult collectors (hence the entire Matty lines to begin with), Mattel makes its bread and butter off of toy sales to children. This is not the case with the GB line. It was bound to run out of steam eventually. **Fact** : JESUS CHRIST THEY’RE JUST TOYS. When Mattel gives up the license, no doubt, at some point in the future, we’ll see some other company take a swing at making these toys all over again, and no doubt, we’ll see another group of people coming out to act like said company stole their first born child and dismembered it on live television. Joe - this isn’t directed solely at you, but to all of the people who write diatribes like the one you quoted above. I’m not saying there aren’t logical and warranted gripes about certain aspects of how Mattel has run their business in regards to this line, but all things considered, it’s a pretty nice set of merchandise that they’ve made available over these past few years. If anyone expected it to go on for years and years like Hasbro has done with their Star Wars license, they were totally fooling themselves. If in fact the fanboy complaints played a part in Mattel wanting to ramp down and/or end this line, I can’t say I blame them entirely, because a lot of the complaints (i.e. the down-to-the-millimeter criticism of the PKE) have been majorly stupid and uncalled for. Be disappointed, be sad, whatever, but being illogically indignant and raising pitchforks over this stuff - come on. ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Foote](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@Josh\_Foote](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Josh_Foote)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/70 "2012-05-26T14:42:08Z")
> [@Carpeteria](#): > > Jesus I hate people who complain about shit like this. Seriously? They’re goddamn toys. If it’s such an “epic” failure, then why buy it in the first place? Why even give it more than an iota of your attention if it’s such a horrible thing that they’re doing? > > **Fact** : Mattel didn’t have to make Ghostbusters merchandise AT ALL. They’re the number one toy company - they don’t need Ghostbusters the way a smaller company like NECA banked on the line. That they bought up rights to an older line was pretty amazing, and the stuff they’ve made has been pretty remarkable, all things considered. > > **Fact** : Mattel owes no one ANYTHING - if you want to buy something they make, you pay them money, and they give it to you. End of transaction. If you don’t like the product, or the way they do business, keep your wallet next to your ass and walk on with your mouth shut - it’s not for you. The end. > > **Fact** : Mattel has gone beyond many expectations with this line, especially in regards to the props that they put out. They put out multiple figures in **three** different scales. They put out some pretty damn accurate and downright remarkable movie-style props, something I’ll bet none of us ever expected when we heard they got the license to begin with. Are the action figures the be all, end all? No, but I’d wager they could have put out a figure of a life-sized, fully functional Bill Murray-as-Peter Venkman android who walked around your house and made sarcastic remarks at the dinner table, and people would still find something to complain about. Could they have been better in very small, specific ways? Sure - but the product they put out is a hell of a lot better than the relative NOTHING that we had before (minus the Minimates, I guess), unless you want to argue the merits of the RGB line in regards to accuracy. > > **Fact** : Almost every toy line eventually degrades into variants, simply because it’s not cost effective for Mattel to tool brand new sculpts (despite the fact that they have done so with Vinz, Dana, Peck, Vigo, a number of ghost characters, etc.). Complaining about it is redundant and doesn’t do anything to add to the debate. You’re talking about a pair of movies with very few extraneous characters to begin with - this isn’t Star Wars with hundreds of unique possibilities. Getting variants of the main four guys makes sense here, and I think they did fine with what they gave us. > > **Fact** : They are making toys for a nearly thirty-year old movie that, while still well-known, is not something hot on many people’s (read: children’s) minds. While there are of course adult collectors (hence the entire Matty lines to begin with), Mattel makes its bread and butter off of toy sales to children. This is not the case with the GB line. It was bound to run out of steam eventually. > > **Fact** : JESUS CHRIST THEY’RE JUST TOYS. When Mattel gives up the license, no doubt, at some point in the future, we’ll see some other company take a swing at making these toys all over again, and no doubt, we’ll see another group of people coming out to act like said company stole their first born child and dismembered it on live television. > > Joe - this isn’t directed solely at you, but to all of the people who write diatribes like the one you quoted above. I’m not saying there aren’t logical and warranted gripes about certain aspects of how Mattel has run their business in regards to this line, but all things considered, it’s a pretty nice set of merchandise that they’ve made available over these past few years. If anyone expected it to go on for years and years like Hasbro has done with their Star Wars license, they were totally fooling themselves. If in fact the fanboy complaints played a part in Mattel wanting to ramp down and/or end this line, I can’t say I blame them entirely, because a lot of the complaints (i.e. the down-to-the-millimeter criticism of the PKE) have been majorly stupid and uncalled for. > > Be disappointed, be sad, whatever, but being illogically indignant and raising pitchforks over this stuff - come on. - Golf Clap \* ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/71 "2012-05-26T15:01:17Z")
Leave the personal attacks out of it guys. ---
**Author:** ![gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/gekx/32/6229_2.png) [@gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gEkX)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/72 "2012-05-26T16:48:48Z")
I wasn’t trying to be personal on the subject. Just pointing some things out. Fact of the matter I respect Joe and his right to an opinion on things. I also like his custom work and respect him as an artist. Really just asking for the same and maybe a little gratitude shown to Mattey. Anyways.. Sorry about the whole troll thing Joe.. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/73 "2012-05-26T17:47:40Z")
> [@gEkX](#): > > I also like his custom work and respect him as an artist. But do you respect him as a dresser? ---
**Author:** ![gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/gekx/32/6229_2.png) [@gEkX](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/gEkX)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/74 "2012-05-26T19:47:37Z")
> [@Kingpin](#): > > But do you respect him as a dresser? ehhhhh.. more or less. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![venomsymbiote](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/venomsymbiote/32/187659_2.png) [@venomsymbiote](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/venomsymbiote)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/75 "2012-05-27T02:31:48Z")
I personally don’t see how each figure selling out on their site means: “Nobody is buying our figures.” Isn’t that the exact opposite of not buying? ---
**Author:** ![aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/aj-quick/32/188008_2.png) [@aj-quick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/aj-quick)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/76 "2012-05-27T02:34:17Z")
Two things. They don’t sell out fast enough. They probably don’t actually sell out. ---
**Author:** ![joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@joeghostbuster](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/joeghostbuster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/77 "2012-05-27T03:04:39Z")
matty keeps all their “sold out” merchandise in the same warehouse where the ark of the covenant is stored, as well as items from unsolved x-files cases… ---
**Author:** ![elsoldao7](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/elsoldao7/32/6027_2.png) [@elsoldao7](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/elsoldao7)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/78 "2012-05-27T03:14:22Z")
The current ‘year-round’ GB figs (Ray & Peter) were once “Sold Out” As well as all the rest that re-appear for the October sale ---
**Author:** ![spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@spiff](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/79 "2012-06-29T03:56:21Z")
> [@joeghostbuster](#): > > what we need is a talented sculptor to take over where Matty left off - sculpt a Tony Scoleri, a Janine, a Gozer, etc and make unpainted casts, sell them at $20 a pop, I dont care if they arent articulated, I just want to finish my collection - I nominate spiff! > > [Spiff's Custom Nimble 'lil Minx - Collectibles - GBFans.com](http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=30071) Thanks for the props Joe! I’ve been missing from the site for a while with my little girl being sick, but I’ll have some new pics and sketches posted in the next day or so. I encourage anyone to drop by and let me know what you think or are looking forward to. ---
**Author:** ![troy](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/troy/32/186036_2.png) [@troy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/troy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619/80 "2012-07-31T21:33:27Z")
Honestly, if you think about it - the [Mattel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/toys/mattel) line ran its course already in the eyes of the general public/broader customer base… The average ordinary customer will only buy the core figures for characters and then the ancillary characters usually end up as peg warmer novelties. It’s been that way since we were kids and it continues to be that way as we’re uh… you know… bigger kids. Everyone wants Batman and the Joker, but you can only get a couple suckers to buy an Alfred action figure. It’s the whole reason Neca ultimately failed, because you or I will buy Gozer and the [Terror Dogs](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/tobins-spirit-guide/terror-dogs), but random people passing the shelves won’t give them a second thought. Average customer will look at Ghostbusters and say, “Sweet! I’ll pick up Ray, Peter, Egon, Winston and that, guy, you know the funny one that puts the strainer on his head, maybe. I don’t know.” Average poster on GBFans says, “Mattel is completely ■■■■■■■■ on me because they haven’t made an action figure for the [Sedgewick Hotel](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/locations/sedgewick-hotel) Maid complete with the flaming toilet paper rolls that I’ve been posting and posting and posting about! Didn’t they see my petition and my Facebook Hotel Maid support group!?!?” If you look at it that way, which is how I’m sure Mattel has (because even though we’d like to think they’re doing everything for US, they are a business and need to think about the bigger picture) they’ve already released the core figures including as many variants as possible without going into Stealth Attack Egon (or Jungle Camo Peter if you will). They’ve been nothing but honest and revealing about their reasoning behind things (Club Ecto was made to gauge interest on the ancillary characters from the “■■■■■■■■” fans to see if the production run would be worth their time and investment and they flat out said that it wasn’t). They threw us a couple bones with short-run B-tier characters (Rookies, Vigos and [Zuuls](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/zuul), oh my). And then called it a day. They’re still obviously remaining dedicated to their prop line which seems to sell like gangbusters (see what I did there? Eh? Eh?) and again, because it has a broader appeal than to just you and I, the GBFans poster lurkers. They can sell the ■■■■ out of those to fans casual and dedicated alike and at a higher price point that makes it worth while. Eventually with some distance, those that are pessimistic about this whole thing will look back on the awesomeness that was had. Sure, there was potential of going even further that would have been great - but it was that way back in 1992 as well before those green amphibians took over. But what a ride it was. Look at what we got: lots of figures that we never had the chance to buy that we’ve wanted since 1984. So you had to refresh your browser a couple times to get them, so what? Isn’t that part of the fun of collecting? And after waiting almost 30 years, was it really that big of a deal? (One last parenthetical for good measure.) [Previous page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/the-future-of-matty/21619.md?page=5)