As part of Mattel's bi-weekly Q&A session, Cool Toy Review passed on 3 of your burning questions and now we've got the answers for you.

Cool Toy Review: From what we saw at SDCC, the Ghostbuster collection is going to take a serious 180 after the four core characters come out and we move on to Peck. What do you have planned after that point? Can you show us some images or even character design sketches?

Mattel: The GB collection will continue very strong with both new versions of the core characters as well as new secondary allies and villains. We don???t have any images yet, but should have some by Collector Night at NEW YORK TOY FAIR on February 14th!

Cool Toy Review: Can you please shed some good light on the DCIH line? I haven't heard anything in a loooong time and I'm getting worried. BTW I really like the new articulation.

Mattel: We???ll have some new characters to reveal at NEW YORK TOY FAIR. We got a bit behind from what has been revealed so we are still catching up!

Cool Toy Review: If/when you re-release Mer-Man might he be packaged wearing the alternate head? Seems like a win-win with MOC collectors and making him different from the original release.

Mattel: All of the re-releases for the Mattycollector.com line will have the same packout (it???s a logistic thing). If we bring the line to retail (perhaps in a movie year) we will look at offering some existing figures on new packages and with modified decos and/or accessories and in new packouts. Ideally, even if the line goes to retail with some reissues it will continue with new figures on MattyCollector.com.

Cool Toy Review: In the haste of everyone's desire for DCUC wave 10 it seems that wave 8 and 9 have become much harder to acquire, at least in my experience. I have never seen W8 Hawkgirl or Gentleman Ghost in the wild. More than those figures alone is my desire to complete the BAF, and at least with Gentleman Ghost it can't be had for less than 4 times retail on the secondary market. This seems to indicate that the supply didn't meet the demand. Is there a chance for some restocks of these waves, or at least the more desired figures in these waves with their BAF parts rather than stands?

Mattel: Our production run on all of the waves was about the same in 2009, so it is still possible that stores have cases of these waves still in stock. We???ve shipped everything at this point and are now ready to start sending the 2010 waves!

Cool Toy Review: LOVE the new card design for the DCUC line...can we get a glimpse of the DCIH cards?

Mattel: We???ll have that soon!


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