Is anyone else impressed that Mattel managed to keep a lid on MEF’s secret accessory right up to sale day? Even if it gets revealed today, I have to say congrats to Mattel–oh, and also, why do you continue to suppress information that might result in increased sales?!?! But I digress.
Here’s the link to the all-in-one page. Also on sale:
- Megator
- Ready To Believe You Egon w/ Library Ghost
- Green Lantern Origins 3-Pack
- Beast Man
- Gygor
Mysterious Stranger
I have a theory that they intentionally screwed up the sub orders last week so Man-E-Faces couldn't be shipped early and the secret accessory be revealed before sale day. Adding more weight to my theory? My sub order "shipped" on Friday but is still showing as "shipping label created" and hasn't even gone out the door yet. I'm in L.A. so I'd have my figures today if it actually went on Friday. Its possible my box didn't get scanned when it was picked up but as of this morning UPS tracking says they don't even have the package yet.
Snarf! Snarf!
stupid Mattel, trying to suppress info that may turn into more sales… Most likely accessory: 3 new faces, otherwise, the head would have NO reason to be removable, right?
FakeEyes22
Best Matty-Day post title of all time!
Makes me want to order an extra figure to officially name "Maskor." Maskor will have sexy little mustaches sharpied on all 3 faces, of course. If the secret accessory is a tiny mustache collection, I'm all set.
Also, I had the original figure at such a young age, my brain refuses to recognize that Man-E is a pun on "many" even though it's the most obvious bad pun in human history.
Mysterious Stranger
Maskor should also have a sombrero and a poncho.
FakeEyes22
I could go for some bullet bandoliers as well. As long as he comes with everything awesome except for a mask.
Poe Ghostal
I suppose the question is, do you get more sales by enticing people with a "secret accessory," or by announcing said accessory and seeing if it inspires people to buy multiples?
With the sort of collectors MOTUC has, if the secret accessory allows for multiple display possibilities–which in this case is very likely–you're better off announcing it early, I think. If the secret accessory is 3 new faces, I can almost guarantee there's at least one collector out there who would buy six figures so he can display one with each face.
Mysterious Stranger
Got through with some WSOD delays but a second Man-E-Faces and another Gygor are secured.
Mysterious Stranger
Also just noticed that the All Stars have been pulled off the main page. Not sure if you can get to them through the sub-pages though.
PrfktTear
a*******s, i was going to order beastman and trapjaw! =(
kreq
i had zero issues. in and out in 5 minutes.
the all-star sale ended this morning before the regular sale started.
Philip Reed
No issues at all, which surprised me since they announced the end of reissues. But regardless of the reasons, congrats to Matty Collector for today's very easy and painless ordering experience.
Rustin Parr
wait… what is the secret accessory?
Poe Ghostal
No one knows yet.
josh
actually, pics of the 'secret accessory' were posted around already, saw some pop up over on he-man.org this morning. not much of a secret, considering everybody already guessed what it is.
PrfktTear
even still, i'm waiting til I open him up to find out!
Zach S.
Today's experience was very smooth and easy. It's too bad they have to go and ruin a good thing now that they got it working right…
JediCreeper
so, I actually tried the "wait a little bit" approach… went to matty's at 1:30, everything in stock, absolutely no delays or issues… HA!
and I'm with Poe, it's pretty much got to be 3 new faces, nothing else would make sense, and withholding that info will hurt more than help… (case in point, he's not even "almost gone" yet)
misterbigbo
I dunno. I had almost 30 mins of WSOD. Granted, I was one of the numbskulls on right at noon.
PrfktTear
I like the "Secret Accessory" idea. Yes, they might miss out on a few extra sales by keeping it under wraps, but its fun, plain and simple.
clark
did matty take down all of the SDCC stuff on the day MEF dropped. Once I found out what the secret accessory was I actually found myself pretty interested in picking him up, and also thought I should throw in a voltron since I didn't want to pay the $11 shipping for just one figure. Forget that idea, I'll just get MEF later, probably cheaper than I can from matty.