Mattel Chat, What Did You Think?

I could have answered every question presented to the Mattel staff, and I don't know the first thing about what they have planned or have considered thus far.

It was one of the worst chats in recent memory and I seriously hope we have no others if they're going to follow the same formula.

If you're going to do a another chat in the near future, please be prepared next time and provide answers that everyone actually cares to read and isn't a complete waste of time.

they barely told us anything i was dissapointed

I just wanted to know if the women would all have the same body. We were told they will not.

I am very happy.

Well that is what I was expecting, Mattel returning to the normal company message about their toy lines. I think the silence is more about seeing what we bitch about not hearing, and how big the reorders are.

I'm not to upset about the answers because anyone who's seen their chats/interviews about the DC stuff knows the "stay tuned" answer is thrown out there quite a bit. Because there's things they can't talk about because of legal reasons or they just don't have the answer yet...but my main issue is with the questions that were asked. There were plenty of questions that were picked that should have never found their way onto the chat to begin with.

Bingo, that's why I didn't even bother logging in to the chat. In addition, ToyFair is only about 3 weeks away, and that's where we'll get the next batch of photos and news. They always play it pretty close to the chest this close to one of the cons they'll be attending.

Some of the questions that got submitted definitely were ridiculous, though.

Nothing was really said, but at least they did a chat and I got my question anwsered...well not really...

I've come to expect this level of "information" from these kinds of chats. It's not like we were told "all of your burning questions answered!" we were just told we'd get a chance to "talk" to the design team. That's not a very promising proposition from a news standpoint, so my expectations were low. I don't know who was choosing the questions, a Mattel rep or a moderator, but some real clunkers got trough.

Realistically, Toy Fair is NEXT MONTH. Did we really think they were going to come on here and reveal all of their plans and surprises in a chatroom before the Toy Fair? For what it was, we got some decent info out of it. Possible internet exclusives, belts for the figures revealed soon (I predict Toy Fair), and something they're doing for the "first time" at Toy Fair that we'll be excited about. Was it a waste of time? Maybe, but it was an internet chat about toys. What else would you have been doing? Painting masterpieces?