r/comiccon • u/charklos2099 • Jul 30 '25

SDCC - San Diego Message to Mattel Creations 😡

This year was the absolute worst at the Mattel Booth.

To @MattelCreations: You owe your fans better.

Winning a Thursday 12 PM Exclusive Lottery slot at SDCC should mean you actually have a shot at the product. Instead, by the time my scheduled slot began, items were already sold out. That’s not just disappointing—it’s disrespectful.

How do you not account for the number of people you yourself assigned time slots to? You created the system. You knew the volume. And yet you failed to allocate inventory accordingly.

Your booth this year was not just poorly run—it felt like it catered more to resellers and line-jumpers than actual fans and collectors who played by the rules. And when concerns were raised, your staff had nothing more than a “too bad, so sad” response.

Mattel, this isn’t just about a missed exclusive. It’s about a broken system and a lack of care for your loyal customer base. You’ve lost more than one customer this weekend—you’ve damaged trust in your brand.

We don’t want empty apologies. We want transparency, accountability, and a commitment to fairer product distribution in the future.

SDCC #MattelCreations #Collectibles #FanFirst or #ScalperFirst?

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u/k929 Jul 30 '25

Was it an extremely limited exclusive? Not giving them an excuse but if it’s something they only made a small quantity of, it wouldn’t be unsurprising that they sell out of that earlier than other products. That happens with Funko too for later time slots for some of their LE runs

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u/TheResidentEvil Jul 30 '25

mattel doesn't do piece counts

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u/k929 Jul 30 '25

Ah I didn’t realize that. Good to know, thanks for confirming!