Bob Gale on Mattel's Prop Replica Hoverboard

It would appear Bob Gale is
still not happy with Mattel's
prop replica, Hoverboard.

In a interview with Rich Handley,
he said, they bit off more than they
could chew (that's what she said)
and then pretended it was, what they
promoted.

He said this typical of corporate behavior
and they should've gone back to the fans
of come to him.

What I take from this, is Gale is taking some
heat, he is proud of what he created and is
upset that Mattel maybe taking shine off
his legacy.

Here's hoping one day, a company will do
it right.

Time will tell.

PS: Gale didn't say, "That's what she said," I
wrote that for comedy reasons.

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The Hobbit Earns Half a Billion dollars

Wow, oh wow, oh wow.

The Hobbit has earned $500 Million in just
13 days at the international box office.

An amazing feat and a triumph for Peter
Jackson.

The doubters can hang their heads in shame.

Roll on One Billion.

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Scott Neitlich NOT answering the ACTUAL Questions

I've  put a couple of questions and suggestions to Mattel's
Brand Manager Scott Neitlich, A.K.A toyguru.

His answers at Matty Collector's forums have been at
best ambiguous, and at times it seems he's not really
reading the questions.

Yes as he points out at the fourms, he does this on his
own time, so I guess people should be thankful for that.

But to not directly answer a question, is a bit off putting,
I've tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, and it
must be doing his head in, all these questions about the
prop/replica/toy Hoverboard form a ton of people.

But here is the deal, I put to him just the suggestion as
a bit of fun, will Mattel in the future try to create a
Skating Rink in a controlled environment where
Hoverboards will actually work!

He just wrote a generic reply about how  there are no
plans for additional Hoverboards.

Which  of course isNOT what I asked, I repeated
the question several times, but didn't get a straight
answer.

This to me is taking the Mickey out of the customer, and
is disappointing.

Anyway I thought the user KOWL had a great idea, teaming
with Universal Studios to do the skating rink at one of their
theme parks.

I dont think this will happen, I just wish Scott Neitlich would
at least acknowledge the suggestion, he can laugh it off, but
at least give an answer to the ACTUAL question asked.

Or perhaps I'm too harsh?

Anyway, still counting down the days to 2015.

It seems along way, away now, just like it was in 1989.

Who knows?

Time will tell.

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The Hobbit $222 Million World Wide in five days

Can you believe it?

This is beyond any expectations. to take nearly
a quarter of a billion dollars in five days, blows
the mind.

Well done to all, involved in the Hobbit.

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Scott Neitlich Answers Questions

(Update, let me add Scott has taken some grief by
customers at matty collector, but he's always been
polite to my questions)

Scott Neiltich has answered the questions that people
wanted answered.

The question was...

"If they could make a board 23 years ago with a lenticular surface,
how come Mattel couldn't do one in 2012?

His Answer.

"Because the boards made "23 years ago" were expensive
hand made props. The 2012 mass produced manufactured
toy needed to come in at 120.

Adding a lenticular would have skyrocketed the price. Lenticulars
are large extremely expensive. We did look into it and could
not find a way to make it work and still deliver an affordable
toy.

Making this comparison is honestly not fair. You are comparing
a hand made film prop with a high budget to a mass produced
toy for 120/130. It is not apples to apples at all."

So there ya have it, fans of the Hoverboard were getting
confuse with a prop replica with a hand made film prop.

We will know next time.

Scott Neiltich also said the Hoverboard was a success and
a near sellout, but it appears there wont be a year two, and
it will be a one off.

So Hoverboard fans, we still have some Time to wait
to get a real hand made film prop that is the Hoverboard.

It would appear an even longer wait FOR A REAL
HOVERBOARD!!!!

Time will tell.

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Bob Gales Releases another Letter

This time, he added the above photo. Bob Gale was
very kind to Mattel, which will please Scott Neitlich.

He basically stated, that many Hoverboards were used,
and it shouldn't really matter if the colors may of been
slightly different.

He said he had no problem with the basic design and
colors.

He went on to explain, how they shot certain boards for
the movie, and why they did so.

I doubt if this is going to appease Back to the future fans,
or if Bob was asked by Mattel to do this.

Design and colors didn't seem to be the big issue for fans,
and, Bob Gale in his first letter, explained what the issues
were.

His second piece can be read at bttf.com

Personally I'm just waiting for Scott Neitlich to comment.

Here's hoping he will shed some more light on why Mattel
got it so wrong.

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Breaking News: Matty Collector Deletes Customer Questions

Following Bob Gale's letter to the media, Mattel's
collector  site "Matty Collector" has seen an influx
of questions to their forums, the forum was set up
by Mattel to answer customer's enquires.

The person that is charged with doing this is none
other than Scott Neitlich. A.K.A toyguru.

Well the one question the fans want answered is
being deleted, not sure if its a legal issue or they
just think it looks bad for Mattel, but its the one
question that people want answered.

The questions is...

If they could make a hoverboard with a Lenticular
surface  23 years ago, how come Mattel couldn't do the
same in 2012.

Time will tell, if they ever answer this question.

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Bob Gale Unhappy With Mattel's Hoverboard

Wow.

Double Wow.

Triple Wow.

Did not expect this at all.

Bob Gale has came out and
criticize Mattel's Prop Replica
Hoverboard.

In a piece he wrote, he stated, he was disappointed
with the stand, disappointed with the sound
and glide feature.

He also said it's okay to throw eggs at him, of
course he was joking.

He stated if it was half the price he would love it,
but it wasn't.

He went on to say, he contacted Scott Neitlich to
tell him he was going public with it,and Scott was
very professional explaining the issues.

Of course the big issue was the lack of a Lenticular
surface on the board. Mattel used stickers.

He bought up a point, that I also cant get my head around.

Basically Bob Gale's point was...

If 23 years ago we could produced a board with a Lenticular
surface, how the heck couldn't Mattel produce one in 2012 and
why didn't they contact him  again.

Bob Gale's letter to the public can be read at bttf.com.

I sincerely hope that Scott Neitlich and Mattel will release
a public statement.

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The Standard has no Standards

(Update 2: Yes as pointed out 
by a delightful fella, the post I found
was not the one where the poster said
F off, but the one where the poster
said P off, I got my swear word wrong)

(Update: over a 15 hour period I
got verbally attacked and called a
liar for pointing out that a blogger 
from another blog had told people to P off in the comment
section of her blog. The writers said
I was making it up, well I found one of the
offending post, and posted it at the standard,
did they have integrity  to say sorry, of course
not, they just continued along their merry way,
I cannot respect any adult who doesn't have the
courage to admit that they're wrong, these
guys will make perfect Labour party politicians)


The far left blog, the Standard is trying
every little trick in  the book to hurt The
Hobbit.

For some bizarre reason, they think
if this movie is not as successful as
people had hope, then it will look
real bad on New Zealand Prime Minister,
John Key, and will be a victory for the Unions.

My word of advice to them is...

IT'S A MOVIE.

If it's successful critically, and commercially
it will be because of the hard work and passion
of all those that were in it and involved in it.

I for one, hope it does well, it looks visually beautiful,
and has a great cast, and for three hours you can get
taken to the world of Tolkien as imagined by the great,
Sir Peter Jackson.

Cant wait to see it, and I hope people, regardless of
their political ideology will go see it, because this
movie deserves to be seen.

As for the members of The Standard,  well perhaps
one day you can get your imagination and youth back.

I anit holding my breath though.

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Scott Neitlich and Hoverboard Thoughts

Well people have got their hoverboards arriving in the
mail, this week, and a long long year of hard work for
Scott Neitlich has come to the end.

The results and feedback from the fans?

Mixed.

First off, I went to youtube and saw a couple of videos
people have made reviewing the final product.

Let me say, the most positive aspect of the Hoverboard, is
that it glides real real well across carpet from what I saw.

It does give somewhat of an illusion that it's hovering, above
the ground (although of course it isn't.

Secondly from a distance, it looks exactly like the hoverboard
Marty used in the movie.

The negative, close up, you figure out that it's stickers, and the
noises although lifted from the movie, doesn't sound like they
were from the movie.

So there is good and bad and I'm just
 judging, by what Ive seen on youtube.

My words of advice for Scott Neitlich would be, the
advertising earlier on in the year, probably promised more
than it delivered.

Maybe if you do a year two,  you can shock some fans by
going to that french artist and seeing how you can create
a stand and use lasers and magnets to get this thing to
Hover in a display format.

That would be awesome.

But, even in that format, your not even close so far,
still nice glide feature.

Looking forward to year two, if there is one.

Time will tell.

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The Hobbit

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To Robyn Malcolm, Helen Kelly, The Unions and Peta

You made it your mission to try and ruin and stop,
one of the most important events this country has
seen, a big part of this country future depended on this
event, and because of your own ideology you tried to
brainwash the public for your selfish needs.

Guess what, you failed big time, you now have egg all
over your face, (dont worry they're free range, peta)

Aren't New Zealanders lucky that we stood by, what
we believed in, and not what a small amount of socialist bullies
believed in.

A great day.

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The Hobbit

Well done Peter Jackson, you have made New Zealand
proud and a lot of money.

Our country owes you a big thank you.

You're a genius, you're at the top of your field, every
kiwi should tip their hat to you, for what you have done.

On December 13th 2012, the world is going to marvel
at the magic you have created at 48 frames per second,
and the world will be transfixed at how beautiful our country
is.

A big thanks to Warner Bros and MGM for giving New
Zealand a chance, as you can see we kiwis love the Hobbit,
Jackson and movies.

Roll on December 13th.

I cant wait.

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Movie Remakes

Okay Michael Bay, you have remade every'
single movie there is to remake, from Jason
to Freddy, to all the other Horror franchises,
but now you have gone a step to far.

If you remake Back to the Future, you
will kill it, you will hurt your reputation,
fans will never see one of your crappy
movies again, not even Transformer nine,
"This time its the humans that transform"

When you also announced that Justin Bieber
would be good for the lead role, I thought it
was satire, but alas it wasn't.

Thankfully the original writers and co producers
and the movie studio are telling you where to go.

You don't get to touch, something that means so
much to people like Back to the Future.

I guess there is only one thing left for me to
say to you.

Make like a tree, and get out of here.

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Back to the future who would they vote for?

The following is just my opinion.

Marty McFly would vote for Obama
Doc Brown would vote for Obama.
Biff Tannen would vote for Romney.
Mr Strickland would vote for Romney.
George McFly would vote for Obama.
Lorriane McFly would vote for  Romney.
Jennifer Parker would vote for Obama
Mad dog Tannen wouldn't vote
Clara Clayton would vote for Obama.

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Bob Gale: Back to the Future

An Open Letter to Bob Gale:

First, thank you for co creating the
greatest movie trilogy of all time and
one of the most special pieces of
art I have ever witness.

The Back to the future movies mean
so so much to myself and millions of
movie goers.

The genius and heart behind it, is amazing
and so were the performances, especially
the performance of Crispin Glover.

Which bring me to my rather unsavory
question.

Why have you lied for all these years about
the reason Crispin Glover wasn't in Back
to the future 2?

He kept his silence, until recently, but because
you have kept on repeating the same lie
over and over again, he felt the need to
say something.

So why have you kept lying??

You know, that he wasn't in part 2, not because
 he asked for double the money of Michael
J Fox, but  the real reason was because
you were beeped off that he questioned the
ending of part one.

So why do to continue to tell the same lie
for over 25 years?

I love what you created, but I can't
get over the fact that you would
lie about someone for so so long,

Will I get an answer?

Time will tell.

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Crispin Glover: Back to the future

I'm so glad that Crispin Glover has
finally spoken out over the REAL
reason he wasn't in Back to the
future 2/3, it took him over 25
years to do so, but he has finally
had his say.

We are all aware of the lawsuit,
where he sued Universal for trying
to make out that it was him in
back to the future 2 and not another
actor.

But that is the effect of him not being
in the movie, what was the cause?

For over 25 years Bob Gale the co
creater/producer/writer has said,
Crispin Glover wanted  twice as
much money as Michael J Fox,
and even said this on 25th anniversary DVD
released in 2010.

It would appear that Bob Gale is a liar and
has been lying for over 25 years.

In an interview with "avclub" Glover said
he bought up with Bob Gale, before shooting
the movie's final scene that the the characters
shouldn't be rich, but just deeply deeply
deeply in love with  each other while having
the potential to make money.

He said Gale and Zemickis were furious,
and told him he was playing George McFly
wrong.

Crispin Glover said he was worried about
being fired, (he was only 20 while doing the
movie.)

They actually only offered $125 thousand to
do the second  movie, half of what Lea and Tom
were getting, they also showed him the script,
and his character was to be hung upside down
for a back problem, this was a deliberate attempt
to make Crispin Glover uncomfortable while
shooting, and a punishment for asking questions
about the first movie.

Crispin Glover said he came to the conclusion,
that they didn't want him in the movie.

So Bob Gale has got what he wanted.

The thing that Crispin Glover cant get over
is why would Bob Gale continue to lie for
over 25 years, he said, he can understand
why he lied the first time, but to do so, for
so long, well he just had to speak out.

I don't blame him, it's sad this isn't more
public knowledge, and it's sad that
Bob Gale has continued to lie about
the greatest movie trilogy of all time,
the one he co created.

Well done to Crispin Glover, you
were amazing as George McFly, you
are George McFly.

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Nature Calls (2012)

An Open letter to Hollywood.

Recently South Park did an episode,
called "Raising the Bar" it was about
how the bar has been Lowered so
much, people will watch anything, and
that is not good for society.

Well the bar has been lowered again, with
what is  the WORST MOVIE
EVER MADE.

I'm judging this on the trailer alone, the movie
is set for release on November.

I beg you Hollywood, don't release this movie
in the cinemas, please put it straight to video,
that way, this crime against nature, doesn't get
to be part of cinema history.

When Rob Schneider turns you down, you
know you have a problem.

Please don't release this piece of crap, dont
make movie ushers have to walk into the
theatre while this is on, your talking about
people's time here, don't waste 90 minutes of
people's lifes.

You guys have created the biggest piece of
crap ever, I don't have the skills as a writer
to show my disgust at this abomination that
is suppose to be a  film, in fact how dare
anyone call this a film, it's not, it should
be the poster child for everything that is
wrong with the universe.

How dare you guys do this, to the public.

Please oh please, don't make this
piece of donkey diarrhea, a part
of cinema history.

Straight to video please.

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Scott Neitlich Hoverboard Disappoints

Scott Neitlich has more contempt for his consumer base
than any other spokesperson in the history of business.

Scott Neitlich's official title is "Marketing Brand Manager" for
Mattel.

Perhaps a better title would be "Biggest Douche in the Universe"

For six months, he was out promoting the Back to the Future.
prop replica Hoverboard, thru sites such as Beyond the Marquee,
even bringing in back to the Future, writer and cocreater Bob Gale.

Various scifi website and the mainstream media picked up on this,
and the internet was abuzz with talk that this prop replica would be
the exact match they used for back to the future.

It came with a huge pricetag, over $150 bucks, plus you had to be
a paid member of mattycollecter.com.

So for $150 bucks you would expect something special.

Think again, what you got from Mattel is a cheap, tacky,
piece of crap that a fourth grader could've made in a
low stream shop class.

It's beyond a joke how crappy Mattel's Hoverboard is.
It must of only cost 25 cents to manufacture. Why they
did all this BS in promoting it, is beyond logic.

Scott Neitlich should be ashamed at what he does, instead
of signing autographs at San Diego's comic con 2012, he
should be saying sorry to every Back to the Future
fan on the planet.

I refuse to post a picture of Mattel's hoverboard on this
blog, it's just too depressing.

We deserve better, than this piece of crap.

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Hey Adam Sandler

When you have contempt for your fans
as one poster said on rotten tomatoes, they
won't come to your movies anymore.

What a terrible piece of work, how can
you think that lowly of your base?

Money talks, huh.

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