Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series *Extended Edition* (Episode 10) – EXCLUSIVE Look at Mattel’s HOVERBOARD Prop-Replicas. March 5th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee BTM Reporter AJ Locascio with Matty Collector’s Marketing Manager Scott Neitlich And if our recent visit to Mattel wasn’t damn cool as it is, we’ve been given an exclusive personal invite to be on hand again in a few days to the Mattel Design Center when a very important player involved with making of the films will be paying the Matty Collector gang a visit. Check out our prior BTM post with all the details for the pre-ordering of the 2015 Hoverboard from the MattyCollector.com website; , The pre-order runs right now thru March 20th, so fans, check out the video web-series of our visit to Mattel and get an in-depth look at what’s in store … don’t be left behind on a chance to own a piece of the future! Here are some shots we took of the work-in-progress “Looks Like” Hoverboard used to promote the product at the recent New York Toy Fair and an early technical Prototype.
Matty Collector’s “Looks Like” Hoverboard. (EXCLUSIVE) Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 12): BOB GALE. A couple weeks ago Beyond the Marquee (along with www.BTTF.com) were invited to the Top-Secret Design Center of Mattel Toys in Los Angeles for an Exclusive look at their upcoming prop-replica Hoverboards from Back to the Future Part 2.
We got a glimpse at the working prototypes and met the team behind their production. Now we’ve returned to Mattel for another Exclusive report. Back to the Future hoverboard gets the thumbs up. We recently reported that Mattel will be manufacturing a special limited edition of the Back to the Future hoverboard for collectors.
This is obviously a dream come true for many geeks who would have loved a hoverboard under their tree for Christmas way back when, but Mattel never officially put one out, even though you could see the Mattel logo on the board in the movie. More on this in a second... Then I got an e-mail from Bob Gale, who created Back to the Future with Robert Zemeckis, with the message line saying, "Yes, I’m shameless! " As it turns out, Gale sent me an interview he did for Beyond the Marquee about the Mattel hoverboard, along with the message, "Here I am, shamelessly promoting Mattel’s upcoming hoverboard replica!
(But damn, it’s gonna be cool!) " Who can argue with enthusiasm like that? AJ Locascio goes inside Mattel for the inside scoop on hoverboards! Our good friends over at BeyondTheMarquee.com have just posted their exclusive inside peak at Mattel's highly-anticipated prop replica hoverboards!
BTM's Chief Marqueeologist and frequent BTTF.com contributor Steve Czarnecki and AJ Locascio, the voice of "Marty McFly" in Back to the Future: The Game, visited Mattel's headquarters last week to get a sneak-peek at just what the company has in store for the 22-plus-years-in-the-making hoverboards! Check out their report below: Mattel's limited pre-order period for this special prop replica ends promptly on March 20, 2012, so reserve yours today at MattyCollector.com before you're OUTATIME! Mattel announces officially licensed hover board prop replica for 2012.
Ever since Robert Zemeckis first sent fans into a frenzy way back in 1989 by jokingly stating that hover boards were real, the most highly-anticipated prop replica is finally set to be released as an officially licensed product!
On the eve of the annual New York International Toy Fair, Mattel has announced that they will be releasing a 1:1 authentic replica of the legendary hover board Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) made famous in Back to the Future Part II. The company will be taking orders for the final product between March 1 - 20, 2012 exclusively via their MattyCollector.com website, with an anticipated release date to be in November/December 2012. The board is expected to include mutiple "whooshing" sounds, as well as have the ability to "glide" over most surfaces (other than water).
Just like Nike stated last year with their auto-lacing Mag replicas, Mattel says fans must wait until 2015 for expected movie features to be supported. Mattel's hoverboard keeps McFly planted on terra firma, away from water.