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Mattel Offering Refunds for 12" Peter Venkman Defect

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AJ Quick
·May 19, 2010· 2 min read
Mattel Offering Refunds for 12" Peter Venkman Defect
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There is good news for Ghostbusters Fans who were disappointed to find the 12" Peter Venkman you ordered last month arrived with a squished head. Mattel is offering full refunds for those who ordered the figure and were unable to fix the head. They offered up a quick solution for how to fix the head, and we have another way to do it here

The mystery surrounding the face sculpt of our 12” Peter Venkman™ figure has been completely investigated and, from our friends at Corporate Headquarters, here’s the result:

“For the Peter Venkman™ figure, there is a vacuum seal on the head that in this case happened to pull it together to create the unfortunate “squished” look. To remedy it, customers must remove the figure from the package and pull the head back slightly (but DO NOT pull it off) to let some air in. They may have to press on the head to re-shape it. If the product is still defective, or if fans were planning on keeping the figure in-package, we will give a refund. We have already talked to the plant to ensure that this does not happen on future products.”

We know that many of you figured this fix out for yourselves and hopefully you now have the figure you were expecting. If you would like a refund, please call Customer Service at 1-877-GO-MATTY or send an email with your name and order number (if available) to MattyCollector [dot] CS [at] digitalriver [dot] com. On behalf of the MattyCollector.com team, we apologize to our loyal Ghostbusters™ fans and want you to know we’re doing everything we can to minimize these kinds of issues in the future.


Source: MattyCollector.com

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