Why are Non Big superstars htf

Sounds good to me. If i miss a few im ok with that. WWE superstars come and go, so i should have enough in a year to do a royal rumble(aka throw all the figs in the ring, have my one year old take them out and see which one is left.) lol.

because mattel loads every set & every case with the 3 guys they deem will sell well (Cena, Orton, Mysterio) with a couple of guys they've used enough of to satisfy for years (Triple H, Undertaker) and everyone else is basically there because they cant just release a set of 3 figures at a time.

I swear mattel would be fine releasing a best of John Cena, best of Rey Mysterio & best of Randy Orton 6 figure set.

Haha that's hilarious, I should have my nephew try that out for me, because I have a figure fed and I always have trouble deciding who wins the Rumble.

Why am I the only one who remembers Jakks Cena & Mysterio sitting for months at a time? That molded tucked in skin tight shirt mold on Cena was always a kiss of death around here.

Yeah mattel has some serious issues with getting out the figures that are in demand. Its not just the collectors that don't wwant any more Cenas Ortons Reys or Takers. Its the kids too. They have released enough different variations of those 4 guys that they don't need to make any more for the next 3 years. There can't be one collector or little kid out there that dosent have a Cena or Mysterio figure so why do we keep getting them? I never had a problem finding a figure that I wanted while Jakks was in charge, but now I have nothing but problems finding any figure that I'm looking for. Its seriousply become a shock these days to walk into a store and find anything that's not the same old Cena Orton and Rey figure.

It's like this: Imagine there are 12 Cenas in a box along with 4 flashback Terry Funks. John Cena sells 8, and Terry Funk sells 3. So that leaves 4 John Cenas on the shelf and 1 Terry Funk. Now you walk into the toy store and see 4 John Cenas and 1 Terry Funk. And then you tell yourself, "Wow, Terry Funk must be really really popular." But in fact, John Cena sold twice as many as Terry Funk because of Mattel's distribution.

I've been a reader of this forum for a lot longer then I've been a member, and it seems like this keeps coming up over and over again. It's as if people just can't help but believe what their eyes tell them. They think if they see lots of John Cenas then he isn't selling well. Or if they see no "something else" then "something else" IS selling very well.

Mattel still saturates us with too many Cenas and Reys, but I think they're just experimenting. Hopefully they figure it out before their contract is up.

I remember. Worked at Toys R Us for the 05 or 06 Christmas and would help customers find Cena and Rey for their kids. Eddie was hard to find after his death. I remember the shelfs clogged with mid cards and most Classics.

Luckily i just got into Mattel, so it will take me a while to get stuff, and now i know whose warming the shelfs, so i can pick them up last or on clearance.

LOL Orton, Cena, Rey, Taker= Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander, Duke of Wrestling

i agree my toyshop must have 1000's elite john cenas out the back

I perfectly understand short-packing a figure. I've never had that much of a problem finding the guys I've wanted, except for the past 4-5 months. And I'm still eventually finding them. I don't understand the overpacking, however. My local TRU which I work right across the street from and check all the time opened 5 cases of B15 total, with 4 Cena's per case. They maybe sold 8 altogether based on the number that are still there. That combined with the BOPPV Basic Cena and the Signature series Cena, and a couple of stray basic Reys means our shelves are clogged. Overpacking hurts everyone, underpacking hurts nobody if you're trying hard enough.

It is true that if you had overpacked the E14 Flashbacks, for instance, that they would be warming worse than they already are. Wal-Marts everywhere are getting them in finally, several cases at a time, and now I've gone from having never seen them to owning them and having seen them about 2 dozen times now. Don't believe they're warming? Check the prices on Ebay, people are essentially selling them at a loss.

Something else, real quick, to add to the subject. Mattel does in-ring gear only for the basic line. I remember that in a Q&A session last year when asked if they would do molded t-shirts. I don't know how much this would factor into other people's purchases, but I could see myself being more interested in having multiple Cena's with the same color gear if one had a t-shirt, and one didn't. Especially since, based off the Tommy Dreamer with the molded t-shirt, Mattel can sculpt a better looking shirt. Or maybe a rubber shirt since the price of basics is going up continuously.