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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 0:36:04 GMT -5
Hypothetical case where Mattel announces they're discontinuing the Elite and Basic lines and launching a new WWE line.
So, define what you would want to see in this line? Scale? Articulation points? Accessories? Price? More flashbacks? Less flashbacks?
Try to be realistic. Obviously everyone wants realistic figures loaded with accessories made with quality plastic for $1, but that's probably not going to happen.
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Post by WalterF on May 9, 2015 0:43:25 GMT -5
To be honest, I love the current line and am very invested. I can't think of it being any better without jacking up prices even more realistically.
I do however wish they'd consider w Flashback only line that hits all stores a few times a year to get more classics.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 0:46:09 GMT -5
I'd like for them to do the hybrid Basic and elites. Like Basic Kane, sometimes the elite torso suck.
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Post by The Assassin on May 9, 2015 1:05:25 GMT -5
7-inch scale (rather than 6-inch scale) and all flashbacks from the monday night wars era!
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Post by Nivro™ on May 9, 2015 1:11:30 GMT -5
Wouldnt matter. Im getting too old to keep restarting collections. This is my final go around. If Mattel loses the line or they scrap everything and start over, Im done. Ill move on to something else.
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Post by shanoe on May 9, 2015 1:20:01 GMT -5
I use to collect a lot of figure lines ( Marvel Legends, DcUC , japanese anime, etc...) but I have to admit Mattel Wwe elite line is on top of my fav (along with Marvel Legends, especially regarding female figs)
The best could be reached if Mattel at one point decided to give elites ball-jointed torso (no T crunch) and double jointed knees for female buck.
About the scale, I think Mattel is doing a GREAT job with this line, so no need to change it
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Post by LostHawk05 on May 9, 2015 1:28:59 GMT -5
I have always wanted an extensive 3.75 WWE line with the same articulation as GI Joe's. As a kid, I had a huge collection of GI Joes and they would either be at war or, on most occasions, used in my made up wrestling fed. I know Jakks attempted this with the Build n Brawl line but I wasn't collecting at the time. And from the looks of what I have seen it didn't last to long. Even though I no longer play with toys I would love to have an actual wrestling figure line/collection in that scale with the same or even more cast of figures that the elite and basic lines have seen.
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Post by Browser Brody on May 9, 2015 1:29:33 GMT -5
Wouldnt mind a 4 inch elite articulated figure. However, the basic/elite line is the last current figure line i am collecting. Whenever it ends, im collecting vintage wwe figures starting with ljn and working up.
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Post by The Gang on May 9, 2015 2:46:18 GMT -5
To be honest, I love the current line and am very invested. I can't think of it being any better without jacking up prices even more realistically. I do however wish they'd consider w Flashback only line that hits all stores a few times a year to get more classics. Exactly, I think it's time to expand the Flashbacks line into a line of it's own and get back to making a lot more legends. Mattel has been doing it right after a terrible start to making legends and I'm sure they could make it work this time. |
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Post by Vamp55 on May 9, 2015 2:51:51 GMT -5
Hot toys level collectables is what I want. 12 inch - highly detailed, cloth attire.
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Post by SteveHulk on May 9, 2015 3:02:05 GMT -5
To be honest, I love the current line and am very invested. I can't think of it being any better without jacking up prices even more realistically. I do however wish they'd consider w Flashback only line that hits all stores a few times a year to get more classics. Exactly, I think it's time to expand the Flashbacks line into a line of it's own and get back to making a lot more legends. Mattel has been doing it right after a terrible start to making legends and I'm sure they could make it work this time. ...isn't the Target HOF series kind of a separate Flashback line though? It's 4 figures, every few months (which is actually how the Legends line ended up) - sure, they're mainly retooled/reprints, but we're also getting great new versions of guys like Eddie and Yokozuna - plus brand new guys like Tito Santana and Barry Windham. Maybe Mattel are testing the waters for a mass release...?  |
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Post by The Gang on May 9, 2015 3:07:35 GMT -5
Exactly, I think it's time to expand the Flashbacks line into a line of it's own and get back to making a lot more legends. Mattel has been doing it right after a terrible start to making legends and I'm sure they could make it work this time. ...isn't the Target HOF series kind of a separate Flashback line though? It's 4 figures, every few months (which is actually how the Legends line ended up) - sure, they're mainly retooled/reprints, but we're also getting great new versions of guys like Eddie and Yokozuna - plus brand new guys like Tito Santana and Barry Windham. Maybe Mattel are testing the waters for a mass release...? True but the HOF series is obviously limited to Hall of Famers. Mattel is ready to expand the Flashbacks line to get out a lot of new characters that deserve a figure. |
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on May 9, 2015 4:59:34 GMT -5
3.75" GI Joe scale and style. Like Build and Brawl but with attention to detail on who is bigger than who.
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Post by Mongo Bears on May 9, 2015 6:32:26 GMT -5
A new line would be cool.....
Same scale
Same articulation
Same price
More flashbacks
More cloth accessories for entrance attires such as all robes and shirts
Please don't neglect my wcw wrestlers
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 6:35:22 GMT -5
Wouldnt matter. Im getting too old to keep restarting collections. This is my final go around. If Mattel loses the line or they scrap everything and start over, Im done. Ill move on to something else. This 1000 times over |
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Post by micco on May 9, 2015 6:40:21 GMT -5
If they went the route of making sculptures like jakks unmatched fury but with better detail, I'd be willing to spend what I spend on elites (which is more than jakks charged) and I'd be happy with it replacing the two current lines. I'm a moc collector so play isn't a priority. I would also be interested in a better version of ljns. Point is that articulation isn't a priority for me. Likeness and detail are all that matter.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 6:42:14 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind a sturdier line.
I like playing with my toys. I worry about breakage, loosening joints, and paint wear though.
I think a line of wrestlers that were a cross between bendies, BCA, and an articulated figure would be cool. Wrestlers that could really wrestle. Like a figure that could apply holds like the figure four.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2015 6:55:24 GMT -5
I think Mattel should get rid or chest articulation, it is not that important and sometimes makes the figures look goofy. I think that both basic and elites need to have the elite legs. For cost wise the basic would not have double jointed knees. The elites would be different then the basics because they would come with accessories
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Post by dixol on May 9, 2015 7:26:21 GMT -5
LJN style rubber statues w no articulation.
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Post by The Champ is Here! on May 9, 2015 8:05:50 GMT -5
If mattel quit making elite figures?
Id quit buying retail, fill in my elite collection, make customs
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