Papi Joker
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Post by Papi Joker on May 8, 2016 23:58:09 GMT -5
Dear Mattel/Ringside Collectibles, WHY DO YOU PRETEND LIKE WE DON'T EXIST? I have emailed Mattel and Twitted them too, they have chose to ignore me. For the past 2 months we have not had any new WWE Mattel toys stock our shelves, more than 2 months now! NOTHING... not even JOHN CENAS FFS!!!!So I am asking WHY?  ? Why do you make us pay double the price on eBay for sellers who are making a monster profit? 1 elite figure MOC brand new= $50-$60 AUD (nearly $45 USD)...Or paying TRIPLE money when we buy from RSC online or Amazon, etc...There are thousands of Aussie fans (and growing due to Emma and the rest of the Aussie NXT guys). So what is it Mattel??? We have Target, Kmart and Toys R Us... ALL.... EMPTY... NO WWE AT ALL... where are our exclusives?All we want is an answer, anything! juts a response... So please Mattel.... (IS THERE ANY ONE THERE!?) Bloody hell mate.... |
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on May 9, 2016 1:10:49 GMT -5
That's because stores aren't ordering the figures.
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Post by bige on May 9, 2016 1:28:15 GMT -5
Target have had the last 2 elites and maybe we will get the Finn set here as well
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Post by PJ on May 9, 2016 5:14:37 GMT -5
Your retail chains have to order it, Mattel doesn't just ship product to retailers.
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Papi Joker
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Post by Papi Joker on May 9, 2016 5:31:58 GMT -5
Yes i know its about that, but how about the exclusives? do the stores say: "hey Mattel you know that exclusive product you made just for us? can we sell it in our store?"
Or does Mattel just sit there and not think about offering and expanding their market internationally? NEW STUFF! mehhh they won't want it there...
The TRU manager said to me the WWE Toys are considered "too violent" as she was restocking plastic machine guns... lol
Who is the real heel here!?
At the moment the best way to get your figs is to trade... "Fig Indies"...
Thanks for your comments
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Post by PJ on May 9, 2016 6:10:54 GMT -5
If a retailer wants an exclusive Mattel works with them to get it. If you have Targets and TRU in your country and aren't getting the exclusives it is because the retail chain (Target and TRU) choose not to offer it there.
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Papi Joker
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Post by Papi Joker on May 9, 2016 7:01:39 GMT -5
unfortunately this often leads to going back to eBay and seeing some figures at a cheaper price, lose, from China...
its an expensive hobby nowadays...
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Post by Nathan from Aus on May 27, 2016 14:53:19 GMT -5
Just saw this now. Honestly collectors from the US brush this off like nothing but honestly they don't understand how expensive and hard to find these figures are for us.I have literally been all over the whole state of Melbourne hunting for elites and new basics, and i've been left disappointed with 1 or 2 Elite Sids ($35 AUD as well i might add) as well as heavily outdated Basic series'.
Never seen a battlepack here, a DM, 4 pack/3 pack.
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Post by Sizzle on May 27, 2016 17:09:32 GMT -5
Nothing anybody here can do about it. It's retailers.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 17:12:48 GMT -5
Just one of the reasons why I've essentially given up collecting WWE.
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Post by PJ on May 28, 2016 19:04:05 GMT -5
Just saw this now. Honestly collectors from the US brush this off like nothing but honestly they don't understand how expensive and hard to find these figures are for us.I have literally been all over the whole state of Melbourne hunting for elites and new basics, and i've been left disappointed with 1 or 2 Elite Sids ($35 AUD as well i might add) as well as heavily outdated Basic series'. Never seen a battlepack here, a DM, 4 pack/3 pack. But that has nothing to do with MDT or Mattel in general. That is your country's retailers. Mattel doesn't just ship product to stores. The stores have buyers that need to order the product from Mattel for them to ship it to the stores. So if your stores main corporate isn't ordering the product there's nothing Mattel can do. |
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Post by Vamp55 on May 29, 2016 1:31:39 GMT -5
Dude u just need to order from ringside and be done with it. It is nothing new that we Aussies don't get many figures here. It's not MDT fault, blame the stores. They usually over order anything we do get and it warms for months and months, so they don't order it again.
Elites are $35 for target, the couple of DM TRU got were $40. If u do a big enough order from RSC u can usually get them for about $45 each shipped. U just gotta have the money to spend $400-$500 at one time.
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Post by Mr Ezekiel Jackson If Ya Nasty on May 29, 2016 8:18:21 GMT -5
No new figures until you guys apologize for Yahoo Serious.
But seriously, it is on the stores to send the orders for more figures not Mattel. It sounds more like the stores there don't think there is a market for WWE toys and not requesting more. You might need to find alternative ways to score what you want.
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Post by Papi Joker on May 29, 2016 17:39:32 GMT -5
Thanks guys, those are good arguments, but the fact is that the figures actually SELL OUT, ppl are always buying them!
RSC doesn't even offer International Shipping options as easy as it should be, do you know how nice a special Aussie discount coupon would be! and it would mean we would buy more...
My biggest pet peeve is how the EXCLUSIVES don't make it to the same stores here... TARGET: "We better not risk buying these toys, our entire multi billion dollar company could be in jeopardy!"
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Post by carlyrsmith on May 30, 2016 0:24:50 GMT -5
I had to start buying figures from ebay but some of the sellers charge you an import price on top of the price of the figure and the shipping price if they use the global shipping program
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Post by carlyrsmith on May 30, 2016 0:26:19 GMT -5
The Toyworld in my town got series 58 a few weeks ago but none of the others have had any new figures for a while
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Post by blister on Jun 2, 2016 21:48:57 GMT -5
I feel your pain. I visited my brother in Sydney in March and saw firsthand how dire things were. Since then I have been shipping him figures from the States.
I can't do that for all of you, but would support your efforts in any way I could.
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Post by Papi Joker on Jun 2, 2016 22:24:02 GMT -5
blister what about for a commission man? sent lose as well... you would have 100+ orders though lol
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Post by blister on Jun 2, 2016 23:49:54 GMT -5
That's kind of why I really can't. I'd be flooded with orders and I'm not really set up for that unfortunately.
Plus there's the issue of payment. My brother paypals me immediately upon receipt of notification that I located something for him.
Granted, I can always return an item if nonpayment occurs, but it really is time consuming. Though I might be able to help out now and then.
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Post by carlyrsmith on Jun 3, 2016 7:22:29 GMT -5
I'm rather hoping that my Target gets elite 39 again so I can get more Stings though
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