What figures would you like to see rereleased?

I respectfully disagree.

Rerelease kills the secondary market, and despite popular belief, a strong secondary market brings new collectors to the product, turns it into a 'collectable' market and a collectable product. Will also help the product in the long term.

No, I do not collect for value, which is why I have no problem with repaints. Rereleases are little more then a short sighted money grab by Mattel, and I get it, they are business etc, but at what cost. We have already seen collectors bow out because if Mattel increases rereleases what is the point? Nothing wrong with wanting an overall collection to hold some collectable value. This is easily sustained by Mattel, via repaints (see hasbro values)

Your point about the sales profit going to the budget of figures? Best I can tell Mattel WWE has never been more popular (I could be wrong) yet I would contest the overall quality of figures has dropped. The fact we get the level of figures we do currently is likely due to the clever thinking of MDT. (Again could be wrong - but nothing backs up your point)

eBay is not a bad place. Your call them 'extortionate' prices, I call it fair market value. Why, because something is worth what someone will pay. Just because a new collector doesn't value a figure at $100, doesn't mean the market doesn't. And patience is the key with eBay. nothing, and I mean nothing is ever a one off. Don't like someone's Buy it now price, be patience and what for a auction to set the market fairly. It really isn't that hard.

And I'm sorry, to fill holes in your collection? Same can be achieved by repaints. If u want a certain style of Ultimate Warrior and its 4x times the price as the new one just released (thinking legends vs e26), then anti up the cash and by it. It shouldn't be rereleased because Mattel ed up the legends line to start with and no one supported it.

As far as I'm concerned, and this is taking it a bit to far I'll be honest, but it is a sign of disrespect to the long time collectors of Mattel. Where's the loyalty.

And finally the argument to end it all. WOULDN'T U RATHER NEW FIGURES?

I respectfully agree to disagree with you disagreeing with me.

eBay is not a bad place. Your call them 'extortionate' prices, I call it fair market value - Ebay is most certainly not a bad place, but You're happy for people to pay 125 dollars for a Randy Savage figure rather than a 25 dollar re-release?



And finally the argument to end it all. WOULDN'T U RATHER NEW FIGURES? -  we get plenty of new figures. Plus some re-issues here and there may not be new to you, but they are new figures to a new potential collector or collector who started later.



Your point about the sales profit going to the budget of figures? Best I can tell Mattel WWE has never been more popular (I could be wrong) yet I would contest the overall quality of figures has dropped. The fact we get the level of figures we do currently is likely due to the clever thinking of MDT. (Again could be wrong - but nothing backs up your point) - You don't back up your counterpoint.



Rerelease kills the secondary market, and despite popular belief, a strong secondary market brings new collectors to the product, turns it into a 'collectable' market and a collectable product. Will also help the product in the long term. - I collect figures for the right reason. I enjoy them. I want them. I dont even consider the secondary market. They are still collectible and people will always pay more for the original versions. Re-releases at better prices would suit me than paying crazy eBay prices. (This applies to some figures, not all)


Finally, I am not against re-paints in the slightest. I actually said in my original post that I support them. If getting a repainted Akeem with a yellow hat instead of a blue hat means I get an Akeem figure at a reasonable price, I'd take it.

Please STOP!!!!!

Rereleases suck. If you missed out on a figure, too bad. Anti up the cash on evil bay. I hope we never see another reissue again. A mountain of repaints we could have before rerelease, not to mention, you know NEW FIGURES!

I respectfully disagree.

Rerelease kills the secondary market, and despite popular belief, a strong secondary market brings new collectors to the product, turns it into a 'collectable' market and a collectable product. Will also help the product in the long term.

No, I do not collect for value, which is why I have no problem with repaints. Rereleases are little more then a short sighted money grab by Mattel, and I get it, they are business etc, but at what cost. We have already seen collectors bow out because if Mattel increases rereleases what is the point? Nothing wrong with wanting an overall collection to hold some collectable value. This is easily sustained by Mattel, via repaints (see hasbro values)

Your point about the sales profit going to the budget of figures? Best I can tell Mattel WWE has never been more popular (I could be wrong) yet I would contest the overall quality of figures has dropped. The fact we get the level of figures we do currently is likely due to the clever thinking of MDT. (Again could be wrong - but nothing backs up your point)

eBay is not a bad place. Your call them 'extortionate' prices, I call it fair market value. Why, because something is worth what someone will pay. Just because a new collector doesn't value a figure at $100, doesn't mean the market doesn't. And patience is the key with eBay. nothing, and I mean nothing is ever a one off. Don't like someone's Buy it now price, be patience and what for a auction to set the market fairly. It really isn't that hard.

And I'm sorry, to fill holes in your collection? Same can be achieved by repaints. If u want a certain style of Ultimate Warrior and its 4x times the price as the new one just released (thinking legends vs e26), then anti up the cash and by it. It shouldn't be rereleased because Mattel ed up the legends line to start with and no one supported it.

As far as I'm concerned, and this is taking it a bit to far I'll be honest, but it is a sign of disrespect to the long time collectors of Mattel. Where's the loyalty.

And finally the argument to end it all. WOULDN'T U RATHER NEW FIGURES?