hbchris
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Post by hbchris on Sept 8, 2016 13:16:23 GMT -5
This reminds me of the Jakks days, when they had their Rulers of the Ring sub-line. As I recall, most of those were characters making their figure debut, as least in TTL form with actual face scans. I remember series 3 had Saturn, Eddie, Stephanie, Albert, Raven, and Stevie Richards, and I think all of them were debut figures. Series 2 had the debut of Too Cool and Rikishi among others and I remember they were the hottest thing going at the time. Ahh, good times.
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Post by The-Rock on Sept 8, 2016 13:51:55 GMT -5
They did make waves of all first time in the line figures. It was Basic Series 1 & Elite Series 1.  ughhh stole my joke. Historically a full set of first time in the line figures is a poor business choice from a supply and demand stand point. Your average consumer of WWE toys is a kid who is allowed to pick out 1 maybe 2 figures on a typical trip to the store (in this day in age, you can barely even get 1 figure for what it used to cost to get like 3-4). Further, your average consumer is far more likely to purchase a well known character, even if it is a repaint, than a new character. Think about growing up when you liked superheroes or other stuff, you wanted the main guy and THEN the villains/sidekicks/secondary characters. How can you play Batman if all Toys R Us carried was obscure villains? Additionally, if they were to release everyone at once, there is no incentive to go back to the store and purchase another figure. Growing up it was always "I just need this one more wrestler and then I'm done." Once I finally got my hands on Brock Lesnar, suddenly I needed the new wrestlers that had debuted in the interim or an updated Kane with no mask, etc. etc. Thus, the methodology has always been produce a limited quality of the guys who are the most sought after/won't necessarily sell well...and then eventually release more when there is something else that will have greater demand. A good example of why you never do a first time in the line is looking at like RA 35-38(?). Stores were lined with Katie Burchill, Mickie James, Santino's, etc. |
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FUSamBaker
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Biggest crush on Sami Zayn.
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Post by FUSamBaker on Sept 8, 2016 13:56:09 GMT -5
I don't care about the kids. If a kid has my Alexa Bliss in hand, he will get gut punched.  Pretty much. Dude I'm ruthless lol |
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Post by The-Rock on Sept 8, 2016 13:59:05 GMT -5
This reminds me of the Jakks days, when they had their Rulers of the Ring sub-line. As I recall, most of those were characters making their figure debut, as least in TTL form with actual face scans. I remember series 3 had Saturn, Eddie, Stephanie, Albert, Raven, and Stevie Richards, and I think all of them were debut figures. Series 2 had the debut of Too Cool and Rikishi among others and I remember they were the hottest thing going at the time. Ahh, good times. This is a rare exception and was back when they released a new set like once every 3-months and wrestling was a zillion times more popular than it is now. It also didn't help that for the first year or so Jakks pretty much made the exact same people so there was a substantial demand for new characters. It also helped that all of the first time in the line people in ROTR 2 were relatively popular and bigger name superstars, with the exception of Steve Blackman. The better example that proves the original posters point is Unchained Fury which featured first time in the line figures of several main event superstars; Ric Flair, Booker T, RVD and then Lance Storm, Hurricane, and Tajiri. Inevitably Taijiri and Lance Storm warmed the shelves for a while after (for the reasons given in my post above this). |
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hbchris
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Post by hbchris on Sept 8, 2016 14:57:55 GMT -5
I wasn't saying Mattel should do something similar or anything. Just got me reminiscing. This reminds me of the Jakks days, when they had their Rulers of the Ring sub-line. As I recall, most of those were characters making their figure debut, as least in TTL form with actual face scans. I remember series 3 had Saturn, Eddie, Stephanie, Albert, Raven, and Stevie Richards, and I think all of them were debut figures. Series 2 had the debut of Too Cool and Rikishi among others and I remember they were the hottest thing going at the time. Ahh, good times. This is a rare exception and was back when they released a new set like once every 3-months and wrestling was a zillion times more popular than it is now. It also didn't help that for the first year or so Jakks pretty much made the exact same people so there was a substantial demand for new characters. It also helped that all of the first time in the line people in ROTR 2 were relatively popular and bigger name superstars, with the exception of Steve Blackman. The better example that proves the original posters point is Unchained Fury which featured first time in the line figures of several main event superstars; Ric Flair, Booker T, RVD and then Lance Storm, Hurricane, and Tajiri. Inevitably Taijiri and Lance Storm warmed the shelves for a while after (for the reasons given in my post above this). |
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ninedayfall75
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Post by ninedayfall75 on Sept 8, 2016 15:32:01 GMT -5
I didn't say all sell well. Cross....examined  fair enough, the prosecution calls Xpac to the stand next. I live in Southern California and I have never seen X-Pac shelf warm...ever. |
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 8, 2016 15:48:42 GMT -5
They did make waves of all first time in the line figures. It was Basic Series 1 & Elite Series 1. But they didn't have the stickers on them |
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Post by Classic Collector: The Return on Sept 8, 2016 20:27:40 GMT -5
fair enough, the prosecution calls Xpac to the stand next. I live in Southern California and I have never seen X-Pac shelf warm...ever. I don't think he warms as much on shelves in brick & mortar stores but online like RSC or Amaz0n they dropped the price so low it's assumed they can't get rid of them. |
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