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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 18:38:51 GMT -5
Personally I have zero interest in this set, but I hope the people who really want it can find a way.
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Post by ricflair4ever on May 12, 2017 18:47:34 GMT -5
The Mean Gene and that X Pac will probably haunt my nightmares until a stateside release is either confirmed or they get slotted elsewhere. Now Larry Zbyszko has some company in that department. Lol
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 19:10:12 GMT -5
I think it would help sales but what do i know, i just look at it like this, marvel legends put out that x men wave and had an x men character as a b.a.f , would it.be more or less successful if the b.a.f was a spiderman character? I dont know, but i imagine x men only fans wouldnt be as enticed to buy every figure, and spiderman fans wouldnt buy a whole set for 1 figurw they wanted. Which is what we get with paul bearer and mean gene. Flashback collectors have to pay the price of four figures just to get one, and modern only collectors wont hsve the desire to complete the set. I would be more likely to want to complete a flashback b.a.f if the figures you had to buy were all flashbacks, they dont have to have been managed by the guy imo but at least from the same era. I just dont like having to buy modern guys to collect a flashback. Just my 2 cents I feel you, but its the same problem with Comic figures excpet that comic character dont get injured or fired and taken off of tv for months/forever. Think about CM Punk. Main Event guy, never had a problem moving figures/merchandise, then they put 3 elites of him out in his last year of the company, 2 being BAF sets. Granted they werent the best figures of him, but I highly doubt they wouldve warmed as hard had he not left. Same with Bryan figures, Mizdow, Del Rio, etc. They invested in several new Del Rio figures for him to just quit less than a year later...Its just the curse of wrestling figures. With Marvel/DC plenty of people who wont buy the full wave because attires arent the ones they want, they do or dont want MCU/DCEU figures, or they only want one or two figures total because of finances or preference. I collect very few comic figures and mostly focus on MCU ones so I dislike when I had to buy Nuke, Red Guardian, and Nick Fury to build Giant Man and the whole Hulkbuster wave minus the Iron Man and War Machine. The International sets did it better with the MCU Avengers building Hulkbuster and Giant Man. I remember when BAF JR hit and how frustrating it was that they only put 1 Curtis Axel per case with the torso piece and then we had to look at pegs full of CM Punk and Del Rio for years. Also with Teddy and Booker they put Sheamus and Del Rio in BOTH?! Basically I agree that they could do it better, but wont because the idea is to con us into paying more than we would to get the ones we want. Like you said, you just want Gene so regardless of how its sold youll have to pay what is asked. They cant make it all flashback because the market is even more niche. They try and appease the both. Good points, i guess it is what it is , regardless im happy were getting gene
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Post by CampCornette on May 12, 2017 19:10:14 GMT -5
Outside of xpac this set is trash
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Post by popyduggan on May 12, 2017 19:29:50 GMT -5
so if this set was actually produced in mass quantity....why can't a company like Ringside get a few hundred cases and start selling them? Ikr, I think Mattel Shop had the first TNF set and maybe the BAFs too? Would've been nice if they carried a batch of Gene and 4 packs, but it's probably a constipated clusterf*** for them when retailers get cold feet.
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Post by Nivro™ on May 12, 2017 19:41:13 GMT -5
So which of my Australian friends wants to hook me up? All I need is the Mean Gene. Cmon guys Ive got mad respect for yall. I use to eat Dunkaroos like crazy growing up.
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Post by winxclubflora on May 12, 2017 20:51:35 GMT -5
Only X-Pac (<3) for me. Wish I was in Australia right now.
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Post by madness86 on May 12, 2017 20:57:40 GMT -5
This is what I dislike most about collecting Mattel.. piss poor distribution/store exclusives that jack around forever then we get screwed out of stuff we actually want. But hey we still have hundreds of basic Cena,t shirt rock figures nobody wants and reigns figures that don't sell
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Post by marino13 on May 12, 2017 21:04:35 GMT -5
Though I collect Basics, I have no need for any of those. But I gotta have Mean Gene.
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Post by rastlinfigures on May 12, 2017 21:37:54 GMT -5
This set should be made up of all guys he actually interviewed ...
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Post by King of Kings on May 12, 2017 22:19:19 GMT -5
I do want Mean Gene, and I've wanted that X-Pac attire. I hope this comes State-side but very happy for my Aussie peers who got it!
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Post by TheLastDude on May 12, 2017 22:20:43 GMT -5
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Post by SteveHulk on May 12, 2017 23:48:54 GMT -5
...SOOOOOO pleased Mean Gene is finally out there!
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on May 12, 2017 23:53:09 GMT -5
Buy 4 crap figures and get Mean Gene. Ugh. Too bad. Easy pass.
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Post by rkmo: Enjoys That Social Life on May 13, 2017 1:28:24 GMT -5
Guess my $50 will go toward some other figs now...
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Post by Chip on May 13, 2017 2:13:43 GMT -5
the other thing i dont get is that didn't the Bearer set with Rusev, Jericho, etc sell out?
like, i dont remember ever seen any walmarts in my area with them on clearance and we're talking like 20 walmarts...most only got a case or two and they were gone.
what would be the reason for these figures not getting to store shelves
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on May 13, 2017 2:51:52 GMT -5
The only one of those I'm interested in is X-PAC, but I'd buy 'em all for Scheme Gene.
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Post by popyduggan on May 13, 2017 3:36:10 GMT -5
This set should be made up of all guys he actually interviewed ... just off the top of my head; "El Dandy" era Bret Hart, Purple 90s WCW Flair, "Crooked Beard" era Randy Savage, and green tights Iron Sheik.
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Post by skribbel24 on May 13, 2017 3:54:29 GMT -5
Wow, that red Xpac!
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Post by Rude Awakening on May 13, 2017 12:45:33 GMT -5
No one has pointed out the tnf packaging. It could be the next wave. Nope. This was supposed to come out several months ago. Walmart was supposed to get it but they never ordered it. The TNF branding is probably why it was shipped overseas since Walmart has exclusive rights to the TNF line. Oh that sucks
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