Anybody else annoyed with Flashbacks?

Well the Cruiserweights are about to start showing up in the line. Don't forget it takes 9-12 months or so to get a figure out. As far a Titus and characters like that, they usually rot (Bo, Sandow, Rowan, etc). I'm not say flashbacks never rot (Sid and Tito I'm looking at you), but 99% of the time they're the first to go from a fresh case.

I personally collect flashbacks so I'm sure I'm a little biased, but I'm confident Mattel has numbers to prove the flashbacks and 5-8 big names on the current roster are what make them money...

Side note- I'm down for a heel all black Neville. Love his new gimmick and really am trying to convince myself that the new CW division is/can be as awesome as WCW's was

I would rather if they had flashbacks they'd use them for stars people actually remember and not some geek that was seen twice and never again and for some reason is considered a legend because of it

I collect both so i'm good as is. With all the different lines(Elite,TNF,HOF,NS,DM) we get a good mix of FB and current superstars.

this right here! just do a flashback only line already. im sure 4-5 figs a set would sell.

Exactly

You're probably gonna get more people disagreeing than agreeing with you on this one (I think most of us skew a little older on this board). I'm an older collector so I prefer flashbacks myself but also collect modern figures of characters I like. I do feel for modern-only collectors though because the current elite split does mean that there are a lot of modern characters that get passed over due to a lack of spots.

I'd love for separate modern/flashback elite lines but after so many years of tinkering with their lineups (Legends line, first DM run, entrance greats, etc. ... to now, with modern/flashback Elite waves, HOF, TNF, 1 DM per quarter, etc.) it seems as if Mattel definitely has found their sweet spot for sales. The first Legends run bombed for a ton of reasons that I don't need to get into here, but based on everything Bill has said he likes the current format because we can get most of the characters we want one way or another.

Not perfect, again, I'd prefer separate elite lines, but it seems to be working for the most part.

Why you not like Flashbacks!

I mean how many repaints of Roman Reigns and John Cena do you want ?

I'm honestly surprised that they don't include MORE Flashbacks in the Elite line ...

I love the flashbacks. My problem with current roster guys is the one's people really don't want keep getting made over and over again in the elite lines. Like the new day, Ambrose, Cena, and Roman. This takes up space for other current guys like Titus and Bray who need elites made. Known I realize from a retail sales perspective Mattel has to do this because those are the popular guys on TV with kids; who are the consumers of most of the figures. So I do understand what Mattel is doing.
But I agree also Mattel needs to do as Jakks did and make there a regular elite line and then a flashback elite line. If there worried about flashbacks warming shelves then just only make the line like 4-5 figures a series and 2 figures of each a case; or they could make the flashback elite line a RSC or Amazon exclusive that would really help sale it. I actually liked the legends series they use to have and the re-release flashback series they did last year; as well as the HOF line and TNF. Its just they need to figure out a way to market and produce these lines better so they are not warming shelves.

And also speaking of the HOF line, I wonder if the NXT line is going to replace the HOF line with target. I notice how GameStop got rid of there exclusive line; that's why RSC is selling the Jericho and Samoa Joe ( which I am perfectly fine with .