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Post by dynamitekido on Apr 1, 2018 14:20:46 GMT -5
I mainly pay attention to the NXT line and that has always been pretty solid IMO. And now the Walgreens Women’s line. The only thing I don’t care for in the main Elite line is that is pretty much the same characters being released over and over. I would just like to see more new faces in the line. You nailed it. My issue comes from the main Elite line, not Mattel in general. Now I’m noticing that stores with exclusives carry those and seem to stick WAY less in the regular elite line. That makes it annoying because the exclusives become harder and harder to get, then stores aren’t stocking elites like they used to. Your lucky if 2 cases of a series come in before they’re gone forever. I’ve mainly started going online only for the regular elites so I’m not wasting time and gas going places to hunt them. To me hunting is fun, but it’s become completely boring.
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Post by TheLastDude on Apr 1, 2018 14:25:38 GMT -5
I wholeheartedly disagree. I'm having more fun now than I ever had collecting WWE figures. And I've been in the game since LJN. At 40 years old, I'd love to stop. But they just keep getting better and better. I sometimes skip a figure, and there's nothing wrong with that. Nobody has ever forced us to buy everything. Something that may not interest me, may be the equivalent of a golden unicorn to someone else. So repaints don't effect me. I understand this line isn't made specifically for me and my wants. CW Division is still in it's infant stages. But in the short time they have been around we've gotten Aries, Neville, TJP, Swann, Gallagher, & soon released Kendrick. Add them to Kalisto & Enzo and I think we've gotten a fairly decent start. People are always quick to point out all the names Jakks gave us that Mattel hasn't. But they seem to ignore all the names Mattel has released that Jakks never did. Savage, Elizabeth, Steamboat, Kerry & Kevin, Red Rooster, Alundra Blaze, & Magnum TA just to name a few. So like I said above, IMO Mattel has made this hobby more fun and more rewarding as far as I'm concerned. Stop being so damned reasonable all the time.
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Post by Halloween King on Apr 1, 2018 14:40:43 GMT -5
I do agree though, that Jakks has a much wider variety of characters made. Every Classics wave was excitement because you knew that a new character was headed your way. With Mattel it's a trickle of characters spliced into random waves here and there.
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Post by master of the WORLD! on Apr 1, 2018 14:52:29 GMT -5
do you collect other figures outside of wwe? depending on your budget and what you like there is a ton of stuff out there.
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Post by 666erickana on Apr 1, 2018 15:53:49 GMT -5
With jakks we had 10 new signed legends each 2 months, with mattel they signed 10 new legends since they got the deal with the wwe. With jakks every week they were riddles so we can try to find new signed legends, it was so cool ! Near everybody was a possibility. They gave us rare legends like bastion booger, jhonny rodz, the mountie, abe the baseball player, from each eras. Nwa wcw guys like rnr express, dr death, the koloffs.... ecw guys too. Im sure that jakks never lost the license, today we have in our collection guys like dino bravo, rougeau bros, slick, butch reed, hercules, pat patterson bjack mulligan, moondogs, key, the pittbulls, well dunn, beverly bros, jean pierre lafitte, waylon mercy, buzz sawyer, black scorpion, original midnight express, adrian adonis, dick murdoch, islanders, jhonny v, the spoiler, fake undertaker, tl hopper, the goon, body donnas, battle kat, etc....
When mattel did the gobbledy gooker and then said, it will cost too much to do parts for the figure because it cant be use for others fig, so they scrapped it and then they release zombies , monsters figs with parts that cannot be used for more fig, they lost me
Im still buying the new characters figs, because there is no competition, but i dont understand people that prefer buying 10 ambrose with every tshirts he used, instead of wanting to get figures that they were never released. And also with mattel , the problem is they wait to much to release a first figure, i cannot believe that we have to wait to october 2018 to get Elias. Please you can scan the guy when he signed with the wwe and start working on the fig right away, with some 3d printer people can make new figure in 2 hours and it takes 1 year for mattel to release a elias figure. So sad
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Post by nwo4lyfe on Apr 1, 2018 16:09:13 GMT -5
I do wish we could get more wcw and wwf flashback figures.
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Post by Scotty Flamingo on Apr 1, 2018 16:19:17 GMT -5
Jakks did the same thing because that is what the wwe and retailers want driving the lines. With Jakks it was Austin, Rock. Triple H, Undertaker, HBK in most lines because they were the main guys on the roster. Now with Mattel it’s Reigns, Cena, Rollins, Ambrose, Miz & Orton because they are the main guys on the roster. I can’t understand why retailers want certain wrestlers. They would be happy as long as they get product and it sells quickly. I would think since most kids have a figure fed that the kids would want as many different wrestlers they can get. In the BCA days we missed out on several possible wrestlers due to Austin, Rock, Undertaker, etc. taking up spots and figures not be released as frequently. Now kids are probably missing figures like Axel, Titus, and others because they don’t get released again. Plus most of the ones that get released all the time are the ones who have very little that can be changed to need another figure right away.
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Post by PJ on Apr 1, 2018 17:27:16 GMT -5
Jakks did the same thing because that is what the wwe and retailers want driving the lines. With Jakks it was Austin, Rock. Triple H, Undertaker, HBK in most lines because they were the main guys on the roster. Now with Mattel it’s Reigns, Cena, Rollins, Ambrose, Miz & Orton because they are the main guys on the roster. I can’t understand why retailers want certain wrestlers. They would be happy as long as they get product and it sells quickly. I would think since most kids have a figure fed that the kids would want as many different wrestlers they can get. In the BCA days we missed out on several possible wrestlers due to Austin, Rock, Undertaker, etc. taking up spots and figures not be released as frequently. Now kids are probably missing figures like Axel, Titus, and others because they don’t get released again. Plus most of the ones that get released all the time are the ones who have very little that can be changed to need another figure right away. It’s easy to understand even if we already have a popular wrestler like Cena, Balor, Styles they (Mattel/Retailers/WWE) all know there’s going to be new kids and/or collector’s everyday wanting their first. They also know if they have two pegs full of either Cena/Balor/Styles compared to a peg full of a diva, or a guy like Ryder or any other non main talent the 2 pegs of the popular wrestler will sell out first.
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Post by SteveHulk on Apr 1, 2018 17:33:12 GMT -5
Elizabeth was in the regular elite series. You're correct. She was initially going to be sold on matty collector and I believe because of poor sales they moved her to the standard elite line. However if memory serves me correct she was still hard to get, similar to the Outsiders Nash which even though released in the regular elite line he was shipped very minimally per case and many people had to get him online including myself. I think the same applied to Liz. ...that is correct - I think (like Nash) she was only in "B" cases. Which, of course, the UK never got...
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Post by Jeremiah on Apr 1, 2018 17:37:09 GMT -5
Wait we got to wait til oct 2018 for elite 60? And jinder was supposed to be june not it says fall 2018.
But dont worry guys we will rush out those roman figures in no time smh.
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Post by Sizzle on Apr 1, 2018 17:41:30 GMT -5
I wholeheartedly disagree. I'm having more fun now than I ever had collecting WWE figures. And I've been in the game since LJN. At 40 years old, I'd love to stop. But they just keep getting better and better. I sometimes skip a figure, and there's nothing wrong with that. Nobody has ever forced us to buy everything. Something that may not interest me, may be the equivalent of a golden unicorn to someone else. So repaints don't effect me. I understand this line isn't made specifically for me and my wants. CW Division is still in it's infant stages. But in the short time they have been around we've gotten Aries, Neville, TJP, Swann, Gallagher, & soon released Kendrick. Add them to Kalisto & Enzo and I think we've gotten a fairly decent start. People are always quick to point out all the names Jakks gave us that Mattel hasn't. But they seem to ignore all the names Mattel has released that Jakks never did. Savage, Elizabeth, Steamboat, Kerry & Kevin, Red Rooster, Alundra Blaze, & Magnum TA just to name a few. So like I said above, IMO Mattel has made this hobby more fun and more rewarding as far as I'm concerned. Stop being so damned reasonable all the time. What a wonderful life of logic marino13 leads!
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Post by stc13 on Apr 1, 2018 18:21:17 GMT -5
I can’t understand why retailers want certain wrestlers. They would be happy as long as they get product and it sells quickly. I would think since most kids have a figure fed that the kids would want as many different wrestlers they can get. In the BCA days we missed out on several possible wrestlers due to Austin, Rock, Undertaker, etc. taking up spots and figures not be released as frequently. Now kids are probably missing figures like Axel, Titus, and others because they don’t get released again. Plus most of the ones that get released all the time are the ones who have very little that can be changed to need another figure right away. It’s easy to understand even if we already have a popular wrestler like Cena, Balor, Styles they (Mattel/Retailers/WWE) all know there’s going to be new kids and/or collector’s everyday wanting their first. They also know if they have two pegs full of either Cena/Balor/Styles compared to a peg full of a diva, or a guy like Ryder or any other non main talent the 2 pegs of the popular wrestler will sell out first. As a kid during the BCA days, I had 4 or 5 Takers, 8 or so Austins, and basically every Rock made. I remember being super excited to get The Rock in his latest ring gear and later his $500 shirt, or to get an Austin figure in his latest tshirt - first the 3:16 shirt, then SCU. I wanted to act out the story lines I saw on tv and create my own. And even though I already had plenty of those wrestlers, if given a choice I'd have taken another Stone Cold figure over a first time figure of Kiantei or 2 Cold Scorpio. As an adult collector I despise street gear figures and would probably rather buy a figure of a jobber who appeared once on NXT than any Roman Reigns figure. But as PJ mentioned, those top names sell now just as they did then. And there are probably kids who are just as excited for another Roman Reigns figure with a minor tweak to the color outline of his logo as I was for a new Rock with a new color outline on his trunks. Ultimately collectors are still just a small segment of WWE figure sales. I honestly think we've been fortunate the have as many figures released as we have and to have multiple flashback-heavy lines.
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Post by BadGirlRyleigh on Apr 1, 2018 20:48:42 GMT -5
Jakks did the same thing because that is what the wwe and retailers want driving the lines. With Jakks it was Austin, Rock. Triple H, Undertaker, HBK in most lines because they were the main guys on the roster. Now with Mattel it’s Reigns, Cena, Rollins, Ambrose, Miz & Orton because they are the main guys on the roster. I can’t understand why retailers want certain wrestlers. They would be happy as long as they get product and it sells quickly. I would think since most kids have a figure fed that the kids would want as many different wrestlers they can get. In the BCA days we missed out on several possible wrestlers due to Austin, Rock, Undertaker, etc. taking up spots and figures not be released as frequently. Now kids are probably missing figures like Axel, Titus, and others because they don’t get released again. Plus most of the ones that get released all the time are the ones who have very little that can be changed to need another figure right away. The same reason a Batman line always has Batman...
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Post by 666erickana on Apr 1, 2018 21:01:10 GMT -5
The retailers dont take time to think about wrestling figures, is not that important. Its ok to rerelease reigns, cena, ambrose often in a series but at least but new fig on each set, maybe less in a box. I remember the time of bca, people were angry to get repaints, and when finally theybrelease for the first time : edge, and the brood it sold like hot cakes, each days i was calling to see his the figs were there, and when they said yes, i took the car late at night just before the store closes, took 1 hour to get there to finally have edge and the brood ! Even the figure of dr,death was appreciated for a moment. Now im buying maybe 1 fig by month, i waiting for wendie richter, alundra blayze, red rooster and elias... sometimes when the stores put figs on sale i will buy a shield member, a bray wyatt or erick rowan because of the 2 sheeps masks. But i will never buy at full price characters that i already own a couple of times. Here in canada, we cant even have al the series, they skipped everythingnand they sent us your garbage that dont sell in the usa. Maybe with our toysrus still alive, we will have more luck,like with the shark figure.
and by the way im a fan of batman figs, and sometimes i found it stupid to release set, with just different batman, no villain, how a little kid can play without foe ??
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Post by aggressiveperfectpoor on Apr 1, 2018 21:26:11 GMT -5
Remember. Every figure of a popular character that is "oversaturated" is some buyer's first figure of that character. It's like I say with Iron Man, Spidey, or Captain America with the Marvel Legends line.
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Post by Vamp55 on Apr 1, 2018 21:34:28 GMT -5
the current figures are less and less appealing to myself. For instance, the NXT line. Does nothing for me. Not a thing. I brought Nakamura and Asuka, but have since sold Nakamura and will be selling Asuka. Seems we are getting Dean, Seth or RR in every elite series. Which makes sense, they sell. But doesn't appeal to me. I have also done a stocktake of sorts of my collection, and i am selling off about a quarter of my collection off. I don't want 4 Daniel Bryans, or 5 Brock Lesners. Not even sure how i got them all, 1 or 2 of each of the current guys is plenty for me.
I am enjoying the Flashback line, and look forward to seeing what it can delivery. And its not to say i won't support the current guys, for instance, i will buy every Balor they make (current fav wrestler), and i have a personal mission to collect every elite made from Wrestlemania 33 (the first i attended).
I think it mostly links to the current product, I am interested in Wrestlemania as an event, and i keep an eye (and somewhat enjoy) the current product, but for me - the best of wrestling is behind us, and I would rather wrestlers from yesteryear then today.
So bring on the Warriors, Macho's, Stings, Hitmans, HBK's and Goldberg's. And I'm always up for more Balor's.
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Post by SteveHulk on Apr 2, 2018 0:18:39 GMT -5
the current figures are less and less appealing to myself. For instance, the NXT line. Does nothing for me. Not a thing. I brought Nakamura and Asuka, but have since sold Nakamura and will be selling Asuka. Seems we are getting Dean, Seth or RR in every elite series. Which makes sense, they sell. But doesn't appeal to me. I have also done a stocktake of sorts of my collection, and i am selling off about a quarter of my collection off. I don't want 4 Daniel Bryans, or 5 Brock Lesners. Not even sure how i got them all, 1 or 2 of each of the current guys is plenty for me. ...that pretty much sounds like what I'm doing - I'm still collecting all the Flashbacks (where I can!), but limiting the newer/current roster to 1 or 2 each of the main guys.
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Post by @.@ Hempsterdance @.@ on Apr 2, 2018 6:42:38 GMT -5
Not in the least, these figures are works of art. The flow of releases are great.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Apr 2, 2018 8:03:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I’m getting bored. I’ve just been focusing on different collections at the moment.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Apr 2, 2018 8:09:22 GMT -5
Yes and no. I love the Flashback figures but I feel like it’s a lot of rereleases/repaints in the line. They are trying their best to get new guys out which I love but I just wish it was more instead of macho man and warrior
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