Why all the hate on Mattel?

Because of the all the QC errors for the past couple of years


but guess what? pretty much every company has QC Errors, I've bought figures for 200 dollars that have QC errors
changing companys at this point, isn't going to do anything but cost collector's money

Some shoddy distribution and qc are main complaints but no company can be perfect; overall I think they make the best wrestling figures ever so its still a win

because the cost of these things is going up and the quality is going way down. figures are breaking left and right, paint apps are horrible, the "face" painting on these true FX is getting messed up, they continue to use the wrong parts all over the place for figures, they are making body parts with 2 different skin colors. its been going on for years but you can only do it so long without changing before people start to notice

I don't hate Mattel, they're a business trying to make money and we don't know what goes on behind the scenes.

What I hate as a collector is:

The sublines
The variants
The exclusives
The UK basically getting nothing anymore.

My dream would be going back to JUST waves of Elites, 6 figures each wave, a mixture of current and flashback. No exclusives or variants.

2018 has hurt my interest, its hurt my collection but its helped my wallet. (I've bought 3 figures since June)

I am not importing or paying £40 - £50 quid for a lump of plastic shaped like Brian Kendrick, Drew McIntyre, Harley Race or Alundra Blayze. If they were £20 online or in a shop I would buy them instantly.

i don't think people are "hating" there trying to push the product in a better direction. not everything is so black and white. We are here because we love the product and are passionate about our collections from Mattel.

Standard operating procedure dictates a peak standard of expectations, to be raised whenever mass output and mass expectation fall within range of potential parity.

Are you kidding me ? Yeah it could be worse the figures could fall apart as soon as you take them out of the box and they could have a no refund/return policy.

The quality has gone way down, the distribution has gotten even worse. They have all these exclusives that your lucky to find in store (flashback series 3).

If i lived in the u.k. i would have given up years ago cause they have been pretty much abandoned.

If you actually find new figures in a store its like your birthday and christmas combined because it happens so rarely.

Yeah i think its time for a freaking change.

Hasbro wouldn’t treat the line any better. Their distribution with Marvek Legends and Star Wars is a nightmare. I don’t want to see Hasbro take a money juggernaught like WWE and turn it into what they have with star wars.

My main beef with Mattel is distribution which is not necessarily their fault. At least not the ones in charge of social media presence.

QC issues are part and parcel for even premium figures so as much as they annoy me, water off my back.