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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Dec 26, 2018 14:13:19 GMT -5
Still blaming Mattel Walmarts buying habits lol Some things never change around here lol
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Dec 26, 2018 14:24:33 GMT -5
I blame Walmart for piss poor distribution & not stocking when they do get stock.
Edit: Blame Mattel for having store exclusives. (I hate store exclusives) Blaming Mattel for distribution...? Come on. All retails with Mattel figures have distribution problems. Blame the stores.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 14:30:58 GMT -5
So where do I mail the poop trophies ? Use a self addressed box
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Post by CM Poor on Dec 26, 2018 14:33:37 GMT -5
No vendor on Earth is going to look at a customer's purchase order and come back with "Hmmmm...are you sure you can move that inventory? We'd hate for you to take a loss on the upfront costs of filling your shelves." Well I hate to be the guy that rolls in, pushes his glasses up, and says "well actually"...well actually vendors were ordering heavy on the store exclusives and not the main elite line. Mattel told them they wanted to order both not just the store exclusives. So to circumvent the stores from ordering just the store exclusive lines, Mattel decided to pause store line exclusive (Walmart Flashback, Target Hall of Champions) and started placing the store exclusives in the main elite line (Backlund, Dunne, Sherri, and Wolfe) to make stores order those. Sure. Mattel can pitch 'til they're blue in the face, but if Wal-Mart says "gimme x amount of this", you best believe Mattel is going to make good on x amount of this. That's not to say that there's not going to be residual back-flow making its way toward Mattel's pain receptors on account of a vendor's purchasing decisions, but to lay the blame at Mattel's feet for "letting" a vendor order an excessive amount of product where Mattel has no decisive say on Wal-Mart's business practices is just nonsense. Mattel altered their business model to compensate for Wal-Mart's, which is literally all they can do to try and exert any influence on purchasing motives.
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Post by popyduggan on Dec 26, 2018 16:20:31 GMT -5
I never saw it locally, I guess we're gonna see them at Five Below or Dollar Tree this summer.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 16:32:44 GMT -5
Mattel cannot control how Walmart order their cases. The main problem here seems to be that too many cases of series 2 were ordered because those are the ones that are clogging up the Shelf space where Series 3 should be sitting. Stop giving mattel a pass, they let walmart over order series 2. That is not how it works haha
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Post by FFK on Dec 26, 2018 16:44:48 GMT -5
None have hit the Chicagoland area at any Walmart. Series 2 sold really well here. There’s 5 of series 2 at a few of mine according to brickseek but if you go to Walmart there’s none to be found so there inventory is off. It’s not about an areas Walmart not selling well, they haven’t event made it across the states and by the looks of some Walmarts that got series 3 on the east coast I’m shocked because of the old stock still sitting there in the pictures while the ones by me continually sell WWE well. They’ve only hit the east coast. I guarantee there’s pallets sitting somewhere. The few times figures hit the east coast first they’ve been a pain making there way west. They’ll be at a discount place eventually. Nobody gets the fact that these are MASS PRODUCED. Patience is a virtue.
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Post by Old School Collector on Dec 26, 2018 16:46:29 GMT -5
Mine had absolutely nothing
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Post by Artie Kendall on Dec 26, 2018 17:44:06 GMT -5
Sure. Mattel can pitch 'til they're blue in the face, but if Wal-Mart says "gimme x amount of this", you best believe Mattel is going to make good on x amount of this. That's not to say that there's not going to be residual back-flow making its way toward Mattel's pain receptors on account of a vendor's purchasing decisions, but to lay the blame at Mattel's feet for "letting" a vendor order an excessive amount of product where Mattel has no decisive say on Wal-Mart's business practices is just nonsense. Mattel altered their business model to compensate for Wal-Mart's, which is literally all they can do to try and exert any influence on purchasing motives. I get what you are saying in the money scheme of things. A vendor would never reject an order because it's all about the money. We both agree on that. We also agree that this Flashback ordeal isn't Mattels fault. But when Walmart says "gimme x amount of this" Mattel said "how bout we cancel your store exclusive because are Elite line is suffering because you order way too much of the exclusive line." So while the distribution isn't on Mattel. The blame for the death of the line can be shared between Mattel and Walmart.
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Post by aggressiveperfectpoor on Dec 26, 2018 18:04:13 GMT -5
...and they want to acquire Marvel and Star Wars. Hahaha.
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Post by Nivro™ on Dec 26, 2018 18:27:17 GMT -5
I'd blame Walmart for distribution if the same thing didnt happen at Target, Kmart, Toys R Us and Walgreens....all of which only have 1 thing in common...mattel.
Not to mention WWE line isnt the only mattel like to be hard to find at times.
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Post by disorder on Dec 26, 2018 18:39:55 GMT -5
Why would Mattel design/produce lines just to sit on them? Literally makes no god damn sense. They’re shipping these to companies, its up to the stores and distro centers to handle everything from there. If a store doesn’t see a lot of figures moving, they won’t order more.
It’s plain idiotic to blame things like this on mattel
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Post by TheLastDude on Dec 26, 2018 18:43:28 GMT -5
...and they want to acquire Marvel and Star Wars. Hahaha. The distribution of Star Wars as a whole, and certain sets from ML are just as bad as WWE, so it's not like anything would really change. Here's the high and low: A. Mattel wants sales. They send the figures to the stores that order them. After that, Mattel can't do much. They're now pretty much out of the loop. B. The stores also want sales, but they don't actually give two hugs about specific toys. One toy is the same as another to them. They don't see Elite 58, 59, or 60...they see wrestling figures. They don't see the Cull Obsidian wave, the Thanos wave, or the Lizard wave...they see Marvel figures. If there are pegwarmers on the pegs then, to them, there are figures on the pegs. They must not be selling that well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ B1. Walgreens is its own beast because let's face it, they have a toy section just to keep up with the times. I'm sure they could do away with the section in each store and it wouldn't harm their bottom line much, if at all.
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Post by cableV on Dec 26, 2018 19:02:08 GMT -5
Here are the responsibilities for a Mattel Sr National Account and an Assoc Manager National Accounts
Sr National Account Manager
Responsible for driving achievement of the overall plan for the account base. This role will lead in planning and implementing sales to account base and foster account relationships. Continuously evaluate the account financial plans, ensuring the financial plan are aligned with both Mattel's and the account's core strategies. Provide clear and accurate direction/input to Customer Business Team (CBT) members, including Customer Marketing, Forecasting Analysts, Demand Planning, and Customer Administration Reps Timely and accurate forecasting and sales volume by SKU, adherence to OTB Analysis of item trends and in-stocks to drive volume Conduit for most communication from Mattel sources to and from Buyer(s). Prepare effective, convincing communication for Buyer(s). Additional responsibility would be working with our licensing partners to develop programs and drive sales.
Assoc Manager National Account
Business planning and forecasting as necessary to support strategic selling plan Lead regular business meeting with various accounts including meeting preparation, POS/Ship data analysis, action plans and appropriate follow ups Manages assignment such that business opportunities are identified and plans are in place to realize them in both digital and bricks and mortar Accountable for all sales planning and item forecasting for multiple emerging channel accounts Effective management of O&A budget and spend Manage day-to-day account details internally and externally including order/shipping follow-up, in-store distribution, sales information/product samples, quote sheets and item set-up, inventory management & requests from accounts Review weekly reports, customer sales and marketing programs and other data as necessary. Recommend solutions and actions to achieve account plus Mattel goals Interacts regularly with business and extended Mattel teams to support and enhance the business Ad-hoc reports and projects as needed
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Dec 26, 2018 19:36:43 GMT -5
I'll let you guys know whem I find series 2 finally. Until then, your complaining is literally falling on deaf ears here.
I got the only one I wanted (alundra) off eBay. Same with fan central carmella and Walgreens maryse. If I want HoC kane I'll have to do the same.
Exclusives suck. They won't stop, but ya know, be a lot cooler if they did.
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Post by sirpaul on Dec 26, 2018 19:38:57 GMT -5
I wish that Mattel job was open. I do the same job for a worldwide bread company currently. Much rather deal with figures 😎
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Post by Thought Collector on Dec 26, 2018 19:53:33 GMT -5
I was only really interested in getting the Doink and Razor. In my area Walmart though every time I checked I never saw any at all. I'm really glad I at least picked up the original heel Doink release, though would have been great to have the face version.
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Post by Halloween King on Dec 26, 2018 19:59:59 GMT -5
Store exclusives are like a vegetable crisper in your fridge. They represent the best of intentions but they are really just horrible failures.
My hat goes off to Gamestop though. Game stop is the biggest joke of a store when compared to Walmart and Target but the exclusives have been on point, as far as showing up when expected.
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Post by DeeBoy21 on Dec 27, 2018 9:30:03 GMT -5
Store exclusives are like a vegetable crisper in your fridge. They represent the best of intentions but they are really just horrible failures. My hat goes off to Gamestop though. Game stop is the biggest joke of a store when compared to Walmart and Target but the exclusives have been on point, as far as showing up when expected. Yeah, GameStop ALWAYS has exclusives in stock whenever I go. Doesn't matter which one, they are there from Jericho, Brock to the new Retrofest releases, always in stock. Every now and then I get lucky at Wal-Mart if I happen to catch them when they put them out, otherwise they are gone. Target is hit or miss, they either get absolutely none, or the shelves are flooded with their exclusive line.
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Post by PVA on Dec 27, 2018 11:02:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. Finally pulled trigger on Allundra.
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