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Post by PJ on Sept 26, 2019 6:20:55 GMT -5
Hopefully they get canceled since the other sets are warming shelves hard. The worst thing about these is releasing almost the same roster every series when they have a variety of choices. They must realize AJ Styles isn’t selling so they should cut back on releasing him for a while. That is the whole point of the TT line. To have the guys that they feel are popular with the kids actually on the pegs when parents go into the stores looking for them. The problem is the come in a case of 5 and AJ was the extra figure in every case. They should have split the extra figure between all 4 making each one 25% of the assortment cases. It doesn’t help that AJ is now a heel and there’s only AJ figures left on the pegs from the first assortment of the Top Talent set. So because of the heavy case pack of AJ Seth, Balor and Braun still aren’t on the pegs.
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Post by Chicago on Sept 26, 2019 6:36:34 GMT -5
Balor was replace by Hardy instead of Styles. And I think Strowman was still in the set. Elite set was Seth, AJ, Rey and Jeff who replaced Finn and Braun. No idea about the basics though! Basics are AJ Styles, Finn Balor, Braun Strowman, and John Cena.
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Post by LA Knight Yeah! on Sept 26, 2019 6:45:08 GMT -5
So what’s the update on theses
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Post by Scotty Flamingo on Sept 27, 2019 23:10:08 GMT -5
Hopefully they get canceled since the other sets are warming shelves hard. The worst thing about these is releasing almost the same roster every series when they have a variety of choices. They must realize AJ Styles isn’t selling so they should cut back on releasing him for a while. That is the whole point of the TT line. To have the guys that they feel are popular with the kids actually on the pegs when parents go into the stores looking for them. The problem is the come in a case of 5 and AJ was the extra figure in every case. They should have split the extra figure between all 4 making each one 25% of the assortment cases. It doesn’t help that AJ is now a heel and there’s only AJ figures left on the pegs from the first assortment of the Top Talent set. So because of the heavy case pack of AJ Seth, Balor and Braun still aren’t on the pegs. The stores don’t care who is in the set just as long as the set sells. Plus most kids don’t want AJ Styles or Seth Rollins but instead want someone else so they can expand their figure fed roster. Plus many parents will buy figures of other wrestlers since they know their kids already have AJ Styles & Seth Rollins. All the stores are filled with several different AJ Styles. It reminds me of the old days when there would be several different Batman figures but never could find the villains.
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Post by rkmo: 9 Month Warning on Sept 28, 2019 1:40:10 GMT -5
I am certainly glad Mattel took retail's advice and created a line to keep the fan faves on shelves. I can go to either of my Walmarts right now and pick up approximately ZERO fan faves, because their designated pegs have been empty for months.
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Post by PJ on Sept 28, 2019 3:43:07 GMT -5
That is the whole point of the TT line. To have the guys that they feel are popular with the kids actually on the pegs when parents go into the stores looking for them. The problem is the come in a case of 5 and AJ was the extra figure in every case. They should have split the extra figure between all 4 making each one 25% of the assortment cases. It doesn’t help that AJ is now a heel and there’s only AJ figures left on the pegs from the first assortment of the Top Talent set. So because of the heavy case pack of AJ Seth, Balor and Braun still aren’t on the pegs. The stores don’t care who is in the set just as long as the set sells. Plus most kids don’t want AJ Styles or Seth Rollins but instead want someone else so they can expand their figure fed roster. Plus many parents will buy figures of other wrestlers since they know their kids already have AJ Styles & Seth Rollins. All the stores are filled with several different AJ Styles. It reminds me of the old days when there would be several different Batman figures but never could find the villains. There’s new kids and or collector’s every day who want to get their first.That’s who the Top Picks are intended for. And with the Top Picks Rollins and Balor are never on the pegs long. Even Strowman moves. If Styles wasn’t packed heavy in every case he would have also.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 28, 2019 10:44:37 GMT -5
Besides the light blue/gray AJ, these never sat on my shelves for very long.
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Post by vampiro666 on Sept 28, 2019 11:08:00 GMT -5
I still see everyone of them all over my area in abundance and they are messing up certain stores here from getting in any of the main elite line sets because they think that them are the main line so they don't order anything new because of them being over stocked on the Peg's
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Post by B-Radimus Prime on Sept 28, 2019 12:00:41 GMT -5
Hopefully they get canceled since the other sets are warming shelves hard. The worst thing about these is releasing almost the same roster every series when they have a variety of choices. They must realize AJ Styles isn’t selling so they should cut back on releasing him for a while. THIS.
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Post by カMute09 on Sept 28, 2019 13:53:01 GMT -5
If this set is cancelled people are going to be extremely pissed when the regular line is flooded with braun Balor hardy and styles again. This line made it possible for us to get strong Murphy and others in one set.
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Post by PJ on Sept 28, 2019 17:30:22 GMT -5
I still see everyone of them all over my area in abundance and they are messing up certain stores here from getting in any of the main elite line sets because they think that them are the main line so they don't order anything new because of them being over stocked on the Peg's These do nothing to mess up WalMart or Target getting more core elite lines. The individual stores do not place orders. Their inventory/ordering is automated where their district’s distribution centers automatically ship the store product when the stores inventory reaches 3 pieces or less. (Target is when stock reaches 3 and WalMart’s is 1 or 2 pieces) and these have different DPCI numbers than the Core Elites at Target and different SKU’s than the core Elites at WalMart. So it doesn’t matter if the store employee thinks they are the same, because the stores don’t actually order the product. So to say the Top Picks are stopping your stores from getting new core Elite waves is 100% false one line has nothing to do with the other. The only figures the Top Talent figures (TT 2018) are holding back are the second wave of Top Talent figures. (TT 2019)
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Post by cantu1984 on Sept 28, 2019 18:08:49 GMT -5
Hopefully they get canceled since the other sets are warming shelves hard. The worst thing about these is releasing almost the same roster every series when they have a variety of choices. They must realize AJ Styles isn’t selling so they should cut back on releasing him for a while. That is the whole point of the TT line. To have the guys that they feel are popular with the kids actually on the pegs when parents go into the stores looking for them. The problem is the come in a case of 5 and AJ was the extra figure in every case. They should have split the extra figure between all 4 making each one 25% of the assortment cases. It doesn’t help that AJ is now a heel and there’s only AJ figures left on the pegs from the first assortment of the Top Talent set. So because of the heavy case pack of AJ Seth, Balor and Braun still aren’t on the pegs. My Target has nothing new. I went buy today and counted 8 top talents AJs clogging the pegs. He is the new Tito/Rusev in my area.
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Post by PJ on Sept 28, 2019 18:20:11 GMT -5
I have four area Targets I hit regularly three of them all look the same with... 5 or 6 Top Picks Styles 4 or 6 Elite 66 Cross 2 or 3 Elite 66 Rowen 2 or 3 Elite 66 Harper 1 or 2 Elite 66 Styles 0 to 2 Elite 66 Angle
They’ve been like that for over two or three months now. And as of about 10 days ago fourth store only had a bunch of Top Pick Styles (Maybe 4 or 5) then Tuesday or Wednesday they received a case of E69. But until those other three stores get down to three pieces on those e66 figures they won’t see any new Elites. At least not until mid Nov when the dc’s start sending the stores their holiday stock.
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Post by screech on Sept 28, 2019 19:47:40 GMT -5
To be fair, that Styles attire is one of his most boring and they released the similar black/baby blue Elite around the same time. I think it's his Wrestlemania gear so I can understand why they made it, but I think it would be selling better it were a different attire. If he were in black/red for example, he'd be flying off the shelves right now as he's back to wearing those colors.
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Post by PJ on Sept 28, 2019 19:53:38 GMT -5
To be fair, that Styles attire is one of his most boring and they released the similar black/baby blue Elite around the same time. I think it's his Wrestlemania gear so I can understand why they made it, but I think it would be selling better it were a different attire. If he were in black/red for example, he'd be flying off the shelves right now as he's back to wearing those colors. Of the Elite AJ Styles figures we have gotten that was my favorite one. lol
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Post by LK3 on Sept 28, 2019 20:18:27 GMT -5
I don’t have a problem with that Styles attire. He was getting mostly blue or black releases, so something different was nice. I do agree that we need an elite with some red though. Hopefully the red one he recently started wearing will become an elite.
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Post by Medieval on Sept 28, 2019 20:37:58 GMT -5
So did anyone pre order any of these? And if so has RSC sent u an email or anything?
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Post by kutzheels on Sept 29, 2019 8:36:16 GMT -5
So did anyone pre order any of these? And if so has RSC sent u an email or anything? Unfortunately, they have not responded to inquiries from customers who have pre-ordered and asked about the figures and/or their payments....well at least a few ppl I talk to. I would also love to know if they have responded to anyone.
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Post by mjhawkins on Sept 29, 2019 9:26:04 GMT -5
So did anyone pre order any of these? And if so has RSC sent u an email or anything? Unfortunately, they have not responded to inquiries from customers who have pre-ordered and asked about the figures and/or their payments....well at least a few ppl I talk to. I would also love to know if they have responded to anyone. I emailed customer service (Ben) last night and he told me this Hello, Mattel delayed these to some time next year, they have not given a new date either. Thank you for shopping Ringside Collectibles and Have a wonderful day! Ben Customer Service Ringside Collectibles www.WrestlingFigures.com
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Post by papaplague on Sept 30, 2019 0:08:18 GMT -5
I pre ordered the AJ Styles, the other day my money was refunded to my paypal and I never received an email explaining why or anything, haven't gotten a reply to my email asking either. Glad someone got a reply though so we know what's going on.
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