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Post by kgchampion on Oct 2, 2021 9:11:01 GMT -5
It’s been 4 or 5 years since the first modern WWE Women’s Championships were released with the Walgreens exclusive Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. We are long overdue for resized Women’s Championship titles that actually fit properly on female figures. Female figures in the line are already very undersized compared to male figures, but the Women’s titles are just recolored versions of the men’s belts. Not only do the women’s titles not fit snugly on the women figures, but the front plate is nearly the size of the entire torso. The new women’s tag titles are sized appropriately. The Diva’s championship got a resized version despite being released only with Kelly Kelly before that.
With the amount of times the modern era women’s titles have been released, we deserve a new mold that is scaled for a female figure.
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Post by Nick Papagiorgio on Oct 2, 2021 10:51:06 GMT -5
I know what you mean but Mattel is being lazy, even they even used the NXT Championship as the Women's Championship.
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Post by shanieomaniac on Oct 3, 2021 1:22:24 GMT -5
So, as a collector of women's figures, here is what I have found.
Original Women's belt (with Alundra and Wendy) - Strap too short
AE/RA Women's belt - I could be wrong but I swear the shape of this belt is off. Especially for the RA version, every photo I've seen of the belt in the RA era it isn't a perfect oval like the figure version is. I dunno. It fits correctly but the belt shape itself seems off.
Diva's Belt - There are two versions of this and whichever one comes with Nattie's DOD figure works great. Don't have the other one.
Women's Tag Belt - Don't have. Will be getting one with the new Nia when I get her.
"NXT Women's Belt" - I have the one from the first Shayna and yeah. It's literally just the men's belt. I know they repainted it for her Fan Takeover figure but I believe it's just a repaint and not a resize.
RAW Women's Belt - TOO BIG. Nothing more than a men's repaint.
Original NXT Women's belt - Don't have and it's a pain to get loose.
Smackdown Women's Belt - TOO BIG. Nothing more than a men's repaint and on top of that it's almost impossible to come by right now. (Outside of the new SvS Bayley)
NXT UK Women's Belt - Doesn't Exist
NXT Women's Tag Belt - Doesn't Exist.
Overall? The state of women's belts for Mattel is not good to say the least. None of the ones I have seem to have gotten it right yet (again, don't have the current Women's Tag). The Diva's belt is the only one that's really good in my book but, in a way, it being the butterfly belt in the first place is a knock against it. I'd love to have women's belts that fit properly and looked proportionately correct but I really don't see it in the cards. Women's figures, as so many people have said, don't sell well anyway so why would they waste the money to have unique molds for the women's title belts?
I don't see them fixing this, well, ever. Sorry. The women aren't enough of a draw in the figure aisle for Mattel to justify the cost. Pains me greatly to say it, but it's true.
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Post by Mr. Show on Oct 3, 2021 6:15:09 GMT -5
If they made everything right the first time, you wouldn’t buy it the second time.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Oct 3, 2021 23:01:24 GMT -5
Woman's belt have been a issue. The Divas belt was huge at first and then they finally resized it. I think the Raw and Smackdown women's championships are too big themselves.
I'd imagine Mattel say they don't have the funds to spend making new molds blah blah blah
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Post by kgchampion on Oct 4, 2021 0:30:27 GMT -5
If they made everything right the first time, you wouldn’t buy it the second time. My point is it’s been used over and over and over and I would like to finally buy one that isn’t sized for men. I’ve already got two of each of them. Maybe 3. I would like to buy the correct version now. |
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Post by Mr. Show on Oct 4, 2021 19:42:16 GMT -5
If they made everything right the first time, you wouldn’t buy it the second time. My point is it’s been used over and over and over and I would like to finally buy one that isn’t sized for men. I’ve already got two of each of them. Maybe 3. I would like to buy the correct version now. I know what you’re saying, and I agree with you. I’m just saying that Mattel likes to take their time on fixing things like this, so once they finally fix them, everyone will buy them all over again. |
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Post by powerfred3k on Oct 4, 2021 19:58:10 GMT -5
It’s been 4 or 5 years since the first modern WWE Women’s Championships were released with the Walgreens exclusive Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. We are long overdue for resized Women’s Championship titles that actually fit properly on female figures. Female figures in the line are already very undersized compared to male figures, but the Women’s titles are just recolored versions of the men’s belts. Not only do the women’s titles not fit snugly on the women figures, but the front plate is nearly the size of the entire torso. The new women’s tag titles are sized appropriately. The Diva’s championship got a resized version despite being released only with Kelly Kelly before that. With the amount of times the modern era women’s titles have been released, we deserve a new mold that is scaled for a female figure. Look at how long it took for mattel to make the yellow intercontinental figure belt from when they actually acknowledge that people wanted it, to how long it took to get it. Then it was made as a target exclusive that most target stores never got as a fruck you to collectors. So yeah mattel will get right on what you want in a few years if they even still have the license by that point. |
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Oct 5, 2021 20:46:24 GMT -5
They probably say it’s due to budget reasons. If the budget is that bad then it sounds like someone at Mattel needs to quit dipping their fingers in the cookie jar if you’re picking up what I’m laying down.
They probably make tens of millions if not hundreds of millions, or maybe even more, off of their WWE products alone yet they act like the budget is $100 per 10 elite series.
It’s crazy lol
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Post by secondwhiteline on Oct 7, 2021 9:30:23 GMT -5
They probably say it’s due to budget reasons. If the budget is that bad then it sounds like someone at Mattel needs to quit dipping their fingers in the cookie jar if you’re picking up what I’m laying down. They probably make tens of millions if not hundreds of millions, or maybe even more, off of their WWE products alone yet they act like the budget is $100 per 10 elite series. It’s crazy lol Mattel has always been like that. They seem like a company that's really tight about their margins, even in lines that save a lot of money through reuse. They were like this with DC Universe Classics, with MOTU Classics...A company that built itself on dolls and diecast cars isn't going to have the most generous take on tooling. |
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