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Post by natureboyfauser on May 21, 2023 18:24:37 GMT -5
Steve,
Are you still with us? Hope so. I love this forum and many of the people on it. That was an exciting yet very sad roller coaster ride of the WCW entrance that I wanted so badly ... I hope the negativity by some did not discourage you from coming here?
Would you consider the following things for Mattel Creations:
An Ultimate figure with a unique diorama? Each figure would have a unique Name Plate and all be relatively the same size. Undertaker with a graveyard? Roddy Piper with Piper's Pit? Brutus Beefcake with the barber shop? Kamala Jungle?
Build a set? WCW letters with the Road Warriors? WCW letters with the Harlem Heat? Etc ... so it is done in stages?
Thanks again for your participation.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 18, 2023 15:59:52 GMT -5
Would you please consider a WWE World Heavyweight Championship line! Featuring Bruno, Billy Superstar, Ivan Koloff, Pedro Morales, Stan Stasiak, Bob Backlund and I think you have all the rest ... I think it would be so cool. Is that a plausibility?
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 18, 2023 7:24:32 GMT -5
Do you have the rights to make Harley Race from the late 70's, 80's while you still have him under contract?
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 11, 2023 7:50:10 GMT -5
Steve,
Thanks again to you and your team for the WCW Entrance! I loved it! I ordered 3 and needless to say I was very disappointed like many it didn't work because it was awesome and something I badly wanted.
Is it possible to consider a BUILD A SET? Crowd Funding, where you can get a BUILD - A - ENTRANCE Set. Where the breakdown in the cost would be spread out .. not as expensive as an initial cost for the whole thing but perhaps in theory more money for Mattel over time ... and optional for those who would want a part of it, all of it or none of it. Cast large vision. Allow a part of this to be either once a month or once every three months to do each phase. Collectors would get exclusive figures with a part of the set. Once collectors get 3 to 5 pieces of the set it would be hard for them to resist to not get the rest.
1. Bischoff and Heenan with a WCW desk for x amount ...
2. WCW Letters molded with Diamond Dallas Page & Randy Savage
3. WCW Letters molded with Scott & Rick Steiner
4. Platform Base NWO Hulk, Nash, Hall, Scott Norton
5. Platform Base Horsemen President Flair, Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko and Mongo
6. Ramp Lex Luger, Booker T, Goldberg
7. Scaffolding Rey, Konnan, Eddie Guerrero
8. Scaffolding Buff Bagwell, Billy Kidman, Paul Wright.
9. Lights display that plugs in to all ... Haku, Barbarian, The Great Muta
This is obviously noting whatever figures you have available to you that would drive the collector to want this. I think this would be a fun way to do Mattel Creations in stages. If it is successful this way I could see it working for Ram and others. Is this possible?
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 8, 2023 12:24:42 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of too many figures being available on Mattel Creations unless that is the only way they can come out. For example, Cody Rhodes or Logan Paul were figures I passed on for whatever reason ... I felt they were coming out in other areas, so why should I get these. In retrospect ... I like those versions, but now I can't get them.
I would see if Gorgeous George or Buddy Rogers would be a specialized group! Or WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ... and making one a month I would get ...
But mostly, I think it should be used for more specialized items. I mentioned this before but perhaps instead of offering the whole WCW Set which is desired but a higher price point for many upfront ... that you would do a part of it with a few WCW figures to create a build a set. So you cast the vision up front but each month offer a piece of it. Ultimately it might be more profitable for Mattel this way while getting us something we would like.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 19:08:29 GMT -5
Once again ... Thank you Steve and Team. Great design. Everyone was going crazy when you showed it a few years ago! I am grateful that you gave us the opportunity. I know how much work went into it, from design to sculpting, to negotiating with the factory, developing the price point ... laying out the plan ... videos, interviews, and promotion all over the place ... social media, WWE, Hulk Hogan, Diamond Dallas Page ... making a pivot with Steiner that I thought would work.
I am really really disappointed because I wanted it ... BAD! I hope down the line, you would consider pieces of it accompanied with some WCW figures ... with a smaller price point ... to build the set over time. Once the set is built - the same model could be used with Raw. Anyway ... I really appreciate all you do and your team.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 11:52:57 GMT -5
Another suggestion would be Crowd Funding, where you can get a BUILD - A - ENTRANCE Set. Where the breakdown in the cost would be spread out .. not as expensive ... and optional for those who would want a part of it, all of it or none of it. Cast large vision. Allow a part of this to be either once a month or once every 3 months to do each phase.
1. Bischoff and Heenan with a WCW desk for x amount ... (which would be a cheaper price point.
2. WCW Letters molded with Diamond Dallas Page & Randy Savage
3. WCW Letters molded with Scott & Rick Steiner
4. Platform Base NWO Hulk, Nash, Hall, Scott Norton
5. Platform Base Horsemen President Flair, Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko and Mongo
6. Ramp Lex Luger, Booker T, Goldberg
7. Scaffolding Rey, Konnan, Eddie Guerrero
8. Scaffolding Buff Bagwell, Billy Kidman, Paul Wright.
9. Lights display that plugs in to all ... Haku, Barbarian, The Great Muta
Let's do it!!!
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 11:34:29 GMT -5
Hard to execute at this point. Hail Mary ... But a suggestion. Open it up for a week. If those who backed it pay an additional $125.00 and everyone did it of the 3935 that paid. That would give Mattel $2,065,875.00 and would activate this. It would get us the set and two exclusive limited series figures that would be worth a lot. It could be open for a week for others to pay with a higher amount ... if they reconsider the exclusivity of these action figures ... and for the people out of the states they get it at the original price so they know we are paying more but their's stay at original (since their situation is unfixable at this time). Just an idea for.a guy who wants it. Are you being serious? What about the international orders that are part of the 3935? Are they being asked to pay an additional 125? Then their neighbor hypothetically would pay $125 less if they were to back in this week extension period. Doesn’t seem legal or fair to me Sorry if I wasn't clear but in this pipe dream scenario would be that people like myself who live in the United States would have the option to pay an additional $125.00. The people outside the USA would not pay more due to the uncharges they already have. Perhaps nobody in the USA but myself would be willing to pay an extra $125.00 but I would. Hence the suggestion.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 8:33:18 GMT -5
Hard to execute at this point. Hail Mary ... But a suggestion. Open it up for a week. If those who backed it pay an additional $125.00 and everyone did it of the 3935 that paid. That would give Mattel $2,065,875.00 and would activate this. It would get us the set and two exclusive limited series figures that would be worth a lot.
It could be open for a week for others to pay with a higher amount ... if they reconsider the exclusivity of these action figures ... and for the people out of the states they get it at the original price so they know we are paying more but their's stay at original (since their situation is unfixable at this time). Just an idea for.a guy who wants it.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 7:37:50 GMT -5
I think the marketing was really good. Build up announcement. Then Wrestlemania week and show it to all. On every toy site. A video done. Multiple interviews on it. Hulk Hogan does a video. On Raw and Smackdown. All over social media. All of us. The juggle of Steiner. Nope it's not marketing. It's a high price point in a difficult economic time without the help from our out of the States friends who would be paying so much more. That's my two cents. Still very sad and want it. Hope something can still work out.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 7:11:25 GMT -5
Is it possible to do a build a WCW Entrance as a crowd fund? So WCW letters with a Figure for a smaller price point? Platform with the Steiner brothers for a smaller price point? Announcer Table with Bischoff, Keenan and Mongo? I just wonder if that could work to create the whole thing in stages so more people could afford it? The price did not deter me from ordering but I wonder with the economic times we are in if that wasn't the biggest factor? The NWO with a piece. The Horsemen with a piece?
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 6, 2023 7:04:08 GMT -5
1 million, five hundred seventy four thousand dollars raised by Mattel. $1,574,000.00! I think it's pretty good considering our food bills have doubled and virtually everything is more expensive with not as much expendable income as usual.
I really appreciate Steve and the entire team for listening to us who wanted this set. I really really really wanted it. Very disappointed. Wish there was something else we could do. Give it a week more? Or Offer a week and if you give $400.00 you get all 5 figures and the entrance. In parenthesis (Activates at $11,000.00). Reverse psychology. People think they are getting all 5 figures and the entrance and the only way they don't is if it doesn't hit the magic number. : ). But what do I know? I thought that Steiner being moved up would have had a much larger effect. Sorry for all who wanted it that didn't get it. I wanted it so bad I bought 3 and only wanted one.
I would give a thousand dollars for the WCW MONDAY NIGHT WARS SET:
WCW Entrance, Ring, Announcer's table, Eric Bischoff, Scott and Rick Steiner, Great Muta, Buff Bagwell, President Flair, Mongo, Lugar, Piper, Hulk,
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 5, 2023 21:46:14 GMT -5
1,466,800.00 dollars raised by Mattel for this project so far! Let's go
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 5, 2023 16:06:57 GMT -5
1,389,600.00 Million dollars raised so far for this WCW Entrance.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 5, 2023 12:33:18 GMT -5
Mattel, as of now, would have $1,369,600.00 raised for this!
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 5, 2023 10:12:25 GMT -5
I wonder if Smackdown will have anything on this tonight? Could be the last Hoorah for the masses to see this offering and learn the clock is running out.
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 5, 2023 7:53:22 GMT -5
This is really rough! Roller Coaster ride. From a toy company perspective I get this model of letting the people decide. I purchased Brusier Brody, Stan Hansen from Powertown and Super7 Star Trek Figures way iin advance. I guess if they don't have the numbers they want before production they could cancel ... look at all of the preorders we do with Walmart only to discover they get canceled long after the fact. I appreciate Mattel's transparency ... but I can't help to wonder in an alternative universe if they said ... "we will give you 30 days to buy this set and all 5 figures ... that this thing would blast out to well over 11,000 sales .... which is the end game. If it doesn't reach 11,000 they write us and say ... sorry we did not get enough to produce but we thank you for your interest." We would get ticked but it wouldn't be this long dramatic ups and downs for a month ... Asking people to sell their children so I can get my WCW set. What an incredible set piece from one of my favorite times in wrestling history with lights! WOW!! For the love of GOD - start buying!!
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 4, 2023 9:37:51 GMT -5
The number seems stagnated. I'm not sure I understand the mentality of waiting at the 5,000 mark unless finance is an issue (which I understand) or on the fence and something drives them at the 11th hour. But this is rough. I am grateful for the 250 pops and hope they keep coming soon. I of course would love to see the 11,000 for all of us and Mattel ... just how do we get there? With it costing $625 I’m waiting for the 9k mark, if it doesn’t reach it that then I can’t justify the price. So I don’t want to commit now because if it doesn’t get the 9k then the stage, Rey and Steiner isn’t worth it for me, especially as I have no interest in Rey. I certainly understand your rational as well. The whole out of country things I beyond my ability to help ... but I completely get the frustration and wish it could be resolved
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 4, 2023 9:36:30 GMT -5
Amazon, Walmart, & Target GO!!!
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Post by natureboyfauser on May 4, 2023 8:21:26 GMT -5
The number seems stagnated. I'm not sure I understand the mentality of waiting at the 5,000 mark unless finance is an issue (which I understand) or on the fence and something drives them at the 11th hour. But this is rough. I am grateful for the 250 pops and hope they keep coming soon. I of course would love to see the 11,000 for all of us and Mattel ... just how do we get there?
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