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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 2, 2019 8:41:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I grabbed the entire Series 5 at Five Below. Even got 2 Savages out of it. Im waiting on Series 6. Man, you guys are lucky that are finding this stuff at discounters. Nothing around here, but then again I don't have time to run to store after store every week like I did as a kid
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 1, 2019 17:38:16 GMT -5
Agree, I was getting optimistic lately with some of the upcoming lineups w/ Goldust, JYD, Studd and Diesel tease. I hope they're starting to figure out who the line should really be aimed at and start to reflect that more with coming releases.
If there's at least 2 proper flashbacks (not modern versions of legends like HBK, Jericho and Goldberg), I'll be pretty pleased, as long as they keep pumping them out and I can build up a decent collection sometime soon.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 1, 2019 17:08:47 GMT -5
I grabbed Angle a week ago and grabbed Jericho today. None of them have moved other than the Angle I bought a week ago. Same here, only been 2-3 days not a whole week, but still. Troubling to see inventory is still at 3 at my Walmart since I found them the other day. The next one in my radius has also been saying 2 for a few days now, everything else is out of stock though. But, they all only got the one box, but makes me question the success of the line that they didn't fly off the shelf considering online preorders havn't even been filled yet.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 1, 2019 16:35:45 GMT -5
Good upgrades. A few of these definatly should have had accessories. Love what you did with Mankind, what figure did that shirt come from? It's the one from the elite series mankind. Cool, don't know if you still have his empty bubble, but any idea if the retro would fit back in the bubble with the extra shirt added? Curious about recarding onto custom card.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 1, 2019 16:33:52 GMT -5
They're still 12.99 here. They got a case of Retro 5 a couple weeks ago after S3 finally dwindled back down to a single Rollins. I missed out on Macho though, just 2 of the New Day guys left, I think the 2 non-jumpers.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Feb 1, 2019 7:48:09 GMT -5
A lot of us who collect the retro line buy 2 each. So when Walmart finally stocks them out they are gone within an hour max and maybe only 2 people are lucky enough to buy them in stores and then they don't restock for weeks. Chances are I won't see series 7 in Walmart until April/May... I'll just keep ordering from Ringside/ebay. Those are my thoughts, even though I found S7. Distribution is just bizzare on these. S8 shipping from RSC and S7 still not in while Walmart's all got a box of them a month ago. What is going on here? Was there some sort of production issue with S7 or something I wonder? Or did they need to prioritize getting these to Walmart first in a way to get them to agree to carry them? Will 7 and 8 be hitting Target soon too? Will they be down to $10 or still at $13 if they do? Assuming S9 should be up for preorder soon since they've all appeared in the commercial.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 31, 2019 22:12:25 GMT -5
Good upgrades. A few of these definatly should have had accessories. Love what you did with Mankind, what figure did that shirt come from?
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 31, 2019 11:51:52 GMT -5
Glad your patience paid off. Curious though, did your store have 3 pegs reserved for them ? Yes 3 pegs, although they had elites hanging on 2 of them which I moved over to the proper pegs. It looked as though new elites went out too since last I was there. I definatly noticed the Dude Love with the "tribal shirt" Ryder and Hawkins kept going on about for weeks lol.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 31, 2019 8:42:02 GMT -5
So after 4 weeks of sitting in the store, finally got lucky and found them on the pegs this morning! Picked up 2x Jericho, 2x Angle, 1x Shawn. Couldn't find the 2nd shawn, and it took me a few minutes to spot the 1st one laying on a shelf across the aisle. Wonder where the 2nd shawn was hiding unless someone stole it maybe. Brickseek now says 3 on hand, so the 2 Sheamus and 1 Shawn should still be there.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 31, 2019 7:47:31 GMT -5
What about poor Big Show? The guy's been around 25 years just about, and the best he gets is an Andre #1 hack job custom that gets posted on Ebay for $79.99.. like it's a work of art. I really want a WCW era Giant.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 30, 2019 11:26:55 GMT -5
My pre order got delayed but I can't wait to get these and Retro 8. I know I'm in the minority but I love the retro line. Are you just referring to the S7 preorders that were delayed a few weeks ago? I thought 8 and 7 were in stock now w/ the exception of Sheik being back ordered now. I hope they had enough to fill all the preorders at least. I haven't had any shipment or delay notification yet today about the order. Really hoping to have them in a few days finally.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 30, 2019 8:53:59 GMT -5
Just rec'd my series 8 shipping notice. Seems like the mess when series 4 and 5 hit around the same time. Curious how long series 7 stays at Walmart before 8 hits the shelves there. They won't have both in stock. Good news, hopefully my 7 and 8 will ship very shortly aswell. I don't have much hope of finding anything at retail either. The Walmart I drive past everyday, still says 8 in stock on brickseek and nothing on the pegs, and staff can't locate them for me if I ask either. Have a feeling they lost them or something and they won't bother updating the system, so it'll probably think they're on hand indefinatly at this point to hold back further shipments.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 30, 2019 8:50:11 GMT -5
Just glad I preordered what I wanted from 7 and 8 already. I'm starting to think the Walmart I drive past everyday has "lost" the box of retros that came in. And if they never bother to update the system, it'll probably indefinatly think they're in stock
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 16:39:49 GMT -5
When retro S1 hit, only been buying the retros though, first modern figs I've bought since about 98'ish.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 13:18:47 GMT -5
They fit MOST Hasbros. The RSC cases are a bit shallower and shorter than the zolo and others designed specifically for Hasbros. A few Hasbros have bubbles that are too deep or tall. I know Hogan #2, and Steamboat don't fit. Might be a couple more, maybe someone can answer for certain which others.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 12:20:00 GMT -5
Would like to change him into 91/92 WWF era. Or 95/96 WCW period. Has anyone played with this? Is there an existing head that works good and fits scale for either?
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 12:08:53 GMT -5
Amazing work! Especially the sting, really like the color choices, everything pops.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 12:02:36 GMT -5
New Gen in the retro line. Hopefully close to the unreleased orange card (purple/pink attire w/headband in the clothesline mech.)
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 29, 2019 11:15:00 GMT -5
I really hope so, was starting to think of it when he was announced for HoF. Getting close to a year now since that, so maybe soon we could see him announced for at least one of the lines. Yeah I was one of those excited by the HoF induction, but obviously nothing figure-related came from that. Hopefully now that he is actually under contract as a producer then the road to merchandise will be more straightforward. Yeah, but even if it would have come from the HoF deal, doesn't it take close to a year to get a figure designed and ready?
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jan 28, 2019 21:53:39 GMT -5
With the news being reported that Jeff Jarrett has joined WWE as a producer, maybe we can start dreaming about that Double J Retro? Imagine if a year from now we had Diesel, Luger, Mabel and Jarrett in Retro form I really hope so, was starting to think of it when he was announced for HoF. Getting close to a year now since that, so maybe soon we could see him announced for at least one of the lines.
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