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Post by maske2g on Jun 17, 2016 10:17:12 GMT -5
If you are knocking decals, you clearly have no idea about creating customs.
9 times out of 10, there is no suitable picture for making the more intricate decals so you still have to draw it anyway.
Intricate application over multiple inter joining parts, that's another story.
I can paint, and often do, but for certain things I choose not to, because decals simply look better and that is 100% the priority.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 17, 2016 7:28:36 GMT -5
It really isn't hit and miss....It's pure Maths. If item plus postage is 18 quid + you are going to get hit. So some people got it for under 18 quid including postage? Unlikely. Therefore, it's hit and miss. NO....Ringside put a lower price on the slip, like 17.99 dollars (14quid) ......hence it was picked up as under 18 quid after postage.
If they put 30 bucks on it, you are going to get a charge
Also, you have to remember that the Pound dollar rate is absolute turd and items around this price are RIGHT on the cusp and can slip either side on a daily basis.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 17, 2016 6:03:03 GMT -5
Was either Undertaker a defining moment?
Was Shawn Michaels losing a match at WM a DM?
Not really.
The line was blurred a long time ago. I don't think there are that many defining moments of Wrestling left to put in the line if we are going to be anal about it.
I think we will get option a) as I said in the same thread that the OP tried to blow me off in.... ;-)
We have the parts. It's just paint.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 17, 2016 5:55:14 GMT -5
It really isn't hit and miss....It's pure Maths.
If item plus postage is 18 quid + you are going to get hit.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 17, 2016 2:45:15 GMT -5
Thanks tommyb only problem is I am in Australia! (I even have Zeke Jackson but no belt!) So cheap turns into $30+ USD shipping off EvilBay... They are the real scalpers with their fees! Seriously bud, it costs 3 pounds to post one of these from the Uk. Head to the classified and request one
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 13:25:36 GMT -5
No post saying LZ is cancelled. The thread/post was deleted Ah all of a sudden someone got some bargain proto's!!
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 13:19:19 GMT -5
No post saying LZ is cancelled.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 10:24:43 GMT -5
I think we all know that we won't get a proper entrance coat. Even if it was a DM. Those days are LONG gone.
But given we have a macho hat, glasses, and the Sting DM jacket (base colour of which is RED........
Well.....you an use your imagination.....
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 10:23:14 GMT -5
If mattel's profits are down its because they keep sinking money into barbies that no one buys. Girls have smartphones and ipads, and have no need. Girls are also more into Frozen than Barbie, and Disney has that license. I remember reading that Frozen ended Barbie's 40-year (or something) streak as the #1 selling girls toy. Mattel has never seen a competitor like that. For boys who want toy cars, Hot Wheels are still the way to go. As for this thread, I agree with the OP's sentiments. But to me I think it's more tragic that Macho Man will (in all likelihood) not come with all the proper accessories. If he lacks a hat, glasses OR jacket than you can't replicate the most well-known images of that team. The last Macho Man elite with the same color scheme lacked a jacket. I don't see why this one will have it. You are completely right, but just pointing out, Mattel had the rights to Frozen!!!
It recently moved to Hasbro...
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 6:31:13 GMT -5
Are Smyths slowing down or is it just me? No GAB Sting, hardly any Stone Cold's, still no B62. Doubt we will get E43 until end of July/Aug. I'm bored :( I haven't been inside a Smyths Store since E41 came out. It's you bud ;-)
They got Elite 42 and battle packs less than a month ago.
Still plenty of Elite 39 and 40 on the shelves last time I went in though.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 2:35:54 GMT -5
Can you point me to the sales figures please? Sorry i don't have any, i just have a girlfriend who has 2 daughters who do nothing buy play on there smartphones and ipads. Also i have 2 walmarts, 1 kmart, 1 target, 2 shopkos, 1 toysrus in my area. I have seen tons of marked down barbie junk some places mark the stuff down 2-3 times and it still does not sell. Also i have 2 goodwill's and a salvation army store and what do i see every time i am there ?? You guessed it... barbies. Target stores will even dump those expensive sets that don't move to goodwill after they give up on them. Ok well if I was to bet on the market based off that sort of info, I would be a bazillionaire. My boy is 13 and never touched a figure in his life. Walmart has 6300 store, how can 2 gauge the Barbie market? None the less at the same token, you have targets with Elites at 10 dollars and 4 packs for 12.50. Ringside has new basics for 8 dollars. In the UK we have several excellent Elite figures that in the past would have sold out in minutes, readily available such as Rude, Umaga, Finn Balor Undertaker and Kane WM figs are half price in a discount store, (our equiv of Big Lots. The secondary market for figs from the past year has collapsed on ebay. Etc etc. Barbie has been in decline for years because of the change in tech, but also there are only so many ways you can make the same doll. Mattel have this issue now with WWE. They have been lucky to get a lot of new wrestlers on the roster. But with old school characters there is only so much they can do. We are probably not going to get line killers like Bob Backlund, Harley Race etc etc, because they simply wouldn't sell globally.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 16, 2016 2:25:17 GMT -5
Can you point me to the sales figures please? Aren't you the one posting about sales numbers being down in Q1, the lowest since the crash, and your asking him to provide you sales figures. You must be kidding me, some folks man obviously didn't read the whole chain. Sales figures for Mattel can be found in 5 seconds. The breakdown of those figures cannot. This dude has made a sweeping statement based off of 2 walmarts and 2 teenages girls. It has 1 article backing up barbies decline.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 15, 2016 18:25:12 GMT -5
Profit margin in Q1 was the smallest since the last crash. Share price has trended downwards for 2 years. If mattel's profits are down its because they keep sinking money into barbies that no one buys. Girls have smartphones and ipads, and have no need. Hot Wheels Sell, WWE Figures Sell, Barbies are constantly on clearence when stores reset there toy departments. Can you point me to the sales figures please?
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Post by maske2g on Jun 15, 2016 15:24:13 GMT -5
Profit margin in Q1 was the smallest since the last crash.
Share price has trended downwards for 2 years.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 15, 2016 15:18:21 GMT -5
This is easy to answer.
It will be a budget issue.
Rather than budget over a single series I wouldn't be aurprised if the budget was over a quarter. And I wouldnt be surprised if global sales have declined.
Those paint apps.
The Ultimate warriors career was so short he doesn't have any more of wrestlings defining moments.
We have all his major events from his main run.
Hh98 no WM 12 no.
They are all much of a muchness. Great outfits but not moments.
They know it will sell so they will get 25 for it and make a killing.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 12, 2016 9:09:20 GMT -5
I think I remember reading years ago that someone from Mattel, probably Bill, said they didn't want to do anything attire wise that JAKKS had already done. Mattel has made a ridiculous amount of attires that Jakks did first. Jakks was making WWE figures for a long time. If Mattel tried to not make any attires Jakks made, they wouldn't be making WWE figures. Nope, he is right, it took a long time for it to happen, Mattel tried alternatives where possible, unless it was a truly iconic figure, or the wrestler in question only had one outfit. Bill confirmed this. Thats why a lot of the legends figures were not first choice versions. Like Snuka, Funk, Slaughter, Road Warriors, Jake, to name a few.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 12, 2016 8:50:24 GMT -5
Utter utter nonsense.
I WANT IT NOW!!
ME ME ME!!
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Post by maske2g on Jun 10, 2016 9:53:22 GMT -5
Are you all genuinely trying to get this 840 page thread closed? Because that's a dick move on your part if so. Don't be daft, Himmy is a dude, not the gestapo!!
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Post by maske2g on Jun 10, 2016 9:52:54 GMT -5
There was a thread about Brexit. It has been removed. Apparently politics are banned in the lounge. I wouldn't know I've never been in. Do you get biscuits? It's not just talk though is it.. it's propaganda. If facts and opinion are propaganda, then yes, you are right. It's overwhelming motive was to get people to read more into it, from non partial websites, because it is a huge decision. If it succeeded in getting 1 person to do that, then great. I can't take sides with any of the people running it, they are all ar5ss, I only know what is best in the long term, not the short.
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Post by maske2g on Jun 10, 2016 8:38:16 GMT -5
What just happened? I'm so lost. This is a thread for saying about finding figires. Take that other crap to the lounge. There was a thread about Brexit. It has been removed. Apparently politics are banned in the lounge. I wouldn't know I've never been in. Do you get biscuits?
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