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Post by Ruby Fusion on Jul 11, 2011 5:07:48 GMT -5
straight from the mouth of the owner/manager of my local toystore...
After seeing for the last couple of weeks only the following on the shelves: Match Ups Rey in black and green and Cena with kids bicep-bands and dogtags (selling for 19.99 euros a piece!), the Smackdown ring (24.99 euros) and the championship belt (also around 20 euros). I thought it was time to have a talk with the manager.
So, I said I thought it was an odd selection he received since March 2010 of Mattel WWE products... I asked him if he had any choice in ordering, the answer was "no!"... Followed by; the WWE assortment will disappear by the end of 2011, decision of Mattel Belgium because of bad sales. I told him that it was kind of Mattel's own fault; they sent: basic series 2, some flex force figs, flex force ring, match ups Rey in blue and yellow, match ups HBK, ECW belt, some more flex force figs, WWE sound microphone and the current selection I wrote above. Besides that the price is pretty steep!
Now if Mattel was smart they had just followed up on series:
- basic series 2 and flex force series 2
- accompanying rings
- some kids belts
- basic series 3 and flex force series 3
- basic series 4 and flex force series 4
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This way you're consistent and will likely sell more!
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 11, 2011 6:28:59 GMT -5
I have no doubt you are correct but why does Mattel continue to say that it is up to the retailers to order the product. When you see something not carried at a store then ask the manager/owner, like it's my duty to help a billion dollar toy company reach proper distribution levels. That's what they say but I think Mattel might be bending the truth. Mattel's answer to bad distribution has really become kind of a joke on message boards.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 6:53:53 GMT -5
ik haat dreamland
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Post by GrimKid on Jul 11, 2011 8:04:35 GMT -5
Mattel is the worst toy company for distribution
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Jul 11, 2011 9:41:25 GMT -5
I can see why you thought of Dreamland, they are after all the biggest toy chain in Belgium. However, I wasn't referring to them. The owner I talked to (and know) owns a small chain. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 9:47:13 GMT -5
here in holland the distribution is also bad in the shop same stuff over and over again
hopefully will they go on with mattel here in holland
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Post by "Original Broski" jonjon535353 on Jul 11, 2011 12:06:05 GMT -5
Jakks had horrible distribution here. Mattel distribution is far better for me than Jakks ever was. I would suspect it's quite different overseas, however.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2011 12:49:06 GMT -5
mattel continually states thats its up to the retailer but this simply isnt true.
my childhood friend has worked at Smyths(our major toy retailer)since he left school and has worked his way up in logistics.
he told me that Smyths wanted to order Legends for their branches in Ireland and The UK but were told
"legnds are not available for order.at this time Mattel/WWE want to concentrate on modern superstars and product in the European market"
he says they were sent Flexforce stuff instead to fill their peg space.
I have posted this many times on this board.
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Post by James St. James on Jul 11, 2011 12:52:33 GMT -5
I have no doubt you are correct but why does Mattel continue to say that it is up to the retailers to order the product. When you see something not carried at a store then ask the manager/owner, like it's my duty to help a billion dollar toy company reach proper distribution levels. That's what they say but I think Mattel might be bending the truth. Mattel's answer to bad distribution has really become kind of a joke on message boards. Its been a joke for a while. Anyone who collects DCUC knows that. Maybe I'm getting older but it seems like every toy line is ridiculously overpriced, especially WWE figs. |
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Post by TheSecondComing on Jul 11, 2011 12:59:13 GMT -5
I'm quite impressed with the distribution here, especially in a store we have called Smyths, they get things in just after RSC most of the time.
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Post by jfinnomore on Jul 11, 2011 16:15:17 GMT -5
I'm quite impressed with the distribution here, especially in a store we have called Smyths, they get things in just after RSC most of the time. yeah you guys get stuff well ahead of us here in the States. those Nexus 2 packs have been over there for what a month? and we've yet to even catch a wiff of them. |
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Post by mrhoss on Jul 11, 2011 16:31:52 GMT -5
I'm quite impressed with the distribution here, especially in a store we have called Smyths, they get things in just after RSC most of the time. yeah you guys get stuff well ahead of us here in the States. those Nexus 2 packs have been over there for what a month? and we've yet to even catch a wiff of them. The TRUs in my area might not get them until 2012.  I hope Target gets them after they have finished their reset. |
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