Apologies if this is old news, but I hadn't seen these reported yet and I thought they were cool since I'm a stickler for playsets. These are a continuation of the series which featured both a forklift and an ambulance. They only had one of the new sets, but I had to grab it since I bought the Cena & Sheamus ones.
Pictured on the back are the other sets available or coming up, including a camera setup, a dump trunk, a ring on a break away platform and a crazy ladder!
Post by figurehunting101 on Jul 1, 2012 3:26:52 GMT -5
Yeah they have been out for a couple months now and both my target and walmarts have already put them on clearance and moved them to the clearance isle.
Really?!! Even the limo and dump truck sets?! I had never seen these until yesterday (and didn't even see the dump truck set in person) and only at that ONE Target store. I have hit 4 TRUs, 3 Kohls, 8 Walmarts, 3 Targets, 3 Big Lots, 2 Kmart's and a Toys R Us Express in the last two months and had never seen these. I wish someone had reported these as I had no idea they existed lol!
Post by figurehunting101 on Jul 1, 2012 7:00:17 GMT -5
Rumbler stuff doesn't get much reporting unless its a new 2 pack. Not a whole lot of people are interested in them. Me personally I collect one rumbler of every wrestler.
Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 1, 2012 7:04:01 GMT -5
I really want that limo. I'm gonna end up with so many Del Rios. I already have one (I guess it came in a two-pack with Rey), and I'm planning on getting the one with Christian, the one with Brodus, the limo and the Breakdown ring.
"Um, uh, well you know, it's, uhhh, um, and - and - and here's... well, uh, it's, ummm, y’know, again, I mean - umm" - Dave Meltzer Radio
Yeah, I found this limo the past week, at Target, first time I'd ever seen it in stores, and it was on clearance. Kinda silly that it never had a chance to sell at full price.
I passed on the ambulance and forklift, even on clearance, but I picked this limo up, it's pretty cool. But I am pretty much over most of the Rumblers playsets, unless they are damn cool, like the Rumble Rig or the MITB briefcase.
Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 1, 2012 20:29:22 GMT -5
I think the limo's cool. Awesome accessory for a Del Rio (I know he doesn't drive a limo exactly but close enough), or a custom JBL. I remember buying a WWE activity/sticker book that had a cut-out-and-build limo with it, and I loved that for my Micro Aggression JBL.
I actually want the Cena forklift now, because that would be great for a storyline where Del Rio's car is missing and it turns out the guy he's feuding with has destroyed it.
"Um, uh, well you know, it's, uhhh, um, and - and - and here's... well, uh, it's, ummm, y’know, again, I mean - umm" - Dave Meltzer Radio
I hate Rumblers and I really wish Mattel would stop making them. Mattel puts more effort towards these then they do for their actual "figure" figures and it makes me sick. I saw on the back of a package of one of these that there is going to be a talking HD Stage down the road for these little bastards and yet asking Mattel for a viable Entrance stage for our Basic/Elite figures is like pulling teeth.
NTM the distribution on these are amazing. New ones of these will show up in my area in no time, meanwhile some Elites and Basics sets are waves behind. If I were a Rumbler collector I would have no problem finding those so call "hard-to-find" figures yet I would have an easier time finding Jimmy Hoffa's remains than some of these Elite and Basics as of late.
Smite me if you want to but it is items like this that take away from the real collectors and figures. Just look at SDCC since Mattel started making WWE product.
2010- EG Undertaker w/ Elite articulation 2011- A Rey Rumbler 2012- To be announced Rumbler... WTF?!
Please don't feed this machine anymore.
Last Edit: Jul 2, 2012 10:28:37 GMT -5 by Von Hooten
Congrats on your big score! Def feels good like a nice slice of pie. But when ya go to the store and there's nothing but pegs full of basic cenas, reys, and ortons, it feels like a plate of struedel.
Smite me if you want to but it is items like this that take away from the real collectors and figures. Just look at SDCC since Mattel started making WWE product.
2010- EG Undertaker w/ Elite articulation 2011- A Rey Rumbler 2012- To be announced Rumbler... WTF?!
Please don't feed this machine anymore.
I don't think the Rumblers have done anything to take away from the main lines. Your SDCC assumption is way off - Mattel didn't stop making cool SDCC exclusives because the Rumblers took away their focus. The EG Taker, which was fantastic, apparently didn't sell well enough, so last year (and this year) they just made free Rumblers they gave away.
There's a big difference from a free little giveaway and big fancy figure you have to pay for. I would love to get another great SDCC exclusive like the Taker they made, too, but it's certainly not the Rumblers that are preventing this from happening, or Flex Force or Brawlin' Buddies or any of those lines.
Smite me if you want to but it is items like this that take away from the real collectors and figures. Just look at SDCC since Mattel started making WWE product.
2010- EG Undertaker w/ Elite articulation 2011- A Rey Rumbler 2012- To be announced Rumbler... WTF?!
Please don't feed this machine anymore.
I don't think the Rumblers have done anything to take away from the main lines. Your SDCC assumption is way off - Mattel didn't stop making cool SDCC exclusives because the Rumblers took away their focus. The EG Taker, which was fantastic, apparently didn't sell well enough, so last year (and this year) they just made free Rumblers they gave away.
There's a big difference from a free little giveaway and big fancy figure you have to pay for. I would love to get another great SDCC exclusive like the Taker they made, too, but it's certainly not the Rumblers that are preventing this from happening, or Flex Force or Brawlin' Buddies or any of those lines.
You do have a really good point with the SDCC exclusives. I forgot that they were free and yes the Taker didn't sell as well as they hoped but they shouldn't give up on making a cool exclusive. However, I still feel these take away from the other collections in general.
When a new Elite set is announced it may take up to 6 months for them to hit retial where I live. When a new Rumbler set is announced it may take a third of that same time. Rumbers got not one but two cages for their little ring sets. If I want a cage for my Elite figures not only is it one that only fits those god awful spring rings, but I have to buy a whole ring to get one. Rumblers get to have cool arena add on's, The real figures are still waiting. Not to mention Rumblers have faster turn around in getting new characters like Kane in his new attire, CM Punk with slicked hair, or Funkasaurus. Granted RSC got in the Basic Punks with the new headscan first, but my local Walmart got in the rumbler of him in that style first. Do you see what I am saying?
You can argue the distribution is better on these because they actually sell, but that is the problem. They do sell, and not just to the little kids they were intended for but to the grown a$$ men and women collectors as well. All Mattel sees is profit, and that is where they are going to put more effort which takes away from the main lines. I don't know what the appeal is, they look like Fisher Price toys, and I wonder if some collectors are buying them just to feel like they bought a WWE figure. I don't see them as real toys. Sorry that is JMO but they get treated like real collectables, when really they should be a fluff item on Mattel's part. BTW they already have fluff items called Flex Force which those two get treated better with all the playsets they get, and better distibution. The only difference is ppl buy Rumblers, I have no clue who the hell buys Flex Force because I always see the same FF's at any given store.
Congrats on your big score! Def feels good like a nice slice of pie. But when ya go to the store and there's nothing but pegs full of basic cenas, reys, and ortons, it feels like a plate of struedel.
The highlight of the Launchin Limo set is the entrance ramp! Didn't realize that's what the target is really an entrance ramp until I had it in hand. My only question on the entrance ramp is what are the two little slots toward the top of the ramp? Does it connect to something already out or coming soon?
Also got the Slam Cam and the Ringing Entrance playsets, and one of them showed The Aerial Battle Playset on the back...
Oh, and the WWEKids site shows the Zack Ryder/Rey Mysterio 2 pack...
Last Edit: Jul 7, 2012 17:13:12 GMT -5 by jeffbohn
Rumbler stuff doesn't get much reporting unless its a new 2 pack. Not a whole lot of people are interested in them. Me personally I collect one rumbler of every wrestler.
Which I find hard to do. It really feels like I'm throwing away $5 whenever I buy a pack because there's usually only one Rumbler that's completely new. I had to pass on Riley/Miz, Ryan/Show. I just didn't feel like paying for another Big Show and Miz. The extras aren't bad if you're a little kid trading with your friends but when your an old guy...