EMW Figure Shelf
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Post by EMW Figure Shelf on Sept 3, 2012 15:51:27 GMT -5
To me, I hope Mattel and WWE do not renew the contract. I mean if they do, great but otherwise I hope they don't. I love the figures and a lot of the stuff they produce, The distribution and high prices kills it for me. Kind of takes the fun away from it. If having detail and height accuracy means high prices then I don't see why bother. The fact that Mattel has tried to accomplish every Jakks did from a 13-14 year span into a 2-3 year span hurt Mattel. because now they have this license for a few more years and what is left for them to do other than repaints? It's not like WWE is making any new interesting characters, everyone is bland or misused these days. So now we turn to the legends line in which don't sell because the average market is children. Another issue is people these days complain about how childish the WWE can be now, Mattel is a prime factor because they are a kid oriented company. They were responsible for Bryan Danielson getting fired for the Justin Roberts incident. Once I heard they were the reasons I did not want to buy any of their stuff but since I saw Macho Man and Steamboat, I caved. I don't think paying 17 for a toy is worth it just for scale and clothes. Will I keep buying them? Damn straight! The stuff is good and I do own a lot of it. That is where the contradiction comes in but I will continuously feel that Mattel is doing as much harm as good to the WWE brand. People can feel free to disagree with this because they are getting quality but I say 1 thing to these people: They are toys! If you guys want accuracy and quality and are only going to display these things then Mattel hear me out, Bring back Unmatched Fury! Im would pay a little extra for the height difference. The extra detail though i can live without. For me, this is why Jakks had DA and RA. DA for the big guys (Kane, Taker Show) and then RA for everyone else. As long as you know who's short and who's tall and have a good enough proportion, it's fine IMO. Besides height wise, Mattel isn't spot on but it is a step above. The detail is secondary to me as well.
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Dabid
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Post by Dabid on Sept 3, 2012 16:44:58 GMT -5
Considering Mattel is the largest and richest toy company in the world, I have no doubt they can keep renewing the WWE license for as long as they want. The only way I see another company ever getting the license is if WWE becomes unprofitable for Mattel, which doesn't look like it will be anytime in the near-future.
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bharrisfan
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Post by bharrisfan on Sept 4, 2012 11:22:48 GMT -5
I'm torn when it comes to Mattel. What good does it do for me that Mattel makes the best wrestling figures ever if they never get to any stores? Like many of you, I hardly EVER find any figures in stores and have to play the roulette game of hoping I can catch a popular figure for the 4 minutes that they appear on Mattelshop or Amazon the one day in 4 months that they add something new. Maybe time has made me forget, but I do not remember distribution and case breakdowns being like this with Jakks. The case breakdowns are mind boggling. I really wish somebody from Mattel would get out of the office and just go to some stores and walk down the isle and see stores that ONLY have Rey Mysterio or John Cena figures and have been that way for months. Mattel intentionally makes it difficult for us to find characters like Flashbacks, debut figures, Divas, and essentially any characters that are NOT Orton, Cena, and Mysterio are packed 1 per case or LESS. So the bottom line is that I could care less how good the figures are if I'll never be able to find them. After having inferior Jakks figures with unrealistic bodies for 15 years, if another company could at least make sure the figures hit stores I'd rather another company make the figures even if they aren't as GOOD as Mattel as long as they aren't as BAD as Jakks. Because honestly, these amazing Mattel figures essentially don't even exist for most of us because we will never even get them in our area because our stores are buried in John Cena and Rey Mysterio. thats true -- it's like they might as well not even exist. but thats a good question. because if you're not willing/able to drop $50+shipping on a lot of figures online. you'll never see them. which is ridiculous because these are mass produced.
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popyduggan
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Post by popyduggan on Sept 4, 2012 12:03:30 GMT -5
2014, but I hope never. They're the best treatment of wrestling figures ever and I'm including the fancy japanese ones. It's so great to take the figure out and see all the great details, and that they didn't scam you by only painting the visible parts like bandai and other silly companies do.
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Post by qdogg on Sept 4, 2012 14:21:33 GMT -5
I expect them to make them for quite some time, the next 5 years anyway. I probably would not start a new line anyway if they switched again.
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