Post by Chip on Nov 4, 2012 20:52:39 GMT -5
Here's a thought...assuming it was possible....
Basic math says 6 figures costs $XX to make per. An individual set has an $XXX cost budget.
So, Elites go from 6 figures per set to 5
4 current, 1 Flashback. The extra money from not producing the 6th figure can go into better and more accessories for the remaining 5....thus even making shelf warmers worth buying for casual fans.
Elites are supposed to be "premium" wrestling figures, yet half of them lately are coming with dull unpainted basic belts, no shirts or rubber shirts and half their entrance gear.
Picture E17 Sheamus with his Brogue Kick Hooligans shirt (cloth) and a shiny WHC, and his cross....how much better does that make it???
Or Elite 15 Rey Mysterio with a cloth entrance shirt and mask.
Elite 15 Mark Henry with his Hall of Pain shirt (cloth)
etc.
Casual fans will notice these things....why am I paying $19.00 for a Kofi Kingston with a simple belt? I can buy a Basic Kofi for $9.00 less and get the same result....a toy my kid can play with...or a display piece for myself.
Again, not saying it is even possible, as I don't know the inner workings of Mattel's production. But to be able to get a complete entrance gear HBK instead of half-assed...when the budget is being used for the 500th Rey Mysterio seems kind of silly.
Basic math says 6 figures costs $XX to make per. An individual set has an $XXX cost budget.
So, Elites go from 6 figures per set to 5
4 current, 1 Flashback. The extra money from not producing the 6th figure can go into better and more accessories for the remaining 5....thus even making shelf warmers worth buying for casual fans.
Elites are supposed to be "premium" wrestling figures, yet half of them lately are coming with dull unpainted basic belts, no shirts or rubber shirts and half their entrance gear.
Picture E17 Sheamus with his Brogue Kick Hooligans shirt (cloth) and a shiny WHC, and his cross....how much better does that make it???
Or Elite 15 Rey Mysterio with a cloth entrance shirt and mask.
Elite 15 Mark Henry with his Hall of Pain shirt (cloth)
etc.
Casual fans will notice these things....why am I paying $19.00 for a Kofi Kingston with a simple belt? I can buy a Basic Kofi for $9.00 less and get the same result....a toy my kid can play with...or a display piece for myself.
Again, not saying it is even possible, as I don't know the inner workings of Mattel's production. But to be able to get a complete entrance gear HBK instead of half-assed...when the budget is being used for the 500th Rey Mysterio seems kind of silly.
