tampatoys813
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Post by tampatoys813 on Dec 6, 2012 15:14:48 GMT -5
Im sure he has made more than enough money in his career, so YES. YES YES YES Do you realized that pray for someone losing his job is pathetic? What if someone would pray for you losing your job? Would you like it? Im sure people do everyday, but its just not going to happen partner.... ANNND, it is Reys fault. He signed the deal and Im sure his deal stipulates he be in a certain percentage of the merchendise. Its not Mattel's fault people. These superstars sign deals that stipulate that a certain amount of the merchendise must be based on that superstar (ie John Cena, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio)
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gawd6sic6™
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Dec 6, 2012 15:15:40 GMT -5
maybe he can go to stores.. nab piles of new figures and cash in on the newest hard to find things!?!?! that is if he has to get fired to please you..
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Post by thehardys4life on Dec 6, 2012 15:18:08 GMT -5
Your a ing Idiot.
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Post by thehardys4life on Dec 6, 2012 15:20:22 GMT -5
If You want someone to lose their job and not be able to support their family because you don't want to see a toy of them, You are a pathetic low life.
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Post by Robert69 on Dec 6, 2012 15:21:37 GMT -5
Do you realized that pray for someone losing his job is pathetic? What if someone would pray for you losing your job? Would you like it? Im sure people do everyday, but its just not going to happen partner.... ANNND, it is Reys fault. He signed the deal and Im sure his deal stipulates he be in a certain percentage of the merchendise. Its not Mattel's fault people. These superstars sign deals that stipulate that a certain amount of the merchendise must be based on that superstar (ie John Cena, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio) You're slightly off on that one too. Cena and Rey are their top sellers as far as merch. They both have agreements with WWE that they get a certain % of profits made from all merchandising sold. They don't get to stipulate how many things are made for them by the company. That's ludicrous. That's like saying James Cameron tells Fox how many Avatar figures gets made. Not how it works at all. They'll make 100,000 Rey Mysterio figures for an Elite line. 60,000 of those sell. They'll make 20,000 Christians, and 18,000 of those sell. Now yes, the % of the smaller packaged one is better, but financially, the return is better on Rey overall. It's simple math by sheer volume, and as long as this simple math continues to work for Mattel, they will continue to do it. (These are general numbers for the sake of my point, not actual numbers, obviously.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 15:22:13 GMT -5
Do you realized that pray for someone losing his job is pathetic? What if someone would pray for you losing your job? Would you like it? Im sure people do everyday, but its just not going to happen partner.... ANNND, it is Reys fault. He signed the deal and Im sure his deal stipulates he be in a certain percentage of the merchendise. Its not Mattel's fault people. These superstars sign deals that stipulate that a certain amount of the merchendise must be based on that superstar (ie John Cena, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio) im sure he would cry if he couldnt stock up his little ebay. sad to see someone wish for another american to lose their job.
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Post by prodigy on Dec 6, 2012 15:26:07 GMT -5
This really annoys me. Well they make their money off of Rey Cena Orton ect... They are more popular with kids and kids will buy their figures. So get out
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homeslice1998
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Post by homeslice1998 on Dec 6, 2012 15:28:10 GMT -5
Ha give me a break
Even if Rey were to stop wrestling you really think Mattel would stop making figures of him? Just look at the Rock, he wrestled 1 time this year and he got about 4 or 5 new figures
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tampatoys813
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Post by tampatoys813 on Dec 6, 2012 15:30:02 GMT -5
If so many kids are buying the figures, why are the shelves full of them?? I bet you they have moved more, or just as many of those E17 Ryders in two months than they have of E15 Mysterio in 6 months.
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Joejitsu22
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Post by Joejitsu22 on Dec 6, 2012 15:34:42 GMT -5
I love Rey figs. Keep Em coming. BOOM.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Dec 6, 2012 15:36:26 GMT -5
The WF Morality police strikes again. CLEARLY, he isn't wishing an ill will on Mysterio. He's exaggerating for effect. Get off your pedestals.
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Joejitsu22
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Post by Joejitsu22 on Dec 6, 2012 15:40:16 GMT -5
If so many kids are buying the figures, why are the shelves full of them?? I bet you they have moved more, or just as many of those E17 Ryders in two months than they have of E15 Mysterio in 6 months. I respectfully disagree. You have no actual data to back your claims. You are blinded by YOUR likes and dislikes. There are more Ryder's to be had in my area than Rey's. I have only found 1 e18 Rey since they hit my area. I have found multiple takers, Brodus, and cara. No Jerry yet. Only fig I've seen less than Rey in e18.
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tampatoys813
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Post by tampatoys813 on Dec 6, 2012 15:44:22 GMT -5
The WF Morality police strikes again. CLEARLY, he isn't wishing an ill will on Mysterio. He's exaggerating for effect. Get off your pedestals. THANK YOU
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Post by Damien The Snake on Dec 6, 2012 15:51:35 GMT -5
I for one would love a Flashback Mysterio particularly his gear from from Halloween Havoc '97: That Rey with the Phantom motiff is awesome!!! I would definitely get that one for sure. Yes, it sucks that Rey clogs the pegs but the guy is a popular wrestler and kids like him. If you want to blame anyone, blame Mattel for saturating the market with his figures. But I, for one, enjoy watching him wrestle and hope he is around for awhile.
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Post by bharrisfan on Dec 6, 2012 15:54:21 GMT -5
i wouldnt mind all the reys if they kept him interesting...hes had the same scan forever and then when they give him a new one it's garbage too with a giraffe neck....they do nothing to make the figures special.
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Joejitsu22
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Post by Joejitsu22 on Dec 6, 2012 16:00:51 GMT -5
i wouldnt mind all the reys if they kept him interesting...hes had the same scan forever and then when they give him a new one it's garbage too with a giraffe neck....they do nothing to make the figures special. i see this arguement alot and i feel it holds no water. theres only so many ways you can scan a masked man. with that being said, a fig like rey is appealing due to different repaints and themes he has. and he has ALOT of variety. i have all of his basics and elites. he is kept interesting in my opinion say vs cena who can only have minor changes fig to fig. this is why i dont put him in same class as orton and cena.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 16:05:32 GMT -5
i wouldnt mind all the reys if they kept him interesting...hes had the same scan forever and then when they give him a new one it's garbage too with a giraffe neck....they do nothing to make the figures special. i see this arguement alot and i feel it holds no water. theres only so many ways you can scan a masked man. with that being said, a fig like rey is appealing due to different repaints and themes he has. and he has ALOT of variety. i have all of his basics and elites. he is kept interesting in my opinion say vs cena who can only have minor changes fig to fig. this is why i dont put him in same class as orton and cena. totally agree with this point. but i do think mattel has failed to use some of his best attires for the colorways. we have seen a lot of black on the rey figs and there is just so much more to him.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 16:06:52 GMT -5
I for one would love a Flashback Mysterio particularly his gear from from Halloween Havoc '97: That's the Rey I want, something from his Cruiserweight days in WCW. It'd probably require a whole new body tooling since he was a little slimmer than in the WWE. If Mattel decides to never make another Mysterio again, I'd love for that one to be the last one they ever do
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Post by djfwahhh on Dec 6, 2012 16:10:46 GMT -5
So -- you want a guy to lose the means to provide for his family because you're tired of seeing an action figure of him on store shelves when even after he logically leaves television, they'll still release figures of him for years and years? -- Yeah -- seems logical. Saved me having to type it.
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Post by JuiceWinslow on Dec 6, 2012 16:17:29 GMT -5
Yeah I kinda hope he loses his home and never works again, forced to live on the streets of Tijuana, Mexico.
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