mrassbillygunn
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Nov 26, 2013 19:55:04 GMT -5
Why wasnt this question asked to Bill at the Ringside Q&A? So many other ridiculous questions got asked rather than this one.
I find it a mystery why no tag team elites are put out. I mean many of them are on TV so what gives??
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Nov 26, 2013 20:08:41 GMT -5
They sounded like they were considering doing PTP at one point. I think they'd make the most sense to do in Elite form since they could both come with a shirt, Titus with the whistle and Darren with his comb. Plus, they look very different and would stand out more as individuals than, say, Elites of Los Primos or the Usos (though the Usos would look sweet with actual shiny shorts...). We'll surely get Usos next year in Basic form with their recent surge of tv time, at least.
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Post by Figure kingdom on Nov 26, 2013 20:08:47 GMT -5
Great question, but I have no clue. They always answer the same questions over and over. We all know what the answers are most of them by heart now lol "Not signed" "One year from now" "No scale ring plans" "Not in the budget" "if he signs a legends deal"
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Post by PJ on Nov 26, 2013 21:03:41 GMT -5
If you are talking as tag team 2-pack it's been answered numerous times. The price point would be too high and retailers balked at ordering them. TRU did with the Legends and All-Stars and neither did the sales they needed to do to keep going at retail.
Now if you are talking about as Singles in the Elite line like they did with e7 DX & Hart Dynasty or e25/26 Shield then there's no answer. But I would guess they feel none of the remaining would sell well enough as $17+ elite figures.
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Nov 26, 2013 21:20:59 GMT -5
If you are talking as tag team 2-pack it's been answered numerous times. The price point would be too high and retailers balked at ordering them. TRU did with the Legends and All-Stars and neither did the sales they needed to do to keep going at retail. Now if you are talking about as Singles in the Elite line like they did with e7 DX & Hart Dynasty or e25/26 Shield then there's no answer. But I would guess they feel none of the remaining would sell well enough as $17+ elite figures. I mean the latter. E7 and E25/26 with all due respect its hardly what you call putting out elite tag teams with there being a 2 year gap between E7 and E25/26. As for not selling well enough that could well be the reason but it makes no sense because at the end of the day these would be current tag teams on tv so they have every chance of selling like any other elite.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2013 21:25:33 GMT -5
They would cost to much money and I doubt many people would buy them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2013 21:28:52 GMT -5
I also remember someone saying they asked bill at rsf and they said elite usos are very likely.
I would buy any and all elites of people who have yet to get them: Usos, PTPs, jinder mahal etc
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 26, 2013 21:35:10 GMT -5
There have been elite tag teams. Hell No, Air Boom, Miz and Morrison, JeriShow, Awesome Truth, DX, The Shield, Cody and Goldust, Brothers of Destruction, Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Edge and Christian all had elites.
Just a lot of teams more recently have been low-level. And the flashbacks now take up the elite slots that used to be taken by, say, Hart Dynasty and Cryme Tyme. The Usos' increased presence this year might see them get elites next year.
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Post by PJ on Nov 26, 2013 21:35:45 GMT -5
If you are talking as tag team 2-pack it's been answered numerous times. The price point would be too high and retailers balked at ordering them. TRU did with the Legends and All-Stars and neither did the sales they needed to do to keep going at retail. Now if you are talking about as Singles in the Elite line like they did with e7 DX & Hart Dynasty or e25/26 Shield then there's no answer. But I would guess they feel none of the remaining would sell well enough as $17+ elite figures. I mean the latter. E7 and E25/26 with all due respect its hardly what you call putting out elite tag teams with there being a 2 year gap between E7 and E25/26. As for not selling well enough that could well be the reason but it makes no sense because at the end of the day these would be current tag teams on tv so they have every chance of selling like any other elite. No I was just using the E7 and E25/26 tag teams in the singles line as an example of what I was saying. Not as an example of them actively doing it. But I don't see parents really wanting to go out and spend $32 + for two Elites of less popular guys when they can buy a basic 2-pack for $19. I mean the PTP & Usos aren't in the same level of popularity as Orton, Cena, Rey, Taker, Punk & Bryan. And when I say popularity I mean people who the majority of the casual customer along with parent/grandparent know. Not the collectors...Mattel has said numerous times while we are a part of their sales we are a very small portion.
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Post by jayrod2009 on Nov 26, 2013 22:14:00 GMT -5
It does piss me off that tag teams are overlooked by Mattel. Especially when they make most champions, and never touched Elite Primo/Epico. But, most teams have been mash ups, an we do have Elite versions of them. Show/Miz, Show/Jericho, Kofi/Bourne, Kofi/Truth, Kane/Bryan, Rhodes/Sandow, Rhodes/Debiase, HHH/HBK, Kane/Undertaker, Orton/Edge, Big Boss Man/Akeem.... Just the actual Tag Teams have never been touched in Elite form. Prime Time Players, Uso's, and Primo/Epico ( El Matadores) have been the only true tag teams in WWE in the past few years. Never mashed together through storylines.
I won't even go into the Flashback/Legends area of tag teams, because my want list is way to big to type out. The only fix to this, is something Mattel said won't happen again, and thats rehashing the Legends line to free up 1-4 spots in an Elite series. I hope one day in the future that the Legends line will come back, but until then, all we can do is be patient. But, We've been waiting for Uso's and PTP for how long? Uso's has been over 2 years. Its time Mattel, lets make sone tag teams in Elite form.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2013 22:32:59 GMT -5
Usos with face paint and Los Matadores would pop. Didn't bill say el torito was getting a basic
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Post by anglefan80 on Nov 27, 2013 0:19:52 GMT -5
to be fair, there hasn't been much of a Tag Team division up until about a year ago, and the Shield is the hottest team in the past year. If they pushed PTP or Uso's hard, I'm sure we'd see them.
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Post by June on Nov 27, 2013 1:20:06 GMT -5
They won't sell therefore are not cutout for the repaint line.
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Post by Jack on Nov 27, 2013 6:05:00 GMT -5
Probably to do with Price and how much of their market would actually want them. I would be keen for them to give them a chance.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 27, 2013 20:10:40 GMT -5
They won't sell therefore are not cutout for the repaint line. Please rephrase in English.
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Post by June on Nov 27, 2013 20:33:29 GMT -5
They won't sell therefore are not cutout for the repaint line. Please rephrase in English. Therefore = for that reason, so, consequently, as a result, that being the case, that being said ect...... Cutout = not fit, not suitable. Repaint line = flashbacks, elites.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 27, 2013 20:38:54 GMT -5
Cutout = not fit, not suitable. You're either using too many or not enough negative clauses in this definition or your original post. Lolwut
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Nov 28, 2013 0:12:23 GMT -5
There have been elite tag teams. Hell No, Air Boom, Miz and Morrison, JeriShow, Awesome Truth, DX, The Shield, Cody and Goldust, Brothers of Destruction, Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Edge and Christian all had elites. Just a lot of teams more recently have been low-level. And the flashbacks now take up the elite slots that used to be taken by, say, Hart Dynasty and Cryme Tyme. The Usos' increased presence this year might see them get elites next year. None of those were actually released as tag teams... I'll give you Air Boom (though they were 2 sets apart), Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Shield and FB E&C. You also forgot Legacy who were actually both released with matching t-shirts. But it's a stretch to say any of those others were released as a tag team in the sense that he is asking. ESPECIALLY Cody and Goldust.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Nov 28, 2013 5:36:12 GMT -5
There have been elite tag teams. Hell No, Air Boom, Miz and Morrison, JeriShow, Awesome Truth, DX, The Shield, Cody and Goldust, Brothers of Destruction, Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Edge and Christian all had elites. Just a lot of teams more recently have been low-level. And the flashbacks now take up the elite slots that used to be taken by, say, Hart Dynasty and Cryme Tyme. The Usos' increased presence this year might see them get elites next year. None of those were actually released as tag teams... I'll give you Air Boom (though they were 2 sets apart), Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Shield and FB E&C. You also forgot Legacy who were actually both released with matching t-shirts. But it's a stretch to say any of those others were released as a tag team in the sense that he is asking. ESPECIALLY Cody and Goldust. Irrelevant. We have had elite figures of the guys in those teams - because the guys in those teams were worthy of elite figures at some time. Denying it is just crying for the sake of crying.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Nov 28, 2013 9:50:46 GMT -5
None of those were actually released as tag teams... I'll give you Air Boom (though they were 2 sets apart), Cryme Tyme, Hart Dynasty, Shield and FB E&C. You also forgot Legacy who were actually both released with matching t-shirts. But it's a stretch to say any of those others were released as a tag team in the sense that he is asking. ESPECIALLY Cody and Goldust. Irrelevant. We have had elite figures of the guys in those teams - because the guys in those teams were worthy of elite figures at some time. Denying it is just crying for the sake of crying. Who is crying? I'm just saying that he very clearly isn't asking about those thrown-together tag teams. He wants PTP and Usos. The whole discussion is about why those guys aren't "worthy" of Elites.
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