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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 23:01:29 GMT -5
More money for Mattel and more happy for everyone! (Release in addition to/not replace new figures and is only available on RSC where the figures will be well sold) For starter: Yokozuna E12 Kane Diesel Nash Eddie Guerrero ABA Taker Mankind Brown Mankind Cactus Jack King Booker Flashback Edge Arn Tully Big Show (that came with RAW & Smack belt) And many more!
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Post by breakthewaltzdown65 on May 20, 2014 23:42:40 GMT -5
I think it would be great idea I still need to pick up a few on that list
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 23:45:53 GMT -5
Brown Mankind had yet to be released at all, and you can still buy Cactus Jack at the one place where it was sold: ringside. Though this would help newbies get caught up, it would severely alienate those who have been with Mattel since the beginning, or at least for a couple years. If we got six flashbacks a set, then I wouldn't mind 1 rerelease, similar to their "best of 20--" series. But we have so precious few spots now, I don't want them taken up with figures we all already had a more than fair enough chance of getting.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 23:50:12 GMT -5
LOVE IT!
a Best of Flashbacks series!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 0:57:28 GMT -5
LOVE IT! a Best of Flashbacks series! Wow, I didn't even realize all I listed were flashback. Bigbossman I forgot to mention this is not to replace new figures coming out, these flashback figures will only be release on RSC, so they are in addition to new figures not to replace new figures.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 1:22:37 GMT -5
Ringaide already did re-release all these...loose...in a way.
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Post by Jamie on May 21, 2014 1:24:51 GMT -5
Most of those figures they don't even have. They'd scalp 'em.
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Post by marino13 on May 22, 2014 8:20:44 GMT -5
I agree. You see companies like Marvel Select re-releasing past figures all the time to assure that anyone who wants one can get one. So I'd be all for a brief run of past Flashbacks getting re-released.
Flashback Kane & Edge are two that I'd love to get without breaking the bank.
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Post by savage on May 22, 2014 9:43:46 GMT -5
I've been waiting for this to happen for a while now. I know they would make a good profit from it and they've proven that they are able to throw random series out of nowhere with the wm30 series. All they have to do is look at what's selling for over retail on eBay regularly and they could have 3 or 4 series sure to sell lined up in 10 minutes. No brainier.
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Post by "The Perfect Ten" Mizard on May 22, 2014 9:50:26 GMT -5
I wish they would re-release the wwe legends series
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 20:08:09 GMT -5
I wish they would re-release the wwe legends series Absolutely but only on RSC so that Mattel doesn't lose money. Since this is a Mattel Suggestion Box, I really hope they read this.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on May 22, 2014 22:35:03 GMT -5
I've been waiting for this to happen for a while now. I know they would make a good profit from it and they've proven that they are able to throw random series out of nowhere with the wm30 series. All they have to do is look at what's selling for over retail on eBay regularly and they could have 3 or 4 series sure to sell lined up in 10 minutes. No brainier. False. You're making the classic mistake of confusing secondary market value with mass retail value. A hundred people willing to pay $60 for something doesn't mean that thirty thousand people are willing to pay $20 for it.
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Post by savage on May 23, 2014 4:16:34 GMT -5
I've been waiting for this to happen for a while now. I know they would make a good profit from it and they've proven that they are able to throw random series out of nowhere with the wm30 series. All they have to do is look at what's selling for over retail on eBay regularly and they could have 3 or 4 series sure to sell lined up in 10 minutes. No brainier. False. You're making the classic mistake of confusing secondary market value with mass retail value. A hundred people willing to pay $60 for something doesn't mean that thirty thousand people are willing to pay $20 for it. If there are 100 willing to pay that much, tgere are plenty others willing to pay retail. I think you're forgetting that a lot of us didn't jump on the mattel band wagon in the beginning. Tgere are a lot more mattel collectors now vs when they first got the rights. Besides, they don't have to make as many as they do normally. They already have all the parts so it's not like they would be producing new figures..
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on May 23, 2014 4:58:32 GMT -5
Mattel can not just run off a few hundred figures and sell them at $17. They either do a full-scale production run (which would be senseless with a product aimed solely at the minority of collectors who passed on the figures first time but suddenly now want them), or they charge high prices for a smaller production run. Either way, it's not likely.
This is very much one of those scenarios where people wish something would happen so much that they fool themselves into thinking it would be good business. Like how I'm sure that a 3-per-case D'Lo Brown with chest protector would be the bestselling wrestling figure of all time. If Mattel made that, they'd be looking at the real deal now.
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Post by JC Motors on May 23, 2014 10:47:05 GMT -5
I just want E16 Kevin Nash
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Post by savage on May 23, 2014 11:58:47 GMT -5
Mattel can not just run off a few hundred figures and sell them at $17. They either do a full-scale production run (which would be senseless with a product aimed solely at the minority of collectors who passed on the figures first time but suddenly now want them), or they charge high prices for a smaller production run. Either way, it's not likely. This is very much one of those scenarios where people wish something would happen so much that they fool themselves into thinking it would be good business. Like how I'm sure that a 3-per-case D'Lo Brown with chest protector would be the bestselling wrestling figure of all time. If Mattel made that, they'd be looking at the real deal now. Why can't they? Jakks did it. If 17 bucks isn't enough then they can bump the price up considering people are paying 4 times the amount as it is. We'll just agree to disagree.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on May 23, 2014 12:13:52 GMT -5
Because the $17 price (or whichever price each store in each area charges) is based on how much that store/chain buys them from Mattel for. And Mattel's prices are based on shipping a certain number of units. The less units shipped, the higher the price per unit. That's at the core of bulk buying. It's all well and good to fantasise "wouldn't it be lovely if Mattel rereleased all the figures I missed out on so that I could complete my collection at retail price" but it's an unrealistic pipe dream and it's best to know the difference between pipe dreams and reality. Mattel's business is not built on plugging the gaps in every individual hardcore flashback collector's personal collection. If we did get elite rereleases, they wouldn't be sets of every flashback that every individual Wfigs member wants. They'd be Best Of Year sets that would feature the more well-known current characters, and we'd all cry that the pegs were being clogged up by more Cenas and Lesnars.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 13:12:15 GMT -5
Because the $17 price (or whichever price each store in each area charges) is based on how much that store/chain buys them from Mattel for. And Mattel's prices are based on shipping a certain number of units. The less units shipped, the higher the price per unit. That's at the core of bulk buying. It's all well and good to fantasise "wouldn't it be lovely if Mattel rereleased all the figures I missed out on so that I could complete my collection at retail price" but it's an unrealistic pipe dream and it's best to know the difference between pipe dreams and reality. Mattel's business is not built on plugging the gaps in every individual hardcore flashback collector's personal collection. If we did get elite rereleases, they wouldn't be sets of every flashback that every individual Wfigs member wants. They'd be Best Of Year sets that would feature the more well-known current characters, and we'd all cry that the pegs were being clogged up by more Cenas and Lesnars. Thus why I say only release on RSC where Mattel knows that these will be sold well.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 19:32:00 GMT -5
False. You're making the classic mistake of confusing secondary market value with mass retail value. A hundred people willing to pay $60 for something doesn't mean that thirty thousand people are willing to pay $20 for it. If there are 100 willing to pay that much, tgere are plenty others willing to pay retail. I think you're forgetting that a lot of us didn't jump on the mattel band wagon in the beginning. Tgere are a lot more mattel collectors now vs when they first got the rights. Besides, they don't have to make as many as they do normally. They already have all the parts so it's not like they would be producing new figures.. That has no basis in rational economics whatsoever. A small dedicated group is in no way indicative of anything except that they are a small dedicated group. It isn't about having the parts, It's about having the slots. We only get about 10 or so elite flashbacks a year not including exclusives or specials (like WM30 elites). That's limited enough! Now you all want to take those slots up for figures we've all already had a reasonable chance of purchasing? I'm sorry, but I'll argue against that until the cows come home.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 19:35:02 GMT -5
I just want E16 Kevin Nash Save up your money and keep checking eBay.
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