popyduggan
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Post by popyduggan on Apr 30, 2015 6:00:15 GMT -5
I'm not part of the recent social justice wave, but Divas need to be represented better than they are rignt now. The figures themselves are good, but there should be at least 1 or 2 more of them per case. The only time I've seen plenty of Divas available was with Mickie James in basic series 3 at TRU only.
Also, I don't think it would kill the line to put more than one Diva character in a series occasionally, whether it's the Bellas or a feud(Stephanie vs. Brie), one of impromptu tag teams(Paige & AJ) that WWE slaps together.
If the extra articulation is more expensive to produce then the average basic, then why not tool a handful of less articulated Diva molds, besides the obvious reason that it costs money to do?
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Post by PJ on Apr 30, 2015 7:05:43 GMT -5
Why do you think that is? Because after Mickie James rotted on the pegs at 2 per case they dropped divas down to one per case.
So I say...Nope to more diva figures in a case. Mattel has to do what is best for retailers not the few collectors who want divas. They have to give retailers the figures the majority of kids (mainly little boys) would want. Right now 4 Paige figures are the only figure figure left from e34 at one of my Targets. When they did pack Diva's heavier in cases (Beth Phoenix and Mickie James where two per case) they clogged the shelves for over a year. Mickie had 40 + figures sitting at my local TRU for over 4 months before they removed them. And the RR Beth (probably my favorite diva figure) sat at both my area Targets for almost a year.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Apr 30, 2015 7:25:53 GMT -5
More flashbacks Not divas
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Post by popyduggan on Apr 30, 2015 11:25:34 GMT -5
Why do you think that is? Because after Mickie James rotted on the pegs at 2 per case they dropped divas down to one per case. So I say...Nope to more diva figures in a case. Mattel has to do what is best for retailers not the few collectors who want divas. They have to give retailers the figures the majority of kids (mainly little boys) would want. Right now 4 Paige figures are the only figure figure left from e34 at one of my Targets. When they did pack Diva's heavier in cases (Beth Phoenix and Mickie James where two per case) they clogged the shelves for over a year. Mickie had 40 + figures sitting at my local TRU for over 4 months before they removed them. And the RR Beth (probably my favorite diva figure) sat at both my area Targets for almost a year. Well, I can only agree with the Mickie situation, Beth wasn't so easy to find in MI, and I'd be a lucky dog to find any Paige figures in any store currently. I mean she might be stinking up your stores, but there are still people out there paying $30-$40 on the internet because they can't catch a break locally. My point is that there is an unmet demand for Divas that could be taken care of with another smidgen of supply. The ball seems to be rolling that way anyways since were seeing more and more new characters and new molded parts, if it was only just bit easier to find them(outside of fleabay), then the problem would be solved.
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Post by JDSFullmetal on Apr 30, 2015 11:27:27 GMT -5
Why do you think that is? Because after Mickie James rotted on the pegs at 2 per case they dropped divas down to one per case. So I say...Nope to more diva figures in a case. Mattel has to do what is best for retailers not the few collectors who want divas. They have to give retailers the figures the majority of kids (mainly little boys) would want. Right now 4 Paige figures are the only figure figure left from e34 at one of my Targets. When they did pack Diva's heavier in cases (Beth Phoenix and Mickie James where two per case) they clogged the shelves for over a year. Mickie had 40 + figures sitting at my local TRU for over 4 months before they removed them. And the RR Beth (probably my favorite diva figure) sat at both my area Targets for almost a year. And again, I remind you that legends figures sold so badly that stores stores like Kmart & target clearanced them to the point they were $1.20, I've can't say I recall them doing that with Mickie... There's also the stores that just gave up and sent their legends to biglots where, yet again they were sold for lower than retail(not as bad as $1.20, but still pretty low) So by that logic, legend figures should never have never been given another shot due to how they sold 5 years ago.
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Post by PJ on Apr 30, 2015 12:17:47 GMT -5
Why do you think that is? Because after Mickie James rotted on the pegs at 2 per case they dropped divas down to one per case. So I say...Nope to more diva figures in a case. Mattel has to do what is best for retailers not the few collectors who want divas. They have to give retailers the figures the majority of kids (mainly little boys) would want. Right now 4 Paige figures are the only figure figure left from e34 at one of my Targets. When they did pack Diva's heavier in cases (Beth Phoenix and Mickie James where two per case) they clogged the shelves for over a year. Mickie had 40 + figures sitting at my local TRU for over 4 months before they removed them. And the RR Beth (probably my favorite diva figure) sat at both my area Targets for almost a year. And again, I remind you that legends figures sold so badly that stores stores like Kmart & target clearanced them to the point they were $1.20, I've can't say I recall them doing that with Mickie... There's also the stores that just gave up and sent their legends to biglots where, yet again they were sold for lower than retail(not as bad as $1.20, but still pretty low) So by that logic, legend figures should never have never been given another shot due to how they sold 5 years ago. No but they (Legends/FB) are now one per case figures just like Divas. And they are still pretty easy to find locally. The only FB I had any trouble finding were Booker T and Nash. Both of which I saw twice. Everyone else I spotted at least 5 times. And that is with T0y w!z hitting my local stores daily cherry picking the aisles. So yes I think they have the right formula for releasing Legends and Divas now. As à collector would I like to see more FB/Legends? Sure I would loved for the cases to be Legends heavy...but the fact of the matter is these mass retail lines aren't catered to the collectors like DM or RSC exclusives. Nor are they geared towards little girls. The figures are aimed for boys between the ages of 5-12. It has been that way since the 60's. The only "boy" based figure line i can ever remember many female figures in was the Mego lines in the 70's. That is just the way it has and will always be.
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Post by RBW on May 11, 2015 6:17:38 GMT -5
Also a new Layla would be great I wasn't impressed with the mattel head scan to be honest
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