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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 17:36:27 GMT -5
I've only heard that the contract expired. But why, though?
Will this ever happen to Mattel? (I hope not)
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Post by Roman Bellic on May 12, 2015 17:41:04 GMT -5
mainly these reasons:
pissing off the consumer with dumb decisions (withholding paint for their new TNA line was a giant kick in the nads)
quality of parts (i've seen the recent TNA figures break with the snap of a finger)
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Post by LA Times on May 12, 2015 18:51:20 GMT -5
The license expired and they couldn't beat out Mattel in picking it up
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 12, 2015 21:25:39 GMT -5
It was just business. Going PG attracted Mattel - a much larger company - to the brand.
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on May 13, 2015 20:43:37 GMT -5
didn't THQ & Jakks Pacific interactive also played a role, or I am wrong here!?
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Post by theMOESIAH on May 19, 2015 1:03:37 GMT -5
Will this ever happen to Mattel? (I hope not) Yes, eventually. |
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Post by Mr Ezekiel Jackson If Ya Nasty on May 19, 2015 4:04:37 GMT -5
From Gamespot:
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 7:01:30 GMT -5
So they could make UFC and TNA figures - which still to this day are flying off the shelves - hence why they're hardly seen at retail.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on May 19, 2015 10:23:07 GMT -5
Didn't some Jakks rep try and say that the UFC figures were the highest selling toy in the history of toys at retail or something asinine like that?
lol
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Post by jason1980s on May 19, 2015 10:47:44 GMT -5
I think they should have lost license after the original few series' of figures. I had to buy a number of Series one Razors and Diesels due to the arms coming loose. The likeness on some of the figures was poor, they would add unnecessary features (arm pads on Michaels) when none was needed or keep arm or kneepads off figures that were known for having them. Plus silly outfits the wrestlers never wore (short-long pants Rock with logo on them from early 1998). There figures were poor up until the real scan technology. Some of those titan tron lives were their worst work.
For as much as Vince is noted for having crazy control over WWE, I would think he'd have let go Jakks long ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 16:28:06 GMT -5
Mattel is the number one toy company in the United States. They have both Barbie and Hot Wheels. Why wouldn't WWE want them to make their figures?
I loved when Jakks had the RA line. There will be no other like it. But Jakks got lazy. They started cutting corners. And they just couldn't hold onto the license forever. Something was going to have to change and I don't just mean getting rid of RA and focusing solely on DA. The figures needed to change as they did from BCA to TTL to RA and if this was done while Jakks still had the license the results would not have been pretty, so Jakks was somewhat smart to get out as well, even if they were sort of forced out by the fact that Mattel > Jakks (And I'm not saying that in a WWE figures sense, but just as toy companies on a whole)
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Post by PJ on May 19, 2015 18:00:36 GMT -5
Because when it was time to renew the WWE liked what Mattel brought ro the table more than Jakks. what the reasons are you would have to ask the WWE.
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Post by poindizzle on May 19, 2015 19:18:54 GMT -5
I don't know? Mattel is struggling to get Elite 78 on shelves while Jakks UFC is outselling every toy line combined in the history of all times.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 21:30:48 GMT -5
Didn't some Jakks rep try and say that the UFC figures were the highest selling toy in the history of toys at retail or something asinine like that? lol *Facepalm* |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 22:07:17 GMT -5
I always thought UFC figures should have been done by McFarlane. Would have been good since they had the sports licenses, and are made more for adult collectors.
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Post by JC Motors on May 21, 2015 10:09:37 GMT -5
They lost the license to Mattel which was a good thing
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Post by sm00th007 on Oct 3, 2018 4:33:46 GMT -5
I always thought UFC figures should have been done by McFarlane. Would have been good since they had the sports licenses, and are made more for adult collectors. I agree with you. |
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Post by bige on Oct 3, 2018 4:42:40 GMT -5
Round 5 took over the ufc
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