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Post by ThugSuperstar on Jul 28, 2016 18:37:18 GMT -5
I feel bad for MattelDesignTeam the guy busts his ass and people rag on his work. Qc isn't great lately but at the price point most elites look awesome compared to the tamashi nations stuff shown Elite prices keep going up while the quality control continues to get worse and worse with every wave. The continued criticism Mattel gets is well-deserved until we get a legitimate answer as to why, within the last year or so, they decided to cut costs that have dramatically made their product worse for the consumer.
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Post by legendsguy on Jul 28, 2016 18:59:54 GMT -5
blah interview.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 19:02:36 GMT -5
I'm mad. I'm so mad. Disgusted.
Ok, I'm done.
Sweet, Goldust gets a cloth robe.
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Post by CampCornette on Jul 28, 2016 19:03:06 GMT -5
I feel bad for MattelDesignTeam the guy busts his ass and people rag on his work. Qc isn't great lately but at the price point most elites look awesome compared to the tamashi nations stuff shown Elite prices keep going up while the quality control continues to get worse and worse with every wave. The continued criticism Mattel gets is well-deserved until we get a legitimate answer as to why, within the last year or so, they decided to cut costs that have dramatically made their product worse for the consumer. Oh I agree but bill the man himself who designs the figures gets the brunt of the heat. Seems a bit unfair
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Post by legendsguy on Jul 28, 2016 19:07:12 GMT -5
amazing that new day 3 pack takes almost what 6-8 months to come out...it looked ready already. not that i want it, just saying that seems oddly long.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Jul 28, 2016 19:15:46 GMT -5
Bill probably rushed that one 3 pack so he could have something to get signed and compete with them getting cereal and POP vinyls.
I like buying multiple attires, but New Day may break me. Getting 3 guys is gonna be a bit much. I have the first elites and Ill probably get the 3 pack. Seems weird they did Xavier in the red/yellow and skipped straight to the pink/blue.
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Post by RV F'N D on Jul 28, 2016 19:17:15 GMT -5
I actually didn't mind that Q&A.
I like that the WCW belt question was at least asked, even though he didn't have an answer.
It's cool to hear about stuff like the elite legends wave being kind of a gap filler situation that wasn't really planned for. That kind of stuff is always interesting to me.
Also I'm excited for that Asuka fig:)
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jul 28, 2016 19:22:51 GMT -5
I feel bad for MattelDesignTeam the guy busts his ass and people rag on his work. Qc isn't great lately but at the price point most elites look awesome compared to the tamashi nations stuff shown I don't think anyone is busting on Bill at the moment. We are just saying the questions asked were crap once again.
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Post by ZDB on Jul 28, 2016 19:24:31 GMT -5
Sweet to know that the FB Lady is in all likeliness Alundra GD Blayze.. I mean who else could it be that we don't already have a figure of? Sherri..
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Post by ZDB on Jul 28, 2016 19:25:59 GMT -5
Not a bad Q&A in my opinion, a few questions were of interest to me. Though as always, it would have been better if Ringside/Noelle/whoever could remove the questions that relate to stuff that was revealed at SDCC BEFORE the interview since they are no longer relevant. It's not like they're short of other questions to replace them. Shame there's no progress on licensing the WCW belts but that's pretty much the answer I expected. I wish Bill could have elaborated on what specifically is the holdup though. It's so frustrating that there never seems to be any progress ever, yet the rights holders say they are happy to do a deal, and the belts are always successfully licensed for WWE video games - so why not figures? Perhaps I should have worded the question differently. Also good to hear there's a possibility of getting more of the less-popular flashbacks e.g. more niche characters or "wrestlecrap" stuff. As someone said a week or two ago, Mattel have already hit a lot of the big names so it makes sense to dig deeper into the mid-carders, managers, women, jobbers and announcers and find a way to make it financially feasable to make them too. Oh and I really hope the Flashback Diva Bill is working on is Madusa, a WCW 1996 version is in my top 10 most wanted for sure. Really hope we don't just get Alundra Blayze and no Madusa, that would really suck. Thanks MattelDesignTeam for taking the time to answer our questions. Bill has explained the WCW belts many times. 2k pays the belt owner every year to include them in the video games. Mattel doesn't do outside contracts.
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Post by cableV on Jul 28, 2016 19:26:19 GMT -5
Elite prices keep going up while the quality control continues to get worse and worse with every wave. The continued criticism Mattel gets is well-deserved until we get a legitimate answer as to why, within the last year or so, they decided to cut costs that have dramatically made their product worse for the consumer. Oh I agree but bill the man himself who designs the figures gets the brunt of the heat. Seems a bit unfair It is unfair. Quality control isn't his department, he's design. Production/manufacturing are the ones responsible for QC and I don't think any of them are coming on here to 'see how they are doing'. We are very lucky to have someone who loves wrestling(but seems to hate Surfer Sting ) heading up the design team for these figures.
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Post by Ember's Flame on Jul 28, 2016 19:34:27 GMT -5
Sweet to know that the FB Lady is in all likeliness Alundra GD Blayze.. I mean who else could it be that we don't already have a figure of? Sherri.. Or...Sister Sherri to match Harlem Heat. Think about it!
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Post by CampCornette on Jul 28, 2016 19:45:35 GMT -5
Oh I agree but bill the man himself who designs the figures gets the brunt of the heat. Seems a bit unfair It is unfair. Quality control isn't his department, he's design. Production/manufacturing are the ones responsible for QC and I don't think any of them are coming on here to 'see how they are doing'. We are very lucky to have someone who loves wrestling(but seems to hate Surfer Sting ) heading up the design team for these figures. Really well said, I can't think of any other worldwide distributed product line that directly communicates with their consumers and puts out product solely on their suggestion as much as Bill does
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Post by ZDB on Jul 28, 2016 19:54:52 GMT -5
Or...Sister Sherri to match Harlem Heat. Think about it! That would be sherri
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Post by Showstopper on Jul 28, 2016 20:16:22 GMT -5
I'd be good with Sherri. I hope they eventually make a Sherri to match the '92 HBK they made. Would love the version of Sherri that managed young HBK. Would be a good look to put them next to eachother in my display.
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Post by MiniFigChamp28 on Jul 28, 2016 20:21:26 GMT -5
Thank you to Noelle for asking MattelDesignTeam my question. It was cool to hear how difficult it was to make Asuka. Just like Bill I can't wait to see the finished product.
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Post by ZDB on Jul 28, 2016 20:26:41 GMT -5
At least there was one good question asked, about any more flashback managers in the works. Great to hear they're working on one! Probably Fuji but I'm hoping it's Slick. he likely meant Mean Gene He said he couldn't name the figure. We already know mean gene is coming lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 20:27:37 GMT -5
Sherri. Alundra. Luna vachon. Bull nakano
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Jul 28, 2016 20:33:26 GMT -5
so glad they asked about whether the hof line is continuing, never would have been able to figure that out from the display.
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Post by Classic Collector: The Return on Jul 28, 2016 20:42:01 GMT -5
Every year they only ask dumb questions (like ones we already have answers to or ones we know he can't answer).
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