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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 31, 2017 11:19:13 GMT -5
But I honestly hate seeing Mattel take these little short cuts in things, like say the new DM Flair with the wrong kinda knee pads and the RF on the wrong side. I hate when Bill claims they did it to stay with budget. Seems like a scape goat to me. Put this thought to test, the refference photos could have been mirrored. no doubt this is what happened.
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Post by powerfred3k on Jan 31, 2017 13:23:18 GMT -5
I challenge all those people who think Mattel's effort for this previous year was acceptable to google Mattel 2016 4th quarter results.
World wide net sales down 4 percent for the year.
Fourth quarter world wide net sales down 8 percent.
If sales continue in this downward trend why should WWE continue with them in 2 years ?
Fisher Price, Hot wheels, and Barbie sales where all up slightly. So while there is no mention of WWE figures I can't imagine that the two are not related.
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Post by gregrules420 on Jan 31, 2017 23:54:45 GMT -5
Mattel doesn't resign, I'm legit done. I wont sell them off, but I doubt I'll start collecting an entirely different line again. this
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Post by gregrules420 on Jan 31, 2017 23:59:27 GMT -5
I challenge all those people who think Mattel's effort for this previous year was acceptable to google Mattel 2016 4th quarter results. World wide net sales down 4 percent for the year. Fourth quarter world wide net sales down 8 percent. If sales continue in this downward trend why should WWE continue with them in 2 years ? Fisher Price, Hot wheels, and Barbie sales where all up slightly. So while there is no mention of WWE figures I can't imagine that the two are not related. dude sales could be down because Wal-Mart and target ship to much of one product that sits on the shelf I mean I could go to any Walmart within a three-mile radius he'll 15 mile radius and guarantee you I could find a Daniel Bryan from series 32 there and also I haven't seen a series literally since 38 consistently anywhere and don't even get me started on Basics if new ones would come out I would buy them but all I'm seeing is terrible Surfer stings which I already have and the Becky Lynch series and I already have everybody from that series I mean retail is months behind ringside if not almost the entire full year at some places I haven't seen any old man flairs or John Cena's at anywhere but ToysRUs... and I bought them when I saw them I have not seen anything that's showing me that Walmart will pick up or Target will pick up any new series anytime soon and even ToysRUs doesn't get every series so a lot of my experience is that if retail would improve so would the sales
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Post by kgchampion on Feb 2, 2017 2:21:44 GMT -5
I challenge all those people who think Mattel's effort for this previous year was acceptable to google Mattel 2016 4th quarter results. World wide net sales down 4 percent for the year. Fourth quarter world wide net sales down 8 percent. If sales continue in this downward trend why should WWE continue with them in 2 years ? Fisher Price, Hot wheels, and Barbie sales where all up slightly. So while there is no mention of WWE figures I can't imagine that the two are not related. That might be because there has been no new product in a lot of our areas during that time. I've wanted to buy, but there hasn't been much in my area since spring. 2016 was a terrible year for WWE toys in my state.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 3:00:16 GMT -5
I challenge all those people who think Mattel's effort for this previous year was acceptable to google Mattel 2016 4th quarter results. World wide net sales down 4 percent for the year. Fourth quarter world wide net sales down 8 percent. If sales continue in this downward trend why should WWE continue with them in 2 years ? Fisher Price, Hot wheels, and Barbie sales where all up slightly. So while there is no mention of WWE figures I can't imagine that the two are not related. You bring up some good points... I suppose WWE's financial team will take those numbers into consideration. Ultimately they choose, but Mattel is one of the best toy companies in the world.
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Post by powerfred3k on Feb 2, 2017 10:40:43 GMT -5
On a scale of 1-10 the quality of Mattel figure is a what 9 ?
Mattels distribution of these quality figures has got to be a 1.
Great figures that you can't find in store or any store. Then if your lucky you see remnants of a elite/basic series you wanted that someone else rummaged through.
Then have fun waiting 2-3 weeks at least for them to restock and definitely not the series of elite/basics someone else snagged. Also waiting 2-3 weeks to restock that's at a good retail store here in the states.
I'm betting Mattel's WWE figure sales for 2016 was in the negative double digits.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 10:47:12 GMT -5
Just as long as Jakks doesn't get the license again as their 2016 efforts were appalling indeed These 2 vids are def worth a watch or quick scan through them Extremely poor comparison though. The retail price difference is enormous, meaning you can't compare them for quality.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 12:16:13 GMT -5
Great post, straight and to the point.
Great figures, terrible distribution, that's pretty much all that needs to be said about Mattel and this product line. It's a shame that distribution is so aweful, I think the line would be more successful if store shelves in North America look like the shelves at Smyths in the UK.
I suspect Mattel's ordering system might be to blame for the shoddy distribution, they probably force retailers to place a minimum order and don't allow them to order only specific figures or specific series which is dumb IMO. It would be interesting to know how the process works, do retailers even know what the heck is being sent to them or does Mattel just send out new stock that is on hand in their warehouses?!
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Post by powerfred3k on Feb 2, 2017 13:29:55 GMT -5
What I would love Bill to explain to me is every Walmart, Target, ToysRus, etc have entire aisles of barbies and after Christmas a ton of that gets marked down to get rid of. Hotwheels have maybe a half aisle if product but they are the opposite they actually sell. Both of these lines Mattel owns and distributes pretty well.
Why is so hard to get WWE figures into stores ?? Every time these stores reset toy departments they should purge and mark down all WWE figures and Mattel should give them a discount on future product/orders. This attitude Mattel has for not helping get rid of dead weight that's not selling is sickening. All the retail exclusives in the world is not going to make this go away.
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Post by xmenmagneto on Feb 4, 2017 2:14:03 GMT -5
If Mattel didn't resign with WWE, I'd love it if they gave us something. Outside of WWE, TNA barnone has the best roster. My favorites are the Wolves (Davey is the best technician ever!), MOOSE, EC3 Mike Bennett, Decay & Bobby Lashley (to destroy Brock). I want every single one of the roster & the TNA legends Raven, the Hardy's with Senor Benjamin. Jerry Lynn, Sabu. the Monster Abyss, Ken Shamrock, Father James Mitchell, Judas Mesias, AJ Styles, The Pope, Alpha-Male Monty Brown,Sonjay Dutt, Low-Ki, Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, Christian Cage, Bully Ray, Amazing Red, Christopher Daniels,Beat Down Clan, America's Most Wanted, Beer Money, Matt Morgan, Motor City Machine Guns, TNA Mick Foley, Joker Sting, Tanahashi, Samoa Joe, Jay Lethal, CM Punk & the Gathering, Kazarian, Jack Evans, Suicide, Shark Boy, Extreme Tiger (Tigre Uno),Sonny Siaki, The Great Muta, Puma, The British Invasion, LAX with Homicide & Konnan & the list is endless.
If they stay with WWE so be it. We still haven't gotten Adam Bomb & so many others LOL.But if they don't, Hey that would be sick as hell. In my perfect world they would resign with WWE & do a sub-line with TNA.
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Feb 4, 2017 2:19:31 GMT -5
Just as long as Jakks doesn't get the license again as their 2016 efforts were appalling indeed These 2 vids are def worth a watch or quick scan through them Anyone know if that Ambrose shirt fits onto Mattel figures?
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