warrior2017
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Post by warrior2017 on Oct 17, 2018 20:42:44 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy, Zack Ryder, Braun Strowman, and Iron Sheik. Was surprised when I heard there would be a retro Iron Sheik but am looking forward to picking it up...Would have preferred for him to be in his "short pants" look, which would have reminded me of my old Iron Shiek LJN thumb wrestler I had as a kid, but I still like the blue trunks look...Wonder if we will get a Colonel Mustafa at some point?
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Post by MKSavage on Oct 17, 2018 21:00:16 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy, Zack Ryder, Braun Strowman, and Iron Sheik. Was surprised when I heard there would be a retro Iron Sheik but am looking forward to picking it up...Would have preferred for him to be in his "short pants" look, which would have reminded me of my old Iron Shiek LJN thumb wrestler I had as a kid, but I still like the blue trunks look...Wonder if we will get a Colonel Mustafa at some point? Don't know why but I never cared for the shorts look, I think this is the more classic Iron Sheik look. Would love a Col. Mustafa figure, fits more with the Hasbro era.
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rowie4life
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Post by rowie4life on Oct 18, 2018 18:58:14 GMT -5
When is Series 8 rumored for release? Interested to hear how you feel they've screwed it up? Jumpers Distribution Repaints Lack of movement variety Poor deco Reuse of Parts Jumpers Strange and inconsistent lineups Price point QC issues Lack of accessories Wrestlers in less desired forms/from wrong era Poor packaging material Jumpers That is a list of running complaints. Maybe I missed some but that should pretty well cover it. I have bought every single figure thus far and will continue to do so...but that doesn't make those points any less valid. You are free to disagree with as little or as much of that as you wish. I'm just going off the general consensus. At the end of the day we each have our own collections and are free to do whatever we want with them and continue to vote with our dollars. Jumpers - Were in the Hasbro line Distribution - Has been bad, but they say it should be sorted for next year Repaints - We've had two. One was a last minute replacement for a fired wrestler Lack of movement variety - Keeps costs down, I'm sure as the line continues we'll get new action features Poor deco - Seems fine to me Reuse of Parts - keeps costs down and I'm sure new parts will come Jumpers - OK Goldburg being a jumper isn't the best, but you can do the spear Strange and inconsistent lineups - I would love it to be a "Legends" line, but Kids are the majority, that are buying toys and will buy more of the current Wrestlers. Price point - They've got to make a profit. Smyths (UK) had them for £9. They are around £12 from independent online stores, that import them, that is OK QC issues - I've had 1 paint application issue out of all the retro figures Lack of accessories - I agree, but that may be changing with the wig Wrestlers in less desired forms/from wrong era - Goldberg head on a Austin body can be made very easily, so long as Goldberg is still under contract Poor packaging material - Mine have been fine, until I rip the bubble of the card Jumpers - Do you not like jumpers?
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drnickriviera995
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Nov 12, 2018 11:14:33 GMT -5
My Target just restocked Series 3! They were sitting on one or 2 of Rollins for weeks, last one was finally gone about a week back. I check today and a peg of S3, WTF?
I'm guessing they had another box in the backroom the entire time and never bothered to re-fill the peg. But, still, just damn. Maybe the 2 AJ's will move eventually, but the others will ROT.
I am honestly losing hope in this line. Sure, they're selling online, but without retail stocking and moving the newer series I can't see this lasting.
Only hope is if the delay in the HBK/Angle wave is because of a new distribution/pricing strategy. If they lower the price and get these back into Walmart somehow and actually get Target to stock them. No ring at Target here either.
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Post by punksnotdead on Nov 12, 2018 11:31:59 GMT -5
My target did the same on putting out a fresh case of wave 3. Those should all be marked down to $4 at every single target so we can all move on. What a sh*t show.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Nov 12, 2018 11:48:54 GMT -5
Has Diesel been rumored in any lineups yet? Or are we still assuming the line will die before he gets released?
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RedDevil
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Post by RedDevil on Nov 12, 2018 13:53:36 GMT -5
For those who might not have seen it, I got this reply in the UK reveals thread in this forum this weekend to some questions I had about the Retros: We had two new actions planned for 2019 but had to put them on hold. Hopefully we can make those happen in the future. There are no restrictions on moves. The Roman function can be used again. Roman was actually very very close to being re-released. Distribution is looking better next year. It looks like Walmart will be carrying Retros again. There is a timetable in place for figs you mentioned. More info and reveals coming shortly. Very shortly actually. The last reply was to a question I asked about Diesel and Goldust.
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Post by punksnotdead on Nov 12, 2018 13:56:53 GMT -5
Has Diesel been rumored in any lineups yet? Or are we still assuming the line will die before he gets released? He’s rumored for wave 10. Bill has been speaking pretty confidently that they worked out the distribution issues and the line is in their plans for the foreseeable future. I’m of the “I’ll believe it when I’m holding it” mindset.
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Post by TheRockers on Nov 12, 2018 20:06:49 GMT -5
My local Target also just stocked series 3 again, which is hilarious. I bought that set in stores November 20th 2017. Its been almost 1 full year and I have not seen series 4 or 5 in stores. Series 6 is at Kmart though. Kmart stocks them all the the time and the ring too. I believe series 4 & 5 are Target exclusives and series 6 and the ring are only available at Kmart. Its been a very bizarre year for retros. I'm thankful for Ringside. I do believe 2019 will be a lot better.
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Post by The Madness on Nov 12, 2018 20:17:07 GMT -5
As a huge Hasbro fan, one of the things that severely hindered my interest in them was the addition of the stands and the ad for the app on the card. It's looking far too "modern" now MOC compared to actual Hasbros.
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Post by Thought Collector on Nov 13, 2018 0:11:21 GMT -5
My local Target also just stocked series 3 again, which is hilarious. I bought that set in stores November 20th 2017. Its been almost 1 full year and I have not seen series 4 or 5 in stores. Series 6 is at Kmart though. Kmart stocks them all the the time and the ring too. I believe series 4 & 5 are Target exclusives and series 6 and the ring are only available at Kmart. Its been a very bizarre year for retros. I'm thankful for Ringside. I do believe 2019 will be a lot better. There goes my hope with the last few series 3 left on the pegs at my Target lol. Prob. will have the same outcome. So I guess Target has just decided to troll everyone with Series 3. They might as well have just put out The Rockers and Bushwhackers again since these will probably rival their peg warming. I think I remember still seeing some of them around by the time Jakks was ending Bone Crunchers and getting close to introducing Titan Tron Live figures lol.
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drnickriviera995
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Nov 13, 2018 15:35:29 GMT -5
My local Target also just stocked series 3 again, which is hilarious. I bought that set in stores November 20th 2017. Its been almost 1 full year and I have not seen series 4 or 5 in stores. Series 6 is at Kmart though. Kmart stocks them all the the time and the ring too. I believe series 4 & 5 are Target exclusives and series 6 and the ring are only available at Kmart. Its been a very bizarre year for retros. I'm thankful for Ringside. I do believe 2019 will be a lot better. There goes my hope with the last few series 3 left on the pegs at my Target lol. Prob. will have the same outcome. So I guess Target has just decided to troll everyone with Series 3. They might has well have just put out The Rockers and Bushwhackers again since these will probably rival their peg warming. I think I remember still seeing some of them around by the time Jakks was ending Bone Crunchers and getting close to introducing Titan Tron Live figures lol. Wouldn't surprise me. Especially at smaller odd stores like drug stores etc. I always wonder what they were thinking putting out the Bushwackers again in 94'. I mean the 2 pack had to have been fairly easy to come by still by that point. Wonder if the warming of S10 contributed something to the end of the line. I just think of so many better options they could have chose. Hell, the Shawn and Razor repaints would have sold like hotcakes and that set probably would have done much better overall had the Bushwackers not been in there.
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@Chair.Shot
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 14, 2018 15:50:02 GMT -5
On the Major WF Podcast they mentioned the leaked lineup rumours and dismissed them saying these things aren't all that reliable and things change for different reasons all the time.
My personal opinion is that many leaks in the past have been spot on with this line. Any real changes have been due to people getting fired. The only changes I could hope for would be to have Diesel and Goldust sooner. Also, I hope we see Ringside exclusives starting in 2019 and maybe Wicked Cool Toys could start making accessories and playsets.
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memphis
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Post by memphis on Nov 14, 2018 16:26:21 GMT -5
I like that idea of a exclusive with RS for a Retro. Maybe even a Chase Retro as well.
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Post by tibbo on Nov 17, 2018 2:53:00 GMT -5
Cant really find the right thread for this, but has anyone found any of the Flair retro in the Minnesota area? Thanks so much guys.
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Post by Thought Collector on Nov 17, 2018 8:05:47 GMT -5
Cant really find the right thread for this, but has anyone found any of the Flair retro in the Minnesota area? Thanks so much guys. I haven't seen any trace of the Flair or Macho Man at all. A few days ago I headed back to Kmart and the Retro figures they had left were one sale for $12.99. I think two of Nakamura, two Daniel Bryan, three of Bray Wyatt-one of which I got and one Wolfpack Sting left that I got. They also had two Retro Rings left but I already got one on the last trip and there was no sign anywhere saying if they were on sale too. Of course Target still a Retro ghost town for now lol.
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Post by tibbo on Nov 17, 2018 8:14:23 GMT -5
Cant really find the right thread for this, but has anyone found any of the Flair retro in the Minnesota area? Thanks so much guys. I haven't seen any trace of the Flair or Macho Man at all. A few days ago I headed back to Kmart and the Retro figures they had left were one sale for $12.99. I think two of Nakamura, two Daniel Bryan, three of Bray Wyatt-one of which I got and one Wolfpack Sting left that I got. They also had two Retro Rings left but I already got one on the last trip and there was no sign anywhere saying if they were on sale too. Of course Target still a Retro ghost town for now lol. Haha thanks so much matey! Live in the uk, but have some friends taking a vacation there next week, and was hoping they might be able to grab one for me! Looks like i am out of luck haha
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Post by Thought Collector on Nov 17, 2018 8:19:40 GMT -5
I haven't seen any trace of the Flair or Macho Man at all. A few days ago I headed back to Kmart and the Retro figures they had left were one sale for $12.99. I think two of Nakamura, two Daniel Bryan, three of Bray Wyatt-one of which I got and one Wolfpack Sting left that I got. They also had two Retro Rings left but I already got one on the last trip and there was no sign anywhere saying if they were on sale too. Of course Target still a Retro ghost town for now lol. Haha thanks so much matey! Live in the uk, but have some friends taking a vacation there next week, and was hoping they might be able to grab one for me! Looks like i am out of luck haha Sorry, didn't notice you said Minnesota area lol. I'm actually in the Pennsylvania area so there might be a chance still there for anyone that knows lol.
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Post by tibbo on Nov 17, 2018 8:32:18 GMT -5
Haha, ahh ace! It is suprising to see how difficult these are for everyone to buy. It makes you wonder what the theory is there from mattel's pov...
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Post by casanova on Nov 24, 2018 10:09:59 GMT -5
@Chair.Shot im not sure there have been that many jumpers? Seth, Goldberg, Balor, Sting, HHH, Kofi and Daniel Bryan, apart from HHH amd DB i cant imagine another mould suitable for those guys. There were 13 jumpers in the Hasbro line Definitely agree about moves though, we should definitely get more mechanical movesets Seth would have been PERFECT for the stomp action move similar to IRS. Goldberg could have been the Hulkaplex. Balor passes as a jumper but I would have preferred a Rick Martel, that is a personal thing though. Sting should have been anything else. His physique would have matched with the already widely used Austin body. A Bret Hart similar body would have been nice. HHH depends on timeline as Hearst Helmsley/DX, he would have matched a Mr. Perfect. I am hoping for a future Game release with Warrior style Gorilla press body. Kofi and DB are perfect for jumpers. Agreed. The line just needs more molds. I can live with painted on singlets, but a wider variety is essential for its continuition. If they do not slowly start to add new molds this line will end after S10. I honestly don’t want Diesel to have the same body as Dean Ambrose (who got the wrong one anyway).
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