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Post by aggressiveperfector on Oct 13, 2018 19:18:54 GMT -5
well it’s ringside and it’s 1 per four cases. What do you expect? Most retailers don’t charge more for Funko Pop variants, they’re sent out at random And these aren't Funko Pop chases. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 19:54:26 GMT -5
It is scalping any way you look at it. It’s marked up higher than the rest of the figures in the wave. If this was a ebayer seller or any other online store people would complain. I don’t care for this figure, but I feel for those who want it and have to pay about $50 or whatever the price tag is after shipping. By definition it's not scalping when they're an actual retailer. They're not running to Target and hoarding all the figures available to the public and pricing them up. You can pay a premium for a hard to find figure (that is in at least a month usually before it hits retail and save gas/time) or not. No one's forcing you to. I gladly paid $30 for Diesel and Kevin Nash in Elite 16 when they first came out from RSC and got them delivered to my door and didn't have to spend $100 on eBay. If I wanted Shelton I'd do the same now. They're a store ... that sells wrestling figures. It's in 1 of 4 cases. This isn't some crazy concept here. show me the definition of scalping. |
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Post by Squared² on Oct 13, 2018 20:36:15 GMT -5
Most retailers don’t charge more for Funko Pop variants, they’re sent out at random And these aren't Funko Pop chases. Examples are a wild thing aren’t they |
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 13, 2018 20:58:31 GMT -5
Most retailers don’t charge more for Funko Pop variants, they’re sent out at random And these aren't Funko Pop chases. True, Because If they were people would be fighting in the parking lots over them. My target had 20+ people waiting out of the door before opening the other day because we got new Funko Pops in. |
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Post by Old School Collector on Oct 13, 2018 20:59:11 GMT -5
THIS is why variants are stupid.
These will sell for $15 shipped TOPS after the initial ‘cool to have it first’ factor wears off.
The only ones that like these chase figures are people that can price gouge and/or control the area by scalping or works stocking them so they never make the shelf.
Never been a fan of ‘variants’, due to this very reason. No single elite made by Mattel is worth $50 shipped ... especially a poorly done one, with different paint apps 🤣
Cool for the ones that want it, but what Mattel is doing with these ‘special/1 per case/variants’ is what kills lines and makes people say forget it.
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 13, 2018 21:09:18 GMT -5
THIS is why variants are stupid. These will sell for $15 shipped TOPS after the initial ‘cool to have it first’ factor wears off. The only ones that like these chase figures are people that can price gouge and/or control the area by scalping or works stocking them so they never make the shelf. Never been a fan of ‘variants’, due to this very reason. No single elite made by Mattel is worth $50 shipped ... especially a poorly done one, with different paint apps 🤣 Cool for the ones that want it, but what Mattel is doing with these ‘special/1 per case/variants’ is what kills lines and makes people say forget it. You really think the Chase Gold Standard Shelton is gonna be selling at $15 at any time ? I highly doubt that. It's literally two different eras of his career. Plus he's the first Chase they've done. It's been confirmed that he's about 25/100 and even the current Shelton is probably gonna be the hot seller of this set. The Hawkins variant won't even go that low. When you find the Chase variants for $15 anywhere retail or online please let me know. Until then please don't be so exaggerated. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 21:11:31 GMT -5
THIS is why variants are stupid. These will sell for $15 shipped TOPS after the initial ‘cool to have it first’ factor wears off. The only ones that like these chase figures are people that can price gouge and/or control the area by scalping or works stocking them so they never make the shelf. Never been a fan of ‘variants’, due to this very reason. No single elite made by Mattel is worth $50 shipped ... especially a poorly done one, with different paint apps 🤣 Cool for the ones that want it, but what Mattel is doing with these ‘special/1 per case/variants’ is what kills lines and makes people say forget it. You really think the Chase Gold Standard Shelton is gonna be selling at $15 at any time ? I highly doubt that. It's literally two different eras of his career. Plus he's the first Chase they've done. It's been confirmed that he's about 25/100 and even the current Shelton is probably gonna be the hot seller of this set. The Hawkins variant won't even go that low. When you find the Chase variants for $15 anywhere retail or online please let me know. Until then please don't be so exaggerated. It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 |
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Oct 13, 2018 21:49:17 GMT -5
You really think the Chase Gold Standard Shelton is gonna be selling at $15 at any time ? I highly doubt that. It's literally two different eras of his career. Plus he's the first Chase they've done. It's been confirmed that he's about 25/100 and even the current Shelton is probably gonna be the hot seller of this set. The Hawkins variant won't even go that low. When you find the Chase variants for $15 anywhere retail or online please let me know. Until then please don't be so exaggerated. It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 They aren't going to do a second Gold Standard elite Shelton Benjamin. This is essentially a flashback figure with a significantly lower production run from other figures. They may make more elite Sheltons and improve upon the first bringing that figure down. Hell, at some point they may make a pre-gold standard initial singles run Shelton, but another Gold Standard elite? In the words of Gorilla Monsoon "Highly unlikely" I really doubt the Gold Standard version is going to in the long run end up running below at least initial retail. Matter of fact, I don't see it going lower than 10-15 more than retail in the long run. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 22:02:06 GMT -5
It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 They aren't going to do a second Gold Standard elite Shelton Benjamin. This is essentially a flashback figure with a significantly lower production run from other figures. They may make more elite Sheltons and improve upon the first bringing that figure down. Hell, at some point they may make a pre-gold standard initial singles run Shelton, but another Gold Standard elite? In the words of Gorilla Monsoon "Highly unlikely" I really doubt the Gold Standard version is going to in the long run end up running below at least initial retail. Matter of fact, I don't see it going lower than 10-15 more than retail in the long run. when the hell did I say they would do a second run?  |
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Oct 13, 2018 22:18:19 GMT -5
They aren't going to do a second Gold Standard elite Shelton Benjamin. This is essentially a flashback figure with a significantly lower production run from other figures. They may make more elite Sheltons and improve upon the first bringing that figure down. Hell, at some point they may make a pre-gold standard initial singles run Shelton, but another Gold Standard elite? In the words of Gorilla Monsoon "Highly unlikely" I really doubt the Gold Standard version is going to in the long run end up running below at least initial retail. Matter of fact, I don't see it going lower than 10-15 more than retail in the long run. when the hell did I say they would do a second run? Wasn't talking about a second run. I was talking about making a completely different Gold Standard Shelton Elite down the line. |
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 13, 2018 22:21:21 GMT -5
You really think the Chase Gold Standard Shelton is gonna be selling at $15 at any time ? I highly doubt that. It's literally two different eras of his career. Plus he's the first Chase they've done. It's been confirmed that he's about 25/100 and even the current Shelton is probably gonna be the hot seller of this set. The Hawkins variant won't even go that low. When you find the Chase variants for $15 anywhere retail or online please let me know. Until then please don't be so exaggerated. It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 Personally, I only see the Gold Standard Shelton chase going up in value from here. But we can't predict the future. This is a completely new strategy from the Mattel Elite WWE Line. A few months from now we can revisit the subject and see how it actually goes down. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 22:21:48 GMT -5
when the hell did I say they would do a second run? Wasn't talking about a second run. I was talking about making a completely different Gold Standard Shelton Elite down the line. ok, but who said anything about a second shelton benjamin at all? i'm really confused at your point here |
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Post by BØRNS on Oct 13, 2018 22:23:02 GMT -5
A lot of these comments are going to be missing in a few hours. It doesn't like when you speak truths about its ringside. At least we're discussing facts as reported by real, paying customers. It's not like we're talking of "fake news" here that's going to be deleted and banned for. |
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Post by BØRNS on Oct 13, 2018 22:32:56 GMT -5
It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 Personally, I only see the Gold Standard Shelton chase going up in value from here. But we can't predict the future. This is a completely new strategy from the Mattel Elite WWE Line. A few months from now we can revisit the subject and see how it actually goes down. And it likely devalues the non-variant/more-represented version because everyone (being us obsessed enough with this stuff to spend time typing about it) will want the gold one because it's the "variant". I'm guessing you weren't collecting when Mattel started because variants are not new to the Elite line. We've had several types of variants throughout the years, Dibiase, Jericho, to name a few, as well as packaging variants. I think this small minority of hyper-collectors are overestimating the impact of this figure. Most people who see these in retail won't even know it's a variant and probably won't care either way. I think it would have been wiser to produce variants of a more desirable wrestler than legit jobbers in Hawkins and Benjamin. My prediction is that they'll be warming shelves. Perhaps THAT's why they're 1/4 cases... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 22:35:58 GMT -5
Personally, I only see the Gold Standard Shelton chase going up in value from here. But we can't predict the future. This is a completely new strategy from the Mattel Elite WWE Line. A few months from now we can revisit the subject and see how it actually goes down. And it likely devalues the non-variant/more-represented version because everyone (being us obsessed enough with this stuff to spend time typing about it) will want the gold one because it's the "variant". I'm guessing you weren't collecting when Mattel started because variants are not new to the Elite line. We've had several types of variants throughout the years, Dibiase, Jericho, to name a few, as well as packaging variants. I think this small minority of hyper-collectors are overestimating the impact of this figure. Most people who see these in retail won't even know it's a variant and probably won't care either way. I think it would have been wiser to produce variants of a more desirable wrestler than legit jobbers in Hawkins and Benjamin. My prediction is that they'll be warming shelves. Perhaps THAT's why they're 1/4 cases... the reason lesser popular guys get variants is to help their portion of cases sell. popular wrestlers dont need variants or chase figures. they sell well without them. look at how much more attention hawkins and shelton are getting by having a variant. |
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Post by BØRNS on Oct 13, 2018 22:37:24 GMT -5
It'll be in the sale list on RC by spring time for $12-$15. The variant might be sold out cause of low numbers and the "I gotta get it first" and "I'll never find it in store" mindset. See it all the time when I was collecting McFarlane sports figs. People still try selling low level variants for $35-$40 and they don't sell. Some that do get sold with like best offers go for around $15-$20 They aren't going to do a second Gold Standard elite Shelton Benjamin. This is essentially a flashback figure with a significantly lower production run from other figures. They may make more elite Sheltons and improve upon the first bringing that figure down. Hell, at some point they may make a pre-gold standard initial singles run Shelton, but another Gold Standard elite? In the words of Gorilla Monsoon "Highly unlikely" I really doubt the Gold Standard version is going to in the long run end up running below at least initial retail. Matter of fact, I don't see it going lower than 10-15 more than retail in the long run. 2004-5 singles run Shelton (beating Triple H three times in a row, IC Champion) Benjamin was the best imo. The gold standard was so awful, jobbing mainly and being racist on ECW - it was not a high point in his career. |
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Oct 13, 2018 22:37:38 GMT -5
Wasn't talking about a second run. I was talking about making a completely different Gold Standard Shelton Elite down the line. ok, but who said anything about a second shelton benjamin at all? i'm really confused at your point here Lines must have got crossed. I was trying to explain why this Shelton wouldn't see $15-20 ever. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 22:41:27 GMT -5
ok, but who said anything about a second shelton benjamin at all? i'm really confused at your point here Lines must have got crossed. I was trying to explain why this Shelton wouldn't see $15-20 ever. I was talking about the mcfarlane sportspicks. I said that this wont because of the more obsessive wrestling fan base. there arent as big of toy collectors with sports as there is wrestling. yes, there are fans and some big fans but wrestling toy collectors outweigh them by a ton. |
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Oct 13, 2018 22:41:48 GMT -5
A lot of these comments are going to be missing in a few hours. It doesn't like when you speak truths about its ringside. At least we're discussing facts as reported by real, paying customers. It's not like we're talking of "fake news" here that's going to be deleted and banned for. Banned no, deleted is likely. Not guaranteed but likely. And I agree, it's 1000000% scalping. But still, it doesn't let us talk bad about its precious |
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 13, 2018 22:43:01 GMT -5
Personally, I only see the Gold Standard Shelton chase going up in value from here. But we can't predict the future. This is a completely new strategy from the Mattel Elite WWE Line. A few months from now we can revisit the subject and see how it actually goes down. And it likely devalues the non-variant/more-represented version because everyone (being us obsessed enough with this stuff to spend time typing about it) will want the gold one because it's the "variant". I'm guessing you weren't collecting when Mattel started because variants are not new to the Elite line. We've had several types of variants throughout the years, Dibiase, Jericho, to name a few, as well as packaging variants. I think this small minority of hyper-collectors are overestimating the impact of this figure. Most people who see these in retail won't even know it's a variant and probably won't care either way. I think it would have been wiser to produce variants of a more desirable wrestler than legit jobbers in Hawkins and Benjamin. My prediction is that they'll be warming shelves. Perhaps THAT's why they're 1/4 cases... You're right about me not collecting that first year of Mattel, but I do know that those figures were loaded in all stores. It was much much easier to come across 3-4 cases of Elites at Kmart and tons of those Dibiases and Jerichos. Now a days I only see shelfearmer leftovers of series 8 months behind at Walmart and Target. Rip Kmart and TRU. Plus those were solely attire color changes. This is , again, a completely different era and gimmick of Shelton Benjamin. One that's highly short packed and they'll never make again |
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