notsam
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Post by notsam on Oct 28, 2018 11:10:47 GMT -5
Hey guys- I brought Bill in to do a podcast, to my surprise he brought along Elite 65, then we addressed Red Rooster, #DudeGate, the scale of Mattel's ring, and told the Dude Love story.
Thought you might enjoy, let me know if you want me to do more stuff like this-
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Post by punksnotdead on Oct 28, 2018 11:47:42 GMT -5
Did you ask Bill about the potential of getting a Ludvig Borga Elite... with all 10 fingers?  |
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Post by @WWERetroStars on Oct 28, 2018 12:07:21 GMT -5
This. Was. Awesome.
Thanks for doing it. I love the behind the scenes view into the whole “machine”. It is something we rarely get as collectors.
Great to hear Rhonda is sliding into Elite 65. I was just as surprised to hear that as you were.
Didn’t like Bill’s Rooster response. Wasn’t totally dire but certainly wasn’t as ambitious as I would have hoped.
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Post by dragonsleeper on Oct 28, 2018 12:08:14 GMT -5
Thanks Sam, great interview
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Post by chowmeinkane on Oct 28, 2018 12:16:12 GMT -5
Dude Love story starts at about 33 minutes in
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Post by Labeled101 on Oct 28, 2018 12:36:04 GMT -5
Great video. I can honestly say I watched the entire thing. I’ve been out of the rasslin’ figurr world for a while and this helped me catch up on some key points. Very disappointed that you didn’t remember the cancelled L7 Steve Austin was in the 1st Target Hall of Fame series. It was satisfying to find out the actual reason behind so many Tito figures.
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Post by Bandalero on Oct 28, 2018 12:36:34 GMT -5
Look I respect the work it probably takes to create a podcast, but can someone kindly summarize Bill’s answers to these pressing issues? I just want a Terry Taylor figure.
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Post by dynamitekido on Oct 28, 2018 12:42:41 GMT -5
Watched this last night and I loved it. Entertaining, funny, and an awesome preview of E65! I know it wouldn’t be something anyone would do with their podcast, but I’d like one of these for EVERY Elite series! Great job Sam!
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Oct 28, 2018 12:45:17 GMT -5
Maybe they could use the Aiden English hand on Vader
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 28, 2018 12:46:46 GMT -5
Look I respect the work it probably takes to create a podcast, but can someone kindly summarize Bill’s answers to these pressing issues? I just want a Terry Taylor figure. He wants it to come out but is still unsure. It might come out but if it does its not likely to be as soon as he hoped which was this year. Also Wendi Richter release will likely be dictated on how Sherri sells (which is dumb since Sherri will be impossible to find being a store exclusive) |
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Post by Mongo Bears on Oct 28, 2018 12:53:16 GMT -5
Thank you for asking about Alex Wright.
Bill, Please reconsider the low probability for an Alex Wright figure.
He was/is highly under appreciated.
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Post by stc13 on Oct 28, 2018 13:34:16 GMT -5
Absolutely great work. Bill has seemed really at ease and confortable during both podcasts you've done with him, and the episodes have great nuggets of info for hardcore collectors, but are still general enough to be relevant for a more casual collector.
I think a lot of us would love it if these could be semi-regular (quarterly?). Depending on availability and scheduling, perhaps Steve/Action Figure Attack, Mattel's marketing manager, could be worked into the rotation. I think formats like this are a win-win for everyone.
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Oct 28, 2018 13:38:58 GMT -5
Thank you!
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Oct 28, 2018 13:39:31 GMT -5
Is this on spotfiy?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 13:45:05 GMT -5
Great to finally hear the truth about Tito- the figure upon initial release sold well but the reason its rotting on shelves is due to it being overproduced due to a 'computer error'. I guess quality control is non existent at Mattel- does no one check orders before they are sent to the factory to be produced?!
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Post by cableV on Oct 28, 2018 13:49:35 GMT -5
That was fantastic! I really loved the behind the scenes retailer/production information that talked about. I think the most interesting thing in the Dude Love story was the Tito figure part. Tito didn't kill the Hall of Fame line, Hulk Hogan and Mattel's HAL 9000 computer did  |
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Post by stc13 on Oct 28, 2018 13:55:02 GMT -5
Great to finally hear the truth about Tito- the figure upon initial release sold well but the reason its rotting on shelves is due to it being overproduced due to a 'computer error'. I guess quality control is non existent at Mattel- does no one check orders before they are sent to the factory to be produced?! It certainly suddenly makes the Tito situation make sense. The bigger the supply chain, the easier for something to fall through the cracks. It was one of those 1 in a thousand situations, and the people handling the ordering/re-order probably have zero knowledge of WWE product. Odds are it was just one of a hundred orders entered that day by some recent college grad who is more concerned about where he's going to order pizza from that night. |
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Post by Artie Kendall on Oct 28, 2018 14:07:44 GMT -5
Interesting that Mattel couldn't meet the demand for a line and decided to kill it.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Oct 28, 2018 14:07:54 GMT -5
Is the Dude Love story even accurate? Wasn't Cactus Jack suppose to be in the Hall of Fame series and was cancelled?
Obviously Bill should know, and is probably correct, but I can also understand if he is confused about it doing as many figures as he has and stuff constantly changing.
Edit: my memory/timeline was off on the HOF series, so Bills correct I'm sure. I figured he was the 4th DM. Another mystery still.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 14:09:43 GMT -5
I said itd be an anti climax
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