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Post by 235guy on Nov 8, 2018 0:11:03 GMT -5
Haven't gotten the Dillon basics or HBK elites yet at mine. The WWE section shrunk there after a recent reset too.
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Nov 8, 2018 11:50:43 GMT -5
I just hate that flashback figures have become store exclusives. Then the stores have piss poor distribution of these figures. Plus if they do appear on their website, it’s short lived. eBay or hope to 1 day find the said figure(s) is your only shot. Lame.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 14:25:20 GMT -5
It’s not just the Flashbacks, though. With TRU dead, Target cutting down their shelf space, and WalMarts around me not stocking, where can I buy new figs? I’ll have to wait for Amazon to get stuff in stock, or for Ringside to lower their prices (not buying $50 MSRP Undisputed Era for $65), and hope I can find the exclusives online. thats thing. brick n morter stores aere a thing of the past. online selling is where its at. and with access to WWE shop Zone, amazon, & a wrestling based website called RSC, there should be no reason flashback figs are too hard to find or cannot find a way to release them. if and when walmart gets new figs online, they sell out immediatly it seems. TRUS shoulda focused more on an online store and just have warehouses that ship.
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Post by Team Madness on Nov 8, 2018 15:13:27 GMT -5
It’s honestly just not fun anymore. I miss the adrenaline rush and excitement of walking down the aisle and seeing the new release. Worse case scenario your store was out but the next store still had a few. Now you drive to 4...5...6 stores only to come up empty handed...annoyed because you wasted half a day driving around and then paying $15-30 EXTRA online. I remember when the legends figures were out and every store carried them. Every store I went to had atleast 3 of the 6 figures....it’s just not fun any more so I don’t even bother and pay the extra online to avoid the aggravation only to get a MOC figure in the mail that winds up having loose limbs or a paint error......
Not to mention Bill and Mattel are absolutely terrible at communicating with their customers. Everything is a complete secret, we don’t get many answers. I just feel like with the disaster retail has been they should atleast have better communication with the people who spend tons of money on their product
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 15:47:31 GMT -5
It’s honestly just not fun anymore. I miss the adrenaline rush and excitement of walking down the aisle and seeing the new release. Worse case scenario your store was out but the next store still had a few. Now you drive to 4...5...6 stores only to come up empty handed...annoyed because you wasted half a day driving around and then paying $15-30 EXTRA online. I remember when the legends figures were out and every store carried them. Every store I went to had atleast 3 of the 6 figures....it’s just not fun any more so I don’t even bother and pay the extra online to avoid the aggravation only to get a MOC figure in the mail that winds up having loose limbs or a paint error...... Not to mention Bill and Mattel are absolutely terrible at communicating with their customers. Everything is a complete secret, we don’t get many answers. I just feel like with the disaster retail has been they should atleast have better communication with the people who spend tons of money on their product Sell up then, let someone else enjoy them Im not Bills biggest fan, but he attends conventions and other wrestling events, think yourself lucky he interacts at all, why should a designer of a toy interact with such a tiny section of the market? Its not his job, he doesnt do pr, he designs toys
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Post by hitmancmedge on Nov 8, 2018 21:06:55 GMT -5
It’s honestly just not fun anymore. I miss the adrenaline rush and excitement of walking down the aisle and seeing the new release. Worse case scenario your store was out but the next store still had a few. Now you drive to 4...5...6 stores only to come up empty handed...annoyed because you wasted half a day driving around and then paying $15-30 EXTRA online. I remember when the legends figures were out and every store carried them. Every store I went to had atleast 3 of the 6 figures....it’s just not fun any more so I don’t even bother and pay the extra online to avoid the aggravation only to get a MOC figure in the mail that winds up having loose limbs or a paint error...... Not to mention Bill and Mattel are absolutely terrible at communicating with their customers. Everything is a complete secret, we don’t get many answers. I just feel like with the disaster retail has been they should atleast have better communication with the people who spend tons of money on their product Sell up then, let someone else enjoy them Im not Bills biggest fan, but he attends conventions and other wrestling events, think yourself lucky he interacts at all, why should a designer of a toy interact with such a tiny section of the market? Its not his job, he doesnt do pr, he designs toys Not to mention he tried to be heavily involved here for years until people drove him away....then he would come back...then same horrible things from people....until he finally said screw it, but even then he still gets really excited and shows up here every once in awhile.
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Post by fzmadness on Nov 9, 2018 7:51:02 GMT -5
Ive lost so much interest in collecting Mattel lately. The distribution for Walmart and Target sucks so bad. There a million repaints and they short pack the figures people are mostly looking for like Race. Ive never even seen Flashback series 2 in a store. They also need some new talent in the lines.
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