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Post by RuthlessFigs on Feb 18, 2019 6:07:00 GMT -5
Lmao, didn't these figures just come out? Apparently theyre not even fully distributed across the country yet, plus youll have months to find them in stores. I'm not buggin'. #Tranquilo Target distribution is a disaster and my Target is rotting with 7 Rusev/Reigns, so I'll never see these in stores. And Target.com stocking these for less than 1 minute in the middle of the night is a HUGE turn off. They are probably doing this to screw people out of free shipping because they don't give you enough time to order more than one. Drew will get a main elite soon, we already know an updated Ruby is on the way. Black will make it to the main roster at some point. And Killian Dane,what has he done besides somehow marry Nikki Cross. I'll wait until a normal online retailer like Amazon puts these characters up in different Series. Amazon has had Elite 65 and 66 up for pre-order for like 2 months just taking endless orders and then they'll fulfill them all. Why can't Target just put them up, take orders, and fulfill them based on the orders? Target is like, got one case at 3am, fight over it you losers. The problem all stems back to Mattel. They surely see all the backlash these 'Store Exclusive' lines get, yet continue to pump them out. They ignore the fact that some people across the US, in certain states/towns likely have no chance of ever seeing them, they ignore the fact that these always get bought up by scalpers and sold for 5x the normal price, and they ignore the fact that they're literally excluding everyone outside the US from owning these sets unless they go online and pay 5x the normal price for them. There should not be lines exclusive to just the US, there should not be figures exclusive to just Target and Walmart. I just don't understand why they make it difficult to purchase and collect their product, it's one thing to have certain retail stores fall behind on getting sets in, but to have sets exclusive to one store and have them fall behind is just stupid. People should not have to stalk apps and stores to try and get figures, international collectors should not have to pay $100+ for 1 Pete Dunne, 1 Aleister Black, 1 Drew McIntyre etc... End this 'Exclusive to ___' BS and integrate these figures into the main lines, this way the lines get more interesting names and not the same Braun 5 times, and it gives everyone a fair chance at owning them. The only Exclusives that should exist are Ringside Exclusives, because at least everyone gets a fair chance of getting them and at a decent price.
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Post by Triple S on Feb 18, 2019 7:50:15 GMT -5
You clearly don’t understand why there’s store exclusives in the first place.
You think Mattel cares that the figures are being flipped? You think Target/WalMart/whoever care that the figures are being flipped? They sell. That’s all that matters. Doesn’t matter if it’s person A, or person B... a sale is a sale.
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Post by disorder on Feb 18, 2019 7:51:15 GMT -5
Target distribution is a disaster and my Target is rotting with 7 Rusev/Reigns, so I'll never see these in stores. And Target.com stocking these for less than 1 minute in the middle of the night is a HUGE turn off. They are probably doing this to screw people out of free shipping because they don't give you enough time to order more than one. Drew will get a main elite soon, we already know an updated Ruby is on the way. Black will make it to the main roster at some point. And Killian Dane,what has he done besides somehow marry Nikki Cross. I'll wait until a normal online retailer like Amazon puts these characters up in different Series. Amazon has had Elite 65 and 66 up for pre-order for like 2 months just taking endless orders and then they'll fulfill them all. Why can't Target just put them up, take orders, and fulfill them based on the orders? Target is like, got one case at 3am, fight over it you losers. The problem all stems back to Mattel. They surely see all the backlash these 'Store Exclusive' lines get, yet continue to pump them out. They ignore the fact that some people across the US, in certain states/towns likely have no chance of ever seeing them, they ignore the fact that these always get bought up by scalpers and sold for 5x the normal price, and they ignore the fact that they're literally excluding everyone outside the US from owning these sets unless they go online and pay 5x the normal price for them. There should not be lines exclusive to just the US, there should not be figures exclusive to just Target and Walmart. I just don't understand why they make it difficult to purchase and collect their product, it's one thing to have certain retail stores fall behind on getting sets in, but to have sets exclusive to one store and have them fall behind is just stupid. People should not have to stalk apps and stores to try and get figures, international collectors should not have to pay $100+ for 1 Pete Dunne, 1 Aleister Black, 1 Drew McIntyre etc... End this 'Exclusive to ___' BS and integrate these figures into the main lines, this way the lines get more interesting names and not the same Braun 5 times, and it gives everyone a fair chance at owning them. The only Exclusives that should exist are Ringside Exclusives, because at least everyone gets a fair chance of getting them and at a decent price. This is the problem with certain collectors..they really don’t get it. These stores ask for exclusives. So Mattel, being a corporation and want to make as much $$ as possible, will do these exclusives. The stores want them, because it will bring collectors specifically to them in search of exclusive figures. Mattel is also an American based company, so the majority of their commerce is in the US , so majority of exclusives will be here. Bill has made it clear that other stores Internationally will be given the chance to purchase certain exclusives. It should be understood that though this forum is very vocally loud about specific things, we are not the majority voice for the wwe figure market. Exclusives also give Mattel the chance to give us more figure and ones that otherwise wouldn’t be in the mainline, because they are a bit more obscure. This all comes down to store distribution. Mattel ships out all the figures, they wouldn’t hold any back. From there, it’s up to the stores to get them to us.
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Post by Hasbromaniac on Feb 18, 2019 8:01:41 GMT -5
In an imaginary world:
Say Target sets up a pre-order for 30 days online. Say they only get 50,000 pieces ordered. Then take half that number and send to brick & mortar stores and allocate based on toy sales volume. You can change variables with the pre-order window and/or amount sent to retail stores after that. Target can maximize the money off the exclusive, collectors are happy. Geez, is it really that hard ?
Glad Ringside offers their exclusives so everyone gets a shot.
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Post by Nick Papagiorgio on Feb 18, 2019 9:12:54 GMT -5
I get a emailed notification in the middle of the night while I was sleeping that Black and Riott we back in stock online but they aren't. This is bullcrap.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Feb 18, 2019 9:45:56 GMT -5
I get a emailed notification in the middle of the night while I was sleeping that Black and Riott we back in stock online but they aren't. This is bullcrap. they were probably gone in a matter of seconds if that.
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Post by Nick Papagiorgio on Feb 18, 2019 10:31:05 GMT -5
I get a emailed notification in the middle of the night while I was sleeping that Black and Riott we back in stock online but they aren't. This is bullcrap. they were probably gone in a matter of seconds if that. I know and there isn't anything I can do.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Feb 18, 2019 11:10:46 GMT -5
they were probably gone in a matter of seconds if that. I know and there isn't anything I can do. did you check it last night or this morning?
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Post by Triple S on Feb 18, 2019 11:11:48 GMT -5
they were probably gone in a matter of seconds if that. I know and there isn't anything I can do. No. No there is not. And as for the store exclusive thing goes. If you happen to go to WalMart in the search for Sherri and while there you see the rest of Series 65, are you gonna say “Nope. Gonna go to Target to get these”?... or are you gonna get them at WalMart while you’re there? It drives foot traffic and business into the stores. How some aren’t understanding this, absolutely blows my mind.
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Post by juicexct on Feb 18, 2019 12:52:01 GMT -5
Saw a Target on Popfindr went form 1 to 9 this morning. A friend of mine did he’d check it out while I was at work. He was able to pickup 2 Aleister Black figures. The rest weren’t on the shelf and the employee wouldn’t check in the back.
We were only really looking for Black anyway, so it worked out. Popfindr does indeed work!
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Feb 18, 2019 13:06:29 GMT -5
One of my targets finally went up in stock today, went to the store to see one rusev on the shelf and the employees “claimed” that their were non in the back so tired of trying to track down store exclusives, especially when stores in my area never wanna stock them.
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Post by Nick Papagiorgio on Feb 18, 2019 13:07:40 GMT -5
I know and there isn't anything I can do. did you check it last night or this morning? I checked my phone and got an email, checked it and went to the link still sold out. I know and there isn't anything I can do. No. No there is not. And as for the store exclusive thing goes. If you happen to go to WalMart in the search for Sherri and while there you see the rest of Series 65, are you gonna say “Nope. Gonna go to Target to get these”?... or are you gonna get them at WalMart while you’re there? It drives foot traffic and business into the stores. How some aren’t understanding this, absolutely blows my mind. I know these stores want foot traffic but sometimes you have people who don't have stores in their state and/or town. I have a few Targets in Manhattan but they are smaller then the normal Targets and I have to travel a few hours for a big scale Target. I don't have a WalMart in my town.
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Post by suddenlyrichie on Feb 18, 2019 18:06:17 GMT -5
I know and there isn't anything I can do. No. No there is not. And as for the store exclusive thing goes. If you happen to go to WalMart in the search for Sherri and while there you see the rest of Series 65, are you gonna say “Nope. Gonna go to Target to get these”?... or are you gonna get them at WalMart while you’re there? It drives foot traffic and business into the stores. How some aren’t understanding this, absolutely blows my mind. This would be a good hypothetical, if my Walmart actually kept up on putting their elites on the pegs. ;P
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Post by Bpatrick on Feb 18, 2019 21:50:46 GMT -5
Lucked out and got Drew today. Went to a store that had two Aleister, four Ruby and two Asuka on shelf. Asked someone if they had more in back and he found me my Drew. So while I guess most are having the hardest time getting Black, he is the one I have seen the second most of in the two stores I have been lucky enough to find these.
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Post by Henchmen4Hire on Feb 18, 2019 22:02:39 GMT -5
I know and there isn't anything I can do. No. No there is not. And as for the store exclusive thing goes. If you happen to go to WalMart in the search for Sherri and while there you see the rest of Series 65, are you gonna say “Nope. Gonna go to Target to get these”?... or are you gonna get them at WalMart while you’re there? It drives foot traffic and business into the stores. How some aren’t understanding this, absolutely blows my mind. I don't think it's that they don't "get it", it's that people are skipping over/ignoring your posts because you were trolling/being a prick to these guys not that long ago. lol
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Post by Triple S on Feb 18, 2019 22:23:03 GMT -5
No. No there is not. And as for the store exclusive thing goes. If you happen to go to WalMart in the search for Sherri and while there you see the rest of Series 65, are you gonna say “Nope. Gonna go to Target to get these”?... or are you gonna get them at WalMart while you’re there? It drives foot traffic and business into the stores. How some aren’t understanding this, absolutely blows my mind. I don't think it's that they don't "get it", it's that people are skipping over/ignoring your posts because you were trolling/being a prick to these guys not that long ago. lol Wasn’t doing either. Was pointing out how silly certain people were (and are) being by overreacting to extreme lengths over action figures. Sorry that people can’t accept someone being truthfully blunt.
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Post by Henchmen4Hire on Feb 18, 2019 22:42:44 GMT -5
The lesson is, you can make fun of people and have them ignore everything you say from then on, or you can make fun of the situation (that's what I did, twice) and have a laugh with them.
In the end it probs doesn't matter though, when personalities conflict to that level, I think it's best to just ignore each other. There's no need to put up with anyone's guff when you have that juicy Ignore button right there.
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Post by LK3 on Feb 18, 2019 23:55:18 GMT -5
Eh, some people don't get it lol.
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Post by Purple Reigns on Feb 19, 2019 0:06:19 GMT -5
Aleister Black's stock just went up considering he debuted tonight on RAW. Figure is going to be even harder to find now 🙄
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Post by HooliganPunx24 on Feb 19, 2019 0:58:20 GMT -5
Aleister Black's stock just went up considering he debuted tonight on RAW. Figure is going to be even harder to find now 🙄 That's what I was thinking
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