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Post by RuthlessFigs on Jan 17, 2019 0:15:57 GMT -5
Honestly at this point, Mattel's distribution isn't a joke...
Mattel is a joke.
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Post by eaterofworlds on Jan 17, 2019 0:32:50 GMT -5
Idk if im the only one who thinks this is not what it seems like because Ringside literally got these in stock about a week and a half ago. E62 just hit retails and we have been getting a steady diet of regular distribution when we saw elite 58-62 now all of a sudden 66? Doesn’t make sense and i hope we see 63 at retail soon along with nxt elites
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Jan 17, 2019 0:38:38 GMT -5
Idk if im the only one who thinks this is not what it seems like because Ringside literally got these in stock about a week and a half ago. E62 just hit retails and we have been getting a steady diet of regular distribution when we saw elite 58-62 now all of a sudden 66? Doesn’t make sense and i hope we see 63 at retail soon along with nxt elites that's why i'm leaning towards somebody getting them online and returning them to the store
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Post by Blackbird 13 on Jan 17, 2019 1:36:54 GMT -5
For what it's worth, my Walmart put out a fresh case of Elite 62 today.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jan 17, 2019 1:41:36 GMT -5
Idk if im the only one who thinks this is not what it seems like because Ringside literally got these in stock about a week and a half ago. E62 just hit retails and we have been getting a steady diet of regular distribution when we saw elite 58-62 now all of a sudden 66? Doesn’t make sense and i hope we see 63 at retail soon along with nxt elites i can’t see why someone would pay extra for a case only to return them and get less back but I guess it’s possible, that or a case accidentally got shipped to that Walmart.
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Post by popyduggan on Jan 17, 2019 2:36:34 GMT -5
I think I'm just gonna take a year off and try to collect everything once it all settles down.
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Post by RuthlessFigs on Jan 17, 2019 2:52:06 GMT -5
I think I'm just gonna take a year off and try to collect everything once it all settles down. Only problem with that, everything will probably be priced to hell on the Bay.
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Post by shawnscga on Jan 17, 2019 6:22:46 GMT -5
I literally had the exact same thing happen to me in Puyallup Wa with elite 59, almost a full case besides angle and gable show up out of the blue at Walmart when people just days ago got the first shipment of them from ringside, I was so surprised and excited because they showed up so fast hoping this was a sign of things to come, but I searched the forums daily to check any other sightings of them from other members, no reports for weeks, I’m about 99% sure they were returns and I’m guessing this is the same situation
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Post by superbrianklein on Jan 17, 2019 7:07:36 GMT -5
I happen to be into sneakers, I’ll be looking at ig posts and see some hard to get new release at the outlet store up on the display along with the hard to sell junk that goes markdown after markdown, like how in the f bruh. 9/10 it’s someone that put a personal fresh bought shoe up there for the pic and for the likes. Not saying the gizmo guy did this at all but after reading through everyone’s amazement comments it made me correlate the 2 worlds
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Post by Iron Bison on Jan 17, 2019 8:25:11 GMT -5
I think I'm just gonna take a year off and try to collect everything once it all settles down. Only problem with that, everything will probably be priced to hell on the Bay. Or half off on Amazon.
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Post by Rattlehead on Jan 17, 2019 9:39:27 GMT -5
So now there's 3 Aj Styles out from different elite series.
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Post by eaterofworlds on Jan 17, 2019 10:05:37 GMT -5
So now there's 3 Aj Styles out from different elite series. Currently in stores? Yes. There is top talent, survivor series, elite 61 and now elite 66 making 4 but there are 8 mattel elite ajs in total
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Post by Rattlehead on Jan 17, 2019 12:09:46 GMT -5
So now there's 3 Aj Styles out from different elite series. Currently in stores? Yes. There is top talent, survivor series, elite 61 and now elite 66 making 4 but there are 8 mattel elite ajs in total Thanks for the info. Reminds me when Seth Rollins had around 3 different elites out at retail when TNF elites hit.
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 17, 2019 12:51:22 GMT -5
I personally think one of two things happened here. Either somebody bought a case and returned it to the store. Yes this individual will lose money that way but people do weird things, or, and I think this one is the more likely scenario. I personally think this is a gimmick and that the person who posted it returned the figures to the store, only to purchase them again. I know this sounds pretty stupid, but look at it this way. Yes, the person doing this loses money. However, not really if they bring people to their youtube channel and make money that way. This person makes money for bringing people to their channel, and even if they don't break even, it is the sacrifice made to get viewers to their youtube channel. The way the instagram post was made, leads me to before this is the most likely scenario.
Of course I could be wrong and Mattel distribution might really just be that bad, but this is my guess.
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Post by mmondrag96 on Jan 17, 2019 13:04:58 GMT -5
We haven't seen one new figure here since Thanksgiving with elite 60.
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Post by Lando! on Jan 17, 2019 13:14:06 GMT -5
My Walmart is still on elite 56😭
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 17, 2019 13:16:31 GMT -5
I personally think one of two things happened here. Either somebody bought a case and returned it to the store. Yes this individual will lose money that way but people do weird things, or, and I think this one is the more likely scenario. I personally think this is a gimmick and that the person who posted it returned the figures to the store, only to purchase them again. I know this sounds pretty stupid, but look at it this way. Yes, the person doing this loses money. However, not really if they bring people to their youtube channel and make money that way. This person makes money for bringing people to their channel, and even if they don't break even, it is the sacrifice made to get viewers to their youtube channel. The way the instagram post was made, leads me to before this is the most likely scenario. Of course I could be wrong and Mattel distribution might really just be that bad, but this is my guess. The person who would waste their time doing either of those needs to be evaluated.
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Post by BadGirlRyleigh on Jan 17, 2019 13:29:07 GMT -5
Currently in stores? Yes. There is top talent, survivor series, elite 61 and now elite 66 making 4 but there are 8 mattel elite ajs in total Thanks for the info. Reminds me when Seth Rollins had around 3 different elites out at retail when TNF elites hit. That’s a good joke. TNF never “hit retail”
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jan 17, 2019 13:37:36 GMT -5
Everyone blaming Mattel needs to step back and blame the stores themselves. THEY order what they decide to order. Not Mattel. Mattel doesn't just send new sets to some stores and decide, "Nah we don't want anyone buying any figure from 3 sets in between 62 and 66."
The notion of that is asinine.
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Post by hbkowns on Jan 17, 2019 13:44:50 GMT -5
I honestly don’t believe that those were from Walmart distribution. Some dweeb probably returned/brought them to the store and put them on the shelf and took a picture to earn some weird clout.
#Fake
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