WWE Retro - General Discussion

I was just able to open my Retro set, and it is FANTASTIC!

Alundra Blazye and Yankem are even better than I thought -- and HBK looks SO much better in person. I'm very impressed.



Also - if anyone is looking for specific figures, I am selling my HBK and Bulldog.  If not, I'm going to donate them plus a MOC Austin and Rock retro I have to a children's hospital -- but would love to sell to someone on here if they're looking to fill a hole in their collection.

I’m in Australia and i got mine 2 days ago.. on a Sunday as well! Pretty happy with them Yankem, Blayze, Bulldog, Hbk in order of best to worst for me!

Just got mine this morning here in Canada. They look great in hand. I like the Yankem one the best. Not a retro I ever expected, but it’s great. Would love to have Glenn Jacobs/Kane sign it.

Mine arrived yesterday, to south coast of England.
I didn’t receive any email about shipping.
So hold tight, I’d imagine they’ll be with you soon.

As with many of the sets, I can find myself feeling a little underwhelmed after the reveals - but once they arrive in hand they have a real charm and I’m happy with them.
I was a bit deflated when this set was announced as I’d literally just made customs of Yankem & Alundra….and Alundra took a fair bit of work!

Just got wave 6. Love em. Hoping they can start releasing more waves per year though. Availability is the success of this line. Just need other store exclusives to be sold online at creations now. I can see this line going 200+ figures deep (about 50 waves) over the next 10 years (at 5 waves per year). But at this pace we will all be dead when just halfway through the wwf greats. They should be able to knock out 6 waves (3 in spring and 3 in fall) per year. There is minimal accessories/soft goods)

While this line has become something I have honestly lost pretty much all interest in.

It is so awesome to read how happy everyone has been with the last few set who got them, that is what collecting is all about at the end of the day 🙂

I have bought all sets, but I still am in disbelief at some of the choices made since bringing it back on creations. Stuff like Nikolai, the Harts not being 1990-91, never getting a long tights Macho King, heel Jake, DX Shawn… some of this has been befuddling.

Then again, I loved the orange set and it seemed like no one else did. I find it strange they are making the Bloodline with the series not promised in 2026. I would love more current guys, if kept super elite. Who wouldnt want Cody / Punk / Drew / Final Boss…

Anyways. Whatever keeps the line alive is good with me. I am really happy we are getting Liz and Sherri.

i get where you are coming from as individual figures from competitors (hasstel, etc) are much higher but for a billion dollar company who can order in bulk the risk is low and profits are guaranteed even if they dont sell out. The prices should be relative however. We dont know production numbers but it is safe to assume that they are making 10,000 sets for each wave (this guess based on aftermarket sales and having done similar numbercrunching for the superstars lines) but likely higher. I think 3000-5000 would be the sweet spot

Quality doesnt increase sales however which is why the colliseum collection figures at 70$ are not selling out either. The right price increases sales. Obviously it is not 60$. If you think they will move faster at a higher price than i can guarantee 2025 will be the last year. They should be 40$ a set. The packaging (box) can be scrapped and just adds to the price. But if included than 50$ tops.

This is the whole reason action figure sales are way down in recent years due to the price increases. This is happenimg across all stores and affecting hasbro as well. At some point people say no. This is also mainly a walmart issue at retail (target is cheaper)

Only other solution is they make them limited edition and announce the amount made. Then i would agree with you that a higher price with quantities limited to 5000 would help them sell. They most likely dont have that option however (as the limited print run is probably much higher) or it would have happened already for specific figures.

If nothing changes than next year will see the last sets as has been prewarned. They have nothing to lose to at least try to sell them seperately. Even at 15$ a piece they might move more of certain wrestlers.

All i know is that mattel has platea'd in revenue in recent years even seing declining trends which has trickled down to a smaller workforce. Compared to hasbro (which is in freefall) they are ok but never changing policy and sticking with practices that dont work (these retros not selling out) would be foolish since this line has better chances of surviving. This simply due to the sheer number of off-brand competitors (with even higher pricepoints) who are able to sell out due to limited production numbers, ( = highly interesting for resellers who can easily double their money) keeping the aftermarket hot and keeping interest in these types of figures which mattel is piggybacking off of.

So yeah the retros have a compound problem:

- inability for customers to buy single figures (until at least black friday sales, 2.99 for mr.t last year)
- price point that could be lowered to 40-50$ for the set (10-12$ a figure if there was an option to buy without the box. (Aftermarket prices of the boxes are 10$)
- higher quality + higher price point ++++ limited distribution (5000? 3000?)

Edit: in 2021 the motuwwe figures were selling for 15.99$. Those figures included several accessories. They are the same figures as the superstars (same height too - basically twice as large and customizable). So again 10-12$ for the retro figures (half the size without any accessories and without the chance to customize them ) is reasonable.

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If that was the case, the line wouldn’t be in danger of not making it to 2026.