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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on May 13, 2019 11:10:48 GMT -5
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Post by powerfred3k on May 13, 2019 12:58:53 GMT -5
Bill will never say it but yes it is discontinued Makes sense, when giving the option of telling the truth which might make mattel sound bad or "misleading" people to put a positive spin out there. Bill always chooses the ladder. For every store that got restocked 6-7 times with nxt series 4, there had to be at least 2 that where clogged with shower rusev's. I understand target not wanting to the the loss on marking all those figures down. So mattel could have helped them out. They could have gave them a discount on future orders to make up for it. That did not happen, so another line gets cancelled. I also love how bill says "hiatus" instead of cancelled.
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Post by FUSamBaker on May 13, 2019 13:47:02 GMT -5
I hope so, exclusives are terrible and target has been the worst. I second that. Right now Five Below is stocking better than Target. Now if that isn’t a huge wake up call, I donno what is.
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Post by Xæro #FakeCollector on May 13, 2019 14:25:28 GMT -5
I really hope so, but considering how well this past wave sold I don't see it happening.
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Post by maineventheel on May 13, 2019 15:11:30 GMT -5
These exclusive lines would sell better if they had better distribution of the line
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Post by DonDaBomb13 on May 13, 2019 19:19:05 GMT -5
My local Targets only have Reigns & Shower Rusev. None of the recent sets
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Post by rydiddy on May 13, 2019 22:57:30 GMT -5
If they end up canceling it looks like it’ll be another unreleased Roderick strong, are we ever gonna get to complete undisputed era. Yes we will get a complete UEra. when they break up
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on May 13, 2019 23:06:54 GMT -5
If they end up canceling it looks like it’ll be another unreleased Roderick strong, are we ever gonna get to complete undisputed era. Yes we will get a complete UEra. when they break up that’s exactly what happened with sanity and it’s sadly becoming obvious that it’ll happen with undisputed era as well.
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on May 14, 2019 0:04:02 GMT -5
I hope that it was cancelled and that Mattel just releases them in the standard Elite line. Andrade deserves to be in the standard elite line anyway. Throw him and Strong in the elite line, and make Titus a store exclusive. Otherwise we won’t see an Elite Andrade until 2020.
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Post by inrogers29 on May 14, 2019 12:07:32 GMT -5
I feel like they moved pretty quickly to me. I think issue was clogging line with guys that people didn't want to buy a NXT version of like Reigns and Rusev.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 14, 2019 15:24:19 GMT -5
Of all the NXT things people wanted to see, I never saw "Tarzan Rusev" appearing on any lists. Roman wasn't much better of a choice, but I know at least some people seemed to want a little Leakee in their lives. And as cool as that Hideo Itami figure looked before it got cancelled, his Basics did not exactly fly off the shelves, so I'm not sure where the justification for that one goes other than just wanting to make it. Again, cool figure, but you gotta be careful with these line-ups.
Meanwhile, Black, Riott, and to some extent Drew are pretty high in demand, so people definitely want NXT stuff. But I'm mainly upset that we lost the Walmart Flashback line. Mattel did an excellent job with those figures.
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Post by FUSamBaker on May 14, 2019 16:27:50 GMT -5
Of all the NXT things people wanted to see, I never saw "Tarzan Rusev" appearing on any lists. Roman wasn't much better of a choice, but I know at least some people seemed to want a little Leakee in their lives. And as cool as that Hideo Itami figure looked before it got cancelled, his Basics did not exactly fly off the shelves, so I'm not sure where the justification for that one goes other than just wanting to make it. Again, cool figure, but you gotta be careful with these line-ups. Meanwhile, Black, Riott, and to some extent Drew are pretty high in demand, so people definitely want NXT stuff. But I'm mainly upset that we lost the Walmart Flashback line. Mattel did an excellent job with those figures. I agree with you. I don’t want to act like I’m some guru or that I’m an expert of Mattel’s level. Yet Alexander Rusev seems like someone no one was begging for or still is lol. The Revival, Asuka and Roode series is currently warming my shelves with (I believe) the next series just resting in the back according to POPfindr. With the Basics, the first series sold decently in my area. We grabbed up everyone then the next few boxes sat. The next set was moderately good with Eva and AOP scalped the two times they got new boxes. And, I’ve said before, the one Target that did get the last wave was snapped quick. Within 45 minutes everyone except Dain was gone. I grabbed the last Black and McIntyre. Both Riotts were gone. If I hadn’t had reserved Black when I called I bet the entire box would have been scalped. The only reason Dain was left was because whoever scalped the box couldn’t have a complete set lol
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Post by WreckerJack on May 15, 2019 2:40:05 GMT -5
Considering they are clogging the shelves of my target and have acquired a layer of dust I'm not shocked. (I'm looking at YOU Rusev, No Way Jose and Austin Aries!)
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Post by CampCornette on May 15, 2019 4:53:19 GMT -5
It’s shocking considering all my local targets have 48,000 shower time Rusevs and Roman Reigns in his Leakee underwear...
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Post by Medieval on May 15, 2019 6:20:17 GMT -5
Considering they are clogging the shelves of my target and have acquired a layer of dust I'm not shocked. (I'm looking at YOU Rusev, No Way Jose and Austin Aries!) You still have an Aries and Jose on the pegs? I haven't seen them in years now.
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Post by WreckerJack on May 15, 2019 17:59:50 GMT -5
Considering they are clogging the shelves of my target and have acquired a layer of dust I'm not shocked. (I'm looking at YOU Rusev, No Way Jose and Austin Aries!) You still have an Aries and Jose on the pegs? I haven't seen them in years now. If I remember I'll snap a pic if they are still there. I have not checked my local Target forever but they had an elite Edge from elite 4 up until last summer. I think the person who orders sets doesn't know which to order and so they warm for a long time.
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Post by FUSamBaker on May 15, 2019 18:16:14 GMT -5
You still have an Aries and Jose on the pegs? I haven't seen them in years now. If I remember I'll snap a pic if they are still there. I have not checked my local Target forever but they had an elite Edge from elite 4 up until last summer. I think the person who orders sets doesn't know which to order and so they warm for a long time. ELITE 4? Geez that’s a bit much. After talking to a Canadian collector I feel like I take our stock for granted. Yeah it’s takes ages to get new stuff in, yeah we got a lot of warmers but it sounds tough up there. I still think Mattel should reconsider the one per case Collectors Edition at Target. It sounds like their distribution is becoming a slight issue. But we do have it a lot better than Canadian and overseas collectors.
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Post by WreckerJack on May 15, 2019 18:19:56 GMT -5
If I remember I'll snap a pic if they are still there. I have not checked my local Target forever but they had an elite Edge from elite 4 up until last summer. I think the person who orders sets doesn't know which to order and so they warm for a long time. ELITE 4? Geez that’s a bit much. After talking to a Canadian collector I feel like I take our stock for granted. Yeah it’s takes ages to get new stuff in, yeah we got a lot of warmers but it sounds tough up there. I still think Mattel should reconsider the one per case Collectors Edition at Target. It sounds like their distribution is becoming a slight issue. But we do have it a lot better than Canadian and overseas collectors. I'm in the US though Washington isn't that far from Canada. The Target local to me is just off the beaten path a ways. I don't think there are a lot of wrestling fans around here, when I go to other Targets and Walmart I see plenty of figs. Retail seems to croak in my area, stores are always going out of business. We lost 2 major grocery chains and even our Zumiez went tits up.
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Post by hitmancmedge on May 15, 2019 22:26:30 GMT -5
You still have an Aries and Jose on the pegs? I haven't seen them in years now. If I remember I'll snap a pic if they are still there. I have not checked my local Target forever but they had an elite Edge from elite 4 up until last summer. I think the person who orders sets doesn't know which to order and so they warm for a long time. Man! I don’t even know how that’s possible! They have changed dpci’s several times since elite 4. I remember last time was to get rid of all the Brays, JYD, and Bo Dallas.
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Post by WreckerJack on May 15, 2019 23:00:18 GMT -5
If I remember I'll snap a pic if they are still there. I have not checked my local Target forever but they had an elite Edge from elite 4 up until last summer. I think the person who orders sets doesn't know which to order and so they warm for a long time. Man! I don’t even know how that’s possible! They have changed dpci’s several times since elite 4. I remember last time was to get rid of all the Brays, JYD, and Bo Dallas. Weird thing is it rang up for the usual price. I think we might be getting off topic here fellas.
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