Q&A w/Steve aka AFA Official Thread NO DISCUSSION, Q&A ONLY!

Any idea what's going on with Target fulfilling pre-orders on Legends 18? I've pre-ordered every series from them since the line returned, and they've always shipped within a week of me seeing people picking them up retail. They have a pretty good track record, unlike Walmart. Know of any delays or anything that might be causing it this time?

OK Steve serious crowdfund question here. If you can answer. Since we know the 2024 crowdfund is the Raw stage and that will be shipped in 2025. If Hell in a Cell or elimination chamber are to be future crowdfunds we wouldn't see them until at least 2026 or later. So my question is how likely is it that you guys can do those as mattel creations exclusives instead of crowdfunds. I think the cell at least would sell without the need to crowdfund. Mcfarlane just did a batwing for $250 and it seems to have sold well without a crowdfund. The reason why I ask is because a lot of us really want the cell and chamber, but thinking about having to wait another 3yrs at least for either is kinda frustrating.

Also do you ever see more than one crowdfund a year being done. Like maybe one at Mania and then one at Summerslam time.

Thanks for any feedback

On that subject: Will the Legends Ultimates continue to be available on Amazon outside of the US (like Bret was), or is it still too early to know that?

Is there a commitment from Amazon to the line going forward or is it a case seeing how Bret performs first?

Or was Bret just a one-off?

Really appreciate Bret being made available like that - thank you for sorting that!

The last modern ring we got was the main event ring which wasn't in the same level as the Ultimate Edition ring, do you think a conversation pack is doable to turn an Ultimate Ring to a modern scale ring or will it require a lot of new tooling?

I'm just curious as to why these can't be purchased on the Mattel Creations website just like the retro series? This way we are guaranteed to get what we want without any issues like Wal-Mart seems to have. I think this is the 2nd or 3rd time tgat my order has been delayed and it is honestly frustrating.

Steve, why is Walmart terrible with preorders?

I remember a time, can't pinpoint where but I did remember you saying that once the product has been shipped off and sent to the retail establishments, it's up to the said retail establishment to disperse to customers.

However this very email paints you guys in the bad light, maybe it's just Walmart blanket statement yadda yadda, but as a business selling exclusive merch, I'd be kind of pissed off someone blaming me for their mishaps.

I highlighted part of the email that paints you guys in the wrong, and the reason I say this is it contradicts what you said in the past of what I wrote earlier.




It's been extremely frustrating, I haven't had any preorders shipped in 2 years from Walmart.

Is there any plans set for the upcoming Monday night wars? Because if this continues, than the nitro crowd fund is kind of pointless. If I can't buy the figures that should be available to everyone, why should I have backed the crowd fund?

Could we also get as Sherri to go with Harlem heat 🔥🔥

Steve, if you had to reduce your elite collection to just five, who do you end up with? Elites only.

For me? L3 Rock, DM Steamboat, L1 Hawk and Animal and L11 Bam Bam.

There’s no set formula for mainline UE anymore aside from an A plus level talent heavily weighted and two other popular talents at one per case each. We’re just going to make the best balanced waves possible to keep sell-through strong so we can keep the momentum of the line going.