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

Judging from my Canadian experience and that of the US collectors here, I don't think Walmart in general cares or they would post these exclusives on their website at the very least. Could Mattel Creations start carrying this as others have also asked?

Any chance we could get future Cody Rhodes figures with sculpted tights, instead of the flesh legs cast? It would just look much nicer imo.

That and a new weightbelt would amazing. Jazwares had the luxury of starting series 1 with him, and he got an entirely dedicated mold.

Will this be a mid-aisle shipper like the recent Wrestlemania Hollywood one? Or an actual (much smaller) endcap at the end of an aisle like the WWE2K one?

Also, can you give us a rough idea of when these will start showing up in stores?

Thanks so much! 👍

Maybe I’m the only one who cares but for years I’ve been very vocal about wanting a Rock figure with the big belt buckle. I was ecstatic when the proto was shown. Why on earth would the decision be made to hide the belt buckle behind the guitar in package? Is it understood by Mattel how much the belt buckle is a selling point of this figure?

Hey Stevey O, will Gooker and Taker be available for a longer period of time on Amazon, or will it just be drips and drabs as has been the case so far? Sorry if this isn't your remit.

Thank you!

I know you mentioned that you wanted the Eddie Monday Night Wars UE to be the Halloween Havoc 97 but needed to appear on Nitro for you to be able to do it. I guess my question is if you have located an episode with him wearing it? If not, then I just did. It’s on the 10/27/98 episode vs Perry Saturn.

Hey Steve...

In regards to the "Best Of" Ultimate Edition re-releases, it seemed like the plan with Wave 1, was real close to straight up re-releasing the figures..

Now that we've seen images of Wave 2, particularly the Warrior figure, it seems as though the duster is slightly different, and his torso may be slightly different. I also noticed a "Greatest Hits" logo on the back of the packaging.

Can we get a run down on any/all the differences between the new releases and the originals? And will this be more common going forward (slight changes)?

Hello Steve. Can you shed some light on if we are still getting that Rick Steiner?

Is that UE Lashley too far along to change the screaming head deco to have his eyes closed? When we saw the unpainted version I thought it was eyes closed and it looked so sick. With the eyes open something looks off.