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Post by Artie Kendall on May 22, 2020 15:55:25 GMT -5
He was in elite 72. That set hit retail early December 2019. Gorilla was packed 1 per case at Wal-Mart only. Most of that set is pricey already. Batista-$40-$55 Murphy-$45-60 Murphy variant-$60-$100 Roderick-$45-$60 Gorilla-$85-$120 Wow Batista skyrocketed huh ? What’s up with these newer elite sets ? Random figs like that Batista and the E74 Goldberg randomly jumped like crazy in value as soon as Ringside ran out of stock Probably because Mattel won't revisit those looks or those wrestlers won't get figures for a while. Where as the main event talent will continue to be revisited.
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Post by LA Times on May 22, 2020 16:24:15 GMT -5
He was in elite 72. That set hit retail early December 2019. Gorilla was packed 1 per case at Wal-Mart only. Most of that set is pricey already. Batista-$40-$55 Murphy-$45-60 Murphy variant-$60-$100 Roderick-$45-$60 Gorilla-$85-$120 Wow Batista skyrocketed huh ? What’s up with these newer elite sets ? Random figs like that Batista and the E74 Goldberg randomly jumped like crazy in value as soon as Ringside ran out of stock Stores probably werent stocking them during the pandemic and for some reason, people have been buying wrestling figures during this time like they were hand sanitizer.
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Post by V1customs on May 22, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -5
I got him luckily isn’t he up to like 90-130? In value
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Post by BadGirlRyleigh on May 22, 2020 16:46:07 GMT -5
Wow Batista skyrocketed huh ? What’s up with these newer elite sets ? Random figs like that Batista and the E74 Goldberg randomly jumped like crazy in value as soon as Ringside ran out of stock Probably because Mattel won't revisit those looks or those wrestlers won't get figures for a while. Where as the main event talent will continue to be revisited. It’s because resellers are overinflating prices
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Post by RybackV1 on May 22, 2020 17:01:03 GMT -5
Wow Batista skyrocketed huh ? What’s up with these newer elite sets ? Random figs like that Batista and the E74 Goldberg randomly jumped like crazy in value as soon as Ringside ran out of stock Stores probably werent stocking them during the pandemic and for some reason, people have been buying wrestling figures during this time like they were hand sanitizer. Thinking bordem mixed with stimulus money mixed with a little insanity is driving everyone to buy figures like crazy , Most of the recent sets have had some of the more instantly valuable figures I’ve ever seen in my time collecting Mattel
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Post by jokerjohn on May 22, 2020 17:33:42 GMT -5
Stores probably werent stocking them during the pandemic and for some reason, people have been buying wrestling figures during this time like they were hand sanitizer. Thinking bordem mixed with stimulus money mixed with a little insanity is driving everyone to buy figures like crazy , Most of the recent sets have had some of the more instantly valuable figures I’ve ever seen in my time collecting Mattel I couldn't agree with you more. Usually re sellers will bump up a new figure by 10 dollars. It seems now its starting at 15 to 20.
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Post by Mongo Bears on May 22, 2020 17:35:45 GMT -5
Yes, It was a scalpers exclusive.
Keep on the boards and you should have all the info you need as to what series/line/retailer the figures are exclusive to. But you have to be quick to beat scalpers
I never found monsoon in stores but luckily I got hooked up here
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Post by BadGirlRyleigh on May 22, 2020 17:46:00 GMT -5
Traded an Anvil for Gorilla early into E74’s release. I think I got the better end of that trade lol
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Post by RybackV1 on May 22, 2020 17:50:33 GMT -5
Thinking bordem mixed with stimulus money mixed with a little insanity is driving everyone to buy figures like crazy , Most of the recent sets have had some of the more instantly valuable figures I’ve ever seen in my time collecting Mattel I couldn't agree with you more. Usually re sellers will bump up a new figure by 10 dollars. It seems now its starting at 15 to 20. Yea it’s pretty wild , I wonder if it’s happening with other toy lines too
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Post by JC Motors on May 22, 2020 17:58:23 GMT -5
Yeah I need a Gorilla Monsoon but I refuse to pay online prices for it. The most I ever dropped on a figure was $50 for the TRU Mailaway Vince McMahon when Ringside got them
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Post by lu21780 on May 22, 2020 18:06:31 GMT -5
I couldn't agree with you more. Usually re sellers will bump up a new figure by 10 dollars. It seems now its starting at 15 to 20. Yea it’s pretty wild , I wonder if it’s happening with other toy lines too The only other toy line I've strayed into lately has been the Kenner Classics Real Ghostbusters and they are ridiculously expensive on the the secondary market for what they are.
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Post by Mongo Bears on May 22, 2020 18:09:58 GMT -5
Traded an Anvil for Gorilla early into E74’s release. I think I got the better end of that trade lol Yup I think you did
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Post by powerfred3k on May 22, 2020 19:19:08 GMT -5
Here in Canada he was listed on Walmart.ca but was never available to purchase online. His listing said available in store but not a single location in Canada had him in stock. So i guess that counts according to walmart and mattel. Either target stores are gonna get some gorilla cases or discount stores are. When 1 walmart gets 5 cases of elite 65 over the course of a month, you know something fishy is going on. Mattel has pallets of elite 72 gorilla cases somewhere.
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Post by powerfred3k on May 22, 2020 19:21:17 GMT -5
Yes, It was a scalpers exclusive. Keep on the boards and you should have all the info you need as to what series/line/retailer the figures are exclusive to. But you have to be quick to beat scalpers I never found monsoon in stores but luckily I got hooked up here Yes you did.
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Post by Mongo Bears on May 22, 2020 19:24:12 GMT -5
Yes, It was a scalpers exclusive. Keep on the boards and you should have all the info you need as to what series/line/retailer the figures are exclusive to. But you have to be quick to beat scalpers I never found monsoon in stores but luckily I got hooked up here Yes you did. Thanks again bro!
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Post by What? on May 22, 2020 20:07:10 GMT -5
I posted in the scalper thread of the classifieds. Hope someone comes through.
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Post by BCizzle on May 22, 2020 22:22:38 GMT -5
I never saw E72 at Wal-Mart and Gorilla has never been listed online, so I had a zero percent chance of acquiring him at retail. Just like the entire Harley Race wave.
Jakks did a lot of things wrong, but their distribution was never like this.
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Post by ryanpelley on May 22, 2020 22:38:22 GMT -5
I never even saw E72 anywhere. But I jumped at Monsoon for $40 on eBay when the set first released. Wish I had a MOC one, but oh well.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on May 22, 2020 23:37:05 GMT -5
Here in Canada he was listed on Walmart.ca but was never available to purchase online. His listing said available in store but not a single location in Canada had him in stock. So i guess that counts according to walmart and mattel. Either target stores are gonna get some gorilla cases or discount stores are. When 1 walmart gets 5 cases of elite 65 over the course of a month, you know something fishy is going on. Mattel has pallets of elite 72 gorilla cases somewhere. I could be remembering things wrong but I believe Steve mentioned in the mega thread that Gorilla has been completely shipped out.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on May 23, 2020 6:49:55 GMT -5
I've actually seen it twice miraculously. Though I do despise Walmart having exclusives because their distribution is horrible. It seems like they send their cases all to one side of the country lol. I've never really had an issue finding figures at Target, well except maybe the Marvel legends Red Hulk.
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