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Post by NYdream™ on Aug 20, 2020 21:21:43 GMT -5
If I don't get it priced at "retail", I'm good on the chases at this point. Trying to get these figures is really giving me 2014 vibes of the sneaker game [Buy and Resell]. While this might be good for Jeremy, its crap for the customers who actually WANT and LIKE the actual product. I thought I would start with Series 1 and collect every series, but if those chases retail at RSC for over $100, GG for me. I also don't like how there is no other word from RSC on when they are releasing, leaving people in the dark. If RSC is waiting for all the backordered cases to come in so they can sell them, at least say "Chases wont be released until ~October". As far as Jeremy goes, treating the community like crap thats actually making you successful, just to cater to resellers, is not a good idea imo honestly. I got out of the sneaker game for the same reason. /END RANT Jeremy isn’t treating the collecting community like crap. He’s been more open and transparent in explaining things than Mattel has at times and he’s been doing give always for fans all throughout quarantine. He’s giving away a 1/500 Cody tomorrow. It’s not his fault RSC hasn’t mentioned when chases go on sale and it’s not his fault the figures aren’t massively available or stocked right away at Walmart. Like he’s explained getting figures of a new line into stores isn’t cut and dry. And most of all it’s not his fault the people buying every figure in sight right away are throwing them online at scalper prices.
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Post by Only1TH2 on Aug 20, 2020 21:36:15 GMT -5
Jeremy seems like a nice guy from what I seen on unrestricted. I just don't support his secondary market views as a person who just wants to buy for retail as I should be able to. Honestly reselling is kind of becoming the norm for anything with hype nowadays so I should just be used to it now, I just wasnt expecting it to be here too. lol
I never had Mattels, only the BCA figures as a kid, so I dont know how the fig community gets info and release dates etc. I can only go on what I know and even Nike posts release dates for even the most hyped shoe. [This is aimed at RSC, not Jeremy]
Maybe I am naive but I didn't think all of this would be so hyped. I thought August 5th , (think that was the tv release date) I would go at 7am and pick them up. I never knew about retail shipping and overnight truck deliveries etc, in my mind if you tell me a date I'ma go with the info you give me. So it became a daily thing checking new Walmarts and driving to towns I never heard of before lol. Honestly when I finally did score my set 10 days later, there was only 1 box there, so I had other people watching me walk away with mine and they didnt look happy, and honestly I didnt feel happy either, I felt bad for them, some who drove hours for the same reason as me.
And then now with the chase figures lack of info, I feel like the fun of what I thought going into the Walmart that first day so happy is fading quickly into annoyance.
Business will be business though at the end of the day.
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Post by dynamitekido on Aug 20, 2020 22:15:33 GMT -5
I completely understand doing the super limited figures from a company perspective and as a fan and collector I’m not super worried. I most likely won’t pay large amounts on the secondary market for them so I’ll try and hunt them. If I find one, great, if not oh well. I’m sure there will be some I’ll be bummed on missing but that’s collecting as a whole.
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Post by NYdream™ on Aug 20, 2020 22:36:56 GMT -5
If I find them in the wild awesome. But if not since I plan on being a completist for this line Ill try chasing them down online but wont be in a hurry to get the chases. Ill buy them as I go and if i find them for the right price at the right time ill get them. If not then ill just wait. If I never get them i wont sweat it.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 20, 2020 23:16:56 GMT -5
You know your friends love you when they don’t object to you asking them to look for toys and they actually go look. I have like 6 people looking for these for me in 3 states lmao
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Post by isloth on Aug 20, 2020 23:48:08 GMT -5
I’m not someone who needs to have every chase but it’ll always a bummer when they make an attire I want the chase like they did with Darby. I know I’ll have to pay a high amount or I’ll just never get the figure because there’s zero chance I’ll ever find one. If they did them like Mattel’s chases that’d be fine but making them this rare just isn’t fun and is going to make some desired figures/attires unattainable to most of the people who want it. I don’t see the appeal myself.
I’m guessing Mox’s chase will be his shorts attire which I’m sure I’ll miss out on unless RSC is going to announce when Chase figures will go on sale in advance. Even then it’ll probably sell out immediately I’m guessing.
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Post by Only1TH2 on Aug 21, 2020 1:01:53 GMT -5
I’m not someone who needs to have every chase but it’ll always a bummer when they make an attire I want the chase like they did with Darby. I know I’ll have to pay a high amount or I’ll just never get the figure because there’s zero chance I’ll ever find one. If they did them like Mattel’s chases that’d be fine but making them this rare just isn’t fun and is going to make some desired figures/attires unattainable to most of the people who want it. I don’t see the appeal myself. I’m guessing Mox’s chase will be his shorts attire which I’m sure I’ll miss out on unless RSC is going to announce when Chase figures will go on sale in advance. Even then it’ll probably sell out immediately I’m guessing. I agree totally. Honestly I would love to get them as well but at this point I would be happier knowing when they are releasing and striking out immediately than refreshing Twitter and RSC hoping not to miss out because I ate dinner and didnt have my MacBook Pro next to me. One way Is a quick certain death. The other is a long torturous data eating death! Just let me die quickly!
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 21, 2020 17:49:05 GMT -5
I’m not someone who needs to have every chase but it’ll always a bummer when they make an attire I want the chase like they did with Darby. I know I’ll have to pay a high amount or I’ll just never get the figure because there’s zero chance I’ll ever find one. If they did them like Mattel’s chases that’d be fine but making them this rare just isn’t fun and is going to make some desired figures/attires unattainable to most of the people who want it. I don’t see the appeal myself. I’m guessing Mox’s chase will be his shorts attire which I’m sure I’ll miss out on unless RSC is going to announce when Chase figures will go on sale in advance. Even then it’ll probably sell out immediately I’m guessing. If the chase Mox isn’t the biker shorts why even bother making him the rare chase?
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Post by isloth on Aug 21, 2020 17:54:41 GMT -5
I’d rather have biker shorts Mox as an RSC exclusive or something. It’s the attire he wears for NJPW so it’d be nice to have one that isn’t near impossible to find.
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Post by Robz PippinRoad on Aug 22, 2020 15:57:02 GMT -5
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Post by Only1TH2 on Aug 22, 2020 16:09:20 GMT -5
I wanna punch her in the face. in game, in game. haha
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 17:26:12 GMT -5
Wow Cool! See guys, the chases are out there just keep looking! I wonder which Walmart they found that Cody in? Thats sarcasm.
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Post by unc311 on Aug 22, 2020 17:53:09 GMT -5
Ringside posted the Jericho on Instagram and said details coming soon.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 23, 2020 0:06:46 GMT -5
I just hope everyone realizes there are way less than 500/1000 actually available; many of them won’t ever make it past the Jazwares staff/RSC staff/AEW wrestlers, which on one hand is fine but on the other is very frustrating. I maintain that these production numbers are too low
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Post by kiphouse on Aug 23, 2020 10:03:41 GMT -5
Should be 2500 and 5000
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 23, 2020 17:57:08 GMT -5
I’d be ok with lower numbers than that but yes, something higher
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Post by airbud on Aug 23, 2020 18:34:11 GMT -5
I’m pissed they put the world title with the chase Jericho. I don’t want to pay $40 for that grinning Jericho with all the stupid bubbly props just for the belt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2020 19:22:54 GMT -5
I’m pissed they put the world title with the chase Jericho. I don’t want to pay $40 for that grinning Jericho with all the stupid bubbly props just for the belt. I didn't, either, but the best custom AEW title I've seen runs $21, and the WCT is better. At that point, I figured I might as well buy the rest of the set, and make a custom with the Jericho. Those yellow cups can work for Hangman, too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 4:54:38 GMT -5
Do you think all 1,500 chase figures are in circulation right now? I myself think they may have put 5-10% out there and are waiting for one to go on the bay to check for value. Borderline business ethics violation if you ask me!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 9:04:08 GMT -5
Do you think all 1,500 chase figures are in circulation right now? I myself think they may have put 5-10% out there and are waiting for one to go on the bay to check for value. Borderline business ethics violation if you ask me! I don't think that they're sitting in a warehouse somewhere, or anything. They just were produced for a different run; it appears RSC got the cases with them, but Wal-Mart didn't. You, and most people, are probably not going to get one, and that's likely by design. It keeps interest in the line, and bodies coming into the store (which, during a pandemic, is the only moral issue I have, but, we'd have to crack down on everyone else, too) asking/looking for the line. They know how to keep the line healthy, so I think this was probably the right decision, as you, and others, are frustrated with the production numbers; that means that it's working! I would disagree that it's unethical; you could argue immoral, sure, but it's certainly a common business practice.
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