Dudleyz

Because you can’t run a business of making wrestling toys doing all the obvious attires right away if you want to stay in business. I’m sure they look at who’s signed legends deals, who’s a flight risk, and who might jump to and from the company. No one was going to buy a Tug Boat today, a Typhoon 3 years from now and a Shockmaster 4 years later so that happened quickly. The Dudleys seemed to be winding down their careers and their popularity would keep us buying new figures for a long time. Mattel makes plenty of mistakes, just like every other company in the world, but they don’t have a crystal ball to tell when someone is going to change their minds. Hell, Jericho said he’d never wrestle for anyone in the states but Vince and within 6 months was working for AEW.

I think you’re trying to disagree but your post backs up my point 😅

Yeah I forgot a key part. If they go out and make all the outfits everyone wants right away, there’s little motivation for us to buy more later if they do stay on a legends contract for a while. You sprinkle in some of the top looks while filling out other line ups with that make sense from a budget point of view. If they eat up the budget on a detailed attire in this elite set, but they can throw in a less flashy attire and come in at budget, it works our better until a later elite set with other, less costly figures.

It also helps when new tech is rolled out. Multiple heads and hands and face printing come along, then maybe additional articulation, etc. Maybe in a couple years Bubba comes back and we get the 3D hands we always wanted with them?