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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 17, 2020 16:09:50 GMT -5
I wasn't going to buy this figure, but seeing how S A L T Y it's making people makes me want to buy two.
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Nov 17, 2020 16:11:48 GMT -5
I can see how people can say he is a big name but who would buy this that doesnt watch wrestling? Are football fans gonna buy it because its Gronk?
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 17, 2020 16:14:52 GMT -5
I can see how people can say he is a big name but who would buy this that doesnt watch wrestling? Are football fans gonna buy it because its Gronk? Quite possibly. He wasn't just a guy on the roster in NE - he was one of the guys. One of Brady's top targets, and a complete part of the culture surrounding the team. He's largely considered to be one of the greatest tight ends of all time.
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Post by czw4life on Nov 17, 2020 16:17:43 GMT -5
I'd buy any other jobber over this clown
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Nov 17, 2020 16:21:25 GMT -5
I can see how people can say he is a big name but who would buy this that doesnt watch wrestling? Are football fans gonna buy it because its Gronk? Quite possibly. He wasn't just a guy on the roster in NE - he was one of the guys. One of Brady's top targets, and a complete part of the culture surrounding the team. He's largely considered to be one of the greatest tight ends of all time. Oh I know I live in Mass, I just dont see the crossover appeal to Patriots or football fans for this figure. They can pretend like its a Gronk cruise figure?
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 17, 2020 16:29:30 GMT -5
Quite possibly. He wasn't just a guy on the roster in NE - he was one of the guys. One of Brady's top targets, and a complete part of the culture surrounding the team. He's largely considered to be one of the greatest tight ends of all time. Oh I know I live in Mass, I just dont see the crossover appeal to Patriots or football fans for this figure. They can pretend like its a Gronk cruise figure? A lot of casual buyers of anything "collectable" that I know will tend to gravitate toward recognition and something to put on their shelf or desk or whatever. Just at a glance, to attempt an "outside" perspective (I was kinda sitting out during his brief run with WWE), it looks to me like a Gronk figure dressed the way I'd expect Gronk to dress. The face is dead on balls accurate. I know a ton of dads who don't watch wrestling who would probably stop in their tracks and grab this for $20 if they were in the toy aisle with their kids. I look at this in the same respect that I look at Bret Hart's Simpsons figure by NECA...I know plenty of wrestling fans who weren't collecting any of the Simpsons lines who grabbed that right up because it was Bret Hart. Thinking on it now - I probably will buy two - one for me, and one for my best friend who hasn't watched wrestling in 20 years but is a huge Patriots fan. He's newly single, back out on his own, and would probably love this for his new place.
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Nov 17, 2020 16:52:39 GMT -5
Imagine the salt when Gronk makes the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Post by airbud on Nov 17, 2020 17:00:50 GMT -5
Is it tho? He’s considered one of the all time greatest at his position in the most popular sport in the US appearing in 5 Super Bowls that is annually the most watched television program averaging around 100 million viewers. Yeah I think it’s easy to say more people know who he is than Roman, Orton, McIntyre, Bray, etc. I had no clue who he was, and i was not entertained by his lame dance moves. Should Mattel just make random figures of everyone who is more well known than the wrestlers? Like random instagram girls who have millions of followers? Even if anyone has heard of this Gronk person, why would they care about his WWE action figure? He probably has a more realistic McFarlane figure that has him in his notable NFL gear.
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Post by Lil hulkster on Nov 17, 2020 17:05:57 GMT -5
Is it tho? He’s considered one of the all time greatest at his position in the most popular sport in the US appearing in 5 Super Bowls that is annually the most watched television program averaging around 100 million viewers. Yeah I think it’s easy to say more people know who he is than Roman, Orton, McIntyre, Bray, etc. I had no clue who he was, and i was not entertained by his lame dance moves. Should Mattel just make random figures of everyone who is more well known than the wrestlers? Like random instagram girls who have millions of followers? Even if anyone has heard of this Gronk person, why would they care about his WWE action figure? He probably has a more realistic McFarlane figure that has him in his notable NFL gear. Just because you didn’t who he was, doesn’t change the fact of who he is. See what I did there? Anyways! Gronk is above those thots lol, only beta, simps and soy boy entertain those hoes.
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Post by Yambag Jones on Nov 17, 2020 17:20:24 GMT -5
Seems like a great jobber/local talent for a fig fed!
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 17, 2020 17:58:17 GMT -5
How about a Battlepack with Bob Barker? They are bigger stars than the wrestlers so only celebs should be made. Then we could get William The Refrigerator Perry Kevin Federline Pete Rose Bob Uecker Mike Tyson Cyndi Lauper Donald Trump Snoop Dogg Butterbean
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Post by joshjoseph on Nov 17, 2020 17:59:34 GMT -5
I think people are hating on him because he appeared on WWE TV like twice and gets an Elite figure AFTER he quits. There are people that have wrestled full time in the company for years and haven't even get a basic for their troubles. Guys like Lio Rush, Dominik Dijakovic, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, etc. have been in longer before Gronk and he still gets a figure before any of them. Really frustrating not only towards the collectors, but to the wrestlers themselves too. While that jacket does look cool, this is a hard pass for me. Good for the casual audience or if you're a fan of him though. Now, if they make a Pat McAfee, that'd be a different story. I'd get him because he actually knows the business inside and out and knows how to put on a show and deliver it. Lio Rush is a garbage wrestler (if you can even call him that) and the rest of your list already had basics while Dijak will likely have one soon. Gronk is an actual athlete and way more deserving than some scrub like lio rush who probably wrestles at a dive bar by now.
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Post by The People's Poet on Nov 17, 2020 18:32:51 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, would opinion be the same on this figure if it was a comic-con exclusive? 🤔
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Post by LA Times on Nov 17, 2020 18:38:03 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, would opinion be the same on this figure if it was a comic-con exclusive? 🤔 That's where it should've been placed or make it a basic. But time will tell if it will sell well or be a shelfwarmer.
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Post by crush on Nov 17, 2020 19:31:04 GMT -5
I can see how people can say he is a big name but who would buy this that doesnt watch wrestling? Are football fans gonna buy it because its Gronk? FWIW, my interest in buying the figure is solely due to being a Patriots fan.
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Post by wheeljack83 on Nov 17, 2020 19:51:05 GMT -5
Gronk got more eyes on the product than any of the guys people are complaining didn't get figures. Based on what?
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Post by wheeljack83 on Nov 17, 2020 19:51:30 GMT -5
I can see how people can say he is a big name but who would buy this that doesnt watch wrestling? Are football fans gonna buy it because its Gronk? Nope.
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Post by powerfred3k on Nov 17, 2020 19:53:59 GMT -5
Gronk has major crossover appeal, if people see him on the pegs of stores non-wrestling fans will probably buy it just for that reason.
If they have money to spend of course.
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Post by wheeljack83 on Nov 17, 2020 20:23:00 GMT -5
Ronda Rousey had actual crossover appeal.
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Nov 17, 2020 20:28:17 GMT -5
Gronk got more eyes on the product than any of the guys people are complaining didn't get figures. Based on what? Being a bigger star than those guys? Nobody is tuning in to watch the product for Tony ing Nese.
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