mrh
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Post by mrh on May 23, 2021 0:03:26 GMT -5
I saw 5-6 Rihos in one store today. Others have posted similar things.
Packed at 1 per case, does that mean the store really went through 5-6 cases, and all they had left was Riho? If so -- that's really impressive. |
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on May 23, 2021 0:10:30 GMT -5
I feel like Riho is gonna be like an E5 Chavo or E7 DX and be a shelf warmer now that goes for ludicrous amounts years from now and people are so upset they passed on her
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Post by powerfred3k on May 23, 2021 0:18:46 GMT -5
I feel like Riho is gonna be like an E5 Chavo or E7 DX and be a shelf warmer now that goes for ludicrous amounts years from now and people are so upset they passed on her Plus the figure has the aew womens belt. You would think maybe people would buy it just for that, but not so much. |
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Post by drgreenevil on May 23, 2021 0:31:30 GMT -5
I Had my first definitive sighting of AEW figures yesterday. At a Walmart AND a Target.
Riho. Rihos. Nothing but Rihos. Rihos as far as they eye could see. Rihos All Day Every Day.
If these figures were $15, I would have bought one because it was so sad to see just her hanging on the pegs.
Guess she can commiserate with all of the Mae Young Elites that are pegwarming too.
Honestly kinda surprised she is pegwarming as hard, esp since she comes with a belt.
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Post by viper412 on May 23, 2021 0:52:20 GMT -5
I feel like Riho is gonna be like an E5 Chavo or E7 DX and be a shelf warmer now that goes for ludicrous amounts years from now and people are so upset they passed on her Did those figures really warm back then? Not surprised at Chaco but that was the first DX attire elites. |
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Post by LK3 on May 23, 2021 1:09:20 GMT -5
If the stores I visit get AEW stock, then Riho doesn’t sit, cause I’ve never seen one. I would probably buy one too if I saw it.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on May 23, 2021 5:07:10 GMT -5
I feel like Riho is gonna be like an E5 Chavo or E7 DX and be a shelf warmer now that goes for ludicrous amounts years from now and people are so upset they passed on her Did those figures really warm back then? Not surprised at Chaco but that was the first DX attire elites. HHH did, Shawn a little less, Hornswoggle was hard to find |
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Post by PJ on May 23, 2021 5:40:57 GMT -5
I saw 5-6 Rihos in one store today. Others have posted similar things. Packed at 1 per case, does that mean the store really went through 5-6 cases, and all they had left was Riho? If so -- that's really impressive. Not necessarily Target stores also get a lot of repacked (not sure if that’s the right term they use) from the warehouses. Where instead of getting factory sealed cases they get a few pieces of product shipped from the warehouse in big moving type boxes. I have seen instances where the stores have gotten multiples of the same figure. RR Austin and a couple different Batman and Joker figures from Mattel’s Mission line comes to mind. So the store may not have gotten that many cases but rather a few loose Riho’s shipped to them. |
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Post by stc13 on May 23, 2021 8:23:19 GMT -5
It's possible it's an outlier and they got some a repack full of Rihos or someone dumped a bunch of returns at one store. But I can say that most of the stores have absolutely gotten 4+ cases of S3 over the past month or two just from what I've seen in store. And they've definitely been full cases just based on the figure breakdown and quantities I've seen.
Riho has lingered at times - anywhere from a couple days to a week. But fortunately it hasn't been enough to clog up the peg and prevent a restock. The fact that she was basically off tv for a solid year definitely didn't help.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on May 23, 2021 8:38:17 GMT -5
Someone ordered series 5 from RSC and got 6 Kazarians so who knows lol
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Post by Nivro™ on May 23, 2021 9:26:37 GMT -5
For every 2 Rihos I see 1 Pac so I dont think either is selling very well
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Post by champofakind on May 23, 2021 11:28:52 GMT -5
Went to a target out of town and they had 6 rihos lol. I was hoping there was a chase version no luck.
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Post by shanieomaniac on May 23, 2021 23:06:03 GMT -5
I'm telling you now, if the chase Riho had been the regular release, there'd probably be less of them on the shelves.
That regular release head, while better in person, is still really stonking rough. If the chase head was on both figures I truly believe she wouldn't be warming quite as hard.
She'd still be warming, but not at this level.
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Post by Rasslin.Bros on May 23, 2021 23:37:41 GMT -5
Plus the figure has the aew womens belt. You would think maybe people would buy it just for that, but not so much. I think part of the problem here is there's no other womens figures out yet to display the belt with besides Brandi. A lot of people don't have her, and she's never held that title anyway. The other issue is now Shida also comes with the belt, so we can wait for her, which is a better looking figure and probably more popular character. I mainly just want the belt to display with the eventual Dr. Britt Baker, DMD figure. |
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on May 24, 2021 0:00:11 GMT -5
Plus the figure has the aew womens belt. You would think maybe people would buy it just for that, but not so much. I think part of the problem here is there's no other womens figures out yet to display the belt with besides Brandi. A lot of people don't have her, and she's never held that title anyway. The other issue is now Shida also comes with the belt, so we can wait for her, which is a better looking figure and probably more popular character. I mainly just want the belt to display with the eventual Dr. Britt Baker, DMD figure. Shida should’ve had her robe and cane, there was no reason for her to come with the belt, especially in that bland black and yellow set |
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Post by dylan on May 24, 2021 0:00:14 GMT -5
All I've seen around here warming pegs is Riho and the bucks. 2 walmarts and a target are full of them. Losing hope in finding series 4 any time soon
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Post by mrh on May 24, 2021 1:01:25 GMT -5
It's possible it's an outlier and they got some a repack full of Rihos or someone dumped a bunch of returns at one store. But I can say that most of the stores have absolutely gotten 4+ cases of S3 over the past month or two just from what I've seen in store. And they've definitely been full cases just based on the figure breakdown and quantities I've seen. Riho has lingered at times - anywhere from a couple days to a week. But fortunately it hasn't been enough to clog up the peg and prevent a restock. The fact that she was basically off tv for a solid year definitely didn't help. I agree -- I don't see Riho being shipped alone or returned a lot (unless people bought looking for chases).
But I am pretty amazed Series 3 sold through so much, especially with being available early and for pre-order on RSC
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Post by secondwhiteline on May 24, 2021 8:16:26 GMT -5
Riho's the only AEW figure I've seen in store here, but only one and just the one time. That definitely sounds like random extras sent in a larger warehouse case.
Curious to see how Shida's figure performs, but honestly I attribute this so much to that terrible headsculpt. A lot of people are probably passing on this with the assumption that they'll make another Riho. She also hasn't been featured on TV much even with travel open again (has she had an AEW match since the Maki Itoh match on the first Elevation?), so that probably hurts the figure's appeal too.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on May 24, 2021 9:43:05 GMT -5
Honestly I would not assume Riho will be made again, at least for some time. She’s been inconsistently on TV since the company started
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Post by stc13 on May 24, 2021 10:42:14 GMT -5
Honestly I would not assume Riho will be made again, at least for some time. She’s been inconsistently on TV since the company started I think that may be why Shida was bumped back. Realistically I don't think we see Riho in a regular role until travel restrictions are loosened. So you're probably not talking about another figure making sense until at least mid 2022. She was a central part early on, so it made sense to get her out and to do it with a first time release belt. But I am interested to see how womens figures perform moving forward. |
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