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Post by WrestlingFigWig on Jul 1, 2021 21:59:29 GMT -5
What was the frequency of things going up for sale? Few figures per month? Only a few over the course of a year? Trying to gauge how much product we’ll see them issue if the past is any indication.
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Post by wheeljack83 on Jul 1, 2021 23:01:57 GMT -5
Bill's statement doesn't fill me with confidence. Here are my questions: 1. Why do we need this now? 2. Will this be better than Matty Collector? 3. Will it improve on the mistakes of Matty Collector? 4. Will there be incentives to buying into this program, ie free shipping bonuses or discounts? 5. Will the products actually be available to order? As someone who wasn’t around for the MattyCollector days, what were the mistakes and issues with that? Terrible customer service. It was also run by Digital River, who did a terrible job. Was generally not user friendly. Also constantly promising changes and improvements to the customer experience that never came. Corporate malfeasance. |
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Post by RedDevil on Jul 2, 2021 7:19:33 GMT -5
From Bill's IG: billmiekina As announced today, there will be WWE products announced later this month for the Mattel Creations site. I cannot provide further information on it yet, other than to say If you are a fan of the Elite or Ultimate lines I cannot see you not being happy with it…. So I read that as it being something that fits with the scale of the Elite and Ultimate figures rather than, for example, the scale of the Retros or the Masters - could it finally be the Elite-scale Titan Tron? Or some similar Elite-scale stage? Creations tends to be more artistic stuff than actual playable sets from what I can see, but if they're changing direction then could they be using Creations to flesh-out the world of their brands, using the larger price and space options compared to retail to fill the gaps? I doubt it will be actual figures at this point, unless it's just an announcement of a SDCC exclusive like last year, but I don't think they'd be promoting that like this. |
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Post by The Madness on Jul 2, 2021 9:52:40 GMT -5
I would put money on it either being a transparent Elite of Warrior or Savage, or an "artistic" paint job on one of those same two.
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Post by The Madness on Jul 2, 2021 9:53:25 GMT -5
As someone who wasn’t around for the MattyCollector days, what were the mistakes and issues with that? Terrible customer service. It was also run by Digital River, who did a terrible job. Was generally not user friendly. Also constantly promising changes and improvements to the customer experience that never came. Corporate malfeasance. IIRC, their shipping cost was also ridiculous. |
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Post by marvelelite on Jul 2, 2021 12:04:05 GMT -5
So this is basically going to be their Hasbro Pulse.
Kinda wonder if this is where Ultimate Hall and Nash show up.
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Post by WrestlingFigWig on Jul 2, 2021 12:54:04 GMT -5
So this is basically going to be their Hasbro Pulse. Kinda wonder if this is where Ultimate Hall and Nash show up. That’s a good assumption about Hall and Nash since they’ve been rumored for a long time but weren’t on the leaked list of Ultimates through wave 14. |
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Post by cableV on Jul 2, 2021 13:26:33 GMT -5
Steve IG:  |
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 2, 2021 13:33:09 GMT -5
I don't fully understand this, what exactly is Mattel Creations?
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Post by cableV on Jul 2, 2021 13:37:29 GMT -5
I don't fully understand this, what exactly is Mattel Creations? This is what it is now.. creations.mattel.com/...the hope is it becomes something better. Something more like Hasbro Pulse. |
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Post by FFK on Jul 2, 2021 15:18:29 GMT -5
Please don’t be a crapshow to get. They should make the exclusives a made to order item and have a window to order it.
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Post by Eric on Jul 2, 2021 19:46:34 GMT -5
That clear Skeletor they released was absolutely not crap. One of my favorite MOTU figures. Granted it's the only thing I've bought from creations but it's awesome. I passed and only half regret it because of the price. 75 just seemed a bit too high (I'd have been in at 50). It looked awesome, though, and the value has shot way up, so I'd say it was worth the price after all. And that leads me to this point: whatever they release for WWE will probably be worth picking up if someone is collecting for resale value. How do you sign up. Is this something you have to pay a membership fee to even access? I don't believe there's any membership or signing up. I think you just visit the site and purchase when items go up. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Post by mrh on Jul 2, 2021 22:47:55 GMT -5
Interesting about the Titan Tron. That really is something that would satisfy Elite and Ultimate collectors at the SAME time. Hm.....
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 3, 2021 16:47:56 GMT -5
Bill's statement doesn't fill me with confidence. Here are my questions: 1. Why do we need this now? 2. Will this be better than Matty Collector? 3. Will it improve on the mistakes of Matty Collector? 4. Will there be incentives to buying into this program, ie free shipping bonuses or discounts? 5. Will the products actually be available to order? As someone who wasn’t around for the MattyCollector days, what were the mistakes and issues with that? We all pretended we were going to buy the figures, then we just bitched about shipping and prices instead and the line flopped. |
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Post by wheeljack83 on Jul 3, 2021 18:24:56 GMT -5
As someone who wasn’t around for the MattyCollector days, what were the mistakes and issues with that? We all pretended we were going to buy the figures, then we just bitched about shipping and prices instead and the line flopped. That's Mattel's fault. |
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Jul 3, 2021 22:01:50 GMT -5
From Bill's IG: billmiekina As announced today, there will be WWE products announced later this month for the Mattel Creations site. I cannot provide further information on it yet, other than to say If you are a fan of the Elite or Ultimate lines I cannot see you not being happy with it…. Creations tends to be more artistic stuff than actual playable sets from what I can see, but if they're changing direction then could they be using Creations to flesh-out the world of their brands, using the larger price and space options compared to retail to fill the gaps? I really wanna know how successful the modern art crap is because I don't see how it appeals to enough people to warrant the time and money put in to it. How or why the came to the decision to start it off in that direction is just baffling. |
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Post by newgenandy on Jul 4, 2021 5:01:57 GMT -5
Creations tends to be more artistic stuff than actual playable sets from what I can see, but if they're changing direction then could they be using Creations to flesh-out the world of their brands, using the larger price and space options compared to retail to fill the gaps? I really wanna know how successful the modern art crap is because I don't see how it appeals to enough people to warrant the time and money put in to it. How or why the came to the decision to start it off in that direction is just baffling. A lot of bigger brands do similar - funko have all sorts coloured and ‘modern art’ pollock type stuff with colours splashed everywhere etc and Disney do too in some of their more designer lines |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 4, 2021 7:32:13 GMT -5
We all pretended we were going to buy the figures, then we just bitched about shipping and prices instead and the line flopped. That's Mattel's fault. Exactly - they should have known we were only pretending we were gonna buy it! |
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Post by LA Times on Jul 4, 2021 8:32:16 GMT -5
Bill's statement doesn't fill me with confidence. Here are my questions: 1. Why do we need this now? 2. Will this be better than Matty Collector? 3. Will it improve on the mistakes of Matty Collector? 4. Will there be incentives to buying into this program, ie free shipping bonuses or discounts? 5. Will the products actually be available to order? As someone who wasn’t around for the MattyCollector days, what were the mistakes and issues with that? What Matty Collector was doing in 2011 is exactly what collectors are screaming for today. |
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Post by newgenandy on Jul 4, 2021 9:17:03 GMT -5
Marty collector also did motu figures which ran for longer than wwe, much more successful so you do question if the problems were Mattel or fans expecting too much
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