spiltliquor87
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Post by spiltliquor87 on Jul 23, 2021 22:01:35 GMT -5
I’m not trying to play devils advocate but Amazon is a pretty big company and it could be that AFA simply doesn’t know if they are going to be back in stock or not. I was unsuccessful like everyone else but I do think AFA wants everyone who wants these to be able to get them. I would almost bet my right arm that he will update as soon as he gets an answer. It’s not an ideal situation but I bet we have an answer by this time tomorrow.
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Post by The Coach on Jul 23, 2021 22:03:48 GMT -5
I’m not trying to play devils advocate but Amazon is a pretty big company and it could be that AFA simply doesn’t know if they are going to be back in stock or not. I was unsuccessful like everyone else but I do think AFA wants everyone who wants these to be able to get them. I would almost bet my right arm that he will update as soon as he gets an answer. It’s not an ideal situation but I bet we have an answer by this time tomorrow. If they really wanted everyone to get one who wanted one they’d have better pre-order models. |
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Post by spiltliquor87 on Jul 23, 2021 22:45:37 GMT -5
I’m not trying to play devils advocate but Amazon is a pretty big company and it could be that AFA simply doesn’t know if they are going to be back in stock or not. I was unsuccessful like everyone else but I do think AFA wants everyone who wants these to be able to get them. I would almost bet my right arm that he will update as soon as he gets an answer. It’s not an ideal situation but I bet we have an answer by this time tomorrow. If they really wanted everyone to get one who wanted one they’d have better pre-order models. But is it an Amazon issue or Mattel issue? I’m legit asking. If it’s an Amazon issue, shouldn’t the comments be directed there? Again, I bet we have an answer by this time tomorrow. Over the past year, not much has ran all that smoothly! I’m right there with you guys with wishing my preorder was placed and I could be looking forward to the day it ships but I think there is more to the issue than just Mattel. |
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Post by WWE453456 on Jul 23, 2021 22:53:56 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole situation at all. There should actually be enough for everyone. If I remember back, The Rock, also Amazon Exclusive, could be pre-ordered for 3-4 weeks without any problems. I expect replenishment soon. There is no reason why these figures are so limited. It's a mass product, whether it's Amazon Exclusive or not. The links were offline until yesterday, then online and after 2 minutes. everything was no longer available again.
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Post by JHTB® on Jul 24, 2021 0:01:07 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole situation at all. There should actually be enough for everyone. If I remember back, The Rock, also Amazon Exclusive, could be pre-ordered for 3-4 weeks without any problems. I expect replenishment soon. There is no reason why these figures are so limited. It's a mass product, whether it's Amazon Exclusive or not. The links were offline until yesterday, then online and after 2 minutes. everything was no longer available again. The crap part is that they didnt mention a time and it randomly popped up. I wouldn't have known if i didn't just happen to check at that exact time. And even then I was like a minute late. |
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Post by WWE453456 on Jul 24, 2021 0:24:41 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole situation at all. There should actually be enough for everyone. If I remember back, The Rock, also Amazon Exclusive, could be pre-ordered for 3-4 weeks without any problems. I expect replenishment soon. There is no reason why these figures are so limited. It's a mass product, whether it's Amazon Exclusive or not. The links were offline until yesterday, then online and after 2 minutes. everything was no longer available again. The crap part is that they didnt mention a time and it randomly popped up. I wouldn't have known if i didn't just happen to check at that exact time. And even then I was like a minute late. Right, but even if we all knew the time, it shouldn't sell out right away or? I knew the sale would be on 7/23, like everyone else, but as you said, nobody knew the time. So we were forced to check the website all day. The figures then went online for 2-3 minutes, then sold out again. |
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Post by WWE453456 on Jul 24, 2021 0:34:35 GMT -5
We don't know if they are actually sold out, maybe only a smaller amount has been activated for sale. I have no idea, but I can't imagine that was all. Like every Ultimate Edition series, this series is or should be a mass product. Regardless of whether it is Amazon Exclusive or not.
It's not like Mattel Creations, the Ultimate Edition Sgt. Slaughter figure, where it was clear that it was going to be a limited sale and not that much would be available.
But if we have to fight for a normal series now, it's no fun. Such a pre-order phase should last at least 4 weeks.
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Post by JHTB® on Jul 24, 2021 0:57:24 GMT -5
The crap part is that they didnt mention a time and it randomly popped up. I wouldn't have known if i didn't just happen to check at that exact time. And even then I was like a minute late. Right, but even if we all knew the time, it shouldn't sell out right away or? I knew the sale would be on 7/23, like everyone else, but as you said, nobody knew the time. So we were forced to check the website all day. The figures then went online for 2-3 minutes, then sold out again. Giving us a time would give everyone a "fair" shot at least. It would still sell out, maybe even quicker if they gave us the time but at least I could've tried right when it goes up rather than not knowing about it till after it has sold out. |
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jul 24, 2021 1:13:55 GMT -5
Right, but even if we all knew the time, it shouldn't sell out right away or? I knew the sale would be on 7/23, like everyone else, but as you said, nobody knew the time. So we were forced to check the website all day. The figures then went online for 2-3 minutes, then sold out again. Giving us a time would give everyone a "fair" shot at least. It would still sell out, maybe even quicker if they gave us the time but at least I could've tried right when it goes up rather than not knowing about it till after it has sold out. Sure it’ll be the same with Legends 12 if it ever pops up on Target online. At a random time and sell out before a lot of people know |
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Post by uc on Jul 24, 2021 2:21:09 GMT -5
Still waiting on UE 9 to come back in stock on Amazon, very difficult to be constantly checking stock on all these to see if they back in. Wish the supply could just be bigger for all ultimates as it seems to be a bit of an issue as we've seen again here
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 24, 2021 2:41:20 GMT -5
Still waiting on UE 9 to come back in stock on Amazon, very difficult to be constantly checking stock on all these to see if they back in. Wish the supply could just be bigger for all ultimates as it seems to be a bit of an issue as we've seen again here Flair is on there for $48 |
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Post by hb2k4life on Jul 24, 2021 7:39:05 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole situation at all. There should actually be enough for everyone. If I remember back, The Rock, also Amazon Exclusive, could be pre-ordered for 3-4 weeks without any problems. I expect replenishment soon. There is no reason why these figures are so limited. It's a mass product, whether it's Amazon Exclusive or not. The links were offline until yesterday, then online and after 2 minutes. everything was no longer available again. When Rock was available to order Ultimates were not a "hot" item at the time. For me personally I did not get in to Ulitmates until I had the Rock figure in hand. I saw how awesome the figure was. Then I went to ebay and Amazon to buy up the old ones I missed. Now, prices and demand for these have skyrocketed. People know this and are buying as many as they can as fast as they can. I have no doubt these were probably limited to 5k each same as Rock (Im guessing) |
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Post by TheGoldStandard on Jul 24, 2021 8:44:55 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole situation at all. There should actually be enough for everyone. If I remember back, The Rock, also Amazon Exclusive, could be pre-ordered for 3-4 weeks without any problems. I expect replenishment soon. There is no reason why these figures are so limited. It's a mass product, whether it's Amazon Exclusive or not. The links were offline until yesterday, then online and after 2 minutes. everything was no longer available again. When Rock was available to order Ultimates were not a "hot" item at the time. For me personally I did not get in to Ulitmates until I had the Rock figure in hand. I saw how awesome the figure was. Then I went to ebay and Amazon to buy up the old ones I missed. Now, prices and demand for these have skyrocketed. People know this and are buying as many as they can as fast as they can. I have no doubt these were probably limited to 5k each same as Rock (Im guessing) I can guarantee you these were not limited to 5k. Ultimates are mass produced. These are "exclusive" to Amazon but they are no different than any ultimate set that came before them. I can and will not believe these are sold out until Steve gives a definitive answer on the situation. Amazon pulled an oopsie by putting them up too early. A figure with 20k units+ would not sell out in 2 minutes at random o'clock on a Friday. |
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Post by thekev12 on Jul 24, 2021 8:58:31 GMT -5
Still waiting on UE 9 to come back in stock on Amazon, very difficult to be constantly checking stock on all these to see if they back in. Wish the supply could just be bigger for all ultimates as it seems to be a bit of an issue as we've seen again here Sidebar but I ordered UE9 months ago from Amazon and still don’t have them. They’ve been pushed back multiple times and now the Flair doesn’t even have an estimated date, FYI. |
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Post by hb2k4life on Jul 24, 2021 9:16:48 GMT -5
When Rock was available to order Ultimates were not a "hot" item at the time. For me personally I did not get in to Ulitmates until I had the Rock figure in hand. I saw how awesome the figure was. Then I went to ebay and Amazon to buy up the old ones I missed. Now, prices and demand for these have skyrocketed. People know this and are buying as many as they can as fast as they can. I have no doubt these were probably limited to 5k each same as Rock (Im guessing) I can guarantee you these were not limited to 5k. Ultimates are mass produced. These are "exclusive" to Amazon but they are no different than any ultimate set that came before them. I can and will not believe these are sold out until Steve gives a definitive answer on the situation. Amazon pulled an oopsie by putting them up too early. A figure with 20k units+ would not sell out in 2 minutes at random o'clock on a Friday. I disagree. It would not make any business sense to make the same ammount of figures that go to an exclusive online store as it would the regular ulitmate line which goes to all the stores thoughout the country AND amazon. You ever see how many targets are around the area you live? Now think of how many there are around the country. Maybe rock hogan and jeff were 20k each. But now customers are ordering the max number they can, while last fall they were only ordering one. I can see the amazon exclusives selling out as fast as that. And they should arrive by September early october which is not enough turn around time to make that much more. They are busy working on the next figures in line |
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Post by Lyle_The_Intern on Jul 24, 2021 9:35:42 GMT -5
That Hogan was going to be my first non-Retro wrestling figure in five years. I remember longing for that exact look for years after he returned in 93.
Oh well. People have really figured out how to take the fun out of this hobby.
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Post by kutzheels on Jul 24, 2021 9:44:24 GMT -5
Worst part is I spent from noon to 11pm yesterday hitting refresh between Amazon and Target repeatedly like a machine to no avail. Didn’t really eat, ignored my family all while Mattel was silent on the issue. Woke up at least 5 times overnight and kept checking my phone. I’m tired and I just feel dirty, like need to go to Confession about this. I just can’t do it today. I have the usual weekend house chores and real family obligations. So I know this means they will randomly pop up at some point and I am sure to miss them. This isn’t what collecting should be about.
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Post by thekev12 on Jul 24, 2021 10:01:21 GMT -5
Worst part is I spent from noon to 11pm yesterday hitting refresh between Amazon and Target repeatedly like a machine to no avail. Didn’t really eat, ignored my family all while Mattel was silent on the issue. Woke up at least 5 times overnight and kept checking my phone. I’m tired and I just feel dirty, like need to go to Confession about this. I just can’t do it today. I have the usual weekend house chores and real family obligations. So I know this means they will randomly pop up at some point and I am sure to miss them. This isn’t what collecting should be about. I feel you…same here. |
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Post by Jim Cornette’s Wendy’s Order🍔 on Jul 24, 2021 10:05:11 GMT -5
Can we just get some word from Steve, for the love of god. They have to know we are all clamoring for some info on this. Why so secretive or just completely silent. If you don’t know just tell us. Something is better than nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2021 10:15:37 GMT -5
Worst part is I spent from noon to 11pm yesterday hitting refresh between Amazon and Target repeatedly like a machine to no avail. Didn’t really eat, ignored my family all while Mattel was silent on the issue. Woke up at least 5 times overnight and kept checking my phone. I’m tired and I just feel dirty, like need to go to Confession about this. I just can’t do it today. I have the usual weekend house chores and real family obligations. So I know this means they will randomly pop up at some point and I am sure to miss them. This isn’t what collecting should be about. I truly hope this is sarcasm. Or at least some form of dry humor… |
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