Official Ultimate Edition New Gen Arena Megathread

I feel like if they had just made the arena and announced it as a limited edition release (like Sarge), they probably could have sold 5000 a lot easier.

if this one gets funded, it'd be cool if going forward:

instead of getting a smackdown (for example) ring, we just get the stage, a figure, and then skirts, ropes, and turnbuckles to swap onto the ring we'd be getting now as opposed to having to buy a ring every time

think it's a good idea but not sure how it'd work with this current set. Are the turnbuckles on this not built into the base frame? I must rewatch the video

Even when they talk about this set, they come off like they picked something that was cheap to make, not something people want. I mean, if we’re gonna crowdfund something, what’s the difference what it cost? Make it cool and people will find a way. Unicron was 800 bucks and he got backed by 10,000 people. It was simply something that people wanted.

Mattel half ass puts out something that’s like, well, we picked Diesal because he’s cheap to make and nobody will be upset because we already made 3 other Diesels, and we made the New Generation set because it’s the smallest entrance. Oh and we put boards under the ring because that makes this look more expensive even though that’s the equivalent of giving the wrestlers real organs…who’s gonna see them anyway?

The whole thing was done in a way where it wouldn’t tick off the people that didn’t want it, but also didn’t give the people that do buy it anything truly different. Do we really need ANOTHER Diesel? I can’t even rationalize in my mind how we’ve gotten like 4 in the first place, he wore essentially the same attire for 3 years. Had they given us Double J or something, oh, that would irritate collectors…why, because they’d want it? Isn’t that the ENTIRE point? So by default, isn’t this whole thing an admission that it’s a bunch of stuff nobody cares to have?

It cost them next to nothing to throw a concept out there and ask fans, hey would you guys buy this? They played this ultra safe and tried to crowd fund something affordable rather than something we’d actually want. (I know some of you actually like this, but it’s not 10,000 of you yet like Unicron or the Sentinel, both of which were WAY more money . The Sentinel got over 20,000 backers at $350 a piece…there’s no reason wrestling can’t get just as many.)

It’s a matter of making it worth the effort. If it’s cool, everyone will find a way. You can’t tell me a Transformer from an 80’s movie can sell 10,000 units at 800 bucks a pop but there aren’t 5,000 wrestling fans that will go spend $250. There’s 5,000 of us, there’s probably a million wrestling fans, this is simply something that’s not worth the effort and it shows.

I see people saying this is something they dont want. This is actually something I DO want and I dont but a lot. But I enjoy the New Generation. My problem is the figure choices, they've made Diesel and Doink, I just dont care. Get that Jarrett deal done, make Sid with SID pyro, find a way to get Jinsei Shinzaki to sign and make Hakushi. Do something different for this. It's not super collectible if you just keep producing the same people.

Pretty insane they didn’t let anyone at least vote for what they wanted us to crowdfund, so they know the demand is actually there?

Instead they’re just like “Here’s a big set that you may not have wanted but we need you to crowdfund to make the cool stuff you actually want”.

I wouldn’t count on it. Diesel probably could get an ultimate but in a different look. Doink parts I can see being used for an elite (1 head with 3 wigs, mallet no jacket, or jacket no mallet)

Toys R Us has been getting the Legends, albeit a very, very minimal selection online. Hopefully we start seeing them in stores on a more frequent basis because I absolutely need that Batista.