Official Ultimate Edition New Gen Arena Megathread

No thanks.

i dont blame them for trying, unless a miracle happens i dont see this getting 4000 people on board within a couple weeks.

i guess im on the short list of people that actually wanted this thing and was looking forward to it. i also liked the idea and the package overall.
i think there were some missteps, especially with Diesel, but i was still willing to overlook them

and the cost is absolutely justified in this day and age for what it is.

Battery-powered LED lights aren’t as expensive as you think. A lot of companies give out free LED mini-flashlights as advertising chachkies. The most expensive part would probably be the switch that controls the different LED patterns on this thing. I could be wrong, but cheap Chinese electronics are super cheap based on my experience with them.

I highly doubt it even makes it enough for backing, but I can guarantee you they already know this.

The thing that gives away that they know this, is that they’ve went from asking that you pay up front (which you should), to allowing anyone that’s window shopping to go ahead and take the plunge ... only to later realize “I don’t have the money, sorry”.

I’ve never backed anything with the mindset of paying later ... I always paid right then and can already count that as a purchase.

To many wishful thinking backers, for this, that this will cause it to never make goal.

However, IF by some miracle that this does make the goal and goes into production, there’s a super high chance that it baaarreerlllyyy misses the tier that included Doink and whatever else, so that they can make even more money .... only to release those other items fown the road anyways.

Mattel is blatantly over charging here, but blind hype isn’t going to work once crunch time hits and the serious backers start to see the disappointment due to the window shoppers backing out.

I’m not trying to down the hopes of anyone that really wants this, but I’ll be highly surprised if this even comes remotely close to the default goal. $250 is asinine, for a ring and bland figure.

The entrance board/walkway or whatever is sick, but nothing else is remotely going to justify that price point.

Mattel was at bat on a full count ... swung and hit a can of corn into far right field.

Don’t worry though, they’ll release all of this individually a few years down the road, so hopefully everybody don’t get all emotional when it doesn’t make goal 💯

It's depressingly close to an abuse victim's language to blame yourself for this failure when the company didn't give the masses what they wanted. If they had their finger on the pulse of what fans have been begging for this would be funded already. 5000 and $250 are really small numbers- there's just no demand or excitement. Hasbro cruised right past 10k backers @ $400 for Galactus- this is what demand and meeting the needs of your consumers looks like. I grew up in this era of wrestling and would love this arena but there's just nothing compelling me to back this product and a veiled threat of "you better pay for the b-list stuff first if you want us to give you what you really want" is how the original Mattel WWE Legends line went down as an abysmal failure.

At this point there are 3 options imo…

1) Let it run its course and fail and find a way to release parts of it in the future (probably what they will do)

2) Announce that all tiers will be included at 5K… even then it’s a tall order to hit 5K.

3) Scrap it altogether and come back with something surefire like an Attitude Era Ring with Hell in a Cell and suited AE era Vince or a Smackdown Fist Stage and ring.

I love you.

Their early legends strategy was "Let's focus on the guys/attires Jakks never made" to convince the many people saying they would never start a Mattel collection to switch over. Problem was Jakks and Mattel figs look like crapside-by-side so the strategy didn't work. (Plus I'm sure the $10 price hike didn't help).

Here I think the strategy is more "the early 90s revival is huge right now (ie. Tmnt, xmen, gargoyles and beast wars) because that generation of kids has hit that sweet spot of nostalgia+money" and "this relatively simple set at $250 might be a better market test than a smackdown fist/titantron/real scale HIAC that we plan on charging $400+ for"

The main issue with this project is nobody wants a dang ring. I'd pay 150 for the entrance, diesel and Doink, but a ring adds way to much cost for something I can't even display.

Some good points but for me personally I hate Jakks figures and think Mattel look way better. Also it seems like the Smackdown stage is and was the more requested item so my question would be what would everyone be willing to pay for a scale fist stage and a figure.

Well I can say this...As a Legends collector I buy guys from Attitude/Ruthless aggression eras all the time in hopes of seeing what I truly want come out (80s) if this doesnt get backed, Ill be damned if Im dropping money on a stupid silver fist or giant red letters for an entrance.