Poll - Mattel Creations Crowdfunding

I get what they were going for with the character choices, but it should have been brand new first time in the lines with the only way of getting that character is to back it and not characters they've already done multiples of. I don't care that they think Ultimates are different than Elites. If they don't have the rights still for Dink, they should not have done Doink. If they had to use repeat characters this could have been a great way to get another Gorilla Monsoon out. With that said I still backed from day 1. I hope they learn from their mistakes and the next one goes better.

should've put bertha faye in there too

Shipping was $6 or $7 for me in Florida. It tells you at checkout what the shipping cost is.

None of those prices make any sense for crowd funding. Manufacturing limited quantities is expensive because Mattel doesn’t own the factories. The machinery gets shut down to make just that specific item. The more quantities you order, the cheaper it becomes. $100 to manufacturer 5,000 entrances and 5,000 Ultimate Doinks is probably too low. Mattel also has to make some profit because it’s a business.

The Goldberg Main Event scale ring was $100 MSRP and that was mass produced and nowhere near as intricate as this ring. That came with Goldber/Jinder, a table, and chairs. Well those tables came with a $20 Elite Shane McMahon, so they’re not too expensive. The Goldberg was pretty plain and came with no accessories or separate packaging. So Goldberg and the table would sell for $20 together as a separate figure. The chairs were probably not too expensive to mass manufacture despite their size. The ring posts/turnbuckles were one solid piece. The whole ring was pretty cheap compared to Mattel’s first scale ring. The electronics were pretty cheap to manufacture, too. So the whole package together sold MSRP $100.they made a lot more than 5000 of them.

I think that $250 at 5000 was enough to cover the manufacturing cost of 5000 units of the package plus a little profit. As you grow beyond 5000 pieces, you reduce manufacturing costs and after an extra 2000 units, it eats the cost of Doink. There’s no way Mattel is being overly greedy with what they priced it at. I also don’t think crowdfunding an entrance that size at 5000 units for $100 is worth the effort on Mattel’s part. Maybe as an RSC exclusive where RSC assumes everything except for the design and manufacturing, but not a crowd funding campaign.

A figure set is unreasonable and defeats the purpose of an idea like this. For Mattel anyway.

I know they wouldn't have done it, but a generic ring should have been the centre piece. One that ambiguously fits in with many eras. And I would put each tier as a figure from an era with aprons/posts that matched the time period. I You could still include the entrance and have Newgen aprons on it to start with, but have the first figure be a first time in the line.

I'm well aware this is all fantasy booking and likely highely unrealistic, but you need to cater to more than one demograhpic.

This is a forum.

Well it is apparent Mattel didn’t know what they were doing.

How many threads about this campaign do we need?

Why is it unreasonable though? Crowdfunding is usually for items that are too big or expensive for retail... and a large figure set or Ultimate Edition 3 or 4 pack would certainly fit. I'd be much more likely to back something like that.