WWF Nailz Hasbro distribtuion question

When that figure came out, the line was declining and TV ratings were abysmal. Not too many retailers were interested in carrying it.

It's been theorized his production run may have been cut short due to him leaving the company, similar to Dusty. But no one knows for sure.

Nailz was the only Yellow Card I never had as a kid, either.

I grew up in Scotland and from series 1 all the way up to series 10 the dark blue cards I managed to always find the figures in my stores. The only figures I never saw in stores here in Scotland were Dusty Rhodes and the black/silver Shawn Michaels and the purple Razor Ramon, I am not saying that these were never available here in the UK, but if they were I never saw them. As far as Nailz go, he was one that I saw multiple times, the guy from the yellow card series that took me the longest to eventually track down was Crush. I assume that was because of how popular he was though.

It is kind of interesting to read how some people in other parts of the world had a hard time finding these back in the day. The Nasty Boys and the 3rd Ultimate Warrior figure are two that I hear a lot of people say that they never saw in-store, but in Scotland, I saw them multiple times. Especially the Nasty Boys! Towards the end of the line there was this department store that was clearing out about a million LOD and Nasty Boys sets..... man if only I could go back and buy them all!

I dunno, Nailz was priced lowest of the yellow cards in the figures inc. cataloug, I wound up buying Nailz, Owen, Crush, and Kamala through them in like late 94'. I remember Nailz was only $25, while the rest were $35 each, possibly $30 for Kamala, so I don't know if that means anything or not.

The only Hasbros I never saw at retail:

Green Cards
Nailz

The only time I saw yellow cards was during a summer in southwest Washington at a regional chain called Fred Meyer. Not once did I see them at Toys R Us, KB, Target, or Kmart.

Come to think of it…I don’t think Freddy’s sold Hasbros at that particular store before or after!

I just want to say I LOVE this thread.

I also think Nailz might have been priced lower because of low demand. Though I really wanted him. The Yellow Cards were amazing. 1/3 of my Hasbros disappeared -- and one was Kona Crush. God, what an awesome figure.

The one thing I can't remember now is if I found the last Blue Card wave (Bushwhackers, new Duggan, Marty) at retail, or bought online. But I think it was retail...

This is going back years, so I don't remember for sure, but I know that I saw the yellow card series at Hills when they first came out, then they were abundant in the KB 3/10 sales. I don't recall TRU ever having the yellow card series. I'm pretty sure Nailz was one of the easier ones to find, I just didn't want him because he might've already been long gone. The only ones from that series that I cared about at the time were Michaels and Razor, with I think Razor being the toughest to find. I got Kamala at KB in the 3/10s years later, but never bought Crush or Nailz. I don't remember if Nailz was there at the time, but I can only assume that he was.

As for the series beyond that, I definitely saw the red card series at TRU and KB (first run as well as 3/10), but everything after that (dark blue, purple, green) I found at Hills and probably nowhere else. Kid was the only one of those that I never saw in stores, and possibly the only Hasbro that I never saw in any retail store including Toy Liquidators.

Yeah, the yellow card series and the green card series were the only ones that I never saw in stores. I also didn't see all of Series 10, I only found the tag teams.

I found the purple at my TRU probably late spring and then the blue late summer 1994 which included the white version of Shawn and black vest version of Razor (which made me think the other yellow cards would be around soon...wrong!)
Some figures stuck around until early 1996 (Scott Steiner, Samu, Luke, purple Razor, black Shawn). I did originally find those last two at Hills in April 1995 with an Adam Bomb green card.