randysnoreton
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Post by randysnoreton on Jul 25, 2024 20:41:07 GMT -5
These look great. It's a shame they don't really exist in the UK. There's a shop, you could say a wrestling one, that has them on for £25 each
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 25, 2024 21:21:57 GMT -5
1991 Steamboat's look was tailor made for Superstars. Surpised they went with the blander 80s look. Yeah, I was hoping for that look, too. The Steamboat and Jake's seem to go together. The Jake's are from 1986 when he feuded with Steamboat, so I wonder if that's why they went with that Steamboat attire instead of his 1991 Dragon look.
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 25, 2024 21:24:38 GMT -5
I figured the Steamboat figure would come with the gi, but I didn't think Jake would get a shirt - nice.
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nomorexclusives
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Post by nomorexclusives on Jul 26, 2024 1:17:45 GMT -5
Hey if only 3 figures get released so be it, getting these figures is getting harder and more expensive. I'm grateful they are still releasing figures. I'm confused why you are extremely bitter towards this line. How many figures you think they should release. Who do you want to see? 1.I want this set at creations so none of us have to pay 35-50$ for these. 2. Steve has bent over backwards to make mnw available online starting s5. Why have superstars gotten the shaft. Why does he never answer any questions about this line even from mods ever in at least the past year. Dont you feel alone? That is enough to drive anyone crazy. He interacts with every mattel thread BUT THIS ONE. There is ZERO transparency. We are being completely ignored. 158 pages of silence from mattel. No explanations given to why we cant find these in stores, no remedies given to help us out. NOTHING. JUST RADIO SILENCE. 3. Your walmart is barely ever frequented. Imagine going into walmart 30 times a week at least and not finding anything for 6 months+ until i visited yours where i found mr.perfect almost a year after he was released. 4. Figures are available on ebay 6 months before anyone sees them in stores and they are supposed to be walmart exclusives. Want s10? Visit sultan of swat? Missed s6? Dont worry sultan has 100s of mr.perfects in his warehouse. Walmart? What is that a small mom and pop store? 5. Figures are overproduced and end up at bargain prices after everyone paid at least 4x+ as much for them if talking retail prices. They slowly trickle out as to give the impression that these are limited and multiple waves get skipped. Then a year later they show up on wm.com for 4$. Your walmart is exceptional dude, all the new ultimates were just sitting there. That is extremely rare in pa/wv/ny/nj. I could go on and on man, but after 3 years i threw in the towel last march. I will wait till they all go on clearance on black friday on ebay. Walmart and mattel wont get another dime from me until they are out of walmart. Still surprising to see that despite multiple people speaking out asking for help and answers that noone has gotten a reply unless they added the word mnw in their question. If mattel genuinely doesnt know why these are available from other vendors than insert reasons a-z. Its all too much bs for me. I am a straight shooter. At my age i earned that badge. I dont like companies or people that dodge questions leaving us in the dark. We are paying their salaries. Without us buying these plastic statues none of them would be in business. That is why i and others are frustrated. Edit: yes the new figures look great. Will we find them? How much gas money you want to spend on a figure that will clearance out at 4$. Its important to keep that in mind... its all too much of a hassle for a toy line. They are not piecws of gold. All the motuwwe figures have gone down in price BECAUSE THEY TOO WERE OVERPRODUCED and they too were put out one case at a time only to show up on wm.com for a few dollars. nothing has changed between walmart and mattel in 8 years!! SAME BS. Even the retro community suffered UNTIL THEY SPOKE UP AND NOW THEY ARE ON CREATIONS. if we all scream in unison like the mnw guys did in their thread we would get change. But me and flair and a few others are doing the dirty work. ITS TIME. We can get changes. The mnw figures will be available again starting 2025. Imagine how lonely canadians collectors feel. Noone speaking out for them. They have gotten nothing after s4. Time has passed to sit on the sidelines and ooh and aah. Its now or never
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walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Jul 26, 2024 2:57:59 GMT -5
These look great. It's a shame they don't really exist in the UK. There's a shop, you could say a wrestling one, that has them on for £25 each I've no idea what that shop is, mate.
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fmdragon
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Post by fmdragon on Jul 26, 2024 4:04:23 GMT -5
Hey now! We got S5 and S10 on WalMart.ca for a brief moment (luckily I was able to snip them), so that's......something, lol.
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Post by wrestlingcollector80 on Jul 26, 2024 5:57:09 GMT -5
Hey if only 3 figures get released so be it, getting these figures is getting harder and more expensive. I'm grateful they are still releasing figures. I'm confused why you are extremely bitter towards this line. How many figures you think they should release. Who do you want to see? 1.I want this set at creations so none of us have to pay 35-50$ for these. 2. Steve has bent over backwards to make mnw available online starting s5. Why have superstars gotten the shaft. Why does he never answer any questions about this line even from mods ever in at least the past year. Dont you feel alone? That is enough to drive anyone crazy. He interacts with every mattel thread BUT THIS ONE. There is ZERO transparency. We are being completely ignored. 158 pages of silence from mattel. No explanations given to why we cant find these in stores, no remedies given to help us out. NOTHING. JUST RADIO SILENCE. 3. Your walmart is barely ever frequented. Imagine going into walmart 30 times a week at least and not finding anything for 6 months+ until i visited yours where i found mr.perfect almost a year after he was released. 4. Figures are available on ebay 6 months before anyone sees them in stores and they are supposed to be walmart exclusives. Want s10? Visit sultan of swat? Missed s6? Dont worry sultan has 100s of mr.perfects in his warehouse. Walmart? What is that a small mom and pop store? 5. Figures are overproduced and end up at bargain prices after everyone paid at least 4x+ as much for them if talking retail prices. They slowly trickle out as to give the impression that these are limited and multiple waves get skipped. Then a year later they show up on wm.com for 4$. Your walmart is exceptional dude, all the new ultimates were just sitting there. That is extremely rare in pa/wv/ny/nj. I could go on and on man, but after 3 years i threw in the towel last march. I will wait till they all go on clearance on black friday on ebay. Walmart and mattel wont get another dime from me until they are out of walmart. Still surprising to see that despite multiple people speaking out asking for help and answers that noone has gotten a reply unless they added the word mnw in their question. If mattel genuinely doesnt know why these are available from other vendors than insert reasons a-z. Its all too much bs for me. I am a straight shooter. At my age i earned that badge. I dont like companies or people that dodge questions leaving us in the dark. We are paying their salaries. Without us buying these plastic statues none of them would be in business. That is why i and others are frustrated. Edit: yes the new figures look great. Will we find them? How much gas money you want to spend on a figure that will clearance out at 4$. Its important to keep that in mind... its all too much of a hassle for a toy line. They are not piecws of gold. All the motuwwe figures have gone down in price BECAUSE THEY TOO WERE OVERPRODUCED and they too were put out one case at a time only to show up on wm.com for a few dollars. nothing has changed between walmart and mattel in 8 years!! SAME BS. Even the retro community suffered UNTIL THEY SPOKE UP AND NOW THEY ARE ON CREATIONS. if we all scream in unison like the mnw guys did in their thread we would get change. But me and flair and a few others are doing the dirty work. ITS TIME. We can get changes. The mnw figures will be available again starting 2025. Imagine how lonely canadians collectors feel. Noone speaking out for them. They have gotten nothing after s4. Time has passed to sit on the sidelines and ooh and aah. Its now or never I don't think Steve has bent over backwards to make sure mnw gets online. I don't think Steve has much to do with distribution, I think that more of a walmart issue. Steve has spoken on this line in the past, has he said a lot.......no, but has he said a lot about any line? I don't think Steve decides how many figures go to what stores. I think you should ask walmart that. I get it its a frustrating line to collect especially in my area but there are some that are worse. I think walmart should be held accountable, find out who from walmart continues to want this line in their stores then decides not to stock it.
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Herc and Roma
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Post by Herc and Roma on Jul 26, 2024 13:35:34 GMT -5
What figures are available at bargain prices, the only ones I am aware of that showed up at discount stores were Hollywood Hogan & Ric Flair from Series 1- are there others available cheap and if so where?? As far as ebay goes, all I see on the Canadian site are listings for figures selling at double and triple the retail price- sorry but I have no interest in paying over retail for these.
Also, series 1 aside, I see no evidence that these figures are being overproduced?! If they were, we wouldn't be having such a difficult time finding them- I think they they are not producing enough as the demand appears to be a lot greater than the supply.
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Herc and Roma
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Post by Herc and Roma on Jul 26, 2024 13:41:18 GMT -5
I knew the Steamboat jacket would be red, oh well I can use the white jacket from the elite if I want to change up the look.
The snake that Jake comes with looks ridiculous- its way too big and out of scale with the figure- it looks okay with his elite figures but it doesn't go with the Superstars figure. Doesn't Mattel have a snake from another toy line that they produce that could be used?!
Curious why they chose the version of Guerrero that they did, I would think they would have went with Latino Heat or Lying, Cheating, Stealing Guerrero which were more popular gimmicks.
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nomorexclusives
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Post by nomorexclusives on Jul 26, 2024 13:57:48 GMT -5
What figures are available at bargain prices, the only ones I am aware of that showed up at discount stores were Hollywood Hogan & Ric Flair from Series 1- are there others available cheap and if so where?? As far as ebay goes, all I see on the Canadian site are listings for figures selling at double and triple the retail price- sorry but I have no interest in paying over retail for these.
Also, series 1 aside, I see no evidence that these figures are being overproduced?! If they were, we wouldn't be having such a difficult time finding them- I think they they are not producing enough as the demand appears to be a lot greater than the supply.
Every figure up to series 3 ended up wm.com for about 4$ over a period of months. They did not sell out so they will most likely sell for even less next time around. S4-5 are on their way to that same fate. S6 got hijacked by resellers. S7 and s8 production was spread out over 7 months and still being put out one case at a time. We have the impression that they arent making a lot but i ran the numbers before. One case × 4200 walmarts × 7.25 months is a lot of andre the giants. I believe production has ramped up but instead of them showing up at retail people are forced to pay 40+ on ebay. That is the real problem. They could make 100k but if they are only available by a few resellers than the prices stay high. These figures have been selling in lots for 5$ a piece. Check ebay history over last 3 months. These figures are not holding their value which is why so many full collections are going up for firesale prices. Noone is paying more than 5$ a figure in large lots. On ebay.ca you will see american listings mixed in with canadian listings. Set location for canada only. You will know if they are canadian figures if the yellow star is missing in front however they stopped that after s3. From what several sellers told me after s4 they were no longer put on shelves.
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Post by MKSavage on Jul 26, 2024 13:59:36 GMT -5
I knew the Steamboat jacket would be red, oh well I can use the white jacket from the elite if I want to change up the look.
The snake that Jake comes with looks ridiculous- its way too big and out of scale with the figure- it looks okay with his elite figures but it doesn't go with the Superstars figure. Doesn't Mattel have a snake from another toy line that they produce that could be used?!
Curious why they chose the version of Guerrero that they did, I would think they would have went with Latino Heat or Lying, Cheating, Stealing Guerrero which were more popular gimmicks.
Maybe it's the snake from Survivor Series 1989.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 26, 2024 16:07:00 GMT -5
I just want a Stone Cold
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thebigzakbowski
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Post by thebigzakbowski on Jul 26, 2024 18:21:39 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail
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Post by wrestlingcollector80 on Jul 26, 2024 19:47:50 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail I saw it, at least 2 maybe 3 times at 2 different Walmarts.
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Post by heelturn on Jul 26, 2024 20:10:08 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail Never
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Post by jong on Jul 26, 2024 20:48:06 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail Once and I bought them and i usually am able to shop at 5 different Wal Marts per week.
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Post by boz1515 on Jul 26, 2024 21:34:29 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail Only once.
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Post by wrestlingcollector80 on Jul 26, 2024 22:16:44 GMT -5
To date what’s the rarest superstar out there that been released? Mr perfect? Bam bam bigelow, Mr T. ?
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Post by thebigzakbowski on Jul 26, 2024 22:37:41 GMT -5
To date what’s the rarest superstar out there that been released? Mr perfect? Bam bam bigelow, Mr T. ? Add Ali to the mix and those 4 I've never seen in person.
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Post by Zincdust on Jul 26, 2024 23:18:16 GMT -5
Stupid question here: How many people here saw the bam bam perfect wave in person at retail Not even once. I also haven't seen Mr. T, Typhoon, Albano, Vader, or anyone from Series 9.
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