A look back to how s4-8 were released last year (based on an older post of mine from sept 23, 2024. I added s8 and 9 since that was not available at the time.
First s4 paul-art store sighting: February 7th,2023
(Source: Cablev, page 54)
Second s4 paul-art store sighting: February 25th,2023
(Source: Dahandsome1, page 57)
Third s4 paul-art store sighting: April 27th,2023
(Source: GlassonI0n, page 68)
First walmart.com s4 scalper sighting: February 18, 2023 - price: 60$
(Source: Loosecannon, page 56)
First s4 online retail sighting:
February, 24th 2023, Facebook
(Source: Loosecannon, Page 56)
First walmart.com complaint of 3rd party resellers selling exclusive product for inflated prices before it hits retail: (price 120$ for Macho man)
February 20, 2023
Source: (Flair Forever)
First leaked walmart sighting - series 4
Mr.T- August 6th, 2023 - 20.99$
Typhoon - August 6th, 2023 - 20.99$
Macho Man - August 6th, 2023 - 20.99$
Rock - August 6th, 2023 - 20.99$
First mass release walmart sighting - series 4
Mr.T- August 13th, 2023 - 20.99$
Typhoon - August 13th, 2023 - 20.99$
Macho Man - August 13th, 2023 - 20.99$
Rock - August 13th, 2023 - 20.99$
First leaked walmart sighting - series 5
Earthquake - August 11th, 2023 - 20.99$
Rick Rude - August 11th, 2023 2023 - 20.99$
Second walmart sighting - series 5
Earthquake - September 11th, 2023 - 20.99$
Rick Rude - September 11th, 2023 2023 - 20.99$
First s5 mass release
First S6 pictures leaked
Hogan/piper: March 16th, 2023, page 59
Bambam/perfect: March 30th, 2023, page 61
First s5 paul-art store sighting: April 27th, 2023)
(Source: GlassonI0n, page 68)
Second s5 paul-art store sighting: May 5th, 2023)
(Source: brother love, page 69)
First s5 Paul-art store shipment: May 2nd, 2023
Walmart.com Preorders series 6
Lou ALbano - June 20th, 2023
Mr.Perfect - June 29th, 2023
Third walmart clearance/markdown:
underTaker (7.99-11.99$) - June 7th, 2023
Warrior (7.99$) - June 7th, 2023
Series 4 pegwarmer - none
Series 5 pegwarmer - typhoon, the rock, macho
Series 6 pegwarmer - none
Series 7 pegwarmer - none (unless you live near wrestlingcollector80)
Series 8 pegwarmer - red trunks hogan
Series 9 pegwarmer - kane (soon to be once hogan clearances out)
First s6 online sighting:
April 18th, 2023, Facebook
(Source: Da Handsome1, Page 65
First leaked walmart sighting - series 6
Mr.Perfect- July 4th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Hogan - July 4th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Piper - July 4th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Bambam - July 4th, 2023 - 2?.97$
First s7 pictures leaked: April 3rd, 2023, page
First mass release walmart sighting - series 6
Mr.Perfect - September 5th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Hogan - September 5th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Piper - September 5th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Lou Albano - September 5th, 2023 - 2?.97$
Walmart.com Preorders series 7 (CANCELLED)
Vader
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Captain Lou:
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Listed to ship: 11/14/23
First s7 online retail sighting:
September, 19th 2023, Ebay
(Source: jakeysnakey, Page 88)
First leaked walmart sighting - series 7
piper- September 19th, 2023 (Cali) - 21.97$
Hogan - September 19th 2023 - 21.97$
Vader - September 19th 2023 - 21.97$
Lou Albano - September 19th, 2023 - 21.97$
First mass release - s7 - LATE FEB 2024
First S8 WSI / SULTAN_OF_SWAT_2 sighting (jan 24'?
First S9 WSI / SULTAN_OF_SWAT_2 sighting (March 24'?)(
First S10 WSI / SULTAN_OF_SWAT_2 (early MAY?)/ thecollectorshobbyshop24 (MAY 13) / .... / sighting (MAY 12, 2024)
Number of cases sold to date:
S6 perfect
24 (2 more for sale now) - sultan_of_swat_2 (since may8, 2024) thats at least 26 cases.... he has sold plenty before may 8th too. My local walmart received 0 cases. Mattel is responsible for this. They are selling directly to sellers like him (whether at the mattelstore in el segundo or otherwise). Than the problem compounds as walmart does not receive enough to satisfy demand. You see now who received s6 and they have tons of it.
S9
11 cases - Collectorshobbyshop24 (since may 8)
10 cases - WSI (since may 8)
40 cases - SULTAN_OF_SWAT_2 (at least, cant look back before may 8). He has sold them since march. You can easily add at least 20 cases to that tally with no end in sight. Possible he was sold 100 cases (6000$ retail value just of s9). Then add ultimates, motu, mnw, etc. These are big money contracts. 100k
S10
11 cases - Collectorshobbyshop24
2 cases - gr8toys4you
50 cases+ - westside toys (getting them direct from el segundo mattel factory store no doubt)
31 cases - SULTAN_OF_SWAT_2 (WITH 5 FOR SALE). 36 TOTAL. 36 CASES OF S10 AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN AVAILABLE AT WALMART YET. THAT IS AT LEAST (because i cant go back more than 3 months of ebay sold history as he has sold them since april i believe (will check on that))36 CASES (3X36 FIGURES)
13 cases - WSI dating back to at least may 8)
S11
2 cases - WSI (AS OF TODAY), so based on past history s11 will be out 1st/2nd week of november at walmart, 3 months later par for the course (like last year)
Series 8/9 shown(but not officially announced as a series) via SDCC - July 20/21, 2023
-Doink, Andre, new Hogan, Kane, british bulldog
S10/S11 REVEALS
Wrestlemania, 2024
S12/S13 REVEALS
SDCC, 2024
# of Figures released (by year)
12 - s1-s3, 2022 (april-october - 8 months)
12 - s4-s7, 2023 (june-october - 4 months)
6 - s8-s9, 2024 (march-august?) - TBD
--To date as of august 6, 2024--
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lineup to date
Wave 1: HTM, Hogan NWO, R.Flair, Bray Wyatt
Wave 2: HBK, K.Nash, S. Hall, U.Warrior
Wave 3: MDM, P.SHANGO, Mankind, Undertaker
Wave 4: Rock, Savage, Mr.T, Typhoon
Wave 5: Rock, Savage, Rude, Earthquake
Wave 6: Hogan, Piper, Perfect, Bam Bam
Wave 7: Hogan, Piper, Vader, Captain lou
Wave 8: Andre, t.boulder, Doink
Wave 9: KANE, B.Bulldog , M.ALI
Wave 10: KURT ANGLE, TATANKA, B.BOSS
Wave 11: Brutus B, RAZOR R, R.Mysterio
Wave 12: TBD
Wave 13 - TBD
Time between series
S1 -> D
S2 -> S3 (4 months
S3 -> S4 (9-10 months - eRly july)
S4 -> S5 (1 month-early july-aug 13)
S5 -> S6 (3 weeks-Aug 13-sept 5th,2023)
S6 -> S7 (2 weeks-sept 5-19,2023)
S7 -> S8 (6+ months-march 2024)
S8 -> S9 (4+ months-july 3, 2024)
S9 -> S10 (1 month?-now - Unconfirmed)
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Looking back at the reports we can see that s6 came out (first report) just a mere 3 weeks after s5 was first found. With s7 first found on west coast 2 weeks later before the east coast got theirs this past february (not long after preorders were cancelled).
We probably could have figured out where the distribution problems lay if i had some help as i dont know the situation on the west coast but there are obviously problems where the east coast is getting the leftovers after west coast suppliers buy up the majority of these (again whether direct with mattel through the factory store or from suppliers in china, neither matter for the end user). Without doing a poll i can almost guarantee that the majority of us having trouble finding these are all in the northeast based on who has posted here in the past year. But if there was any interest in helping the end userbase than that research should have been done already by walmart/mattel. I have already spent more time on this than i should have had to do but happy customers who can find everything they want at retail dont go on forums asking questions. So yeah i believe the east coast has been screwed for the past year since s4.
