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Post by Ministry of Darkness on Feb 14, 2022 17:05:53 GMT -5
Mattel needs to stop re-releasing the same figures since I like to know what I own has gone up in value since that's part of the collecting game. If anybody wanted them you should have bought them the 1st time like I did. ๐ Part of the "collecting game" is things also go down in value. Very true but can also can go up in price. |
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Post by Ministry of Darkness on Feb 14, 2022 17:15:18 GMT -5
Mattel needs to stop re-releasing the same figures since I like to know what I own has gone up in value since that's part of the collecting game. If anybody wanted them you should have bought them the 1st time like I did. ๐ This you?
Not really but I'm happy to know what I've bought like Classics and Mattel's have gone up in price. |
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Feb 14, 2022 17:28:10 GMT -5
Thereโs no reserved list of figures. They didnโt sign a contract with anyone saying they couldnโt make something people already bought. Thing is they donโt stand to gain anything on a short produced run of figures people are spending 10x retail on. There was a time people were spending dumb money on Kevin Nash/Diesel because it was short packed and split 50/50. This was also when people were still on the fence about Mattelโs with Jakks collections already. Thereโs always gonna be a new fan/collector and itโs not these big companies interest to cater to hardcore collectors only.
Tl:dr Thereโs plenty of stuff that is more valued to collect than wrestling figures. Most of these end up destroyed by kids and forgotten about in a couple years. Maybe in 25-30 years you can talk about value. Even Jakks that werenโt worth dirt are going for dumb prices right now.
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Post by CM Tusk on Feb 14, 2022 17:49:43 GMT -5
Honestly Brock is a perfect figure so I may pick one up just to have loose
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Post by personagamer on Feb 14, 2022 21:07:19 GMT -5
I hope so really need the Brock and Shawn
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Post by kiloinnorcal on Feb 14, 2022 22:22:21 GMT -5
Not really but I'm happy to know what I've bought like Classics and Mattel's have gone up in price. Man I was late on Classics and missed the boat. I would love it if they somehow rereleased that line. There would be a lot of money to be made there. $200+ after market for the core characters is ridiculous now. |
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Feb 14, 2022 23:32:12 GMT -5
Thereโs no reserved list of figures. They didnโt sign a contract with anyone saying they couldnโt make something people already bought. Thing is they donโt stand to gain anything on a short produced run of figures people are spending 10x retail on. There was a time people were spending dumb money on Kevin Nash/Diesel because it was short packed and split 50/50. This was also when people were still on the fence about Mattelโs with Jakks collections already. Thereโs always gonna be a new fan/collector and itโs not these big companies interest to cater to hardcore collectors only. Tl:dr Thereโs plenty of stuff that is more valued to collect than wrestling figures. Most of these end up destroyed by kids and forgotten about in a couple years. Maybe in 25-30 years you can talk about value. Even Jakks that werenโt worth dirt are going for dumb prices right now. Jakks is going for decent money now? Since when? I had so much problems letting go of my Jakks collection and still have a load left. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 7:32:50 GMT -5
Thereโs no reserved list of figures. They didnโt sign a contract with anyone saying they couldnโt make something people already bought. Thing is they donโt stand to gain anything on a short produced run of figures people are spending 10x retail on. There was a time people were spending dumb money on Kevin Nash/Diesel because it was short packed and split 50/50. This was also when people were still on the fence about Mattelโs with Jakks collections already. Thereโs always gonna be a new fan/collector and itโs not these big companies interest to cater to hardcore collectors only. Tl:dr Thereโs plenty of stuff that is more valued to collect than wrestling figures. Most of these end up destroyed by kids and forgotten about in a couple years. Maybe in 25-30 years you can talk about value. Even Jakks that werenโt worth dirt are going for dumb prices right now. Jakks is going for decent money now? Since when? I had so much problems letting go of my Jakks collection and still have a load left. MOC Classics, mostly. I still canโt believe I tossed my loose ones when I moved a few years ago. All because I didnโt wanna be troubled selling them. ๐ฌ |
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Feb 15, 2022 10:17:00 GMT -5
Jakks is going for decent money now? Since when? I had so much problems letting go of my Jakks collection and still have a load left. MOC Classics, mostly. I still canโt believe I tossed my loose ones when I moved a few years ago. All because I didnโt wanna be troubled selling them. ๐ฌ Shoot man, same here. I got so desperate to get rid of like that at one point I basically ended up loosing money and paying extra just to send out the figures. Major regret :/ |
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Post by crush on Feb 15, 2022 11:01:19 GMT -5
People are reading a lot more into this on all sides than is here. I donโt think this is going to open the floodgates for Mattel to start rereleasing figures or reprinting series all the time. Honestly, I think it has to do with Brock. Because he left the company for a while, all development kn his figures likely stopped/lineups got locked in, etc. Now heโs back and people are enjoying his current run, so this is the quickest way to get Brock back on the market right now.
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Post by viper412 on Feb 15, 2022 11:14:15 GMT -5
People are reading a lot more into this on all sides than is here. I donโt think this is going to open the floodgates for Mattel to start rereleasing figures or reprinting series all the time. Honestly, I think it has to do with Brock. Because he left the company for a while, all development kn his figures likely stopped/lineups got locked in, etc. Now heโs back and people are enjoying his current run, so this is the quickest way to get Brock back on the market right now. especially since Brock looks the same besides the head HBK being rereleased is a bonus, it just so happens that this was the least available set and HBK is the most expensive UE |
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Post by TheWholeFnShow on Feb 15, 2022 13:01:51 GMT -5
Thereโs no reserved list of figures. They didnโt sign a contract with anyone saying they couldnโt make something people already bought. Thing is they donโt stand to gain anything on a short produced run of figures people are spending 10x retail on. There was a time people were spending dumb money on Kevin Nash/Diesel because it was short packed and split 50/50. This was also when people were still on the fence about Mattelโs with Jakks collections already. Thereโs always gonna be a new fan/collector and itโs not these big companies interest to cater to hardcore collectors only. Tl:dr Thereโs plenty of stuff that is more valued to collect than wrestling figures. Most of these end up destroyed by kids and forgotten about in a couple years. Maybe in 25-30 years you can talk about value. Even Jakks that werenโt worth dirt are going for dumb prices right now. I love this comment. I also collect Magic cards, where there are cards on the reserved list that they will never print again. Reminds me of that. The only reserved list for Mattel now is just anyone who went to AEW. |
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Feb 15, 2022 15:15:04 GMT -5
Thereโs no reserved list of figures. They didnโt sign a contract with anyone saying they couldnโt make something people already bought. Thing is they donโt stand to gain anything on a short produced run of figures people are spending 10x retail on. There was a time people were spending dumb money on Kevin Nash/Diesel because it was short packed and split 50/50. This was also when people were still on the fence about Mattelโs with Jakks collections already. Thereโs always gonna be a new fan/collector and itโs not these big companies interest to cater to hardcore collectors only. Tl:dr Thereโs plenty of stuff that is more valued to collect than wrestling figures. Most of these end up destroyed by kids and forgotten about in a couple years. Maybe in 25-30 years you can talk about value. Even Jakks that werenโt worth dirt are going for dumb prices right now. I love this comment. I also collect Magic cards, where there are cards on the reserved list that they will never print again. Reminds me of that. The only reserved list for Mattel now is just anyone who went to AEW. was my exact thought. Iโm actually surprised that they still honor it given how big Wizards is now compared to when it started. |
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Post by TheWholeFnShow on Feb 16, 2022 6:50:29 GMT -5
I love this comment. I also collect Magic cards, where there are cards on the reserved list that they will never print again. Reminds me of that. The only reserved list for Mattel now is just anyone who went to AEW. was my exact thought. Iโm actually surprised that they still honor it given how big Wizards is now compared to when it started. If they could get rid of it they would so they could reprint everything & make a bunch of short term money. I think they are always worried abut getting sued because of past promises they've made, so that's the way it is. Many collectors & investors would be pissed if they did that though. |
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 16, 2022 9:26:32 GMT -5
I wouldn't re-release older ones, especially if that particular wrestler had a ton of different attires. I understand them re-releasing the Brock and HBK since they didn't get a full run the 1st time around. But they should stick to doing new attires each time.
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Post by โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ on Feb 16, 2022 10:09:50 GMT -5
So Steve confirmed himself that these are getting re-released a little later this year? Is it like a 100% straight up re-release -- same exact figure/accessories/packaging?
I've been on a HUSTLE trying to collect every UE figure and I am only missing UE1 Warrior, UE2 Balor and UE4 HBK -- and this HBK has been going on eBay for close to $400. I'd be over the moon to know I could get one for retail again, plus an extra Brock for my loose collection!
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Post by WrestlingFigWig on Feb 16, 2022 10:30:42 GMT -5
I wouldn't re-release older ones, especially if that particular wrestler had a ton of different attires. I understand them re-releasing the Brock and HBK since they didn't get a full run the 1st time around. But they should stick to doing new attires each time. It cracks me up reading this whole thread. Mattel is in the business of making the most money it can for the cheapest cost. If there is a demand for a certain figure, WHY would they spend time (which is money) and extra money retooling a figure or designing a new attire, when they can make more profit re-releasing the same fig? You guys gotta start thinking about this stuff from a business standpoint. Mattel doesn't give a crap about you having a rare piece in your collection that fetches $400 on eBay. They care about making money, and NEWS FLASH, that's every business. With inflation through the roof and consumer spending down, they're going for sure bets for the lowest cost. This checks all the boxes. |
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 16, 2022 12:15:48 GMT -5
I wouldn't re-release older ones, especially if that particular wrestler had a ton of different attires. I understand them re-releasing the Brock and HBK since they didn't get a full run the 1st time around. But they should stick to doing new attires each time. It cracks me up reading this whole thread. Mattel is in the business of making the most money it can for the cheapest cost. If there is a demand for a certain figure, WHY would they spend time (which is money) and extra money retooling a figure or designing a new attire, when they can make more profit re-releasing the same fig? You guys gotta start thinking about this stuff from a business standpoint. Mattel doesn't give a crap about you having a rare piece in your collection that fetches $400 on eBay. They care about making money, and NEWS FLASH, that's every business. With inflation through the roof and consumer spending down, they're going for sure bets for the lowest cost. This checks all the boxes. I didn't say anything about new tooling. And, chances are they would make more off of figures with new attires than ones that already were made. |
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Post by finnbalor1 on Feb 16, 2022 12:50:37 GMT -5
So Steve confirmed himself that these are getting re-released a little later this year? Is it like a 100% straight up re-release -- same exact figure/accessories/packaging? I've been on a HUSTLE trying to collect every UE figure and I am only missing UE1 Warrior, UE2 Balor and UE4 HBK -- and this HBK has been going on eBay for close to $400. I'd be over the moon to know I could get one for retail again, plus an extra Brock for my loose collection! His comment about it is on the first page of this thread towards the bottom ,if you want to read it but to me that's what it sounds like. |
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Post by taserface on Feb 16, 2022 16:45:23 GMT -5
Personally Iโm glad they are Re Releasing these two. Iโve got a loose HBK but Iโd like a MOC one too. Same for Brock. Iโll buy two, one for loose, one for MOC
I had Brock, bought him as โdamaged packagingโ from RSC. Never got around to opening it, they shot up, so I sold it for over $100
But Mattel re releasing older figures in the exact same packaging is going to hurt themselves in the long run no matter what this forums here thinks, a lot of collectors / flippers / scalpers, whatever you want to call them, buy multiples of these things to save and flip. Those days will come to an end, if straight re releases become common
Look at the prices when the following came out. And at least these packages were different
E14 Bossman - Network Spotlight Bossman (I know this because I had one for sale, then NS was announced and it started going for maybe half of what it was going for)
E19 Shawn - E44.5 Shawn
E23 Undertaker - E44.5 Undertaker
L2 Kamala - E44.5 Kamala
SDCC Taker - DM Undertaker (2nd)
The bottom dropped out on those figures and they differed at least in packaging.
As I said, I welcome it, but I can also see it turning a lot of people off
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