Raw is War Stage. Would you buy it?

I’d buy it for sure. I don’t think it needs to cost the earth either. There no piece that shouldn’t be able to be mass produced like a bigger version of a kids toy for my money.

I think if they made it that scale, it would easily be $400-500 -- and I don't think people will pay that

I think that the stages shouldn’t be scale accurate. That’s kind of ridiculous. A scale ring makes perfect sense. Personally, I think the scale rings should be 20in x 20in because the real thing is 20ft x 20ft and these are 6in figures. So 6ft should roughly scale down to 6in and not reliant on 1:12 or 1:13 scaling, which I suspect is how we ended up with the 20in x 20in Main Event rings that were too short. But stages shouldn’t be scale accurate.

The New Gen entrance being accurate makes sense, because it’s a narrow piece. There should be a middle ground for collectors between 100% accurate stages and and the first 2 entrances stages Mattel put out. Mattel’s Raw Entrance Stage was a fantastic piece. Taking something that size and extending it a few inches in each dimension so you could fit more figures on it would be perfect. And limiting the “action” features would keep the price down. I think taking that Raw is War stage and shrinking certain parts down by 25% or 50% would still make for a killer piece that more people could justify owning. I love my Raw Entrance Stage and Ultimate Entrance Stage, but they’re a little small.

That’s a good idea to make it adjustable. Kind of like the ring barricades that Mattel and RSC made. I bought a bunch of those to make them surround a bigger area. Mattel could make the scaffolding into shorter segments that snap together to adjust their height so you can adjust it to fit in the space a collector has available. Kind of like K’Nex. It would also allow Mattel to reduce the number molds they have to pay to be created. And maybe the scaffolding is also the base for the stage so the stage can be lowered. And the ramp could be stackable pieces or sectioned in a way that allows for adjustments to be made. And the stage grates could be broken up into pieces that allow them to be adjusted, too. Kind of like a Lego-style, build-your-own entrance sort of thing. This is probably the only entrance stage you could do that with, but I’m sure Mattel could reuse the molds for something else in the future.

As awesome as this entrance is it’s to big and would probably be to expensive for my wallet

I wonder if they would sell that next. It wouldn't go with the ring that they're releasing to us.

Get it for the figures and sell off the stage, same as I plan to do with the new generation arena

It's a very fine line these companies have to straddle with these crowdfunding projects. Even something like Star Wars with a very dedicated fan base has had a failure recently with their Rancor crowdfund. It was expensive and didn't have very enticing stretch goals. Even the New Gen arena with something enticing like Doink didn't take off until the Randy Savage figure was added.

To answer the price question I think for the exact one they had at display at Axxess I’d easily pay between $300 and $400 and max $600. I’m sure they’d offer us a few ultimate editions as well which would be awesome but it would just be icing on the cake lol. Thinking about the lighting and smoke extra effects they will surely add as well easily would pay $600. Also this would be a great step forward in getting more entrance stages that we’ve been suggesting like:WCW Nitro, Smackdown, exc.