Biff Slamkovich™
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jul 26, 2024 13:33:55 GMT -5
They way steve answered that question kinda sounds like they're trying other retailers than Walmart. TRU Canada is a no go as they barely get the target exclusives they're supposed to get. I would like to see Gamestop Canada get the deal, as they have interest in getting exclusive figures and have had wwe as well as aew figures currently and in the past I think that's just the way you were reading it with all due respect. He gave no indication that Canada will ever see the line, just that he'd love if Walmart Canada would pick it up. Gamestop in my opinion probably wants to stay as far away from wrestling figures as possible. Every single Gamestop I've been to here in Vancouver (3 locations) all have AEW figures rotting shelves on clearance for over a year with zero WWE figures in stock.
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Post by tyco84 on Jul 26, 2024 18:53:52 GMT -5
They way steve answered that question kinda sounds like they're trying other retailers than Walmart. TRU Canada is a no go as they barely get the target exclusives they're supposed to get. I would like to see Gamestop Canada get the deal, as they have interest in getting exclusive figures and have had wwe as well as aew figures currently and in the past I think that's just the way you were reading it with all due respect. He gave no indication that Canada will ever see the line, just that he'd love if Walmart Canada would pick it up. Gamestop in my opinion probably wants to stay as far away from wrestling figures as possible. Every single Gamestop I've been to here in Vancouver (3 locations) all have AEW figures rotting shelves on clearance for over a year with zero WWE figures in stock. You might be right. Trying to find hope where no hope is found Alot of people were finding the aew supreme sting at gamestops and gamestop had one of the newer aew waves this spring. (unrivaled 14)
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Post by humbruh on Jul 27, 2024 1:02:03 GMT -5
The best option for them to do if they could is just make it a regular release for Canada. I'm not sure why Target or Walmart in the States would care about exclusives being sold elsewhere in another country. It doesn't affect them at all.
Amazon Canada is still the best option as they actually seem to get some new WWE product and would be willing to sell it. As for other stores Best Buy has been pretty good for stuff like Marvel Legends and Star Wars over the years. They don't carry any Mattel stuff and it feels like a missed opportunity.
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Post by bustajesse on Jul 28, 2024 4:07:01 GMT -5
The amount of exclusives to Target/Walmart is getting ridiculous. Literally every Ultimate figure I want is exclusive. I think these should be available to purchase from the Mattel site for internationals. I get that Mattel made their money already doing it the way they do but the animosity it creates for collectors in the community outside of the USA is bad for business.
I just started collecting 18 months ago (I’m sure I have over 200 figures now) and I’m already tired of these tactics, by all parties involved. It makes me want to not even bother anymore and put my money elsewhere.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jul 28, 2024 11:05:08 GMT -5
The amount of exclusives to Target/Walmart is getting ridiculous. Literally every Ultimate figure I want is exclusive. I think these should be available to purchase from the Mattel site for internationals. I get that Mattel made their money already doing it the way they do but the animosity it creates for collectors in the community outside of the USA is bad for business. I just started collecting 18 months ago (I’m sure I have over 200 figures now) and I’m already tired of these tactics, by all parties involved. It makes me want to not even bother anymore and put my money elsewhere. Yep and their excuse is always "Retailer didn't want to carry the line". Okay, well, isn't it in your companies best interest to then find a new dance partner to carry that product? The UK doesn't have Walmart, how come Smyth's got to carry the MNW line? There are other retailers here like Toys R Us and Gamestop that could carry the line too. Were they even asked by Mattel?? I feel for you. I mean depending on what you collect, finding WWE figures in this day and age in Canada is literally the worst period ever. Doubly so if you're a collector of talent from past eras as these figures always get put into random sub-lines Mattel makes. This overcomplicties/confuses things for retail partners like Walmart Canada who only dedicate a small corner of their stores to toys, and an even smaller area of their toy sections to wrestling. Throw AEW into the mix (who have 2-3 year old product rotting shelves in my area btw) and you now have retailers only wanting to commit even LESS space to wrestling figures AND who now think that they don't sell (thanks AEW).
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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Jul 28, 2024 16:56:07 GMT -5
The amount of exclusives to Target/Walmart is getting ridiculous. Literally every Ultimate figure I want is exclusive. I think these should be available to purchase from the Mattel site for internationals. I get that Mattel made their money already doing it the way they do but the animosity it creates for collectors in the community outside of the USA is bad for business. I just started collecting 18 months ago (I’m sure I have over 200 figures now) and I’m already tired of these tactics, by all parties involved. It makes me want to not even bother anymore and put my money elsewhere. Yep and their excuse is always "Retailer didn't want to carry the line". Okay, well, isn't it in your companies best interest to then find a new dance partner to carry that product? The UK doesn't have Walmart, how come Smyth's got to carry the MNW line? There are other retailers here like Toys R Us and Gamestop that could carry the line too. Were they even asked by Mattel?? I feel for you. I mean depending on what you collect, finding WWE figures in this day and age in Canada is literally the worst period ever. Doubly so if you're a collector of talent from past eras as these figures always get put into random sub-lines Mattel makes. This overcomplicties/confuses things for retail partners like Walmart Canada who only dedicate a small corner of their stores to toys, and an even smaller area of their toy sections to wrestling. Throw AEW into the mix (who have 2-3 year old product rotting shelves in my area btw) and you now have retailers only wanting to commit even LESS space to wrestling figures AND who now think that they don't sell (thanks AEW). I think maybe bill and steve hate Canada. You've seen what they've done to Bret's head. To Trish's head. Mini ultimate Kevin Owens. It's a conspiracy. Jesse Ventura needs to look into it. Phone. Innernet.
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Post by tyco84 on Jul 28, 2024 17:44:41 GMT -5
I think it's mattel as a whole. They know how to ship barbie and hot wheels and that's it. I haven't seen any masterverse figures any of the he-man cartoon figures or the masters x tmnt figures. Three huge lines from mattel that I saw awesome stuff at sdcc for it and I've never seen any of it anywhere
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jul 29, 2024 2:50:33 GMT -5
I can’t understand Wal-Mart deciding not to carry lines like MNW. The Ruthless Aggression figures (or at least the ones that we got) clearly sold well…I just don’t get it.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Jul 31, 2024 20:59:42 GMT -5
Best option is to just quit imo lol. It's been 10+ years of Mattel not having WWE products consistently in Canada. I'd say there is no indication that will ever improve. We get bursts of figures once, twice if we're lucky, a year. Long gone are the days of pre-Mattel when you could expect to find these once mass produced toys in stores.
I don't see the WWE line of toys being consistently released internationally until the license moves on from Mattel, if that happens. And even then, it's doubtful. The precedent has been set.
I'm sticking to the secondary market, preferably local or at least Canadian. I'm definitely done driving all over my province looking for toys I have no chance at to begin with.
Last week I was in Winnipeg and was lucky enough to visit a guy's storage locker stuffed with thousands of loose figures. From E1 to current stuff. I don't know why I have to do things like that to get these as if they were contraband. But I'm definitely sick of it and the fact that nobody has any answers.
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Biff Slamkovich™
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Aug 1, 2024 0:19:21 GMT -5
^ Having to buy stuff on the secondary market sucks though. It's ridiculous that I have to pay $70 to $100 for a brand new Ultimate Edition or $50 to $60 for an Elite.
Considering that Elites have gone from $22.99 when they were first released to now $34.99 at retail is already bad enough.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Aug 1, 2024 0:33:08 GMT -5
^ Having to buy stuff on the secondary market sucks though. It's ridiculous that I have to pay $70 to $100 for a brand new Ultimate Edition or $50 to $60 for an Elite. Considering that Elites have gone from $22.99 when they were first released to now $34.99 at retail is already bad enough. Yeah I pretty much say goodbye to anything new. There's a scalper in my area who sells the new stuff often for $40 each. So I'll go to him sometimes. Mostly I look for old lots and hold out for cheap buys that pop up now and then. But I'm usually buying older stuff because of that.
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Post by evanrd on Aug 1, 2024 7:05:51 GMT -5
Decent week of hauls, if your not playing cwc razzies on Facebook, you should give it a shot, always really good and new figs to choose from, I’ve won myself 4 or 5 times and always top notch shipping, this week I won a undertaker target exclusive fig, bought a ultimate Cody ( which was also a option ) to come with it, also got a new unrivalled 14 Ricky starks from captains collectibuzz, based out of Winnipeg. The store has a awesome selection, good to deal with and they will ship out figs all over Canada! It’s a been good week image hosting with direct linking
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Aug 1, 2024 17:08:05 GMT -5
So Survivor Series just got announced for Vancouver....holy crap.
This is hands down the biggest PPV/PLE we've ever had.
I hope Vancity shows up for what is expected to bring the Bloodline Wars!
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Post by savagewm8 on Aug 7, 2024 13:53:46 GMT -5
So Survivor Series just got announced for Vancouver....holy crap. This is hands down the biggest PPV/PLE we've ever had. I hope Vancity shows up for what is expected to bring the Bloodline Wars!
Enjoy. I went to MITB Toronto and it was a blast
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Aug 7, 2024 16:50:14 GMT -5
So Survivor Series just got announced for Vancouver....holy crap. This is hands down the biggest PPV/PLE we've ever had. I hope Vancity shows up for what is expected to bring the Bloodline Wars! Enjoy. I went to MITB Toronto and it was a blast
Yeah you guys always get the best stuff. PLE's, televised shows, autograph signings, wrestlers appearing at Cons.....that stuff doesn't happen out west much at all.
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Post by roddie on Aug 8, 2024 16:55:23 GMT -5
I picked up the Knuckle crunchers Dominick Mysterio today at Walmart in Sydney River. I found this weird line called kawaii cubes. They are mini stuffed heads. I got Ambrose,Warrior,Cena, Balor and Roman Reigns. They were 2.50 a piece which was pretty good.
I also got a package from a buddy that lives in the UK. He got me some of the Monday night wars line of Rock, Hogan, Stevie Ray and RVD and upon looking at the package I seen they are shipped via Mattel Canada. So why aren't we getting this line since they are producing the figures.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Aug 8, 2024 17:12:51 GMT -5
I picked up the Knuckle crunchers Dominick Mysterio today at Walmart in Sydney River. I found this weird line called kawaii cubes. They are mini stuffed heads. I got Ambrose,Warrior,Cena, Balor and Roman Reigns. They were 2.50 a piece which was pretty good. I also got a package from a buddy that lives in the UK. He got me some of the Monday night wars line of Rock, Hogan, Stevie Ray and RVD and upon looking at the package I seen they are shipped via Mattel Canada. So why aren't we getting this line since they are producing the figures. What.........that's bull****.
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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Aug 9, 2024 17:10:31 GMT -5
I missed out on Tiffany again, but I did pick up the red Ludvig Kaiser. Walmart had both versions but I wanted him to match the red Gunther I have.
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Post by K5 on Aug 10, 2024 20:49:57 GMT -5
Enjoy. I went to MITB Toronto and it was a blast
Yeah you guys always get the best stuff. PLE's, televised shows, autograph signings, wrestlers appearing at Cons.....that stuff doesn't happen out west much at all. to be fair, Toronto has always been a huge wrestling location. pumped to have Maple Leaf Wrestling returning, courtesy of Scott D’Amore
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Post by jericholic21 on Aug 20, 2024 2:36:44 GMT -5
Went to my local TRU and picked up a random AEW Jade Cargill figure. Shocked to have found her in the wild after all this time. Also went to Value Village and grabbed a BCA Brown attire Mankind, been after him for ages. Very cool week for sure.
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