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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Jan 7, 2024 21:43:39 GMT -5
I went to TRU (Regina) today hoping for something new. Literally (meant literally) the only WWE figure they had was about 8 WM Bianca basics. They had a bunch of the Adam Cole and Samoa Joe figures, and a few other AEW figures. The worst I have ever seen it. I did, however, pick up this for my Godwinn BCA figures.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Jan 7, 2024 23:22:19 GMT -5
I went to TRU (Regina) today hoping for something new. Literally (meant literally) the only WWE figure they had was about 8 WM Bianca basics. They had a bunch of the Adam Cole and Samoa Joe figures, and a few other AEW figures. The worst I have ever seen it. I did, however, pick up this for my Godwinn BCA figures. Babe will be happy to have a new home.
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Post by Malakai Black on Jan 12, 2024 23:36:06 GMT -5
Today’s Delivery: Greatest Hits Elite 3 Brutus Beefcake Elite 106 Roxanne Perez
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Biff Slamkovich™
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 15, 2024 0:58:50 GMT -5
The new Wrestlemania elite Rock Nicholas BAF is on Amazon.ca for anyone interested.
I'll be passing SO hard on that entire wave. The BAF is crap and I have no interest in anyone in that line as I already either have a figure of them that's close to those attires or I just don't care about them (McAfee) lol.
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Post by BoneCrunchingCustoms on Jan 15, 2024 4:18:48 GMT -5
The new Wrestlemania elite Rock Nicholas BAF is on Amazon.ca for anyone interested. I'll be passing SO hard on that entire wave. The BAF is crap and I have no interest in anyone in that line as I already either have a figure of them that's close to those attires or I just don't care about them (McAfee) lol. Rock's attire isn't even right lol. Good headscan tho.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 15, 2024 11:46:16 GMT -5
The new Wrestlemania elite Rock Nicholas BAF is on Amazon.ca for anyone interested. I'll be passing SO hard on that entire wave. The BAF is crap and I have no interest in anyone in that line as I already either have a figure of them that's close to those attires or I just don't care about them (McAfee) lol. Rock's attire isn't even right lol. Good headscan tho. Yeah. Too bad a goatee Rock has been done before. I don't need multiple of the same characters even if they have an improved scan. That's just me though.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Jan 15, 2024 14:23:51 GMT -5
Rock's attire isn't even right lol. Good headscan tho. Yeah. Too bad a goatee Rock has been done before. I don't need multiple of the same characters even if they have an improved scan. That's just me though. Definitely! I’ve been going through my collection because of some house work and man, I have way too much shit. Save yourselves if it’s not too late! I have zero space to put anything else, and I don’t even want half the stuff I have now. This is something collectors will find out the moment they have to start moving things.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 15, 2024 14:44:12 GMT -5
Yeah. Too bad a goatee Rock has been done before. I don't need multiple of the same characters even if they have an improved scan. That's just me though. Definitely! I’ve been going through my collection because of some house work and man, I have way too much crap. Save yourselves if it’s not too late! I have zero space to put anything else, and I don’t even want half the stuff I have now. This is something collectors will find out the moment they have to start moving things. That's literally what I'm going to be doing soon oddly enough. Gf and me got a new place and we'll be moving soon. I keep an inventory of my entire collection on my phone, and I have a feeling once I go through everything I'm going to fall out of love with a ton of stuff. My AEW collection has already become out of favor too so I have no idea what I'll do with those. If that like hadn't died here in Canada and we stayed somewhat up to date maybe this wouldn't have happened but oh well.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Jan 15, 2024 15:42:09 GMT -5
I'd love to know the difference between why Jakks' BCA and Ruthless Aggression and CS lines were widely available while Mattel has dropped the ball an insane amount internationally since they took over in late 2009.
I used to be able to walk into any Canadian Walmart or Zellers and the latest series' or close to them would be out. Figure hunting was almost always a success.
Was Jakks just that much cheaper that it effected it so hard? Or did they have better distribution connections?
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 15, 2024 15:55:11 GMT -5
I'd love to know the difference between why Jakks' BCA and Ruthless Aggression and CS lines were widely available while Mattel has dropped the ball an insane amount internationally since they took over in late 2009. I used to be able to walk into any Canadian Walmart or Zellers and the latest series' or close to them would be out. Figure hunting was almost always a success. Was Jakks just that much cheaper that it effected it so hard? Or did they have better distribution connections? Ugh I know. Although during the BCA days there were instances where we missed out on figures. Any KB Toys exclusive like Yokozuna for example was never available in Canada. For the entire run of Ruthless Aggression figures I remember there were entire waves that got skipped here. Classic Superstars missed a bunch of waves here over the years and I remember being so upset. Still, Jakks' distribution as a whole back then was much more reliable for us Canadian collectors. If they only had 2 or 3 lines I think we'd see an improvement. Like is there a need for Elite, Legends, Summerslam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Monday Night Wars, Attitude Era, Defining Moments, Entrance Greats, Then, Now, Forever, Hall of Champions, Flashback, and some others I'm probably forgetting? It's overkill and you could have just as easily merged current roster with legends and slotted them in each wave as you went along. I think when Mattel is done and we all look back the number one knock on them will have been their blunders with distribution. Even Americans now are saying that they aren't seeing anything on their local Walmart or Targets shelves for months at a time. That is not a retailer problem. Mattel's heavy reliance on retail exclusive lines for arguably one of the most popular action figure lines on the planet is baffling. I think it speaks more to their business model than the products not being able to sell well and needing a particular retailer to take them on to move them. I think if another company got a crack at making WWE figures down the road distribution could be fixed. Mattel has just spread themselves way too thin when it comes to the various lines they produce and the result is such where it really only benefits American collectors. They are tone deaf to the feedback and concerns of international collectors and I think that's obvious with how the Nitro arena crowdfund was handled. They blame the consumers for not backing it but take no fault in how they decided to market and deploy the campaign.
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Post by roddie on Jan 15, 2024 19:50:48 GMT -5
I always laugh when American figure collecters talk about having nothing on the shelves and they show a full rack of figures that Canadian fans would die for. I'm not sure if it's Mattel's problem regarding distribution because other Mattel products are always fully stocked. I blame it more on the retailers being too lazy to order in items. Because we didn't have consistent AEW product either. Plus Walmart has exclusive items and you can't tell me that the Canadian section can't order the same figures. Because we see Walmart exclusive funkos and DVD's. Plus Jakks had the TNA license in 2010 and they had Hogan, Sting, Nash and other legends on the roster and they didn't order those in either.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jan 19, 2024 4:48:28 GMT -5
That Rock is the one I've wanted for years. That unique Survivor Series attire with the bull on the front, and a beautiful new head with the goatee. Perfect figure (other than the fact that it's in a Wrestlemania wave...).
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 29, 2024 1:56:14 GMT -5
Picked up UE Rock today from a Facebook marketplace ad for $60. Pretty happy I was able to snag this. It seriously sucks how TRU gave up on the UE line and how Walmart here doesn't carry it at all.
We're gonna completely miss out on the MNW UE's and probably will miss out on th MNW elites given how bad Walmart Canada's track record is when it comes to their own exclusives. Which let's face it, when Mattel announces something is an exclusive, it's a UNITED STATES exclusive.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jan 29, 2024 22:33:04 GMT -5
It’s come to the point where I might not even bother checking Walmart anymore…What’s the point?
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Jan 30, 2024 0:28:20 GMT -5
It’s come to the point where I might not even bother checking Walmart anymore…What’s the point? No point. It’s as round as a stump, my friend. Terrible selection at Wally world right now, and ToysRUs isn’t much better for wrestling figures right now. The well is dry here in Canadia.
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 30, 2024 3:20:53 GMT -5
Not defending TRU but after Christmas retailers don't really bring in much new product unless something is street dated like Lego or whatever.
I know TRU did their yearly inventory recently and during that time no product gets sent to stores from the main warehouse in Markham.
That being said, hopefully new stuff starts appearing soon cause TRU in particular I think is 6 waves behind the US. Last wave I spotted at TRU was E100. Walmart got E102 late last year but nothing since.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jan 30, 2024 16:48:55 GMT -5
It’s come to the point where I might not even bother checking Walmart anymore…What’s the point? No point. It’s as round as a stump, my friend. Terrible selection at Wally world right now, and ToysRUs isn’t much better for wrestling figures right now. The well is dry here in Canadia. I think it might be the driest it's ever been...Really bad.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Jan 30, 2024 17:31:09 GMT -5
No point. It’s as round as a stump, my friend. Terrible selection at Wally world right now, and ToysRUs isn’t much better for wrestling figures right now. The well is dry here in Canadia. I think it might be the driest it's ever been...Really bad. As dry as a fiddler’s fart.
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Post by tyco84 on Jan 30, 2024 21:11:05 GMT -5
If TRU ever gets new figures, I fear they'll be a price increase. The TRUs in Winnipeg have already jacked up their marvel legends to $39.99
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Jan 31, 2024 1:52:08 GMT -5
If TRU ever gets new figures, I fear they'll be a price increase. The TRUs in Winnipeg have already jacked up their marvel legends to $39.99 A regular ML figure is $39.99?? What in the hell...
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