OFFICIAL Ultimate WCW Nitro Entrance Crowdfund Thread

I think we very easily lose sight of the fact that this community is a very small slice of the pie.  There's the Major crowd, many of whom only engage in those groups (I don't, so no clue what the reaction is there), and a lot of people who collect casually and never set foot into these online spaces.   There are going to be collectors who never even knew the Amazon Hogan existed and will jump all over a WCW Hogan.

The question is how effectively Mattel can reach those crowds or other casual buyers.  I think a WM season reveal definitely gives them the best chance of getting in front of those eyeballs.  And the structure sure makes it seem like they feel pretty confident about getting to around 8k and hoping Warrior and Steiner pull them higher.

We'll see how effective the marketing is.  We'll see how accurate their internal projections are.  But I don't think any of these goals are wild when you look at the numbers other projects have done.

Yeah, the value is absolutely there.  I'd argue the stage itself is a $300-400 item itself based on the price of similar crowd funded campaigns.  Even if the Hogan isn't the most exciting, it'll be a limited run piece of a highly collected wrestler.  Mysterio's career is winding down and it's impossible to say if he'll be available to Mattel beyond that.  DDP is a guy who really only had 2 memorable looks.  I think that figure holds long term value.

I'm probably only buying 1 this time.  But if people are only interested in select items, you can probably recoup a decent chunk of the cost.

Yeah, the value is absolutely there.  I'd argue the stage itself is a $300-400 item itself based on the price of similar crowd funded campaigns.  Even if the Hogan isn't the most exciting, it'll be a limited run piece of a highly collected wrestler.  Mysterio's career is winding down and it's impossible to say if he'll be available to Mattel beyond that.  DDP is a guy who really only had 2 memorable looks.  I think that figure holds long term value.

I'm probably only buying 1 this time.  But if people are only interested in select items, you can probably recoup a decent chunk of the cost.

The value is there but it's wrapped up in chance. 

The likelihood of 5k backers in 9 days, at this price point, is quite low. Which means it becomes $400 for the arena and Rey, whilst fingers stay crossed for DDP.

The value argument falls short for me as can only be deemed good value if you have reasonable control over what you actually receive.