arossi417
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Post by arossi417 on Jul 19, 2023 22:12:00 GMT -5
The frustrating thing is it feels like Jazwares isn’t interested in fan feedback. People have been complaining about the chases since wave 1 of Unrivaled. And while they did bump the numbers up once; this feels like a huge step back. There was so much backlash about the Brodie Lee SDCC exclusive, but this year it feels like they did the same exact thing. And this isn’t me being like “why can’t I get the Sting and coffin”. I’ve accepted that he won’t be available online. But now I have to wonder what’s the point of complaining about the staining? They’re not going to listen to us. What’s the point of complaining about wonky face sculpts? I don’t even know if there’s anything that they can say at this panel to actually make me feel excited for the future of this line. And yeah, I know I’m bitching and moaning online. I’m well aware that I’m just wasting my time doing so. It gets semi-acknowledged if anything. Like you said, they bump chase numbers up, and then don't get product out to stores so you can even find them anyway. We're supposed to be getting new cases of figures at retail this summer, and people are finding sets from almost a year ago. It was pretty easy to just not want the Rare/Chase figures or even the SDCC stuff. I haven't even bothered with the ShopAEW stuff, but they have avenues to put out limited stuff that don't involve making FTITL talent a chase. At least with the Mattel collector's editions, they came in every case (if I remember right), so you had some chance of getting the figure.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 19, 2023 22:18:27 GMT -5
The frustrating thing is it feels like Jazwares isn’t interested in fan feedback. People have been complaining about the chases since wave 1 of Unrivaled. And while they did bump the numbers up once; this feels like a huge step back. There was so much backlash about the Brodie Lee SDCC exclusive, but this year it feels like they did the same exact thing. And this isn’t me being like “why can’t I get the Sting and coffin”. I’ve accepted that he won’t be available online. But now I have to wonder what’s the point of complaining about the staining? They’re not going to listen to us. What’s the point of complaining about wonky face sculpts? I don’t even know if there’s anything that they can say at this panel to actually make me feel excited for the future of this line. And yeah, I know I’m bitching and moaning online. I’m well aware that I’m just wasting my time doing so. I'm right there with you. I never loved the chase concept, but I could live with it as long as they weren't locking exclusive characters behind the program. Clearly they're doubling down on what they think makes a successful toy line. But that's incredibly off putting for me. I don't really care about figures holding value, worth, etc. But a toy line where 90% of your figures end up sold for well under MSRP and 10% end up being $50+ doesn't seem like a healthy ecosystem to me. Clearly it’s not successful seeing how the line has gone
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secondwhiteline
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Post by secondwhiteline on Jul 19, 2023 22:26:11 GMT -5
Oh Lord, they really did. I'm honestly a little impressed Jazwares managed to confound even my low expectations for this line.
I don't know if anyone saw Jada's preview night, with wave 3 of Street Fighter and the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners figures? But as soon as this license expires it needs to go to Jada. They're doing such good work.
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Post by bradpitt on Jul 21, 2023 14:32:15 GMT -5
Jazwares sucks and is killing this line
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wrestlingfan1000
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Post by wrestlingfan1000 on Jul 21, 2023 14:47:02 GMT -5
A few said they hope Jazzwares loses the AEW license months back I believe, and I wanted to give them a chance to change my mind. However this move has really made me feel that I'm not interested in anything they are doing. They made collecting their line not fun anymore.
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iamcline
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Post by iamcline on Jul 21, 2023 17:44:47 GMT -5
I'm at the point where someone else needs to start making AEW figures. A lot of these aren't even worth $10 in an RSC sale.
...and for the love of god we need someone else to make Sting figures. PLEASE
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Post by mrmonkeyofficial on Jul 21, 2023 17:55:01 GMT -5
Wait they are making figures of specific wrestler's 1 0f 5000? instead of a different attire? did i read that right? if that's the case, then oh man that is stupid, and i thought Mattel was bad when they made specific wrestler's chases, that was awful, but at least they weren't 1 of 5000
You have people that stick with you even throughout the radio silence all year, and then you pull this? good luck with that Jazwares lol
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Post by destino on Jul 21, 2023 18:12:34 GMT -5
Semi related: So Mattel has been showing off MOTU figures based on the Filmation cartoon and has said that these will take the place of MOTU Origins at retail, but are committed to finishing the retro updates of classic figures through Mattel creations. Now this sucks because Origins was such a great line until they stopped shipping figures to retail over a year ago, even though like 5 waves have been put out since. And now we’re going to have to wait and see if we’ll have to deal with instant sell outs or long waits due to open preorders.
IF, and I know it’s a big IF, Jazwares is going to announce a way to sell lesser popular characters, like the Bunny directly to consumers, like the ROH line with Jazwares Vault, then this could be a decent compromise. But it doesn’t fix the the overall problem that they need to drop these chase and rare figures. Because they’re certainly not going to increase the number anymore.
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wrestlingfan0815
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jul 21, 2023 19:15:57 GMT -5
Wait they are making figures of specific wrestler's 1 0f 5000? instead of a different attire? did i read that right? if that's the case, then oh man that is stupid, and i thought Mattel was bad when they made specific wrestler's chases, that was awful, but at least they weren't 1 of 5000 You have people that stick with you even throughout the radio silence all year, and then you pull this? good luck with that Jazwares lol yes that’s unfortunately what their doing which is the dumbest decision they’ve made yet because collectors aren’t gonna have a chance at her because greedy scalpers will scoop her up because of that stupid chase sticker on the package, they better not make julia hart this way as well
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Post by Jeremiah on Jul 22, 2023 15:29:59 GMT -5
You will be able to get made to order figures thru vault
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secondwhiteline
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Post by secondwhiteline on Jul 22, 2023 16:30:17 GMT -5
Semi related: So Mattel has been showing off MOTU figures based on the Filmation cartoon and has said that these will take the place of MOTU Origins at retail, but are committed to finishing the retro updates of classic figures through Mattel creations. Now this sucks because Origins was such a great line until they stopped shipping figures to retail over a year ago, even though like 5 waves have been put out since. And now we’re going to have to wait and see if we’ll have to deal with instant sell outs or long waits due to open preorders. IF, and I know it’s a big IF, Jazwares is going to announce a way to sell lesser popular characters, like the Bunny directly to consumers, like the ROH line with Jazwares Vault, then this could be a decent compromise. But it doesn’t fix the the overall problem that they need to drop these chase and rare figures. Because they’re certainly not going to increase the number anymore.
I don't have a ton of hope for Jazwares of all companies selling limited edition products through their own infrastructure. They have trouble getting things out through the prebuilt infrastructure of others and they keep making their own product more and more limited against consumer demand for the opposite. I'm waiting for the day Jeremy thinks to himself, "Hey self, remember the One Ring that Magic: The Gathering made only one copy of? That's exactly the shot in the arm the AEW line needs! Oh hey, a 3 a.m. text about WFigs forum rumors. We're on fire!"
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 22, 2023 17:03:27 GMT -5
I will not be able to get made to order figures through the Jazwares vault lol I just know they’ll mess this up
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theghost
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Post by theghost on Jul 22, 2023 19:59:52 GMT -5
The whole line is chase for me.
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wrestlingfan0815
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jul 22, 2023 23:33:44 GMT -5
The whole line is chase for me. you mine as well say practically every series after unrivaled 10 has been online exclusive so far
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 22, 2023 23:42:17 GMT -5
The whole line is chase for me. you mine as well say practically every series after unrivaled 10 has been online exclusive so far And every main line Supreme unless you live in one of the 20 towns that got series 1 at Target
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wrestlingfan0815
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jul 23, 2023 0:43:13 GMT -5
you mine as well say practically every series after unrivaled 10 has been online exclusive so far And every main line Supreme unless you live in one of the 20 towns that got series 1 at Target targets in my area got series 1 which I bought Cody when I first seen him and found him maybe once or twice after that now Britt on the other hand has been a pegwarmer, like you said though no sign of 2 or 3 and I doubt they’ll hit at this point
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Post by destino on Jul 26, 2023 22:46:53 GMT -5
I got bored and got to thinking: Jazwares will probably do what they're doing to the Bunny again. No way they listen to the fan feedback and only try this once. So I decided to look up the announced line ups from the last event and try and pick out the chases. Join in the game if you want. I'll list the full line and you guess who's getting shafted
Unmatched 7 (probably too far along to be affected by this) We know the chase is Thunder Rosa and Hook is the rare
Unmatched 8 Malachi Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews, Penta Oscuro & Abadon Its Abadon. It's not even close
Unmatched 9 Brian Danielson, Mox, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio, Jamie Hayter, Alex Reynolds & Jeff Hardy Alex Reynolds. This is the first name that came to mind when I started this. Finishing Dark Order went from super easy to damn near impossible.
Unmatched 10 Britt Baker, Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Brandon Cutler & Kyle O'Riley I really wanted a Brandon Cutler figure. I swear. But again, another easy one.
Unmatched 11 Sammy Guevara, Tay Melo, Darby Allin, Jack Perry, MJF, Jay White & Blade Runner Sting This one's a bit tricky because my gut says Tay, but I want to believe that there's data to prove she would sell better than yet another Jungle Boy. So I'm going with Jungle Boy in the hope that it is the Brazil themed gear on Tay and that she makes it to retail.
Unrivaled 14 Swerve, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Toni Storm, Anthony Bowens, Max Castor & Billy Gunn On the one hand Billy Gunn is a manager. On the other, he's one of the most over people today... Maybe Ricky??
Unrivaled 15 Samoa Joe, Ethan Page, Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Saraya & MJF Strong line up, but I'm going to say Ethan Page. Hope I'm wrong (I hope this begins and ends with the Bunny tbh)
Unrivaled 16 Orange Cassidy, Konosuke, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Julia Hart, Colton Gunn & Austin Gunn Konosuke feels like a super safe bet here.
BTW I just learned you're not allowed to spell Konosuke's last name on here. I had to edit the post because it looked like I was bad mouthing the guy when in fact I really enjoy his matches.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 27, 2023 1:46:48 GMT -5
I’d bet on Julia Hart being the chase before Konosuke
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Post by dmiller on Jul 27, 2023 6:11:05 GMT -5
I’d bet on Julia Hart being the chase before Konosuke I really hope that's not the case because she's the only figure I'd want and I'd like to get multiples.
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Post by destino on Jul 27, 2023 9:49:00 GMT -5
I figured Julia has a better shot because she’s more visually interesting. Konosuke is a Japanese dude in plain black trunks & boots.
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