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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Aug 15, 2023 7:39:19 GMT -5
Undesirable figures? Every one of those figures is a seller. Rock and Cena always sell. Stunning Steve from his solo run was never done before. Rey usually sells well and that was WCW Rey. And Becky Lynch sells well. And Andre sells well. That was literally a slam dunk series. Maybe undesirable is the wrong word. More like under-desired. I'm not saying those figures aren't ones who sell, but most people that I've seen anywhere has referred to Elite 100 as being lackluster outside of the belts. It wasn't so much that the figures were bad, it was more that they banked most of the sales value of that wave on the belts. I don't know of anyone who was looking for that particular fantasy Rock attire but people have been shouting for the Brahma Bull belt for ages. Same with Becky. The Becky is a nice enough figure but I collect women's figures as a major staple of my collection and I never needed that Becky. But I've wanted resized belts forever, now we have them. The Andre was definitely wanted for a long time, and I'm glad he was a the chase, and Stunning Steve and Rey were good to have too I guess. But overall, I've seen most of the comments of E100 to be negative outside the belts. You are the first person I've seen to say that Elite 100 was a "Slam Dunk" and I guess to each their own. IDK. Andre in a suit and Stunning Steve have both been highly requested figures for a while. I’m sure these figures were more desirable than the belts they were packed with. |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Aug 15, 2023 7:59:36 GMT -5
Since I can't quote reply on my phone...
Suited Andre is definitely the highlight of that whole set for me and again, thrilled he was the chase. Seeing as how we got the belt he came with at the same time elsewhere, I feel like he is one example in that wave that 100% the figure was the selling point.
That one I'll happily conceded.
As for Stunning Steve, it's not that he's not a desired figure on this board, but I really don't see him as being one a ton of casual collectors were looking for. Definitely one for the legacy collectors, so to speak. But then, I have to admit that there seems to have been a shift in that direction overall lately. More figures aimed at the collectors and less for kids. The videos about the change in basics alone makes me think that Mattel/WWE has finally realized that most kids just aren't playing with toys anymore, so they need to stop making toys.
So who knows. The original post I made was more to state that Mattel isn't going to make a rare belt pack when rare belts can easily move figures off pegs that people wouldn't otherwise buy. That was the general point of that post, not so much a commentary on Elite 100, which is what it seems to have ended up as.
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Post by Rocket_Fuel_Merchant on Aug 15, 2023 8:39:52 GMT -5
Wow really? Sheesh, didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up. May have to look into those. If nothing else, I am in desperate need of a set of OLD school tag belts for the Wild Samoans. Not sure who might have those but I'll have to look around. Yup! personally, what I would do is probably wait on Dan (Turnquist) to get caught up on his existing orders and start taking orders again...but you can definitely also check out guys like Kaoswrestlingklub and The Belt Lab as well... Forbidden Figurines
Turnquist Fig BeltsKaoswrestlingklub
The Belt LabI have belts from all of them and am happy with them. If you want to chat about what I think are all the pros and cons of all 4, feel free to private message me! Think of 5 belts (tags count as 1) you would want and start putting aside some money to place an order. He generally limits orders to 5 belts My plan moving forward with his belts is to basically just permanently have 5 new belts on order with him at all times. He doesn't ask you for money until he has completed the belts and the ship as well |
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Post by J-MANN on Aug 15, 2023 8:44:59 GMT -5
After all my experiences Kaos is the only one I deal with. He actually responds to your messages and placing an order is super simple.
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Post by Rocket_Fuel_Merchant on Aug 15, 2023 8:58:03 GMT -5
After all my experiences Kaos is the only one I deal with. He actually responds to your messages and placing an order is super simple. yup, kaos is good people |
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Aug 15, 2023 9:44:36 GMT -5
Yeah Dan is one person doing in his spare time. It’s not a business for him and he makes little to no profit. He does it cuz he’s a really good guy who wants to hook people in the community up. So keep that in mind if you do reach out and place an order from him. It’s not going to be a quick turnaround time.
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Post by newgenandy on Aug 15, 2023 14:47:02 GMT -5
They’ve done belt packs in the past. I think if done again they should be belts that were previously released only once or twice or strap variants that haven’t been done. 91 WCW World Gold strap IC WCW Tag (both versions) Fiend belt Purple oval IC Blue strap 80s women’s Classic tags with blue lettering and/or real worlds championship Love the idea for strap variants For say the 40th anniversary of the warriors debut I’d love to see a range of warrior stuff like the hulkamania celebration Imagine a pack of IC and winged eagles in white, purple, blue, etc with great warrior themed packaging |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Aug 26, 2023 6:00:26 GMT -5
Ok, so I looked through all the various listings I could for custom belts and either the people aren't doing orders or don't have the belt I'm looking for.
Is there anyone working right now who sells an NXT North American belt that I can buy and receive in a reasonable amount of time? Or should I just go with paying the premium for the Mattel one?
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Post by newgenandy on Aug 26, 2023 14:39:10 GMT -5
Probably my biggest issue with mattel is belts because I pretty much have 2 collections:
1: winged eagle champs
2: my Mount Rushmore
Both of which all have figures with belts and the fastening is so hit and miss and sometimes impossible with the annoying fastening method.
I’d pay s premium for a belt psck with new tooling to get a better method of belt fastening
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Post by nomorexclusives on Nov 21, 2023 0:23:43 GMT -5
Similar to the AEW 4-belt pack, I think it would be awesome if WWE/Mattel did something similar (maybe make it an exclusive somewhere if it’s easier?). I like the name plates that come with the new belts that come out now, but I would also like the option to just have the generic belt in case I wanted to put it on a different superstar (ex: so you don’t have Bobby lashley plates on the us title if I decide to display it on rey now). Just an idea, how would y’all feel about this? Also now would be an awesome time to do so as there have been so many new belt designs that have been debuted in wwe. |
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Post by nomorexclusives on Nov 21, 2023 0:24:25 GMT -5
Great idea I'd definitely buy this. But I hope they add in the older era belts
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