Old Zeke
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Post by Old Zeke on Sept 11, 2024 13:35:17 GMT -5
Opened up the Eddie today, and got hit by QC city. Paint splashes over the boots, paint chipping from the torso, black paint on the singlet and the ab crunch is ridiculously loose.
Disappointed.
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Post by muuk76 on Sept 11, 2024 13:49:46 GMT -5
I bought the Vincent Baf complete loose.
I'd no interest in buying four figures I already owned again.
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Herc and Roma
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Post by Herc and Roma on Sept 11, 2024 16:20:28 GMT -5
Fair enough, based on your assessment I would agree that MNW line wins as most frustrating line but Superstars is not very far behind.
Also, I would not agree that Superstars are 'all over the place', perhaps in your area but are they widely available across the entire country? From the posts I have read in the Superstars line, many parts of the USA have not seen any of the newer waves, due to shelf warming figures that for some reason Walmart refuses to put on clearance. I think Walmart needs to send some reps over to Target to teach them how you properly handle a store exclusive product line as Target is doing it right while Walmart hasn't gotten a clue what the hell they are doing.
Don't worry, I am sure Mattel is working on some deals with resellers to make these figures available (like they have done with the Superstar line). You will probably have to pay double or triple the retail price but at least you will have the opportunity to buy them unlike now with Walmart who, as you say, isn't stocking these at all. Store exclusives for Walmart are a ploy they use to get people into their store, they have no real intention of carrying these products. They send a few cases to stores to keep up the illusion that they are actually stocking said product but those disappear very fast and then aren't restocked again because Walmart only buys a small amount.
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Post by Flair Forever on Sept 11, 2024 20:33:40 GMT -5
Fair enough, based on your assessment I would agree that MNW line wins as most frustrating line but Superstars is not very far behind. Also, I would not agree that Superstars are 'all over the place', perhaps in your area but are they widely available across the entire country? From the posts I have read in the Superstars line, many parts of the USA have not seen any of the newer waves, due to shelf warming figures that for some reason Walmart refuses to put on clearance. I think Walmart needs to send some reps over to Target to teach them how you properly handle a store exclusive product line as Target is doing it right while Walmart hasn't gotten a clue what the hell they are doing. Don't worry, I am sure Mattel is working on some deals with resellers to make these figures available (like they have done with the Superstar line). You will probably have to pay double or triple the retail price but at least you will have the opportunity to buy them unlike now with Walmart who, as you say, isn't stocking these at all. Store exclusives for Walmart are a ploy they use to get people into their store, they have no real intention of carrying these products. They send a few cases to stores to keep up the illusion that they are actually stocking said product but those disappear very fast and then aren't restocked again because Walmart only buys a small amount.
well, by "all over the place" I didn't mean geographically every store has them - - - I meant there are various Superstars figures from different series in various stores. Not saying that's a good thing, but we aren't seeing that at all with Monday Night Wars. But if I went to five Walmarts tonight I could probably buy 10-12 Superstars from different Waves. I can tell you that I would find zero Monday Night Wars figures. As far as Monday Night Wars - You MIGHT see a stray Red/Black Triple H ..... but that's about it. These just aren't being stocked and DEFINITELY not RE-stocked. And they definitely aren't sitting for more than a couple hours before they're gone for good. |
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Post by JokerFC on Sept 11, 2024 20:59:46 GMT -5
mine all came the same day, in separate boxes So you have to pay the base shipping for each one instead of combining them together? That sucks. its annoying as hell. You cant do a combined order on pre orders so Ill get 8 packages in October for what I'm due. Im going to take a trip to a Smyths before they ship though and if they have them? Ill pick them up in store and cancel the pre order. With your stuff I ordered Hall & HHH online but picked up Nash in person. |
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Post by RavenRulz on Sept 13, 2024 12:51:09 GMT -5
It’s probably mentioned somewhere so apologies on that, but can someone tell me what sort of time these 2 DDP’s best represent please.
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zen411
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Post by zen411 on Sept 13, 2024 13:31:48 GMT -5
Have many people found mnwe 4 yet? Seems like only a handful of people have found them unless I'm missing something.
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TheXtremisT
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 13, 2024 13:51:01 GMT -5
It’s probably mentioned somewhere so apologies on that, but can someone tell me what sort of time these 2 DDP’s best represent please. The paler jeans DDP is like Autumn 1997 to about Spring 1998, maybe until about June that year. The darker jeans I thought was just something he wore a little later during that same run, but others have told me it was actually moreso the same colour as the tights he began wearing immediately after June 1998. Which is strange to me as these are jeans, not tights, so why would they do the tights colour? |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Sept 13, 2024 16:03:24 GMT -5
I went to a WCW house show in March of '98, and DDP was wearing the black tape & darker jeans in a match he had with Raven. I have printed pictures but have to rummage through a few hundred sleeves to find them...
There were varying shades of both lighter and darker jeans in '97/'98, though Mattel's execution of the darker jeans does resemble a less shiny version of the special Malone attire (it's not that though). Dark jeans DDP is basically a more vibrant take on Uncensored '98 (DDP v Benoit v Raven) and probably a handful of Nitros/Saturday Nights/Thunders around the time. The black wristtape, white finger tape, deco'd elbow pads, etc. all match up generally speaking. He came out with the DDP diamond cutter shirt, ice blue vest, the US title, and he snarled a bit, but we get ponytail Lex Luger in plain black tights as the Ultimate instead BUT I DIGRESS.
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breal59
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Post by breal59 on Sept 13, 2024 17:53:35 GMT -5
It’s probably mentioned somewhere so apologies on that, but can someone tell me what sort of time these 2 DDP’s best represent please. The paler jeans DDP is like Autumn 1997 to about Spring 1998, maybe until about June that year. The darker jeans I thought was just something he wore a little later during that same run, but others have told me it was actually moreso the same colour as the tights he began wearing immediately after June 1998. Which is strange to me as these are jeans, not tights, so why would they do the tights colour? DDP first wore the light blue jeans at Halloween Havoc 1997. He wore the darker blue jeans on WCW Nitro January 28th, 1998. He stopped wearing jeans from Bash at the Beach 1998. |
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Post by ImJoeGrizzlyBitch on Sept 13, 2024 19:12:12 GMT -5
The paler jeans DDP is like Autumn 1997 to about Spring 1998, maybe until about June that year. The darker jeans I thought was just something he wore a little later during that same run, but others have told me it was actually moreso the same colour as the tights he began wearing immediately after June 1998. Which is strange to me as these are jeans, not tights, so why would they do the tights colour? DDP first wore the light blue jeans at Halloween Havoc 1997. He wore the darker blue jeans on WCW Nitro January 28th, 1998. He stopped wearing jeans from Bash at the Beach 1998. I hope you had to google that . |
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Sept 13, 2024 21:22:15 GMT -5
I went to a WCW house show in March of '98, and DDP was wearing the black tape & darker jeans in a match he had with Raven. I have printed pictures but have to rummage through a few hundred sleeves to find them... There were varying shades of both lighter and darker jeans in '97/'98, though Mattel's execution of the darker jeans does resemble a less shiny version of the special Malone attire (it's not that though). Dark jeans DDP is basically a more vibrant take on Uncensored '98 (DDP v Benoit v Raven) and probably a handful of Nitros/Saturday Nights/Thunders around the time. The black wristtape, white finger tape, deco'd elbow pads, etc. all match up generally speaking. He came out with the DDP diamond cutter shirt, ice blue vest, the US title, and he snarled a bit, but we get ponytail Lex Luger in plain black tights as the Ultimate instead BUT I DIGRESS. I hope we could still get an Ultimate jeans DDP at some point. It would still sell imo and could be an opportunity to get a straight faced and teeth gritting scan (as a homage to Toybiz). |
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Post by coldblooded on Sept 13, 2024 21:28:35 GMT -5
Still no sign of these since the last 2 Hogan's were sold from series 1.
I even had my brother get a tag made from his store so I could put it back up where it was in my local store since they took it off.
Still nothing, even when the customer is trying to help, still can't get them.
Smdh
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Sting
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Post by Sting on Sept 13, 2024 22:10:35 GMT -5
Meanwhile buying the MNW elites in the UK has been as easy as stealing candy from a baby 🤣
Just a shame we don’t get the ultimates.
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Post by Legends Collector on Sept 14, 2024 1:45:22 GMT -5
Meanwhile buying the MNW elites in the UK has been as easy as stealing candy from a baby 🤣 Just a shame we don’t get the ultimates. Bar series 2 but that seemed a problem world over. |
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Post by Flair Forever on Sept 14, 2024 6:41:43 GMT -5
Still no sign of these since the last 2 Hogan's were sold from series 1. I even had my brother get a tag made from his store so I could put it back up where it was in my local store since they took it off. Still nothing, even when the customer is trying to help, still can't get them. Smdh I truly believe that the tags don't make a difference, no one is actively scanning things & ordering anything at Walmart. The warehouse is just dividing up whatever stock they have & sending it out to the stores. I've mentioned before that I hit 3 Walmarts late in the evening and saw the exact same toy pallets at each store. Same exact items (no WWE stuff). If they have an inventory system, they aren't using it at this point, at least not for the toys. |
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TheXtremisT
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 14, 2024 10:22:55 GMT -5
The paler jeans DDP is like Autumn 1997 to about Spring 1998, maybe until about June that year. The darker jeans I thought was just something he wore a little later during that same run, but others have told me it was actually moreso the same colour as the tights he began wearing immediately after June 1998. Which is strange to me as these are jeans, not tights, so why would they do the tights colour? DDP first wore the light blue jeans at Halloween Havoc 1997. He wore the darker blue jeans on WCW Nitro January 28th, 1998. He stopped wearing jeans from Bash at the Beach 1998. So I was right then  |
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FFK
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Post by FFK on Sept 15, 2024 9:17:28 GMT -5
It’s an absolute joke when you see a store in the UK have more of the MNW line than any Walmart in the US!
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Post by Ron Waffle on Sept 15, 2024 9:31:58 GMT -5
It’s an absolute joke when you see a store in the UK have more of the MNW line than any Walmart in the US! It's not really a joke, tbf. Smyths have really good distribution. Some indie sellers in the UK have them loose too. We don't really get good access to Legends figures here, so it's swings and roundabouts. |
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CMW Toys
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Post by CMW Toys on Sept 15, 2024 9:35:50 GMT -5
It’s an absolute joke when you see a store in the UK have more of the MNW line than any Walmart in the US! Theyre the exclusive retailer for them here and they have fantastic distribution. I know it isn't ideal but I'm sure you can find someone over here to help you with a settle I do with a couple of my US and Canadian friends. We don't get legends or the MNW ultimates so it works both ways. We never got the Ruthless aggression series either. |
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