Bischoff not under a legends deal.

This whole thread is exhausting.

Speaking as someone who loves to know things and details like this much more than the next person, acting like this is a conspiracy and continuously arguing with Steve about this is beyond ridiculous. Contract details are not public for many reasons, and we're not meant to know this information.

Mattel releases what they can and deem appreciate based on a myriad of things we'll never know. Mattel is not rubbing their collectives hands together and purposely avoiding releasing your favorite talent. WWE, Mattel, et al all have factors as to why they do business with certain people and / or their estates. People who are established or organized enough to represent themselves as more than just a name but a brand (Hogan, Andre, etc) do not have the same deals other lower tier based talent (it is a tough pill to swallow, but even if you ask Jeremy Padawer, he had to sort names into tiers of potential profitability). In current times, where more talent are becoming "smart" in branding themselves, the need for structured contracts exists. The fact that WWE is willing to play a bit more fast and loose with these deals is encouraging. Would I love for the days of Classic Superstars contracts to return? Obviously, and sure Mattel would as well, but it's very unlikely, even in the "new era" we're in. I don't know if the license is deemed worthy enough by Mattel to sign people directly for what they would want, etc.

This is genuinely pathetic and embarrassing behaviour at a level beyond what’s ever been seen on here before. I really hope OP is a child because an adult should not be acting so obnoxiously wrongheaded. Mattel, for about the last ten years, have only made toys of talent who WWE has a merchandise deal with. That is still the case. Tying yourself in knots over the semantics of what the “name” of that contract is won’t change that. I’m pleased to see literally everybody else trying to explain this very easy to understand concept. I’m baffled as to what OP was hoping to achieve with this conspiracy nonsense. Point scoring? Ted Arcidi figures?

Sounds like the perfect deal for Sting.

This is not the first time the OP has done this. He expects/demands that Mattel tells us everything involved in their business decisions and what goes on behind the scenes.

One of the downsides to Steve and Bill being so easily accessible (to a lesser extent now that he doesn't post on this board and mainly only participates in WM weekend, SDCC, Ringside fest, etc.). The entitlement runs strong with a few people on here.

Even if WWE allowed Mattel to sign their own deals, they probably wouldn't. Doesn't make sense from a business standpoint when you already have hundreds of current roster and Legends available through WWE.

I want more FTIL just like everybody on here, but some people on here just don't understand that Mattel/WWE is never going to just release FTIL figures in every line or create a full line. They rotate people in/out of contracts and only have so many spots available for Legends. And why would most talent sign if they are only going to get one figure in 3/5 years because Mattel has too many people under contract?

Is this something similar to how Billy Gunn/Jake Roberts deals are? They dont have Legends deal per say but a deal for action figures which is why (until recently) both were in AEW but werent getting action figures yet were both being regularly released in the WWE/Mattel line?

I just want an Eric Elite that isn't exclusive to a ring or store.

My whole point of this thread was just a few years ago a merch only deal was not even possible and i think that was wrong.

There are right now other retired wrestlers that are signing deals with these newer upstart toy collectible companies and are getting figure made.

Also when retired talents have merch deals and the only merch that is produced are wwe mattel figures, that is pretty much a mattel figure deal.

So anyway if the mods want to lock this up go for it.

Yeah these deals have been pretty flexible for years now. Andre, Bulldog, Warlord, Macho (when he was signed), Sarge, etc aren't exclusive. Guys like DDP, Bret, Gunn, Jake have all appeared on or have permanent employment with AEW.

I don’t know the appropriate terms that come after double, triple, quadruple, but this dude is more than quadrupling down on not being able to comprehend any of this.