|
Post by stc13 on May 27, 2024 7:31:01 GMT -5
The Jazwares acquisition was finalized in Dec 2022. In the first 9 months of 2023, they reported $847M in revenue, so they were definitely selling something. There were likely some production changes - Fortnite figures also saw a lag, and it would make sense if Berkshire streamlined manufacturing to plants they already own or work with. But regardless, the reality was that retailers weren't buying, whether Jazwares was producing product or not. We had seen multiple waves (at that time) end up essentially being RSC exclusives and pegs were backed up with multiple warmers. The situation didn't change until Jazwares did a multi-million dollar product buyback in late 2023. Either way, Jazwares has now had a year a half to pivot and they haven't. Time will tell if that's a meaningful choice or not. But at best it means that we're going to continue seeing outdated product hitting shelves for the foreseeable future. Just going back to some old threads to refresh my memory. Yes the merger happened in Dec of 22. Prior to its announcement we got the 3 commentators, B&G Thunder Rosa and I believe the Supreme Kenny & Malachai Black. We were already questioning what was going on before the announcement. New AEW product doesn't hit store shelves until roughly August of 2023 (I know because I was the one who made the thread about it when people were finding Unmatched 6 & Unrivaled 12 in Walmarts). I'm generous when I say 6 months tbh. It was probably closer to 10. I don't think you can chalk up nearly a year gap between retail releases because of peg warmers. At that point in time most toy lines were just sitting on the pegs. That buyout probably caused some shake up at Jazwares. Maybe some redundancies got let go, maybe they had to move factories. I don't know but it definitely had an effect on their output. And even though RSC was getting product, it wasn't showing up the 2-3 months ahead of retail as it used to. It was just weeks. I tried digging through Padawer's Twitter to try and get some more clarity on the subject but the guy tweets A LOT about crypto, Elon Musk, and responding "toyetic" to a lot of things. But I do recall either Padawer or someone who would have heard it from the man like the Major Pod guys mentioning that they had to halt some lines just to get things in order under Buffet's umbrella. Maybe that's where I got the 6 months number from. Not sure. It was 2 years ago. Apologies if I'm kind of all over the place All good. And there were definitely multiple factors at play. I'm happy to get what was shown this weekend, it just seems like a weird call to keep plowing ahead with these lineups that are very outdated. At some point they're going to have to make a pretty big time jump to get current on the product. RSC was obviously in attendance. It'll be interesting to see if we get any interviews with Magic or anyone else on the team.
|
|
|
Post by dpd1967 on May 27, 2024 11:54:30 GMT -5
What happened to that Blade Runners Sting? I completely forgot about that figure maybe they can’t release it now
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 27, 2024 12:34:23 GMT -5
What happened to that Blade Runners Sting? he is meant to be in unmatched 11
|
|
boss
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Jul 18, 2012 2:38:06 GMT -5
Posts: 369
|
Post by boss on May 27, 2024 13:39:14 GMT -5
Imo they could totally skip unmatched 11. Not a single figure I’m remotely interested in…everything mid from 2 yrs ago in that set.
Release blade runner sting as a vault or slap him as a chase.
Give Us Unrivaled 16 fast tracked instead.
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 27, 2024 14:41:04 GMT -5
Imo they could totally skip unmatched 11. Not a single figure I’m remotely interested in…everything mid from 2 yrs ago in that set. Release blade runner sting as a vault or slap him as a chase. Give Us Unrivaled 16 fast tracked instead. I’m looking forward to the Gunn boys from unrivaled 16.
|
|
arossi417
Mid-Carder
Joined on: May 30, 2022 2:28:28 GMT -5
Posts: 206
Member is Online
|
Post by arossi417 on May 27, 2024 16:09:44 GMT -5
Sculpts and paint apps look marginally better I think? Have no idea why they spent the time/money on that Hangman scan after having a decent one.
Some current talent showing up is nice, I'm actually happy we didn't get a powerpoint of figures that we'll never see this time around.
|
|
g4
Mid-Carder
Down Under
Joined on: May 13, 2014 3:06:21 GMT -5
Posts: 374
|
Post by g4 on May 28, 2024 7:00:13 GMT -5
Thoughts on a Double or Nothing MJF return gear figure... WITH... his jeans rolled up and his aew tattoo able to be seen via a small window box on the back of the box?
|
|
WrestleWeebRyan
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Aug 31, 2022 12:15:02 GMT -5
Posts: 493
|
Post by WrestleWeebRyan on May 28, 2024 7:42:09 GMT -5
So the Hardyz were the only new figures shown. Everything else was either repaints or stuff we have seen before. I really was hoping for some never before seen stuff. Maybe at SDCC.
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 28, 2024 20:32:55 GMT -5
trying to work out when Brody King wore that face paint Darby looks cool maybe unmatched 11 just hope they added the inside arm tattoo sleeve but it’s on the blood and guts 2 pack. I think they’re doing Brody & Buddy from DoN 2022 to match the other attire of the Supreme Malakai, that’ll probably be Julia’s first HoB figure too I just realised that Brody King with the face paint is from his coffin match with Darby Allin.
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 30, 2024 13:12:24 GMT -5
Did they confirm what series Darby Allin and Wardlow are in?
|
|
|
Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 30, 2024 13:35:13 GMT -5
Did they confirm what series Darby Allin and Wardlow are in? Darby was slated for UM11.
|
|
|
Post by dpd1967 on May 30, 2024 13:45:50 GMT -5
Did they confirm what series Darby Allin and Wardlow are in? Darby was slated for UM11. I have a feeling that sting is going to be horrible. Hope I’m wrong
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 30, 2024 13:55:50 GMT -5
Did they confirm what series Darby Allin and Wardlow are in? Darby was slated for UM11. I did think it was that one strange they didn’t show off the rest of Unmatched 11.
|
|
|
Post by dpd1967 on May 30, 2024 14:04:01 GMT -5
Looking forward to getting that matt and Jeff in unrivaled 16 .
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 30, 2024 14:11:56 GMT -5
Looking forward to getting that matt and Jeff in unrivaled 16 . I’m looking forward to the gunns boys Aswell wish we saw them.
|
|
|
Post by dpd1967 on May 30, 2024 14:23:22 GMT -5
Looking forward to getting that matt and Jeff in unrivaled 16 . I’m looking forward to the gunns boys Aswell wish we saw them. we already seen Matt and Jeff and they look great 👍
|
|
ilovejcp86
Mid-Carder
Joined on: May 10, 2021 16:18:00 GMT -5
Posts: 164
|
Post by ilovejcp86 on May 30, 2024 14:37:03 GMT -5
lol that Unmatched set feels so old. Just move on. Put the Bladerunner sting, mjf, darby, and jay white (if it's a black tights version) in another series and lets get past this. sammy, tay, and pre-scapegoat jb aren't selling.
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 30, 2024 14:48:50 GMT -5
I’m looking forward to the gunns boys Aswell wish we saw them. we already seen Matt and Jeff and they look great 👍 sorry I meant wish we saw the Gunns.
|
|
|
Post by LA Knight Yeah! on May 30, 2024 14:50:54 GMT -5
lol that Unmatched set feels so old. Just move on. Put the Bladerunner sting, mjf, darby, and jay white (if it's a black tights version) in another series and lets get past this. sammy, tay, and pre-scapegoat jb aren't selling. they need to put unmatched 11 Jay White hopefully it’s in the black in unrivaled 16 to go with the Gunns.
|
|
destino
Superstar
Joined on: Jun 28, 2022 4:57:11 GMT -5
Posts: 796
|
Post by destino on Jun 17, 2024 16:25:23 GMT -5
So it turns out that there’s a running change on the Chase Alex Reynolds. The sticker is in a different spot and the beard doesn’t seem to be as full from what Cardona, Myers and Sterling discovered on their podcast. Not something I was expecting tbh. From the sound of it that first run is probably the better of the two if only for the fuller beard and the 2nd head isn’t covered up by the sticker. I’m wondering if the red print on the packaging was fixed too.
|
|