What do you think about Re-Releases?

Yeah, but I feel like we're still getting as many new ones as we were before.

From what it feels like to me, they're making exponentially more product now than they ever have, and while these are a big part of that, I don't feel that the rereleses are in any way impacting the release volume or schedule of the main line figures.

Just my thoughts though

“A cash grab” imagine that a company trying to make more money.

You understand there's a difference, right? Besides, I didn't say that's what they're doing, I said it feels like it. It's just my opinion, we don't have to agree.

I don’t really see a difference though, it’s a company producing and supplying products that their customers want. It’s good business and good for collectors imo.

All investments carry risk, so re-released are just a part of that. It's justifiable to be upset if your investment value drops, who wouldn't be?

The question here isn't if you would get mad about an investment losing value, it's why in the hey are you investing in post-2000's mass produced wrestling figures.

If you are buying things like those insanely-rare Warriors or maybe the SDCC figures which *might* make sense as investments, then you're safe. It appears that they are never re-releasing any of those.

But if you are buying anything else in this line as investments, then the question here is why? Why not just collect coins or something if you want to have a hobby that you can make money from?

Modern 'toy' line action figures, by in large, are not meant to be investments. Hell, even the true collectible lines like MAFEX aren't necessarily investment lines. You're paying for pretty things to sit on your shelf, pose around, and fight like hell to keep from getting encrusted with dust.

You want investments on modern toys. I agree with above. Get them signed. Those will almost certainly maintain value, barring the wrestler doing something abominable.

That's the way to go if you want investments. Autographs, exclusives, and limited runs.

Anything else, you should know what you are getting into. They're meant to be taken out of box and enjoyed. Nobody cares about the "investment" value of those, least of all Mattel.

As a new collector, I think it is great to see a lot of old figures getting re released for reasonable prices

My only issue is that initially it seemed like they were going to do this every so often but it’s become a subline basically. Too many waves of GH figures too quickly. The fact that some are store exclusive also doesn’t help.
Maybe quarterly GH releases on creations would feel better?

I've made a lot of money buying a couple extra exclusives here and there, believe me "I know what I get myself into". I've never been a scalper. I understand rereleased are always on the table, it's part of any production. Figures are really hard to acquire at a decent price. They're all but impossible to find at retail, there's high markup on RSC for any new or desirable figures, and you have to be lucky to find a drop on Amazon. Obviously there is a market if you're talking to me on a wrestling toy forum. Lots of people move in and out of the hobby and on the MOC side, there is value in scarcity of condition as like you said most figures are opened. I collect lots of other segments of wrestling. I've really stopped buying figures the last several years mainly because they take up so much space and are expensive to ship. To answer why you would invest? Obviously there are figures going for multiple times their original value at any given point. No matter the investment it's all about timing. Talent returns, releases, title wins, popularity waxes and wanes and that is usually reflected with demand for figures, autographs, any sort of merch. So I don't understand why you're stigmatizing collecting or casually investing in action figures when it's what some of us know and understand better than most any other markets. It's simply combining a hobby or passion and working it to your advantage, the same way people can invest or bet on sports. A rerelease is like a when a player gets hurt, or loses a game. Even when rereleased affect original figures, MOC ones are almost always impossible to fully replicate, so true collectors will know their value. I think this is pretty straight forward, maybe you're just being a hater? It's not that serious.