OFFICIAL AUSTRALIAN FINDINGS

So my two nearest kmarts not only have no wwe figs at all, but there isnt even a SPOT for them. They are COMPLETELY absent.

This is just ridiculous. This time last year we were up to date with the US if not ahead and no we are like 4 sets behind in each line, havent gotten anything new for 7 months and now there isnt even a section for WWE figs yet mattel is promoted at a live event tour? This is a bloody joke.

KIDM, Now that your K-Mart is out of figs I STRONGLY Suggest taking advantage of this, advise them of it and tell them that Elite 7 is way overdue, ask if they can make a shipment.

Kmart won't listen. We have to go directly to the source....Mattel! I've already emailed them about our issues with the distribution of new sets they responded by acknowledging that they have fell behind and will release new series' every 2-3 months.

Now for all of you who went to the recent tour, you already know from the Matty flyer given out that the next figures "released" are Basic 10 and Elite 9, the only question now is WHEN this sets will be released.

I don't know if this is any indication of new figures finally being released but today I went to TRU (for the sydney siders- Bankstown) and spotted not 1 but 2 Flex Force JoMo's on the pegs. Now this is the first ive seen of the Flex Force's with the new style packaging in Aus so this very well may be the sign we were looking for!

It was this JoMo BTW

And with all the double postin....What's up wit dat!

Really? Wow, that just shows how slow my area gets anything new in!

Oh, and I'm finally gonna fix up room today! It's currently a mess with figures, packaging gracing my floor I can barely walk from each side without stepping on something!

I dont think telling my kmart will do anything. They really dont care and plus if they did, one store asking for like 12 figures or something is hardly going to make anything happen. I think the way the figures are distributed is different to jakks, jakks used Funtastic as an intermediary or something and I think mattel is a bit more direct. Can someone email those Mattel people again and find out. Be sure to tell them that now some stores have 0 product and not even any space for it and also ask why we got the fliers which had b10, e9, rumblers, etc on it and the mattel display which had DMs and stuff yet there is none of this nad barely a thing has been released for the past 8 months.




Wasnt intentional, when i went to click post it loaded real slow then told me it couldnt generate the page so I had to click refresh and it must have resent the post.

K-mart is like TRU last year... and TRU is vice versa... for me that is.

Knox City TRU has crap loads of figures, they have also seperated WWE/UFC figures from the TNA figures. It's quite shocking.

Thanks, but we all familar with Go Figure....to ensure that Elite E&C and Jericho are at GoFig. look at their website -

gofigurecollectables.com.au/

I just emailed Mattel Australia about our distribution problems
Here is what I sent I will edit this post with their reply when They do


Hi
Im a big fan of the WWE which makes me a huge fan of your Wrestling figures.
Since you first started releasing the WWE line I have tried to support you as much as I could, but it's starting to get difficult.
Last year you gave us every series up to series 6 and since then weve seen what one series of the rumblers and it's been Seven Months.
What Happened to Elite Sheamus, Evan Bourne, Drew Mcintyre, The Hart Dynasty, Hornswoggle, DX, Zack Ryder and More.
At the moment Most toy stores are having there Mid Year Sales, Usually for me there wouldbe enourmous selection of Wrestling figures in all stores and for some reason this year there is practically nothing in my Local Kmart and Target etc and from what Iv'e heard all of Australia is like this.
Figure wise 2011 so far has been a very disapointing year considering 2010 was very exciting with new figures monthly.
There is also a Forum named Wfigs that I am a member of where all Australian members have been discussing this almost daily and were starting to get annoyed.
Please tell me the second half of the year has something exciting prepared or atleast give me an explanation as to why My favourite Hobby has been caused to pause.
Thankyou
Nicholas Johnson

Edit***

Here Is the Message that Mattel replied with.
To tell the thruth im not really happy with what they replied.

Hello Nicholas,
Thank you for contacting us. We appreciate you taking the time to give us this feedback.
We endeavor to bring new series to stores every few months, but we can’t control the timing of retailer’s orders, so the new mixes are not necessarily released to every store. Over the past 5 months we have released the following new series:

2011 Signature Series
Series 9
Series 10 is scheduled for release in the next two months

Likewise we have been releasing new Elite mixes every 2-3 months.
We only bring minimal amounts of each mix into Australia to ensure we protect the value of each mix for collectors.
If you visit our website www.wwetoys.com.au this should provide you with a list of current mixes in Australia.
We understand your frustrations with pricing, however this is controlled by the retailers and Mattel has no influence. It is actually against ACCC legislation for a supplier to control the price in the market.
We appreciate your continued support of WWE and hope your concerns are addressed.

I understand the pricing issue, i know its not mattels problem, all i care about is the distribution aspect. The elite response is the typical copy and paste line and means nothing. We havent had elite for 8 MONTHS, thats more than 2-3! As for series 9, ive yet to see it at retail and 10 isnt an exciting set either. How hard is it to make sure we get some elite sets now and again, this is just ridiculous.

BTW the target catalogue is online and no wwe figs in it, just wwe all stars on sale.