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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 21, 2019 15:07:42 GMT -5
Yes, what happened to all of those legends lines? The same thing that happened to the Matty line? But do they keep making Legends Triple S? Muraco? Mabel? Pat Patterson? Why do they do that? Because there is an interest?
So the answer they have now is the best one? - and everyone else should quit suggesting other ways of doing it because Triple S said so?
I also have to laugh that "I Hate My Job" said Wendi Richter was as popular as Hulk Hogan. WOW!!! And if we want Legends instead of SUGGESTING on a forum of suggestions to Mattel we are told to create our own company and make them ourselves. WOW! So good!
Don't get them guys! Move on! Or take some aspirin. I am going to keep on suggesting.
SHow the image of the proposed figures for the year first. Allow the avid collector to bid prior to release for a premium price and if people want them they get it if not the Collectors take their luck in the current method of exclusives to stores for the regular price ... but if you miss out ... you pay $$$$$$$. This way everyone wins.
Jan: Ernie Ladd FEB: Gorilla Monsoon wrestler March: Nick Bonkwinkel April: Crusher Blackwell May; Jim Cornette June: Midnight Express July: Dennis Rodman August: Eric Bishoff September: Ivan Putski October: Jessie the Body Wrestler November: Cheif Jay Strombaugh December: Adrian Adonis
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 21, 2019 12:59:16 GMT -5
I don't criticize people for their selection of if they want a figure or not ... or which ones they want ... that is for them to decide. I criticize people like you who come to a Mattel Suggestion thread and mock suggestions instead of either 1. Ignoring it and move on with your life. 2. Say you wouldn't do it. 3. Say which ones you would like. If I used your bozo theory ... the fact that Mattel Legends line was originally created and it didn't work (would indicate Mattel should never make another legend line according to you since they tried it and it didn't work ... just like the Matty line right? Ah ... but they have tried other forms of getting Legends into lines. Flashback lines - Hall of Fame lines ... then they were incorporated with the regular assortment ... now they are short packed and making it very difficult for the collector who doesn't go daily to Walmart to try to find an action figure. Now they are so popular they are going for hundreds of dollars on the secondary market and Mattel continues to make them. Ha ha! So I am coming up with a SUGGESTION in a MATTEL SUGGESSTION page that has worked for Eaglemoss and wondered who else it would work for them. Prices are negotiable = assortments are negotiable .... just making a SUGGESTION. I hope that didn't ruin your EASTER. God bless. Here is what wouldn't work. JAN: "I Hate My JOB" FEB: "Triple S" MARCH: "Nivro" Those would not sell ...
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 21, 2019 11:14:25 GMT -5
Nivro, Then get off of it.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 21, 2019 10:31:18 GMT -5
KIller Khan was a main eventer in the late 80's in the WWE fighting Hulk Hogan and Macho Man. He was known for breaking Andre the Giants ankle and was big in the south and around the world. Plus he has a unique look that would be appealing for kids. Lots of reasons to make him if you are making legends figures.
January: Barbarian Feb: Haku March: Outback Jack April: Repo Man May: Mr Fuji June: Slick July: Samba Simba August: Sabu September: Raven October: Tommy Dreamer November: The Sandman December: The Rock n Roll Express
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 20, 2019 10:15:15 GMT -5
"You have my assurance that there will never be a mass released Killer Khan figure in our lifetime." Said about The Red Rooster, Bob Backlund, Harley Race and others ... one never knows.
Jan: Jeff Jarrett Feb: Michael PS Hayes March: Mr. T April: Wahoo McDaniel May: Butch Reed June: Jack Briscoe July: Antonio Anoki August: Ox Baker September: Dino Bravo October: Dory Funk Jr. November: Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher December: The Killer Bees
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 19, 2019 14:58:32 GMT -5
January: Hercules Hernandez Feb: Koko B Ware March: Zeus April: Giant Gonzales May: Kevin Sullvan June: Captain Lou Albano July: Jessie the Body Ventura August: The Dynamite Kid September: Stan Hansen October: Killer Khan November: Buzz Sawyer December: The Mountie (by the time this is done they will have this issue resolved)
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 11:43:55 GMT -5
Triple S, I respectfully disagree with you on a multitude of fronts. 1. The Matty line was not well known back then. 2. I think for many people collecting the WWE line had a hard time buying that Andre the Giant (one of the most popular characters of all time) would not be available in another assortment - and that was, in fact, the case. 3. The lawsuit is not a forever thing ... in fact some heard it was done. The one thing with McMahon is NEVER say NEVER because he has proven that over and over and over again. Nobody thought Chynna would ever be in the Hall of Fame right here on this board. Never say never. 4. The fantasy is kind of why a lot of us are here to have a wish list, to talk WWE mattel action figures ... and the ones we want ... not to be told it will never happen. Said about Bob Backlund, Harley Race and others.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 11:17:53 GMT -5
SYE, Of course .... so let's poo poo it - you know what the odds are of winning the powerball? You should never play it ... my friend did and won. These things start somewhere and where better than a WWE Mattel action figure forum for those who like these figures? ... if you poo poo it ... you reap what you sow. If collectors speak their mind and are willing to put up the money to secure their figures you never know. Even if you took the mksavage idea about changing it up slightly making it more valuable to the collector ... then offer the alternative in the regular line and short pack it ... it gives them the numbers they need. Like the Shelton Benjamin figure.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 11:05:43 GMT -5
PJ,
I think the supply and demand will help that ... so, for example, we know that they had Jeff Jarrett in a legends deal and Koko B Ware ... but they didn't choose to make it ... but if they were proposed and the money showed up .. I'm sure it would be worth exploring.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 11:00:29 GMT -5
Mattel just made $3,720 in less than an hour. UPDATED!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 10:50:57 GMT -5
But PJ would you buy those under the given scenario for that price point and if so which ones?
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 10:21:35 GMT -5
Mattel just made $1,100 dollars in 11 minutes with me, Da Handsome 1 and randyrock. Anyone else? wooooooooooo!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 10:15:52 GMT -5
Triple S,
I noted they did it in the early going before people knew about Matty and did the line have legs coming off of a successful run of Jakks. Now is a different time and I am not sure the concussion lawsuit is still in play anymore is it?
And are you saying you would NOT buy any of those?
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 10:13:13 GMT -5
I agree that Mattel is not pursuing the adult line like Jakks but I thought that Mattel WWE action figure line was the most popular $$$$ action figure line??
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 10:09:17 GMT -5
If Mattel would do a Legends collector line with special packaging for $30.00 a piece and would show the proposed figure before making it so you could pre-order it would you do it? So let's say Mattel shows 12 prototypes a month like Eaglemoss and they said they had to sell at least 1,000 units to make it for collectors - if more buy it they make more per the order - then they can still throw it in as a short pack in the line with a slight alteration if they choose but at least collectors would have the shot would you do it?
So let's say you saw the year in advanced of:
January: Billy Superstar Graham February: Ivan Koloff March: Bruiser Brody April: Greg Valentine May: The Great Muta June: Nikita Koloff July: Bad News Brown August: Scott Steiner September: Rick Steiner October: Abdullah The Butcher November: Tony Atlas December: Rocky Johnson
I would pay for two a piece!
1. WOULD YOU PAY FOR ALL? 2. SOME? If so ... Who? 3. NONE.
PLEASE NOTE:
I know Mattel tried this early on with Andre the Giant and King Kong Bundy to some degree (when the line just started) but now the line has legs! Today Legends are short packed and like in the case of Harley Race it is going for $300.00 on ebay.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 18, 2019 9:43:54 GMT -5
SYE,
You don't think Mattel wants to satisfy the adult collector? Then why make Iron Sheik or Harley Race? I disagree ... I think the fact that they made them shows they care ... but then there is the buyer at Walmart and what is their knowledge base on ordering these first in the series lines? Did the buyer move from women's underwear to toys? Why don't you speak for Walmart because clearly, you can for Mattel? Once again ... a collector on here is speaking for Mattel - yet has no knowledge or authority to do so but prefers to put up rolling eyes memes to mock collectors on here. What a joke!
I am interested in ALL of YOU getting the figures you pursue! The days of having to hunt in stores that are not always near the collectors can change today by placing a projected figure on-line for all to see and with enough pre-sale sales Mattel makes money - Walmart and Target make money and the collectors get what they want. If there is not enough interest we would certainly factually know it here and that figure would not be produced or put in sparingly into these lines and that would put an end to the debate.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 17, 2019 18:56:31 GMT -5
Most of the time I order my figures on Ringside Collectibles ... I saw the Iron Sheik line on Amazon for less money and decided to try it ... after waiting and waiting today I was told they can't get that figure or line anymore. The moral of the story ... stick with Ringside Collectibles. Simply amazing what a hard time I am having to try to get legends like the Iron Sheik in Retro or Harley Race Elite and I am sure Pat Patterson will be the same ... you know the legends that nobody cares about, that won't sell, that will just be shelf warmers. Yes, those legends.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 15, 2019 15:18:12 GMT -5
Killer Khan's Mongolian outfit! Superstar Billy Graham tye dye Jessie Ventura python jacket as an announcer One Man Gang King Harley Race since they only made 10 of them. LOL
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 10, 2019 8:34:19 GMT -5
I love the Q & A's but this one really lacked an understanding of how badly people wanted Harley Race and how there is a market for him and legends ... and many of us did not get him. I hope he comes out in some other form. I know that is not Bill's fault that Walmart did what they did ... but this opens the door for other possibilities with Race and Graham and other legends.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 8, 2019 10:15:24 GMT -5
I remember watching Honky Tonk Man and thinking this gimmick is so stupid it will never take off ... I was wrong. Red Rooster I felt the same since Terry Taylor is a very good wrestler and didn't need the gimmick. They didn't stick with it long and the gimmick went away. Will I buy the figure? Sure! Do I think there are many many many more deserving legends - even some that work with them like Michael PS Hayes? Yes! So I hope they keep making legends. Excited about Muraco, Mabel, Patterson and Gorilla.
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