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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 13, 2018 17:33:55 GMT -5
Just saw on Facebook that Toys and Masks will be getting their Elite 61 allocation this week but have been advised they won’t be getting Breeze or Fandango
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 12, 2018 10:17:57 GMT -5
Bought metal die cast figure today from home and bargains. Finn balor . 4.99. Did they have a Charlotte Flair by any chance?
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 11, 2018 5:50:12 GMT -5
Also, aye, I have dumped heat on people for waiting for reductions and the like. Don't get me wrong, that has caused part of the problem. HOWEVER, despite a bit of a resurgence in the last month, WWE has been very lackluster this year. I came close not renewing my Network subscription when my debit card expired last month. As well as, as others have said, some of the character selections. What was the need for two Kevin Owens in the same year with the same accessory? What was the need for the Network Spotlight and Summerslam Elite Ambrose? I just think the last couple of years has been an unnecessary barrage of product that has benefited nobody other than the select few that have a warehouse-worth of space and all the money in the world
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 11, 2018 4:29:13 GMT -5
Went to Home Bargains yesterday, they had some more of those Metals Die Cast figures. The Loot Crate Exclusive John Cena, plus Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, The Rock and Kevin Owens
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 11, 2018 4:27:48 GMT -5
'Taker and Cesaro look sick! I know that face-printing tech has been hit or miss so far but Cesaro's scan is incredible
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 9, 2018 7:41:40 GMT -5
I mean I've said it before but just to echo it.. I'm not saying that the line has gone, chances are good it's not, chances are good it's an error and their customer service guys are just looking at the site saying "eh, it's not there, so we mustn't be getting it". I hope this is the case BUT, everyone making their know it all comments "lol ur not losing the line!", you don't know anything. You can speculate, but you don't know. You walk into any Smyths store and yeah, it looks impressive! This massive wall of figures, a cavalcade of characters. Basics, Elites, Battlepacks, all that good stuff. But you know, is it that impressive if you walk in a week later and it looks exactly the same? and the week after, and the week after and... you get the picture. It's easy to say "Well Smyths has always stocked Elites and they're not gonna stop". Why? People stopped renting videos, Blockbuster died. People haven't stopped buying wrestling figures, but they've curved their buying habits to such an extent that when you look at the shelves they've become an unbrowseable mess. I think some people think Smyths provide a public service. Like their sole purpose is to make sure absolutely everyone's needs are catered to no matter how obscure. It's not. They're a business. When the cow stops producing milk, the cow is surplus to requirements People stopped renting videos because they could rent dvds, people stopped renting dvds because they can watch on sky cinema, or some streaming service(very techy me lol) you cant stream a toy, so that argument doesnt stack up, as with everything, there are peaks and troughs, WWE was at a peak, Smyths started ordering too much product so a lot rotted when WWE hit a trough, if they just reduced their order and reduced the stock they were holding it wouldnt be an issue, they need a huge clearout and then back to ordering a sensible quantity, because not too long ago stuff wasnt rotting on shelves like it is now, i remember going in, within the last 18 months and seeing stacks on the top of the racks, only to see that gone a week a later, so it used to sell, i dont know if the costs of the figures means that they need to order such huge quantities to make a worthwhile profit? Hopefully its temporary to clear overstock Yeah may have been a bad example, but you know. I'm not sure about specifics but I'm pretty confident that in the last year or two that the amount of cases per series each store has received has been down. It certainly seems that way by looking at the stock checker pretty frequently. Despite that, they still have problems with clogging. But yeah, I said something similar on the UK board about 18 months ago, don't be surprised if they decide to sit a few series out somewhere down the line to alleviate the overstock. The time could be now
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 9, 2018 6:35:08 GMT -5
I mean I've said it before but just to echo it.. I'm not saying that the line has gone, chances are good it's not, chances are good it's an error and their customer service guys are just looking at the site saying "eh, it's not there, so we mustn't be getting it". I hope this is the case
BUT, everyone making their know it all comments "lol ur not losing the line!", you don't know anything. You can speculate, but you don't know. You walk into any Smyths store and yeah, it looks impressive! This massive wall of figures, a cavalcade of characters. Basics, Elites, Battlepacks, all that good stuff. But you know, is it that impressive if you walk in a week later and it looks exactly the same? and the week after, and the week after and... you get the picture.
It's easy to say "Well Smyths has always stocked Elites and they're not gonna stop". Why? People stopped renting videos, Blockbuster died. People haven't stopped buying wrestling figures, but they've curved their buying habits to such an extent that when you look at the shelves they've become an unbrowseable mess. I think some people think Smyths provide a public service. Like their sole purpose is to make sure absolutely everyone's needs are catered to no matter how obscure. It's not. They're a business. When the cow stops producing milk, the cow is surplus to requirements
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 8, 2018 14:34:05 GMT -5
Per rockeryaxley999 's post the other day, I checked out if I had a local ToyMaster... turns out I do! 20 minutes down the road in Leigh. So I made the trip, bit of a hidden gem really, nice little place, plenty of character. Had a decent but modest selection of Basics, Elites and Battlepacks, plus belts and rings. They had Elite 60, but unfortunately Elias had gone. Prices were good too, £17.99 for Elites, £10.99 for Basics and £19.99 for Battlepacks. Didn't pick anything up but would definitely have another look in future what battlepacks series they got? I didn't see any when I went It was a real mixed bag of stuff really. They had that Rock and Flair Wrestlemania one, the most recent Usos, Roman and AJ, Roman and Rusev, Hart Foundation. Can’t remember what else
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 8, 2018 14:05:38 GMT -5
Per rockeryaxley999's post the other day, I checked out if I had a local ToyMaster... turns out I do! 20 minutes down the road in Leigh. So I made the trip, bit of a hidden gem really, nice little place, plenty of character. Had a decent but modest selection of Basics, Elites and Battlepacks, plus belts and rings. They had Elite 60, but unfortunately Elias had gone. Prices were good too, £17.99 for Elites, £10.99 for Basics and £19.99 for Battlepacks. Didn't pick anything up but would definitely have another look in future
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 7, 2018 3:00:31 GMT -5
I'll probably buy this for the jacket to give to Piper And give the shirt to HOC Road Dogg. Great idea, I’m gonna put it on my Elite 26 Road Dogg. May not be accurate unless you cut the sleeves off but even then it beats that boxy plastic shirt he came with
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 6, 2018 4:41:36 GMT -5
Went to Smyths to get the new Becky and Charlotte Battlepack but neither of the two they had had good paint (wasn’t awful but since they weren’t a must have I didn’t feel compelled to pick them up)
So I got the Zombie Jeff which I’d had my eye on for a few weeks, and a nice bonus, got the Skull King Triple H chase Pop Vinyl
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 6, 2018 3:46:38 GMT -5
That may be ok if it was a one-off/occasional figure - but what if nearly everything you want wasn't available in stores? eg. Flashback Basic and Elite series, Hall Of Champions series, Fan Central series, Wrestlecrap figures, Retrofest figures... and now these "chase" figures. Yes, these figures are available online - but I think people have every right to bitch when they're only option is to keep spending about £160 for a set of 4 figures on Wrestling Shop - or do without. It takes a LOT of fun and excitement out of seeing new figures and collecting in general. With respect, how do you know? The ONLY Store in the UK that sells current/regular series Elites at retail price is Smyths - and they have gone from only stocking 5 figures per series, to 4 - and now (apparently) none at all. @ bill on Twitter, ask him.
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 5, 2018 17:22:26 GMT -5
When elites like Braun, Matt and Jeff get reduced, you know the end is near. and Demon Balor!
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 5, 2018 9:24:33 GMT -5
According to actionfigureattack who I think works at Mattel? The exclusive cases are avaliable to international retailers so if Smyths keeps Elites, we could still get Dunne, Sherri, Backlund & Wolfe. But Dunne and Wolfe are meant to be exclusive to Target. I don't think that matters here as Target don't have stores in the UK. Like when we got the Hall of Fame series a few years ago
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 5, 2018 8:17:24 GMT -5
Pete Dunne UK Champion is a target exclusive...wtf Where did you find that out? The news is on the main board, but it was announced on Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins' Podcast this morning
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 5, 2018 7:07:48 GMT -5
A lot of meat on the bone on this topic
I understand a lot of my fellow UK'ers being pissed off, but the truth is this. These figures are accessible to us, and I don't mean via secondary sellers. It's not that Smyths can't source these figures for us, it's that they won't (I mean they might, but there's a good chance they won't), and the reason they won't is because we won't buy them. Why are they gonna stick their neck out to stock exclusives when the truth is beyond this site, there just isn't a whole lot of demand
All in all though it's a frustrating time to be a collector in the UK. If this was back in the day and you didn't know the true extent of what was out there, and collecting was simply a case of going out and seeing what was available then it wouldn't be an issue, but to know there's stuff out there that you can't get your hands on makes the hobby a lot harder to enjoy...
and yeah, I know you can get them on eBay, Amazon, those sites, but have you seen Mattel's paintwork? Some of it's flat out embarrassing. I saw that Undisputed Era insider video that Ringside posted yesterday and the paint on some of them was nauseating. Am I gonna drop £40 on getting a store exclusive knowing there's a good chance I'm gonna get some kinda Picasso nonsense? No way Pedro
I'm glad to see the US collectors aren't happy either though, not that I'm happy that they'll have a hard time in tracking stuff down, but because I feel somewhat justified in being a bit disappointed. Mattel seem to go above and beyond to serve their retailers by giving them all these exclusives and what have you, but don't have a whole lot of consideration for the common man who just wants to buy their product but has to jump through fiery hoops to get it
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 5, 2018 2:12:46 GMT -5
Oh four foot snake
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 4, 2018 6:54:44 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, this set looks sick
But the whole face printing technology is all for nothing if Mattel is gonna insist on letting Stevie Wonder handle their quality control. The STATE of the paint on Bobby Fish's face, Christ on a cracker
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 4, 2018 1:16:11 GMT -5
Irish Smyth's site is very poorly stocked at the moment. What's the UK one like? Anyone know what figures they are leaving out from the newest elite lines? That's if they are getting them at all The word is, Elite 61 and 62 won’t be stocked. According to Smyths’ Twitter / Customer Service anyway
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Post by hellojoeivers on Oct 3, 2018 9:19:05 GMT -5
Battlepack Series 55 is available to order online on Smyths' site now. That's;
Big Cass and Big Show Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose
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