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Post by hellojoeivers on May 30, 2018 6:06:33 GMT -5
Hit a few Home Bargains in the last couple of days, unfortunately no Zombies Basic 85 is trickling into some Smyths stores, and according to the stock checker, looks like some stores have had some more deliveries of Elite 58
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 29, 2018 4:26:39 GMT -5
I'm in the market for a lightsaber. Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent one? I'm not wanting a super fancy pants one that's gonna cost like £100+, just looking for one that lights up and looks relatively legit
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 28, 2018 8:17:04 GMT -5
I would ask if it was feesible to have a separate thread to debate this, but as the Brexit thread and other instances have proven, some people aren’t capable of having a civil debate
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 25, 2018 6:52:17 GMT -5
The time has finally come. Elites in abundance in the UK, are no more. Remember how I kept on telling you to support your best figure source? That Smyths will stop ordering figures if we keep waiting for deals? We've reached that point. My Smyths has about 40 Elites in, about 35 of those are Charlotte and Alexa. No wonder they were adamant about no Mickie James. Elite's 57 and 58 have been and gone before you could blink. 1 set of each. I hate to say I told you so, but did you think that Smyths would carry on bleeding money on WWE the way they were? 50 and 75% reductions. Sometimes 20% off offers on 1st dat of release. it was not sustainable. Good luck everyone who didn't manage Jeff and Kurt Angle. But don't worry, at least we will be able to get an Alexa at Home Bargains / B&M/ The entertainer. for 8.99..... Further to this: The Entertainer only has so many great deals at the minute because they bought a fat stack of Toys R Us's stock for peanuts, when they have to follow the same business practices as Smyths, the prices will be right back where they were. IE: same or more expensive than Smyths. As for places like Home Bargains and B&M's. Again, they only get the stock that Smyths DIDN'T BUY from Mattel. I never saw The Ascension Elites in my local, but 10 months later I was able to get them for half price at B&M's. The thing is, are Mattel going to send Elites to the UK in such great numbers when retailers like Smyths and the Entertainer aren't gonna pick them up in the same bulk that they used to, and they're having to sell the rest to B&M's and Home Bargains for a pittance? I doubt it, so at some point the discount store river is going to dry up too. It's a great time to start a collection right now, you could go out with £100 in your pocket and buy a lot of great figures for a very good price, but in the long run, it's not a good time to be a collector. So as has been said before, if it's financially viable for you (I appreciate it isn't for everyone), pay the full whack for these things if you really enjoy collecting and want to continue that hobby. I've no doubt there will be people saying 'well people can do what they want', and that's true, people can do what they want, but unfortunately part of the result of people doing what they want is that the figures have become worth less than the plastic they're made with. and we wonder why Smyths won't stick their neck out and get the US exclusives in for us...
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 24, 2018 6:20:43 GMT -5
Still no AJ at either Entertainer in Liverpool after both got deliveries last night. Has anyone here actually found one or do ya reckon that Facebook post was BS and I've been wasting my time looking for it for the last week and a half? Come to think of it... I haven't seen an on shelf picture of it, but I've seen a few people say they've got one In other news, I went to Bolton this morning and they didn't have it, but I asked the cashier and he whipped out some piece of tech and searched AJ Styles, and found a 'discontinued product', which wasn't in stock in any local stores, but indicated that the nearest with one in stock was Stockport who had 2, along with Leeds White Rose Centre who also had 2, and Bradford had 1. Even then, that's assuming it's the same figure, it could just be the Basic in the blue tights. But if anyone lives in Stockport, Leeds or Bradford and is able to pop their head in, that could solve it
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 23, 2018 12:07:46 GMT -5
did anyone have any luck finding ember moon in Argos? Been looking for her myself, been to about 4-5 stores in the last week and found only Nakamura and Asuka
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 23, 2018 9:47:34 GMT -5
Anyone else find this figure impossible to stand up? I've had this and the Wrestlemania 32 Elite and neither can stand unassisted :[
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 23, 2018 7:02:08 GMT -5
Just looking at those old school guard rails, they look pretty sweet. I don't have an ASR or Main Event ring, would they still work with the Basic rings if I used less pieces? Anyone done that?
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 23, 2018 6:59:15 GMT -5
Aye I went to the Words of Jericho in Manchester and it was awesome, probably the second best evening with I've been to after Heyman. Great stories
Going to Slam Dunk Festival on Saturday, aw yeah
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 22, 2018 9:21:57 GMT -5
Forgot to mention: the Wolves Smyths had quite a few Retro figures reduced to £4... didn't look through them, but it mainly seemed like Austin and Warrior. Excellent spot Steven! Some reductions, go and buy this stuff so I can actually find things on the shelves: Basic 73 Cesaro: £4 Raw / NXT Superstar Ring (breakaway edition): £15 Smackdown Superstar Ring (breakaway edition): £12 Alexa Bliss Pop Vinyl: £5 Ultimate Warrior Retro: £4 Elite 52 Ken Shamrock: £7 Steve Austin Retro: £4 AJ Styles Retro: £3 Randy Orton Tough Talker: £3 AJ Styles Tough Talker: £3 Wrestlemania Basic Dean Ambrose: £7 Wrestlemania Basic Mojo Rawley: £7
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 20, 2018 15:18:34 GMT -5
Could be like what happened with that first Basic Emma? Very true! Case assortment. If paid 40 quid for that awful Emma figure You nutcase
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 20, 2018 2:38:42 GMT -5
I dont recall seeing any Mickie figs when I went to Bradford Smyths yesterday and they had multiples of all others from E58 Not in stock at any other stores according to website either. Wonder if she's missing from the set for some reason?? T&M told me they received 73 cases of E58 and not one Mickie James. Wonder if she has been removed due to the likes of Bliss and Charlotte shelfwarming so hard? I hope not! Could be like what happened with that first Basic Emma?
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 19, 2018 5:58:25 GMT -5
At the risk of deviating from the topic; if you’re into old school video games like Mario, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Crash and such they have a huge new selection of tshirts in Primark
Well worth a look
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 19, 2018 5:56:30 GMT -5
No AJ in The Entertainer in Manchester. Apparently I was the second person to ask about it this morning
The hunt continues
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 18, 2018 6:57:11 GMT -5
Nice start! Are those the white Ringside display bases?
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 18, 2018 5:37:03 GMT -5
Facebook, a hotbed for fake news, but this is probably right Was it one of the wrestling figure groups? If so, which one? 'Wrestling Figures Elite UK (WWE, WWF, Mattel, LJN, Hasbro, Jakks)' is the one
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 18, 2018 5:19:23 GMT -5
No AJ in Bolton Entertainer Went to Argos too, 6 NXT Elites in stock but it was a mix of Asuka, Nakamura and Dash
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 17, 2018 12:21:05 GMT -5
Here’s the scoop Network Spotlight AJ has allegedly been spotted in The Entertainer Great news if true. Where have you heard/seen this? Facebook, a hotbed for fake news, but this is probably right
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 17, 2018 11:01:23 GMT -5
Here’s the scoop Network Spotlight AJ has allegedly been spotted in The Entertainer
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Post by hellojoeivers on May 17, 2018 3:57:46 GMT -5
The Bobby Roode Entrance Greats figure is listed on Smyths site now. Still £32.99, and it's apparently due in stores any day now Bolton still has 6 Angles but sold out of Jeff quite quickly, not sure if we got a smaller delivery of Jeff or what
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