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Post by taserface on Feb 8, 2021 13:17:47 GMT -5
Cause you asked for it. Any interest in already released basic figures getting an elite release ? Drew Gulak Tony Nese A. Diavari Bollywood Boyz David O Tunga No
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Post by taserface on Feb 8, 2021 12:02:38 GMT -5
Assuming the contract was renewed, and the Elite lines will be continuing for the foreseeable future, was it ever attempted to agree for Mattel to work outside of Legends deals? Of course with people who aren’t on bad terms with WWE
It’s crazy to see figures getting made of The Rock N Roll Express, Bruiser Brody, Dynamite Kid, Chris Candido, Alex Wright, and on and on, but Mattel can’t touch them. Looking at these companies making them, they couldn’t cost very much to sign
As a Legends/Flashbacks collector it would be great to see you guys move outside the Legends contracts only deal sooner than later
Keep up the great work
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Post by taserface on Feb 7, 2021 8:22:59 GMT -5
I have a question about re releases I know it’s a dicey subject on here, but I’m not sure why, since most on here are collectors and not flippers, investors, scalpers, etc
On the Star Wars side of things Hasbro consistently re releases figures from 2 to 3 years ago, in the same packaging, half of the time. And they seem very successful with it while spending very little resources on it
Has there ever been any real thought, at least to do something that compares to the archive collection, maybe 4 to 5 figures a wave a couple times a year? Maybe with updated face scanning technology
Example
E4 or E10 Kane E16 Diesel or Nash E8 or E13 Edge E17 Mankind E31 Vader some of the early Orton’s that could definitely be improved upon Even for instance DM Macho Man or Warrior w/o some acces. To keep within budget E3 HBK
and on and on
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Post by taserface on Feb 5, 2021 5:50:31 GMT -5
Episode 5 ending is a holy shlt moment for me 🤦♂️
Getting very interesting now
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Post by taserface on Feb 4, 2021 15:05:01 GMT -5
Last genuine surprise reveal had to be Chyna for me. Really never thought that would happen
Michael Hayes was another nice one for me
The WCW US and the Tag belts were nice surprises too
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Post by taserface on Feb 4, 2021 15:02:39 GMT -5
🙏 Got me one thanks to you! Cheers
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Post by taserface on Feb 4, 2021 14:37:44 GMT -5
Apex WM has a full case of Elite 81. Blue Nakamura
If anyone needs. Still there as of 2:30 pm
Target in Apex has AEW Goldust, Lucha Bros & Hangman if anyone needs @ of 3:00 pm
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Post by taserface on Feb 3, 2021 19:43:04 GMT -5
Just now, I finally found my first AEW figure in the wild at the Lawndale Target. There was 1 PAC left (Adrian Neville). I didn’t get him so as of right now he’s still there. Was in there earlier in the day Saw PAC, and both the Young Bucks.
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Post by taserface on Feb 1, 2021 14:21:15 GMT -5
Ones that come to mind instantly for me with some sort of no neck / big head issues is UE Cena and Rock
In some pictures those 2 figures look like masterpieces and in others they look ridiculous
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Post by taserface on Jan 31, 2021 10:42:23 GMT -5
When you guys say your stores never got them, did you check a different store or two everyday To find them? If not then you’re not psycho enough for this hobby. The only new figure I haven’t seen recently is Spider Gwen from Into the Spider Verse. I guess because she comes with the pig? Idk... I don’t do the wait in line at store openings or honestly even check brickseek or anything I just travel co Stanton and stop in at a ton of WM’s and Targets So that was just my experience of not finding that stuff. Obviously it hit places but not nearly enough, to keep up with the demand
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Post by taserface on Jan 31, 2021 9:18:59 GMT -5
Mattel is horrible, but let’s not kid ourselves. Hasbro has been just as bad this year
WWE Never saw DOD Undertaker one time. Saw Mark Henry once. Only saw a couple of E79 Takers other than Hurricane I think I’ve found everything else released throughout the year
Star Wars
Target - never saw a Remnant Stormtrooper exclusive. Never even found a non exclusive Stormtrooper from The Mandalorian. Or much of anybody else besides Luke, Han or Leia
Never saw Plo Kloon, Kit Fisto, Geonosis Battle Droids, etc
Wal Mart - the Clone Wars set exclusives were nowhere to be found
GI Joe
Target exclusive’s - saw one Cobra Trooper, ZERO Beach Heads, Vipers, Firefly or Baroness. And rarely ever saw any of the non exclusive mainline at Target or Wal Mart
Marvel
The only thing I have never seen in any stores was the Venomized Cap. Not sure what happened with that release
So it’s not just Mattel now, it’s most of these lines. At least with Joe, Legebds and SW there’s numerous online retailers that carry them, so you can get them most of the time (non exclusives)
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Post by taserface on Jan 30, 2021 15:06:40 GMT -5
I honestly feel Series 1 and Series 2 are at some warehouse waiting to go to stores They are. As a part of the WrestleMania shipper. 😂 So which is it? Wal Mart has got the product (in the shipper form) waiting to send it out to individual stores Or Mattel has got the product making up the shippers and prepping to send them to distribution centers?
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Post by taserface on Jan 28, 2021 18:55:37 GMT -5
I hope we get a WCW Debut Elite, at least That was a big, big deal in the mid 90’s
I’ll take any and all Hogan’s though
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Post by taserface on Jan 28, 2021 18:03:41 GMT -5
Did Mattel ever say anything about these changing retailers? So weird to have the figure shipping without even a word. I always thought it was weird that they allowed Walmart Takeover Elite and Amazon Takeover Ultimates. So all the last few waves of Wal Mart preorders / exclusives have been a disaster now 🤦♂️ DOD1 DOD2 Fan Takeover 1 What was the last one before that? Flashbacks 3 They really need to get their s$&t together
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Post by taserface on Jan 27, 2021 14:43:35 GMT -5
All I’ve seen peg warming lately Elite wise is, E81 Rock, E80 KO and Ricochet, and of course E74 Natalya that has been sitting for a year now
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Post by taserface on Jan 26, 2021 8:27:09 GMT -5
That line of thinking, let’s put him only in the premium line because people will spend more, is such an outdated line of thinking The people buying Hogan UE’s, will be buying Elites, Basics, BP’s, whatever is released I disagree... I mean, we've even seen people on here say they'll buy - or stick with - an Elite figure, rather than pay the extra for an Ultimate Edition. And we're mostly hardcore collectors... to the mass-buying Joe Public that just want one Hogan figure, it's a good business decision to put him in a premium line. I've no doubt we'll get Hogan in the regular Elite (or Legends) line though - in time. I just can’t understand the way they do things. He’s not in any regular Elite lineup through E86. He’s been available since at least Jan 2020 They already have his formulas, scans, whatever. If there was ever a need to fast track just some of his major looks, it is Hogan I would equate it to Marvel Legends getting rights back to Spider-Man, Irin Man or Cap and just choosing to release them as Deluxe packaged Marvel Legends figures or Star Wars only choosing to release Vader or Luke as some special deluxe figure here and there That wouldn’t happen. And it shouldn’t happen with the biggest star of all time in the wrestling world when you get the rights back to him. Crank him out. Odds are he will never shelf warm. Closest we ever came to that with Hogan was E34 (current day Hogan) that they released over and over with their mismatched case assortments Just my opinion
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Post by taserface on Jan 25, 2021 16:42:34 GMT -5
I don't know, but if anyone needs an Umaga, there's plenty of them here where I am. I haven’t seen one single figure from this set yet. I’ve gone to target every day after work for 2 1/2 weeks Same thing. I haven’t seen the first one. I’ve been going a lot lately to a lot of different ones looking for damn GI Joe figures
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Post by taserface on Jan 25, 2021 13:04:33 GMT -5
They literally put a Hogan out as fast as they could For those in the back who still don’t comprehend it I wouldn’t say they put out Hogan as fast as they could They put him in a line that releases 4 times a year. Not the Elite line that comes out every month and a half or Basics that come out monthly That line of thinking, let’s put him only in the premium line because people will spend more, is such an outdated line of thinking The people buying Hogan UE’s, will be buying Elites, Basics, BP’s, whatever is released
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Post by taserface on Jan 3, 2021 19:30:29 GMT -5
Besides the usual HBK’s, Hogans, Machos, Warriors
I’d like new / updated Flashback Elites of
Ric Flair Rey Mysterio Curt Henning Lex Luger (WCW) RVD D Von Dudley
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Post by taserface on Jan 3, 2021 15:32:34 GMT -5
Favorite - Star Wars Black Series
Runners Up - - Marvel Legends - DC Multiverse
Least Favorite - Hasbro Ghostbusters Runners Up - - MOTU WWE - DC Spinmaster
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