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Post by taserface on Sept 25, 2020 10:09:22 GMT -5
I just saw at Walgreens they have tags out for Marvel Legends Eternals figure / wave? Is this there an Eternals exclusive coming to them?
They had Moon Knight and they had tags for the Silver Centurian Iron Man, but the Eternals one just had me wondering
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Post by taserface on Sept 24, 2020 6:00:44 GMT -5
I also don’t think making a mound for a belt that will be released once only will be a wise economic decision based on the info they give us on costs. Just my two cents. They’ve done it for the Internet Championship and I guess now the Up Up Down Down Championship, so at least there might be a chance
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Post by taserface on Sept 23, 2020 12:20:03 GMT -5
I loved that David Vonner interview
I feel like you could sub the WWE line in there to where he is talking about Mattel DC and their philosophies
Thanks for sharing
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Post by taserface on Sept 22, 2020 8:19:44 GMT -5
What I don’t understand is if these things are set to be released soon, Wal Mart just did toy resets within the last couple of months. There’s no spots for DOD Even Steve l, when he answered questions on here, said maybe they’ll just throw them on same pegs as Elites. For one they probably won’t be the same price as the $15 Elites Secondly, all the other sublines or special releases for other brands, always have their own slot on the planogram, so why is Mattel WWE any different? I’m not in retail so maybe I’m dead wrong but I go to a lot of Wal Marts and that’s the case at 99% of them If there's no spot on the planogram for them, there's always the possibility that they're delivered as an end cap or action alley feature. I just have in my head another Fan Central / Survivor Series issue. Where they get thrown on clearance aisle for full price then a week later they are $5.00 each I hope not because I’d like to have a real shot at finding a Taker and a Mark Henry at least We will see
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Post by taserface on Sept 22, 2020 6:32:14 GMT -5
Unfortunately he was wrong about Von Erich being released again wasn’t he? Or Texas Tornado or something He can still be released in the legends line. 🤷🏽♂️ Yeah. I hope he’s not wrong about Von Erich, it just seems like it’s been a while with no sign
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Post by taserface on Sept 22, 2020 5:53:29 GMT -5
What I don’t understand is if these things are set to be released soon, Wal Mart just did toy resets within the last couple of months. There’s no spots for DOD
Even Steve l, when he answered questions on here, said maybe they’ll just throw them on same pegs as Elites.
For one they probably won’t be the same price as the $15 Elites
Secondly, all the other sublines or special releases for other brands, always have their own slot on the planogram, so why is Mattel WWE any different?
I’m not in retail so maybe I’m dead wrong but I go to a lot of Wal Marts and that’s the case at 99% of them
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Post by taserface on Sept 20, 2020 8:10:39 GMT -5
I'm going to do my best to explain how the budget works in a simple way so that hopefully people can quit saying they should cancel Basics or some other subline and push all that money to the Elite. I'm going to be using made up numbers here. Say it costs $15 to make an Elite that sells for 20 dollars. $5 to make a Basic that sells for $10. If Mattel cancels the basic figures and uses that budget for Elites, then the elites would cost $20 to make. They aren't going to sell toys right at the break even point. So the price of elites would go up to cover the cost of higher budget. And then, Mattel isnt going to want to spend more money just to make the amount they were making before. So the price of the Elites would rise by more than $5 so they can make their money. Elites would be around $27 or so. There are way too many posts around here saying that Mattel should cancel so and so line to add to the elites budget and make them cheaper, but the opposite of that would be true. First off let me sad I do NOT believe Basics should go away. They are for kids and they probably outsell Elites 5x over Just wanted to ask, using your logic about budget, I get that with the Basics/Elites comparison, but where do all the other doomed to fail from the launch lines factor in? Zombies, Monsters, Tough Talkers, Flex Force, Rumblers, etc Wouldn’t the money / cost of time / molds, end up as a huge loss? Wouldn’t that effect the overall pot of money to be spent on the core Basics and Elites?
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Post by taserface on Sept 19, 2020 8:22:20 GMT -5
I only saw
E37 Seth Rollins maybe twice E39 Dolph Ziggler maybe once E48 Cactus Jack maybe 3 times E57 Scotty 2 Hotty once or twice E57 Jeff Hardy twice E70 - E72 very sporadic and not much of it E75 Hurricane once E75 Dunne once E77 Blassie once & his cane was stolen E77 Rude once
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Post by taserface on Sept 18, 2020 11:03:47 GMT -5
Look at who you are comparing Nakamura to! And he has an Ultimate, and 2 figures in Elite 81 or 82. Stop kidding yourself How dare he compare Nakamura to a list of wrestler that you listed. The nerve to compare Nakamura to a list of wrestlers that you taserface listed. God. I really really really hope that @taterface comes up with a new list of completely different wrestlers that had nothing to do with this original one. Nakamura has (or will have shortly) 8 Elite style figures As many as Bret Hart (8) Edge (8) Bray Wyatt (8) More than Sting (7) Scott Hall / Razor Ramon (7) Kevin Nash / Diesel (6) Andre The Giant (5) Ric Flair (4) If you don’t see the imbalance there then I don’t know what to say. We have known this since he was vaulted into the DM slot originally. Bill or Bill and Steve or Bill and Steve and Rob, love then some Strong Style
Bray Wyatt has 8 Nakamura has 8 Wyatt has been around how much longer? 3 or 4 years? Where was his Priority? Dolph Ziggler has been around since day 1. Has as many Elites as Nakamura Where was or still is the priority to get him in the line? Bill is not coming back here, there’s no need to suck up to him and praise his every move. It’s ok to disagree with some decisions and question some things
Did Wyatt or Ziggler win a Rumble and wrestle Styles at Mania when he was bringing credibility back to the title? No they didn't. Plus Ziggler was notorious for waiting about resigning with the company. So WWE probably told Mattel to not have Zig in lines.
No one is sucking up to Bill. Just pointing out how some people are on stupid pills.
What I meant was the original list of names that were listed are legends in the WWE sure fire Hall of Famers. You think Nakamura belongs in that conversation? That was the original comparison You can make whatever excuses you want. Wyatt has always been a bigger star than Nak, even pre Fiend, and he didn’t get that treatment from Mattel
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Post by taserface on Sept 18, 2020 9:03:17 GMT -5
Nakamura has (or will have shortly) 8 Elite style figures As many as Bret Hart (8) Edge (8) Bray Wyatt (8) More than Sting (7) Scott Hall / Razor Ramon (7) Kevin Nash / Diesel (6) Andre The Giant (5) Ric Flair (4) If you don’t see the imbalance there then I don’t know what to say. We have known this since he was vaulted into the DM slot originally. Bill or Bill and Steve or Bill and Steve and Rob, love then some Strong Style Current wrestlers get priority in lineups in the mainline. It has always been like that. Bray Wyatt has 8 Nakamura has 8 Wyatt has been around how much longer? 3 or 4 years? Where was his Priority? Dolph Ziggler has been around since day 1. Has as many Elites as Nakamura Where was or still is the priority to get him in the line? Bill is not coming back here, there’s no need to suck up to him and praise his every move. It’s ok to disagree with some decisions and question some things
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Post by taserface on Sept 18, 2020 8:49:04 GMT -5
Your Nakamura comment tells me that you either buy into this misconception that he is flooding Elites or you like to latch onto to it to further bash Bill. Let me pull a page from the What? playbook only I'll keep out the insults so it doesn't get deleted. Let's look at the wrestlers you mentioned,compared to Nakamura. Jeff Hardy - signed 2017 - 9 Elites Matt Hardy - signed 2017 - 8 Elites Sting - signed 2014 - 8 Elites Angle - signed 2017 - 6 Elites Nakamura - signed 2016 - 5 Elites (1 yet to come out so 6) Flair - signed 2012/2013? - 4 Elites So yes question the attire choice made by three man team, but you can't question the effort of getting these out when Jeff has almost doubled Nakamura in just a three year span and Sting was averaging one a year. Flair you could make the argument for. Look at who you are comparing Nakamura to! And he has an Ultimate, and 2 figures in Elite 81 or 82. Stop kidding yourself Nakamura has (or will have shortly) 8 Elite style figures As many as Bret Hart (8) Edge (8) Bray Wyatt (8) More than Sting (7) Scott Hall / Razor Ramon (7) Kevin Nash / Diesel (6) Andre The Giant (5) Ric Flair (4) If you don’t see the imbalance there then I don’t know what to say. We have known this since he was vaulted into the DM slot originally. Bill or Bill and Steve or Bill and Steve and Rob, love then some Strong Style
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Post by taserface on Sept 18, 2020 8:28:34 GMT -5
I think they like to use the WWE getting involved when it’s convenient for them. So the WWE cares about Monsoons tie, but doesn’t care when Natalya is made as a midget wrestler, or attires that are done half ass, that their own likeness even call them out on, or Bret Harts salmon colored outfit, and on and on Bill is the lead designer and too stubborn to admit the mistakes that have been made. Let’s be sure to get every variation and color of Nakamura, WGAF about Sting, Flair, Angle, Hardy’s, and on and on. 🤷♂️ Your Nakamura comment tells me that you either buy into this misconception that he is flooding Elites or you like to latch onto to it to further bash Bill. Let me pull a page from the What? playbook only I'll keep out the insults so it doesn't get deleted. Let's look at the wrestlers you mentioned,compared to Nakamura. Jeff Hardy - signed 2017 - 9 Elites Matt Hardy - signed 2017 - 8 Elites Sting - signed 2014 - 8 Elites Angle - signed 2017 - 6 Elites Nakamura - signed 2016 - 5 Elites (1 yet to come out so 6) Flair - signed 2012/2013? - 4 Elites So yes question the attire choice made by three man team, but you can't question the effort of getting these out when Jeff has almost doubled Nakamura in just a three year span and Sting was averaging one a year. Flair you could make the argument for. Look at who you are comparing Nakamura to! And he has an Ultimate, and 2 figures in Elite 81 or 82. Stop kidding yourself
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Post by taserface on Sept 17, 2020 17:53:28 GMT -5
I love the idea of this Bill Miekina boogeyman you've all concocted in your minds who took this job just to make collecting a miserable experience for you. I love when people like you take up for Mattel, as if they can do no wrong They do a lot right, I’ll admit, better than any other wrestling figure company ever But the lineup choices, attire/era selections, parts choices, color choices, very little transparency when it comes to design, leaves a lot to be desired
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Post by taserface on Sept 17, 2020 14:48:09 GMT -5
he designs and picks attires Does he design? Yes. Does he have all power of attire choices? No. Steve has said in the Q&A thread that he, Rob, and Bill discuss line ups and attires with each one having there own personal taste/view. The best example I can think of is Sherri Martel. Steve wanted the two in one, Bill has said he would have done Mania 7 to go with DM Savage and DM Warrior. Then the WWE gets involved. Steve said that Mattel had to change the color of Monsoons tie. If WWE is changing something as little as that, you can assume other changes are being made. I think they like to use the WWE getting involved when it’s convenient for them. So the WWE cares about Monsoons tie, but doesn’t care when Natalya is made as a midget wrestler, or attires that are done half ass, that their own likeness even call them out on, or Bret Harts salmon colored outfit, and on and on Bill is the lead designer and too stubborn to admit the mistakes that have been made. Let’s be sure to get every variation and color of Nakamura, WGAF about Sting, Flair, Angle, Hardy’s, and on and on. 🤷♂️
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Post by taserface on Sept 4, 2020 10:49:48 GMT -5
That is a great looking figure
Gotta pick this one up
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Post by taserface on Aug 26, 2020 17:39:23 GMT -5
Figures in my opinion that you can buy cheap, probably won’t have any more figures made of them, and are pretty awesome are Berserker Warlord Magnum TA DLo Red Rooster Nasty Boys IRS (figure sucks but cheap and he won’t have anymore) Lord Steven Regal Scotty 2 Hotty Sure there’s more but those come to mind Where can you currently get Red Rooster cheap. It’s going for $60-80 on secondary market Had no idea. I thought Target.com still had for regular price. That’s good to know though
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Post by taserface on Aug 25, 2020 11:08:59 GMT -5
Figures in my opinion that you can buy cheap, probably won’t have any more figures made of them, and are pretty awesome are
Berserker Warlord Magnum TA DLo Red Rooster Nasty Boys
IRS (figure sucks but cheap and he won’t have anymore) Lord Steven Regal Scotty 2 Hotty
Sure there’s more but those come to mind
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Post by taserface on Aug 25, 2020 6:11:37 GMT -5
I just clicked on that link for Amazon. Good lord that is a horrible looking Cena without the shirt on
His head is literally sitting on his shoulders. 🤦♂️🤦♂️
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Post by taserface on Aug 22, 2020 13:56:32 GMT -5
I bought what I thought was defining moments flair from a collectible toy store but they had the black and white robe on a four horsemen figure. Should I take it back? Unless you're happy with the price you paid for it I would definitely take it back. I doubt a collectible toy store selling loose figures is going to accept a return
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Post by taserface on Aug 21, 2020 22:37:25 GMT -5
Is the Zordon/Alpha pack going to be in stores? I just popped up and let me do in store pick up, waiting for confirmation. Saw in Durham NC today. Had 4 of them. So they are coming I guess
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