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Post by taserface on May 13, 2020 11:07:07 GMT -5
As far as the regular Elite line goes for me my favorites are
E12 Kane E29 CM Punk E44.5 Magnum TA E48 Cactus Jack E62 Sting or E63 Dusty Rhodes
None of these would crack my top 10 if we included all the Elite sublines
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Post by taserface on May 12, 2020 15:49:34 GMT -5
It’s not just Sting. Mattel finds a way to NOT do sure fire sellers of top tier talant They have had Razor Ramon / Scott Hall under contract for at least 5 or 6 years. We get a Elite Razor in 2015 and now just getting the 2nd Elite in 2020!? There’s nothing they can say to make that acceptable The same with Ric Flair. One in 2014, one in ‘15(?) in the box set, the DM in ‘17 and one in ‘19 at GameStop He’s one of the top 5 biggest names ever in wrestling history, and we can’t get more than 4 Elites in 6 years? I love most of what Mattel puts out, but a lot of decisions they made / make are very questionable To be fair, we got 3 Scott Hall elites in that time too, and a handful of basics for both characters. Also we got the Flashback Razor, unless you're specifically talking about ring gear attires. You’re right about the suited Razor 🤦♂️ Completely forgot (I disregard that one personally) But I’ll stand by my statement. They need to pump out more of these characters. Especially someone like Hall (and Nash & Flair). They are liable to screw up at anytime and get let go, or something go wrong.
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Post by taserface on May 12, 2020 15:30:34 GMT -5
It’s not just Sting. Mattel finds a way to NOT do sure fire sellers of top tier talant
They have had Razor Ramon / Scott Hall under contract for at least 5 or 6 years. We get a Elite Razor in 2015 and now just getting the 2nd Elite in 2020!? There’s nothing they can say to make that acceptable
The same with Ric Flair. One in 2014, one in ‘15(?) in the box set, the DM in ‘17 and one in ‘19 at GameStop He’s one of the top 5 biggest names ever in wrestling history, and we can’t get more than 4 Elites in 6 years?
I love most of what Mattel puts out, but a lot of decisions they made / make are very questionable
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Post by taserface on May 11, 2020 15:03:31 GMT -5
Got all three of them ordered. I wish Target would do this with all of their exclusive sets
Hopefully Sting will still come out but these three were higher on my want list anyway
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Post by taserface on Mar 3, 2020 20:33:40 GMT -5
I blame the people asking the questions more than the guys answering it. We know they can’t say if so and so is under or this and they yet people still ask I give him a ton of credit for still humoring those questions, but it's beyond grating that people ask the same question over and over. The question was asked and answered 100 times. What makes you think number 101 will be any different? Wrestling collectors are definitely an interesting mix. Well the 101th time someone asked if Billie Kay was going to be a Wal Mart figure or Target. We got an answer, both, finally after weeks of no comment So things change. That’s why some people keep asking
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Post by taserface on Feb 23, 2020 14:27:05 GMT -5
1. That DM was his first figure 2. He was a huge star in nxt which is why his first figure sold out everywhere. 3. Bill has a hard on for nakamura and that’s just a fact 4. Bill plans the lineups and even with that ultimate nakamura he still makes 4 more nakamura in the elite line. Might be the only one, but I was hoping to see a jumpsuit Nak Elite with trench coat this weekend lol Coming in Series 7 of Ultimate Edition. You’ll get it. Guarenteed 🤦♂️🤦♂️
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Post by taserface on Feb 2, 2020 6:50:16 GMT -5
Maverick and Truth have got to have a 2 pack I would think. At least that’s what I’m telling myself because I can’t find B102 Idk which state you're in, but check your Walmarts. That series is popping up there in my area. I said that wrong. I can’t find Drake. I see a ton of B102 but never Drake and rarely Corbin
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Post by taserface on Feb 2, 2020 6:48:09 GMT -5
So hypothetically speaking if something like a Maxx Moon figure were pitched would Mattel need to have Paul Diamond on some sort of agreement or could the figure be made without it with WWE's permission as they own the rights to the gimmick? (The same kind of question applies to someone like Doink who has been portrayed by multiple people) Also could we ever see something like the old Jakks 1 or X000 style sticker on Mattel figs? I really miss they type of thing with the modern stuff. They’ve answered this about Doink like 20 times. They need the guy under the mask So who do they have under contract? Has that ever been said? Ray Apollo , Matt Bourne , Steve Keirn, Steve Lombardi? If it’s any of the latter 3 I’d love to see an alternate gimmick of theirs in figure form
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Post by taserface on Feb 1, 2020 20:19:39 GMT -5
I have no self control so I always buy a First Time in Line. Most of those guys like Nese or Maverick probably won’t have an elite so I’m comfortable buying them. Maverick and Truth have got to have a 2 pack I would think. At least that’s what I’m telling myself because I can’t find B102
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Post by taserface on Jan 30, 2020 18:17:41 GMT -5
PN News
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Post by taserface on Jan 29, 2020 22:00:30 GMT -5
Steve, I know you said that there was some type of issue with Ohno and Paige figures a while back ago. Are these going to be available anytime soon? Both figures are amazing. I don’t want to miss out. Appreciate it. Elite 74 is hitting now. It’s hard to believe that E71 is going to come back in full force at Target. It’s a 2019 product I mean things could be worse though. At least it’s a solid set. Cole, Drew, Jeff Hardy, Big Show and then those 2 Exclusives. I hope it does for those of you that have Targets that actually stock action figures
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Post by taserface on Jan 28, 2020 18:16:53 GMT -5
Hey Steve, Would you guys consider ever doing certain cases based off pay per view wins? For example, with Drew winning the royal rumble now would be a good time to send perhaps a case of his figures to retailers. Thanks and keep up the great work. I think this is a great idea
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Post by taserface on Jan 26, 2020 15:30:36 GMT -5
- 4 (confirmed) Elite Ric Flairs since 2014
- 1 Elite Razor Ramon since 2015
- 3 Elite Surfer Stings since 2015
- 1 (maybe 2?) Elite WWE Eddie Guerrero’s since 2011
- No normal WCW Elite Lex Luger since 2014
- 4 Elite Edge figures since 2012
Just a few examples of why something needs to change be it online or increasing #’s in lineups or something regarding Legends
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Post by taserface on Jan 26, 2020 12:56:25 GMT -5
Ill be lucky to see this cause someone at mattel though we needed another Asuka figure that seemed to be packed 3 per case cause shes literally on every single peg. I’ll give him this one though. It timed out good. She’s gotten another push and seems like a legit badass on TV. The NXT one was unnecessary IMO but this Asuka figure is the sh*t I know what you mean though
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Post by taserface on Jan 26, 2020 12:24:54 GMT -5
I’m in the same boat. My local Target has not gotten Royal Rumble yet. Not gotten any regular line Elites since probably early / mid December (E70) Has had one Diesel Network Spotlight and a ton of Elite Top Picks Series 2 scattered all over all the pegs. About 2 Basics
But they have been carrying the Ultimate Editions very regularly. So weird
I don’t expect to find NS2 easily. Luckily all I want out of it is Richter
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Post by taserface on Jan 26, 2020 11:47:40 GMT -5
I just compared my Fan Central Carmella to Walgreens Alexa and Survivor Series Alexa and she is taller than Bliss. So 5’5” Carmella will look like the Great Khali next to E74 Natalya 🤦♂️
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Post by taserface on Jan 25, 2020 21:34:55 GMT -5
Just curious. Why don’t you see that line succeeding at Ringside? (If you can share) IMO adult collectors wouldn’t mind dropping $25-$30 on Legends figures. The line is deep and 10+ years old. Not 2 like back then with Jakks hangover still in effect.
I can’t speak for RSC, they might not even want that, but it seems like a sure thing from the outside looking in
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Post by taserface on Jan 25, 2020 18:00:25 GMT -5
Crazy that Elite versions (not just Basics) of 5’1” Alexa Bliss tower over Elite 5’5” Natalya. And all you get is they strive to be in scale. So WTF happened? And will it change? (Probably not). The next Bliss will be the same height and if Bill ever speaks, he will act like ‘what’s wrong with it’ Not true man. I posted a very thorough response in the Q&A thread. Go check it out. I didn’t mean you. You will respond. But you’re not the one picking the parts and designing them ( I don’t think) No disrespect towards you. I’m just looking at that pic and that’s an Elite Alexa. I haven’t got that Elite Natalya or Becky yet, so I can’t line them up. But I have a bunch of the previous womens figures and I just hope the new Elites aren’t starting a whole new scale (when compared to 10 years worth of previous)
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Post by taserface on Jan 25, 2020 16:15:54 GMT -5
I have a question about possibly increasing the # per set of Elites, etc
Currently you have
Start with 54 Slots (9 sets a year like 2017,18,19)
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2 each for Seth, Roman, Cena, Rey, Jeff Hardy, Finn (12) [NOT COMPLAINING, I UNDERSTAND WHY]
That leave 42 slots left
35 male talents on Smackdown 11 female talants on Smackdown 39 male talents on RAW 13 female talants on RAW 6 talants on 205 Live 15(ish) legit NXT talants male / female (119)
Not counting authority figures, managers, announcers, etc
Not counting Legends
I’m not sure what the roster looked like in 2010 when you guys got the license, but surely it wasn’t this large
How can it still be feasible to do 6 per line of Elites? Has the legit thought of increasing the # in sets ever come up?
You’ve got prominent people like Charlotte, Corbin, Bray, Brock, Becky that are going 20+ series between regular line releases
that leads into my next point (not that this solves the issue)
Very hard to believe that Mattel doesn’t see the need for a dedicated Legends line, to at least open up those few slots to current talents
I can’t believe that y’all can sell Wal Mart on MOTU and Ghostbusters (heavily reliant on Legends / Flashbacks) that both costs about the same as regular Elites, but can’t sell them on a dedicated Legends line
I know the original died, but that was nearly a decade ago. Surely things would be better now(?)
This is not to put Mattel down, because you guys are killing it with the actual product you put out. I was a Legends only collector, but since Elite 69, with all the awesome talent that has been GREAT, I have started collecting current people
Thanks in advance
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Post by taserface on Jan 24, 2020 18:11:16 GMT -5
My local Walgreens (which never gets anything new) had a Shang Chi from Demogoblin wave last night. So be on the lookout if that wave interests you
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