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Post by taserface on Dec 14, 2019 14:51:54 GMT -5
I would like to know if Mattel considers the Survivor Series line as a success (or a good sell thru or whatever terms they use). While we as the collectors see it as a complete cluster f*ck
I’m also wondering in the initial order did Mattel not include a display for these? Because coming in (theoretically) Oct / Nov, I can’t see Wal Mart shifting their planogram to accommodate this line, at this time of the year
I think there’s a disconnect on them saying something is successful and us as the consumer saying something is successful. They sell the stuff and I guess their happy, but what equals out to be the face of their product keeps dropping the ball, left and right
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Post by taserface on Dec 14, 2019 14:43:18 GMT -5
Just out of the few lines that I collect that are non wrestling my favorite figures have been - ML Mr. Sinister - ML Beast - NECA Halloween 2 Michael Myers - McFarlane Star Trek Capt Kirk (no idea when it came out but Walgreens started carrying it in May or June around here) - ML Beta Ray Bill - Multiverse Alfred Pennyworth - SW BS Emperor Palpatine - SW BS The Mandalorian - ML 80th Classic Thor - Marvel Select Carnage I can’t believe I forgot my absolute favorite figure of the year. I was just going through things I purchased. But my favorite was one I had to put together The ML Kingpin BAF. Absolutely love that figure. Haven’t gotten the Shadow King head yet but hopefully sometime I will pick it up Great year for comic figures for me
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Post by taserface on Dec 14, 2019 9:47:36 GMT -5
Hopefully Wal Mart Picks it up. If they don’t it will get canceled. I hope it makes it to Series 5 though so I can get Flair
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 19:07:57 GMT -5
Just out of the few lines that I collect that are non wrestling my favorite figures have been
- ML Mr. Sinister
- ML Beast
- NECA Halloween 2 Michael Myers
- McFarlane Star Trek Capt Kirk (no idea when it came out but Walgreens started carrying it in May or June around here)
- ML Beta Ray Bill
- Multiverse Alfred Pennyworth
- SW BS Emperor Palpatine
- SW BS The Mandalorian
- ML 80th Classic Thor
- Marvel Select Carnage
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 14:22:43 GMT -5
Any Elite 72 sightings yet?
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 13:14:53 GMT -5
I would like to know if Mattel considers the Survivor Series line as a success (or a good sell thru or whatever terms they use). While we as the collectors see it as a complete cluster f*ck
I’m also wondering in the initial order did Mattel not include a display for these? Because coming in (theoretically) Oct / Nov, I can’t see Wal Mart shifting their planogram to accommodate this line, at this time of the year
I think there’s a disconnect on them saying something is successful and us as the consumer saying something is successful. They sell the stuff and I guess their happy, but what equals out to be the face of their product keeps dropping the ball, left and right
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 11:17:33 GMT -5
I'm reading a lot of this kind of feedback online: MOTU fans: "Ugh, MOTU figs based on fake wrestlers? PLEASE. Get this tripe outta here. MOTU only." WWE fans: "Wrestlers combined with a nearly 40-year-old property that only old toy weirdos would care about? Pass. WWE only." ME: "I'LL TAKE 'EM BOTH; I'M HARDCORE" I’m 39. I grew up loving the original MOTU and I grew up loving NWA (and the other territories we saw in wrestling mags) so Remco wrestlers were closest things I had to them. So loved them too That said I have zero interest in this line. Hope it works for them but I doubt it will
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 9:36:10 GMT -5
I think Elite 67 skipped Target and Wal Mart. I don’t remember seeing remnants of that set anywhere except Big Lots
Maybe it had something to do with neither having an exclusive in that wave?
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Post by taserface on Dec 13, 2019 8:46:58 GMT -5
I like a few from the TRU box set
The WCW one, the ECW one in blue and then I think the one with the Eddie Guerrero ‘EG’ armband too.
Those are the only Rey’s I have beside the last two WCW Elite versions
He makes for great figures. Just haven’t been a big fan of his since way back in the day
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 19:56:52 GMT -5
My Wal Mart just got Basic 102 in last night
First time I’ve seen it in person
Seth looks great, Hardy looks cool, Drake looks great, Corbin is awesome if you can do something about that hair. I think Miz looks horrible New packaging looks great IMO
They skipped 101so probably no Sara Logan for me.
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 15:09:44 GMT -5
I haven’t seen Top Talent Elites at a single Wal Mart since they clearanced Series 1. Not an empty tag for them or anything That’s who I’m referring to Well, they sell them on their website and while they aren’t at my three closest stores they are sold in WalMarts about 40 minutes north or in NJ stores. But WalMarts are also known for not selling the same product in all their stores for years. My closest three stores never carried Jakks CS 3-Packs, Mattel DM, Legends, DCUC figures since Series 2 (including the WalMart exclusives) nor did they sell regular DC lines other than the movie lines. ML’s they have never carried the WalMart Exclusives just to name a few. The managers have tried to order them over the years but the orders always got refused because it wasn’t part of the polygrams. And according to the department manager at my closest store She says WalMarts next new polygram reset is Jan 1st. And she expects it to be done by Jan 14. So maybe they’ll be back on your stores polygram then? Maybe. But I can’t see them putting Elite Top Talents ‘19 on their new planogram for 2020 But stranger things have happened I guess
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 13:42:54 GMT -5
I haven’t seen Top Talent Elites at a single Wal Mart since they clearanced Series 1. Not an empty tag for them or anything
That’s who I’m referring to
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 13:15:20 GMT -5
In no particular order
E70 Gerald Briscoe E68 Mabel Target Red Rooster
Runners up
E71 Adam Cole E64 blue Curt Hawkins E71 Jeff Hardy
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 12:56:54 GMT -5
I’m not sure what you’re referring to when you say a few stores around me, but if you remember we the big drought WM had with no Elites. All they had was Top Talents across the whole country, that sat and sat (AJ mainly!) and eventually went on clearance for next to nothing And if you’re talking about the TRU stuff not warming all over, that’s definitely incorrect The marketing teams come up with all sorts of ideas. That doesn’t mean they’re great or that they actually work. I’m sure when they ask for Seth and Braun they didn’t know that they were getting stuck with pretty much re releases We'll have to agree to disagree. I'll continue to believe in Mattel and their marketing/product team who have made and marketed WWE figures successfully since 2010! You can continue to believe that you know more than them... It’s not knowing more than them. It’s just obvious. Retailers want it so bad, but the biggest retailer in the country doesn’t even make shelf space for TT Elite Series 2? We will agree to disagree. I’m not going to bog this thread down any more than I already have
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 9:32:21 GMT -5
I’ve never u derstood the Top Talents line in the WWE world at least The guys in Top Talants Basics and Elites are in every other Elite set anyway. And usually packed heavy. So there’s always a retail presence anyway You can’t compare it to back in the day when Skeletor or He Man we’re released in Series 1 and then not again for 20 waves. Or GI Joe or whatever the comparison they made was All it does at Target is fill up the regular Elite line shelves. And all they do at Wal Mart is order 4 or 5 cases and sell a few, while most collect dust I don’t agree that they need the amount of Patterson’s, Briscoe, Gorilla,Blassie, etc thar TRU got. Remember how bad Ringmaster, Triple H & Bossman warmed. That would be a way to kill that real quickly That's the way you feel based on your location. You can't say something doesn't work just because of the few stores around you. I'm sure the Mattel, Walmart and Target marketing teams have better analytics than your assumptions based on a few stores. I don't like the top talents line either, but I collect Legends and so that line is not for me. I honestly see them fly of the shelf, although there's always an abundance of AJ. I think there's an abundance of AJ because AJ sells! I think it's a great idea for kids - their parents always have an option to get their heros. I tried to find a Pikachu toy recently for my son, and no store had any, just random other characters. I wish Pokemon had a top talents line, too! I’m not sure what you’re referring to when you say a few stores around me, but if you remember we the big drought WM had with no Elites. All they had was Top Talents across the whole country, that sat and sat (AJ mainly!) and eventually went on clearance for next to nothing And if you’re talking about the TRU stuff not warming all over, that’s definitely incorrect The marketing teams come up with all sorts of ideas. That doesn’t mean they’re great or that they actually work. I’m sure when they ask for Seth and Braun they didn’t know that they were getting stuck with pretty much re releases
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Post by taserface on Dec 12, 2019 7:58:17 GMT -5
I have a crazy idea, remove top talents elites replace it at walmart and target stores with there own peg or 2 of there exclusive figures. So take what you did with the network spotlight series with toysrus and transfer it over to the 2 top retailers in the usa. Then people could have a much better chance of buying an exclusive and maybe buy 2 of same character. The easier you make it for someone to buy your product the more you should sell. Thoughts ?? Already been addressed. top talents are what the retailers and the wwe want. They want the top talents in the company to have a presence it the aisles so they are easily obtainable for people (kids) who will want their first of that wrestler. Although now they should probably change the lineups seeing AJ and Seth are now heels. Plus the reason the exclusives are the way they are now at Target and WalMart is because the retailers were just ordering their exclusive lines and not the core elite line. I’ve never u derstood the Top Talents line in the WWE world at least The guys in Top Talants Basics and Elites are in every other Elite set anyway. And usually packed heavy. So there’s always a retail presence anyway You can’t compare it to back in the day when Skeletor or He Man we’re released in Series 1 and then not again for 20 waves. Or GI Joe or whatever the comparison they made was All it does at Target is fill up the regular Elite line shelves. And all they do at Wal Mart is order 4 or 5 cases and sell a few, while most collect dust I don’t agree that they need the amount of Patterson’s, Briscoe, Gorilla,Blassie, etc thar TRU got. Remember how bad Ringmaster, Triple H & Bossman warmed. That would be a way to kill that real quickly
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Post by taserface on Dec 11, 2019 19:12:19 GMT -5
My local WM has had the display out in the center of the aisles since at least 12/1. They've sold two of 12 or however many comes in the setup
I’m guessing they go on clearance pretty quick to get them out of the way. There’s nowhere for them to go, and they are taking up valuable space
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Post by taserface on Dec 11, 2019 12:58:55 GMT -5
Just looked it up yes I think we’d need another Adam Cole in camo can anyone see fish and O’Reilly in an elite 2 pack?? No. I think AFA said that the two packs are for top tier talent. If they get new elites then probably inserted into the main line or store exclusives. This is not meant towards you, but if he said top tier talent then how did Samoa Joe get a slot in the second set released I love the wrestler Samoa Joe, but his figures don’t exactly set the shelves on fire. These kind of choices are what kills these lines, before they ever have a chance to take off IMO
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Post by taserface on Dec 10, 2019 18:49:48 GMT -5
I was a WCW / NWA kid so I loved Mean Mark (and the other Sky Scrapers)
Thought the gimmick was stupid, along with Paul Bearer. But I learned to enjoy it. Liked his changes until it got to the Ministry look. I despised everything about that group and they honestly bored me to death
I loved the American Badass return and that run That was awesome IMO
After that until current day, I’m kind of over him. He’s a special attraction that I just don’t care that much about seeing
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Post by taserface on Dec 10, 2019 7:44:13 GMT -5
E35 (?) is best IMO
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