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Post by taserface on Jul 5, 2019 17:12:34 GMT -5
They were made for toys r us before they closed, Walmart picked up the stock. There were probably 3x-4x as many Walmart’s as TRU so some stores got them, many didn’t but they are gone. That sounds logical but by the Survivor Series Elites showing up at Big Lots now and the Fan Central 2 Packs being at Marshalls or Ross or wherever they are/were, that tells me Wal Mart didn’t even send them all out to their stores. Just more to add to the cluster f&$k that is WWE Mattel / big box store distribution
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Post by taserface on Jul 5, 2019 15:54:01 GMT -5
WWEShop wouldn’t be buying the stock in the same volumes that big retailers do, so they’d be paying more per item, and they’d have to sell it at higher than retail price... and the figures would sit there for months/years without selling. That's the issue any time someone says "why doesn't RSC/WWE Shop/etc just pick it up?" You're talking about fronting a large amount of money for a product that isn't a fast mover. Seems like RSC takes around 3 years to sell through their exclusives for the most part, and those are for top tier names typically. I think I’m correct when I say TRU (America) went u see during the Epic Moments 1 KO / Jericho set. Since the we’ve had Hardy’s Milk O Mania Undisputed Era Shield would’ve been Ultimate Deletion Seems crazy Mattel would keep wasting resources for nobody to stock these but RSC Kmart (hardly any stores left) TRU Canada Amazon WWE Shop UK stores (maybe??) Maybe after the first 3, 4 or 4 struck out you need to bring out the heavy hitters. HBK, Bret Hart, Flair, Macho, (Hogan but I get it, he is/was unavailable) They just keep tripping over their own feet and putting out obvious duds, that any of us message board CEO’s can see from a mile away Repeat for Entrance Greats, Defining Moments, scale rings w/ a heel kids don’t want & probably Ultimate Edition Full disclosure - I bought EG Goldberg today on clearance for $22.00 and felt stupid paying that much for an Elite with less accessories than a regular line one
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Post by taserface on Jul 5, 2019 15:27:09 GMT -5
This happens every year around this time and every year posters lose their minds. Come August, things will be restocked with new resets of the toy departments. Every year the Wal Mart WWE Elite section is not bare from WrestleMania to Summerslam. It has been / will have been (by August) this year
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Post by taserface on Jul 5, 2019 13:42:26 GMT -5
Am I the only one that thought Mysterio / Gyllenhaal was possibly the most boring villain since Kacillius and / or Malekith?
I loved Homecoming. But this one did not compare to it IMO
I love the kids playing these roles (Holland, MJ, Ned, even Flash made me laugh at least). They kept it interesting enough for me. Just too much Iron Man bs for me, too much Happy, the whole Mysterio thing (from the backstory to the execution of the disasters) was just forced and stupid
I love JJJ. Love that Spider Man got exposed
And the Skrulls thing was kind of dumb. Nick Fury sends Skrulls to take his and Maria’s spots on earth. Looks like a cheap way to keep Capt Marvel movie relevant to me (because this movie was a pure masterpiece when compared to Capt Marvel)
We all knew they were shapeshifters and why is it a big deal that Fury sent them (because he was to busy to be bothered with this story)
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Post by taserface on Jul 4, 2019 21:24:50 GMT -5
Just watched Spider Man - FFH
Honestly would give it 2 thumbs down, but I do love Tom Holland and the guys who play MJ and Ned
Extremely disappointed to say the least.
3 duds in 2019 for Marvel Studios (IMO not in the box office lol)
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Post by taserface on Jul 2, 2019 16:56:09 GMT -5
People are saying that Elite Series Finlay is rare?! Where the hell were they when two of my area WalMarts had a combined 8 pegs full of him for over a year before they finally vanished? And seeing all my Mattel figures are either mass retail, exclusives or mail always (Vince & Triple H) I will say my Jakks 2004 NY Toy Fair 1/100 Ultimate Warrior is the rarest figure I own. Any black box Elites are now ‘rare’ to find for a decent price Legends line warmed so hard back in the day, now only one you can find for a decent price is George Steele Hell the Mickie James Basic is probably rare now and I didn’t collect then but I browsed the aisles and remember the mountains of them LOL
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Post by taserface on Jul 1, 2019 20:07:57 GMT -5
Multiple times from bill he has done one for Luger elite 38 macho Man and apa he also asked about public enemy and Hugh Morrus being made because he had the rights to make them and had a few other ones he asked us for input on Damn I would love to get a Public Enemy. I never knew they had the rights to them. Hell at this point I would take Hugh Morris if they released him lol
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Post by taserface on Jul 1, 2019 17:58:48 GMT -5
honestly im surprised the retro line has lasted this long , it outlived my intial prediction..lol I always see them rotting in my stores..UE too early to tell , but im not even sure there doing well at all. $30 bucks always seems like a hard sell for Mattel. they barely made it at 24.99 a figure with DM and then EG relaunched at around 30 right? lol...I don't give it long honestly. Retros surprised me as well. I get that other companies put out vintage-style figure lines before to much success but I thought the Retros were a little niche. I guess I was wrong on that one and I'm happy for those who collect them (And finally getting a Hasbro-styled Goldust and Diesel). You'd think that Ultimate Edition will be a big seller, and in a way I hope it is. Again, other companies have that premium line tailor made for adult collectors and this is Mattel's take. From what I've seen they're very impressive but a tad steep compared to say NECA's Ultimates. We'll see once they hit stores, assuming they order them. I hope for the best for U.E. But not a good sign that Target or Wal Mart, and not even GameStop have Series 1 and Series 2 is already shipping from RSC I guess we will see what happens with it
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Post by taserface on Jul 1, 2019 17:28:19 GMT -5
I think the main reason people are taking issue is because they hyped up the reveal only for it to be a figure we thought would be appearing on shelves any time now, and also now it’ll be in October. I think if the announcement wasn’t hyped it’d be fine. It made everyone assume it was going to be something new. This is exactly it. Don’t hype a reveal for it to be an old figure tjatgot shelved. What you’re really revealing is the other 3 disappearing haha. If this had just popped up on site I’d have been pretty happy. As it is I’ll still order eventually I’d say, but I woke up here excited (Australia) and went “oh that’s it”. Don’t think that’s what they were going for. What’s funny is like a month ago I swear the thread was on here somewhere where they were talking about Itami being cancelled. Didn’t bill or AFA chime in and say this line wasn’t canceled? Because that was the rumors or whatever Some of you guys on here can act like everything is perfect in Mattel world. But it’s obviously not HOC ended, Flashbacks Elites and Basics ended, NXT Elite line and Basic line ended, Ultimate Deletion dropped (Epic Moments done presumably?), what’s next? No more Retros, No more Ultimate Editions after Shinsuke doesn’t sell at all (if they ever make it to real retail in the first place)
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Post by taserface on Jul 1, 2019 16:50:48 GMT -5
Doesn’t qualify as a figure but I have an empty Flashbacks 3 Harley Race box. That’s gotta be pretty rare
Other than that only carded ‘rare’ stuff I have left is
E19 Christian FB3 Steamboat RSC Hogan E65 Sherri
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Post by taserface on Jul 1, 2019 16:17:42 GMT -5
I just hope this Almas figure isn’t taking a spot away from the real Ringside exclusive. Hopefully it’s like Shield Angle last year
I guess they had their pick of 3 $hltty Target figures. And they took the best of the 3
I wonder if Strong & Titus will take spots in the regular Elite line now? Or if they will join Itami, Richter, Gorilla, Lita, etc in limbo
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 20:53:35 GMT -5
2018 figure exclusives were DX HBK (new ‘18 style packaging) Brian Kendrick Bret Hart (Then that Angle, but they just took that in from TRU when they shut down) regardless when they actually released. That was the 3 for ‘18 The 3 for ‘19 are Matt Hardy (new FX logo on packaging) Brood Hardy’s TBD #3 Then the #1 of 2020 will hit like you said later in year this year Wasnt the LJN Young Bucks an exclusive also? Or are we talking strictly Elites? They have all kinds of exclusives LJN’s, Storm, etc, etc They typically have 3 of their own original Elite exclusives each year
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 19:43:07 GMT -5
Just curious why you say they’re getting less exclusives than normal? Hardy was 1st Hardy's were 2nd whoever will be the 3rd (and final for ‘19) That’s their normal schedule right? I would love your BATB selection though ECW Matt was 2018. It was the Ringside Fest figure. Typically the first figure of the following year is released late November but the first figures of 2019 were Brood Hardyz that came out late last month. Usually at this point in the year RSC has gotten 2-3 exclusives. As of right now it’s only 1 with whatever is getting revealed tomorrow their 2nd. Assuming it’s coming out before October then that would leave the RSF exclusive as their 3rd. I can’t recall the last time they’ve gotten less than 4 exclusives in a year. 2018 figure exclusives were DX HBK (new ‘18 style packaging) Brian Kendrick Bret Hart (Then that Angle, but they just took that in from TRU when they shut down) regardless when they actually released. That was the 3 for ‘18 The 3 for ‘19 are Matt Hardy (new FX logo on packaging) Brood Hardy’s TBD #3 Then the #1 of 2020 will hit like you said later in year this year
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 18:41:33 GMT -5
With RSC getting seemingly less exclusives than normal it could be another multipack. If so then I’m gonna say it’s BATB 96 nWo. Just curious why you say they’re getting less exclusives than normal? Hardy was 1st Hardy's were 2nd whoever will be the 3rd (and final for ‘19) That’s their normal schedule right? I would love your BATB selection though
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 13:09:43 GMT -5
Legends / Flashbacks wise
Double J Viscera Hollywood Hulk Hogan Hulk Still Rules Hogan Don Muraco Gorilla Monsoon Wendi Richter hopefully a new Elite Christian WWECW style Kurt Angle Superstar Billy Graham short haired WCW Ric Flair
Hopefully some of these. I know it will be flooded with NXT and 205 Live guys unfortunately
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 12:18:35 GMT -5
I’m not hating on Jakks, I still pick up RA style figures and R3 figures, when I find clean ones that are nice looking (to me) But ToyBiz / Marvel TNA figures put RA style figures to shame I guess they came out when? 06? No comparison between those and Jakks (main line) RA style figs Im only looking at the wcw line. Its subjective though. I hated the toybiz line all the way back when they made WCW figures. That line sucked lol And I don’t really collect the TNA ToyBiz line but some of those figures are beautiful Christopher Daniels Homicide James Mitchell the NWA belts come to top of my mind But I know what you were saying. Jakks was cool as hell for a long time IMO. Until the end
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Post by taserface on Jun 30, 2019 12:08:09 GMT -5
It’s hilarious seeing you guys insult Mattel without taking into consideration how atrocious Jakks Pacific was. Mattel will forever at least TRY to put out a good product. It’s a case of not appreciating what you have. I used to mod this board when the big news was finally getting a figure in the Ruthless Aggression line with details on the tights... Mattel legitimately makes unique molds for certain wrestlers from top to bottom, but that’s just not enough. I hope you guys get Hasbro and they quit on you. JAKKS put out a superior product at the time compared to any other wrestling figure. Saying what you said is essentially like saying "You guys want who insult jakks must have forgot how atrocious JustToys was.".....Jakks didnt cheap out on collectors until they already knew they had lost the line. Then we got gems like naked Mark Henry. I’m not hating on Jakks, I still pick up RA style figures and R3 figures, when I find clean ones that are nice looking (to me) But ToyBiz / Marvel TNA figures put RA style figures to shame I guess they came out when? 06? No comparison between those and Jakks (main line) RA style figs
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Post by taserface on Jun 29, 2019 10:17:27 GMT -5
In his defense that was going to be an NWO 4 pack Eddie was thrown together and Zybysko shifted over there after the Hogan thing Right?? I imagine it was going to be Outsiders, Hogan and Macho (or maybe a lesser known star because it would sell based on those 3 anyway) But yes it sucked, but at least we got a great Zybysko figure out of it That Eddie is horrible LOL I’ve never heard that Heard that way back when it wasn’t going to come out in first place and it was only overseas or wherever (when it was cancelled) I thought even Bill said something along those lines. Maybe not
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Post by taserface on Jun 29, 2019 10:07:15 GMT -5
Bill should have been fired over the Nitro Notables set. Horrible attire choices In his defense that was going to be an NWO 4 pack Eddie was thrown together and Zybysko shifted over there after the Hogan thing Right?? I imagine it was going to be Outsiders, Hogan and Macho (or maybe a lesser known star because it would sell based on those 3 anyway) But yes it sucked, but at least we got a great Zybysko figure out of it That Eddie is horrible LOL
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Post by taserface on Jun 29, 2019 9:42:26 GMT -5
Like I said when these were first announced ... I’d give this line anywhere from 6-10 series and it’s done. That doesn’t mean that I dont think they’re good figures, but they cant even move elites at $20 ... what’s another set of hands and a head sculpt going to make someone spend $30+ after taxes at retail, when other lines are doing this for $10 less 🤷🏻♂️ I agree with you but then you also have to consider that if you slapped SH Figuarts or MAFEX or One:12 on these boxes instead of Mattel people would be willing to throw $50 - $100 at them (maybe not Shinske, but you get what I’m saying) I get that comics, movies, etc are popular, but how those 6” lines stay afloat (and flourish!) and WWE will have problems with this $30 line of top notch figures, is beyond me
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