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Post by taserface on Oct 28, 2018 11:18:32 GMT -5
-Yes, TRU closing has hurt the toy industry. -Yes, Mattel is suffering. Cutting workforce proves that. -Yes, we may very well get less figures in the future than we did in previous years. -Yes, the EG and DM lines are too expensive for retail consumption. -No, the fact that they didn't show three hundred and forty-two new figures at RSF is not indicative of the end of the line. -No, it's not a 100% bad thing that some of the retail exclusive lines are ending. A lot of stores had been overstocking the specialty lines to the detriment of the main line. How many of your Walmarts and Targets skipped series after series while you were stuck staring at pegwarming exclusives? Ding! Ding! Ding! I have had the hardest time finding main line elites but there's six hundred NXT Rusevs and Alundra Blayzes staring at me every time I go toy hunting. Just out of curiosity what main line Elites are you having trouble coming across? I’m in the same general area as you I believe, and the only thing we haven’t gotten is E61. Targets are even getting in E62 now Only asking because every GameStop I’ve been in in the area has Elias, Angle, Giant, WM’s have E54-60 in full force (minus 57). I know we had a huge problem from E40 - E53 but since the packaging change I’ve felt our area has gotten steady flow of mainline Elites
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Post by taserface on Oct 28, 2018 9:53:26 GMT -5
On my way to Apex this morning, stopped by the Wal Mart near 421 in Siler City. Picked up a set of Flashbacks Series 3. They still had extra Steamboat, Austin’s and a Jake. If anyone needs them still
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Post by taserface on Oct 28, 2018 9:40:20 GMT -5
Wal Mart is dropping Elite FB’s and Basic FB’s due to ‘space’ for the mainline Elites, but they pick up Fan Central that has single Basics, 2 Packs and Elites. The reasoning just doesn’t make any sense
You always hear support the lines, don’t wait until clearance, if you want them to continue and thrive. I felt like that’s what happened with at least the WM FB Elites, but we still end up getting $hlt on
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 21:10:47 GMT -5
-Yes, TRU closing has hurt the toy industry. -Yes, Mattel is suffering. Cutting workforce proves that. -Yes, we may very well get less figures in the future than we did in previous years. -Yes, the EG and DM lines are too expensive for retail consumption. -No, the fact that they didn't show three hundred and forty-two new figures at RSF is not indicative of the end of the line. -No, it's not a 100% bad thing that some of the retail exclusive lines are ending. A lot of stores had been overstocking the specialty lines to the detriment of the main line. How many of your Walmarts and Targets skipped series after series while you were stuck staring at pegwarming exclusives? I’m still not understanding what the 3 rows of FB Elites has to do with the 4 rows of mainline Elites at WM? Or the 1 row of HOC Elites has to do with the 2 rows of mainline Elites at Target. If they want more room how about getting the dolls out of the damn boys action figure section at Target or the Zombies and Mutants that inevitably end up getting transferred to the clearance aisle over and over. Find space that way, not cancelling lines that actually bring people into your store to specifically hunt for them
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 15:00:12 GMT -5
I for one, am personally glad Mattel seems to FINALLY be slowing it down some. This year has had way too much product. 8 elite sets so far this year, with likely a 9th (Elite 65) coming before Christmas. We have had three Walmart Exclusive flashback sets this year, three HOC’s sets, 5 Epic Moments sets, 3 GameStop Exclusives, 3 Ringside exclusives, plus two Fan Central sets, not to mention Entrance Greats, and the amazon exclusives. For someone with rent and bills to pay, a fiancée and a car note. It has become a lot. Yes I’ve kept up, but personally I believe that less is more. I don’t think there has ever been a year with this much product released at once and I’m glad it is slowing down. But most people (maybe this forums isn’t a good example) do NOT buy everything they put out. Less isn’t more for most of us. It’s really just less Flashbacks/Legends. You say three waves of FB’s. That’s 12 figures. Three waves of HOC, equaled out to 10 FB’s. With only a handful of FB’s in the main line, that’s not too much IMO. The only people getting the short end of the stick is old school collectors (which is 99.9% adult collectors who will spend the $$, in which I thought the Elite line was aimed at)
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 13:48:47 GMT -5
I think this stole the show... That hand and the FX printing make it a must own. Leaps and bounds better than his BP Basic. And that is a sad, sad fact 9 years into the line and an Aiden English Elite that will peg warm like crazy, steals the show at Ringsidefest Not the greatest time to be a Mattel WWE collector to me
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 13:03:46 GMT -5
Mattel is the ones that are making the idiotic attire choices, weird lineups and line decisions. But they aren’t in charge of Targets distribution. Target is. That’s not Mattel’s fault that , they choose to accept Elites bought at Big Lots and Ollie’s in exchange for brand new ones. They choose to keep stocking HOC1 while other Targets are on HOC3 Wal Mart seems to have their stuff together a little bit more, but not good by any means That’s not on Mattel, that’s on the big 2 here in the US Is that right? Well, whoever is in charge of the actual distribution of these store exclusives has done a really, really poor job. You are 100% correct there. I just meant it’s on Targets distribution people because they have the Elite products. They just do a horrible, horrible job at getting it out there
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 12:56:38 GMT -5
I said this a few months ago and got jumped on for it by some, but I agree with what you guys above are saying. Mattel's distribution of these store exclusive lines are AWFUL. You get one series, and then you don't see another series for like 3 series later. And then they wonder why they have peg warmers. I can't believe how bad Mattel is at something so simple. Mattel is the ones that are making the idiotic attire choices, weird lineups and line decisions. But they aren’t in charge of Targets distribution. Target is. That’s not Mattel’s fault that , they choose to accept Elites bought at Big Lots and Ollie’s in exchange for brand new ones. They choose to keep stocking HOC1 while other Targets are on HOC3 Wal Mart seems to have their stuff together a little bit more, but not good by any means That’s not on Mattel, that’s on the big 2 here in the US
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 11:11:41 GMT -5
Guess it’s not a Retrofest fig
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 11:09:21 GMT -5
How the hell does the NXT Elite line not get cancelled? The only HOC2 that can easily be found are NXT guys. The NXT line always has more crap nobody buys than the HOC line and the WM FB Elite line.
I sincerely wish Mattel would lose this license and Hasbro take it over
And if they paid for a cross country trip for Bill to show this, and only this, what a waste of time and money
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 10:51:07 GMT -5
Did they seriously just paint her top straps on and leave the MOLDED part unpainted?? When did Jakks get the line back? I’ll stick with my Jakks CS Sherri’s
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Post by taserface on Oct 27, 2018 7:44:28 GMT -5
I won’t buy it because they cost too much, but damn that EG Elias looks great
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Post by taserface on Oct 26, 2018 10:14:37 GMT -5
E62 is here. Found Dude Love & Roman at the Target on Lawndale this morning. Left Roman. Someone had already cleared out Sting, AOP and Braun
There’s still a Sami Retro 4 there also for anyone who needs that and an Owens from that set
Star Wars BS Gammorean Guards at this spot too if anyone needs
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Post by taserface on Oct 15, 2018 12:45:03 GMT -5
It's all a matter of scale. Target has nearly 2,000 stores and Walmart around 6,000 in the US. I think there are something like 100 Smyth's stores. And I think the idea of the big chain department store is more popular in the US than other countries. The more cases a store orders, the lower the price. Unfortunately I just don't think there is a good solution for international collectors - either buy figures from the US and get hit up front with import fees and shipping, or even if the figure arrives domestically end up paying higher prices due to tariffs and small batch orders on the back end. Very true. Theres another option, this is, in the main, a friendly place with mostly decent people, ive made some good friends, i have 3 people who regularly send me stuff i cant get, at cost, which helps a lot, make friends and improve your collections More international collectors should try this. It would help us on our end to help clear out stock that isn’t moving (ie HOC 1 & 2, FB 2, FB Basics, various NXT stuff and Walgreens exclusives). I’ll gladly do it for people if they want them loose. They just need to feel free to ask
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Post by taserface on Oct 5, 2018 16:51:20 GMT -5
Big fat zero. Scalpers are just the excuse some people use if someone buys a figure before them I live in a town full of scalpers. There’s three rival scalpers plus a ton of collectors, so don’t tell me it’s some magic tooth fairy bs Just curious of what there is to be ‘scalping’. HOC 2 Kane? - there will be restocks and fairly easy to find eventually E57 Jeff Hardy E57 Seth? Flashback HBK? I don’t look on eBay. This is a genuine question. Relating to WWE Mattel what could possibly be worth picking up to a scalper? I know scalpers or the flea market guys pick off Five Belows, Big lots, Ollie’s but at full retail there is very little worth scalping in this line
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Post by taserface on Oct 5, 2018 16:29:08 GMT -5
Perfect example.
Walgreens exclusive Maryse. People have had her and have been finding her for months. Over the course of the last few months been to at least 30 different WG’s. Came up empty every time
I want her, but I’m choosing to not pay more than retail. If I wanted her bad enough, I would
I’m not up in arms and calling for Mattel to stop all Walgreens exclusives
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Post by taserface on Oct 5, 2018 7:14:17 GMT -5
Hopefully target and Walmart’s will actually stock these, unlike the flashback and Nxt lines. What area are you in that Wal Marts are not stocking the Flashbacks? Out of the 20 WM’s in my area, I’d say 19 have stocked and restocked both Series 1 & 2. Haven’t been difficult to find at all Target has improved. They stock the stuff, just a lot slower I welcome this idea, like someone else said. If it gets Elites of people who won’t sell in the main line. Bring them on. If I can’t find them, then there’s always the classifieds, eBay or 100 other ways to get them
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Post by taserface on Oct 2, 2018 16:05:26 GMT -5
From what I’ve seen on a twitter Shelton looks horrible and that Dusty is f’n awesome!!
Can’t wait to pick him up at retail
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Post by taserface on Oct 1, 2018 17:19:32 GMT -5
I finally found KO from Series 4. Only ones left that I need are Finn, Flair, Sami & the ring
Trying to buy them all at retail, so maybe I’ll find all those within the next year!
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Post by taserface on Sept 30, 2018 19:07:33 GMT -5
Just Triple H and Scott Hall out of these posted. Possibly the Hardy/Edge 2 pack. Probably not though because they screw up most every Edge they do
Undertaker looks the exact same as WM 32 Elite so that’s a pass, and Sasha does nothing for me. Really wish the Charlotte was an Elite
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