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Post by maske2g on Jan 24, 2018 9:42:05 GMT -5
This has been the same for 7 years.
Hands up who bought Defining moments 1,2,3,4,5 in England? Legends? Original entrance greats? Then now forever? Build Jim Ross, Ricardo, Johnny L? HOF 1 and 2? Oh, no one. That's what I thought.
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Post by maske2g on Jan 24, 2018 7:22:40 GMT -5
Gotta laugh at people listening to toys and masks as a credible source .... more fool you for believing it.
It's like Banks and The Sun telling you that Bitcoin is not a credible investment.
Or Tesco telling you that Sainsburies only sell their own branded Cola and Beans.
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Post by maske2g on Jan 9, 2018 10:55:42 GMT -5
Elite 26 Warrior, I appreciate the work put into it but there’s a reason it rotted forever. Yes, they made 4 times more of them than any other regular Elite. almost as if when they tell you that you don't want to believe it....
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Post by maske2g on Jan 9, 2018 10:46:25 GMT -5
Hi , Can you tell me if you have seen these recently in London ? (which store would be helpful ) Elite Nasty Boys Élite Hart Foundation Élite Warlord Élite Irs Élite 123 kid Thanks from France You will spend 50 quid in petrol looking for them... I have all of those for sale, with the exception of Bret Hart. All at less than retail price. When you reach 50 posts, you can trade in the classifieds. If you want to buy them from a certain auction site, DM me.
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Post by maske2g on Jan 9, 2018 10:44:45 GMT -5
Ignoring the boringness of the fact I was speaking in broad detail, they were first reduced at the start of October. a quarter of a year ago. They also had a spend 50 get a tenner back deal in that time. So, main point stands. They have failed to sell miserably at Smyths. Their main source in England. Just as almost every other flashback since Elite 35 has failed miserably. Sad, but true. It's not just the flashbacks, they reduce most elites quickly now. Anyway my main point was that there was a huge amount of Alexa Bliss figures (which everyone says is a great figure) along with loads of Owens and very few flashbacks in my local store. But I agree that generally the flashbacks don't sell aswell which is why they've all but stopped putting them in the main line, and that is sad. With regards to cutbacks since they went up to 20 quid, I think they are just trying to get a few more quid from the initial wave. Then the discounts down to 15 quid aren't much of a discount at all. They are just perceived that way. I'm surprised about Alexa, it's a great figure. But then 2 women in a case is a massive exception to the norm. Owens was the other one that was 2 in that case, and he has simply had too many similar figures recently. I predict that the 2 pack with Jericho will flop massively. The flashbacks not selling is even more irking, when you consider most are 1 per case. The last one that sticks out to me that wasn't was Eiite 44 Macho, and that was the massive Smyths over order of xmas 2015. And in my eyes, the beginning of the end for a lot of people. This place has been increasingly dead, and the uk facebook groups are just awash with sellers.
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Post by maske2g on Jan 8, 2018 12:14:45 GMT -5
You thought right. They've been half price for over 2 months and are still there... No they haven't. A month ago D'lo was £15 and Shamrock was £13. Ignoring the boringness of the fact I was speaking in broad detail, they were first reduced at the start of October. a quarter of a year ago. They also had a spend 50 get a tenner back deal in that time. So, main point stands. They have failed to sell miserably at Smyths. Their main source in England. Just as almost every other flashback since Elite 35 has failed miserably. Sad, but true.
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Post by maske2g on Jan 4, 2018 4:16:10 GMT -5
My Smyths had 43 Alexa Bliss Elites on the pegs!! Also around 15 Owens and 10 Big Es. They only had one Shamrock and one D'lo which I picked up since I had a £20 gift card. I thought Flashbacks didn't sell?! You thought right. They've been half price for over 2 months and are still there...
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Post by maske2g on Jan 1, 2018 13:54:48 GMT -5
Hi guys, Going to London next week . Any idea where I ca find a Narcissist Lex Luger (Elite) and a DM Macho Man (discounted) ? Thanks ;) I have a Lex You qont find in stores.
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Post by maske2g on Dec 31, 2017 4:11:54 GMT -5
To be fair, TRU took a little time to react to the competition and creeping pressures. Having big warehouse type stores on the outskirts of towns and cities wasn't always going to be an ideal trading situation. They needed to put themselves in the heart of shopping centres and towns a bit quicker. That's because those warehouses cost a pittance compared to a central store. You don't see B&M, or Pets at home in a high street either. TRU have not reacted quick enough to the web. Their website is consistently 3 years behind the trend. They never have anything in stock. They don't list everything. And most importantly, they don't reduce prices in line with their competition. In the age of the modern consumer, everyone is becoming a bit of a Maven. Which is a great thing for us, because we always know where to find the biggest discounts and the latest stock. I predict these other pop up companies will suffer too. They do not shift the type of volume to compete with places that regularly discount by 40-50%.
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Post by maske2g on Dec 31, 2017 4:01:31 GMT -5
You told us all to vote leave. All your fault! HAHA I stand by it! Don't worry, America is fooked (Not because of trump, because of the FED's 8 year kamikaze run), they will kill their own currency back to reasonable levels.
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Post by maske2g on Dec 24, 2017 12:23:36 GMT -5
Don't forget the exhange rate plummeted after the EU vote too. That is another reason for creeping costs. The ONLY reason.
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Post by maske2g on Dec 11, 2017 10:57:36 GMT -5
Pretty much the biggest offence on here. Talking about chinese figs. See the big sticky thread.
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Post by maske2g on Dec 11, 2017 8:38:00 GMT -5
Wow, someones gone 4 posts talking about THAT site and isn’t banned yet....
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Post by maske2g on Nov 22, 2017 7:45:24 GMT -5
I find it funny that the Tyler Bate elite was supposed to be a UK exclusive, but yet the US get it before us. I thought just this once that we'd be the first to get it but apparently not. It was never a UK exclusive. It was exclusive to Smyths in the Uk...twist of words
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Post by maske2g on Nov 20, 2017 17:42:03 GMT -5
12% off of the current Elites that are already down to 15 isn't bad. Buy 4, that's 80, down to 60, and then another 6 off. 54. 13.50 each, for 4 of the current set. Obviously the best way would be to buy 7.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 20, 2017 17:38:06 GMT -5
So Smyths is spam now? For Christ's sake! ::) They probably wonder why this board had 4 posts in 3 days.....
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Post by maske2g on Nov 19, 2017 16:37:46 GMT -5
Are you surprised?
Flashbacks have been constantly reduced at retail for 2 years. Stores dont want them this regularly.
The list of people Mattel can actually make, who anyone cares about, is probably less than 10 anyway.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 18, 2017 6:03:49 GMT -5
Love how two people have once again managed to base hasbros distribution around their local store somehow being the centre of the universe.
Production of The Black series is a well known cluster *uck.
I’m still waiting for wave 2 of 40th figs, and I pre ordered them 5 months ago.
Time after time a figure is delayed a wave, latest being Jaina Solo.
They are as much of a shambles as Mattel here
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Post by maske2g on Nov 17, 2017 13:01:25 GMT -5
They wouldn't make new moulds, or new methods.
Merging is a cost saving exercise, and amalgamation of synergies between two businesses.
It's not an exercise to increase budgets and blow their load, in what is a trying time for all retail companies.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 17, 2017 12:59:34 GMT -5
What if Hasbro is just trying to take over to destroy the retro line. :I But really imagine Hasbro taking over, And out comes the original Hasbro packaging and figures and orange card series just starts showing up. Well it's not is it. A year ago Mattel were a bigger company. Not opinion, validated on Bloomberg, Reuters and anywhere else you can get a share price.
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