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Post by maske2g on Nov 8, 2017 12:08:43 GMT -5
I've so far been through 39 figs.
only got Asuka and Nakamura.
7 of the figs were old Elites.
Argos can suck my hello there
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Post by maske2g on Nov 4, 2017 5:14:30 GMT -5
Has anyone or is anyone planning on going the the pop up shop of wrestling this weekend? Would love to know what is in there and if it's worth going or not. Would have liked to have gone but its an hour and a half round trip and its pissing down. Is Bill going tomorrow?
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Post by maske2g on Nov 4, 2017 5:12:25 GMT -5
I kicked off and spoke to a manager mate they have to give you a viewing as it states styles may vary! Seems I got served by a bit of a jobsworth. I could have kicked up a stink but there was a queue behind me and I hate causing a scene anyway as I know how difficult the general public can be when I do my job. But I wonder why such a simple request was received as unreasonable and at risk of a confrontation. Grabbing a WWE figure shouldn’t be racked with hassle or aggravation but it is sadly. I just didn’t want to risk getting myself in a bad mood as I had a pretty good day up until that point. I could have left pretty pissed off if I stood and argued the toss. I doubt they’ll ever set up individual codes for them at this point. I went mental at them yesterday. Woth a massive queue. Im going to write a letter and post it here, please copy it and send it to Arhos as well. Of the 18 I ordered, they had 6 old NXT amd 4 regular elites that they tried to tell me were the same thing. Ive now got 1 from 34 ordered. Ive got 2 spare Austin aries if anyone is still looking. They are a joke.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 3, 2017 10:28:43 GMT -5
Noice, I've just click and collected 18 NXT. If I don't get them all I will go nuts. If you happen to get a spare set of the Revival with decent paint that you plan on offloading then give us a shout bromeo Ok mate.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 3, 2017 9:12:38 GMT -5
Noice, I've just click and collected 18 NXT. If I don't get them all I will go nuts.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 2, 2017 3:15:36 GMT -5
The selection on tru online is dreadful. Everything is over 6 months old
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Post by maske2g on Nov 1, 2017 11:05:34 GMT -5
I've learn't that exclusive means nothing these days. They always pop up somewhere else. Tyler Bate UK exclusive? Nah, on pre order on ringside. NXT Exclusives? In Argos. And now even USA versions on BAF's and HOF's popping up in B&M and Home Bargains. Nobody official ever said that Tyler Bate is a UK exclusive. People got confused by the fact it said UK Champion exclusive, and it's exclusive to Ringside in the US.
The latest thing is for a different reason entirely.
Home Bargains and B&M's business model...... They buy all the crap in bulk from bigger retailers and distributors for peanuts, because nobody wanted it at RRP.
That is not good news. It's bad news as I have been saying for 3 years. If Smyths aren't buying them, then Consumers aren't buying them. If consumers aren't buying them, then we as a country won't get figures consistently. If you want to rely on Home Bargains you will be consistently disappointed.
Lo and behold, the figures that were mostly rotting shelves in the UK over the last 2 years, Flashbacks, now can't be bought here...
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Post by maske2g on Nov 1, 2017 4:53:15 GMT -5
Goldberg ring back in stock at Smyths online. Interestingly, it now claims to be exclusive to Smyths. £100 still seems like a LOT of money for that though... I'd be amazed if it doesn't get reduced to around £60-£70. It was surprising to me how quickly the first shipment sold out. my Smyths had 8 in, and sold out in a week. I saw that with my own eyes rather than the stock checker.
It is a pile of crapand I managed to get 60 quid for a spare 2013 authentic that I paid 27 for. that ring is in demand again.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 1, 2017 4:51:02 GMT -5
Its been done. They got basics, basics flopped, sonwhy would they take the chance on Elite? And Asda are walmart so they get the nod. Asda got TNF basic series 1 before US (I can only talk for my local stores) they seemed to restock all the time, because they were selling Maybe over ordered, but I wouldn’t call it a flop. People were hyped when they come out My local stores only had Sin Cara left in the last few months they were stocked They were 2 for 15 quid within a fortnight and still on shelves months later.
Our supermarkets, are not needed for toys, hence they are always so erratic with what they have.
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Post by maske2g on Nov 1, 2017 4:49:03 GMT -5
When stores get an exclusive line, its exclusive to them. The only exception to this has been HOF, which flopped in the US, got here 6 months late, were over priced, and flopped. As a country we are smalltime. Walmart, Target, walgreens have THOUSANDS of stores so they can dictate to Mattel. Smyths can’t... Doesn’t it work differently overseas though? Like NXT figs are exclusive to Target but Argos get them over here so in theory just because Walmart stock TNF doesn’t mean ASDA have too?? Another UK store could snap them up right? I'm guessing after so many failures, Target may have lost some of their rights.
Walmart are just mammoth. 15-16 times bigger than Tesco (our biggest retailer) and about 9 times bigger than Target.
But crucially, moving foward......for all the Americans who do not realise that their small time little hick towns are not the centre of the universe, Amazon is now twice the size of Walmart. (Yeah I know they won't read this!!!)
This is also having a massive impact here.
I've been buying brand new Star Wars figures on Amazon, for less than they retail in the UK, often before they are even released in the UK.
I know I say to support our toy shops, but they don't do Star Wars very well...
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Post by maske2g on Oct 31, 2017 16:16:08 GMT -5
I think a lot of shops would respond / listen if you ask Most of these exclusives lines either are, or will be available for retailers to buy eventually. If you want Asda to stock TNF elites.. ask on twitter, email etc The more people who ask, they then see the demand Its been done. They got basics, basics flopped, sonwhy would they take the chance on Elite? And Asda are walmart so they get the nod.
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Post by maske2g on Oct 31, 2017 13:38:00 GMT -5
When stores get an exclusive line, its exclusive to them.
The only exception to this has been HOF, which flopped in the US, got here 6 months late, were over priced, and flopped.
As a country we are smalltime.
Walmart, Target, walgreens have THOUSANDS of stores so they can dictate to Mattel. Smyths can’t...
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Post by maske2g on Oct 29, 2017 15:28:21 GMT -5
Old Street Argos had 2 Bayley, I have 4 more saved locally, and I had 6 delivered. Of the 6 delivered, 1 Nakamura and a load of Series 1 !!!! FML
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Post by maske2g on Oct 29, 2017 8:16:17 GMT -5
The Fink!
Im excited!
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Post by maske2g on Oct 24, 2017 17:31:09 GMT -5
Yup. Agree totally with maske2g here. I too pre-ordered DM Jericho. The release date was pushed back a month or so but it was no real issue. One day I got my delivery confirmation and the very next day it was delivered safely, all before it was widely available. Of course, your mileage may very, but I liked the guarantee of delivery. As an aside both Summerslam Finn and Mankind are available at TRU online for any body that missed out. Now that's all well and good, but the issue I had here is that I preordered it expecting it to be on a certain date that they provided only for them to add more time on top of it. Not just that, but surely the purpose of preordering is to get something before retail right? Well these got into stores before they got to me. I'll give them that they've not done preorders on wrestling figures before so it's kinda trial and error. But they shoulda just said it was due for release when it did actually release rather than getting people's hopes up then letting them down. So not a drama then. How many people died in this charade? Pre order doesn’t mean before release, it means securing one in case it sells out. When has a date for anything Action figure related ever been correct for WWE? Not once, and that includes when Mattel accidentally distributed figures before they even took over the license from Jakks at the turn of the decade. Here is some hopefully non patronising advice to live a long happy life. Manage your expectations. You can’t have everything yesterday.
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Post by maske2g on Oct 24, 2017 3:24:58 GMT -5
Not sure if it has been mentioned but ,like DM Jericho, you can pre order Tyler Bate on Smyth's website. You can do the same with the UK Championship belt. I really wouldn't recommend preordering from Smyths though, I did it with DM Jericho and it was just mad dramas I'm at the stage of my life where waiting an extra day for something, when I know it's guaranteed I will get it, is the furthest thing in the world away from being a mad drama. :-)
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Post by maske2g on Oct 22, 2017 16:50:46 GMT -5
Based on experience I would read the thousands of messages on it......:-p
Goods + Postage = Total.
(Total x 0.20) equals VAT.
Fee = VAT + £8 postage.
Assume this will be the cost, then you can't be shocked when you get the bill.
And if you don't get one. Happy days!!!
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Post by maske2g on Oct 20, 2017 6:06:10 GMT -5
Just in smyths kiddi Some of the new elites are marked down to £16.99 already Shamrock Xavier Kofi I think we all paid less than that when they came out with the 10 quid off 50 offer.
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Post by maske2g on Oct 19, 2017 11:13:17 GMT -5
When you say you lifted them it leads me to think that you stole them. Like shoplifted [b Haha youre right,poor choice of words, I bought them!! I have receipt to prove it lol! Actually, in the stock market, you lift the offer (Buy) or hit the bid, (Sell) !!
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Post by maske2g on Oct 19, 2017 8:18:50 GMT -5
More chance of my nan being signed than the Dynamite Kid.
The resounding answer to the question is NO.
Guys like Superstar and Race just aren't marketable anymore.
Pretty sure someone said Pedro Morales had a bigger impact on Wrestling than they did. Well that's just silly.
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