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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:44:43 GMT -5
A purple backed Attitude belt!!!
WHAAAAT
Scotty Too hotty, and whats that other sculpt next to him? Brian Christopher?
There's your IC title.......buy Maryse!
Gentleman JAck!!!
I'm actually excited for once.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:42:17 GMT -5
Well that would now be Lego. Well if you were in charge they'd obviously be number 1. HAHA, very good.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:27:21 GMT -5
You literally have no idea how big these companies are do you? I know how to run an equity trading floor. I couldn't run an investment bank. Bill has previously said to you he has nothing to do with budget and distribution etc, and yet you are still arguing the toss. They also have another 3 department's (again areas that Bill doesn't work in) Sales, Research, and marketing, and their job is find out exactly what we want from a toy line. What trends are, what tastes are, what the future holds, what's selling, what's not. How do they get that info? From us, the consumers. None of this free world class education is really sinking in so I will leave it there. I don't care what businesses you've ran. I don't care what businesses you've ran. Congrats on winning at life. But it's still not the number one toy company in the world. For someone who doesn't care, you've not half argued the toss about it. Well that would now be Lego.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:21:14 GMT -5
Yes that was your original point, but nobody here was telling them how to do anything. Someone asked questions, others tried to answer. We were having a quite good discussion, and you, as a mod, chimed in to try to condescend me and others, as if we are not capable of talking about it at all. And it was shut down accordingly. Would you have been so patronising to Bill? Bill is a designer. (Very good one) and seemingly a line manager of a team of designers. Is he any more or less qualified to talk about the running of a Blue chip company than I am? I can assure you most of the people "Running" Mattel and indeed RBS where eI work, are more qualified in accounting than Toys or trading equities. The scale of our two respective companies is huge, and I can also tell you that 90% of the staff working at them are probably just as ill equipped to discuss the running of them. They just do their day jobs. Would you like us to just stop talking about everything? RSC won't be happy with the hit rate if you ban talking!!!! Bill has the experience. You, me, and everyone else here... does not. I mean, if I sell lemonade on the side of the road, and it does well, that doesn't mean I can tell Coke & Pepsi how to improve their business. There are discussions everyday on here without someone telling Mattel how they should run their business. It's very simple actually. You literally have no idea how big these companies are do you? I know how to run an equity trading floor. I couldn't run an investment bank. Bill has previously said to you he has nothing to do with budget and distribution etc, and yet you are still arguing the toss. They also have another 3 department's (again areas that Bill doesn't work in) Sales, Research, and marketing, and their job is find out exactly what we want from a toy line. What trends are, what tastes are, what the future holds, what's selling, what's not. How do they get that info? From us, the consumers. None of this free world class education is really sinking in so I will leave it there.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:15:46 GMT -5
I don't really see the problem with the arm change personally. It's a very minor change to me. Negative of course, but very minor. No way in hell I would stop collecting basics based on something like that. I agree. Aesthetically, just like with the elbows, it looks great. The articulation is not a major point for me.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:15:12 GMT -5
The Kevin Owens show shirt is cracking but the basic 73 attire is meh, so I'm pleased we can get a better attire, especially with the exclusive. I just felt like that since the Basic 73 attire is the same attire as when he first won the Universal Title (minus some minor differences on the shorts), I thought they'd make it as an Elite. But I digress. I'm still buying it anyway, cause I'm a KO mark. Sorry I meant the corresponding jericho basic. I still like the prizefighter attire too. Its just so long after he wore it!
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 13:11:38 GMT -5
Lots of great figs. Lots of complainers as always. New Day Rock Alexa is sick Owens shirt was a want of mine. Love Shamrocks slightly unhinged scan. That Miz is BRILLIANT, and the real Phantom of the Opera is a good friend of mine, I've spoken to him and he wants one! MattelDesignTeam If you can hook him up, he might ask Andrew Lloyd Webber not to sue ;-) joke. If am to be overly critical, the Corey scan not really doing much for me, and I wanted to buy a second one for an in ring Corey. He is such an animated guy, and it's bit of a sombre scan. Did I mention that Alexa is SICK!
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:55:14 GMT -5
Unfair that this is not available outside of the US. I really don't want to have to pay scalpers extra for this. Every chance given the scarcity of the character, and the fact it's TRU, that we could see it in the UK.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:53:50 GMT -5
The Kevin Owens show shirt is cracking but the basic 73 attire is meh, so I'm pleased we can get a better attire, especially with the exclusive.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:49:49 GMT -5
The point is, you didn't specify that in the first two attempts. If that's what you meant to say, maybe you should have articulated it better. Meh, point is nobody here should be telling Mattel how to run a company. Pretty sure they got it under control. Yes that was your original point, but nobody here was telling them how to do anything. Someone asked questions, others tried to answer. We were having a quite good discussion, and you, as a mod, chimed in to try to condescend me and others, as if we are not capable of talking about it at all. And it was shut down accordingly. Would you have been so patronising to Bill? Bill is a designer. (Very good one) and seemingly a line manager of a team of designers. Is he any more or less qualified to talk about the running of a Blue chip company than I am? I can assure you most of the people "Running" Mattel and indeed RBS where eI work, are more qualified in accounting than Toys or trading equities. The scale of our two respective companies is huge, and I can also tell you that 90% of the staff working at them are probably just as ill equipped to discuss the running of them. They just do their day jobs. Would you like us to just stop talking about everything? RSC won't be happy with the hit rate if you ban talking!!!!
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:40:00 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone else me times this but the Wwe is being sued by over 100 former wrestlers. With that being said that leaves a big chunk untouchable. There is a massive list that I made of wrestlers we could possibly see, when I was trying to figure out who else Mattel could make form days gone by. I've basically got a check list of people made by mattel, made by Jakks, made by both, suing the company, fallen out with the company, porn stars, etc etc. And what was determined is that apart from new stars, the amount of old people that are marketable, agreeable, or working for WWE right now, is becoming very very slim. How many Macho Man's have been out recently? That's a very good indicator in my book.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:36:45 GMT -5
In your first post it was "Multi million dollar company" no company type specified. Experienced? Check 2nd post "Toy company" Size not specified. I'm currently working on an 80 figure import deal which will be great for my fellow UKers as they will never be on sale here. Experienced? Check. 3rd post.You've moved the goal posts again. So all we have established, is that you aren't very good at trolling. But you don't run a multi million or billion dollar toy company, so point remains the same. The point is, you didn't specify that in the first two attempts. If that's what you meant to say, maybe you should have articulated it better.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 12:24:06 GMT -5
ha. So small time. But as you ask. I'm a qualified PMP practitioner which is the same project running methodology used at Mattel. its a transferable skill because you use business analysts and subject matter experts beneath the project manager. Ive made 2000 ebay sales in 2 years without even trying. Does that count as a toy company? I would happily transfer to that if I wanted to earn 10% of my current salary. Your first 2 attempts at trolling have been shut down shall we go for the hat trick? ;-) So... now we're reestablishing that you don't run a successful multi billion dollar toy company? In your first post it was "Multi million dollar company" no company type specified. Experienced? Check 2nd post "Toy company" Size not specified. I'm currently working on an 80 figure import deal which will be great for my fellow UKers as they will never be on sale here. Experienced? Check. 3rd post.You've moved the goal posts again. So all we have established, is that you aren't very good at trolling.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 11:18:14 GMT -5
I'm currently in charge of ring fencing the Equity arm of the UK's biggest investment bank, from their retail (high street) bank.. Formerly the worlds biggest Company by assets. now 4.5 times the size of Mattel.
I have been a qualified financial advisor.
I have worked on the Equity trading floors of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the Royal Bank Of Scotland.
I worked on the sale of the RBS equity business to BNP Paribas.
I consulted HSBC on the new method of financial reporting for the European Banking Authority.
And I have a toy collection of 4000 pieces.
And, I'm working from home today. Gotta love it. Right?
So... no experience running toy companies? Gotcha. ha. So small time. But as you ask. I'm a qualified PMP practitioner which is the same project running methodology used at Mattel. its a transferable skill because you use business analysts and subject matter experts beneath the project manager. Ive made 2000 ebay sales in 2 years without even trying. Does that count as a toy company? I would happily transfer to that if I wanted to earn 10% of my current salary. Your first 2 attempts at trolling have been shut down shall we go for the hat trick? ;-)
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 7:41:58 GMT -5
Its fine I think a lot of people on here (including myself) are interested in stuff that we dont understand when it comes to the toy line, production, biggest sellers and biggest losers. I think most of you got the nail on the head in terms of kids moving towards electronics over toys. Lego does seem to be an exception to this though. The retail toy industry is not doing that well in North America, and a lot of it stems from the poor performance of retail, particularly Toys R Us. Buyers often do not know product well, and when they do, they do not communicate product details to ask company stakeholders. My background is in logistics, working with all major retailers, and some of the large brands that you all like to purchase from. I still don't think Amazon is the answer though, I hate shopping on Amazon, it's a bad experience. Too many vendors selling the same thing, it's confusing, and I feel like I'm sorting through so much incorrectly categorized product. I wonder if Amazon will start kicking off vendors once they have larger market share. It's the convenience factor that overshadows all the negatives for me. I would imagine a strong correlation between high disposable income and being time poor. It's those people (spenders) that don't have time to go hunting around Walmarts etc, when they can let Amazon do the work.
Amazon's website is terrible. They really need an ebay style advanced search. They get lot of criticism from us fussy toy collectors, but on the up side, they have been very good at rectifying problems in the past going so far as replacing, and letting me keep damaged figures. (smashed up carding).
As for the extra vendors, you can't be a master of everything, those guys are basically paying for server space. It's free money really for Amazon and probably draws more traffic where people may be inclined to buy Amazon products in the same order. Definitely something I've done regularly.
Ebay is probably going more towards that too. they are accused of being Amazon lite. They have been systematically getting rid of small and medium sellers for several years and I'm reading so many stories of Ebay Shop sellers have a drastic drop in sales recently.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 6:06:23 GMT -5
It's amazing how off topic this has gone 😂🤦🏽♂️ Very! This was definitely not my intention. I was just wondering about Superstar talent disparity between Jakks and Mattel! Its fine I think a lot of people on here (including myself) are interested in stuff that we dont understand when it comes to the toy line, production, biggest sellers and biggest losers.
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 5:02:05 GMT -5
Gotta love when some guy at home is telling a multi-million dollar company how to run a business. I'm currently in charge of ring fencing the Equity arm of the UK's biggest investment bank, from their retail (high street) bank.. Formerly the worlds biggest Company by assets. now 4.5 times the size of Mattel.
I have been a qualified financial advisor.
I have worked on the Equity trading floors of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the Royal Bank Of Scotland.
I worked on the sale of the RBS equity business to BNP Paribas.
I consulted HSBC on the new method of financial reporting for the European Banking Authority.
And I have a toy collection of 4000 pieces.
And, I'm working from home today. Gotta love it. Right?
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 4:53:17 GMT -5
:D
Quite funny..
One is worth 7 billion dollars.
The other is worth 104 million dollars.
When a company is 70 times bigger than a rival, you can draw your own conclusions about the sales required for a line to be considered successful.
Dont confuse the words Company with the word toy line. Yes, Mattel is a big toy company. But of those 7 billion wwe figures is a small portion. If I had to guess I'd say Barbie is Mattel's main focus. What you're saying is the equivalent to someone saying that the All Day Breakfast is what has made Mcdonalds an industry leader in fast food. It might help but they were doing quite well before said examples. Try reading the whole thread. I've spent my career working on Equity trading floors.
WWE is consistently in the top two selling action figure lines, and is currently number 1.
But, Mattel's market cap is only 7 billion despite Revenue of 5.5 billion. Do you know what that screams to me? Their earnings are POOR, and that is reflected in the share price being halved in a couple of years.
Do you know why earnings are poor? Costs will be one, but I don't buy that at the moment considering the USD strength. Barbie sales is all I ever see when it comes to Mattels poor performance. There are consistent stories of Barbies slump on Forbes and Bloomberg, etc over the last 5 years.
So Mattel definitely are keeping WWE a high priority, but the poor performance of other toys will affect the WWE line.
Budgets are done Top down. When a team of senior management are giving the WWE line a budget, they are not asking Bill if he is going to be putting shiny paint on Jericho's tights. They give a figure based on performance of both the company and the line. And then people like Bill's bosses and finance department have to manage that budget accordingly. I have the same situation at work, I work for a company 4 times bigger than Mattel.
Don't forget Mattel also owns formerly large independent companies like Corgi and Fisher Price. They will be a huge piece of the pie too.
Your last line is a good example for Mcdonalds despite the extra things they offer these days, but for a company like Mattel, where toys are constantly changing, and tastes are constantly changing, and as mentioned already, Tech has taken over, it's a case of adapt or die. Barbie's will never ever sell like they use to. So is it wise for them to keep throwing good money after bad after years of declining sales?
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Post by maske2g on Jul 20, 2017 1:55:49 GMT -5
Finally a water bottle!!! You could have bought a jakks accessories lot with a water bottle in it. They fit and are in scale. Seen the price of them lately!?!?
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Post by maske2g on Jul 19, 2017 17:29:37 GMT -5
Blame poor thread titles!! The bottom one is mine. And top one was amended.
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