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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 10:14:53 GMT -5
Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to post it, but I have tried to contact Mattel via email but never seem to get a reply, so I thought maybe soneone from the Mattel team that come here regularly can answer this.
Anyways, my question is:
Why is Mattel not disturbuting Elite WWE figures to Australia?
It's like they assume there are no collectors here, only kids that want to buy flexforces!
We started getting Elites in 2010 when the line came out, but for some reason we kept on getting shipments after shipments of E6 and after 6 months of E6 galore we got E8 then that was all she wrote.
Why do other secondary countries (not naming them to avoid arguments) get most Elites, but Australia, one of the "big" countries is getting the bad end of the deal?
I asked K-Mart, Target, TRU and Big W regarding Elites and they all replied along the lines of "We don't know, they were selling very well but Mattel just stopped sending them in".
We never had this problem with Jakks...Jakks for goodness sakes!!! A company which is inferior in so many ways to Mattel, yet they managed to be consultant with disturbuting.
So Please please please I really want to know why this is happening and if we will every start getting them again.
If anyone in the Mattel team that visit the site can reply back to this I would appreciate it very much
Thanks
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Sept 23, 2012 10:31:12 GMT -5
Think Mattel would still be sending them if the stores were still ordering them...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 11:13:33 GMT -5
Think Mattel would still be sending them if the stores were still ordering them... That's what I thought, but If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Why did all stores in Australia stop getting Elites at the same time? I don't think TRU, Target, Kmart etc got together in a secret meeting one day and said: "ok, starting next week we will stop ordering Elites! Deal?". It's more logical to believe that Mattel stopped sending them out. |
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Post by Chewdeezy on Sept 23, 2012 11:24:21 GMT -5
Mattel doesn't think there is a distribution problem and MDT never answer questions regarding distribution since it's out of their control.
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Post by PJ on Sept 23, 2012 11:37:13 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Mattel answered it in one of their first q&a sessions. They are offered to all retailers, but they didn't order them. I'd guess most overseas retailers are ordering the cheaper lines. I think the retailers make their orders for the year at Toy Fair or just after.
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Post by DrakeParker on Sept 23, 2012 11:43:20 GMT -5
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Post by thisguy89 on Sept 23, 2012 11:56:02 GMT -5
Sounds like your stores just quit ordering more. Maybe series 6 set around forever and series 8 too and they just thought they were not selling fast enough at the time, that they never insisted on getting more. Maybe they saw that Defining Moments and Legends kicked the bucket and seen Flex Force don't sell at all and assume there other lines are not going to do them any more justice. I don't think Mattel just cuts out stores. It's up to the store chain to keep the orders coming.
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Sept 23, 2012 12:06:30 GMT -5
Think Mattel would still be sending them if the stores were still ordering them... That's what I thought, but If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Why did all stores in Australia stop getting Elites at the same time? I don't think TRU, Target, Kmart etc got together in a secret meeting one day and said: "ok, starting next week we will stop ordering Elites! Deal?". It's more logical to believe that Mattel stopped sending them out. Do you really think it's more logical to assume that everyone in a Mattel board meeting went "OK starting next week we ignore all the elite orders from Australia because we are evil and hate Australian collectors muhahaha"? I would think the most logical reason the stores stopped ordering them at the same time is that that's when Mattel raised prices and the stores no longer saw the ability to make decent profit on them. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 12:12:30 GMT -5
In Canada we don't even get new basics. We just got Basic 16 a few days ago.
It'd be much easier if ALL packaging(that includes USA and UK) had multiple languages on it, that way countries with bilingual laws could get new figures as well.
As for the elite problem, it probably is Mattel jacking up the price and stores not wanting to buy any. :/
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 12:27:14 GMT -5
wow how is it that everyone breaks my balls for not using punctuation, but this guy posts something like this almost everyday crying about australia. Yet nobody is sick of seeing it?
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Sept 23, 2012 13:24:26 GMT -5
his post is broken up and easy to read................................??
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 13:41:45 GMT -5
wow how is it that everyone breaks my balls for not using punctuation, but this guy posts something like this almost everyday crying about australia. Yet nobody is sick of seeing it? I make sure to add all fullstops, commas and proper punctuation to make my posts readable and easy on the eyes. However, I'm failing to see all my other threads that I allegedly "post everyday" regarding this topic. Maybe you can direct them towards my attention? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 13:45:53 GMT -5
That's what I thought, but If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Why did all stores in Australia stop getting Elites at the same time? I don't think TRU, Target, Kmart etc got together in a secret meeting one day and said: "ok, starting next week we will stop ordering Elites! Deal?". It's more logical to believe that Mattel stopped sending them out. Do you really think it's more logical to assume that everyone in a Mattel board meeting went "OK starting next week we ignore all the elite orders from Australia because we are evil and hate Australian collectors muhahaha"? I would think the most logical reason the stores stopped ordering them at the same time is that that's when Mattel raised prices and the stores no longer saw the ability to make decent profit on them. Actually, I'm having trouble regarding this as a logical conclusion, especially since each store's head of the toy dept told me that they didn't do anything, they just stopped receiving them. Unless they were just using that as an excuse? |
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Post by qdogg on Sept 23, 2012 15:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by King of Kings on Sept 23, 2012 15:47:03 GMT -5
Their distribution is horrible. I work in retail and our store has been out of Elites for three weeks now (we got E15 and E16 in last) and ever since, we've had two cases on order.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Sept 23, 2012 15:55:39 GMT -5
Their distribution is horrible. I work in retail and our store has been out of Elites for three weeks now (we got E15 and E16 in last) and ever since, we've had two cases on order. 3 weeks is kinda normal for Elites. I see Basics and BPs replenish faster and more often than Elites. Stores around here gets a case of Elites it seems. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 16:10:13 GMT -5
wow how is it that everyone breaks my balls for not using punctuation, but this guy posts something like this almost everyday crying about australia. Yet nobody is sick of seeing it? I make sure to add all fullstops, commas and proper punctuation to make my posts readable and easy on the eyes. However, I'm failing to see all my other threads that I allegedly "post everyday" regarding this topic. Maybe you can direct them towards my attention? I didnt say it was your original post, but everytime someone else complains you mention austrailia and distribution. You posted several in a recent one argueing with a guy from canada about who had it worse. You can deny all you want, but you kno its true. All i was saying is we get it. Australia sucks you cant find elites. Get over it and stop posting about it in every thread. You also say that even though you cant find them there people on here help you out. You still get good deals. You say you get good deals and wont pay more than retail plus shipping so you still make out good. |
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Post by marino13 on Sept 23, 2012 16:19:03 GMT -5
Good old fashion Mattel You're like the Man of a 1000 gifs! ;D |
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Post by savagepoffo on Sept 23, 2012 16:33:53 GMT -5
I think it's just completely silly how some of you act on these forums.....
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Post by DrakeParker on Sept 23, 2012 16:47:22 GMT -5
Good old fashion Mattel You're like the Man of a 1000 gifs! ;D  Thanks Bro |
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