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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 15:54:27 GMT -5
Liz is readily available all over right now, so it's honestly not as big of an issue as your stating. She's actually still "In Stock" right now on RSC, ToyW, Ebay, Amazon, the list just goes on. She was actually on WWE Shop not long ago and on Mattelshop i read on here. It's not matty's fault honestly that you chose to wait and miss numerous chances at picking her up just to save a few bucks. This is what happens with popular in demand products. You can either pick it up while you got the chance, or wait it out to save a few lousy dollars and just end up not getting her at all. I really feel bad you didn't get one dude, but there is only one person to really blame for that.. yourself. This is why most the time I'll jump on the pre orders right when they go up. You spend more money then $30 per figure just riding around all day looking for said figures, making numerous trips per month just hoping to find them and come up empty handed. I don't make a lot of money every month and I still manage to purchase most of my figures online at premium prices, then whoever I missed, I'll scoop them up at Retail. I usually try to pre order flashbacks, divas and harder to get characters then just pick up the easier ones at Retail. Works like a charm really.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 15, 2013 16:19:36 GMT -5
Yes it sucks for the international collectors and this is why I think all figures from a series should be in the first assortment and changes made in the 2nd one. Seems like all of Europe got Case A of elite 19. This. It's fine for you guys in the States to say relax/she's still easy to find or just order one from eBay - but we have to pay through the nose for figures like Miss Elizabeth and Kevin Nash... I paid $29 + $18 shipping for my Elizabeth from eBay, so that works out at almost $50 for one (current) figure.
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Post by onleeone643 on Mar 15, 2013 16:27:13 GMT -5
Should've hopped on Mattelshop while it was available for a few hours.
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Post by gps on Mar 15, 2013 16:40:05 GMT -5
Yes it sucks for the international collectors and this is why I think all figures from a series should be in the first assortment and changes made in the 2nd one. Seems like all of Europe got Case A of elite 19. This. It's fine for you guys in the States to say relax/she's still easy to find or just order one from eBay - but we have to pay through the nose for figures like Miss Elizabeth and Kevin Nash... I paid $29 + $18 shipping for my Elizabeth from eBay, so that works out at almost $50 for one (current) figure. But YOU chose to pay it. Nobody was holding a gun to your head demanding your wallet. It's a toy. Just a toy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 16:43:24 GMT -5
Yeah, it's pretty lame. So if I understand correctly, there weren't any Liz figures available today because they all sold out yesterday, right?
I was fortunate enough to grab one from Mattelshop last week. I almost crapped my pants since I was rushing to sign into Paypal and what not. Then she was available for a couple of hours.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 15, 2013 16:54:37 GMT -5
This. It's fine for you guys in the States to say relax/she's still easy to find or just order one from eBay - but we have to pay through the nose for figures like Miss Elizabeth and Kevin Nash... I paid $29 + $18 shipping for my Elizabeth from eBay, so that works out at almost $50 for one (current) figure. But YOU chose to pay it. Nobody was holding a gun to your head demanding your wallet. It's a toy. Just a toy. Yes, I chose to pay it - as I wanted the figure and it was actually the cheapest option (she's £39.99 - about $60 - plus postage on the UK Wrestling World site). Having to pay $50 - $60 for a figure, or not have it at all isn't much of an option...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 17:18:40 GMT -5
thank you to anyone who understood what I was saying and yes super mario is a tool . You had plenty of chances to get her at RSC, at retail, or from a fellow WFigs member. If you read it really had nothing to do with me getting Liz. I got 2. I said I hope they make honky tonk man more available than they did with her. Obviously unlike you I kind of felt bad for others who have not found her yet. yes I made a couple trades and got her from fellow members. RSC was not a option I will not pay double retail. ebay was the same I will not support scalpers. Maybe you will, but I wont. As far as Mario Williams goes, I don't see how that even compares to this situation, other than that he didn't have to sign anything for anyone. Yeah, he was kind of a jerk to tell you he would sign it and then just walk away, but... Yeah. Just doesn't compare. Again I did not say he was obligated to do anything for me. My point was I dont know a single kid who buys tickets or anything of their own. Yet a guy who does buy things like season tickets gets blown off. It kind of burns my a$$ everything is the kids this the kids that, yet with out the adults supporting them and paying for stuff they would be out of jobs. By kid I mean like all of the 6 or 7 year old who were surrounding him. Liz is readily available all over right now, so it's honestly not as big of an issue as your stating. She's actually still "In Stock" right now on RSC, ToyW, Ebay, Amazon, the list just goes on. define readily available she has not hit retail near me yet. so by readily available you mean supporting scalpers. No I don't want or need it that bad. also like I said it had nothing to do with Liz really. I was saying I hoped Mattel mad HTM more available on their site for retail not scalper prices. I also was saying I felt bad for those who thought mattycollector was a real option and now it's not so they are stuck paying scalpers or not getting it or hope it hits retail near them. I guess the moral of the story is I'm the only one who thinks Mattel constantly gives collectors the middle finger.
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Post by NikeGuy on Mar 15, 2013 18:00:30 GMT -5
LOL I bet... Williams is like 6'6 290. Yea like someone with that kind of money would be dumb enough to risk a lawsuit ..... but he did decide to go to the Bills so you never know He has vastly underachieved, he got his 100 Mil though lol.
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Post by RybackV1 on Mar 15, 2013 20:23:59 GMT -5
LOL I bet... Williams is like 6'6 290. Yea like someone with that kind of money would be dumb enough to risk a lawsuit ..... but he did decide to go to the Bills so you never know LOL that's what I'm saying. Its not like he'd jump into the stands and bull rush me. But who knows he has fallen into irrelevancy ever since his move to Buffalo. Speaking of which. My Dolphins are taking that whole division this year. End of story.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 21:57:43 GMT -5
Yea like someone with that kind of money would be dumb enough to risk a lawsuit ..... but he did decide to go to the Bills so you never know LOL that's what I'm saying. Its not like he'd jump into the stands and bull rush me. But who knows he has fallen into irrelevancy ever since his move to Buffalo. Speaking of which. My Dolphins are taking that whole division this year. End of story. Yeah dolphins will not take that division till brady leaves it. Also the dolphins stole wallace from vikings, but still need a QB to throw the ball to him and also need a RB like peterson the best in the league to make the defense worry about the rush to be able to properly use wallace. Wallace in minnesota made the most sense. Even buffalo and wallace made more sense than miami. I wanna see where Larry fitz goes or if he stays in cardinal land
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Post by peghound on Mar 16, 2013 9:48:03 GMT -5
It's viewed as pathetic for adults to seek autographs.
Matty went above and beyond to make Liz available. Moreso than any flashback in history.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Mar 16, 2013 11:43:21 GMT -5
Yes it sucks for the international collectors and this is why I think all figures from a series should be in the first assortment and changes made in the 2nd one. Seems like all of Europe got Case A of elite 19. Europe only ever gets Case A of elites, and that is usually the case with all the figures (exceptions being times like Nash/Diesel and Hart Dynasty, when both cases have an individual figure... Although the DH Smith case of elite 7 did come out in the UK 6-12 months after the Tyson Kidd case, for some reason). Miss Elizabeth would've been in Case A but there was some kind of design/production error that meant the figure wasn't ready in time.
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Post by PJ on Mar 16, 2013 11:56:22 GMT -5
I see what he means. As for other options eBay and TW aren't options at all. I'm not feeding some piece of cr@p scalper. I don't care if it's one cent more than retail I'm not paying it. There's no reason at all I should have to go to eBay to find a brand new just released item. You want to do it that's fine, but will not. My rule is if I didn't want it enough to get it early from RSC then it's find it at a mass retailer or I just don't get it.
With RSC I'll pay the extra because they have an account with Mattel and I'm getting a month or so early...so that's worth it to me. But TW and Ebay are just people getting to the store before me and they don't deserve my money. Especially TW because they are at my local stores daily raping the pegs. They don't get a cent from me for any mass retail item.
And all that said there's never been a figure release as mass retail that I couldn't find on the pegs. The only figure I don't have that I really wanted was a mass retail figure, but rather the Matty Collectors Poison Ivy. I had it in my cart at 12:01 the day it went up and then as I was checking out they stuck me in that high traffic page of doom. That the time the comfirmation page loaded for me 30 minutes later she was sold out and taken out of my order. Since then I said screw Matty. I will never order from them again. As it's been how many years since the site went live and they still haven't fixed that issue.
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Post by peghound on Mar 16, 2013 12:01:39 GMT -5
Liz is also only $30 on RSC. It boggles my mind how you guys whine about not paying over retail then spend a ton on gas to find them. If you love the hunt that's cool but don't act like people are scalping Liz for a ridic price.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2013 12:25:54 GMT -5
Liz is also only $30 on RSC. It boggles my mind how you guys whine about not paying over retail then spend a ton on gas to find them. If you love the hunt that's cool but don't act like people are scalping Liz for a ridic price. she may be $30 now but shipping brings her up to like $45. also when they first listed her she was $50 wich would have made her like $65 thats 3 times retail and it stayed like that till well after it was hitting retail. that gas excuse is not valid either. I don't go just hunting. I usually am in the area of stores I go to or I call first. Most people seem to not have good results calling, but I have seldom had a problem and have almost always located what I was looking for. As far as liz goes she has not hit retail in the syracuse area yet. I was really saying I hoped mattel made HTM more avaible on mattycollector so he did not sell out durring early access, but being he is case A he should be easier to find in retail anyways. I guess it'smy fault since I don't spend too much time searching on line like mattel site and tru to see when the finally stock them and they almost instantly sell out.
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Post by PJ on Mar 16, 2013 12:52:30 GMT -5
Liz is also only $30 on RSC. It boggles my mind how you guys whine about not paying over retail then spend a ton on gas to find them. If you love the hunt that's cool but don't act like people are scalping Liz for a ridic price. Again I'm not whining. As I said I have found every mass retail figure that's been released. I found Elizabeth at both TRU and Target so I have her...and as I said if I didn't want it enough to preorder and I don't find it at retail then I just won't get it. I don't care if it is one cent over retail why the hell should I pay some low life piece of cr@p scalper anything? What did they do to deserve my money let alone anything more than retail price? Got to the store before me? There's no reason on earth that should condone paying a scalper. You want to do it go ahead, but they will never get a cent from me.
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Post by BCizzle on Mar 16, 2013 13:12:44 GMT -5
It's viewed as pathetic for adults to seek autographs. Matty went above and beyond to make Liz available. Moreso than any flashback in history. What, they sold 10 figures online and that's above and beyond? It's pretty lame they didn't even have enough figures to last until the actual sale. I have seen Liz a couple times in stores, but I know some people haven't.
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Post by bharrisfan on Mar 16, 2013 23:03:11 GMT -5
the early access thing is bogus. it's just a chance for scalpers to buy in the max amount. same thing happened with the masters of the universe classics convention exclusive strobo.
shockingly i've seen liz 3 different times in 3 different stores. and my area is scalped hard. so hopefully she'll pop up for u.
i love how unsympathetic a lot of the responses are. you weren't flipping out you just expressed a legitimate gripe calmly. and a lot of what i read in response was: whatever dude.
i guess i ultimate have to side with those guys because mattel is a big corp who doesnt really care who buys what as long as some1 is buying it somewhere. but that mentality sure doesnt foster good will or brand loyalty. but then again that doesnt matter either cuz we're all nuts for the figs.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Mar 17, 2013 9:14:22 GMT -5
No matter what stance you have on this, the fact of the matter is that they should have had enough for the start of the sale at 12:01am. End of story. Whether they had 400 or 4. I have 1 loose and 1 MOC so I'm not bitching.
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Post by jfinnomore on Mar 17, 2013 10:19:47 GMT -5
A slap in the face? Nope it's the way the world works so didnt bother me much
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