Where are the Elites?

[BCizzle]

I'm having a really hard time finding any Elites at retail. Where the heck are they?

E70 - I've only seen a couple Finns and a couple Seths at Target
E71 - I've never found them
E72 - I think I found all but one of them at Target once
E73 - I know they were at a Wal-Mart near but when I went there they had none
E74 - nothing yet

I have bought some figs from these sets from Ringside and Amazon, but others like Gargano or Adam Cole or Aleister Black are sold out or overpriced. And the store exclusives? Forget about it.

Wal-Mart has empty pegs and Target has too many Asukas and Top Talents but empty pegs for regular Elite figs. Is there a clog in the pipeline?

[mikeawesome]

That's everywhere were just now seeing elite 71 with kassius Ohno some places get them faster than others I have a Walmart that haven't got any elites in probably 6 months since elite 68 came out we're all in the same boat you just have to be patient.

[Yambag Jones]

It just depends on where you are, really. It's pretty feast or famine out there.

[mynotmelohs]

I can't speak for the rest of the United States, but in my region of Pennsylvania, there is literally nothing for the past few months. And I'm not even exaggerating.

[Da Handsome 1]

Where’s Peyton Royce? How many have actually been found in the US.

[Medieval]

Has anyone actually found Peyton at Target? I've only seen her being found at Wal-Mart.

[POOR-ly Cuyler]

I’m still holding out hope to find e71 some more. Tons of Nikki but never saw the others. Still need Cole and Drew. With how much 73 and 74 now it’s doubtful though. 72 was a blur, glad I got Roddy at least.

[JC Motors]

Feb 10, 2020 19:01:39 GMT -5 mynotmelohs said:

I can't speak for the rest of the United States, but in my region of Pennsylvania, there is literally nothing for the past few months. And I'm not even exaggerating.

Same for my town in PA

[theface]

the only thing the walmart closest to me has had in the past four months is basic 98

[Rock-Is-King]

Same here in southern WV....I’ve scoured my 5 local Walmarts for series 74 for weeks now & all I keep finding are the same Triple H & Daniel Bryan from E73 the rest is just empty pegs....What do you guys think the holdup is?? They’ve obviously been shipped because others on here from other states have found them & there’s a few on eBay for scalper prices....seems to me they should hit all Walmarts about the same time but I guess not

[Mongo Bears]

I gave up.
Only online buying for me from now on

[mmondrag96]

I haven’t seen anything in my area since before Christmas. We only have 2 elites on the shelf from series 68.

[lu21780]

Its gotten worse than ever now. You would think someone from Mattel would see these posts and say hey theres a problem. Im sure if Mattel corporate and Walmart corporate would realize how bad it really is they would take some sort of action if it boils down to money which it does they both are the ones being stupid losing sales and not keeping merchandise flowing in and out of the stores. Theres obviously a market for these toys but no supply for it. Ive heard they are concerned with keeping the value up on the secondary market and thats fine with a handful of figures but i dont think its necessary ALL of them. I pay scalper prices 9 out of 10 times for figures and its not for lack of hunting. I hunt like a fool knowing nothings going to be there only to kick myself for doing it and then checking ebay and pay 2 or 3 times of what i could really be paying for it. I know its only toys nothing to get so heated about but i read how so many of us enjoy this hobby and go through so much trouble to give our money to 2 companies that are clearly not playing nice with us. I know im not alone when i say that. I will keep collecting but i will keep complaining too. I think if this a
Falls on the right ear we would see a change it. just hasnt reached the right person yet.

[Scotty Flamingo]

For the most part we are having a lot of trouble trying to find any Elites and have been for quite some time. So the question really is why. The stores never seem to have much trouble getting Basics in stock and they come from the same company. I have heard from employees that they sell out as fast as they put them out. So if they are selling the Elites as fast as they put them out then why are they not ordering more than one case at a time to meet the demand. Maybe it’s time that the stores focus more on their toy department.

[Rock-Is-King]

Feb 10, 2020 22:30:26 GMT -5 Scotty Flamingo said:

For the most part we are having a lot of trouble trying to find any Elites and have been for quite some time. So the question really is why. The stores never seem to have much trouble getting Basics in stock and they come from the same company. I have heard from employees that they sell out as fast as they put them out. So if they are selling the Elites as fast as they put them out then why are they not ordering more than one case at a time to meet the demand. Maybe it’s time that the stores focus more on their toy department.

Truer words were never spoken

[alabamaslammer64]

I’m thinking it just depends on where you’re located. Me, being central Alabama, I’m not sure if there’s wrestling fans around here, but the 4 local walmarts around me all seem to get everything and it’s pretty easy to get lucky and get what I want. Which I only collect legends, but I pretty much see every series and mostly of every wrestler in that series. But they sell pretty fast, just not flying off shelves like I see most people on here talk about. So I’m happy there’s not many fans in my area lol... but target is different , I never seen the network spotlight elites, and hardly ever see anything worth getting there. So I usually just order target exclusives online once the price is right. Did get lucky and find the royal rumble set atleast.

[Roadie Codes]

I found a fresh case of E71 at Wal-Mart today so don’t give up on those just yet!

[alabamaslammer64]

Feb 10, 2020 20:54:07 GMT -5 Rock-Is-King said:

Same here in southern WV....I’ve scoured my 5 local Walmarts for series 74 for weeks now & all I keep finding are the same Triple H & Daniel Bryan from E73 the rest is just empty pegs....What do you guys think the holdup is?? They’ve obviously been shipped because others on here from other states have found them & there’s a few on eBay for scalper prices....seems to me they should hit all Walmarts about the same time but I guess not

This is just speculation by just seeing how my local walmarts stock, but it seems they get 2 boxes of each set, and likely won’t order the next set until that set sells.

[Chip]

all the Walmarts I go to pretty much get one case of a series, sell out of the popular characters, the secondary ones sit there for a few weeks and then are gone. Then the pegs are empty for a month after

but then those same Walmarts each got like 3 cases of Top Talent and that Summerslam series


Target has the same figures for 4 months and rarely gets anything new

[mcfclee]

I’m not only finding nothing locally but there’s bugger all I have wanted to order on rsc lately too. Not much I want being released in main line sets and having to pay 3-4x retail on the bay is killing my figure shopping to a large extent.