Mizzah
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Post by Mizzah on Feb 2, 2011 11:12:37 GMT -5
I personally feel a lot of you are acting childish about this. Yes, it's a shame the ring got cancelled.. but to attack Mattel, and pull what you all did with Jakks is pretty low. Sometimes Jakks deserved it, but now your attacking Mattel, pointless. These people gave you all Ricky Steamboat, Macho Man ALL IN THE SAME YEAR!
They're toys, play things, and for some of us, they're collector pieces.. Mattel has done an AMAZING job in the first year, and just because something gets cancelled for reasons thats undisclosed, you all attack them. Pathetic.
Every year, this board gets more and more ungrateful.. It's sad really.
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Post by primetimejedi on Feb 2, 2011 11:16:34 GMT -5
I was looking forward to the elite legends ring..... oh well.
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Post by naparo01 on Feb 2, 2011 11:40:33 GMT -5
I have mixed feelings about this. One I am happy that I won't feel pressure to buy another ring that i clearly don't need. Also I am not a fan of the ESR all that much. The posts are too bulky, the turnbuckle pads are cheep and made of rubber as opposed to cloth, and it's a a couple inches to long if you ask me. Also i hate how the top portion of the post is one color and the bottom part and the connector on the ring base of the post is a different color. Just looks bad. The canvas also doesn't secure well with their methods. So i am happy to not be persuaded to buy it now. I'm also happy that this may mean that Mattel may be taking this time to redesign the ESR. Listen to my critique Mattel and I will gladly buy any ESR you throw at me. After the great response for the Andre figure I am sure Mattel isn't scrapping that. He never said the figure was canceled, just the ring. I strongly suspect and hope that Andre will see the light of day.
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EMW Figure Shelf
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HAHAHAHA no.
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Post by EMW Figure Shelf on Feb 2, 2011 12:04:08 GMT -5
My perspective is this.
Back around the summerslam interview I believe, there was a Q&A session, a question was thrown out there for Mattel to do accessory packs and they didn't think about this but what I think they may do is go through with that idea and put out accessory packs because let's look at this
Original ESR price- $60 (excluding TRU's price increase) Legend Figure - $15 (once again excluding)
originally, that would be $75 right there without Tax. It would be better off if they came out with an accessory pack with blue posts, WWF style turnbuckles, red, white & Blue Ropes, Blue skirt etc, It would be cheaper and easier so people can just take off the WWE Raw Counterparts and put the 1980's counterpart and this could even make more use to come out with more sets like WCW, Raw Is War, SmackDown, Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble etc. To me it makes a lot more sense and I feel you can sell the packs at a reasonable price for maybe $15-30 (and people please don't complain with the price because if you were willing to pay an estimate of $100 for the ring, you'll pay around $30 for a set)
yes I am upset because not too long ago I asked about it but for the time being, I have an ESR and a RSR (as well as the UFC Real Scale cage and a TNA ring) I don't have a lot of room so it holds me back but when people do say that it's a waste to have rumblers and flex force. You need to understand for many years Mattel pleased collectors and kids in all aspects I mean DCUC and MOTU as well as barbies are examples of that. They were released with playsets for kids and also designed for collectors to come with stands and special packaging. That is what they are doing here. Personally I like the concept of the Rumblers and Flex Force but I don't invest time nor money that I am way too old for IMO. I have faith in Mattel, they aren't going to decline business anytime soon. They are doing so good right now and did a good job of winning me over full time from the competition. For all of those that are going to be snippy for one thing being cancelled when it's not the end of the world, grow up. There will be a silver lining to this cancellation.
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Post by sean™ on Feb 2, 2011 12:05:58 GMT -5
At least Mattel actually told us. I appreciate the update, even if I wasn't really interested in the product.
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JKLMD2002
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Post by JKLMD2002 on Feb 2, 2011 12:06:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the reassurance Adam. Legends is fast becoming my favorite line so I hope we get to see a bit more of the slice you're already seen at Toy Fair.
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Post by wwetypo on Feb 2, 2011 12:09:53 GMT -5
Oh well I might get the Jakks one so.
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Post by LeighD on Feb 2, 2011 12:14:16 GMT -5
I personally would like to know WHY is was cancelled. Even though I only pick up Legends not made by JAKKS, I still might have bought Andre.
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Post by berniemac on Feb 2, 2011 12:27:04 GMT -5
i luv mattel wwe waiting to see what will be at toyfair 2011
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The Highwayman
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Post by The Highwayman on Feb 2, 2011 12:27:30 GMT -5
I personally feel a lot of you are acting childish about this. Yes, it's a shame the ring got cancelled.. but to attack Mattel, and pull what you all did with Jakks is pretty low. Sometimes Jakks deserved it, but now your attacking Mattel, pointless. These people gave you all Ricky Steamboat, Macho Man ALL IN THE SAME YEAR! They're toys, play things, and for some of us, they're collector pieces.. Mattel has done an AMAZING job in the first year, and just because something gets cancelled for reasons thats undisclosed, you all attack them. Pathetic. Every year, this board gets more and more ungrateful.. It's sad really. It's very sad. And to be honest... Mattel came on here and told us. How awesome is that? Does anyone recall the infamous REAL SCALE ARENA from Jakks? They left us wondering for months if it was going to happen(maybe even over a year...). And, I'm not even sure if they ever made an official announcement about it being cancelled. Mattel does a fantastic job with it's products and it's PR. In all honesty, I would not blame Mattel if they chose not to update us anymore because when they do so many people are like " you Mattel, you're just like Jakks now!!!" The reality of it is, sure it is a bummer and Mattel admits that and apologizes. There is nothing wrong with saying "Bummer! I really wanted that!" or "That sucks!" etc. But, to talk trash to the company that has spoiled us ridiculously for over a year now is totally uncalled for. You guys REALLY need to grow up. That being said, thank you Bill for keeping us updated. I'm looking forward to ToyFair to see some new stuff. Keep up the good work.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Feb 2, 2011 12:34:53 GMT -5
It would be so much easier to just release the skirts, posts, ropes, and buckles in a 15-20 dollar set than to release a brand new 60 dollar ring that I paid 30 for. I am certain that Andre will still come out at some point. I would prefer alone, but a 2 pack with Heenan would indeed be awesomeness.
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Post by carly1988 on Feb 2, 2011 12:43:42 GMT -5
I personally feel a lot of you are acting childish about this. Yes, it's a shame the ring got cancelled.. but to attack Mattel, and pull what you all did with Jakks is pretty low. Sometimes Jakks deserved it, but now your attacking Mattel, pointless. These people gave you all Ricky Steamboat, Macho Man ALL IN THE SAME YEAR! They're toys, play things, and for some of us, they're collector pieces.. Mattel has done an AMAZING job in the first year, and just because something gets cancelled for reasons thats undisclosed, you all attack them. Pathetic. Every year, this board gets more and more ungrateful.. It's sad really. If you go to Modify Profile and scroll all the way to the bottom, there is a button on the right that says "delete account". If you're unhappy here, you're more then welcome to leave.
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puppetmasters24
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Post by puppetmasters24 on Feb 2, 2011 12:45:56 GMT -5
it sucks but oh well nice andre figure though They nailed him dead on the first try unlike the other company that took how many trys and never did get it LOL
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thereisnoart
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Choke him in the neck!
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Post by thereisnoart on Feb 2, 2011 12:47:48 GMT -5
Bummer about the ring being canceled - but not some monumental game-changer by any stretch. I'd like to know why, but only out of curiosity. I'd at least like to know if Andre is still on his way to the Legends line.
Kudos to Mattel for posting this news themselves on a wrestling figure message board that they don't own. There aren't too many toy companies of any line that would do that.
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Obi-TruLove
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Post by Obi-TruLove on Feb 2, 2011 12:51:53 GMT -5
Well this really sucks! I was lookin forward to opening my moc legends to display them in the ring, guess this ISN'T the case anymore.
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tazftw888
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Post by tazftw888 on Feb 2, 2011 14:02:48 GMT -5
Personally, it's no big loss as I didn't want the ring. Sucks for those that did. As long as we still can get that Andre figure I will be happy.
As others have said, I think Mattel could turn this into something positive by releasing classic era ring posts, turnbuckles, ropes, and ring skirts in some sort of pack. Maybe even sell it through MattyCollector if they can't get any retail support. Maybe they can do other packs as well if it sells well.
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Post by WalterF on Feb 2, 2011 14:02:54 GMT -5
It's not the end of the world. I was looking forward to it too, but the JAKKS classic RSR does just fine and is around the same size anyway. If you really want one just find the JAKKS one. I hope that Andre's still released though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 14:07:51 GMT -5
so is Andre canceled or not
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celticsjk
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Post by celticsjk on Feb 2, 2011 14:28:58 GMT -5
so is Andre canceled or not
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2011 16:08:15 GMT -5
I personally feel a lot of you are acting childish about this. Yes, it's a shame the ring got cancelled.. but to attack Mattel, and pull what you all did with Jakks is pretty low. Sometimes Jakks deserved it, but now your attacking Mattel, pointless. These people gave you all Ricky Steamboat, Macho Man ALL IN THE SAME YEAR! They're toys, play things, and for some of us, they're collector pieces.. Mattel has done an AMAZING job in the first year, and just because something gets cancelled for reasons thats undisclosed, you all attack them. Pathetic. Every year, this board gets more and more ungrateful.. It's sad really. Erm, I didn't, so maybe you should write 'most' instead of 'all'.
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