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Post by ztj_wwf on May 14, 2013 0:20:10 GMT -5
I hope so.
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Post by Lk™ on May 14, 2013 0:55:53 GMT -5
they sent me two by accident and told me to keep them. haha
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Rasslin.Bros
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Post by Rasslin.Bros on May 14, 2013 1:08:18 GMT -5
This figure will pop up somewhere again eventually, just like all the other Matty exclusives that have "sold out" over the years.
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Post by The Madness on May 14, 2013 7:22:05 GMT -5
I hope they re-release it with a sculpted singlet.
I get that some folks love fabric gear, but it isnt like Andre and King Kong Bundy took their singlets off when they got to the ring. Having cloth wrestling attire just reminds me of the old Jakks method - "we don't want to make a new mold for this, so here's a fabric version."
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on May 14, 2013 8:17:24 GMT -5
I hope they re-release it with a sculpted singlet. I get that some folks love fabric gear, but it isnt like Andre and King Kong Bundy took their singlets off when they got to the ring. Having cloth wrestling attire just reminds me of the old Jakks method - "we don't want to make a new mold for this, so here's a fabric version." Yup, that's the one thing I'd like different about the Andre figure too. Fabric gear is bad enough for t-shirts and pants etc, but at least they are sometimes meant to be baggy and loose-fitting. Fabric for wrestling gear is the worst. I might repaint one of my Elite 10 Big Shows into a molded Elite 4 Big Show.
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Post by Brankind on May 14, 2013 8:24:24 GMT -5
magic 8 balls says : maybe
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Post by Figure kingdom on May 14, 2013 9:08:07 GMT -5
Andre the Giant was already re-released on Matty a couple of months after he had already been sold out. They re-released Andre and DDP due to popular demand. I got 3 Andres and 3 DDPs during that time just cuz I wanted one MOC and a couple loose to pose with my collection. I almost bit the bullet before that and bought Andre for 70 bucks plus shipping on ebay too. So if enough of you email Matty and create enough demand, I can see Matty putting a last run for these.
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Post by 3B on May 14, 2013 9:36:02 GMT -5
The Matty Collector business model is bizarre... I was optimistic about the Legends line continuing on there in 2012 , but soon realized they were running it into the ground. They bumped the retail price $5 and then you had to pay excessive shipping and taxes. Of course no one wanted to buy them. I picked up Andre when he first went on sale, but waited a month or two for DDP.
MC is notorious for alienating new collectors. Ask anyone who is interested in their Masters of the Universe line. At first Mattel would regularly re-release figures, but eventually stopped in an attempt to get more people to buy-into the subscription model. Subs are fine if you want most figures, but it sucks for "cherry pickers" and not everyone wants to lay down $600+ a year and then worry about selling unwanted figures. In hindsight, I'm glad Legends fizzled on Matty, I prefer the current strategy above a sub and dealing with that horrible website.
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Post by qdogg on May 14, 2013 9:45:52 GMT -5
I got Andre, DDP and RSC Macho King all MOC in a lot for 60 bucks total on ebay last year. Was just a "alright" deal at the time but now looks like a steal. I just got the Brain Busters loose for 25 bucks total without the belts. Got a great deal on the Rockers too. Now I just need Bundy.
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Post by qdogg on May 14, 2013 9:48:09 GMT -5
they sent me two by accident and told me to keep them. haha They sent you 2 extra figures? Wow thats crazy good fortune! Congrats!
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Post by MrPerfect25 on May 14, 2013 9:50:40 GMT -5
Then they should have opened their wallets and ordered it when it was on Matty Collector & RSC Some of us didn't collect then
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Post by Ruby Fusion on May 14, 2013 10:51:54 GMT -5
Nope; Mattel sees the Mattycollector legends as a failure. So; I'm damn glad I bought a few Rockers, Andre the Giant and King Kong Bundy!!!
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Post by King Richius on May 14, 2013 10:54:11 GMT -5
I hope they re-release it with a sculpted singlet. I get that some folks love fabric gear, but it isnt like Andre and King Kong Bundy took their singlets off when they got to the ring. Having cloth wrestling attire just reminds me of the old Jakks method - "we don't want to make a new mold for this, so here's a fabric version." I think a cloth singlet for Andre was nice since you could do a pose of him using his singlet to choke another wrestling figure like he did in a lot of his matches during his heel run. That being said, I passed on the Mattel Andre because I already had a Jakks Andre that is molded with the singlet. I might buy a Mattel Andre if they make a one in his red or blue trunks look.
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Post by cheapoman on May 14, 2013 11:21:48 GMT -5
I'd have bought him if he was in stock by the time all the other legends were released on Mattycollector. I just didn't see the point in dropping another $10 to ship that single figure if I knew I could've waited a few months to combine all five when they were ready for less(shipping) because first, I'm okay with not getting every new figure immediately, and second, legends were notorious for selling horribly so I waited and missed out. I hope the "sold out" figures all come back someday, it seems strange that the 4 or 5 characters they had left would sell out simultaneously. Lol it's the same reason i waited on buying these legends on matty. Shipping price is ridiculous let alone the price of the figure itself. Backfired on us for being cheap.
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Post by qdogg on May 14, 2013 11:38:39 GMT -5
They didnt sell out at one time. Andre, DDP and the Rockers have been sold out for quite a while. I think Matty may of sold their remaining stock of Andre and Rockers to RSC. And Bundy and the Busters were actually "Sold Out" before they put it on there that they were. Nobody who ordered those ones this year had there orders filled I dont believe. And if you followed the Matty ones when they released them its pretty obvious they want you to only order one at a time thats why they would put Andre at "sold out" when DDP came out and the same for Andre and DDP when Bundy came out.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2013 11:41:05 GMT -5
I would love an Andre The Giant as an elite flashback!
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Post by The Madness on May 14, 2013 11:55:06 GMT -5
I think the best route to go would be to release him as a Flashback with a new mutton chop sideburns scan and a sculpted navy blue singlet.
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Post by Nivro™ on May 14, 2013 13:53:12 GMT -5
Then they should have opened their wallets and ordered it when it was on Matty Collector & RSC Some of us didn't collect then Honestly, you're SOL then is all I can say. I didnt collect the LJN line when I was young, that doesnt mean they should just rerelease the figures because I wasnt collecting (even though I would love for them to). Some times you've got to pony up for stuff if you want it. That's part of life. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.
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Post by Lk™ on May 14, 2013 15:21:57 GMT -5
they sent me two by accident and told me to keep them. haha They sent you 2 extra figures? Wow thats crazy good fortune! Congrats! 1 extra. haha.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on May 14, 2013 15:25:22 GMT -5
The Matty Collector business model is bizarre... I was optimistic about the Legends line continuing on there in 2012 , but soon realized they were running it into the ground. They bumped the retail price $5 and then you had to pay excessive shipping and taxes. Of course no one wanted to buy them. I picked up Andre when he first went on sale, but waited a month or two for DDP. MC is notorious for alienating new collectors. Ask anyone who is interested in their Masters of the Universe line. At first Mattel would regularly re-release figures, but eventually stopped in an attempt to get more people to buy-into the subscription model. Subs are fine if you want most figures, but it sucks for "cherry pickers" and not everyone wants to lay down $600+ a year and then worry about selling unwanted figures. In hindsight, I'm glad Legends fizzled on Matty, I prefer the current strategy above a sub and dealing with that horrible website. Matty's not perfect by a long shot, but I disagree with your arguments. Prince on Legends went up because production numbers went down, raising the per unit cost. Also, the do re-releases every month with MOTUC, not to mention several figures they now have on sale year round. There are still figures new collectors will have trouble getting, but they're at least working with people some. their shipping is too much, I'll give you that one. And I would have bought a Legends sub in a minute if they'd had it available. I love the Watchmen sub I have now. Back on topic. I would love if we got more Andre figures, but I don't see it ever happening.
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