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Post by StephMcMahonFan on Jun 20, 2013 15:34:39 GMT -5
If MDT said they were doing it why wouldnt it happen? They have lied to us before. Haha! Think about it like this. Yes, E20 Cody Rhodes & E19 Christian got variants. Cody got smaller knee pads Christian got lightly tinted glasses. These were cost CUTTING variants. Even at pennies on a dollar.... Worldwide, saves hundreds to a few thousands. In the case of HTM... Thats a cost increase. They'd have to use serval colors on a figure packed .5 to a case. The effort to put into a figure made in low numbers won't yield a positive result. That is my arguement. Business is always business. Mattel is better off using their budget elsewhere on future elite sets, hopefully! Haha, I'm pretty sure, as most corporate businesses work. Any money left over in the yearly budget, gets divided among the suits in charge their team. Mattel is great at making wrestling figures, I'm happy with what's out and look forward to new releases. I wish a lot more time a effort is focused on playsets, elites, and basics.... I understand why rumblers are popular, but a lot to time, I get the feeling that they are throwing anything at the wall and seeing what sticks. We have plenty of dead lines like flex force (which I'm happy about), legends, defining moments, entrance greats... Instead of trying to re-invent retail line ups, I think time would be better spent committed to the proven line ups and even improving or retooling older ideas.... I'm sure that there is more public interest in Mattel wrestling figures now as opposed to 2010. I would be as bold to say that there is over a 50% increase in customer base since then. Hence, all the hot garbage at retail.... I mean Dollar General has they own brand now! Laugh now, but G.I. Joe, Batman, power Ranger, etc has their own brand as well. Good point.
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Post by StephMcMahonFan on Jun 20, 2013 15:46:49 GMT -5
If MDT said they were doing it why wouldnt it happen? I think he's pretending all info on the internet is a lie, making a joke of that kid the other day who kept going into threads and saying The Shield figures were fakes. Ive seen some real and fake stuff on the internet. Its a crazy world but a crazier internets.
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Post by Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] on Jun 20, 2013 15:57:00 GMT -5
I think he's pretending all info on the internet is a lie, making a joke of that kid the other day who kept going into threads and saying The Shield figures were fakes. Ive seen some real and fake stuff on the internet. Its a crazy world but a crazier internets. Yeah, like that Shield three-pack... :X
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Post by StephMcMahonFan on Jun 20, 2013 16:01:43 GMT -5
Ive seen some real and fake stuff on the internet. Its a crazy world but a crazier internets. Yeah, like that Shield three-pack... :X get over it.
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Post by PJ on Jun 20, 2013 16:18:39 GMT -5
If MDT said they were doing it why wouldnt it happen? I think he's pretending all info on the internet is a lie, making a joke of that kid the other day who kept going into threads and saying The Shield figures were fakes. It must be true if it's on the internet. lol
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 0:15:52 GMT -5
I think honky is about wrapping up in retail I don't think it's gonna happen! It's not a big deal really
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Post by jeffro2000 on Jun 25, 2013 10:07:19 GMT -5
Amazon just got E21 in last week. Friday I believe. Mine will be here tomorrow. Maybe it will have the updated suit.
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Post by popyduggan on Jun 25, 2013 10:29:55 GMT -5
Great news guys, my local Target got 2 new cases of E21 and they had 2 HTM!
The bad news is, they don't have the belt yet, darn it!
Just wanted to be redundant, true story though.
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Post by tampatoys813 on Jun 25, 2013 12:52:48 GMT -5
What difference does the belt make!!! Chances are you guys will never get that Honky so I wish you guys would stop with this.
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Post by tampatoys813 on Jun 25, 2013 12:53:26 GMT -5
I think this figure should have came with a old school IC belt, that actually is a good idea
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Post by Boy Wonder on Jun 25, 2013 13:02:42 GMT -5
If MDT said they were doing it why wouldnt it happen? They have lied to us before. Haha! Think about it like this. Yes, E20 Cody Rhodes & E19 Christian got variants. Cody got smaller knee pads Christian got lightly tinted glasses. These were cost CUTTING variants. Even at pennies on a dollar.... Worldwide, saves hundreds to a few thousands. In the case of HTM... Thats a cost increase. They'd have to use serval colors on a figure packed .5 to a case. The effort to put into a figure made in low numbers won't yield a positive result. Neither of those were cost cutting measures. I really doubt changing the knee pads on Cody saves them anything on material cost and if anything the Christian variant cost more due to the clear plastic.
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Post by June on Jun 25, 2013 13:06:42 GMT -5
While Honkys belts were a part of his attire, I think a painted on version is terrible. Part of Honky's pre-match routine was taking off the belt.
If MDT would have done some research, they could've avoided all of this and simply placed an IC Title on HTM, and then the figure would be 100% accurate, since Honky did not wear the belts when he was IC Champ.
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Post by Don't Go Down on Jun 25, 2013 13:13:50 GMT -5
Well hopefully I can still find an extra Honky, I have kept one in package in case it turned out to be true that the suit would be updated. At this point it would be nice to keep a MOC version and display one loose with the IC belt.
For MOC collectors the belt is inconsequential considering the guitar is blocking the view of his waist in the package anyway.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jun 25, 2013 13:17:27 GMT -5
While Honkys belts were a part of his attire, I think a painted on version is terrible. Part of Honky's pre-match routine was taking off the belt. If MDT would have done some research, they could've avoided all of this and simply placed an IC Title on HTM, and then the figure would be 100% accurate, since Honky did not wear the belts when he was IC Champ. If it had an Intercontinental title, then it would've lost either the jumpsuit or the guitar.
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Post by East Coast on Jun 25, 2013 13:29:07 GMT -5
plus i got plenty of IC titles already. we don't need more
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2013 14:18:44 GMT -5
They have lied to us before. Haha! Think about it like this. Yes, E20 Cody Rhodes & E19 Christian got variants. Cody got smaller knee pads Christian got lightly tinted glasses. These were cost CUTTING variants. Even at pennies on a dollar.... Worldwide, saves hundreds to a few thousands. In the case of HTM... Thats a cost increase. They'd have to use serval colors on a figure packed .5 to a case. The effort to put into a figure made in low numbers won't yield a positive result. Neither of those were cost cutting measures. I really doubt changing the knee pads on Cody saves them anything on material cost and if anything the Christian variant cost more due to the clear plastic. Really cutting down on the usage of plastic doesn't cut any kind of cost in the knee pads?? Neither does thinning the use of paint? Ive got both Christians. Tho only thing different the amount of paint coated on the glasses. While one is solid, the other is tinted... But the plastic used is the same. You're thinking about business measures are more like ma & pa shops.... While in theory, small business would Benifit from running changes, large corporation do.... Hence, running changes.
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Post by StephMcMahonFan on Jun 26, 2013 9:57:09 GMT -5
MDT said they were, why dont they clarify instead of speculation?
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jun 26, 2013 12:04:02 GMT -5
It's very unlikely that MDT just decided to post and lie about it.
Anyway, they should've included the jumpsuit belt all along instead of giving pointless weights to Ryback.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2013 14:23:05 GMT -5
Yeah, like that Shield three-pack... :X get over it. Mr Sensitive over here.
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Post by RybackV1 on Jun 26, 2013 14:34:41 GMT -5
It's very unlikely that MDT just decided to post and lie about it. Anyway, they should've included the jumpsuit belt all along instead of giving pointless weights to Ryback. HEY! Those weights weren't pointless they were cool!! And yeah I highly HIGHLY doubt an HTM w/running change will be coming out after all. Its not a big deal. I wouldn't be pissed at all in fact I would see why Mattel changed their minds. I just wish someone would give us some type of answer :/ Elite 22 should be in stores in a matter of weeks now.
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