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Post by Deep Figure Value on Aug 25, 2020 13:42:58 GMT -5
RSC should segment these boards into tightly constrained tribes, culling two members from each tribe and bringing them to the warehouse in New York to fight to the death in a week long battle royale/hide and seek hybrid. Jeremy, Magic, Bill, Steve, Brother Meyers, Zack Cardona, Zorro Mendez, and Gabby Super WWE Wrestling Warehouse Storage Unit Collection Extraordinaire can serve as sponsors, rallying the #OneFigCommunity to contribute gifts and advantages to the unwitting warriors battling for supremacy within the catacombs of RSC's warehouse. When the battle dwindles down to the final two survivors, they'll be herded into Ringside Jon's office where they'll each be given a cache of cancelled, rare, and unreleased figures with they may pelt one another until only one man is standing, earning the respect and adoration of the gathered #FigLife, #ScratchThatFigureItch, #OneFigCommunity elite (not the figs lol), as well as a pair of rare, unreleased Blue Chew Major 8x10s signed by Brian Hawkins and Matt Ryder.
Then that person gets a raffle ticket, good for an 8 minute guaranteed* window to try and purchase one of the two Jazwares AEW Unrivaled Collection Action Figures by Wicked Cool Toys (a Jazwares company) chase figures.
* Completion of sale not guaranteed.
I think that's the only fair way to make sure these get into the hands of collectors.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 25, 2020 14:13:37 GMT -5
I would fight to the death in a battle royale for these
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Post by Only1TH2 on Aug 25, 2020 14:40:38 GMT -5
I would fight to the death in a battle royale for these In game or IRL?
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Aug 25, 2020 15:10:05 GMT -5
RSC should flat out communicate how much each chase will cost and then do a raffle and the winners are allowed to purchase them opposed to just putting them up randomly. There is no need for a lottery or raffle or any type or random selection process. The fact is, they are probably going to be so expensive that only certain people are going to be able to afford them anyway. For things that only 1000 and 500 exist, and remember it's not like RSC has them ALL. Some have been given away to wrestlers, some will be in Walmart/Target in January 2021, some may go out on the Walmart/Amazon online pre-orders....If I had to guess, I'd say each one will cost more than $100. That's a VERY small group that can or will spend that much on a figure.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2020 16:22:00 GMT -5
RSC should flat out communicate how much each chase will cost and then do a raffle and the winners are allowed to purchase them opposed to just putting them up randomly. There is no need for a lottery or raffle or any type or random selection process. The fact is, they are probably going to be so expensive that only certain people are going to be able to afford them anyway. For things that only 1000 and 500 exist, and remember it's not like RSC has them ALL. Some have been given away to wrestlers, some will be in Walmart/Target in January 2021, some may go out on the Walmart/Amazon online pre-orders....If I had to guess, I'd say each one will cost more than $100. That's a VERY small group that can or will spend that much on a figure. I always wonder WHY people would spend this on a figure. Were you at that event? Is this your favorite wrestler/character? Do you just like scarce items? I wanted the Jericho for the AEW Title, to display, but I know that if I found it, it would stay MOC.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Aug 25, 2020 16:32:23 GMT -5
There is no need for a lottery or raffle or any type or random selection process. The fact is, they are probably going to be so expensive that only certain people are going to be able to afford them anyway. For things that only 1000 and 500 exist, and remember it's not like RSC has them ALL. Some have been given away to wrestlers, some will be in Walmart/Target in January 2021, some may go out on the Walmart/Amazon online pre-orders....If I had to guess, I'd say each one will cost more than $100. That's a VERY small group that can or will spend that much on a figure. I always wonder WHY people would spend this on a figure. Were you at that event? Is this your favorite wrestler/character? Do you just like scarce items? I wanted the Jericho for the AEW Title, to display, but I know that if I found it, it would stay MOC. I like figures based on events I was at, but I can't imagine spending $100 on any show specific look I've seen.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 25, 2020 16:36:08 GMT -5
There is only one thing they could possibly do that would piss me off more than a raffle and I won’t say it because then they would do it
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Aug 25, 2020 17:55:37 GMT -5
There is only one thing they could possibly do that would piss me off more than a raffle and I won’t say it because then they would do it "Major Wrestling Figure Pod Patreon subscribers will get early access on the Major WF Pod Patreon Facebook page!"
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Aug 25, 2020 17:59:54 GMT -5
There is only one thing they could possibly do that would piss me off more than a raffle and I won’t say it because then they would do it "Major Wrestling Figure Pod Patreon subscribers will get early access on the Major WF Pod Patreon Facebook page!" Delete this
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 6:23:06 GMT -5
We are not being told the whole truth. Jeremy and Jazwares are using new marketing and distribution strategies to develop the brand (which is fine) but they aren’t forthcoming about it. It could be to keep from other companies deploying said strategies or just to get the most from the consumer. Think of this like the movie “Money Ball”, completely revamped the way organizations built their teams but it wasn’t Old School. Hasbro, Mattel, etc are old school. I also submit the Launch Day botch was planned.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Sept 1, 2020 6:26:28 GMT -5
We are not being told the whole truth. Jeremy and Jazwares are using new marketing and distribution strategies to develop the brand (which is fine) but they aren’t forthcoming about it. It could be to keep from other companies deploying said strategies or just to get the most from the consumer. Think of this like the movie “Money Ball”, completely revamped the way organizations built their teams but it wasn’t Old School. Hasbro, Mattel, etc are old school. I also submit the Launch Day botch was planned.
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Sept 1, 2020 14:32:25 GMT -5
We are not being told the whole truth. Jeremy and Jazwares are using new marketing and distribution strategies to develop the brand (which is fine) but they aren’t forthcoming about it. It could be to keep from other companies deploying said strategies or just to get the most from the consumer. Think of this like the movie “Money Ball”, completely revamped the way organizations built their teams but it wasn’t Old School. Hasbro, Mattel, etc are old school. I also submit the Launch Day botch was planned. If you think artificial scarcity is a new strategy, you’re several decades behind bud.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 14:45:28 GMT -5
We are not being told the whole truth. Jeremy and Jazwares are using new marketing and distribution strategies to develop the brand (which is fine) but they aren’t forthcoming about it. It could be to keep from other companies deploying said strategies or just to get the most from the consumer. Think of this like the movie “Money Ball”, completely revamped the way organizations built their teams but it wasn’t Old School. Hasbro, Mattel, etc are old school. I also submit the Launch Day botch was planned. There is no conspiracy. These are selling well, and sending the chase figures later ensures people are still popping-in to the store, re-buying a Cody or Jericho, and possibly others, too. Again, to everyone, you are probably not going to find one of these at retail.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 14:49:52 GMT -5
We are not being told the whole truth. Jeremy and Jazwares are using new marketing and distribution strategies to develop the brand (which is fine) but they aren’t forthcoming about it. It could be to keep from other companies deploying said strategies or just to get the most from the consumer. Think of this like the movie “Money Ball”, completely revamped the way organizations built their teams but it wasn’t Old School. Hasbro, Mattel, etc are old school. I also submit the Launch Day botch was planned. If you think artificial scarcity is a new strategy, you’re several decades behind bud. Maybe I am. What other companies/lines did this? Not saying your wrong I’d just like to read the pros/cons about it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 14:59:49 GMT -5
If you think artificial scarcity is a new strategy, you’re several decades behind bud. Maybe I am. What other companies/lines did this? Not saying your wrong I’d just like to read the pros/cons about it. I mean a quick google search will probably fill you in on the practice in general, it's hardly new at all. For a specific example though video game console launches are frequently created with artificial scarcity.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 15:02:58 GMT -5
I remember some people going really bananas because their pre-orders shipments were maybe not going to beat the Walmart launch date. Tried to say that pre-ordering is more a way to guarantee you get the product. Seems like a pretty valuable guarantee right about now.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Sept 1, 2020 15:24:47 GMT -5
Any "limited edition" example of an otherwise mass produced product is an example of artificial scarcity.
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Post by Robz PippinRoad on Sept 1, 2020 16:02:04 GMT -5
So we’ve seen a handful of Cody’s in circulation ( example the one RS sent out , the one Jeremy gave away , the One Cody got , another person got etc ) let’s assume RS has anywhere from 25-75 of them as a guess that leaves probably 400 or less or much less ( if others w connections to AEW & Jazware we’re gifted any ) in circulation through Walmart Over 4700 Walmart’s in the U.S. alone ........Roughly 8% chance give or take Good Luck w those Odds not to mention circulation of this probably favors population dense areas if so your odds drop even more drastically on the bright side you have twice the chance w Jericho
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Post by stc13 on Sept 1, 2020 18:45:44 GMT -5
If you think artificial scarcity is a new strategy, you’re several decades behind bud. Maybe I am. What other companies/lines did this? Not saying your wrong I’d just like to read the pros/cons about it. I'm sure there are many other examples, but McFarlane was using individually serial numbered chase figures (figures were numbered on the figure base and visible in package) as far back as 2010 or 2011. They would also utilize different case assortments for mass retail and hobby dealers. The demand is there because AEW has a very devout fanbase, it's a brand new wrestling line that collectors are excited to check out, and the initial feedback/demand for the line probably significantly surpassed what they could have expected a year+ ago. This line was in works since early on in AEW's history, and the show has consistently overperformed expectations. There was no scenario where these chase figures were ever going to be even remotely easy to find, and the secondary market was always going to be the route to find these unless you hit the jackpot. Not saying I like the approach. I don't. But aside from saving Brandi for the revision cases, I haven't seen anything that was unexpected.
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Post by mrhoss on Sept 1, 2020 21:24:39 GMT -5
I found three 1 of 500 die cast Jakks Belts (Vince, Regal, Flair) at Toy Works back in the day. I fully expect to walk into my Toy Works and find the AEW chase figures.
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