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Post by JC Motors on Jan 24, 2021 11:04:01 GMT -5
Festival of Friendship was a Kmart exclusive I don't think so. I definitely saw it at a couple of Targets. But most Targets in my area didn't carry the line at all. You may be right. The only place that I ever saw that was Kmart |
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Post by stc13 on Jan 24, 2021 11:07:16 GMT -5
I don't think so. I definitely saw it at a couple of Targets. But most Targets in my area didn't carry the line at all. You may be right. The only place that I ever saw that was Kmart That period was a mess. Some Walmarts were getting Entrance Greats, a few Targets had Epic Moments, but nothing was carried consistently from store to store or got more than one case in. No wonder both lines got cancelled. |
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 24, 2021 11:13:41 GMT -5
You may be right. The only place that I ever saw that was Kmart That period was a mess. Some Walmarts were getting Entrance Greats, a few Targets had Epic Moments, but nothing was carried consistently from store to store or got more than one case in. No wonder both lines got cancelled. The only Entrance Greats I remember seeing in that time period was Jeff Hardy. Other than that I've never seen any others |
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Post by Chip on Jan 24, 2021 11:22:27 GMT -5
it goes to show you how absolutely clueless and out of touch "big box" is with the toy/collectible market.
they sell $50 toys all over the place, and none of them as popular as WWE elites. but they wont stock Elite 2 Packs? they'll flood pegs with top talent because they "have to have figures of the guys on TV" yet those are the ones that sit there and rot for months and months and months. so they invest the money and shelf space on that one off chance that a mom is looking for roman reigns for her son even though mattel has made 47 roman's already
but they wont properly stock the sets that COLLECTORS want. who....make up as much of the wrestling figure buying population as kids.
its like they just cant admit that wrestling is nowhere near as popular with kids as it used to be. there's never enough space in these stores and the people working in them dont care.
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Post by LK3 on Jan 24, 2021 12:29:58 GMT -5
Yeah I saw it at K-Mart too. The one I bought I got from Ringside. I’m not sure I ever saw it at Target myself. Maybe I did and just don’t remember after seeing it in a bunch of other places.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jan 24, 2021 12:48:18 GMT -5
it goes to show you how absolutely clueless and out of touch "big box" is with the toy/collectible market. they sell $50 toys all over the place, and none of them as popular as WWE elites. but they wont stock Elite 2 Packs? they'll flood pegs with top talent because they "have to have figures of the guys on TV" yet those are the ones that sit there and rot for months and months and months. so they invest the money and shelf space on that one off chance that a mom is looking for roman reigns for her son even though mattel has made 47 roman's already but they wont properly stock the sets that COLLECTORS want. who....make up as much of the wrestling figure buying population as kids. its like they just cant admit that wrestling is nowhere near as popular with kids as it used to be. there's never enough space in these stores and the people working in them dont care. I don’t get it either. They could probably sell them well and not have a flood of stock either. They aren’t released every month and by the time the first shipment is sold out the next would be rolling. |
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Post by Chip on Jan 24, 2021 16:19:26 GMT -5
it goes to show you how absolutely clueless and out of touch "big box" is with the toy/collectible market. they sell $50 toys all over the place, and none of them as popular as WWE elites. but they wont stock Elite 2 Packs? they'll flood pegs with top talent because they "have to have figures of the guys on TV" yet those are the ones that sit there and rot for months and months and months. so they invest the money and shelf space on that one off chance that a mom is looking for roman reigns for her son even though mattel has made 47 roman's already but they wont properly stock the sets that COLLECTORS want. who....make up as much of the wrestling figure buying population as kids. its like they just cant admit that wrestling is nowhere near as popular with kids as it used to be. there's never enough space in these stores and the people working in them dont care. I don’t get it either. They could probably sell them well and not have a flood of stock either. They aren’t released every month and by the time the first shipment is sold out the next would be rolling. every Target in my area got about 12 of these marvel legends x-men 2 packs that were i think $40. they literally sat and did nothing. because they are boring. you put 3-4 of those Piper/Mr. T 2 packs at stores, and I guarantee they would sell |
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Post by cableV on Jan 24, 2021 16:39:56 GMT -5
I don’t get it either. They could probably sell them well and not have a flood of stock either. They aren’t released every month and by the time the first shipment is sold out the next would be rolling. every Target in my area got about 12 of these marvel legends x-men 2 packs that were i think $40. they literally sat and did nothing. because they are boring. you put 3-4 of those Piper/Mr. T 2 packs at stores, and I guarantee they would sell And every year those Marvel 2 packs end up in the clearance aisle after the resets, but Targets keeps ordering them. |
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Post by stc13 on Jan 24, 2021 16:45:25 GMT -5
it goes to show you how absolutely clueless and out of touch "big box" is with the toy/collectible market. they sell $50 toys all over the place, and none of them as popular as WWE elites. but they wont stock Elite 2 Packs? they'll flood pegs with top talent because they "have to have figures of the guys on TV" yet those are the ones that sit there and rot for months and months and months. so they invest the money and shelf space on that one off chance that a mom is looking for roman reigns for her son even though mattel has made 47 roman's already but they wont properly stock the sets that COLLECTORS want. who....make up as much of the wrestling figure buying population as kids. its like they just cant admit that wrestling is nowhere near as popular with kids as it used to be. there's never enough space in these stores and the people working in them dont care. I don’t get it either. They could probably sell them well and not have a flood of stock either. They aren’t released every month and by the time the first shipment is sold out the next would be rolling. I don't think it's fair to put this only on retailers. I'm sure a BIG part of why there's so much focus on current wrestlers is because that's what WWE tells Mattel they want. All things aren't created equal though. I think Mattel has burned a lot of their bridges with multi-pack items. The HOF 2-packs at Target bombed. The initial waves of UE didn't sell well because collectors didn't want Nakamura and Ronda. And the reality is that mega-brands like Star Wars or Marvel are going to get a lot more leeway than a product like WWE that isn't as big. Hasbro is also a much larger company, and can leverage that to get items into stores where as Mattel has been struggling for years. But the WWE line has a long history of questionable lineup choices when launching a new product line, and I think we've reached the point where that has caught up with them. It sucks for collectors, but I don't think it's going to change either. If anything, it seems like the product offerings at retail are getting smaller, not larger. |
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Post by qdogg on Jan 24, 2021 19:39:40 GMT -5
I don't think so. I definitely saw it at a couple of Targets. But most Targets in my area didn't carry the line at all. You may be right. The only place that I ever saw that was Kmart I saw it at Toys R Us |
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jan 24, 2021 19:45:06 GMT -5
The only place I ever seen an epic moments set at retail was the festival of friendship at toysrus before they sadly went out.
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Post by mrh on Jan 25, 2021 2:13:59 GMT -5
To be fair, I HATE Target and Walmart; but I wouldn't take Elite 2 packs either. I really think they'd sit...
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Post by PJ on Jan 25, 2021 7:19:27 GMT -5
If I was Walmart/Target I would also have them as online only items. Target always ends up clearance going the ML ones and I have a feeling the same is going to happen with the McFarlane DC 2-packs Targets are now carrying.
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Post by wolfmanx on Jan 28, 2021 21:35:28 GMT -5
Ringside has damaged packaging up for sale for T and Piper
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jan 28, 2021 21:46:28 GMT -5
If I was Walmart/Target I would also have them as online only items. Target always ends up clearance going the ML ones and I have a feeling the same is going to happen with the McFarlane DC 2-packs Targets are now carrying. The last X Men 2 packs sold in my area, some were a little slow but they went eventually |
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Post by NoseBleedcollectibles on Jan 28, 2021 22:10:11 GMT -5
Ringside has damaged packaging up for sale for T and Piper sold out |
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Post by mrh on Jan 29, 2021 3:25:36 GMT -5
If I was Walmart/Target I would also have them as online only items. Target always ends up clearance going the ML ones and I have a feeling the same is going to happen with the McFarlane DC 2-packs Targets are now carrying.
100% agree. Two-packs would sit.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jan 29, 2021 8:40:25 GMT -5
RingsideC2 do you know if you’ll be getting anymore of these?
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Post by PJ on Jan 29, 2021 16:17:08 GMT -5
If I was Walmart/Target I would also have them as online only items. Target always ends up clearance going the ML ones and I have a feeling the same is going to happen with the McFarlane DC 2-packs Targets are now carrying. 100% agree. Two-packs would sit.
Not only that they would 100% be theft bait. I have a Walmart where every time there’s new elites with titles belts the titles are stolen within the day. With the 2-Packs it would be a given that the belts would be stolen or the figures would be swapped and returned. |
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Post by alphadeltaxray on Jan 30, 2021 0:55:50 GMT -5
When I ordered mine they were sold out the next day. Glad I got it in time. Has to be my all-time favorite 2-pack.
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