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Post by wrestlingfigureloung on Jul 19, 2023 13:50:07 GMT -5
Pre-Order is up for unriavled series 13 Butcher, Blade, Sting, Darby, Wardlow, and Danhausen. But one of the figures originally advertised and came all the way to being in physical presentation at Double or Nothing and now all of a sudden it’s gone. I hope Jazwares’ AEW team lets us know what’s happening with the Bunny figure.
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Post by rastlinfigures on Jul 19, 2023 14:04:10 GMT -5
It's even weirder because Ringside just posted that she is the chase.
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Post by wrestlingfigureloung on Jul 19, 2023 14:05:18 GMT -5
UPDATE: Ringside Collectibles has confirmed that The Bunny is the chase and Danhausen is the rare in the set. It’s unique but I’m not going to say I like or dislike that idea till we get more info.
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Post by ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕋𝕠 𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝 on Jul 19, 2023 14:13:53 GMT -5
Ringside on IG confirmed that Bunny is the CHASE figure of this set. I have a feeling that Jazzwares is changing up their rare figures. I think 'CHASE' figures will be truly individual characters -- almost like how Mattel were adding random Legends figures to Elite lines (Rocky Johnson, British Bulldog, Pat Patterson, Briscoe, etc.) and 'RARE' is still just a chase version of a figure, since Danhausen was also said to be the RARE figure in this set and we have indeed seen two versions of him. This is an assumption right now but its the only way I can explain why Bunny can't be ordered and she's not featured as a part of this set, but still confirmed to be the chase figure of this set. I think the semantics of "rare" and "chase" make more sense this way, too -- "rare edition" because its the rare version of a figure in already in that regular set of 6. "Chase" figures are truly a chase to get a character, not just an alternative look. Honestly I think its a good idea. Look at the sort of obscure people who rot on the shelves. This is the perfect way to limit figures like Riho or Jake Hager in the future. http://instagram.com/p/Cu481_pPdfl Edit: VERY SORRY to make a second thread about Bunny. This was being made as the other one.
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Post by thjamie on Jul 19, 2023 14:21:20 GMT -5
I hope main event wrestlers don't become chases then, chases are really hard to find in the UK
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Post by rastlinfigures on Jul 19, 2023 14:23:40 GMT -5
UPDATE: Ringside Collectibles has confirmed that The Bunny is the chase and Danhausen is the rare in the set. It’s unique but I’m not going to say I like or dislike that idea till we get more info. If they are keeping the quantities the same as prior recent chase figures, that doesn't really make sense to me. It seems there will be people who want The Bunny figure that will not be able to find it at a reasonable price. That doesn't help the manufacturer, because they will not be selling them at a higher price.
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Post by stc13 on Jul 19, 2023 14:32:41 GMT -5
UPDATE: Ringside Collectibles has confirmed that The Bunny is the chase and Danhausen is the rare in the set. It’s unique but I’m not going to say I like or dislike that idea till we get more info. If they are keeping the quantities the same as prior recent chase figures, that doesn't really make sense to me. It seems there will be people who want The Bunny figure that will not be able to find it at a reasonable price. That doesn't help the manufacturer, because they will not be selling them at a higher price. I think this is the first time they locked an entire character behind the chase BS. Jeremy's really trying to burn all the bridges.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 19, 2023 14:34:10 GMT -5
If they are keeping the quantities the same as prior recent chase figures, that doesn't really make sense to me. It seems there will be people who want The Bunny figure that will not be able to find it at a reasonable price. That doesn't help the manufacturer, because they will not be selling them at a higher price. Is this the first time they've locked an entire character behind the chase BS? That might be a dealbreaker for me. Yes. Every chase before now had another version in the regular lineup
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 19, 2023 14:51:57 GMT -5
Dumbest idea this line has done. Weathered all the previous blunders and stuck with the line. I don't want to "chase" figures. I want to be able to walk into a store or go online and purchase them without paying ridiculous prices because I do things besides camp out at retail stores at the crack of dawn every day.
They HAVE a market for that with their current Chase/Rare numbered alternate attires. Let those who want to participate in that have their fun. Don't screw over your here-since-the-start and have bought everything collectors. They are what makes your stumbling and honestly failing line survive.
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Post by Odafin Tutuola on Jul 19, 2023 15:02:09 GMT -5
Dumbest idea this line has done. Weathered all the previous blunders and stuck with the line. I don't want to "chase" figures. I want to be able to walk into a store or go online and purchase them without paying ridiculous prices because I do things besides camp out at retail stores at the crack of dawn every day. They HAVE a market for that with their current Chase/Rare numbered alternate attires. Let those who want to participate in that have their fun. Don't screw over your here-since-the-start and have bought everything collectors. They are what makes your stumbling and honestly failing line survive. I agree, they are collectors out there that only collect the women figures like YouTuber Lumberjillville, they expect you to order the whole set and you get lucky to get The Bunny.
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 19, 2023 15:10:06 GMT -5
Dumbest idea this line has done. Weathered all the previous blunders and stuck with the line. I don't want to "chase" figures. I want to be able to walk into a store or go online and purchase them without paying ridiculous prices because I do things besides camp out at retail stores at the crack of dawn every day. They HAVE a market for that with their current Chase/Rare numbered alternate attires. Let those who want to participate in that have their fun. Don't screw over your here-since-the-start and have bought everything collectors. They are what makes your stumbling and honestly failing line survive. I agree, they are collectors out there that only collect the women figures like YouTuber Lumberjillville, they expect you to order the whole set and you get lucky to get The Bunny. I just wanted to collect every mainline release and leave the chases/rares to those who seek them. I have ONE chase, CM Punk, that I found on a peg. A true luck of the draw situation since Punk is my favorite wrestler. I understand that female wrestling figures generally sell worse, yet for some reason Jazwares has stuck to this 1 figure per box of a set of 6 mentality and has not evolved beyond it. How they aren't doing a case assortment like this going forward I have NO idea. 2x Sting 3x Darby 2x Danhausen 2x Butcher 2x Blade 1x The Bunny Twelve figures per case. Bunny get short packed BUT at LEAST one per case and you have your bigger stars like Darby getting multiples per case to help push product. I also collect Transformers and this is how Hasbro handles their character spread by popularity/etc.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 19, 2023 15:17:02 GMT -5
I agree, they are collectors out there that only collect the women figures like YouTuber Lumberjillville, they expect you to order the whole set and you get lucky to get The Bunny. I just wanted to collect every mainline release and leave the chases/rares to those who seek them. I have ONE chase, CM Punk, that I found on a peg. A true luck of the draw situation since Punk is my favorite wrestler. I understand that female wrestling figures generally sell worse, yet for some reason Jazwares has stuck to this 1 figure per box of a set of 6 mentality and has not evolved beyond it. How they aren't doing a case assortment like this going forward I have NO idea. 2x Sting 3x Darby 2x Danhausen 2x Butcher 2x Blade 1x The Bunny Twelve figures per case. Bunny get short packed BUT at LEAST one per case and you have your bigger stars like Darby getting multiples per case to help push product. I also collect Transformers and this is how Hasbro handles their character spread by popularity/etc. I don’t think retailers would buy a case of 12 AEW figures, but they definitely would take cases of 8, which could have the whole set plus an extra Darby and Sting, or if there’s 7 figures Bunny could be 1 per 2 cases. Which would be a genuine chase and not the crap they do. The idea of a chase is supposed to be, or well it used to be a long time ago, that you could eventually find it
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 19, 2023 15:23:06 GMT -5
I just wanted to collect every mainline release and leave the chases/rares to those who seek them. I have ONE chase, CM Punk, that I found on a peg. A true luck of the draw situation since Punk is my favorite wrestler. I understand that female wrestling figures generally sell worse, yet for some reason Jazwares has stuck to this 1 figure per box of a set of 6 mentality and has not evolved beyond it. How they aren't doing a case assortment like this going forward I have NO idea. 2x Sting 3x Darby 2x Danhausen 2x Butcher 2x Blade 1x The Bunny Twelve figures per case. Bunny get short packed BUT at LEAST one per case and you have your bigger stars like Darby getting multiples per case to help push product. I also collect Transformers and this is how Hasbro handles their character spread by popularity/etc. I don’t think retailers would buy a case of 12 AEW figures, but they definitely would take cases of 8, which could have the whole set plus an extra Darby and Sting, or if there’s 7 figures Bunny could be 1 per 2 cases. Which would be a genuine chase and not the crap they do. The idea of a chase is supposed to be, or well it used to be a long time ago, that you could eventually find it Yeah even the 8 per case model works. 2x of the big names and 1x everyone else. Big names sell the wave while the others get bought by the hardcores/fans of that specific figure. Instead they had the bright idea of just doing 1x no matter what, so the line has suffered for it.
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Post by destino on Jul 19, 2023 16:17:59 GMT -5
This is beyond dumb.
I get they want to reduce peg warmers, but at this point, just make those figures online exclusives somewhere like they they did with the commentators. Now there’s going to be people scalping The Bunny when the majority of people who actually want her will probably never come across one in the wild.
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Post by captncharisma19 on Jul 19, 2023 16:38:41 GMT -5
-Constant complaints about no new stock -What's clogging the pegs? Women's division figs -Jazwares makes then less likely to clog pegs -Constant complaints
I wanted Bunny too, but it's just capitalism baby.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Jul 19, 2023 16:40:50 GMT -5
Wow now making superstars chases only, this is gonna hurt this line for me and turn many people away
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 19, 2023 16:43:32 GMT -5
-Constant complaints about no new stock -What's clogging the pegs? Women's division figs -Jazwares makes then less likely to clog pegs -Constant complaints I wanted Bunny too, but it's just capitalism baby. Chase format is trash, maybe people will stop complaining if they change it
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Post by stc13 on Jul 19, 2023 16:50:45 GMT -5
-Constant complaints about no new stock -What's clogging the pegs? Women's division figs -Jazwares makes then less likely to clog pegs -Constant complaints I wanted Bunny too, but it's just capitalism baby. Chase format is trash, maybe people will stop complaining if they change it And if they don't change it, more money for me to spend elsewhere. Moving lower demand figures to lower print run slots makes sense. Putting them in slots where you know there's a ridiculous secondary market markup and hoarding that prevents the average collector from having a fair shot at them is something totally different. When you can't get your product to market and figures are regularly priced at 50% off where they are available, this feels like pulling out the matches after you've been waving around a can of gasoline.
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Post by destino on Jul 19, 2023 21:53:35 GMT -5
The frustrating thing is it feels like Jazwares isn’t interested in fan feedback. People have been complaining about the chases since wave 1 of Unrivaled. And while they did bump the numbers up once; this feels like a huge step back. There was so much backlash about the Brodie Lee SDCC exclusive, but this year it feels like they did the same exact thing. And this isn’t me being like “why can’t I get the Sting and coffin”. I’ve accepted that he won’t be available online. But now I have to wonder what’s the point of complaining about the staining? They’re not going to listen to us. What’s the point of complaining about wonky face sculpts?
I don’t even know if there’s anything that they can say at this panel to actually make me feel excited for the future of this line. And yeah, I know I’m bitching and moaning online. I’m well aware that I’m just wasting my time doing so.
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Post by stc13 on Jul 19, 2023 22:02:36 GMT -5
The frustrating thing is it feels like Jazwares isn’t interested in fan feedback. People have been complaining about the chases since wave 1 of Unrivaled. And while they did bump the numbers up once; this feels like a huge step back. There was so much backlash about the Brodie Lee SDCC exclusive, but this year it feels like they did the same exact thing. And this isn’t me being like “why can’t I get the Sting and coffin”. I’ve accepted that he won’t be available online. But now I have to wonder what’s the point of complaining about the staining? They’re not going to listen to us. What’s the point of complaining about wonky face sculpts? I don’t even know if there’s anything that they can say at this panel to actually make me feel excited for the future of this line. And yeah, I know I’m bitching and moaning online. I’m well aware that I’m just wasting my time doing so. I'm right there with you. I never loved the chase concept, but I could live with it as long as they weren't locking exclusive characters behind the program. Clearly they're doubling down on what they think makes a successful toy line. But that's incredibly off putting for me. I don't really care about figures holding value, worth, etc. But a toy line where 90% of your figures end up sold for well under MSRP and 10% end up being $50+ doesn't seem like a healthy ecosystem to me.
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