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Post by marino13 on Oct 1, 2023 8:47:51 GMT -5
Well that would all change if they'd just sign The Killer Bees.
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Post by arossi417 on Oct 1, 2023 10:50:24 GMT -5
Guys. Uhhh... The thing about this whole deal is that WWE figures are unlikely a massive reason Mattel is in debt. That reason would be *nobody is buying toys anymore*. Toys were originally designed for kids and kids want to spend their free hours on youtube these days. WWE-Mattel as a company has actually begun to respond to the market that adults are their primary target audience now. But some of their other lines? For a company that put out a decidedly child-unfriendly Barbie movie this year, I don't see a ton of marketing for Barbies outside of children. And that's one of their flagship brands. Saw that movie recently. In theaters. Amazing experience. I will be buying the DVD. But beyond that, with the death ages ago of TRU, there's nowhere these days to even buy toys. Target and Walmart are the primary retail spaces in the US and of them, Walmart couldn't care less about the product on the shelves. And most online retailers, outside of RSC, while they do stock the product, there are frequently such lags in product that it can drive people away. It says something that the current game for figures is "do I preorder, or wait for clearance" and most people are choosing the second. Because so much is going on clearance. People in general just aren't buying toys anymore and what used to be aimed at children has become almost exclusively a "kidult" market where, unfortunately for most toy retailers, there are way better options available for most major toy lines than you would see in the toy aisle at Walmart. The whole system is failing, not just Mattel or Hasbro. I do wonder if we still had TRU around if things would be different. The two major retailers are really only good for exclusives at this point (and maybe basics) so I just naturally grab everything online. I have no idea how their inventory systems work, but anything in those "container item" SKUs feels completely fruitless to hunt at retail half the time (mainline figures, ruthless aggression, superstars) because the stuff nobody wants sits there and they never get replenished. |
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Post by gentlemanjohnny on Oct 1, 2023 11:55:15 GMT -5
Every time I enter the toy aisle it’s guys I’ve never heard of. This is what happens when a mark decides who goes in the lines. Mattel will live forever, but it would be great if they put actual stars on shelves. Get Macho Man back. His corpse has more life in it than 99.9% of people in the biz today. It's statements like these that remind me how out of touch this board is with the regular consumer. You can't only sell nostalgia and you especially couldn't do it forever. A person born the last day Macho was on TV is a full grown adult today, multiple generations of wrestling fans have been made and have never seen a match of his, every single day Macho Man becomes less and less relevant to the modern wrestling fan. This may be hard to swallow, but maybe, just maybe, wrestling figures aren't catered to your demographic anymore, and there's nothing wrong with that. My mistake. I’m out of touch. Current day wrestlers who’ve never really even been on television are way more popular than a mega star like Savage. Macho Man figures are the ones warming on shelves. He’s not even in high demand. The people nobody heard of are selling like hot cakes. It’s probably because he’s not over anymore. Maybe he sucked so bad wwe and Mattel said f this we need more guys that have no tv time and can’t even lock up in the ring. If only he wore black, stood 5’8 and flipped. |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Oct 1, 2023 12:47:33 GMT -5
Great, now we're going back to Jakks with roided-out Kurt Angles with big cloth singlets.
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Post by LA Times on Oct 1, 2023 12:50:57 GMT -5
Guys. Uhhh... The thing about this whole deal is that WWE figures are unlikely a massive reason Mattel is in debt. That reason would be *nobody is buying toys anymore*. Toys were originally designed for kids and kids want to spend their free hours on youtube these days. WWE-Mattel as a company has actually begun to respond to the market that adults are their primary target audience now. But some of their other lines? For a company that put out a decidedly child-unfriendly Barbie movie this year, I don't see a ton of marketing for Barbies outside of children. And that's one of their flagship brands. Saw that movie recently. In theaters. Amazing experience. I will be buying the DVD. But beyond that, with the death ages ago of TRU, there's nowhere these days to even buy toys. Target and Walmart are the primary retail spaces in the US and of them, Walmart couldn't care less about the product on the shelves. And most online retailers, outside of RSC, while they do stock the product, there are frequently such lags in product that it can drive people away. It says something that the current game for figures is "do I preorder, or wait for clearance" and most people are choosing the second. Because so much is going on clearance. People in general just aren't buying toys anymore and what used to be aimed at children has become almost exclusively a "kidult" market where, unfortunately for most toy retailers, there are way better options available for most major toy lines than you would see in the toy aisle at Walmart. The whole system is failing, not just Mattel or Hasbro. I do wonder if we still had TRU around if things would be different. The two major retailers are really only good for exclusives at this point (and maybe basics) so I just naturally grab everything online. I have no idea how their inventory systems work, but anything in those "container item" SKUs feels completely fruitless to hunt at retail half the time (mainline figures, ruthless aggression, superstars) because the stuff nobody wants sits there and they never get replenished. Toys R Us was Mattel's biggest customer and we are feeling the ripple effects of them going out of business right now unfortunately. |
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Oct 1, 2023 18:27:34 GMT -5
It's statements like these that remind me how out of touch this board is with the regular consumer. You can't only sell nostalgia and you especially couldn't do it forever. A person born the last day Macho was on TV is a full grown adult today, multiple generations of wrestling fans have been made and have never seen a match of his, every single day Macho Man becomes less and less relevant to the modern wrestling fan. This may be hard to swallow, but maybe, just maybe, wrestling figures aren't catered to your demographic anymore, and there's nothing wrong with that. My mistake. I’m out of touch. Current day wrestlers who’ve never really even been on television are way more popular than a mega star like Savage. Macho Man figures are the ones warming on shelves. He’s not even in high demand. The people nobody heard of are selling like hot cakes. It’s probably because he’s not over anymore. Maybe he sucked so bad wwe and Mattel said f this we need more guys that have no tv time and can’t even lock up in the ring. If only he wore black, stood 5’8 and flipped. You know what you are right, those guys who are featured on TV every week have no reason to have toys in the toy aisle so the millions of people who watch the product every week can buy them. It should be like back in the old days when there were barely any Hogan's or Bundy figures and the pegs were filled with mostly Bruno Sanmartino and Pedro Morales LJNs. How could I be so stupid as to think that pushing merchindies of the current stars is how you establish wrestlers so one day they can be legends, they never did that with guys like Bret or Shawn. WWE should rely mainly on an aging demographic that is focused on nostalgia of their fleeting childhood and not on the people who consume the current product and ensure the future of the business. I genuinuly have no idea how this is a hard concept to grasp. In no other time period of wrestling were people bitching about there being too many current stars on shelves or the lack of merchindise for wrestlers haven't step in a ring in 20+ years. Part of growing up is realizing that the future is now, you can't live in the past forever and you can't expect everyone else too either. There is always going to be a market for nostalgia, but if they focused on nostalgia and not the current day then there would be nothing to be nostalgic about for this current generation which are the people who are making the WWE money right now and more than it ever has before. |
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Post by theman on Oct 1, 2023 18:39:11 GMT -5
My mistake. I’m out of touch. Current day wrestlers who’ve never really even been on television are way more popular than a mega star like Savage. Macho Man figures are the ones warming on shelves. He’s not even in high demand. The people nobody heard of are selling like hot cakes. It’s probably because he’s not over anymore. Maybe he sucked so bad wwe and Mattel said f this we need more guys that have no tv time and can’t even lock up in the ring. If only he wore black, stood 5’8 and flipped. You know what you are right, those guys who are featured on TV every week have no reason to have toys in the toy aisle so the millions of people who watch the product every week can buy them. It should be like back in the old days when there were barely any Hogan's or Bundy figures and the pegs were filled with mostly Bruno Sanmartino and Pedro Morales LJNs. How could I be so stupid as to think that pushing merchindies of the current stars is how you establish wrestlers so one day they can be legends, they never did that with guys like Bret or Shawn. WWE should rely mainly on an aging demographic that is focused on nostalgia of their fleeting childhood and not on the people who consume the current product and ensure the future of the business. I genuinuly have no idea how this is a hard concept to grasp. In no other time period of wrestling were people bitching about there being too many current stars on shelves or the lack of merchindise for wrestlers haven't step in a ring in 20+ years. Part of growing up is realizing that the future is now, you can't live in the past forever and you can't expect everyone else too either. There is always going to be a market for nostalgia, but if they focused on nostalgia and not the current day then there would be nothing to be nostalgic about for this current generation which are the people who are making the WWE money right now and more than it ever has before. Noody has made WWE more money than Hulk Hogan because the WWE would not exist today if it weren't for Hulkamania and the atitude era which the nWo started. End of discussion. I'm not saying they shouldn't make current stars but it's a darn shame you can't walk into a Wal Mart and buy a Hogan or Macho Man off the peg because they've already sold. A Wal Mart manager told me that. We need a top pick legends line and Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Warrior, and Ric Flair should be in every other series. Also, Sting, The Road Warrior and Demolition need to be brought in as soon as possible. |
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Oct 1, 2023 19:14:09 GMT -5
You know what you are right, those guys who are featured on TV every week have no reason to have toys in the toy aisle so the millions of people who watch the product every week can buy them. It should be like back in the old days when there were barely any Hogan's or Bundy figures and the pegs were filled with mostly Bruno Sanmartino and Pedro Morales LJNs. How could I be so stupid as to think that pushing merchindies of the current stars is how you establish wrestlers so one day they can be legends, they never did that with guys like Bret or Shawn. WWE should rely mainly on an aging demographic that is focused on nostalgia of their fleeting childhood and not on the people who consume the current product and ensure the future of the business. I genuinuly have no idea how this is a hard concept to grasp. In no other time period of wrestling were people bitching about there being too many current stars on shelves or the lack of merchindise for wrestlers haven't step in a ring in 20+ years. Part of growing up is realizing that the future is now, you can't live in the past forever and you can't expect everyone else too either. There is always going to be a market for nostalgia, but if they focused on nostalgia and not the current day then there would be nothing to be nostalgic about for this current generation which are the people who are making the WWE money right now and more than it ever has before. Noody has made WWE more money than Hulk Hogan because the WWE would not exist today if it weren't for Hulkamania and the atitude era which the nWo started. End of discussion. I'm not saying they shouldn't make current stars but it's a darn shame you can't walk into a Wal Mart and buy a Hogan or Macho Man off the peg because they've already sold. A Wal Mart manager told me that. We need a top pick legends line and Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Warrior, and Ric Flair should be in every other series. Also, Sting, The Road Warrior and Demolition need to be brought in as soon as possible. Crazy how a guy that's apparently so important to the current WWE has had his legacy Thanos snapped out of existence twice. Once again, living in the past, there isn't a single year Hogan was on top in any company that has made more money than WWE is making right now. That is an undeniable fact, 1.3 *billion* dollars last year, the year before was 1.2 and this year is looking even higher. For comparison, from 98-01 (the Attitude Era) they made a total of 1.4 billion, in a single year the WWE makes nearly the same amount of money they did at their "peak" 4 years. Even if you adjusted for inflation, adding a single year to the modern numbers blows the AE numbers out of the water. |
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Oct 1, 2023 19:14:28 GMT -5
Well that would all change if they'd just sign The Killer Bees. selling 4 of 10,000 figures made would make them go into even more debt |
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Oct 1, 2023 19:17:03 GMT -5
Well that would all change if they'd just sign The Killer Bees. selling 4 of 10,000 figures made would make them go into even more debt Sounds like a perfect signing for Jazwares with those numbers. |
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Oct 1, 2023 19:33:35 GMT -5
Ah, now it makes sense why they missed the white outline on Hollywood Hogan's kneepads in the upcoming 3-pack!
I didn't realize paint was so expensive!
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Post by LA Times on Oct 1, 2023 19:36:32 GMT -5
Ah, now it makes sense why they missed the white outline on Hollywood Hogan's kneepads in the upcoming 3-pack! I didn't realize paint was so expensive! The more times a paintbrush touches the figure, the higher it costs to make. |
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Post by theman on Oct 1, 2023 21:00:39 GMT -5
Noody has made WWE more money than Hulk Hogan because the WWE would not exist today if it weren't for Hulkamania and the atitude era which the nWo started. End of discussion. I'm not saying they shouldn't make current stars but it's a darn shame you can't walk into a Wal Mart and buy a Hogan or Macho Man off the peg because they've already sold. A Wal Mart manager told me that. We need a top pick legends line and Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Warrior, and Ric Flair should be in every other series. Also, Sting, The Road Warrior and Demolition need to be brought in as soon as possible. Crazy how a guy that's apparently so important to the current WWE has had his legacy Thanos snapped out of existence twice. Once again, living in the past, there isn't a single year Hogan was on top in any company that has made more money than WWE is making right now. That is an undeniable fact, 1.3 *billion* dollars last year, the year before was 1.2 and this year is looking even higher. For comparison, from 98-01 (the Attitude Era) they made a total of 1.4 billion, in a single year the WWE makes nearly the same amount of money they did at their "peak" 4 years. Even if you adjusted for inflation, adding a single year to the modern numbers blows the AE numbers out of the water. Do you not understand logic??? If it wasn't for Hogan, WWE would not have made a single penny last year because WWE would not EXIST!! Hulk Hogan is the backbone of the industry and all the guys working today owe him for their paychecks. Just look at the top 25 merchandise sellers for WWE today, Warrior and Macho in top 15, Hulk Hogan in top ten and nWo at number 3. Legends allow the mattel line to exist and there'e nothing you can do to change that. |
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Post by jacobl18 on Oct 1, 2023 21:32:57 GMT -5
Noody has made WWE more money than Hulk Hogan because the WWE would not exist today if it weren't for Hulkamania and the atitude era which the nWo started. End of discussion. I'm not saying they shouldn't make current stars but it's a darn shame you can't walk into a Wal Mart and buy a Hogan or Macho Man off the peg because they've already sold. A Wal Mart manager told me that. We need a top pick legends line and Hulk Hogan, Macho Man, Warrior, and Ric Flair should be in every other series. Also, Sting, The Road Warrior and Demolition need to be brought in as soon as possible. Crazy how a guy that's apparently so important to the current WWE has had his legacy Thanos snapped out of existence twice. Once again, living in the past, there isn't a single year Hogan was on top in any company that has made more money than WWE is making right now. That is an undeniable fact, 1.3 *billion* dollars last year, the year before was 1.2 and this year is looking even higher. For comparison, from 98-01 (the Attitude Era) they made a total of 1.4 billion, in a single year the WWE makes nearly the same amount of money they did at their "peak" 4 years. Even if you adjusted for inflation, adding a single year to the modern numbers blows the AE numbers out of the water. Now do how many tickets were sold for live events during the attitude era compared to know. Also WWE wasn’t taking blood money back in the AE like they do now. There also wasn’t streaming back then so there wasn’t a company like Comcast to give WWE billions to be able to offer the public full access to the library . Regardless of how much money the company is making the current product is no where near as popular as the AE. |
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Post by Biff Slamkovich™ on Oct 1, 2023 21:59:37 GMT -5
Ah, now it makes sense why they missed the white outline on Hollywood Hogan's kneepads in the upcoming 3-pack! I didn't realize paint was so expensive! The more times a paintbrush touches the figure, the higher it costs to make. *whiff* |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Oct 1, 2023 23:09:04 GMT -5
God this thread has gotten ugly.
Look here's the deal. Ali was right. You know, Ali, the guy who creative had concrete plans for all the way into the next year when management decided to fire him without warning.
He was 100% right when he said there is a reason those legends are legends and we should appreciate and treasure them for the roads they paved. But the roads have been paved for decades now, it's about time to let other people walk them. Nostalgia is great but if you are trying to drive exclusively while looking in the rearview mirror you're going to wreck the damn car. We got the legends line back specifically to give us flashback and legends figures and you keep hearing about how they're always on clearance. Macho isn't in the line anymore, you can't change that but even if he was, they were already getting to the point of recycling figures. Warrior? They made a friggin DINGO Warrior figure. We got license plate Hogan for chrissakes. You can't keep pumping infinite Hogans, Machos, and Warriors in every other set, you're gonna run out of looks for guys who, in Mach and Warrior's case, aren't even alive anymore to have new looks potentially created for!
The market will always be there for nostalgia but unless you are creating a toy line that is purely based on cashing in on nostalgia (which, again, we have multiple lines of this product dedicated to just that), then you need to promote the current stuff too. Because the point of figures isn't just to sell them. My first ever exposure to wrestling came in the 90s when I saw an Undertaker Hasbro figure. Had never seen a single episode of wrestling, but I saw this zombie dead guy on the peg and suddenly I wanted to. The product goes both ways. The Wrestling creates the figures but the figures promote the wrestling.
Wrestling today exists because the legends made it possible. But the legends are almost all long gone now. It's time to build the future. Otherwise there will be no more WWE to even give you figures of Hogan and Macho.
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Post by theman on Oct 1, 2023 23:20:24 GMT -5
God this thread has gotten ugly. Look here's the deal. Ali was right. You know, Ali, the guy who creative had concrete plans for all the way into the next year when management decided to fire him without warning. He was 100% right when he said there is a reason those legends are legends and we should appreciate and treasure them for the roads they paved. But the roads have been paved for decades now, it's about time to let other people walk them. Nostalgia is great but if you are trying to drive exclusively while looking in the rearview mirror you're going to wreck the damn car. We got the legends line back specifically to give us flashback and legends figures and you keep hearing about how they're always on clearance. Macho isn't in the line anymore, you can't change that but even if he was, they were already getting to the point of recycling figures. Warrior? They made a friggin DINGO Warrior figure. We got license plate Hogan for chrissakes. You can't keep pumping infinite Hogans, Machos, and Warriors in every other set, you're gonna run out of looks for guys who, in Mach and Warrior's case, aren't even alive anymore to have new looks potentially created for! The market will always be there for nostalgia but unless you are creating a toy line that is purely based on cashing in on nostalgia (which, again, we have multiple lines of this product dedicated to just that), then you need to promote the current stuff too. Because the point of figures isn't just to sell them. My first ever exposure to wrestling came in the 90s when I saw an Undertaker Hasbro figure. Had never seen a single episode of wrestling, but I saw this zombie dead guy on the peg and suddenly I wanted to. The product goes both ways. The Wrestling creates the figures but the figures promote the wrestling. Wrestling today exists because the legends made it possible. But the legends are almost all long gone now. It's time to build the future. Otherwise there will be no more WWE to even give you figures of Hogan and Macho. First of all you lost me when you mentioned Ali, he was and still is a nobody. There are multiple looks still needed for Macho Man and Warrior, they haven't even touched the surface for The Macho Man's WCW looks yet. Hulk has less looks but first of all you've GOT to get Python Power Hulk with the WWE Winged Eagle Title around his waist for the Hulk MOC collectors, and there are a TON of Hogan MOC collectors waiting for that look. Not to mention Ultimate Hulk Still Rules, another Hollywood Hogan Ultimate with the tan and perhaps a rerelease of Wrestlemania 3 Hulk with the tan. Those guys are the big three and should be in every other line because they sale. Period. |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Oct 1, 2023 23:35:11 GMT -5
God this thread has gotten ugly. Look here's the deal. Ali was right. You know, Ali, the guy who creative had concrete plans for all the way into the next year when management decided to fire him without warning. He was 100% right when he said there is a reason those legends are legends and we should appreciate and treasure them for the roads they paved. But the roads have been paved for decades now, it's about time to let other people walk them. Nostalgia is great but if you are trying to drive exclusively while looking in the rearview mirror you're going to wreck the damn car. We got the legends line back specifically to give us flashback and legends figures and you keep hearing about how they're always on clearance. Macho isn't in the line anymore, you can't change that but even if he was, they were already getting to the point of recycling figures. Warrior? They made a friggin DINGO Warrior figure. We got license plate Hogan for chrissakes. You can't keep pumping infinite Hogans, Machos, and Warriors in every other set, you're gonna run out of looks for guys who, in Mach and Warrior's case, aren't even alive anymore to have new looks potentially created for! The market will always be there for nostalgia but unless you are creating a toy line that is purely based on cashing in on nostalgia (which, again, we have multiple lines of this product dedicated to just that), then you need to promote the current stuff too. Because the point of figures isn't just to sell them. My first ever exposure to wrestling came in the 90s when I saw an Undertaker Hasbro figure. Had never seen a single episode of wrestling, but I saw this zombie dead guy on the peg and suddenly I wanted to. The product goes both ways. The Wrestling creates the figures but the figures promote the wrestling. Wrestling today exists because the legends made it possible. But the legends are almost all long gone now. It's time to build the future. Otherwise there will be no more WWE to even give you figures of Hogan and Macho. First of all you lost me when you mentioned Ali, he was and still is a nobody. There are multiple looks still needed for Macho Man and Warrior, they haven't even touched the surface for The Macho Man's WCW looks yet. Hulk has less looks but first of all you've GOT to get Python Power Hulk with the WWE Winged Eagle Title around his waist for the Hulk MOC collectors, and there are a TON of Hogan MOC collectors waiting for that look. Not to mention Ultimate Hulk Still Rules, another Hollywood Hogan Ultimate with the tan and perhaps a rerelease of Wrestlemania 3 Hulk with the tan. Those guys are the big three and should be in every other line because they sale. Period. You know, I seem to remember how when SDCC came around and they revealed that 2024 is literally going to be the 'year of hulkamania' or whatever, you still weren't happy with the reveals because, among other things, there was no mention of STING. Sometimes I think people on this forum are just never happy. |
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Post by theman on Oct 1, 2023 23:41:44 GMT -5
First of all you lost me when you mentioned Ali, he was and still is a nobody. There are multiple looks still needed for Macho Man and Warrior, they haven't even touched the surface for The Macho Man's WCW looks yet. Hulk has less looks but first of all you've GOT to get Python Power Hulk with the WWE Winged Eagle Title around his waist for the Hulk MOC collectors, and there are a TON of Hogan MOC collectors waiting for that look. Not to mention Ultimate Hulk Still Rules, another Hollywood Hogan Ultimate with the tan and perhaps a rerelease of Wrestlemania 3 Hulk with the tan. Those guys are the big three and should be in every other line because they sale. Period. You know, I seem to remember how when SDCC came around and they revealed that 2024 is literally going to be the 'year of hulkamania' or whatever, you still weren't happy with the reveals because, among other things, there was no mention of STING. Sometimes I think people on this forum are just never happy. I'm love the red and yellow Hulk Hogan figures that were shown. I'm happy with Hulk three pack but not that excited over the debut Hulk or Japan Hulk Hogan. All the money is in the red and yellow and it's a big deal for Hogan fans like myself to get a really good red and yellow Hogan MOC with the WWE Winged Eagle Belt around his waist. I like the Surivior Series version but we really need one with the elite 96 head. It means a lot to me. I hope you get the figures you want too but I'm just saying Hogan, Macho Mand and Ultimate Warriors are really big deals for the legend merchandise. |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Oct 2, 2023 0:02:23 GMT -5
You know, I seem to remember how when SDCC came around and they revealed that 2024 is literally going to be the 'year of hulkamania' or whatever, you still weren't happy with the reveals because, among other things, there was no mention of STING. Sometimes I think people on this forum are just never happy. I'm love the red and yellow Hulk Hogan figures that were shown. I'm happy with Hulk three pack but not that excited over the debut Hulk or Japan Hulk Hogan. All the money is in the red and yellow and it's a big deal for Hogan fans like myself to get a really good red and yellow Hogan MOC with the WWE Winged Eagle Belt around his waist. I like the Surivior Series version but we really need one with the elite 96 head. It means a lot to me. I hope you get the figures you want too but I'm just saying Hogan, Macho Mand and Ultimate Warriors are really big deals for the legend merchandise. I get that it means a lot to you and, like I said before, when I saw those SDCC reveals I actually thought of you because, while I don't own a single Hogan figure and probably never will, I saw those Hogan reveals and thought "Wow, I bet theman is gonna be stoked by these!" And honestly, for my two cents, making debut and Japan Hogans keeps them fresh. Things like Desert Storm Hogan are actually pretty nifty and keep his figures from getting stale and oversaturated. And for me, the Warrior figure that's on my shelf right now is the one of him from the night before he died. Plus, as much as I razz Dingo Warrior, I want one. On deep clearance, but I do want one. Point is that if we want to keep this line going for everyone's benefit, we need to cater to all the audiences at once. And as much as Hogan, Macho, and Warrior sell, the last thing we need is for the magic they do hold to disappear. Like, absolutely get Macho back, I wanted that white and purple UE in the worst way. But putting them in every other wave isn't as much the answer as focusing on doing what they are doing with Hogan now and making enough different looks of his in enough different formats that people keep coming back for more without getting burned out. But as far as a top-picks legends style series mentioned? That's a brilliant idea. They 100% should do that. Make a couple waves every year of just the big name legends. Do it like the format is now, with a couple re-releases and a couple new ones, but make it just for the top tier legends. That one there is printing money and honestly it's silly that they haven't done it yet. Everyone wins with that scenario. Great idea, 10/10, no notes. Oh, and also. More Warrior UEs like that new one. That thing is a work of art, I hope I can track one down. I don't even like Ultimate Warrior but dang that's pretty. |
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