epitaz
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Post by epitaz on Nov 27, 2024 2:43:58 GMT -5
Folks preordered candido and bully back in july after being mislead originally that they were in stock and then told itll be a short preorder. Ridiculous. It'll be 6 months for sure at the least before anyone gets em. No reason to believe power n glory will be any different Keeping with the delayed mentality, here's a dark thought: With Trump taking office on Jan.20th of next year and stating huge tariffs on day one, how might this effect any preordered or ordered figures not yet arrived from China? I jumped on the Bad News Allen preorder which was great at $35 but with added tariffs am I ever going to see it now? Figures can be pricey as it is, tariffs might just kill most of these companies. Not sure if the UK is affected but, Epic might be the last/only one standing this time next year. If the UK isn't hit maybe everything gets shipped out of Rock & Roll Collectables going forward, but who knows. If you're on the fence about a figure, maybe grab it if it's in stock and shipping. Anyone have any thoughts on this? |
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Post by Roy Alrumblay on Nov 27, 2024 5:14:09 GMT -5
Latest theory
Herc and Roma two-pack isn’t in-stock but all the other figures being advertised for Black Friday are. If you look at the advertisement you can see the “please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery” is listed under the two-pack with a solid black line under it separating it from the other BF figures. The 4 other photos state “in-stock” while the two-pack just lists the price. Why else would it even take 2 weeks to ship a in-stock item or even have such a wide range of 2-4 weeks?
On the other hand, ZST CLEARLY stated in a promotion email that ALL 4 new Black Friday figures(herc,Roma,slick,cardona) are “In-Stock” and the 2-4 weeks window is for the heavy volume they are expecting.
ZST has previously claimed that figures were in stock and turned out to be a bait and switch operation. Those figures?Series 3 Herc and Roma
What camp are you in?
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britishbrickfan
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Post by britishbrickfan on Nov 27, 2024 6:11:50 GMT -5
Folks preordered candido and bully back in july after being mislead originally that they were in stock and then told itll be a short preorder. Ridiculous. It'll be 6 months for sure at the least before anyone gets em. No reason to believe power n glory will be any different Keeping with the delayed mentality, here's a dark thought: With Trump taking office on Jan.20th of next year and stating huge tariffs on day one, how might this effect any preordered or ordered figures not yet arrived from China? I jumped on the Bad News Allen preorder which was great at $35 but with added tariffs am I ever going to see it now? Figures can be pricey as it is, tariffs might just kill most of these companies. Not sure if the UK is affected but, Epic might be the last/only one standing this time next year. If the UK isn't hit maybe everything gets shipped out of Rock & Roll Collectables going forward, but who knows. If you're on the fence about a figure, maybe grab it if it's in stock and shipping. Anyone have any thoughts on this? how will the UK be affected by a US administration policy, for import tariffs on Chinese-made products for US 'manufacturers'?
the UK government isn't going to implement the same policy (yet) so Epic should be fine - ZST, G+G, FC and whoever else may be affected, but that's because they're US-based companies using China as their manufacturing base. this policy is primarily designed to bring domestic production back to US factories (well, that's the hope) but it will take a while for US factories to scale up operations to meet any large shift in demand for production - you're right, some companies may reduce/close their operations next year if the costs are impossible to justify against their prices
let's hope that doesn't happen, but some enterprising businessman in the US realm may already be in discussions with non-Chinese/Mexican factories, and if not.... they could be caught out!
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Nov 27, 2024 8:28:44 GMT -5
Keeping with the delayed mentality, here's a dark thought: With Trump taking office on Jan.20th of next year and stating huge tariffs on day one, how might this effect any preordered or ordered figures not yet arrived from China? I jumped on the Bad News Allen preorder which was great at $35 but with added tariffs am I ever going to see it now? Figures can be pricey as it is, tariffs might just kill most of these companies. Not sure if the UK is affected but, Epic might be the last/only one standing this time next year. If the UK isn't hit maybe everything gets shipped out of Rock & Roll Collectables going forward, but who knows. If you're on the fence about a figure, maybe grab it if it's in stock and shipping. Anyone have any thoughts on this? how will the UK be affected by a US administration policy, for import tariffs on Chinese-made products for US 'manufacturers'? the UK government isn't going to implement the same policy (yet) so Epic should be fine - ZST, G+G, FC and whoever else may be affected, but that's because they're US-based companies using China as their manufacturing base. this policy is primarily designed to bring domestic production back to US factories (well, that's the hope) but it will take a while for US factories to scale up operations to meet any large shift in demand for production - you're right, some companies may reduce/close their operations next year if the costs are impossible to justify against their prices let's hope that doesn't happen, but some enterprising businessman in the US realm may already be in discussions with non-Chinese/Mexican factories, and if not.... they could be caught out!
Should be interesting to watch, I mean Mattel too and basically everything sold in the toy aisles of major retailers, besides I think Lego is made in China. I don't think it'll happen right away to the percentage he was boasting about out the gate, if it will clearly wreak havoc in the country I could see it being an incrimental thing. I mean it would be great to bring alot of manufacturing jobs back to the US, but that would take a long time to get factories and everything else needed in place to do it. |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 27, 2024 8:32:16 GMT -5
Sal addressed this and assured us it will not have a real impact on Rush figures.
Everyone else? Well…it remains to be seen.
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Post by britishbrickfan on Nov 27, 2024 9:54:13 GMT -5
Sal addressed this and assured us it will not have a real impact on Rush figures. Everyone else? Well…it remains to be seen. well, you have to actually produce figures for it to have an impact on the business  |
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Post by britishbrickfan on Nov 27, 2024 9:55:52 GMT -5
Should be interesting to watch, I mean Mattel too and basically everything sold in the toy aisles of major retailers, besides I think Lego is made in China. I don't think it'll happen right away to the percentage he was boasting about out the gate, if it will clearly wreak havoc in the country I could see it being an incrimental thing. I mean it would be great to bring alot of manufacturing jobs back to the US, but that would take a long time to get factories and everything else needed in place to do it. for the US it is, for Europe it's primarily produced in Denmark or Poland (with a few other smaller factories too)
but yes..... this policy will affect a lot of American businesses, not just toys, but practically anything where they manufacture their goods in China, so even cutlery/pots and pans etc.....
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 27, 2024 11:21:27 GMT -5
Looks like we might be getting Blue Ric Flair and a Gladiator Mike Awesome.
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 27, 2024 12:02:33 GMT -5
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Post by nomorexclusives on Nov 27, 2024 14:35:57 GMT -5
Woohoo ric flair!!
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Post by 3poajamie on Nov 27, 2024 16:42:28 GMT -5
Zombie looks a bit like Tito Ortiz, never noticed it before |
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drnickriviera995
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Nov 27, 2024 20:37:49 GMT -5
Interesting sneak peaks there, guess we knew there would be at least one more Flair, still not crazy about that mold though, plus the Mattel retro was in blue trunks too. And is that 2 pack card something we haven't seen yet? That Road Warriors?
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Post by kiphouse on Nov 27, 2024 20:40:23 GMT -5
Yeah if its got the monkey arms id rather go back and get the actual retro with the cool chop action. Plus i planned on the blue brg with the belt
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Post by kiphouse on Nov 27, 2024 20:47:59 GMT -5
Theres also a tag team set of 2 big guy protos over romas shoulder when he goes to cut the ribbon. They look too big to be public enemy?
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Post by brad on Nov 27, 2024 21:32:26 GMT -5
I have been picky but mostly very happy with my figs from zombie. But, at this point, you have to accept that if you’re making an order, it might take a while. First series? Ok fine you could complain but it’s known by now he takes his time to get it right and that the darn ships take  ing forever. I’ve ordered Punk, Bad News, and I will order Black Friday stuff and just assume “these will show up when they show up” - and it will be exciting to get all these in hand whenever they are delivered. |
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Post by kiphouse on Nov 27, 2024 22:28:29 GMT -5
I captured a better screen of the flair on the blue box and it honestly looks really dark. Almost moreso like the purple gear
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Post by MKSavage on Nov 27, 2024 23:22:24 GMT -5
Interesting sneak peaks there, guess we knew there would be at least one more Flair, still not crazy about that mold though, plus the Mattel retro was in blue trunks too. And is that 2 pack card something we haven't seen yet? That Road Warriors? The two-pack one looks like Public Enemy. Not sure if he showed those, yet. |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 27, 2024 23:59:08 GMT -5
Yeah if its got the monkey arms id rather go back and get the actual retro with the cool chop action. Plus i planned on the blue brg with the belt This. Or wait to see if Epic is going to make their big announcement. |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Nov 28, 2024 0:06:46 GMT -5
Theres also a tag team set of 2 big guy protos over romas shoulder when he goes to cut the ribbon. They look too big to be public enemy? This one? I forgot to mention that. It is on the Nick Gage/Matt Cardona 2 pack card but I can’t make out what prototypes are in the package.  |
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Post by nomorexclusives on Nov 28, 2024 0:21:35 GMT -5
Theres also a tag team set of 2 big guy protos over romas shoulder when he goes to cut the ribbon. They look too big to be public enemy? This one? I forgot to mention that. It is on the Nick Gage/Matt Cardona 2 pack card but I can’t make out what prototypes are in the package. Figure on left seems to have extremely long fingers |
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