Ultimo Gallos
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 23, 2015 8:48:49 GMT -5
All the local stores near here are loaded with Del Rio and have been for years. No one wants a f***ing Del Rio. I do,guess I am nobody.
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Post by Aceorton on Jun 23, 2015 10:14:45 GMT -5
Jacqueline and Dr. Death Steve Williams are the king and queen of pegwarmers. Wow. You could not have picked two more perfect examples. May I submit these as next on the list where I lived ...
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 23, 2015 10:33:37 GMT -5
that damn Gymini double pack sat for years...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 10:53:26 GMT -5
I remember Jacqueline and Dr. Death being shelfwarmers at Toys R Us, but nowhere else. For KB Toys, X-Pac and RTC Val Venis from the BCA line were warming shelves well into the Ruthless Aggression era. I also remember back when I first got into wrestling, but before the WWF/Jakks deal began, KB would have a line of Hasbro Big Bossman figures in the middle of the San Francisco Toymakers WCW figures. And about two years later, there was a Sting figure(the Sgt. Pepper costume) that sat there for about a year, before they brought out a new line of figures. And from THAT line, we got no less than six shelfwarmers: Macho Man, Luger, Flair, Giant, the vibrating Kevin Nash doll, and a two-pack with Crow Sting and Wolfpac Sting, that had TWO baseball bats! For the RA line, I remember anyone in a suit sitting on shelves forever(GM Angle and Evolution Flair come to mind, but Bischoff seemed to sit there forever). I also remember the Freebirds set being at Walmart for ages(I actually bought two, one for my collection and one for customs), and Kenny Dykstra and the first Victoria with the Divas body were in stores for a long time. And my local FYE seemed to perpetually sell Bobby Lashley figures, well into 2009. For Mattel, the main problem we have here is that they're so far behind with the lines that by the time they hit stores, most of the figures are obsolete. Right now, Walmart's shelves are clogged with the Cesaro figure with the Andre trophy, while the two Targets I've been to can't seem to get rid of Batista, Orton, Big Show, and Bryan. Actually, I've noticed Cesaro seems to be the biggest shelfwarmer of the Mattel line, since his first figure. Whereas, I hid an Eva Marie figure once, came back about a week later, and it was gone, never to be seen again. No, I'm not still bitter about that.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jun 23, 2015 11:12:00 GMT -5
Del rio and punk are at the toys r us near my house. Del rio is also at target and walmart.
Back when i stopped watching wrestling around 2005-2007, all i saw at kb toys and toys r us were lashley and mr kennedy, with jbl in 3rd place.
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Post by jason1980s on Jun 23, 2015 11:22:54 GMT -5
Jacqueline even mentioned on the Survivor Series 1999 pre-show Heat how her figure was a poor seller.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jun 23, 2015 12:54:28 GMT -5
All the local stores near here are loaded with Del Rio and have been for years. No one wants a f***ing Del Rio. I do,guess I am nobody. Ok then, I should be saying "few" want a Del Rio. Unless you want 50 of him though it doesn't solve my local surplus. To add further to the discussion, Punk and Bryan don't seem to be popular here as there's a lot of them in stores too. There's a disconnect there with the kids I think.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jun 23, 2015 15:56:30 GMT -5
My local Walmart had Joey Styles and Chocolate Layla figures on the shelves for years.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jun 23, 2015 16:54:08 GMT -5
Around here it's Ziggler & Sheamus, one store however still has MVP figures & he was long gone by the time this place even opened
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jun 23, 2015 17:08:41 GMT -5
Agree on Jackie and Dr. Death.
Some totally random cases from my area: KB Toys in my town had one Samu Hasbro figure on the shelf from like 1994-2000.
And there was a small drug store that had 4 Rowdy Roddy Piper Hasbros for at least 3 years. None were ever bought and no additional figures were ever brought in.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jun 23, 2015 17:15:57 GMT -5
Also these: I don't know anyone who bought these. Every bargain toy bin in my area had this line of figures in it for years. Even after WCW died.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Jun 23, 2015 17:22:25 GMT -5
All the local stores near here are loaded with Del Rio and have been for years. No one wants a f***ing Del Rio. What is annoying is that the build a figure usually involves Orton, Cena, and usually Del Rio
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jun 23, 2015 18:00:07 GMT -5
I hated that Grip n Flip line (Toybiz was way behind the times with what 90s kids wanted in a toy) because it had so many cool attires wasted. That Dean Malenko and Jericho would've looked great without the gimmick, as did the vastly superior Raven. The one we got in the normal line was a big shelfwarmer, too. A lot of those Bruisers figures didn't do so hot.
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Post by DJ Maniak on Jun 23, 2015 18:38:17 GMT -5
I hated that Grip n Flip line (Toybiz was way behind the times with what 90s kids wanted in a toy) because it had so many cool attires wasted. That Dean Malenko and Jericho would've looked great without the gimmick, as did the vastly superior Raven. The one we got in the normal line was a big shelfwarmer, too. A lot of those Bruisers figures didn't do so hot. But the Bruisers line did give us the only unmasked Rey Mysterio figure to date, even though the stupid action feature has him hunched over like an old man (not too far from the truth these days).
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Post by Reflecto on Jun 23, 2015 22:06:49 GMT -5
Also these: I don't know anyone who bought these. Every bargain toy bin in my area had this line of figures in it for years. Even after WCW died. Even if it wasn't a shelfwarmer, who'd know (Jericho did mention in his book how when his now-wife bought that package, it rang up as a Hogan/DDP set- thus giving the royalties to them.)
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Post by Dean-o on Jun 24, 2015 10:55:14 GMT -5
My local Wal-Marts still have those Brodus Clay wrestling buddy plush on an endcap.
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Post by Burst on Jun 24, 2015 11:09:07 GMT -5
Definitely for the Mattel line, I've seen Brodus and Del Rio as the biggest shelfwarmers by far, and since they're both gone from the 'E, I doubt they're going away until the stores get rid of them. I do recall one time at the Times Square Toys 'R Us they had literally nothing but purple robe William Regal.
My local Walmart also had one of those inflatable punching bag Umagas well after he left and even for a number of months after he died.
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Jun 24, 2015 11:09:50 GMT -5
There's a small local toy store chain that STILL sells the early '90s Hasbro line, Texas Tornado in particular.
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Post by Aceorton on Jun 24, 2015 11:49:28 GMT -5
There's a small local toy store chain that STILL sells the early '90s Hasbro line, Texas Tornado in particular. This was eerie enough before you consider he's been dead for 22 years.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jun 24, 2015 12:06:18 GMT -5
Any of the old school figures that had their legs merged together. You couldn't bodyslam them. They sucked.
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