Mattel - MattelCreations WWE Monday Night Wars Crowdfunding Item Coming!

[toynewman]

Steve Ozer - Global Brand Marketing Manager for Action Figures for Mattel put out a tease that the next crowdfunded exclusive to MattelCreations will be Monday Wars Themed! Stay tuned for more info!

" Hey, WWE© Universe!

I know you've been waiting and the new WWE© Crowdfund is coming next week and we're taking you back to the Monday Night Wars!

While we get ready for the official announcement, we wanted to give you an early sneak peak at what will be the official crowdfund discussion forum!


What do you think we'll be dropping? We can promise it will be truly explosive.


Steve - ActionFigureAttack

Global Brand Marketing Manager - Action Figures | Mattel "

[Roadpigmaster]

This is going to be very cool I'm craving big time for some Macho Man WCW versions

[toynewman]

Shown below is the new WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage from Mattel and the crowdfunding campaign starts 3/29 on MattelCreations.com!

Relive the Monday Night Wars of the 1990s with this epic crowdfund! This collector scale entrance stage features a modular stage platform with authentic weathering deco for added realism. It also has special lighting effects, textured WCW entrance logos, and two premium fabric WCW Monday Nitro banners. Get hyped, fund the playset, unlock the tiers and recreate your favorite classic Monday Nitro moments.

WWE® Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro™ Entrance Stage
H 20.5 inches x W 40 inches x D 20 inches (31 inches with ramp)
Authentically scaled to all WWE Elite and Ultimate Edition figures
Entrance tunnel lit by over 100 LEDs with 6 pre-programmed animated sequences, controlled by remote
Four sets of adjustable can lights for different lighting angles
Entrance tunnel features two authentic Monday Nitro signs
Two premium fabric WCW Monday Nitro banners, authentically scaled and textured WCW letter blocks
Realistic metallic colored grating on stage and ramp
Removable and repositionable entrance ramp
All bonus figures feature 30 points of articulation, additional hands and heads, and entrance gear
Premium packaging themed to WCW and the Monday Night Wars era
Only available through this crowdfund

This iconic collection is a love letter to fans of the classic Monday Night Wars, so join today and be a part of Monday Night history. Don’t forget to share the crowdfund with your fellow WWE fanatics and help bring the WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage to life.

5,000 backers you unlock the Entrance Stage with an Ultimate Edition Rey Mysterio™ figure

7,000 backers, everyone receives an Ultimate Edition Diamond Dallas Page™ figure along with their Entrance Stage and Rey Mysterio figure

9,000 backers, the Ultimate Edition Scott Steiner™ figure is brought to the Entrance Stage with the Rey Mysterio and DDP figures.

11,000 backers, the Ultimate Edition Ultimate Warrior® is added to the Entrance Stage along with the Rey Mysterio, DDP, and Scott Steiner figures.

Early Funding Bonus: if we reach 5,000 early backers between March 29 and April 7, everyone receives an Ultimate Edition WCW Nitro Debut Hulk Hogan™ figure

This crowdfund ends on May 5, so join today to back this realistic collectors’ item. Learn more about this entrance stage below, check out our FAQ and get a part of Monday Night history!

[rono]

I was surprised that Randy "Macho Man" Savage wasn't part of this group of action figures, plus Ric Flair. They were more part of Nitro than the Ultimate Warrior and Ray Mysterio.  

[Satam]

Interesting. Mattel finally makes a good Diamond Dallas Page and he's exclusive to this set. It all looks cool, tho.

[Roadpigmaster]

Big Poppa Pump is you hook-up, holla if you hear me

[toynewman]

Better look at some of the figures.

[Roadpigmaster]

They look good... Finally we are going to get WCW figures

[toynewman]

Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Exclusive Ring & Figure from Mattel coming soon to RingsideCollectibles.com! Would go great with the MattelCreations WCW Nitro Crowdfunded Stage!

[Roadpigmaster]

3 hours ago, toynewman said:

Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Exclusive Ring & Figure from Mattel coming soon to RingsideCollectibles.com! Would go great with the MattelCreations WCW Nitro Crowdfunded Stage!

With a WCW Macho Man figure?

https://youtu.be/KLz2-qiUIZU

[toynewman]

9 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

With a WCW Macho Man figure?

https://youtu.be/KLz2-qiUIZU

I'm hopeful they re-signed Sting to a Legends deal but I guess we shall see. 

[toynewman]

Mattel is hosting a livestream for the WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage campaign, which is now LIVE on MattelCreations.com! The price is $400 + S&H and won't fund unless the minimum of 5,000 backers is met by May 5th, 2023.


 

Addittional Details:
The stage can be adjusted for shelf space if you can't fit the whole piece in your display
Ringside Collectibles will have an Ultimate Editions WCW Nitro Ring with Eric Bischoff Ultimate Edition Figure
Bret Hart and Rowdy Roddy Piper (Icon Shirt) Monday Night Wars Ultimate Edition Figures and will be in their WCW looks and coming to Walmart

[JayC]

Mattel's recent WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage crowdfunding item has failed to reach the minimum number of 5000 backers in time for the Early Bird Ultimate Edition WCW Nitro Debut Hulk Hogan to be included. The deadline for that figure was the end of yesterday (4/7).

Right now as I post this, the campaign has 1,998 Backers. The campaign still has until May 6 to reach the minimum 5k backers needed for the stage along with the Ultimate Edition Rey Mysterio figure to be given the green light to move into production by Mattel.In order for the first stretch goal to be included which is for a Ultimate Edition Diamond Dallas Page figure, the campaign will need to reach 7k backers. If the campaign reaches 9k backers they will also add a Ultimate Edition Scott Steiner figure and if it reaches 11k backers they will also add a Ultimate Edition Ultimate Warrior figure.

How the loss of the Early Bird Hogan figure will effect the overall campaign remains to be seen. Obviously the longer it takes to reach any of the stated goals, the more likely it is more and more people will be hesitant to want to back it if they start to feel all the stretch goals won't be included. If you want more info about the campaign or wish to back it then head over to the MattelCreations website now.

[Roadpigmaster]

On 4/4/2023 at 4:48 PM, toynewman said:

Mattel is hosting a livestream for the WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage campaign, which is now LIVE on MattelCreations.com! The price is $400 + S&H and won't fund unless the minimum of 5,000 backers is met by May 5th, 2023.


 

Addittional Details:
The stage can be adjusted for shelf space if you can't fit the whole piece in your display
Ringside Collectibles will have an Ultimate Editions WCW Nitro Ring with Eric Bischoff Ultimate Edition Figure
Bret Hart and Rowdy Roddy Piper (Icon Shirt) Monday Night Wars Ultimate Edition Figures and will be in their WCW looks and coming to Walmart

Interesting... I want to get a Lex Luger, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan red WCW attire... I was big fan on WCW when Hulk and Macho joined them...

[JayC]

The WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage campaign has entered it's final week and with 6 days remaining it currently has 2,152 Backers of the minimum 5k Backers needed to move into production.

Right now if the campaign which costs $400 reaches 5k Backers by May 6, then folks will get the WCW Nitro Stage as well as the Ultimate Edition Rey Mysterio and Scott Steiner figures.
 

 

 

IF the campaign was to reach 7k Backers by May 6 then it would also include the Ultimate Edition Diamond Dallas Page. At 9k Backers the Ultimate Edition Ultimate Warrior would then be included as well. Finally if it reached 11k Backers then the Ultimate Edition WCW Nitro Debut Hulk Hogan figure would also be included. The Hulk Hogan figure was originally offered as an Early Bird figure but the campaign failed to reach that goal.

With less than a week to go and the campaign still needing at least 2848 Backers to reach the minimum, I can't say it's looking great that this one will end up moving into production. However these type of campaigns do often get a big influx of backers in the final days, so perhaps that will be enough to get it to the 5k finish line, only time will tell. One thing is for sure, time is running out and if this is something you are interested in getting, now is the time to go on and back it.

[deecee4]

Havent kept up with this but if adding Steiner couldnt move the needle this isnt going to get funded most likely.

[Admiralty_Entertainment]

Can't see it happening at this stage. I know there's a last minute bump, but this much? Shame - looks like there's been a lot of love put into this by the design team. I didn't want it since I'm not a WCW guy, but it's very cool and a shame to not see it going forward at all.

 

Just goes to show no brand is invulnerable to the whims of crowdfunding and corporate minimum order requirements...

[JayC]

While Mattel has not put out any official statement as of yet, it appears that their latest crowdsourcing campaign on the Mattel Creations for the WWE Ultimate Edition WCW Monday Nitro Entrance Stage failed to reach it's minimum goal of 5k backers and will not be moving forward into production.

The campaign ended last night at 3am ET and looked to only have around 3094 backers. Now that the campaign is over the site no longer lists the final tally of backers, so I can't confirm what the final number was. It definitely looked like it fell short of the 5k though.
 

The campaign suffered it's first set back when it failed to unlock it's early bird Hulk Hogan Ultimate figure in the first week, but then Mattel tried making some adjustments by adding the Scott Steiner figure along with Rey Mysterio to the initial offering if the campaign reached 5k by May 6. Hogan was added back in as one of the Stretch goals along with Diamond Dallas Page and Ultimate Warrior. The campaign would have needed a total of 11k backers for all stretch goals to be included which never really seemed likely.

The campaign did see a surge of backers in the final week and they even had Hulk Hogan himself cut a promo for the stage with him telling his Hulkamaniacs to go out and back the stage.

This is Mattel's third crowdsourcing campaign and second for the WWE brand held on the Mattel Creations website. Our of the three this is the first one to fail to get funded. I am sure there will be much debate in the coming days among fans on why this campaign failed, but likely it boils down to cost ($400) vs demand, as is always the case with things such as this. What this means for future crowdsourcing items like this from Mattel, I guess only time will tell.

[GeeHangover]

Man, it's a shame, I backed it because the amount of Ultimate Edition figures (all tiers unlocked) made it a bargain IMO, but the people have spoken. 

[Roadpigmaster]

I'm amazed that most wrestling fans didn't get onboard with this...  Anyways the next waves will be WCW figures so I will get a few of my favorites wrestlers like Luger, Savage and others...

[Outsiders]

I'm going to guess and say it failed because it didn't have any pull... I mean the set included Hulk Hogan, Scott Steiner, Rey Mysterio, Diamond Dallas Page, and Ultimate Warrior but in reality, those guys are OK.  When you think of WCW Nitro, you think of the nWo.  Mattel should have included Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hollywood Hogan, and threw in Eric Bischoff.  The set could have been mocked up with nWo spray paint and stuff.

[Roadpigmaster]

11 hours ago, Outsiders said:

I'm going to guess and say it failed because it didn't have any pull... I mean the set included Hulk Hogan, Scott Steiner, Rey Mysterio, Diamond Dallas Page, and Ultimate Warrior but in reality, those guys are OK.  When you think of WCW Nitro, you think of the nWo.  Mattel should have included Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hollywood Hogan, and threw in Eric Bischoff.  The set could have been mocked up with nWo spray paint and stuff.

I agree with you. I was expecting kind of a hostile takeover showing as new unlocks with the WCW Nitro banner painted with NWO and a Hall and Nash in jeans but nothing... Kind of lack of imagination from this team. I sometimes think the Joe Haslab team knows who to get people excited that some others...

[deecee4]

9 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

I agree with you. I was expecting kind of a hostile takeover showing as new unlocks with the WCW Nitro banner painted with NWO and a Hall and Nash in jeans but nothing... Kind of lack of imagination from this team. I sometimes think the Joe Haslab team knows who to get people excited that some others...

That's a great idea!

[Outsiders]

21 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

I agree with you. I was expecting kind of a hostile takeover showing as new unlocks with the WCW Nitro banner painted with NWO and a Hall and Nash in jeans but nothing... Kind of lack of imagination from this team. I sometimes think the Joe Haslab team knows who to get people excited that some others...

You know what would be really cool is if it's a Ntro set and have Hall and Nash when they first showed up.  Maybe have an Eric Bischoff figure that Nash can powerbomb through a table...