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Post by humanitarianaryan on Jul 18, 2009 23:41:33 GMT -5
I replied to a post and i think i invented a cool new game.
I want to hear from different people
in your lifetime, what figures from what lines were the absolute worst dust collectors in you local toystores/department stores. I mean real atrocities, figures you wanted to steal just so you could make more shelf room for newer stuff.
MY LIST
WWF LJN: Roddy piper, hillbilly jim, iron sheik
WWF Hasbro: Roddy piper, bushwhackers, tatanka, the rockers, brutus beefcake 1, jimmy snuka, duggan 1,
Jakks BCA: STOMP brian pillman, stomp crush (maybe the worst line EVER created) farooq, gold dust,
WCW TOYBIZ: Ringmasters bret hart (ok i take it back, THIS was the worst) DDP. SLAM force could have taken the cake, but they're rare since they were hardly released, like the last series of wwf bend'ems
can't wait to hear all of your answers.
BK
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hbklique1
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Post by hbklique1 on Jul 19, 2009 2:11:42 GMT -5
the biggest shelf warmers was bca dr. death and signature series jackie
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Post by humanitarianaryan on Jul 19, 2009 9:58:54 GMT -5
Dr. Death, thats a good one. Almost forgot about him.
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Post by WCWA Online on Jul 19, 2009 12:14:37 GMT -5
Jacqueline was around on shelfs for 5+ years. Dr. Death was around for a hilariously long time too.
I know some ECW Chris Candido's lurked around forever, until they got reduced to like .30. I know I bought 3 of them at .30 each, just because I liked the trash can lids.
Jakks' first attempt at Legends figures seemed to lurk around forever, too. Everyone but Andre. I seen Snuka's, Blassie's, and Lou Albano's forever. Then one day, they just seemed to disappear. I know Blassie & Albano were around the longest.
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Scotty Flamingo
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Post by Scotty Flamingo on Jul 19, 2009 20:36:51 GMT -5
Hasbro : Dusty, Tan Bushwackers, Rockers & Bushwackers Tag sets, Black & Silver HBK, and Purple Razor
BCA: Jackie, Dr Death, all the grudge match sets but Luna/Sable, and various rereleases of Austin, Taker, HHH, Foley
LJN: Series 1 Hogan, JYD, Sheik, and Volkoff
ECW: Storm & Candido
Any Bobby Lashley Figure
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Post by WCWA Online on Jul 19, 2009 21:15:46 GMT -5
Akeem, Luna & Sable warmed my K-Mart up for a good while. I never found any Austin's hardly either until the very end of the line.
I'll add another one.. Jakks Freebirds 3 packs. My Walmart has like 6 of them that have been around since they were released (sometime in 2007?) and the cards are all destroyed. Typical mega shelf warmer
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brinsko3
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Post by brinsko3 on Jul 19, 2009 23:17:19 GMT -5
I remember hasbros rockers, samu, phatu, and giant gonzalez being around for a while. And Jakks Dr. Death was around for a long long time. He was probably the worst. Then there was ripped and ruthless figures from both series around until they went down to like 50 cents. And all the Jakks "special edition" released figures, like goldust and yoko in white or red, were around for the longest time.
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Post by humanitarianaryan on Jul 19, 2009 23:28:02 GMT -5
Hasbro : Tan Bushwackers, Rockers & Bushwackers Tag sets, Black & Silver HBK, and Purple Razor BCA: Jackie, Dr Death, all the grudge match sets but Luna/Sable, and various rereleases of Austin, Taker, HHH, Foley LJN: Series 1 Hogan, JYD, Sheik, and Volkoff ECW: Storm & Candido Any Bobby Lashley Figure PURPLE RAZOR AND BLACK HBK?  ? HOW COULD THAT BE?!?!?!?  Are you positive? Dang, i wish i lived by you man. Dont we all wish would could take a time machine back then! |
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Post by WCWA Online on Jul 19, 2009 23:32:22 GMT -5
purple Razor warmed shelves around here forever. I actually had two of them growing up. Used them as the tag team "The Razor Ramons" with Razor Ramon & Fake Razor Ramon, and no one could ever tell which was the real Razor Ramon. Always wanted the black and red one, but the purple ones seemed to be around forever.
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ICHIBAN 一番
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Jul 20, 2009 0:58:09 GMT -5
...bushwhacker luke, tan. around forever and couldnt even be sold for 49p in our local woolworths.
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Post by GoldenHulk on Jul 20, 2009 9:26:43 GMT -5
the biggest shelf warmers was bca dr. death and signature series jackie These are the definition of shelf warmer. They were around literally for years at the local TRU. They eventually had to clearance them for 20 cents a piece. I STILL didn't buy them! Of other lines, Hasbro Roddy Piper and series 1 Bossman were pretty bad shelfwarmers. I don't remember a whole lot of LJNs other than Hillbilly Jim and Iron Sheik hanging around for too long. WCW Toybiz didn't have too many around here. I'd say the first DDP was definitely one, though. Goldberg, too, but that was probably because they released entire cases of nothing but Goldberg and flooded the market with them. The later series' just weren't ordered enough to have any hanging around too long. |
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Post by meatybat on Jul 20, 2009 16:34:47 GMT -5
Lou Albano and Freddie Blassie " Ripped and Ruthless" style legends . San Fran DDP and Raven were around a while at my TRU .
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Scotty Flamingo
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Post by Scotty Flamingo on Jul 20, 2009 17:33:10 GMT -5
Hasbro : Tan Bushwackers, Rockers & Bushwackers Tag sets, Black & Silver HBK, and Purple Razor BCA: Jackie, Dr Death, all the grudge match sets but Luna/Sable, and various rereleases of Austin, Taker, HHH, Foley LJN: Series 1 Hogan, JYD, Sheik, and Volkoff ECW: Storm & Candido Any Bobby Lashley Figure PURPLE RAZOR AND BLACK HBK? ? HOW COULD THAT BE?!?!?!? Are you positive? Dang, i wish i lived by you man. Dont we all wish would could take a time machine back then! The reason they were warming the shelves was since we all had the original versions of both and then they released them repainted in the same mold instead of a completely different mold like the various Hogans, Warriors, and Dibiases. that was the reason the Red Card Perfect was the most common in that set also. |
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Post by meatybat on Jul 20, 2009 17:53:16 GMT -5
Kennedy is a stinker now too , actually almost always was now that I think about it .
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Post by richierich on Jul 20, 2009 23:46:49 GMT -5
Burke, Jackie, Austin Bad Bonez Box Set, Hogan #3, Yellow card HBK.
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