Post by rawisjericho on May 23, 2010 17:53:45 GMT -5
This is just the basic line for now in number order from left to right and including all varients.
It is also important to remember and understand that each figure itself was considered a series or release unlike most companies, for example number 1 was just Riki Choshu etc.
Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono (with glasses), Great Muta (Red), Great Muta (White), Kensuke Sasaki
The Muta figures are both marked number 3 and these are considered varients of one another. Chono's figure also included his trademark sunglasses as you can see.
Shinya Hashimoto, Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel), Antonio Inoki (Red Towel),
Again both the Inoki figures are numbered the same and considered varients.
Great Muta (Red), Great Muta (nWo), Hiroyoshi Tenzan
This group saw that for the first time in nWo Muta that a figure was repainted and given a separate series number and Tenzan's figure also included his headgear that He wore to the ring at the time.
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Gold Boots),Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Silver Boots),Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami,Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani/Otani
Lyger like the previous two is also numbered the same and had varients according to the color of his boots.
Kendo Ka Shin,Kendo Ka Shin (with belt),Kazuo Yamazaki,El Samurai, Manabu Nakanishi
History was made as Kendo was the first figure in the line to be actually re-released with no alterations to the actual figure and also be released with a weapon and the later varient broke the mould further when it include Kendo's version of the IWGP Jr Heavyweight belt.
Satoshi Kojima,Masa Saitoh,Yuji Nagata,Keiji Mutoh, Hiro Saitoh
This group of releases saw the first figure of Great Muta's alter ego Keiji Mutoh and his figure featured a bottle accessory.
Antonio Inoki (with NWF Belt), Antonio Inoki (Robed version 1), Seiji Sakaguchi,Akira,Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Black Attire)
The Inoki in this group was my first ever Charapro figure that I ever bought and comes with the NWF title which was the predecessor to the IWGP title today.
Shiro Koshinaka (White), Shiro Koshinaka (Black), Riki Choshu (with shirt), Antonio Inoki (Robed version 2), Junji Hirata (with Machines mask)
This batch includes varients of Koshinaka in both black and white and also a repaint of the earlier Inoki in robe, Choshu was also re-released with a cloth shirt and Junji came with a Machines mask from his days with that team.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa,Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami (with 1970's WWWF Jr. Heavyweight belt),Kazuyuki Fujita,Tadao Yasuda,Masahiro Chono (Team 2000 attire)
Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami came with the WWWF Jr Heavyweight belt from the 1970's (credit to Ruby Fusion for helping me out with that).
Takayuki Iizuka,Osamu Kido,Hidekazu Tanaka,Tatsutoshi Goto (with mask),Michiyoshi Ohara (with mask)
Tanaka came with the IWGP belt and Gotoh and Ohara were released in Machines attire with the masks.
Osamu Nishimura, Minoru Tanaka(later known as HEAT), Yuji Nagata (without designs),Yuji Nagata (with designs), Keiji Mutoh (bald version with BATT shirt)
Nagata was the first figure in a while released to have a varient with and without designs. Also a pretty sweet bald Mutoh was released with a cloth BATT shirt as well.
Antonio Inoki (Rags/Homeless version), Kokushi Muso, Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel), Antonio Inoki (Red Towel),Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (White Attire)
The Inoki figures were re-releases to coincide with the 30th anniversary of NJPW and I'm not too sure what the concept behind Inoki in rags was.
The figure of Mutoh is called Kokushi Muso which is a play on the Hakushi character and means "Black Angel" where Hakushi meant "White Angel".
Masahiro Chono,Antonio Inoki (Robed version 3), Antonio Inoki (Young version),Antonio Inoki (Owner version)
The Chono in this group is also re-release on a 30th anniversary card and wrestling gear Inoki is often termed "Young Inoki" and the Inoki in suited attire is like an current for the time owner and yelling his famous Bom Ba Ye cry.
Kensuke Sasaki (Bald version), Masahiro Chono (ring gear with towel),Hiroshi Tanahashi
The Chono figure here featured a removable towel so that fittingly He finally had a singles card ring gear figure (previously had an awesome ring gear figure in the NWO 2-pack)
It is also important to remember and understand that each figure itself was considered a series or release unlike most companies, for example number 1 was just Riki Choshu etc.
Riki Choshu, Masahiro Chono (with glasses), Great Muta (Red), Great Muta (White), Kensuke Sasaki
The Muta figures are both marked number 3 and these are considered varients of one another. Chono's figure also included his trademark sunglasses as you can see.
Shinya Hashimoto, Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel), Antonio Inoki (Red Towel),
Again both the Inoki figures are numbered the same and considered varients.
Great Muta (Red), Great Muta (nWo), Hiroyoshi Tenzan
This group saw that for the first time in nWo Muta that a figure was repainted and given a separate series number and Tenzan's figure also included his headgear that He wore to the ring at the time.
Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Gold Boots),Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Silver Boots),Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami,Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Ohtani/Otani
Lyger like the previous two is also numbered the same and had varients according to the color of his boots.
Kendo Ka Shin,Kendo Ka Shin (with belt),Kazuo Yamazaki,El Samurai, Manabu Nakanishi
History was made as Kendo was the first figure in the line to be actually re-released with no alterations to the actual figure and also be released with a weapon and the later varient broke the mould further when it include Kendo's version of the IWGP Jr Heavyweight belt.
Satoshi Kojima,Masa Saitoh,Yuji Nagata,Keiji Mutoh, Hiro Saitoh
This group of releases saw the first figure of Great Muta's alter ego Keiji Mutoh and his figure featured a bottle accessory.
Antonio Inoki (with NWF Belt), Antonio Inoki (Robed version 1), Seiji Sakaguchi,Akira,Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (Black Attire)
The Inoki in this group was my first ever Charapro figure that I ever bought and comes with the NWF title which was the predecessor to the IWGP title today.
Shiro Koshinaka (White), Shiro Koshinaka (Black), Riki Choshu (with shirt), Antonio Inoki (Robed version 2), Junji Hirata (with Machines mask)
This batch includes varients of Koshinaka in both black and white and also a repaint of the earlier Inoki in robe, Choshu was also re-released with a cloth shirt and Junji came with a Machines mask from his days with that team.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa,Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami (with 1970's WWWF Jr. Heavyweight belt),Kazuyuki Fujita,Tadao Yasuda,Masahiro Chono (Team 2000 attire)
Tatsumi 'Dragon' Fujinami came with the WWWF Jr Heavyweight belt from the 1970's (credit to Ruby Fusion for helping me out with that).
Takayuki Iizuka,Osamu Kido,Hidekazu Tanaka,Tatsutoshi Goto (with mask),Michiyoshi Ohara (with mask)
Tanaka came with the IWGP belt and Gotoh and Ohara were released in Machines attire with the masks.
Osamu Nishimura, Minoru Tanaka(later known as HEAT), Yuji Nagata (without designs),Yuji Nagata (with designs), Keiji Mutoh (bald version with BATT shirt)
Nagata was the first figure in a while released to have a varient with and without designs. Also a pretty sweet bald Mutoh was released with a cloth BATT shirt as well.
Antonio Inoki (Rags/Homeless version), Kokushi Muso, Antonio Inoki (Blue Towel), Antonio Inoki (Red Towel),Jushin "Thunder" Lyger (White Attire)
The Inoki figures were re-releases to coincide with the 30th anniversary of NJPW and I'm not too sure what the concept behind Inoki in rags was.
The figure of Mutoh is called Kokushi Muso which is a play on the Hakushi character and means "Black Angel" where Hakushi meant "White Angel".
Masahiro Chono,Antonio Inoki (Robed version 3), Antonio Inoki (Young version),Antonio Inoki (Owner version)
The Chono in this group is also re-release on a 30th anniversary card and wrestling gear Inoki is often termed "Young Inoki" and the Inoki in suited attire is like an current for the time owner and yelling his famous Bom Ba Ye cry.
Kensuke Sasaki (Bald version), Masahiro Chono (ring gear with towel),Hiroshi Tanahashi
The Chono figure here featured a removable towel so that fittingly He finally had a singles card ring gear figure (previously had an awesome ring gear figure in the NWO 2-pack)
