cdp
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Post by cdp on Sept 26, 2010 8:27:23 GMT -5
Jorge "Giant" Gonzales died at 44 on Saturday 25 September 2010 due complications on diabetes... Just another great man from the "hasbro line" who left us...Rest in peace!  |
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ICHIBAN 一番
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✮SINCE 1977✮
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Sept 26, 2010 8:43:31 GMT -5
sad to hear, its quite shocking of how many wwf hasbro characters have passed on :-(
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Sept 26, 2010 9:35:09 GMT -5
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Post by Eat Defeat. on Sept 26, 2010 9:44:12 GMT -5
I saw this thread from the "new topics" feature and thought you were just another person blind to the other multiple threads on him, but I see where you've posted it and posted a nice picture along with it. Hasbro's were way before my time, they look very cool on display, I don't own any of Gonzales' figures.  ^^^ Thanks for posting those pics. |
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Burger Lad
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Post by Burger Lad on Sept 26, 2010 9:51:04 GMT -5
I've not posted RIP to him on any other thread so only fitting to do it here. I loved it when I finally got my Giant Gonzales hasbro figure. It was a little after I was "too old" to carry on playing with them but I dusted down my ring just for a match with the Undertaker like I'd always wanted to do around WM9. God bless (and to all the others!)  |
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mookaveli
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Post by mookaveli on Sept 26, 2010 10:15:51 GMT -5
the worst hasbro figures are dead in real life (gonzales and rude) :/
jim neidhart should watch his back too then..
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Post by WCWA Online on Sept 26, 2010 11:54:26 GMT -5
the worst hasbro figures are dead in real life (gonzales and rude) :/ jim neidhart should watch his back too then.. what are you talking about? Gonzalez was a great figure. Great likeness, big as he should be.. Had an action for one of his big moves (brain chops) and could easily do bear hugs, his other big move. I'd say he was one of the MOST accurate of the Hasbro line, because the immobility really lent itself to his style |
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cdp
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Post by cdp on Sept 26, 2010 11:58:00 GMT -5
the worst hasbro figures are dead in real life (gonzales and rude) :/ jim neidhart should watch his back too then.. what are you talking about? Gonzalez was a great figure. Great likeness, big as he should be.. Had an action for one of his big moves (brain chops) and could easily do bear hugs, his other big move. I'd say he was one of the MOST accurate of the Hasbro line, because the immobility really lent itself to his style I agree with you WCWA...I like giant figure very much!! |
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mookaveli
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Post by mookaveli on Sept 26, 2010 14:08:03 GMT -5
i personally dont think the figure looks like real life at all, he is choc full of muscles!
not that he would have looked cooler as a thin bean stalk with airbrushed muscles.
that outfit was just not very good anyway, but that is another discussion:P
also the figure is extremely light, head or torso doesnt turn at all, wich gives him zero movability, and although that kind of gives a good reflection on real life, it makes him boring to play with imo.
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Post by kev85hasbro on Sept 26, 2010 14:11:04 GMT -5
so sad. RIP.
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Post by ilovethemountie on Sept 26, 2010 14:23:59 GMT -5
ah no way thats terrible rest in peace
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Hasbroandy
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Post by Hasbroandy on Sept 26, 2010 19:26:24 GMT -5
Oh man so many great people died rest in peace giant!!! |
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Post by WCWA Online on Sept 27, 2010 10:15:58 GMT -5
i personally dont think the figure looks like real life at all, he is choc full of muscles! not that he would have looked cooler as a thin bean stalk with airbrushed muscles. that outfit was just not very good anyway, but that is another discussion:P also the figure is extremely light, head or torso doesnt turn at all, wich gives him zero movability, and although that kind of gives a good reflection on real life, it makes him boring to play with imo. But that's like saying you need a Jim Ross with 20 points of articulation. The most Giant Gonzalez ever did was walk around the ring and headbutt or chop, or occasionally bear hug. |
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habrofan83
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Post by habrofan83 on Sept 27, 2010 12:34:55 GMT -5
mookaveli, your wrong, gonzalez was a great figure, i also think your a little direspectfull were here paying tribute and your mocking, not cool
r.i.p giant gonzalez
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''Adam74''
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Post by ''Adam74'' on Sept 27, 2010 13:07:05 GMT -5
Very sad to hear, heard he hadn't been in the best of health for the last 10 or so years, and was wheelchair bound.
Rest in Peace big man, another one lost from my favourite years of wrestling (88-94)
No more this year please..
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Post by hasbromad on Sept 27, 2010 14:01:55 GMT -5
so sad to hear another great wrestler has gone form this world i loved his wwf debut at the rumble ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2010 7:26:59 GMT -5
I was gutted to hear this. My mum and dad met him in an airport once and my mum said his hand was bigger than her head. They always remembered him because i was sent to be during RR 1993 when he eliminated the Undertaker and I kicked up a huge fuss about not being able to see the RR to the end so they taped it for me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2010 13:28:04 GMT -5
He was quite the site when he came to the WWE in 1993 and DWARFED the Undertaker. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him.
As far as his figure goes .... I like it. He, from what I can see, is the tallest WWE hasbro figure of them all as he should be. (He edges out Andre by a hair). His figure itself is a little on the muscle side, but he still has the designed fur. Def. not the worst hasbro out there. Not even close.
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Post by rickrudelives on Sept 29, 2010 13:12:28 GMT -5
Giant Gonzalez is dead  i didn't know now that is terrible |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2010 14:06:45 GMT -5
Definitely not the worst figure in the line by any stretch of the imagination
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