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Post by LeighD on Jan 1, 2011 6:32:32 GMT -5
Jack Tunney Lord Alfred Hayes Sean Mooney Slick Adrian Adonis Hercules Rugged Ronnie Garvin Dino Bravo Miss Elizabeth Billy Jack Haynes Ricky Steamboat Randy Savage Kerry Von Erich Skinner Outback Jack Butch Reed SD Jones Nailz Corp. Kirshner The Missing Link Dan Spivey Ted Arcidi Jimmy Jack Funk Barry Horowitz Sam Houston Boris Zhukov Paul Roma Max Moon Damien Demento Ludvig Borga Mr Hughes Kwang Battle Kat Ahmed Johnson Duke The Dumpster Droese Mantaur Phantasio Red Rooster .............and the list could go on. Especially, tag-teams. Can you imagine what the CS line would have looked like with all these WWF names? And then you have a lot of WCW/NWA and other names that could have been made. I just listed the WWF guys though. I am surprised they didn't make quite a few of the names I listed. It would have made for a more complete Classic line. Without all the repaints and re-releases of some people, I believe they could have easily made everyone on this list. Sting covered all the ones i had in mind. My tops ones would be: - Dino Bravo - Hercules - Ricky Steamboat - Randy Savage - Owen Hart - Adrian Adonis Of Current talent signed at one point of another: - Booker T (Harlem Heat) - Mark Henry (USA or NOD) - Chavo Guerrero (WCW trunks) - Tommy Dreamer (Early ECW) - Linda McMahon - Sandman (Early ECW) - Pat Patterson - Dudley Boys - Kurt Angle I realize some of the above names were slated at one point. really suprised we didnt get a lot of guys they had signed.like the Vachons in a CSTT. CSTT was squandered with vs packs. It was more so the 3-packs I had a problem with because they were all (except for Freebirds, Demolition, Johnson/Maivia sets) pointless re-paints. So many names jakks had signed but didn't get a figure.
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Post by LA Times on Jan 1, 2011 10:00:19 GMT -5
wait, ur surprised that warrior and bruno samartino got figs? Yes because they have BOTH been very outspoken about WWE over the years I am guessing JAKKS made th choices as I think Warrior has a personal agreement with them. And the fact Bruno of all people i not in the Hall of Fame tells you there is some major heat with Vince Warrior and Bruno did not have to go through the WWE to have their figures made, just directly with Jakks.
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 1, 2011 13:29:39 GMT -5
this is just gonna change into an infinite wishlist post so i don't think i'll even bother. people can't tell the difference between who they would have expected would be made and people who they personally wanted to be made, so the discussion is pointless. For me it is not a wish list. A wish list for me would include LOTS of Lucahdores and Puroresu. The names I listed, MachoMan Former IC Champ, World champ, and King. Mainevented a few wrestlemanias, SummerSlams, and Survivor Series. Dino Bravo Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Hercules Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Steamboat Former IC champ, former NWA champ Multiple 80's ppv appearences Rougeau bros Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. guys who were in pretty much every wwf ppv in the 80's should have been made.
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Post by The Assassin on Jan 1, 2011 13:58:09 GMT -5
this is just gonna change into an infinite wishlist post so i don't think i'll even bother. people can't tell the difference between who they would have expected would be made and people who they personally wanted to be made, so the discussion is pointless. For me it is not a wish list. A wish list for me would include LOTS of Lucahdores and Puroresu. The names I listed, MachoMan Former IC Champ, World champ, and King. Mainevented a few wrestlemanias, SummerSlams, and Survivor Series. Dino Bravo Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Hercules Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Steamboat Former IC champ, former NWA champ Multiple 80's ppv appearences Rougeau bros Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. guys who were in pretty much every wwf ppv in the 80's should have been made. yeh i'm not saying its a dumb discussion, it's a perfectly good and valid discussion idea. and some people (including yourself) have made valid contributions. all i'm saying is most people can't figure out the difference between stars they personally liked/wanted and stars who a LOT of people liked/wanted and deserved to be made. they can't separate their opinion from the opinion of the majority. therefore the topic just turns into a pointless infinite-wishlist thread. i mean, of course some of it is down to individual opinion, but how deserving/likely someone was of a CS figure still relies on the popularity of that opinion. some of the names people are throwing around in this thread are flat out ridiculous. Phantasio? The Yeti? people are seriously saying they are surprised we didn't get them? or that their career/popularity/impact deserved a CS figure? come on. I mean I know I want a lot of the less-popular classic figures. but i'm smart enough to realize that although I was a fan and want their figures, not that many people share my opinion. For example, I was a huge fan of The Wall (aka Sgt. AWOL, Malice) and he's one of my top wanted classic figures. But I would never say I was surprised Jakks didn't make him in CS or that he really really deserves a figure. cos i realize i'm not the only one these figures are made for.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 21:45:16 GMT -5
NORMAN SMILEY
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2011 22:17:15 GMT -5
Looking back now, I'm surprised Jakks wasn't able to get Macho Man or Steamboat considering Mattel did it in their 1st year.
I was most surprised Tank Abbott got a figure.
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Post by lucas17x on Jan 2, 2011 1:07:10 GMT -5
Nation of Domination!
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Post by xtremewrestlingfan on Jan 2, 2011 7:09:15 GMT -5
Ricky Steamboat, lol.
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Post by brm on Jan 2, 2011 14:12:12 GMT -5
I'll condense it to my 3 most wanted that I actually thought had a good chance:
1. Gangrel 2. Brian Pillman (1996) 3. Mike Awesome
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 1:36:40 GMT -5
NOD Farooq Godwinns Headbangers Ahmed Johnson Shane Douglas Jerry Lynn ANY notable Mexican star besides Rey (ie Psychosis, La Parka, Juvi) Lex Luger USA Late 90's/Hart Foundation era British Bulldog. We got multiple 80's/early 90s instead Johnny Polo Kwang Mo (they made Mabel) Sapphire
this list can go on forever really
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Post by Artistix on Jan 5, 2011 8:11:21 GMT -5
Sable.
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Post by micco on Jan 5, 2011 14:44:39 GMT -5
For me it is not a wish list. A wish list for me would include LOTS of Lucahdores and Puroresu. The names I listed, MachoMan Former IC Champ, World champ, and King. Mainevented a few wrestlemanias, SummerSlams, and Survivor Series. Dino Bravo Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Hercules Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. Steamboat Former IC champ, former NWA champ Multiple 80's ppv appearences Rougeau bros Appeared in all 4 major ppvs of the 80s on more than one ocassion. guys who were in pretty much every wwf ppv in the 80's should have been made. yeh i'm not saying its a dumb discussion, it's a perfectly good and valid discussion idea. and some people (including yourself) have made valid contributions. all i'm saying is most people can't figure out the difference between stars they personally liked/wanted and stars who a LOT of people liked/wanted and deserved to be made. they can't separate their opinion from the opinion of the majority. therefore the topic just turns into a pointless infinite-wishlist thread. i mean, of course some of it is down to individual opinion, but how deserving/likely someone was of a CS figure still relies on the popularity of that opinion. some of the names people are throwing around in this thread are flat out ridiculous. Phantasio? The Yeti? people are seriously saying they are surprised we didn't get them? or that their career/popularity/impact deserved a CS figure? come on. I mean I know I want a lot of the less-popular classic figures. but i'm smart enough to realize that although I was a fan and want their figures, not that many people share my opinion. For example, I was a huge fan of The Wall (aka Sgt. AWOL, Malice) and he's one of my top wanted classic figures. But I would never say I was surprised Jakks didn't make him in CS or that he really really deserves a figure. cos i realize i'm not the only one these figures are made for. There have been plenty of guys listed that are not deserving of a cs figure, but, there have been just as many MADE, not deserving of a cs fig. So, when you give us tank abbot, then I'm gonna be a little surprised that you don't give us Aldo Montoya. He's not the most deserving but he was damn sure more popular/impactful than tank. They lowered the criteria so much that theyre the reason we expect figures of even the biggest jobbers. Of guys not already listed I'm most surprised that we didn't get a mr. T fig.
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Post by STING on Jan 5, 2011 16:16:22 GMT -5
yeh i'm not saying its a dumb discussion, it's a perfectly good and valid discussion idea. and some people (including yourself) have made valid contributions. all i'm saying is most people can't figure out the difference between stars they personally liked/wanted and stars who a LOT of people liked/wanted and deserved to be made. they can't separate their opinion from the opinion of the majority. therefore the topic just turns into a pointless infinite-wishlist thread. i mean, of course some of it is down to individual opinion, but how deserving/likely someone was of a CS figure still relies on the popularity of that opinion. some of the names people are throwing around in this thread are flat out ridiculous. Phantasio? The Yeti? people are seriously saying they are surprised we didn't get them? or that their career/popularity/impact deserved a CS figure? come on. I mean I know I want a lot of the less-popular classic figures. but i'm smart enough to realize that although I was a fan and want their figures, not that many people share my opinion. For example, I was a huge fan of The Wall (aka Sgt. AWOL, Malice) and he's one of my top wanted classic figures. But I would never say I was surprised Jakks didn't make him in CS or that he really really deserves a figure. cos i realize i'm not the only one these figures are made for. There have been plenty of guys listed that are not deserving of a cs figure, but, there have been just as many MADE, not deserving of a cs fig. So, when you give us tank abbot, then I'm gonna be a little surprised that you don't give us Aldo Montoya. He's not the most deserving but he was damn sure more popular/impactful than tank. They lowered the criteria so much that theyre the reason we expect figures of even the biggest jobbers. Of guys not already listed I'm most surprised that we didn't get a mr. T fig. Yeah, I can honestly say, that a Mr. T figure would have been an easy figure for the CS line considering JAKKS was making the Rocky figures too. Not really sure why he was never included in the CS line.
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Post by "Original Broski" jonjon535353 on Jan 5, 2011 22:21:44 GMT -5
I'm still pissed about no Gangrel to this day.
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Post by mmondrag96 on Jan 5, 2011 22:36:06 GMT -5
Raven Tommy Dreamer Sandman Kurt Angle
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Post by The Assassin on Jan 6, 2011 8:50:18 GMT -5
yeh i'm not saying its a dumb discussion, it's a perfectly good and valid discussion idea. and some people (including yourself) have made valid contributions. all i'm saying is most people can't figure out the difference between stars they personally liked/wanted and stars who a LOT of people liked/wanted and deserved to be made. they can't separate their opinion from the opinion of the majority. therefore the topic just turns into a pointless infinite-wishlist thread. i mean, of course some of it is down to individual opinion, but how deserving/likely someone was of a CS figure still relies on the popularity of that opinion. some of the names people are throwing around in this thread are flat out ridiculous. Phantasio? The Yeti? people are seriously saying they are surprised we didn't get them? or that their career/popularity/impact deserved a CS figure? come on. I mean I know I want a lot of the less-popular classic figures. but i'm smart enough to realize that although I was a fan and want their figures, not that many people share my opinion. For example, I was a huge fan of The Wall (aka Sgt. AWOL, Malice) and he's one of my top wanted classic figures. But I would never say I was surprised Jakks didn't make him in CS or that he really really deserves a figure. cos i realize i'm not the only one these figures are made for. There have been plenty of guys listed that are not deserving of a cs figure, but, there have been just as many MADE, not deserving of a cs fig. So, when you give us tank abbot, then I'm gonna be a little surprised that you don't give us Aldo Montoya. He's not the most deserving but he was damn sure more popular/impactful than tank. They lowered the criteria so much that theyre the reason we expect figures of even the biggest jobbers. Of guys not already listed I'm most surprised that we didn't get a mr. T fig. true. but if you're gonna take people they made who didn't deserve it into account then again, this discussion is pointless since just about anyone can be listed. and again it's just a pointless infinite-wishlist thread. For those wondering about Mr. T, just a little info, I remember Jakks saying that signing someone to the Rocky line was completely separate from CS. so people signed with rocky would still need to come to a completely separate deal and a separate amount of money paid for them to appear in CS. clearly Jakks couldn't agree to a deal for a CS Mr T. or they didn't try.
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Post by STING on Jan 6, 2011 11:55:48 GMT -5
Someone I am surprised that got a figure made was Kevin Sullivan. I never would have thought that he would have even been considered. As far as I can remember, he is one of those that never was in the WWF/E.
Can anyone name some of the other CS figures of people who were never actually a part of the WWF/E?
Some of the ones I am thinking never were: Tank Abbott Abdullah The Butcher Kevin Sullivan
.........anymore?
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Post by LeighD on Jan 6, 2011 18:41:09 GMT -5
Someone I am surprised that got a figure made was Kevin Sullivan. I never would have thought that he would have even been considered. As far as I can remember, he is one of those that never was in the WWF/E. Can anyone name some of the other CS figures of people who were never actually a part of the WWF/E? Some of the ones I am thinking never were: Tank Abbott Abdullah The Butcher Kevin Sullivan .........anymore? - Sabu (at the point his CS figure was released) - Rock 'n' Roll Express (save a Survivor Series match in 1993) - Midnight Express - Shockmaster (gimmick) I'm sure there are others.
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Post by PJ on Jan 6, 2011 21:03:53 GMT -5
Didn't get a CS figure - Pedro Morales, a Young Bob Backlund, Scott Steiner
Did get one - Ted DiBiase jr, Randy Orton, Natalia, Droz, Godfather to name a few
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Post by The Assassin on Jan 7, 2011 17:39:15 GMT -5
Someone I am surprised that got a figure made was Kevin Sullivan. I never would have thought that he would have even been considered. As far as I can remember, he is one of those that never was in the WWF/E. Can anyone name some of the other CS figures of people who were never actually a part of the WWF/E? Some of the ones I am thinking never were: Tank Abbott Abdullah The Butcher Kevin Sullivan .........anymore? yeh but the CS line was classic superstars of wrestling generally, not just WWE. sure it focused more on WWE and was marketed under the WWE name but as you say, Jakks proved it was about more than WWE by making several stars/gimmicks who were never in (or never big) in WWE. WCW and it's history is now part of WWE history now anyway, obviously.
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