WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 23, 2013 13:14:31 GMT -5

Post by Mr. Old School™ on Feb 23, 2013 13:14:31 GMT -5

Hey,

I've been watching some old-school WWF wrestling and came up with a list of Superstars which should've been made in the LJN line at some point. Here we go:

1. The Machines Tag Team Or even just The Giant Machine
2. Oliver Humperdink should've been in the managers series for sure
3. Hoss Funk to go along with Terry
4. Uncle Elmer to go along with Hillbilly Jim
5. Jimmy Jack Funk to go along with the other Funk Stable
6. Dino Bravo to go along with Johnny V and Greg Valentine
7. The Missing Link to go along with the rest of The Heenan Family
8. Tom Zenk to go along with Rick Martel
9. Gorilla Monsoon to go along with announcers Vince and Mean Gene
10. The Fabulous Moolah either as a wrestler or manager from WrestleMania
11. Wendi Richter
12. Barry Windham of The U.S. Express
13. Mike Rotundo of The U.S. Express
14. The Executioner from WrestleMania
15. Sensational Sherri either as a wrestler or manager
16. "The Golden Boy" Danny Spivey
17. Kim Chee in the managers series
18. Killer Khan
19. "Dangerous" Danny Davis in wrestling gear
20. The Barbarian for obvious reasons
21. "Leaping" Lanny Poffo
22. Smash of Demolition for obvious reasons
23. Tama of The Islanders
24. Sgt. Slaughter
25. Virgil in the managers series
26. Sivi Afi
27. David Sammartino
28. Lord Alfred Hayes to go along with the rest of the announcers
29. The Rougeau Brothers Tag Team
30. Mr.T either as a wrestler or boxer
31. "The Rebel" Dick Slater
32. "Canada's Greatest Athlete" Iron Mike Sharpe
33. "Superstar" Billy Graham either as a wrestler or manager
34. The Conquistadors Tag Team
35."Polish Power" Ivan Putski
36. Pedro Morales
37. "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas
38. The Moondogs Tag Team
39. The Young Stallions Tag Team
40. Boris Zhukov
41. "The Natural" Butch Reed
42. Brother Love
43. "Outlaw" Ron Bass
44. Sam Houston
45. Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig
46. Bad News Brown

Whew... What a list. I'm sure I can name a few more, but I think you get the picture. Some of these should've been made for sure and others, maybe not so much. Haha.

What are your thoughts on this list and is there anyone you would add??

ozz Main Eventer Joined on: Aug 1, 2011 16:37:04 GMT -5 Posts: 1,394	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 23, 2013 13:48:04 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ozz on Feb 23, 2013 13:48:04 GMT -5 You about nailed it! Most of your list I would have thought of myself. Your managers, announcers, and tag teams lists were full of great ideas.
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jdgjivesoulbro Mid-Carder Joined on: Jun 14, 2012 14:47:27 GMT -5 Posts: 107	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 23, 2013 18:00:50 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jdgjivesoulbro on Feb 23, 2013 18:00:50 GMT -5 Great List. I think you covered just about everyone. How bout Blackjack Mulligan. I guess you kind of named him since he was part of the Machines.

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 23, 2013 18:31:15 GMT -5

Post by yeetman13 on Feb 23, 2013 18:31:15 GMT -5

^ lol.. i think u basically just mentioned EVERYONE that wrestled during that time...

but then again, i guess these days in WWE, they do have figures of EVERY person that has been on Raw and Smackdown, so they should have done the same thing back then as well!!

ozz Main Eventer Joined on: Aug 1, 2011 16:37:04 GMT -5 Posts: 1,394	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 23, 2013 23:26:33 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ozz on Feb 23, 2013 23:26:33 GMT -5 Hmm, I'll add Sean Mooney and Jack Tunney while we're at it
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greenmist Mid-Carder Joined on: Apr 14, 2008 16:04:20 GMT -5 Posts: 71	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 7:54:14 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by greenmist on Feb 24, 2013 7:54:14 GMT -5 The Blue Blazer, The Red Rooster, Frenchy Martin, Howard Finkel

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 10:38:06 GMT -5

Post by mesteve on Feb 24, 2013 10:38:06 GMT -5

Other than those already mentioned and all those planned for series 6, I would have loved to have seen a more realistic Orndorff, Steve Lombardi, Barry Horowitz (and maybe a few other jobbers just to throw around), Hercules in ring gear with chain, Honky and Dibiase in ring gear,

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 11:01:12 GMT -5

Post by GoldenHulk on Feb 24, 2013 11:01:12 GMT -5

Great list. It's important to remember that it was a different era when the LJN figures were coming out. There were about 3 waves of figures that came out each year, and each wave only had a handful of figures. It also took a lot longer for a figure to go from planning stages to production (which is why guys were often gone for months before their figures hit the shelves). They had to pick and choose carefully. A lot of the second tier guys just were never going to get figures, no matter how cool it would have been. That written, I can't believe some of the oddball choices LJN and the WWF made by releasing figures of guys like Arcidi and Outback Jack. Those are examples of them anticipating big things for those guys when they had barely debuted and obviously it didn't work out the way it was predicted.

I was a kid getting these as they came out and I remember thinking how awesome it would be to have figures of Missing Link, The Machines, Lanny Poffo, Gorilla Monsoon, and Blue Blazer as the line went on. I really wanted those kinds of guys to fill out the roster.

One major one that I recall really thinking needed to get made at the time was Wendi Richter. I didn't even care if they made a Moolah figure or one of the other ladies to go with her; I thought the biggest woman star in the company, and one of the top stars overall for a while, should have been in that first wave of figures. I was too young at the time to understand the politics behind the scenes and the marketing ideas of the toy companies of the time who thought boys wouldn't buy action figures of women characters. That had changed by the time Elizabeth was made because of the precedent set by popular GI Joe characters like Scarlet and Baroness, but it was still the mindset at the time a Richter figure would have been possible.

ozz Main Eventer Joined on: Aug 1, 2011 16:37:04 GMT -5 Posts: 1,394	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 11:42:00 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ozz on Feb 24, 2013 11:42:00 GMT -5 The Jumping Bomb Angels would have made for another good addition for the women's list.
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billthomson1984 Main Eventer May Bill Rest in Peace, Wfigs Community Joined on: Jun 17, 2012 8:27:35 GMT -5 Posts: 2,242	WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 14:28:27 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by billthomson1984 on Feb 24, 2013 14:28:27 GMT -5 I remember Rotundo said that he and Windham were going to be first in line to get figures before they left or dolls as he put it

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 16:26:58 GMT -5

Post by greenmist on Feb 24, 2013 16:26:58 GMT -5

Feb 23, 2013 13:14:31 GMT -5 Mr. Old School™ said:

4. Uncle Elmer to go along with Hillbilly Jim
What are your thoughts on this list and is there anyone you would add??

how about Cousin Junior who was quietly replaced with Cousin Luke

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Feb 24, 2013 21:52:48 GMT -5

Post by Mr. Old School™ on Feb 24, 2013 21:52:48 GMT -5

That's why I like Jakks WWE Classic Superstars series. They kinda continued where LJN left off and thankfully gave us figures of Bad News Brown, Brother Love, The Barbarian, King Haku, The Bushwhackers, Smash, "Outlaw" Ron Bass and so many others.

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WWF LJNs That Should've Been Made Mar 7, 2013 22:29:08 GMT -5

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Feb 24, 2013 11:42:00 GMT -5 ozz said:

The Jumping Bomb Angels would have made for another good addition for the women's list.

Those would have been awesome. No doubt I would have them on my want list and most likely they'd be extremly hard to find.

I'm not sure when LJN stopped or who was popular at the time (I was born in '91) but I'd have like to have seen these

Managers series:
Monsoon
Sapphire
Virgil

Wrestlers:
Bad News Brown
Smash
Bushwackers
Dusty Rhodes

Like I said some of these may have been early 1990 era guys. LJN stopped in '89 right? I'd like to have seen it go on for another series or two. Add a few more females at that.

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