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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Feb 12, 2014 19:32:31 GMT -5
This was on my mind today for some reason. Back in 2002, when I was 12 years old, I was in Florida on vacation. I went to a K-Mart (I think) with my mom and I found this box on the shelf. I almost sh*t my pants. A Hell in a Cell playset? With a breakable roof? Get the out of here! This was something my friends and I had wanted and been asking for for years. I got home, I opened it up, and I thought I was ripped off. There was no roof. I thought someone had bought the set, taken the roof out, and returned it. What other explanation could there be? That the product on the front of the box was completely NOT what was in the box? No way. ...Yes way. It was complete false advertising. Anyone else remember this, or get stung by it like I did? How did they get away with this?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 19:42:38 GMT -5
I read about it, and that sucks! I need that cage though! Haha
And you might be yelled at since it's a jakks playset and not Mattel.
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Post by DIESEL on Feb 12, 2014 19:51:30 GMT -5
$9.99 for a playset?! I wish that was still true.
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Post by CMPUNKISGOOD on Feb 12, 2014 19:52:11 GMT -5
This should go in jakks board
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Post by RybackV1 on Feb 12, 2014 19:54:20 GMT -5
Wait so that thing didn't end up having a roof on it? I remember seeing it plenty as a child.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Feb 12, 2014 19:55:41 GMT -5
Wait so that thing didn't end up having a roof on it? I remember seeing it plenty as a child. Yea, no roof whatsoever. Just the normal Cage playset. And my bad, if this belongs in the Jakks section it can be moved. I don't frequent the figure sections, I just correlated WWE with this board.
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Post by ricflair4ever on Feb 12, 2014 19:56:10 GMT -5
Yup, I took my first one back thinking it had been tampered with. Got the 2nd one and realized jakks just ripped me off. It was ok enough on display for me to keep the 2nd one........but I always kinda viewed it as a "rip off" set because of the false advertising on the box.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 19:57:48 GMT -5
At least I'm not the only who had this problem, I was so angry there was no roof.
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Post by RybackV1 on Feb 12, 2014 20:04:39 GMT -5
Holy crap man. Now I know why that thing was everywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 20:16:34 GMT -5
I had that. No roof either. It was still awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 20:21:50 GMT -5
Bought this as a kid just as you did, got home and opened it and was so disappointed..........returned it for a refund and ended up making a cell out of my rabbits old cage.....
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Post by East Coast on Feb 12, 2014 20:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by Rattlehead on Feb 12, 2014 20:35:53 GMT -5
Wow, I was recently thinking about this. I remember asking my parents to buy it and they said no. :/ I won't forget that day. And yeah just 10 bucks. Didn't know the roof top was missing to it, maybe that's why it was so cheap.
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Post by fearofdread on Feb 12, 2014 20:42:16 GMT -5
I guess it was so life changing that 4 years later he still can't get over it!
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Post by zzzonked on Feb 12, 2014 20:45:53 GMT -5
My dad actually had sent Jakks an email about this! Pretty disappointing. I honestly don't remember it looking anything like the picture!
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Post by villians on Feb 12, 2014 21:02:48 GMT -5
I recall they announced it or is seen it on the back of a box and assumed it came out sooner rather than later. I called my KB Toys weekly if not daily asking for it. I was like 10-12 and looking back it now, I probably was a little pest as a young one but anyway...
The day it finally came in stock my parents were both sick and I didn't have a way to get to the store so I offered one of the workers $20 if they would be willing to drop one off at my house. Obviously and luckily that didn't work but sure enought I got it like two days later. When I got home I ripped the thing open and was so bummed they didn't make a roof, I called and emails JAKKS several times asking if we got a bad batch or just to see what happened to the final product.
All in all it was a solid cage set and I used it quite a lot back then and still wish I kept it after all these years!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 21:05:41 GMT -5
Wait so that thing didn't end up having a roof on it? I remember seeing it plenty as a child. Yea, no roof whatsoever. Just the normal Cage playset. And my bad, if this belongs in the Jakks section it can be moved. I don't frequent the figure sections, I just correlated WWE with this board. You created the same exact thread twice?
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Post by WWE Common Terry on Feb 12, 2014 21:05:47 GMT -5
AFR. Mmmmmemories. What ever happened to Matt Pearson?
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Post by jordanimal on Feb 12, 2014 21:33:16 GMT -5
I went through the same experience as u. I was so pissed @ the time! (I was about 11 ha)
I felt jipped sooooo bad
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Feb 12, 2014 21:36:49 GMT -5
........WOAH.
Dude.
I always knew my memory was bad.... But this is just terrible.
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