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Post by The other Rougeau brother on May 19, 2014 16:04:19 GMT -5
Holy crap that andre is atrocious!
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Post by 0,Y on May 19, 2014 16:04:26 GMT -5
That red flanel vest will work perfectly on the RSC Cactus Jack.
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Post by thelostweekend on May 19, 2014 16:07:09 GMT -5
Incredible series aside from the Andre, which looks like a botched custom job. I guess the afro supposedly being removable helps things, as it will give some people a chance to get the black strap version of Andre for a decent price. But this was pretty much the most underwhelming outcome possible for this figure. I'm not even opposed to the afro version of Andre; Jakks' take on that look resulted in a great figure. This just looks like a shoddy fix-up.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on May 19, 2014 16:07:47 GMT -5
This is a great set! Definitely a much better series than 28. I pre-ordered the Goldust and Punk last month, but I may have to contact RSC to cancel that so I can add the whole set of 6! Don't cancel it, they can just add the rest to your order!
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Post by deskjet on May 19, 2014 16:13:55 GMT -5
lmfao andre
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Post by skribbel24 on May 19, 2014 16:15:48 GMT -5
Whoa, what happened to Andre?
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Post by BoJack Hogan on May 19, 2014 16:27:54 GMT -5
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman featuring Andre the Giant as Madea.
What the damn hell were they thinking? Seriously that is the worst garbage ever. On the contrary, Rowan and Harper are AWESOME!!!! Ditto for Goldust. Sandow would do well with a head swap, but I really would have loved an Elite in the short lived white trunks, blue pads look a la the last Basic. On the fence on that. I couldn't care less about George W. Punk, but I like the hoodie. Maybe I will do a trade or Ebay.
But the fact remains, that Andre is both an abomination and an insult. Why release garbage? They could have at least molded the fro to look good (not like a dirty mop head), gave us a blue singlet, and had the trunks and boots blue (even though it would still be sort of inaccurate with the singlet). I don't know what the hell that was all about; especially re-releasing the Legends exclusive that many of us already bought. I can't understand why this isn't getting more hate. This is about as lazy as it gets. With the fro I put this up there with Jakks' Mark Henry in the black diaper.
They awesomeness of the Wyatts and Goldust ALMOST makes up for it...but not quite. Andre is THAT bad.
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Post by retrojordanwwefigure on May 19, 2014 16:32:33 GMT -5
Why couldn't Andre have sideburns !?!?!?ill probly still buy this but not by I like it more impulse but or a habit buying new stuff
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 16:34:14 GMT -5
Getting everyone..maybe Andre.
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Post by East Coast on May 19, 2014 16:37:37 GMT -5
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman featuring Andre the Giant as Madea. What the damn hell were they thinking? Seriously that is the worst garbage ever. On the contrary, Rowan and Harper are AWESOME!!!! Ditto for Goldust. Sandow would do well with a head swap, but I really would have loved an Elite in the short lived white trunks, blue pads look a la the last Basic. On the fence on that. I couldn't care less about George W. Punk, but I like the hoodie. Maybe I will do a trade or Ebay. But the fact remains, that Andre is both an abomination and an insult. Why release garbage? They could have at least molded the fro to look good (not like a dirty mop head), gave us a blue singlet, and had the trunks and boots blue (even though it would still be sort of inaccurate with the singlet). I don't know what the hell that was all about; especially re-releasing the Legends exclusive that many of us already bought. I can't understand why this isn't getting more hate. This is about as lazy as it gets. With the fro I put this up there with Jakks' Mark Henry in the black diaper. They awesomeness of the Wyatts and Goldust ALMOST makes up for it...but not quite. Andre is THAT bad. in their defense....they HAD to re-release the Matty Legends figure. Its one of the best elites they've ever made, and its his iconic look. You can't put a navy blue singlet Andre on the pegs. You can't put an afro Andre on the pegs. His WM 3 match vs Hogan is one of the most famous matches of all time. Everyone knows that match. Everyone has seen Hogan slam Andre. So when ppl are walking around and they see Andre on the pegs. It needs to be the look that he's most famous for. the afro, ugh..Looks bad. If it hugged his head/face more...it might look alright. But when they made that Andre head 4 years ago.....they probably weren't thinking about an afro wig having to fit onto it;.
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Post by mrsask on May 19, 2014 16:45:24 GMT -5
A positive note about Andre...the afro does look like it comes off (accessory) and the figure looks very close to the Legends one. It is an opportunity for us all to own the Wrestlemania 3 Andre if we missed out last time. I'll be buying it and hoping Mattel will make in the future: - Wrestlemania 1 Andre with blue attire and money bag - 80's Andre with blue trunks, red boots, and legit afro like the Jakks version - later Andre with long sideburns and blue singlet didn't MDT say they made this Andre because their contract with him was expiring? I don't think we'll get any more Andre's for a loooooong time. If this is the case Mattel could have saved themselves a lot of trouble and heartache by using the existing Andre and doing one of the following instead of a rush afro job: - no 5 o'clock shadow and make wrestlemania 1 or 2 Andre. Just different color trunks and boots would be needed! - no 5 o'clock shadow but paint sideburns to make later Andre with a blue singlet! As for Elite accessories, make him come with a chair or something. Who would care, we would be getting a decent Andre! Maybe the reason Mattel did this was so that you could make any Andre if the afro was removable. With a few Andres and paint, you could virtually make every Version of Andre except the blue singlet one. The blue singlet would have been a great accessory with the black one.
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Post by D.B.K. on May 19, 2014 16:51:25 GMT -5
GREAT set. Praying to God that Andre's fro is removable, because it does not look good at all
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 16:52:20 GMT -5
Sandow, punk, goldust, Wyatt's, no Andre- might be worst elite ever- good concept bad afro
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 16:54:16 GMT -5
Andre looks like he has a giant turd on his head......
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Post by Jamie on May 19, 2014 17:07:04 GMT -5
Once again, I want most of the set...
Rowan looks better than I thought and accessories are sweet, great figure.
Harper looks amazing. Love the sweat stain, jacket and lantern. Love the scan, too. Amazing figure!
Punk is great too. Hoodie is awesome, I like the wolverine scan and attire is sick. Im fine with no boot details if it means we get the hoodie! Sweet figure.
Goldust looks great. Wig is neat, shirts are good, attire and scan are neat. Love the Darth Maul head. Fine with the shirts being plastic if they are half shirts. Great figure.
Sandow is good. Love the attire, scan is growing on me, accessories are awesome. The gloved right hand is interesting to me, but still, good figure. Will probably get.
Andre, ehh... Even if the fro is removable, still probably won't get it. I'm more of a current guy collector anyway. I do like the singlet though. If it looks enough like the Matty one underneath and is cheap enough, I might grab it.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 17:12:39 GMT -5
just Rowan & harper for me.......maybe Goldust.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on May 19, 2014 17:20:38 GMT -5
in their defense....they HAD to re-release the Matty Legends figure. Its one of the best elites they've ever made, and its his iconic look. You can't put a navy blue singlet Andre on the pegs. You can't put an afro Andre on the pegs. His WM 3 match vs Hogan is one of the most famous matches of all time. Everyone knows that match. Everyone has seen Hogan slam Andre. So when ppl are walking around and they see Andre on the pegs. It needs to be the look that he's most famous for. the afro, ugh..Looks bad. If it hugged his head/face more...it might look alright. But when they made that Andre head 4 years ago.....they probably weren't thinking about an afro wig having to fit onto it;. I definitely see your point. I'm mostly just sad because I am a big Andre fan and I was expecting more. I was really looking forward to another Andre and now the Matty exclusive is no longer special loose. I just wish they could have found a way to make the fro piece look awesome, like you said, have it hug his face a bit more and come down on the shoulders a bit; plus have it so that it would look good without the singlet too. What we basically have is a complete re-release of one of the best Mattel figures with a VERY crappy accessory that there is no use for. I mean, I know what they were going for, but they failed miserably in execution. Edit: Hell, I would have been happier with the Andre from your sig with the used car salesman jacket and cigar
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Post by East Coast on May 19, 2014 17:21:24 GMT -5
wonder if Goldust will be selling that afro in his classifieds?
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Post by Roman Bellic on May 19, 2014 17:25:22 GMT -5
Andre Afro on Goldust when?
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 17:26:22 GMT -5
Great set IMO.
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