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Post by LtD73 on Sept 8, 2014 7:06:18 GMT -5
I've been wondering this for a while now.
Why has there been no Bret Hart or Steve Austin figures in the main Elite line?
I'm aware that they've had elite style figures in their exclusives, legends etc but never in the main line, I'd always assumed that they would be hot sellers. I'm just hoping the same doesn't happen with Hogan, Flair, Sting and Razor.
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Post by Vamp55 on Sept 8, 2014 7:35:52 GMT -5
Bret was released as part of the wrestlemania set with HBK. Which is at mass retail (mostly Kmarts that are closing down in MIchigan - credit to chip for that one)
But I do agree with u, I believe we should be seeing Austin and hart in the main line.
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Post by Evil Abed on Sept 8, 2014 7:41:22 GMT -5
Is there really a need for either of them? I mean besides Jean shorts Austin how many other ways can they produce these two?
By the time the legends line was done, there really wasnt a need for a flashback elite Austin. As far as Bret goes, the guy didnt have too many drastically different attires.
I don't think it has anything to do with Mattel not thinking they would sell.
Personally I would rather see new guys like X-Pac or drastic attire changes on past figures like FB Jerichos or ABA Takers before we get another Bret or Austin.
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Post by ARUN on Sept 8, 2014 8:07:51 GMT -5
Is there really a need for either of them? I mean besides Jean shorts Austin how many other ways can they produce these two? By the time the legends line was done, there really wasnt a need for a flashback elite Austin. As far as Bret goes, the guy didnt have too many drastically different attires. I don't think it has anything to do with Mattel not thinking they would sell. Personally I would rather see new guys like X-Pac or drastic attire changes on past figures like FB Jerichos or ABA Takers before we get another Bret or Austin. Agreed! |
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Post by jcjdotcom on Sept 8, 2014 8:12:52 GMT -5
That exclusive Bret Hart was overproduced and is still warming pegs in droves around here. I'd like to see a Jim Neidhart and another Austin Elite in jeans (not jorts) because he would be a great base for customs.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 8:19:58 GMT -5
If Jakks were in charge we would have 6 of each in the elite line by now , probably some in the same outfit... Why? Cuz it would sell
As a collector , I don't want anymore Austin's or Bret's unless it's a hart foundation late 80s Bret
And I hope mdt remakes Hbk in his wm12 attire as an elite... The eg was made 5 years ago and new collectors might not even know of it
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Post by RV F'N D on Sept 8, 2014 9:00:16 GMT -5
I still want a pink top/black bottom Hitman at some point. Anvil is crucial too. Everybody wants that jean shorts Austin but I'd rather see the Magnum from that series released. Between L1, All stars, DM and the RSE I feel like Austins WWF run has been covered pretty well, but I'd love a Stunning Steve.
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Post by poindizzle on Sept 8, 2014 9:20:58 GMT -5
I want to get that ringside exclusive scan on a figure. I passed on it, it's expensive as all hell, and I wouldn't buy it loose on the cheap because that would mean that the belts are missing and I don't buy incomplete figures.
I think the jean shorts look would be a good idea for a flashback spot that wouldn't eat much budget if we had a lineup with another figure needing a lot of deco.
Anvil needs a figure pretty darn bad, and a matching attired Bret would go great in a display.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 9:30:22 GMT -5
I'd like to see a jean shorts Austin and a 2003 GM Austin. If Mattel only ever made one more Hart, I'd want it to be this one:   |
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Sept 8, 2014 9:52:22 GMT -5
I would love to see a Survivor Series 96 Bret Hart and a jean shorts Stone Cold in the elite line.
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Post by qdogg on Sept 8, 2014 10:11:03 GMT -5
They just slid Bret's figure into the Mania Elite set. I expect Austin to get one in the main line one day. Hopefully its his L7 one. If they do Bret i would like to see Neidhart too as Hart Foundation in the same wave.
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Post by Yambag Jones on Sept 8, 2014 10:59:46 GMT -5
I would guess they might make the long awaited jean shorts Austin, but I don't think Mattel needs to make another Bret for the foreseeable future.
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Post by Nivro™ on Sept 8, 2014 11:03:36 GMT -5
Outside of an Elite Tag Team version of Bret (along with Anvil)...I really see no need for any more Bret or Austins for awhile. Id much rather have NEW characters
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 8, 2014 11:03:59 GMT -5
I am sure a Bret Hart elite figure will show up in the regular line eventually.
With guys like Bret Hart, Randy Savage, and Shawn Michaels, Mattel has so many versions they could use for a figure. So they could put one of those guys out every so often in the Elite line when they seem fit to do so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2014 11:04:09 GMT -5
Jorts Austin PLEASE!!!!!!
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Post by Rattlehead on Sept 8, 2014 11:16:37 GMT -5
I'd like to see a jean shorts Austin and a 2003 GM Austin. If Mattel only ever made one more Hart, I'd want it to be this one: This is nicely done ! Didn't think that jakks head would look great on a Mattel body . I actually wondered the same, The Rock has all kinds of exclusives and legends line but we haven't really seen Stone Cold. Would like to see him in shorts. |
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 8, 2014 11:19:43 GMT -5
I'd like to see a jean shorts Austin and a 2003 GM Austin. If Mattel only ever made one more Hart, I'd want it to be this one: Oh  me...is that yours??? |
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Post by kal on Sept 8, 2014 11:35:04 GMT -5
I can understand why some people may not want them, but the thing is, not everyone came into the line at the beginning. Personally, I only just started collecting last year, and I'd kill for an elite Austin. All of the ones I find on eBay are too expensive, for my tastes. I hope to see a regular and a jorts Austin, at some point.
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Post by PJ on Sept 8, 2014 12:40:08 GMT -5
depends on the new characters. If it is XPac and Doink I would much rather have Bret and Austin repaints.
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Post by punksnotdead on Sept 8, 2014 12:58:08 GMT -5
I would definitely buy Austin in his jean shorts, and I really don't understand why we haven't seen it yet. I'm starting to wish I would have just pulled the trigger when they were out there in the universe. Outside of various t-shirts, I think that's the one main look we are missing from the 97-03 era.
I do think it would be cool to see an 80s Hart Foundation set with Bret and Anvil and then an early 90s Hollywood Blonds set. Those are two things I would definitely buy. At this point though I would be absolutely shocked if we get Anvil in anything other than his 97 look, at least upon first time in the line release. I do think we should get both tag teams though, in Basic form at the least.
Bret and Austin just aren't like guys like HBK and Macho. There aren't so many attires that Mattel can just do one right after the other. So understand if they take longer from that regard. We have gotten a decent amount of Austin figures to this point imo, at least overall.
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