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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 30, 2015 5:58:58 GMT -5
love these comparison threads!
any chance of getting a Jakks Classic Superstars vs Mattel thread?
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 30, 2015 6:07:38 GMT -5
thats awesome now i kinda wanna hunt down LJN series 1 and Mattel absolutely should make a Flashback BJS...give him a robe or a duffel bag with play money...anything and we need another Snuka...in proper attire If STUDD isn't a candidate for a DM figure then I dunno WHO is... WM 1? Andre vs Studd, body slam challenge. Red Robe and bag full of money. He'd prob need some new parts so I think he'd fit there (or just make him a flashback...althoughhe did win the first PPV'd Royal Rumble - they had big plans whihc he p*ssied out on again - so he can have a double dm bio)... If Ricky Steamboat in his ridiculous dragon outfit can get a dm figure then BJS should have one. I also like to think we should watch out for the other products wwe puts out as signs of who's on the nice list and not the notty one. We all sparked up again over the OMG proto that was brought back up and wwe just released the GIANTS dvd/blu ray (which was pretty good. Gotta love the old REAL legends). Anyways, OMG was in it and BJS gotta nice little section too (even if Vince does think he's the biggest p*ssy ever lol)... Wwe has a way of altering history to the way Vince wants it so it's nice when people aren't over looked due to pettiness... Hey even an Ernie Ladd could one day find it's way - he's always held in high regards. YES, BJS is a MUST HAVE figure! I prefer a DM of his BEST win ever: Royal Rumble 1989 (Blonder hair, Red/White Robe, all Red Stars on tights), they could maybe add an accessory bag of the money/$10,000 for fun as well. as far as Vince, Too bad Studd isnt around to give his version of the story. according to Dave Metzler (wrestling observer newsletter) it was over money that Studd left. he was unhappy getting $3500 a week being a Main Event guy on house shows. he and Vince got into it, and Studd took off. Vince didnt like it. Hence his Studd was a p***Y and afraid of Andre story.
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Post by 80sbaby on Jan 30, 2015 9:40:04 GMT -5
If STUDD isn't a candidate for a DM figure then I dunno WHO is... WM 1? Andre vs Studd, body slam challenge. Red Robe and bag full of money. He'd prob need some new parts so I think he'd fit there (or just make him a flashback...althoughhe did win the first PPV'd Royal Rumble - they had big plans whihc he p*ssied out on again - so he can have a double dm bio)... If Ricky Steamboat in his ridiculous dragon outfit can get a dm figure then BJS should have one. I also like to think we should watch out for the other products wwe puts out as signs of who's on the nice list and not the notty one. We all sparked up again over the OMG proto that was brought back up and wwe just released the GIANTS dvd/blu ray (which was pretty good. Gotta love the old REAL legends). Anyways, OMG was in it and BJS gotta nice little section too (even if Vince does think he's the biggest p*ssy ever lol)... Wwe has a way of altering history to the way Vince wants it so it's nice when people aren't over looked due to pettiness... Hey even an Ernie Ladd could one day find it's way - he's always held in high regards. YES, BJS is a MUST HAVE figure! I prefer a DM of his BEST win ever: Royal Rumble 1989 (Blonder hair, Red/White Robe, all Red Stars on tights), they could maybe add an accessory bag of the money/$10,000 for fun as well. as far as Vince, Too bad Studd isnt around to give his version of the story. according to Dave Metzler (wrestling observer newsletter) it was over money that Studd left. he was unhappy getting $3500 a week being a Main Event guy on house shows. he and Vince got into it, and Studd took off. Vince didnt like it. Hence his Studd was a p***Y and afraid of Andre story. In andre's book for example VINCE is quoted as saying Studd was always afraid of Andre. Cuz Andre didn't like Studd cuz of(for example) his trying to be bigger than Andre (even so far as taking all that growth hormone stuff to make himself bigger) and would always have his way with Studd in the ring and rough house him lol Vince says Studd came to him one night - after the boys had passed a false rumor that Andre was PISSED at him cuz they were asses like that lol - everyone knew Andre 'beat him up' in the ring and didn't like him (plus at this stage, this was angry andre not friendly andre anymore) and Studd was so afraid "he's gonna hurt me, he's gonna hurt me" he just walked out. "And that was the last I saw of him. I could never understand how a guy that big could be such a p*ssy." Those are Vince's quotes. Could be over money though maybe Vince was making this up for the book cuz he was still pissed - who knows for sure.
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Post by Cyan on Jan 30, 2015 10:08:28 GMT -5
love these comparison threads! any chance of getting a Jakks Classic Superstars vs Mattel thread? I've thought about it, but I never collected Jakks. During that time I started a family and took a break from collecting figures before coming back with Mattel.
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 30, 2015 21:55:18 GMT -5
YES, BJS is a MUST HAVE figure! I prefer a DM of his BEST win ever: Royal Rumble 1989 (Blonder hair, Red/White Robe, all Red Stars on tights), they could maybe add an accessory bag of the money/$10,000 for fun as well. as far as Vince, Too bad Studd isnt around to give his version of the story. according to Dave Metzler (wrestling observer newsletter) it was over money that Studd left. he was unhappy getting $3500 a week being a Main Event guy on house shows. he and Vince got into it, and Studd took off. Vince didnt like it. Hence his Studd was a p***Y and afraid of Andre story. In andre's book for example VINCE is quoted as saying Studd was always afraid of Andre. Cuz Andre didn't like Studd cuz of(for example) his trying to be bigger than Andre (even so far as taking all that growth hormone stuff to make himself bigger) and would always have his way with Studd in the ring and rough house him lol Vince says Studd came to him one night - after the boys had passed a false rumor that Andre was PISSED at him cuz they were asses like that lol - everyone knew Andre 'beat him up' in the ring and didn't like him (plus at this stage, this was angry andre not friendly andre anymore) and Studd was so afraid "he's gonna hurt me, he's gonna hurt me" he just walked out. "And that was the last I saw of him. I could never understand how a guy that big could be such a p*ssy." Those are Vince's quotes. Could be over money though maybe Vince was making this up for the book cuz he was still pissed - who knows for sure. yeah, its a he said. she said situation. but I've gotten Wrestling Observer Newsletter from 1991 to 2006 and in all those years Metzler pretty spot on about everything. whether it being US or Japan pro wrestling or mma. and I've seen what Vince does to other wrestlers careers when not happy with them. he seems like he'd be petty enuf to make something up about Studd like that. like U said, we'll never know for sure. hers a pic of the Studd I want to see in a figure.
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Post by 80sbaby on Jan 31, 2015 0:12:04 GMT -5
In andre's book for example VINCE is quoted as saying Studd was always afraid of Andre. Cuz Andre didn't like Studd cuz of(for example) his trying to be bigger than Andre (even so far as taking all that growth hormone stuff to make himself bigger) and would always have his way with Studd in the ring and rough house him lol Vince says Studd came to him one night - after the boys had passed a false rumor that Andre was PISSED at him cuz they were asses like that lol - everyone knew Andre 'beat him up' in the ring and didn't like him (plus at this stage, this was angry andre not friendly andre anymore) and Studd was so afraid "he's gonna hurt me, he's gonna hurt me" he just walked out. "And that was the last I saw of him. I could never understand how a guy that big could be such a p*ssy." Those are Vince's quotes. Could be over money though maybe Vince was making this up for the book cuz he was still pissed - who knows for sure. yeah, its a he said. she said situation. but I've gotten Wrestling Observer Newsletter from 1991 to 2006 and in all those years Metzler pretty spot on about everything. whether it being US or Japan pro wrestling or mma. and I've seen what Vince does to other wrestlers careers when not happy with them. he seems like he'd be petty enuf to make something up about Studd like that. like U said, we'll never know for sure. hers a pic of the Studd I want to see in a figure. ah yes, that's the return robe. I'd take that one too...either way. The original red robe is nice too and his tights never changed. I still don;t know what Vince was thinking having him win the rumble that year...at least if he'd eliminated Andre in the final 4 or something - it was just odd to me.
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Post by boz1515 on Aug 27, 2015 20:39:53 GMT -5
Awesome pics man. Glad I got to see this thread.
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Post by TheChosen1 on Aug 27, 2015 22:45:16 GMT -5
Great Stuff
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Post by Greensborohill on Mar 6, 2016 15:32:28 GMT -5
I'm not an idiot to think they'll get everyone in the LJN line made. But we should get Valentine, Beefcake, Race, Koko, Neidhart, & Dynamite.
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Post by Cyan on Mar 6, 2016 15:40:40 GMT -5
I'm not an idiot to think they'll get everyone in the LJN line made. But we should get Valentine, Beefcake, Race, Koko, Neidhart, & Dynamite. I would love all of those. From one of the rumored releases in another thread, we could be getting Koko.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Mar 6, 2016 18:58:55 GMT -5
OP you gotta update this with Big John Studd!! Love the pics.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 19:04:42 GMT -5
We need more threads like this.
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Post by Cyan on Mar 7, 2016 16:49:07 GMT -5
Updated the thread with some new releases.
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Post by SporeSpam on Mar 7, 2016 17:11:07 GMT -5
Yet people still complain about the most trivial of things. LOOK HOW FAR WE COME.
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Post by ARUN on Mar 7, 2016 17:15:59 GMT -5
Amazing how wwe figures have evolved. Now we need Mattel to make the Dynamote kid!!!
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Post by Cyan on Jun 13, 2018 16:13:50 GMT -5
Updated 6/13/18. Enjoy!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 16:14:51 GMT -5
Great thread! Thanks for the comparisons
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Post by MKSavage on Jun 13, 2018 16:28:09 GMT -5
yeah, its a he said. she said situation. but I've gotten Wrestling Observer Newsletter from 1991 to 2006 and in all those years Metzler pretty spot on about everything. whether it being US or Japan pro wrestling or mma. and I've seen what Vince does to other wrestlers careers when not happy with them. he seems like he'd be petty enuf to make something up about Studd like that. like U said, we'll never know for sure. hers a pic of the Studd I want to see in a figure. ah yes, that's the return robe. I'd take that one too...either way. The original red robe is nice too and his tights never changed. I still don;t know what Vince was thinking having him win the rumble that year...at least if he'd eliminated Andre in the final 4 or something - it was just odd to me. Can't remember where I heard it, maybe the bruce prichard podcast, but they wanted him to win the rumble to give him a push. He was returning after a few years absence and they wanted him to have a big showcase win before he started his feud with Andre after WM5. I remember hearing that they started the feud but apparently Vince was not happy with the matches and he and Studd got into an argument and Studd quit. I believe Hillbilly Jim took over for Studd and wrestled Andre at house shows for a month or so, eventually they put Hacksaw in matches with Andre.
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Post by Bandalero on Jun 13, 2018 22:34:05 GMT -5
absolutely great project - really appreciate the work/time that went into doing these comparison pics. There's definitely a few more LJN's I'd love Mattel to tackle (like Haku!). You really see how wrestling figures have evolved over 35+ years!
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Post by Cyan on Jun 13, 2018 23:40:45 GMT -5
absolutely great project - really appreciate the work/time that went into doing these comparison pics. There's definitely a few more LJN's I'd love Mattel to tackle (like Haku!). You really see how wrestling figures have evolved over 35+ years! Thanks! They've definitely evolved and it's still great to see how timeless those LJN figures were. Besides Hogan, Andre, and SD Jones, you only got one version of a figure. So every new release was exciting because it meant a new character.
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