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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 27, 2017 2:45:46 GMT -5
I never even thought of the size difference I was so little but never thought to cross them over. I considered the LJNs my older sister's generation of figures and the Hasbros mine, plus Hasbro was really big around that whole new generation of guys like Razor and HBK, at least for me.
I was never bothered about the change of figure style until Jakks started doing it too often towards the middle-end of their WWE run, I guess I just always felt like LJN, Hasbro and BCA had a good run and were in separate eras of wrestling that didn't really have a lot of crossover figures.
One transition I think a lot of us Other Brand Collectors appreciated I think was WCW Toybiz to TNA, you'd have Kevin Nash, Sting, DDP, Disco and so many other popping up in TNA and you were like oh look, I already have a figure that fits in perfectly...not enough credit goes that way for the greatest transition in wrestling toy history.
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Kasper.ca
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Post by Kasper.ca on May 22, 2017 22:32:28 GMT -5
Grew up as a huge mark in the LJN era and never really got into the Hasbro for probably 2 reasons.
1) I was a teenager and not really playing with toys anymore
2) You couldn't play with them like LJN. Those big rubber beauties were banged, thrown and knocked around all sorts of ways. I didn't want Hasbros because I thought they would break
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on May 23, 2017 13:46:38 GMT -5
Grew up as a huge mark in the LJN era and never really got into the Hasbro for probably 2 reasons. 1) I was a teenager and not really playing with toys anymore 2) You couldn't play with them like LJN. Those big rubber beauties were banged, thrown and knocked around all sorts of ways. I didn't want Hasbros because I thought they would break It's funny because when you look at the condition most loose LJNs vs. Loose Hasbros are in...Hasbros usually held up better.
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Post by ozz on May 23, 2017 14:03:35 GMT -5
Kids used to absolutely TRASH those LJNs, though. I can recall my cousin smashing Bundy's head into the turnbuckle and breaking the ring post right off
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Post by bosshoggatron on May 23, 2017 14:07:01 GMT -5
Kids used to absolutely TRASH those LJNs, though. I can recall my cousin smashing Bundy's head into the turnbuckle and breaking the ring post right off Man Bundy was a legit weapon!
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Post by Boon on May 31, 2017 8:17:46 GMT -5
pro and cons for both
LJN.
pros: nice huge size, many are a great likeness, collection includes refs, managers and Vinnie Mac.
cons: solid rubber so hard to play with, they can get sticky and stained and mouldy and not easy to resolve any of those issues and they don't stand up well if displaying
Hasbros.
Pros. Massive collection, nice small size, stand up well, lots of different actions, were great to play with as a kid, solid plastic, easy to clean, made to last.
Cons: can become sun faded and damaged from bad storage, which basically ruined the figure (if all the white turns yellow) actions are weak on some and lower arms can break.
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Post by VinMan on Jun 3, 2017 0:20:17 GMT -5
I started with the LJN's when they first came out. I was sad when they discontinued the line. It was certainly an adjustment going from really big rubber figures to small plastic ones with moving parts, but honestly once I saw the Hasbro's in store for the first time I got hooked on those as well. Still collecting to this day having bought Bendems, Jakks, and Mattel's as well. I have since parted with the Bendems and most of the Jakks figures except for the Classic Superstars and kind of doing the same with Mattel now. Trying to get rid of bunch of the modern guys and focusing mostly on Flashbacks.
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