Cyan
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Post by Cyan on Feb 7, 2017 19:42:52 GMT -5
Does anyone know what the individual name of these figures are or what series they came from? I believe these were released in the late 80's or early 90's. There was about six to eight fictional characters from a made up wrestling federation and they were all made of rubber but weren't bendable like the WWF Bend-Ems. I have a vague memory of seeing these in stores but never buying them. If I remember right, they were all a type of current wrestler from that time period. An Iron Sheik type character, Abdulla The Butcher character, etc . . . Thanks in advance for anyone who can point me in the right direction!   |
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 7, 2017 19:52:19 GMT -5
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Post by Cyan on Feb 7, 2017 19:58:16 GMT -5
Thank you! You just made a vague memory come to life. Is that your collection? Were there eight characters made in total?
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 7, 2017 21:10:26 GMT -5
Thank you! You just made a vague memory come to life. Is that your collection? Were there eight characters made in total? Yes, these are photos from my collection and there were 8 in the set. |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Feb 8, 2017 3:43:29 GMT -5
The IWA Star Studded Wrestling bendies set was made in 1985 by Diamond Toymakers (also made the Schwarzenegger Commando figs). Killer Klondike (the blonde guy) had a variant without red lips. There's also a ring (10" x 10"), my loose ones:  left to right: Major Disaster, Russian Wolf, Bulgarian Blimp, Kamikaze, King Kongo and Killer Klondike. |
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 8, 2017 10:02:11 GMT -5
I should have added the names to the others in my photos. In the last photo. they are:
The Kamikaze, Suicide Sheik, Russian Wolf and King Kongo.
Ruby is right about the variant, but I was going by the number of characters, so there would be 9 to collect.
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Post by Cyan on Feb 8, 2017 11:25:04 GMT -5
The IWA Star Studded Wrestling bendies set was made in 1985 by Diamond Toymakers (also made the Schwarzenegger Commando figs). Killer Klondike (the blonde guy) had a variant without red lips. There's also a ring (10" x 10"), my loose ones: left to right: Major Disaster, Russian Wolf, Bulgarian Blimp, Kamikaze, King Kongo and Killer Klondike. Thanks for the info! I never knew they made a ring. These guys are great. I love the idea of a fictional wrestling promotion with the over the top 80's gimmicks, complete with wrestler bios telling you about them and who they tag with. I'd love to see this return but I doubt it would sell well. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 12:24:37 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure "The Bulgarian Blimp" figure is based on a mold of the "Fist Of North Star" character "Heart":  Interesting to note, Heart was actually based on Abdullah The Butcher. I wouldn't be surprised if other figures from this line were based on the North Star anime as well. |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 3, 2017 13:16:05 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure "The Bulgarian Blimp" figure is based on a mold of the "Fist Of North Star" character "Heart": Interesting to note, Heart was actually based on Abdullah The Butcher. I wouldn't be surprised if other figures from this line were based on the North Star anime as well. While Bulgarian Blimp might be inspired by Abdullah the Butcher or Heart, I doubt he's based on a mold; these bendies are from 1985, I don't think there were any Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) figures at that time. They're probably just based on popular '80s wrestling gimmicks; every fed had a military character, a sheik, a communist, a savage and an american patriot. Throw in a lunatic, a sumo and some (post-apocalyptic) warrior and whammo that's a nice generic wrestling set. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 17:56:33 GMT -5
With a little bit of snooping around on Yahoo auctions, I came across some Fist of North Star keshi erasers that might be the original molds used for these figures which dates back to the Anime's creation in 1983:  The only thing missing really is Heart's shoulder spikes. I believe the Beret wearing commandos in the back look nearly identical to Major Disaster and the bearded fellow on the right may be linked to Killer Klondike. I may be wrong, but I believe these Keshi were also made by Bandai. |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 4, 2017 11:08:41 GMT -5
With a little bit of snooping around on Yahoo auctions, I came across some Fist of North Star keshi erasers that might be the original molds used for these figures which dates back to the Anime's creation in 1983: The only thing missing really is Heart's shoulder spikes. I believe the Beret wearing commandos in the back look nearly identical to Major Disaster and the bearded fellow on the right may be linked to Killer Klondike. I may be wrong, but I believe these Keshi were also made by Bandai. Hmm, you might be on to something there! |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 4, 2017 11:11:39 GMT -5
Found bagged pictures of these erasers; they're by Popy.
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