HBKs young/old scan?

I usually speak very high of mattel and defend them when i can, but that head kind of ruins the wm12 figure for me.

I love the attire and the rest of the figure, but that head reminds me too much of his later career.
After wm in 03, he turned to crap.


The sculpt is great though.

I was afraid of the "L" word being used haha
If I'm not mistaken this scan was introduced as a flashback 1st (EG)
did anyone think it still looked like older Michaels then?

well that head they tried to use for mid 90s HBK (basic Royal Rumble and Network Spotlight) was horrible....

Current. Never been a fan of that scan either.

0.o That's certainly an opinion I can't sway I've seen too often (nor one that I agree with, no offense).

Anyway, wasn't that the same head that was used on the entrance greats figure way back when? If anything, wouldn't using it for the DX figure (and the TRU ref figure from a few years ago) be the actual lazy move?

Yeah. I prefer we lay off the L word... for everyone's sake.

But to answer your question, yes. I bought two E19 HBK's so I could put that head on my EG HBK. Now I'll just transfer that same head and the knee pads onto this figure.

I say more current. I wish they would just stick with E19/LL scan for any throwback HBK, my opinion.

just need new hair for the WM 14 head

For me it just looks like an old Michaels to be honest, I believe it was used on the two pack with Jericho which is how I best remember it. However, I scrapped that horrible banana ponytail off and put the e19 hair and it looks pretty good. Mattel really needs to make some new scans for Michaels they just can't keep reusing this one and the the one with the cheetoh stains.