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Post by Bandalero on May 30, 2017 13:22:13 GMT -5
My favourite wrestler as a kid was Surfer Sting, and it took nearly 20 years for me to find my favourite modern wrestler - A.J. Styles. His matches with Joe and Daniels in '05/'06 were phenomenal and I can't believe we've got 2/3rds of that trio in Mattel form. Would it kill Mattel to add some knee pads and his sweat band though? I had to fix him up and thankfully if you heat up those Undertaker(or Vader?) wrist cuffs, you can push it further up AJ's forearm. Hoping we get his WM attire at some point.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 30, 2017 13:33:46 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad...
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 13:38:50 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad... Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mind are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves? |
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Post by Chicago on May 30, 2017 13:40:54 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad... Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mine are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves?  |
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Post by Xæro #FakeCollector on May 30, 2017 13:45:03 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad... Mattel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I for one love the attire. I absolutely despise that face though, so I'm going to have to track down a spare Basic AJ to swap the head since I don't want to take the one from the first Elite. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 14:01:40 GMT -5
Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mine are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves? Well there goes that theory. |
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Post by havoc7179 on May 30, 2017 14:04:17 GMT -5
My favourite wrestler as a kid was Surfer Sting, and it took nearly 20 years for me to find my favourite modern wrestler - A.J. Styles. His matches with Joe and Daniels in '05/'06 were phenomenal and I can't believe we've got 2/3rds of that trio in Mattel form. Would it kill Mattel to add some knee pads and his sweat band though? I had to fix him up and thankfully if you heat up those Undertaker(or Vader?) wrist cuffs, you can push it further up AJ's forearm. Hoping we get his WM attire at some point. Feel like you're talking abkit me. Sting was always my favorite wrestler growing up and even throughout the modern era. It was only when I discovered AJ styles in TNA that I finally had a favorite of the modern era. Top 2 wrestlers in my world revolve around staying and AJ styles |
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on May 30, 2017 14:13:36 GMT -5
Well there goes that theory. Don't really count that. Doesn't even have sides. Just slips over his head. Closest would probably be the E20 Christian shirt. |
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on May 30, 2017 14:32:23 GMT -5
On topic, still not a fan of the sculpt but your fix up looks good.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 30, 2017 14:33:46 GMT -5
The jackets get molded because they have detail that cloth would miss. AJs jacket has a reptile skin texture, finns jacket has the ribbed sleeves and embossed logo, jerichos has the studs/lights. I understand that, what I dont get is how there has t been a mold since Bret Hart/slaughtet/koslov that they could use for open elbow pads...
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on May 30, 2017 14:52:12 GMT -5
Undertaker in his classic 18-0 tanktop.
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Post by Matt Tell on May 30, 2017 16:19:56 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad... Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mind are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves? Elite 6 Matt Hardy shirt. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 16:23:38 GMT -5
Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mind are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves? Elite 6 Matt Hardy shirt. Elite 1 & Elite 5 Rey Mysterio too, but those types of shirts like on X-Pac & Scott Hall are plastic now. So they can do it, the question is now why don't they? I would guess for AJ's vest it probably has to do with the detailing on the jacket itself to get the texture and patterns to show and be visually accurate. |
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Post by BadGirlRyleigh on May 30, 2017 17:14:04 GMT -5
Im still baffled that they molded that new jacket with new removable pieces, but didnt give him an open elbow pad... Do you know if they've ever released a sleeveless top as a cloth accessory? All the sleeveless shirts that come to mind are those big bulky bulletproof plastic pieces. I would assume if it had sleeves it would be like E29 Punk's hoodie and be cloth? Is there something that prevents cloth from not having sleeves? E11 Christian & E3 Miz had sleeveless shirts and the early HBK/Rey elites had awful sideless ones |
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Post by RV F'N D on May 30, 2017 18:48:09 GMT -5
Bob Orton's vest? And the DM HBK vest too.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on May 30, 2017 18:58:08 GMT -5
I actually like the headscan, I just hate the body and wish they'd use the sin cara torso and thicker legs. Unfortunately, I'll be passing till they give us a better attire or a new mold.
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Post by PJ on May 30, 2017 19:04:45 GMT -5
Nice. Now that I found the Warlord and Corbin at TRU this morning that Styles along with Hall and the Berzerker are the next Elites on my list of wants. I really like this new Styles head much more than the first one. And your fix-up makes the figure look that much better.
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Post by FWE on May 31, 2017 4:12:49 GMT -5
a better question would be why they paint hands black instead of using the goldust glove mold?
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Post by Bandalero on May 31, 2017 5:32:10 GMT -5
a better question would be why they paint hands black instead of using the goldust glove mold? Agreed, or an Evan Bourne crotch for the molded belt. Let's face it MDT has really crapped out on AJ figures. |
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Post by FWE on May 31, 2017 6:40:27 GMT -5
a better question would be why they paint hands black instead of using the goldust glove mold? Agreed, or an Evan Bourne crotch for the molded belt. Let's face it MDT has really crapped out on AJ figures. it is forbidden to say anything bad on the aj styles figures because he is an internet darling and many people take offense to that and get hurt because they translate it as you are saying something bad about the wrestler himself even though its wrong but they dont care because thou shall not say anything bad about aj styles ever because he is a saint. no matter how many times ive said it has nothing to do with my opinion on the wrestler (which i love), every time i mentioned a flaw about this figure i got tons of heat for it. i have made a youtube recently pointing out the goods and the bads about the e51 aj styles, and it got many dislikes compared to the likes, so i assume thats another proof to that theory |
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