wwetna2008
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Post by wwetna2008 on Mar 28, 2018 18:12:40 GMT -5
Anyone know if he has been scanned again? His figures make him look 15years younger the man has clearly aged why aren't we getting an accurate scan.
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Post by One Punch Reigns on Mar 28, 2018 20:14:16 GMT -5
I think his current figures just reuse older scans (His WM32 Heritage was basically ABA Taker with no decals and his latest Basics I've seen use the 2004 head)
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Post by marino13 on Mar 28, 2018 20:19:21 GMT -5
Maybe WWE and/or Taker doesn't want his figures to look old. Back in the day, there were rumors that Hogan refused to let Jakks make his figures bald. So it'd be along those same lines.
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goalie33
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Post by goalie33 on Mar 29, 2018 3:29:08 GMT -5
Anyone know if he has been scanned again? His figures make him look 15years younger the man has clearly aged why aren't we getting an accurate scan. The same reason WM24 Flair is ripped; they're idealized toys, not photorealistic maquettes. |
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Sting
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Post by Sting on Mar 29, 2018 3:40:05 GMT -5
Anyone know if he has been scanned again? His figures make him look 15years younger the man has clearly aged why aren't we getting an accurate scan. The same reason WM24 Flair is ripped; they're idealized toys, not photorealistic maquettes. Can you imagine Mattel making Flair's body legit like it has looked the last 10-20 years! |
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dadeadman
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Post by dadeadman on Mar 29, 2018 9:02:17 GMT -5
The same reason WM24 Flair is ripped; they're idealized toys, not photorealistic maquettes. Can you imagine Mattel making Flair's body legit like it has looked the last 10-20 years! That would frighten away the little children looking to buy a figure. |
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mrbiggs
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Post by mrbiggs on Mar 29, 2018 9:08:38 GMT -5
Can you imagine Mattel making Flair's body legit like it has looked the last 10-20 years! That would frighten away the little children looking to buy a figure. I dunno... a flying squirrel figure might appeal to the kiddies! |
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Post by Triple S on Mar 29, 2018 9:21:16 GMT -5
I think that the 2004 Era scan works great. It’s what I use on my Taker.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Mar 29, 2018 11:31:23 GMT -5
Depending on what he looks like this year, his next figure may have longer hair, so maybe they'll do a new head for his next figure....or they'll just say f*ck it and continue to use the WM Heritage figure. Who knows with Mattel, really.
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darkestknight
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Post by darkestknight on Mar 29, 2018 11:34:05 GMT -5
I think that the 2004 Era scan works great. It’s what I use on my Taker. Same here. His head is on the WM32 Elite body. Almost exactly what he looked like last year. There's also that one basic scan with the wild eyes that looks kinda how he did during his 2015 run. |
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Post by BSR on Mar 29, 2018 12:20:13 GMT -5
Maybe WWE and/or Taker doesn't want his figures to look old. Back in the day, there were rumors that Hogan refused to let Jakks make his figures bald. So it'd be along those same lines. Lol really. Hogan's been bald since he was a kid. |
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TheBadGuyChico
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Post by TheBadGuyChico on Mar 29, 2018 12:30:03 GMT -5
Anyone know if he has been scanned again? His figures make him look 15years younger the man has clearly aged why aren't we getting an accurate scan. The same reason WM24 Flair is ripped; they're idealized toys, not photorealistic maquettes. That is one excuse. Ric Flair being ripped is just laziness. |
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Post by marino13 on Mar 29, 2018 15:47:15 GMT -5
Maybe WWE and/or Taker doesn't want his figures to look old. Back in the day, there were rumors that Hogan refused to let Jakks make his figures bald. So it'd be along those same lines. Lol really. Hogan's been bald since he was a kid. Maybe he's no selling his bald spot? |
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Post by King Richius on Mar 29, 2018 16:01:33 GMT -5
Maybe WWE and/or Taker doesn't want his figures to look old. Back in the day, there were rumors that Hogan refused to let Jakks make his figures bald. So it'd be along those same lines. Personally, I don't have a problem with this. To be honest, I don't really want a figure of a pudgy around the middle, wrinkled Taker or balding, saggy man boobs Ric Flair or grandma flapping in the wind arms Sting. I prefer the idealized version to a realistic version. Maybe it's because I'd prefer people to picture me in my thirties before the hair loss and stomach expansion so I get wrestlers (or someone in marketing) wanting their figures to be the best possible representation of them. To me, leaving out a few wrinkles, grey hairs, or giving them a bit more muscle definition than they actually had isn't the same as blatantly using wrong parts like turning Ziggler into a super jacked muscle man or giving current Triple H more cut abs than Finn Balor. |
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