Boon
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Post by Boon on Apr 30, 2018 13:42:05 GMT -5
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undertaker131
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Post by undertaker131 on Apr 30, 2018 14:03:39 GMT -5
i saw that a few years ago and messaged back and forth with the owner i may have the emails still about the backstory if he mentioned one.
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Boon
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Post by Boon on Apr 30, 2018 14:37:01 GMT -5
i saw that a few years ago and messaged back and forth with the owner i may have the emails still about the backstory if he mentioned one. Ah ok, I only saw it around an hour ago, as I was googling AWA full set info.
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Apr 30, 2018 15:49:49 GMT -5
Looks like a custom to me... Buddy Roberts head on Gagne's Raiders body with painted kneepads & boots and customized Raschke's robe.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Apr 30, 2018 16:02:04 GMT -5
I've never heard of this one before. I think I'm going to have to call B.S. on this.
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morenomark
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Post by morenomark on Apr 30, 2018 16:19:59 GMT -5
Ruby Fusion is a man of great wisdom. And he's faster than me to reply. Freebird Buddy Roberts head: Baron Von Raschke robe: Repainted Freebirds legs: Seller: Body is from Gagne's Raiders figures, but I'm not taking their fatigues off after all of these years. Dust is courtesy of the California desert. This guy has been trying to sell this fake AWA Remco Dusty Rhodes for years now. Remco heads and legs are interchangeable, so make sure you check out reference shots before you buy them from scumbags like this. Man, I hate Photobucket.
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undertaker131
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Post by undertaker131 on Apr 30, 2018 17:45:58 GMT -5
i saw that a few years ago and messaged back and forth with the owner i may have the emails still about the backstory if he mentioned one. Ah ok, I only saw it around an hour ago, as I was googling AWA full set info. from what i remeber when i asked for more details he said he would pass it down the family, i assumed it was a fake at the time.
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Boon
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Post by Boon on Apr 30, 2018 20:01:22 GMT -5
Ah ok, I only saw it around an hour ago, as I was googling AWA full set info. from what i remeber when i asked for more details he said he would pass it down the family, i assumed it was a fake at the time. well you're probably right.
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FUSamBaker
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Post by FUSamBaker on Apr 30, 2018 20:19:03 GMT -5
Man those boots and that jacket are pretty roughly painted lol. At least put a little unf into it. Plus that is the fittest Dusty has ever been!
On a side note, who else wishes this were legit? Things were a lot more undocumented back then. I am sure there are figure protos we have yet to see and may never see. So a new discovery of some 80s wrestling figures would be great! Especially AWA since they weren’t as high profiles as the LJN Superstars series. One can only hope that we may one day see a Missing Link figure from Remco
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Post by ozz on Apr 30, 2018 22:08:13 GMT -5
It could almost be believable if not for the design on the robe. I suppose "it could have been" a hand-painted piece to later be designed properly, but what are the odds of that...
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 8:12:53 GMT -5
$12,000 is a steal!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 9:23:01 GMT -5
My mind is officially blown on this one. Not only is it a custom, it's a very, very poor custom at that.
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Boon
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Post by Boon on May 1, 2018 12:48:21 GMT -5
My mind is officially blown on this one. Not only is it a custom, it's a very, very poor custom at that. lol, where's your Mat mania video??
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FUSamBaker
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Post by FUSamBaker on May 2, 2018 21:01:18 GMT -5
It was supposed to be packed with Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne? That’s a strange combo. Wonder how that would have looked it it had been real....hopefully better than this 😂
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Post by Ruby Fusion on May 3, 2018 3:20:21 GMT -5
It was supposed to be packed with Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne? That’s a strange combo. Wonder how that would have looked it it had been real....hopefully better than this 😂 No it says the lot (of 24 figs) was to go to Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne. It's plain crap however: clearly one of the lousiest attempts at a custom! Remco AWA jackets with writing looked WAY better than this sorry attempt.
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Post by The Madness on May 3, 2018 10:03:40 GMT -5
That painted robe just kills any chance of it being even a production sample.
I don't doubt that there have been planned figures we still don't know about, but this is definitely a (poor) custom.
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FUSamBaker
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Post by FUSamBaker on May 3, 2018 11:28:40 GMT -5
It was supposed to be packed with Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne? That’s a strange combo. Wonder how that would have looked it it had been real....hopefully better than this 😂 No it says the lot (of 24 figs) was to go to Wally Karbo and Verne Gagne. It's plain crap however: clearly one of the lousiest attempts at a custom! Remco AWA jackets with writing looked WAY better than this sorry attempt. So true. Remco jackets weren’t out of this world but they looked professional produced. This looks like magic marker....is it bad I hated the boots at first but I’m kinda digging them. Clearly it’s supposed to be a lazy attempt at cowboy boots but they’re unique looking
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 22:01:20 GMT -5
99.9% this can;t be legit, although I'll share this with a couple friends who are pretty knowledgeable about AWA and see if they have ever heard anything about it
EDIT - After chatting with quite a few people, there's no doubt this is a 100% fake here
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