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Post by adamg on Sept 5, 2018 6:02:25 GMT -5
I was always gonna get Harley but having seen Steamboat now I reckon I'll pick him up too. Pass on Austin & Jake though.
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Post by SteveHulk on Sept 5, 2018 6:09:31 GMT -5
The commissioner michaels baf is a dumb idea. I’ll get that steamboat, jake and Harley race but I don’t care much about any of them. I want that htm bad though and I’ll buy 2 My guess is HBK was supposed to come with basic series 3 until the basic series got cancelled. There were Attitude Era core figures rumored to come out like Godfather, Mankind, Shane, and Big Show. Commissioner Michaels would’ve went better with those figures. ...the Basic series has been cancelled?
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Rattlehead
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Post by Rattlehead on Sept 5, 2018 6:17:43 GMT -5
Really excited to pick up Steamboat and Jake! Austin could use a new face scan by now.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Sept 5, 2018 7:06:27 GMT -5
My guess is HBK was supposed to come with basic series 3 until the basic series got cancelled. There were Attitude Era core figures rumored to come out like Godfather, Mankind, Shane, and Big Show. Commissioner Michaels would’ve went better with those figures. ...the Basic series has been cancelled? Hasn’t been confirmed 100% but that’s pretty much the word going around cause nothing was shown, Walmart placeholders disappearing, Bill saying they had a plan for another build a set item here but had to get the HBK out here, etc etc.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Sept 5, 2018 8:50:28 GMT -5
My guess is HBK was supposed to come with basic series 3 until the basic series got cancelled. There were Attitude Era core figures rumored to come out like Godfather, Mankind, Shane, and Big Show. Commissioner Michaels would’ve went better with those figures. ...the Basic series has been cancelled? I recall Bill in a Q&A or somewhere alluding to it being cancelled. **found it Here's a recent interview conducted with Bill by a UK toy seller: We had previously asked about a new British Bulldog figure which could have been in the Flashback basic series, what happened to this one?BM: That’s not going forward right now (Flashback basics), if we are going to do it, its not going to be where we planned it. The problem with things like that something happens to knock it out of whack and it kind of changes the whole years plans.
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Post by SteveHulk on Sept 5, 2018 16:47:36 GMT -5
...the Basic series has been cancelled? I recall Bill in a Q&A or somewhere alluding to it being cancelled. **found it Here's a recent interview conducted with Bill by a UK toy seller: We had previously asked about a new British Bulldog figure which could have been in the Flashback basic series, what happened to this one?BM: That’s not going forward right now (Flashback basics), if we are going to do it, its not going to be where we planned it. The problem with things like that something happens to knock it out of whack and it kind of changes the whole years plans. Thanks for the info - it's pretty disappointing that the Basics couldn't even make it past two series though... hopefully the Elites will prove to be better/stronger.
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Post by Affliction: Elite Trader on Sept 5, 2018 17:22:01 GMT -5
A part of me wants that Harley Race and the other part of me says that I’ll sell it months later. He’ll be an in store decision. I’ve always wanted that Rickey Steamboat but I hate that molded on headband.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Sept 5, 2018 18:21:54 GMT -5
The head scan on HBK is not too bad
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Post by hbkfan on Sept 6, 2018 6:52:00 GMT -5
Could be the angle, but HBK looks kinda midgety there too. He's only an inch shorter than Austin in real life. HBK, Race, and HTM are all the same height, Austin is an inch taller than all three, and Jake should be the tallest at 6'5" Steamboat should be the shortest. They always mess with Jake's height and make him look super skinny. And give Austin spider arms and legs, hell, the guy was never that thin.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Sept 6, 2018 7:40:56 GMT -5
The head scan on HBK is not too bad I think people are just upset because that scan seems to be used by Mattel to span HBK's almost entire career. It's been used for figures that represent: - 1996: Entrance greats, WM Elite - 1998: Commissioner BAF - 2008: Walgreens DX Elite, Battlepack 1 w/ Jericho - 2012: WM28 BAF I'm probably missing something in-between, but that's a 16 year span from '96-'12.
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Post by aggressiveperfectpoor on Sept 6, 2018 8:03:19 GMT -5
The head scan on HBK is not too bad I think people are just upset because that scan seems to be used by Mattel to span HBK's almost entire career. It's been used for figures that represent: - 1996: Entrance greats, WM Elite - 1998: Commissioner BAF - 2008: Walgreens DX Elite, Battlepack 1 w/ Jericho - 2012: WM28 BAF I'm probably missing something in-between, but that's a 16 year span from '96-'12. I believe everyone but WM 14 Elite.
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Post by MKSavage on Sept 6, 2018 8:46:03 GMT -5
Could be the angle, but HBK looks kinda midgety there too. He's only an inch shorter than Austin in real life.HBK, Race, and HTM are all the same height, Austin is an inch taller than all three, and Jake should be the tallest at 6'5" Steamboat should be the shortest. Seems like more than an inch.
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Post by Purple Reigns on Sept 6, 2018 8:54:54 GMT -5
Janettey series
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Post by buddyboy101 on Sept 6, 2018 9:20:29 GMT -5
They really need to knock off the Wal-Mart exclusives. Neither Los Angeles nor New York City have Wal-Marts.
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Post by bigjohnnybadd on Sept 6, 2018 12:45:38 GMT -5
They really need to knock off the Wal-Mart exclusives. Neither Los Angeles nor New York City have Wal-Marts. Or at least if they actually had them available for shipping on the website it wouldn't be an issue. A retailer exclusive is one thing, but actual in store limited stock exclusives are terrible... Though I have much better luck with Walmart then frickin Target!
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Post by mmondrag96 on Sept 6, 2018 12:52:35 GMT -5
They really need to knock off the Wal-Mart exclusives. Neither Los Angeles nor New York City have Wal-Marts. I have 2 within a 100 miles and we haven't seen them yet as well.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Sept 6, 2018 16:48:10 GMT -5
I need that Steamboat in my life. Don't know if I want to pick up Race, or if I want to keep holding out hope we'll get an NWA champ version. I think people are just upset because that scan seems to be used by Mattel to span HBK's almost entire career. It's been used for figures that represent: - 1996: Entrance greats, WM Elite - 1998: Commissioner BAF - 2008: Walgreens DX Elite, Battlepack 1 w/ Jericho - 2012: WM28 BAF I'm probably missing something in-between, but that's a 16 year span from '96-'12. I believe everyone but WM 14 Elite. E3 and DM have that other head, E7 too. With the braid and long hair. We desperately need another RA era HBK imo. I basically just want Ruthless Aggression series 18 HBK as a Mattel Elite.
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Post by hbkfan on Sept 7, 2018 8:58:22 GMT -5
Could be the angle, but HBK looks kinda midgety there too. He's only an inch shorter than Austin in real life.HBK, Race, and HTM are all the same height, Austin is an inch taller than all three, and Jake should be the tallest at 6'5" Steamboat should be the shortest. Seems like more than an inch. Austin is 6'0" in real life. Foley is more like 6'2" and HBK has been smaller than then like 5'10" at most. Wwe always bill their stars by more than they really are, just look at Kane, the guy is 6'8" and is billed at 7'
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Post by MKSavage on Sept 7, 2018 11:54:08 GMT -5
Seems like more than an inch. Austin is 6'0" in real life. Foley is more like 6'2" and HBK has been smaller than then like 5'10" at most. Wwe always bill their stars by more than they really are, just look at Kane, the guy is 6'8" and is billed at 7' I know the WWE says the wrestlers are taller than in real life, usually by 2 inches, I was just saying from this picture it looks like Shawn is shorter than Austin by 3-4 inches.
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Post by chowmeinkane on Sept 7, 2018 12:04:28 GMT -5
This whole set is great besides the incentive to get the whole set, the irony
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