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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 5, 2024 3:44:33 GMT -5
Hey, welcome back!
I'm really excited about the lighter skintone Faarooq figures. The fact that they did his '98 post-Nation gear as a variant is so awesome. I just learned recently that he had yet another attire around this time with a different pattern (Shotgun Saturday Night), but I'm glad they went with this one.
Hulk's cool, love that later period bandana & shirt, but I'm a bit Hulk'd out at the moment. I would've swapped this one with the Hogan 3-pack one, personally. But it's nice to get a more standard Hulk in red/yellow trunks/pads for Legends. I believe that's his '92 era?
Jim Neidhart in New Foundation gear is definitely a surprise! Hopefully the soft goods get a little less baggy by release. Hey, we can put this on our AEW Owen Hart figures to at least get something WWF related for him. Here's hoping the next Anvil is a proper '97 Hart Foundation one with the black attire.
Kurt Angle, back as an Elite at last. It was rumored to be in the brief Best of the Attitude Era line but they canceled it and lost Kurt's rights for awhile. That figure was online for awhile, and if this is exactly the same, it has the dreaded jacked-to-the-gills Ryback singlet under the shirt. At least it looks pretty good with the shirt on.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 5, 2024 2:57:40 GMT -5
One of the best reveals ever.
They are making figures I've wanted since CS. ECW Dudley Boyz, The Headbangers (CS figures got canceled), ECW Sandman (CS figure got canceled), WCW DDP with abdominal tape & tucked-in jeans (with a choice between dark and light jeans!), Austin in the black shorts with that particular t-shirt from when he got arrested, and even cool stuff like lighter skintone NoD Farooq with his brief post-Nation attire as an option! There's also the other recently announced stuff like that territories set with that amazing Harley Race figure.
I am really happy with most of everything. And we got a few surprises this weekend plus a CM Punk panel where they'll for sure show off whatever they got cookin' for him later this year.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 4, 2024 14:56:18 GMT -5
To me, this is the best reveals since that one year we got Razor/Sting/Hogan DM figures.
I've been wanting ECW Dudleyz, DDP with tucked-in jeans (they nailed the mold!), The Headbangers, nWo Hennig, ECW Sandman, and more since the CS days. To see them all in one show is pretty remarkable.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 4, 2024 14:51:14 GMT -5
Looks like that canceled Best of AE Kurt floating around a few years ago was the real deal. This new Legends figure is the same attire (TTL7). And unless they changed it, it's the Ryback roided out singlet torso under the shirt.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 29, 2024 12:50:32 GMT -5
It's better the chase isn't Rosey so we can get him later in the black superhero outfit as well as that S.H.I.T. look he had prior.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 24, 2024 15:45:19 GMT -5
I voted for A, K, and O.
That early Savage robe with the gold snakes (O) is so awesome. The back also has these huge beautiful red/gold Chinese dragon looking serpents on it, too. The green robe (A) reminds me of a color scheme you'd typically see in the 70s only more bedazzled and eye-catching. Plus, he has the olive tights which haven't been done yet. I think the blue/neon green robe (K) looks like something you'd expect from the early 2000s with a team like The Hardy Boyz, but on Savage it really pops. Also, shiny royal blue just looks cool and would be highly 'toyetic' on the shelf.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 22, 2024 13:03:40 GMT -5
I remember visiting my granny in this extremely small town in Kentucky in the late 90s. My parents had to drive like 45 minutes to get to the closest Walmart near us. I hit the figure aisle, not sure what to expect in this new store, and there he was: X-Pac from Livewire 2. X-Pac was incredibly hard to find back when he was new, and I was so happy to finally get one! Between this and the Bulldog from the 2-pack with Shawn, us BCA kids are getting slammed with nostalgia this year.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 22, 2024 12:51:15 GMT -5
I hope that upcoming Bruno has this red belt in it! I know the original planned release of it in Legends didn't, but I would much rather have that over the Legends podium thing again.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 22, 2024 12:38:44 GMT -5
Maybe we'll finally get the few early remaining WW(W)F Champions in this line?
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 20, 2024 17:55:17 GMT -5
My detolf door shattered into a million pieces this morning while I was sleeping. Luckily, it was my empty one, and my cat wasn't hurt, but holy crap what an awful way to start the day. I've had it since 2020. I have no idea why it happened now; haven't even touched it in several months. I have 4 others from roughly the same time period, so now I'm paranoid about it happening again. :/
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 18, 2024 16:22:44 GMT -5
Makes sense I guess, but I have no problem waiting for RR'24 ring gear and any old school ones they do. They're all coming, no doubt.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 16, 2024 12:43:35 GMT -5
High Chief might be one of the best Mattel figures of the year. They're all good! Thanks for the pics.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 14, 2024 1:00:52 GMT -5
He's my most wanted nWo guy now. I want the black brick attire the most (a matching Norton would be cool, but I'm not holding my breath on that one). They could do his early simple nWo attire, the nWo suspenders, the red later gear, etc. Lots of good looks for him.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 13, 2024 15:39:22 GMT -5
He's gonna grooooove himself on in to the Totebag of Mystery, daddio!
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 8, 2024 3:02:44 GMT -5
I was thinking about this recently: what if they did an Ultimate 2-pack of DX HBK & Ken Shamrock in the black/red robe? Like the Usos or Outsiders coming up., where you can get them separate or together in a special box? That would be sick! They'd have the budget to give HBK proper chaps that aren't just repainting over the old ones, the chest piece was awesome so just make that work with the UE body, and then make sure he has the chest hair and gradient X deco, and a spare head. If the WWF title is in the budget, great! If not, no big deal - I just want that figure to look perfect. Then you'd get Shamrock in the black attire with that awesome robe (which has somehow never been done in figure form). We've got all the main attires but black and the ref look - this would be a good opportunity to finally do the black gear he wore in later '97/early '98.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 7, 2024 16:11:39 GMT -5
Got access to the full-size files, and now I see what you guys are talking about regarding RVD... I still overall like it, but I wish this wasn't still a problem. I think Billy Gunn's figures are the ones where I really notice it the most. At least these are all black.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 7, 2024 15:53:41 GMT -5
I just dusted off my HoF Eddie to compare it to this one...look, that figure is fine, the oversized shirt I discarded to the bottom of my accessories bin, but the figure itself is fine. This new UE knocks it out of the park like Mark McGwire after a doctor's visit.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 7, 2024 15:10:03 GMT -5
Welp, there's my dream Eddie figure! I always associate that shirt with Chavo in orange trunks; him and Eddie were one of my favorite parts of the show when they were together/at odds with one another. The shiny gold and head molds are top tier. The torso is so much better here, too. I really love how this turned out. EDIT: Found the source files, here's a higher-res version of this beautiful thing:
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 7, 2024 14:39:39 GMT -5
Ohhhh that's the '97 RVD attire I wanted! Nice. Curious how this one will look in-person.
Rock in the R shirt with the eyerolling head is hilarious! It's like the antithesis of the Austin 3:16 shirt. I'm so glad they corrected the shredded torso from before in the 2-pack with Faarooq. I hope we can get the pink 1998 "RM" logo trunks sometime in this line, too. Harlem Heat look fantastic. I want the blue ones still but have little faith in finding them.
Combined with The Disciple, this is the best set yet.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Mar 6, 2024 15:50:46 GMT -5
eBay Evisceration Series 1 Pretty solid line-up. I love that we get old DMs in the mix, too. Cool throwback packaging mimicking the old style without actually doing the more angular shape. Not sure what is going on with Shawn's facial hair; I don't remember Elite 7 having a thick beard like that. Ditto for Triple H - these are definitely different paint apps. Kane's mask looks improved, so that's cool.
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