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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 15, 2024 5:28:55 GMT -5
Robert doesn’t have a bendie because we don’t want him to have one. Our Ricky bendies are current GCW style Ricky. Why don’t you want Robert to have a Bendie? … having a legendary tag team like the RnR together in every figure form makes sense … that’s like making Animal without Hawk or Bubba Ray without D’von … it just feels weird & incomplete not to have both I agree and disagree with you. If we made an 80s Ricky bendie but not Robert, it’d make no sense. But our Ricky is based off his recent Indy run and NWA stuff. Has his teamed with Robert in this time? Yes…very few times. But the majority of it is singles stuff or with Kerry. Rock N Roll BRG coming in 2024!
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 14, 2024 21:40:18 GMT -5
After seeing the RNR Express PowerTown Remcos, I wonder if Robert Gibson is potentially only getting a BRG but not a Bendie for some kind of scale-related contractural reason. Maybe Ricky has a different kind of contract, or his Bendies was before they signed exclusive to PT. Robert doesn’t have a bendie because we don’t want him to have one. Our Ricky bendies are current GCW style Ricky.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 14, 2024 21:39:46 GMT -5
Great idea but all of these besides OMG have WWE legends deals. Yeah, I’m aware, that’s why I specified “fantasy-book… *if* ever available.” I’m hoping that either a) some or all of their WWE legends deals end and they become options for you, and/or b) that your line takes off so well that other companies get in on this form factor done right, including Mattel, to give us the options you can’t (like these guys). One Man Gang though?… If they became available, I’d love to redo them all.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 14, 2024 21:39:26 GMT -5
Great idea but all of these besides OMG have WWE legends deals. Is OMG someone you have pursued? Is akeem able to be done as long as you dont call him by that name? Would gladly take an updated gang if possible and akeem would be a great addition to complete the twin towers He’s not planned. I’d love to do that.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 14, 2024 14:40:59 GMT -5
Cardona, Kanik and team, If we could fantasy-book future waves, I’d like a re-do of some of the final LJNs (did LJN even produce these?). Rude’s pose was awful. The color of the rubber scuffed awful for Bigelow, OMG, Honky, and DiBiase. And both Honky and DiBiase being in entrance gear instead of ring gear, while arguably more toyetic, made them less ideal to play with. So, *if* any of them were ever available again, are they on your radar to make? Would you first be looking at entrance gear for Honky and DiBiase, or ring gear? Thanks for your time! Great idea but all of these besides OMG have WWE legends deals.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 13, 2024 22:16:31 GMT -5
We want the demand > supply…100 percent. But we aren’t limiting how many can be made/order. If someone wanted to order 5,000 Magnum TA figs, they could. The only limit is in the time window. And even that we have extended. We want as many people as possible to order direct from us for the cheaper price. But we also love the insane secondary market prices. Any chance of redoing demolition in ring gear/different poses or is it to soon to revisit those? Not in the next year or so
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 13, 2024 17:36:48 GMT -5
Thanks, I kinda figured that’s the way it works … which also would explain why they are SO expensive on the secondary market Exactly why they use that model, they'd said it lots of time on the Pod that they want to create a demand for them. We want the demand > supply…100 percent. But we aren’t limiting how many can be made/order. If someone wanted to order 5,000 Magnum TA figs, they could. The only limit is in the time window. And even that we have extended. We want as many people as possible to order direct from us for the cheaper price. But we also love the insane secondary market prices.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 13, 2024 17:34:21 GMT -5
I’m curious about the production run of these figures … each series has been up for preorder for an entire month, when the preorder window closes they are then listed as sold out, apparently never to be made again … now, I know these are very limited editions from a small company but just exactly how limited is each one? … does the number of figures they make for each wrestler depend on that particular individual’s preorder sales? … just for an example, let’s say Magnum TA sells 2,000 preorders while Jim Duggan sells 2,200 preorders, would that mean that they will only make 2,000 of Magnum while Hacksaw’s figure has 2,200 produced? … This intrigues me We don’t reveal numbers. But yes, the amount is ordered is what we make. Obviously some extras for customer service and crap like that.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 13, 2024 17:29:17 GMT -5
I was listening to a recent video from Cardona and was happy to hear him say something to the effect of how he loved the Demolition figs at first, but not as much now that he's seen some of the improvements that have been made in the later series. I feel this is a good thing and it shows the team is looking to only get better as they continue. Using the LJNs as comparisons, some of the Series 1 had some issues that were done better later on, such as the bended knees which would make the Hogan and Studd etc. way too tall, and long-haired Andre's fingers just looked..weird. While some LJNs were of course done better than others due to different model makers working on the line, there are some that looked pretty life-like in the faces and I think the eyes and the facial details such as wrinkles and lines, sculpted eye brows etc., had a lot to do with it, with some even having the iris colored in with the wrestler's eye color, then a smaller black dot for the pupil, and then an even smaller, sometimes off-centered white dot to give I would guess the appearance of a reflection. Question for Cardona and Kanik: For the eyes, have you considered having the final product include at least more rounded eyeballs for future releases? In Demolition, which are the only ones I have in hand so far, they appear to be flat with little detail in that area. If so, what series would we likely see this change? Thanks Factory has ed us with the eyes. Legit ed. We don’t approve what they’ve done. And they do it anyway. We are working towards a fix but it’s frustrating.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 12, 2024 9:28:57 GMT -5
Can anyone confirm when the preorder window for Series 6 closes? Thought they used to post it on the site but I'm not seeing it, unless I'm overlooking it. Last day of Feb.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 11, 2024 16:46:07 GMT -5
Will it always be the same figure/character? Or will more or a different figure be added to the cycle? Pre existing or repaint? It will be new molds. No it’s not lol
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 23:25:53 GMT -5
We are going to have an evergreen figure that is always in stock coming very soon Like Mattel’s Top picks. 1 fig. So new collectors can start anytime.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 23:24:12 GMT -5
We are going to have an evergreen figure that is always in stock coming very soon
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 23:20:44 GMT -5
Wow! Flair and Marty sold out on ringside without a single social post from them nor us. 11 Slaughters left. Those will be gone in any minute. Thanks guys! They should start ordering more units from future waves… Agreed. But we also changed it from 2 weeks to 1 month so hopefully more fans will be able to buy from us direct
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 21:47:20 GMT -5
Wow! Flair and Marty sold out on ringside without a single social post from them nor us. 11 Slaughters left. Those will be gone in any minute. Thanks guys!
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 11:08:00 GMT -5
signed 3 new people yesterday. never before had Ljns. Obviously we can’t reveal who they are yet. Do you have any ideas?
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 9, 2024 0:29:26 GMT -5
Powers of Pain in April!
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 8, 2024 12:16:03 GMT -5
I just finished watching Cardona’s series 3 live unboxing. At the end he revealed that April will have 3 figures for preorder, including Powers of Pain!!! Hell yeah! If that could be in-stock order, even better! Very cool video, with lots of hints at what’s to come (and not). One curious thing, though, was Cardona saying that Savage and Andre are still 1-2 months away. This differs from Kanik saying on here that they might be early, and are on a boat on the way now. Expected date was March. I’m hoping “early” can still mean this month or by mid-March. Obviously, I’ll accept them whenever they come. Just seems to be a contradiction of ETAs. Do you know how long a boat takes? Then it’s in port. Then it ships to us. Then we ship to customers.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 5, 2024 8:59:31 GMT -5
Gibson bendie ain’t happening Why not?? … it makes no sense to sign him & then not make his figures when that’s the whole point of the deal Who said he was signed to get a Bendies fig? We didn’t.
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Post by VintageFigs1 on Feb 5, 2024 0:42:57 GMT -5
Robert Gibson has been signed to the Major Universe Does this mean a Major pod bendie figure is finally on the way? … and perhaps a set of RnR big rubber guys? Gibson bendie ain’t happening
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