DRFTKO
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 17, 2023 18:32:37 GMT -5
New Gen is polarizing anyway. I'm surprised people are nostalgic about that period. It was booking genius to make a lot of viable stars from scratch of those who never got a break, while trying to pass off people like Bret Hart as competitive with his forebears. The production substantially declined (it was almost like fog overcame the television screen), undercard often SMW castaways just to fill TV, tag teams depleted and heatless, chief storylines silly, McMahon stuck in "What would my dad have done in the 1970's?" with ethnic tribute acts like Tatanka, Albano, Headshrinkers (modern Wild Samoans), and Bob Backlund; women's wrestling treated semi-seriously, old foggies brought in like Nikolai Volkoff, among other things. It's a miracle that they did so much with so little in such a short period of time, since it seemed like week by week the company was struggling to find its voice through really arbitrary experimentation, sometimes with smarks at Raw and families at Superstars and Challenge. It was surreal to see in contrast to the 80's. Licensing was deplorable in that period too. Like the "Bend 'ems" being their main toy line for two years 😪 My reservation about the Attitude Era is that the undercard throwaways were a lot more amusing, and Mattel will never make people like the undercard gangs, Flash Funk, Sultan (well, maybe they will), Oddities, and the rest. With the passage of time, that gets harder to do since normies will never buy people like that. It's one of those weird periods where the top guys were so over that the product designers seem to forget a good 40% of the roster. (Tiger Ali Singh was funny af) The heart and soul of a product will always be the undercard, not just the main guys. They reflect the tempo set by the main event talents. I'm thankful for the two sets because it's nice to have the eras be delineated. The shifts were really subtle over a few brief years until it was decided to pull the gun entirely in moving towards a more mean-spirited taste that appealed to Gen X types over yuppie Cold War kids of the 80's and a smorgasbord of demos during the New Gen Are you sure you are not referring to AEW?
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 5, 2023 15:00:59 GMT -5
I understand the want for figure wwe are unlikely to do But why would someone who was never in aew be in their figure line? Makes no sense Owen I can just about accept since they have the tournament etc named after him Technically her and the Kingdom were, but for a cup of coffee. Not enough to warrant a figure though unless Tony Khan decides to bring them back to tv with some long term significance (I think they are under some kind of contract with Aew).
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Post by DRFTKO on Jan 4, 2023 12:10:34 GMT -5
Got my order in!
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 31, 2022 13:43:47 GMT -5
Thought I’d bring this thread back from the dead to report that I scored one each of Ultimate Edition 15 at the Thomasville Walmart of all places late last night. Left behind one each of Brock Lesnar and Ultimate Warrior with fairly decent packaging.
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 30, 2022 3:37:02 GMT -5
I’m going to bring this back from the dead opposed to making a new thread. Does wwe do the commemorative chairs for the first couple rows at nxt takeover events? They did in the past, yes. Don’t know about the PC shows, but I would have to assume they would continue that with the next PPV back on the road. Awesome! I’m looking to go to that PPV and was going to get within the first couple rows to get chairs.
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 29, 2022 15:37:03 GMT -5
I’m going to bring this back from the dead opposed to making a new thread. Does wwe do the commemorative chairs for the first couple rows at nxt takeover events?
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 17, 2022 17:47:06 GMT -5
Got mine in the mail yesterday! My over priced sticker, shirt, and scarf are better than you!
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 17, 2022 17:45:40 GMT -5
Literally just got mine delivered in the shipper. Great job for a change Amazon..!
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 15, 2022 0:33:38 GMT -5
Literally just got tracking. I really hope this is in some sort of shipper type box…or at least a damn box period. Got a feeling it will arrive in a padded envelope or a bag…
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Post by DRFTKO on Dec 12, 2022 3:52:03 GMT -5
Got ‘em!
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Post by DRFTKO on Nov 29, 2022 14:08:33 GMT -5
Got it!
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Post by DRFTKO on Nov 5, 2022 12:49:49 GMT -5
Has anyone got one of these without the white paint filled in on his neck tattoo? I know I’ve seen reports of this on the regular, but not on the exclusive version.
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Post by DRFTKO on Oct 17, 2022 13:03:19 GMT -5
The Strongbow figure still irritates me. Mattel is such a coward company……This was an actor / wrestler playing a character on a tv show 50 years ago. Someone should ask Mattel why Yokozuna is ok but Strongbow isn’t? And WE BETTER GET DOUBLE J!!!! When RVD was cancelled and people were having meltdowns, one of the things they said was "well if they won't make that RVD, why are they making an Italian guy that dressed up as a native American?" People also brought up Yoko and Razor. Then, they cancelled Strongbow and people got pissed about that too. Im not sure if board comments here played a part in Strongbow getting cancelled, but it's prob best to just let it be and stop pointing out other people in similar situations that they might stop making. If I recall correctly, at least one particular member here played a part in not only Strongbow, but RVD being cancelled as well. At least one that was the most vocal.
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 28, 2022 16:42:33 GMT -5
Just got a shipping notification yesterday. Nothing on the New Gen Arena Macho Man…
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 27, 2022 16:10:20 GMT -5
Does anyone else’s Shida have circular piece of tape on the top right side where the gold foil banner tucks into the back? Mine does. Hell, my Moxley has sharpie in the front area of where the hook is. Odd and looks like garbage…
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 26, 2022 16:32:35 GMT -5
George South or none at all…
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 22, 2022 19:10:14 GMT -5
I know we just got Shida, but does anyone know who will be the next exclusive and how often are these coming out? I missed out on the first few. Good question and I’ve been wondering this myself for the past couple months…especially after Shida is clearly not selling as fast as Pwtees and Jazwares were probably hoping for. Makes me wonder if these are going to continue or not. If they do, hopefully this will force pwtees to rethink their pricing on these. At any rate, I received mine yesterday finally after taking two weeks to get here via usps which is odd (label was printed, but no movement on tracking for the first week). Despite it being a repack, the unique packaging for Shida is probably my favorite of the Pwtees exclusive line so far. It’s also nice to finally see a female added to it as well!
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 12, 2022 13:18:26 GMT -5
For the five of us that bought a Shida: I just got confirmation that mine shipped.
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 6, 2022 13:19:47 GMT -5
Scored one! Thanks to the posters above for the heads up! Odd that they didn’t follow the trend of going live with these on a Wednesday.
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Post by DRFTKO on Sept 2, 2022 14:47:48 GMT -5
Looks super clean and could easily pass as an authentic release to many! Awesome job!
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