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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 18:23:27 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be awesome reveals over the next two days. If I remember correctly, last year was maybe the first year where they really started spreading the reveals out ... I know last year I was disappointed after Day 1 and then Days 2 and 3 over delivered in a huge way. I guess just compared to previous years I'm still surprised that there were no "Big Reveals" during the big panel, which has certainly been the case for most years with this line (DMs, big flashbacks, etc.)
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 18:17:56 GMT -5
Yes, yes they are. If you need MOC I'd honestly suggest waiting to buy a MOC one off the bay instead where you know how the shipping is going to work. Last one I got (a while ago admittedly) was just a figure thrown into a box, no padding, etc. I have never gotten any order from them in a envelope I missed the "envelope" part and was just trying to say that TRU is a risky venture if you must have MOC. I definitely ordered figures from them in the past where they were just thrown in the box with no protection, newspapers, etc., and arrived damaged.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 16:59:17 GMT -5
Do we know if the panel is over? Did they show the slides? (I'm assuming we don't know this, but just throwing it out there.)
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 16:15:31 GMT -5
I'm amazed anyone on here still bought basics in the first place. They're all miles behind elites. Also anyone complaining about dolls, my god. Let girls who look up to female wrestlers get something too! We'll get our reveals later on! Ugh.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 15:28:34 GMT -5
Amazed at the complaining around here. There's gonna be a couple big reveals, it's SDCC. It happens EVERY YEAR.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 13:38:04 GMT -5
I kind of wish Basics would be cut so that elite prices can go down... Sorry to say but that's not how it works ...
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 13:31:28 GMT -5
Am I crazy or are we seeing way more than usual before the actual panel this year? I don't know whether to prepare for a letdown now or not, lol. Scotty 2 Hotty doesn't do it for me.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 12:28:36 GMT -5
That elite Owens is fantastic, his best figure yet. Wasn't super satisfied with his prior elites so this will definitely be replacing those.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 12:19:39 GMT -5
So no pink/blue New day elites. WTF lol. This. I'm amazed that we have not gotten the definitive attire New Day yet for as long as they've been around. Bummer.
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Post by marklud on Jul 20, 2017 10:59:34 GMT -5
Is toysrus bad with sending figures in mailing envelopes? I'm moc collector Yes, yes they are. If you need MOC I'd honestly suggest waiting to buy a MOC one off the bay instead where you know how the shipping is going to work. Last one I got (a while ago admittedly) was just a figure thrown into a box, no padding, etc.
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Post by marklud on Jul 19, 2017 19:25:53 GMT -5
I think I've done a pretty good job of staying patient -- and by staying patient, I mean passing the time by buying old LJNs off the bay, lol -- but even now it's gotten to me (and I know tomorrow's the big reveal). Let's GOOOOOOOO ....
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Post by marklud on Jul 19, 2017 18:26:43 GMT -5
I've gotten pretty big into NJPW over the last couple of years and it does bum me out that there is no real line for figures in Japan (aside from those Nakamura and Okada McFarlane style pieces from 1-2 years ago). I hope that as NJPW gets more popular that it becomes a possibility, although maybe figures just aren't a big deal in Japan? (That's hard for me to fathom though.)
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Post by marklud on Jul 18, 2017 19:38:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I think of the missed Orange card stuff and New Generation at that time as far as missed figures go, cause I was so bummed when Hasbros went away. Diesel, USA Lex, Owen, Jarrett, even Mabel.
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Post by marklud on Jul 18, 2017 10:19:05 GMT -5
We've seen a lot more mid-carders and lesser characters seep into the flashback selection as of late (Warlord, Beefcake / Issac Yankem, Ringmaster, etc.) that would have seemed unlikely as figures a few years ago. Now that Mattel has gotten most of the "big names" out of the way as far as flashbacks are concerned, can we expect to see a lot more of these mid-to-low level names from the 80s and 90s moving forward? (Please? )
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Post by marklud on Jul 16, 2017 19:48:14 GMT -5
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Post by marklud on Jul 15, 2017 17:14:04 GMT -5
Honestly -- so, so many basics. As the line has gone on the gap between Elites and Basics has become enormous in my eyes and at the start of the line I was buying a ton of basics as I got used to how these releases would work.
Also most of the Elite 32 set. I had no interest in it when it came out, got the itch after seeing them at a Wal-Mart late one night and bought pretty much the whole set. Now I'm looking to unload them. Definitely could have been $75 better spent.
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Post by marklud on Jul 10, 2017 15:08:41 GMT -5
Looks great man. I've always separated Legends vs. Modern era but I love a good display with both combined when it's done well, and yours is certainly done well.
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Post by marklud on Jul 10, 2017 0:26:08 GMT -5
I'm late to the Kenny Omega hype train. I honestly don't know anything about the guy. I just watched his match with Jay Lethal and was blown away, by both guys honestly. So watching his performance I was just wondering what are the odds he ends up in WWE by 2018? I know he has said some negative things towards WWE but in this day and age, does it really matter? He's good. Omega is the man. I'm stunned by some of the comments/criticism in the replies here. I've gotten big into NJPW over the last couple of years and he is one of the absolute best workers I've ever seen. Someone posted on reddit last week that Omega is legitimately up there with Michaels/Flair/Bret as one of the best workers ever and I'm totally in agreement. If you were blown away by his Lethal match, please check out his Night 2 match against Ishii that was even better ... in fact, the Lethal match may have been his third-best of the weekend, which is insane! Also obviously check out both Okada/Omega matches, and Omega/Naito from last year's G1 semifinals was at the time the best match I had seen since WM25 Taker/HBK. All 5 star matches. He'll definitely be in WWE either next year or the year after that. He's the hottest thing in professional wrestling.
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Post by marklud on Jul 8, 2017 21:06:26 GMT -5
We wont see a Dustin Rhodes (if at all) until he retires. The Rock & Roll express WILL be made. Harley Race (King) is way closer than you think and the others are a nope. Hope that helped 😎 Anything more you can share with Harley? He's a definite want!
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Post by marklud on Jul 8, 2017 21:04:41 GMT -5
I personally don't know why but, yeah, he's super hard to find. One friend called me Koko B. Ware as a kid so I've always appreciated Koko and a while back I used to randomly search the bay for Koko MOC and he would rarely show up with the U.S. card. Just checked now and it looks like a few have gone in the past couple of months for $250 and there's one now listed for $750 which is insane. I've got a European MOC so guess I'll have to stick with that for now.
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