Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2009 20:46:32 GMT -5
What are some of your favorite figures of some of the lower card superstars? The kind of figures may not be best sellers, and may be still sitting on store shelves after years, but they were made well. My top 5 in no specific order:
RA 18 Heidenreich- It's got his real nice looking facepaint and mohawk scan, all the tatoos (except the edited chest one), and it's only problem is the cruiserweight torso, which is, in my opinion, overlookable
AD 20 Paul Birchill- For his rookie figure, they sure did a good job. They used a new pants mold (I know Davaris and Sabus after that used it but from what I knew it was the first time used), a good headscan with his bandana, and included a nice pirate jacket and sword accessory.
RA 15.5 Simon Dean- For his first and last figure, this was a pretty good one. I don't know if he ever wore that actual style of attire... I remember the one piece tank top/tights and tight shirt/tights, but the figure (shirt over white wifebeater) still looked pretty well and got the job done. My favorite aspect of this figure is how they actually included the Simon name and face logo on the back. It was the good old days when Jakks actually cared about back designs, and doing it for the rookie figure of a jobber makes it all the more memorable.
RA 20 Kid Kash- The tights were designed well, perfect to my recollection of that attire. It was also a very nice, colorful attire. The scan wasn't too bad, and his tatoos were included (aside from the crucifix on his back). Also, he had the old kickpads that made the figure shorter, which made the cruiserweight Kash figure more to scale.
RA 23 Tatanka- Overall, a very well designed figure. A good facescan with eye paint, good torso choice, painted boots and kneepads and wristbands, loin cloth, and bow n arrow accesory.
Honorable mention... THE ENTIRE RA 17 SERIES- A whole set of jobbers, a whole set of good figures. Paul London was the same old same old, but the addition of his tassels (on some waves) was a good inclusion. Orlando Jordan had all of his tatoos, and good shiny gold attire, and his big hair scan. Nunzio had his tatoo. Holly had nothing wrong with him, and Tajiri was pretty good. Stevie Richards had a real nice attire and used the cruiserweight torso (unlike his two figures before that used the heavyweight torso.)
What are your favorite jobber figures?
RA 18 Heidenreich- It's got his real nice looking facepaint and mohawk scan, all the tatoos (except the edited chest one), and it's only problem is the cruiserweight torso, which is, in my opinion, overlookable
AD 20 Paul Birchill- For his rookie figure, they sure did a good job. They used a new pants mold (I know Davaris and Sabus after that used it but from what I knew it was the first time used), a good headscan with his bandana, and included a nice pirate jacket and sword accessory.
RA 15.5 Simon Dean- For his first and last figure, this was a pretty good one. I don't know if he ever wore that actual style of attire... I remember the one piece tank top/tights and tight shirt/tights, but the figure (shirt over white wifebeater) still looked pretty well and got the job done. My favorite aspect of this figure is how they actually included the Simon name and face logo on the back. It was the good old days when Jakks actually cared about back designs, and doing it for the rookie figure of a jobber makes it all the more memorable.
RA 20 Kid Kash- The tights were designed well, perfect to my recollection of that attire. It was also a very nice, colorful attire. The scan wasn't too bad, and his tatoos were included (aside from the crucifix on his back). Also, he had the old kickpads that made the figure shorter, which made the cruiserweight Kash figure more to scale.
RA 23 Tatanka- Overall, a very well designed figure. A good facescan with eye paint, good torso choice, painted boots and kneepads and wristbands, loin cloth, and bow n arrow accesory.
Honorable mention... THE ENTIRE RA 17 SERIES- A whole set of jobbers, a whole set of good figures. Paul London was the same old same old, but the addition of his tassels (on some waves) was a good inclusion. Orlando Jordan had all of his tatoos, and good shiny gold attire, and his big hair scan. Nunzio had his tatoo. Holly had nothing wrong with him, and Tajiri was pretty good. Stevie Richards had a real nice attire and used the cruiserweight torso (unlike his two figures before that used the heavyweight torso.)
What are your favorite jobber figures?