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Post by Sam Hain on Oct 16, 2009 12:02:28 GMT -5
-Churning out all those Mr Kennedys that nobody ever bought On the contrary, jSYN has a whole room of his house filled with those figures!
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Post by jfinnomore on Oct 16, 2009 13:03:43 GMT -5
granted some of those are jokes of figures but I think the good jakks has given us over the years highly out weighs the misses.
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Post by HardyHeft on Oct 16, 2009 15:19:12 GMT -5
granted some of those are jokes of figures but I think the good jakks has given us over the years highly out weighs the misses. Agreed
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brucebenoit
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Post by brucebenoit on Oct 16, 2009 15:42:35 GMT -5
only jakks
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2009 16:52:35 GMT -5
classic superstars series 28 was looking good on the planned upcoming releases but none of the original line up is being released now
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Post by rkolegacy29 on Oct 16, 2009 18:26:52 GMT -5
uhh.. what year do you think this is? I lol'd lol'd at the picture
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2009 21:42:23 GMT -5
Did it every cross anyones mind that maybe JUST MAYBE wwe desided to be dicks and not aprove of most of those CS?! afterall at the end of the day its up to wwe and the wrestlers if the figure gets made or not. And if it is all jakks doing then all i have to say is this. ITS ON YOU!! most of the people here alway bitch and moan about the littlest imperfection in a figure(like the soul of there boot should be white) and when all someone hear's/reads is bitching its only a matter of time before they just say F**K it and give up, and that imo could be what happened, and if it is i don't blame jakks one bit. And one more thing if these figures suck SOOOOOOO badly then WHY do you keep buying them, why not just stop? It's still their obligation to WWE and the consumer to put the best product out there on the market. If you fail to do so, or say "F**K it" then you should shut your doors. Jakks has been tightlipped on a lot of their decisions and blatantly lying to the buyers. They have no agreement with WWE to keep things under wraps, Jakks just simply did not care at all. Keep in mind, that many of these fans spent their hard earned time to help get people such as Sherri and Demolition Ax signed. These people worked for free and made money for Jakks. No pat on the back, no appreciation, just not caring. Just a lie about saying how much you "care" then turn around to put out all these shitty rereleases. And if they were caring, they would've taken the same approach that ToyBiz did with the Marvel Legends line, sure they lost money but they CARED enough for their fans that they still put out quality product all the way to the end. It makes me happy that I ended buying around CS14.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Oct 18, 2009 12:57:03 GMT -5
Did it every cross anyones mind that maybe JUST MAYBE wwe desided to be dicks and not aprove of most of those CS?! afterall at the end of the day its up to wwe and the wrestlers if the figure gets made or not. And if it is all jakks doing then all i have to say is this. ITS ON YOU!! most of the people here alway bitch and moan about the littlest imperfection in a figure(like the soul of there boot should be white) and when all someone hear's/reads is bitching its only a matter of time before they just say F**K it and give up, and that imo could be what happened, and if it is i don't blame jakks one bit. And one more thing if these figures suck SOOOOOOO badly then WHY do you keep buying them, why not just stop? It's still their obligation to WWE and the consumer to put the best product out there on the market. If you fail to do so, or say "F**K it" then you should shut your doors. Jakks has been tightlipped on a lot of their decisions and blatantly lying to the buyers. They have no agreement with WWE to keep things under wraps, Jakks just simply did not care at all. Keep in mind, that many of these fans spent their hard earned time to help get people such as Sherri and Demolition Ax signed. These people worked for free and made money for Jakks. No pat on the back, no appreciation, just not caring. Just a lie about saying how much you "care" then turn around to put out all these poopty rereleases. And if they were caring, they would've taken the same approach that ToyBiz did with the Marvel Legends line, sure they lost money but they CARED enough for their fans that they still put out quality product all the way to the end. It makes me happy that I ended buying around CS14. gospel
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Oct 18, 2009 16:11:42 GMT -5
that mark henry is a joke. i just threw up in my mouth a little.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Oct 18, 2009 17:15:43 GMT -5
that mark henry is a joke. i just threw up in my mouth a little. post of the year
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Post by Drdoom on Oct 18, 2009 17:36:05 GMT -5
Mark Henry in a thong! WOOO HOOO!!! Im sooooo buying that and keeping it in my living room on the wall :-)
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Post by Blackbird 13 on Oct 19, 2009 1:43:51 GMT -5
I woulda liked to of seen Classic Christian.... And most of the other cancelled ones, but somehow we get Kevin Sullivan. Hmm. Classic Christian = cant even fill a flea market tent... Kevin Sullivan has a vast history in the industry he was big in florida,years later was the leader of the dreded varcity club in the nwa..and of course the dungeon of doom angle in wcw... somebody start passing out some wrestling history books to these kids who think christan and cm puke are worth 2 cents? the sorry state of wrestling today....horrible shame... Dude.. Kevin Sullivan is awesome.. and I'm REALLY glad we got a CS figure of his (matter of fact, I'd prefer Sullivan to a classic Christian), but Christian is the world champion of a wrestling brand seen by millions, Kevin Sullivan has almost always been a bit player. And CM Punk? A former Tag, IC, and World Champ, as well as ECW Champ.. he's main evented Pay Per Views, performed at Wrestlemanias.... can't hate on him. Sullivan didn't wrestle many of the Starrcades where he was employed. So yeah, assuming you are actually a WRESTLING fan (and not a mark for your old school favorites exclusively), you have to admit that if you rank every wrestler in terms of what they've done, both Christian and CM Punk rank higher than Kevin Sullivan. So.. perhaps instead of passing out antiquated history books, it's time for someone to switch yours out with one that's a bit more up to date?
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Post by jammer311 on Oct 20, 2009 21:34:38 GMT -5
Kevin Sullivan has done more in wrestling than CM Punk has. I am a Punk fan but I can easily admit that Kevin Sullivan was a major player in the old NWA Crockett promotion, as well as WCW and even Florida Championship Wrestling. He and Mark Lewin feuding with Barry Windham, Dusty Rhodes and others back in the old territory days were the Chocolate Shark!! I thought it was very cool that Sullivan was released, the only thing that would have rawked even more was to see a Classic set of Rotunda, Steiner and Sullivan together in the Classic 3 pack for the Varsity Club.
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Post by jammer311 on Oct 20, 2009 21:36:05 GMT -5
wow... so when you say sh followed by it you get "poopy"?? That's poopy indeed!
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Post by kingofharts on Oct 21, 2009 0:41:14 GMT -5
You're not exactly gonna get Hot Toys quality or anything, they're fine for what they are. Even companies like Bandai and Toybiz use diffrent molds for figures, what did jakks do? like use the same 6 molds for 5 years? Dear sir or madam, You are aware that Mattel's two best lines regularily re-use molds right? DCUC and MOTUC? Constant reuse of parts. And toybiz during Marvel Legends? A whole bunch of reused parts there too. Venom never had shark fins coming out of his elbows, but since one of his releases was a Sabretooth repaint, his figure did.
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