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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 7, 2010 1:26:29 GMT -5
When it was announced Mattel would be taking over the WWE figure line I figured it would be end of me collecting. Not because I loved Jakks or anything as I don't think Jakks has been doing a great job in quite sometime now but because I didn't want to start over. However, once I seen lose pics of the figures, I had to check them out for myself. Well I placed an order on Ringside on the 1st and received my figures today. I have to say they are awesome. I heard people bitching and complaining but I don't see it. Sure the head scans aren't amazing but Jakks had a lot of crappy head scans in the beginning as well and none of the head scans on the figures I got strike me as being crappy. In fact, I'd say Kofi's scan is amazing and way better than Jakks. Mattel has got it right. There is finally figures that are of scale and everyone has realistic bodies. I also heard the playability sucked, but I don't see it. Yeah, the knees were hard to move at first but as you play with them they get looser. I'd say the playability is still much better than RA's. I'm not trying to ride the Mattel bandwagon, I'm just pretty impressed with the job they did on these.
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Post by HardyHeft on Jan 7, 2010 1:27:06 GMT -5
YAY!
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Post by 1992 on Jan 7, 2010 1:33:36 GMT -5
My God...you mean a thread in which some ISN'T bitching? And I thought... ...THAT was shocking.
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 7, 2010 1:46:22 GMT -5
My God...you mean a thread in which some ISN'T bitching? And I thought... ...THAT was shocking. I know man, pretty much why I don't visit this board anymore. All people do is bitch, bitch, bitch yet still spend money on the stuff they bitch about lol.
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Post by The Silent Flute (joepetree) on Jan 7, 2010 11:29:57 GMT -5
yeah im very impressed with The Mattel Figs they are awesome
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Post by Chip on Jan 7, 2010 11:54:07 GMT -5
i'm not going to get into a whole rant/comment fest here....
if you're talking about Jakks and headscans....out of the thousands upon thousands of Ruthless Aggression & Deluxe Aggression style figures they have released, you could probably count on one hand all of the bad scans they produced. One of the strongest positives from Jakks making WWE figures was right from the beginning of Ruthless Aggression, 98% of all their headscans are amazing.
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Post by xoptimusxchadx on Jan 7, 2010 12:17:04 GMT -5
My God...you mean a thread in which some ISN'T bitching? And I thought... ...THAT was shocking. HA! Anyways I feel the same way. I love Mattel where it seems a lot of users on here expect 100% perfect figures that show every wrinkle and ounce of body fat. I love the Mattel line and it has launched me in to collecting again and playing with them again.
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Post by breakthru on Jan 7, 2010 20:11:48 GMT -5
i'm not going to get into a whole rant/comment fest here.... if you're talking about Jakks and headscans....out of the thousands upon thousands of Ruthless Aggression & Deluxe Aggression style figures they have released, you could probably count on one hand all of the bad scans they produced. One of the strongest positives from Jakks making WWE figures was right from the beginning of Ruthless Aggression, 98% of all their headscans are amazing. I was a major fan of Jakks but I have to say yes they had a lot of amazing head scans but they also did have a hell of a lot of bad scans too. For me Mattel has made a pretty damn good start scan-wise. I personally don't think an awful lot of their Finlay, Morrison, Kozlov, Swagger scans. But for me their versions of Batista, Orton, Kane, Beth Phoenix, Santino, Kofi, Cena, Bourne, Ted and Jericho knock spots off any of the equivelant Jakks scans. As a major collector who has loads of Jakks figures I'd say they produced around 60% good scans.
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Post by DKR on Jan 7, 2010 20:17:54 GMT -5
The funniest part of the whole Mattel "scan" vs. Jakks "scan" thing is that the heads are actually sculpts.
Although a digital scan a 3D output is used to produce a rough outline of what the head will look like, it is still traditionally finished by a scupltor.
So in reality, Mattel just has better (or worse depending on your preference) sculptors.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2010 20:30:01 GMT -5
im starting to like the mattels better the bigger my collection gets. especially all the detail on gear and tats
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2010 22:03:27 GMT -5
I started falling inlove with the Mattels after i started seeing better pix of the figures, I feel certain details make up for the lil flaws. I cant complain though, the Mattels are awesome
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Post by JCF on Jan 7, 2010 22:17:55 GMT -5
Oh, how I agree. Last night when I picked up the Entrance Greats Triple H I realized just how cool Mattel is. Jakks never gave us stuff like Mattel is just starting to. It's so nice how I can push a button and have HHH's theme play and have a fully detailed and realistic figure above the stand. I am very proud to be collecting the product.
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Post by unionjack on Jan 7, 2010 22:19:40 GMT -5
Im really eager to get some mattels now!.
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Post by The Highwayman on Jan 7, 2010 22:20:29 GMT -5
Mattel's are amazing, and I must say, even non-collectors think so.
My dad likes my collection, but, due to the jokingish relationship we have, he often comes into my apartment and says something like: "Oh playing with your little men!?'
Then, when he was checking out the Mattel figures I got, later on he came in and said "Oh! Playing with your anatomically correct little men!?"
Thought that was great IMO.
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Post by Ultimate Figure Collector on Jan 7, 2010 23:19:05 GMT -5
Mattel's are amazing, and I must say, even non-collectors think so. My dad likes my collection, but, due to the jokingish relationship we have, he often comes into my apartment and says something like: "Oh playing with your little men!?' Then, when he was checking out the Mattel figures I got, later on he came in and said "Oh! Playing with your anatomically correct little men!?" Thought that was great IMO. I agree with this. I was hanging out with my friends yesterday who are wrestling fans but don't really collect anymore and they thought they looked great and one of them said he planned to get a few. I think the last time people seen figures and said it was this awesome was when Jakks started the CS line.
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Post by deskjet on Jan 7, 2010 23:35:18 GMT -5
I colleceted jaKKS MOSTLY FOR PIC FEDDING, never just to collect. That's changed with mattels. I was 50 50 but the more i see them, the more i look forward to future releases. And i hear more positive then negative about them
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Post by stinghitmanfan on Jan 8, 2010 0:21:09 GMT -5
yeah i was on of them thinking should i try take a good look but now that i own a few im impressed! really especially on choices depending your favorite wrestler! The scale is sweet! And even having stands included is better too so i dont have to worry about some figures falling off!
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Post by Paney on Jan 8, 2010 6:05:40 GMT -5
Your totally right. I stopped collecting in Nov. 08, But now im collecting again because of Mattel. I still dont have a lot of Mattel figures but still im glad ive got what ive got. The scans are pretty good, although RA did produce some really really good scans.
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