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Post by marino13 on Jan 8, 2010 18:29:59 GMT -5
They are worth every penny. The detail is perfect and the bases are a great touch. Mattel wins hands down. And steelfoxstudios, I agree I think the Santino is awesome in every way. Yeah the Mattel Santino is actually one of my favorite Mattels. I wasn't even planning on getting the Mattel Santino, but once I saw how awesome it was in person I just had to get it. Yeah you should do comparison shots for Santino. Now there a big difference!
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Post by DKR on Jan 8, 2010 19:47:19 GMT -5
Yeah the Mattel Santino is actually one of my favorite Mattels. I wasn't even planning on getting the Mattel Santino, but once I saw how awesome it was in person I just had to get it. Yeah you should do comparison shots for Santino. Now there a big difference! The Ted DiBiase is a huge difference as well.
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Post by hitman1072 on Jan 8, 2010 21:20:41 GMT -5
Pretty cool read bro. You gotta remember one thing... Jakks Wrestlemania 22 TRU Exclusives were about $16.00...Actually Rey was probably cheaper since it came out long before the HHH. I think the HHH was $15.99 or maybe even $14.99 Mattel Entrance Greats are $20.00 I guarantee Jakks would have put the most effort possible if the cost was higher. I'm not bashing Mattel on this one at all, in fact I happen to really like both those Entrance greats....$20 each is just too expensive to me. How do you know Jakks would have put more effort into them? The CS series was supposed to have better features than the regular Jakks figures, and for the increased cost...we received the same crap. Same with the DA figures...we were told painted belts and great accessories. I can't remember one painted belt with the DA's. Plus the scale was atrocious, and the accessories were a joke. Great...another goofy ass laptop or weights that shot out. Cool! I love accumulating crap.
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Post by indywrestling on Jan 8, 2010 21:38:55 GMT -5
Mattel just bitchslaped jakks, lol, hh and rey by mattel kill jakks versions
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Post by rudos on Jan 8, 2010 21:44:53 GMT -5
Nice comparison, but the question is will Mattel keep it up?
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jan 8, 2010 22:06:48 GMT -5
I'm not defending Jakks but i like hearing how people say jakks sucks and they should be embarassed, when in reality the people are the ones who were buying all the crap they put out.
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Post by BigDaddyChacon on Jan 8, 2010 23:14:18 GMT -5
Very nice comparisons you did there.
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Post by cobraviper81 on Jan 8, 2010 23:42:13 GMT -5
Mattel WWE line = best wrestling figure line EVER!!!!
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Post by marino13 on Jan 9, 2010 0:37:57 GMT -5
Yeah you should do comparison shots for Santino. Now there a big difference! The Ted DiBiase is a huge difference as well. You're right, Ted is also next to perfect!
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Post by thecrutonbomb on Jan 9, 2010 1:00:38 GMT -5
Bourne Doesnt have wrist tape either
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Post by texasdeathstyle on Jan 9, 2010 1:57:43 GMT -5
The comparison isn't even fair in the first place.... Mattel hasn't even created something new here. It merely improved on something Jakks created when there was no competition. I am sure most of you guys loved Jakk's piece when it first came out. Yea Mattel's Rey looks amazing but the comparisons doesn't really make sense... It's like comparing Jakks with Hasbro.....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2010 12:07:00 GMT -5
I disagree with u texasdeathstyle, respectfully of course. I think the comparison is fair because the technology to make these figures were available for jakks. Its not years of difference like the jakks hasbro comparison. Lets look at the ball joint in the shoulder, jakks had their ball joints the same way Mattel does now with there R3 line, but they moved away from it. Your right Mattel didn't make anything new they improved and made a better quality product. While jakks cut corners and made a inferior product. Its all are faults really we paid for the jakks crap. So my point is jakks could have made their product just as good as mattels, they choose not to.
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Post by hitman1072 on Jan 9, 2010 12:22:46 GMT -5
The comparison isn't even fair in the first place.... Mattel hasn't even created something new here. It merely improved on something Jakks created when there was no competition. I am sure most of you guys loved Jakk's piece when it first came out. Yea Mattel's Rey looks amazing but the comparisons doesn't really make sense... It's like comparing Jakks with Hasbro..... You're just wrong. Jakks created the entrance gear for Triple H and Rey at WM 22? Huh? Your whole post doesn't make any sense.
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Post by texasdeathstyle on Jan 9, 2010 14:01:47 GMT -5
I disagree with u texasdeathstyle, respectfully of course. I think the comparison is fair because the technology to make these figures were available for jakks. Its not years of difference like the jakks hasbro comparison. Lets look at the ball joint in the shoulder, jakks had their ball joints the same way Mattel does now with there R3 line, but they moved away from it. Your right Mattel didn't make anything new they improved and made a better quality product. While jakks cut corners and made a inferior product. Its all are faults really we paid for the jakks crap. So my point is jakks could have made their product just as good as mattels, they choose not to. Well, I do get what you mean. But then again, there is nothing special about what Mattel is doing right now. If I were to release a product that was already done before another company, it only makes sense to improve on the original design so that the product would sell. I think I will reserve my judgment on Mattel till they start making designs that hasn't been tackled by Jakks before... And hitman1072, try to make sense of it. betterthanu13 did....
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Post by John™ on Jan 9, 2010 14:47:59 GMT -5
Mattel won that.
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Post by laythvandam on Jan 9, 2010 14:51:37 GMT -5
That pisses all over the Jakks versions.
You must be clueless if you're still going to defend Jakks over Mattel.
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Post by skullmaniac1990 on Jan 10, 2010 1:26:59 GMT -5
My opinion about Jakks has changed over the years. I've personally always felt that Jakks didn't reach their full potential. Mattel actually seems to want to try with every figure. They even stated in the WWE.com interview that they want every series to beat the last; basically getting better and better. You can really say that Jakks never did that; there would be a really good series followed by a really bad one.
The two major problems I've always had with Jakks was the fact the arms on the figures went from being easy to move around to all the sudden terribly hard to move and also; the fact that they would have one really good series of WWE stars followed by a terrible series with the same exact stars! I still find it funny how Mattel even basically called out Jakks in the WWE.com interview - "We want some depth, not just put out a whole bunch of Cena and whole bunch of Rey, like those other guys."
I think one of the reasons Jakks seems so terrible to us now is the fact that they basically used the same molds for every wrestler. In a way it was a good thing because every figure went with each other, but I think Jakks missed the idea of every figure being unique.
Mattel already in just 1 series, has made their figures way different and IMO, better. Each figure is unique in their own right. (1) Just look at Evan Bourne, his boots are amazing! (2) Just look at Kofi, his Palm tree boots/knee pads rule the world. (3) Chris Jericho and CM Punk actually have designs on their kickers. (4) The Entrance Greats, as you can see from my post, come with just so much more than the Jakks Exclusives. (5) I could go on and on!
These are all things Jakks would never do and Mattel did in just one try.
I don't see why Jakks was never more creative with their product like how Mattel is. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that Mattel is perfect; they actually have ways to go with I think head-scans and a few other minor things. But, my point is that I think that Jakks could have made their figures a lot better than they really did.
Once Mattel took over and did their thing; I lost a lot of respect for Jakks. I did love Jakks figures at one time...and even today I think some Jakks figures are better than Mattel. But, one fact remains true...Unless Mattel is like Jakks then they can only get better over time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 1:55:09 GMT -5
That's pretty much how I fell about it; Mattel's initial release has absolutely ground most of what Jakks did into the dust. If they're doing this well right out of the gate, just imagine how things will be a year from now! Seeing how the DCUC line has shaped up over the past two years, I can't wait to see how my Mattel WWE collection shapes up over the course of the next couple of years.
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Post by hitman1072 on Jan 10, 2010 2:22:58 GMT -5
I disagree with u texasdeathstyle, respectfully of course. I think the comparison is fair because the technology to make these figures were available for jakks. Its not years of difference like the jakks hasbro comparison. Lets look at the ball joint in the shoulder, jakks had their ball joints the same way Mattel does now with there R3 line, but they moved away from it. Your right Mattel didn't make anything new they improved and made a better quality product. While jakks cut corners and made a inferior product. Its all are faults really we paid for the jakks crap. So my point is jakks could have made their product just as good as mattels, they choose not to. Well, I do get what you mean. But then again, there is nothing special about what Mattel is doing right now. If I were to release a product that was already done before another company, it only makes sense to improve on the original design so that the product would sell. I think I will reserve my judgment on Mattel till they start making designs that hasn't been tackled by Jakks before... And hitman1072, try to make sense of it. betterthanu13 did.... Good Lord...are you trying not to make any sense? So...because Mattel has versions of figures that absolutely blow away the similar Jakks versions...Mattel's aren't that impressive? Wha? You're not being serious...are you? Just because a subsequent company makes something, it doesn't mean it will be better than the previous. Just ask Marvel Legends collectors what they think of Hasbro's Marvel Legends compared to what Toybiz & Marvel Toys cranked out. Oh, and I was being nice when I said your post didn't make sense. Completely moronic is what I was actually thinking.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Jan 10, 2010 4:53:39 GMT -5
Amazing. In retrospect, its hard to believe we accepted that Jakks rey as a great figure when it clearly isnt. The gap between the two is very evident. A few minor things were jakks wins, but its quite obvious mattel trumped jakks, in ways which just a few months ago, we wouldnt have ever imagined. So much better.
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