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Post by cableV on Feb 1, 2010 22:16:40 GMT -5
If your Kmart is the only one doing a 25% off sale, then I think a better tittle for this post is "My Kmart fell flat on it's face."
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Post by hitman1072 on Feb 1, 2010 22:28:20 GMT -5
I respect everybody's opinions, but I just don't get the whole "Jakks sucks vs Mattel rules" and vice versa attitudes... I collected Jakks and now I'm getting some Mattel figs too, and even though Mattels are very nice, I still love my Jakks figs. I know a lot of this general attitude came from their (Jakk's) big quality drop in the recent past, but you can't deny they did a lot of good stuff for a long time. Why can't most of the people (at least from the general sensation in this forum) migrate from Jakks to Mattel without totally hating on the "ex"? It's really odd... It's not odd at all. For as big of a license as the WWE was, Jakks quality was always sub-par compared to other major toy companies with big licenses. The Jakks product was always mediocre at best. The bodies were mostly downright bad. It's really that simple. I would still like a mod to explain to me how I received a 75% warning level for defending Mattel in the Mattel forums, and be deemed a troll. Yet guys like this, can start up just ridiculous threads , just to cause trouble. Reasons like this are the reason many of the other action figure boards look at these forums as a kindergarten class. |
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Post by bigtaurus78 on Feb 1, 2010 22:31:03 GMT -5
Wow I thought something like this would happen but I could not imagine it happened so soon. Local K-Mart has Mattel's figures at 25% off and the store is drowning in those figs. Well this is what happens when you make the figures that look like crossbreed line between WWE and Will and Grace show.  |
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Post by purplekangaroo on Feb 1, 2010 23:02:15 GMT -5
I respect everybody's opinions, but I just don't get the whole "Jakks sucks vs Mattel rules" and vice versa attitudes... I collected Jakks and now I'm getting some Mattel figs too, and even though Mattels are very nice, I still love my Jakks figs. I know a lot of this general attitude came from their (Jakk's) big quality drop in the recent past, but you can't deny they did a lot of good stuff for a long time. Why can't most of the people (at least from the general sensation in this forum) migrate from Jakks to Mattel without totally hating on the "ex"? It's really odd... It's not odd at all. For as big of a license as the WWE was, Jakks quality was always sub-par compared to other major toy companies with big licenses. The Jakks product was always mediocre at best. The bodies were mostly downright bad. It's really that simple. I would still like a mod to explain to me how I received a 75% warning level for defending Mattel in the Mattel forums, and be deemed a troll. Yet guys like this, can start up just ridiculous threads , just to cause trouble. Reasons like this are the reason many of the other action figure boards look at these forums as a kindergarten class. This is ridiculous. How could you say that Jakks made bad RA bodies? Hell, they are even better than most of the bodies that Mattel has made (their HHH and Cena torso comes to mind). Out of the 8 or so local WWE collectors i've asked here in my country, only one likes Mattel so far. Mattel has great detail but that's about it. Jakks made great work before they went slip-shod on us in mid 2008. Just look at figures like Ultimate Warrior, Rey, Vader, Papa Shango, Stone Cold, etc. |
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 1, 2010 23:24:18 GMT -5
I don't personally see Jakks RA bodies as 'good' period. They're too bulky, and completely unrealistic.
Show me someone who looks like a "Ruthless Agression" figure, please.
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Post by bobsagetbrigade on Feb 1, 2010 23:26:43 GMT -5
do yourself a favor and just go away
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Post by slappy on Feb 1, 2010 23:27:14 GMT -5
It's not odd at all. For as big of a license as the WWE was, Jakks quality was always sub-par compared to other major toy companies with big licenses. The Jakks product was always mediocre at best. The bodies were mostly downright bad. It's really that simple. I would still like a mod to explain to me how I received a 75% warning level for defending Mattel in the Mattel forums, and be deemed a troll. Yet guys like this, can start up just ridiculous threads , just to cause trouble. Reasons like this are the reason many of the other action figure boards look at these forums as a kindergarten class. This is ridiculous. How could you say that Jakks made bad RA bodies? Hell, they are even better than most of the bodies that Mattel has made (their HHH and Cena torso comes to mind). Out of the 8 or so local WWE collectors i've asked here in my country, only one likes Mattel so far. Mattel has great detail but that's about it. Jakks made great work before they went slip-shod on us in mid 2008. Just look at figures like Ultimate Warrior, Rey, Vader, Papa Shango, Stone Cold, etc. I don't know why you included Vader. The figure makes him seem 200 pounds heavier than he really is. |
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Post by threehgame on Feb 1, 2010 23:28:36 GMT -5
For what it's worth last time I was at TRU there was a dad there with his two sons looking for Jakks WWE stuff. The kids didn't like the look of the Mattel toys. I explained to the dad about what happened with Jakks and how well the Mattel stuff seems to be selling and the effort Mattel is putting into the line. Effort and detail do not matter to 8 year olds.
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Post by WFK on Feb 1, 2010 23:31:11 GMT -5
I don't personally see Jakks RA bodies as 'good' period. They're too bulky, and completely unrealistic. Show me someone who looks like a "Ruthless Agression" figure, please. Completely agree man. I'll never get the diehard Jakks fans who love those body styles. They were nowhere near even close to being proportionate to an actual human body. |
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Post by Double J on Feb 1, 2010 23:36:47 GMT -5
Nobody could ever convince me that Jakks had the better body parts. It was like buying Masters of the Universe figures.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Feb 1, 2010 23:51:54 GMT -5
Wow I thought something like this would happen but I could not imagine it happened so soon. Local K-Mart has Mattel's figures at 25% off and the store is drowning in those figs. Well this is what happens when you make the figures that look like crossbreed line between WWE and Will and Grace show. LOL, ur such a hater, they cant keep them stocked everywhere I've gone. Same. And if they do its the crappy repaint series. |
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 1, 2010 23:52:56 GMT -5
I don't personally see Jakks RA bodies as 'good' period. They're too bulky, and completely unrealistic. Show me someone who looks like a "Ruthless Agression" figure, please. Completely agree man. I'll never get the diehard Jakks fans who love those body styles. They were nowhere near even close to being proportionate to an actual human body. For the sake of argument I threw comparisons of Edge and Bourne together.   Now tell me everyone, who looks more true to the real life counterpart? I mean, it looks like Jakks put Edge in a Snuggie. |
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Post by WFK on Feb 1, 2010 23:55:15 GMT -5
You mean Evan Bourne isn't the same height as The Undertaker, AdamBomb? Could have fooled me.
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 2, 2010 0:00:17 GMT -5
You mean Evan Bourne isn't the same height as The Undertaker, AdamBomb? Could have fooled me. YOU HAZN'T HERD!? 5'6" is the new 6'10"!!!! |
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Post by jfinnomore on Feb 2, 2010 4:59:25 GMT -5
to piggy back on what AdamBomb posted, anyone who thinks jakks captured taker better is out of their skull.  |
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 2, 2010 5:18:47 GMT -5
Oh now come on, you don't remember Taker being short and squat, with the arms of a gorilla?
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Post by Lk™ on Feb 2, 2010 8:25:01 GMT -5
they probably ordered extra for the sale. that's what most stores would do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2010 8:53:09 GMT -5
I mean the first month they came out Kmart ran a buy two get one free sale, it was to generate excitement in the new line!
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Post by The Madness on Feb 2, 2010 8:56:09 GMT -5
I wish we had the overstocking problem around here. I can barely find the figures because they're always sold out. If your Kmart is the only one doing a 25% off sale, then I think a better tittle for this post is "My Kmart fell flat on it's face." That, my friend, was an epic burn. |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Feb 2, 2010 9:25:46 GMT -5
Jakks made great work before they went slip-shod on us in mid 2008. Just look at figures like Ultimate Warrior, Rey, Vader, Papa Shango, Stone Cold, etc. It's hilarious that you'd say Jakks bodies were good and then mention Rey "Booyaka Booyaka, I'm The Same Size As Everybody Else When Jakks Make Me" Mysterio in the same post. |
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