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Post by Obi-TruLove on Jul 25, 2010 14:52:43 GMT -5
I just still get a little laugh when Jakks said Mattel's detail too the figures will soon die out. LMFAO! Isn't that what happened to Jakks?
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Post by cyantist on Jul 25, 2010 15:43:39 GMT -5
I Believe Jakks Woulda Done A Much Better Job On Savage ![](http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/l/lol_monkey-12920.jpg) Good one. I believe boys who have their caps lock on at the start of every word say funny, ridiculous things. Is it bad that I laughed? Anyway on topic. I cant help but think that mattels attention to detail will die out aswell. Jakks was good for their first few years and then started going downhill.
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Post by D-Bry on Jul 25, 2010 17:08:02 GMT -5
i have about 30 mattels but i still like jakks DA figs bcuz i pick up guys that mattel wont make like nitro, JBLand stevie richards. if there is a cheap jakks fig, i will buy it. i will pick up the tna hogan, hardy, rvd, and 2 pack of team 3d. and def the warrior and macho man baby.
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Post by LeighD on Jul 25, 2010 17:27:49 GMT -5
Actually that last part couldnt be any more incorrect. IF by chance Martha did sign over Owen rights it would be with Jakks and their line. No way will she ever do business with WWE or Mattel. That is obvious with her recent lawsuit. Tragically, you're right. If Mattel got a hold of her seeking out a contract to produce an Owen Hart for WWE's Legends line, she's probably go insane. But if Jakks approached her with an offer for Owen to appear in a Legends of the Ring series, in NO way affiliated with the WWE, she might... MIGHT consider. I would say if Martha were to sign the rights over to a company to make an Owen Hart figure, it would Jakks. I wouldn't completely count Mattel out, but the likelihood of an Owen Hart figure in the WWE Legends line is VERY slim right now. But stranger things have happened. In reality, Owen is really the last major-want-figure to be made, aside from I think Magnum TA & Raven. Jakks made Sting & Scott Steiner and Mattel made Savage & Steamboat. IMO if Jakks could EVER sign Owen, now would be the time to do it. My biggest want right now, is for JAKKS to get excited about their new Legends line and start giving us some news with line-ups, protos, and just give us an ounce of encouragement that they actually care about this line. Dude, we must think along the same lines. At this stage I want a line-up of LOTR 3 - 4, LOTR 1 MOC pictures, and LOTR 2 protos. I can only hope Jakks is in the finishing stages of the line-ups for the next year and we will finally get some news about the LOTR line. I did email Jakks asking if they had a line-up for LOTR 2 and the the woman's response was: "Unfortunately, we don’t have that information available because of last minute design changes that might occur. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me."
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Post by underthestairs on Jul 26, 2010 0:29:37 GMT -5
I used to be against Mattel but I have to admit... they're really bringing it. It's hard not to invest after seeing the SDCC unveiling.
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Post by ttr23 on Jul 26, 2010 7:32:32 GMT -5
are people ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) ing serious jack swagger and john morrsion mattel figure look nothing like them giving kofi track pants when he hasn't worn them in a good 2 years kane's first elite figure coming with an accurse he hasn had since 2003 and giving Drew McIntyre facial hair when he has never had facial hair.
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Post by dante123 on Jul 26, 2010 10:01:36 GMT -5
Im still going to buy jakks, but I will buy a mattel when it comes to a person jakks didn't make
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2010 10:17:26 GMT -5
are people ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) ing serious jack swagger and john morrsion mattel figure look nothing like them giving kofi track pants when he hasn't worn them in a good 2 years kane's first elite figure coming with an accurse he hasn had since 2003 and giving Drew McIntyre facial hair when he has never had facial hair. Their figures aren't as bad as jakks swagger and morrison's ![8-)](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/cool.gif) Also, what else could they have given kane? A spare glove? Oh wait I got it, A barrel of fire? and gfxfusion.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/drew-mcintyre-wallpaper-1152x864.jpg That picture tells me different about McIntyre.
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Post by naparo01 on Jul 26, 2010 18:43:02 GMT -5
absolutly. I like the jacks figs as they have less articulation and there fore easier to play with. I hate that Mattel's figs are a bit smaller. But the less muscle mass makes them more relaistic and the accessories and attention to detial is incredable.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2010 6:16:18 GMT -5
I always said Id get Mattel Legends of my faves and guys Jakks didnt get to.....and I gotta say its working out an treat
Mattel has knocked the Road Warriors outta the park and the upcoming Demolition look brilliance.
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Post by jfinnomore on Jul 27, 2010 7:58:55 GMT -5
are people ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) ing serious jack swagger and john morrsion mattel figure look nothing like them giving kofi track pants when he hasn't worn them in a good 2 years kane's first elite figure coming with an accurse he hasn had since 2003 and giving Drew McIntyre facial hair when he has never had facial hair. haha yeah shame on mattel for actually including accessories the wrestlers used/wear. they should go the jakks route and give them all microphones/chairs and give them all the wrong kickers/torsos. now that would make a GREAT figure line ![::)](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/rolleyes.gif)
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Post by The Warsman on Jul 27, 2010 13:33:35 GMT -5
It got to me...and won me over. After it was announced that Jakks lost the WWE license...I kinda freaked. Big CS collection, customs, etc. I stayed away from the WFigs board (among many other reasons)...but just when I thought I was out...Mattel pulled me back in! I'm in for every Classic Mattel makes in the Elite style! I bought Steamboat just to see it...and it's GREAT! Now the possibility of Macho, Roberts or Rude against Steamboat...or Warrior vs. Rude...or Savage vs. Roberts...Rockers vs. Demolition...let's just say, I'm in!! Plus, the thought of not buying classic figs is kinda depressing... For those worried about cost...I feel ya. But isn't Mattel's Classic assortment smaller than Jakks' used to be though? So the $ amount works about about even in the end, maybe even cheaper. (Jakks had been releasing what--8-9 per series at $12.99 TRU against Mattel's 6 per series at $14.99) And I'm not a scale nazi, but I won't miss this: ![](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4327/tpbfull.jpg) Wars
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Jul 27, 2010 21:03:38 GMT -5
Anyone who thinks Jakks' figures are better than Mattel's is delusional.
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Post by Sound888 on Jul 27, 2010 21:26:08 GMT -5
Anyone who thinks Jakks' figures are better than Mattel's is delusional. +1
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jul 27, 2010 22:23:05 GMT -5
are people ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) ing serious jack swagger and john morrsion mattel figure look nothing like them giving kofi track pants when he hasn't worn them in a good 2 years kane's first elite figure coming with an accurse he hasn had since 2003 and giving Drew McIntyre facial hair when he has never had facial hair. haha yeah shame on mattel for actually including accessories the wrestlers used/wear. they should go the jakks route and give them all microphones/chairs and give them all the wrong kickers/torsos. now that would make a GREAT figure line ![::)](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/rolleyes.gif) I read a lot of replies in this thread going this way and that way and i'll throw my 2 cents in. In no way is this going to be gramaticaly correct so if you wanna wanna bitch about that don't bother reading. Now onto the debate Jakks vs Mattel. Everyone says that Jakks did a great job on this and that. I fail to see it. Yes they knocked CS8 Hogans out of the park. Yes they gave us some great figures here and there. But lets look at it a little deeper. First we will go with flat out quality. Jakks reused parts after parts after parts just to save money. I don't see Mattel doing this as of yet. Jakks used John Cena's headscan over and over nothing changing to his head or gear. They could of changed colors, shirts, something, anything but we didn't get it. Then they started with rerelease after rerelease. No matter who or what it was and how bad it was. Look at Adrenaline 13. It was all TTL figures and they said it was b/c of Chinese new year? Why couldn't they do a running change? This is to prove Jakks didn't care from day one. Now i will touch on the accessories. They were flat out garbage compared to Mattel. Someone said OH Mattel gives us something they haven't used in 2 years. SOMETHING is better then NOTHING and nothing is what Jakks gave us. THe accessories were flat out crap. Don't believe me let's take a look. RA1 we were given a gas can with Cena.Why? I don't know it was cool yes but why with Cena and not like a Kane?RA15 Carlito with no kneepads? They even did this with the CS line which was regarded as their premiere line. Doink with a tag belt? CS9 which coulda been a great set but LOD was a complete waste with missing pads and details. CS1 had TTL and R3 figures with RA all mixed. Granted it was a trial to see if they took off but i don't remember Andre wearing 2 straps( i could be wrong though). Mattel has at this point so far proven to be much better with their product. Look at their lines. The basic line is suppose to be the bottom tier and it is far better then most of RAs. Granted they don't have accessories but they aren't suppose to. Most of the releases have something changed about them. I know people say yeah but Mattel has made a ton of Cenas so far but they are all different. Different gear,different headscan, something so you are not getting the same figure. Now we will move to the Elites of mattel which is the same as the DA was suppose to be. There is really no comparing them as you see what you get with Mattel and what you get with Jakks. For the sake of it we will compare Kofi Kingston. With Mattel we got his windbreaker pants, now granted he hasn't worn them but he did and they are accurate. With DA Kofi we got the same chair we got over and over. When Jakks announced the DA line it was suppose to be all new accessories that fit that superstar.Not the same 100 chairs or microphones. Now let's move to exclusives. Jakks has made a TON and i mean a TON of exclusives and most were uncalled for. Some were nice the RVD with painted titles and t shirt, the HHH with t shirt wasn't to bad but let's call it the way we should and say those should have been how some figues were mass released. They made 1/100s and for the most part were pretty crap and not worth the money.The Rey Mysterio one was a disgrace of an exclusive as was the Sunny. The Jimmy Hart was a repaint also. If you are going to do a limited release like that make it worth the money and have people say WOW that's something special. Not WOW that's a stupid rerelease or repaint. Look what Mattel did for Comic Con their first exclusive they nailed it out of the park. Great figure and everything about it is worth 25$. Now while this was mostly bashing Jakks i did try to give them credit where it was due. I collected Jakks since BCA days so for me to sit here and say they don't deserve any credit is not fair.I do however take away points when they screw collectors out of their money and give us a cheap product at regular market value. I won't bring up the scale issue b/c they wasn't really a big deal to me as it is to some people and i know Jakks tried a little with it. At the end of the day i do give Jakks props for what they did but i see what they are doing now and i just don't like it. I stopped buying Jakks around CS9 and said i was prob. done buying heavily( i still picked up the odd CS here and there). b/c of the way the line headed and their quality. I pretty much figured i was done all together. Then i saw Mattel and gave them a chance and they could not have reeled me in any more then they did. I just wish Jakks could do something to revive themselves and make some of the quality figures we know they can.
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Post by 500DaysofNight on Jul 28, 2010 11:35:53 GMT -5
I would've given Jakks credit if they would've went out with a bang... but they obviously didn't. They released stuff that is just a step about the rip-off figures you'd find at a dollar store. Lest we forget THIS: ![](http://wrestlingfigs.com/uploads/article/136345_article.jpg)
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Jul 28, 2010 12:03:20 GMT -5
I would've given Jakks credit if they would've went out with a bang... but they obviously didn't. They released stuff that is just a step about the rip-off figures you'd find at a dollar store. Lest we forget THIS: ![](http://wrestlingfigs.com/uploads/article/136345_article.jpg) LMAO! That's horrendous. It probably killed them to paint the black trunks/thong because they didn't even bother to paint the rest of the trunks on the thighs. But a naked Mark Henry wouldn't have been very PG, so they had no choice.
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Post by dante123 on Jul 28, 2010 13:14:27 GMT -5
mark did make an appearance on raw like that one day
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Jul 28, 2010 13:31:15 GMT -5
mark did make an appearance on raw like that one day Ewww...
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Post by Smash Ventura on Jul 28, 2010 19:57:27 GMT -5
Anyone who thinks Jakks' figures are better than Mattel's is delusional. everyone is entitled to there own opinion but its comments like this that i take a big steamy dump on... if people like mattel better thats cool...but insults like this are delusional.... mattel is going to earn some money from me as i want the heads of the guys jakks didnt make...and yes i give credit where it is due some of the accessories are cool... but the bodies in my opion are blah... to small to thin in the legs and arms and the ball joints look weird.... jakks arms were big enough to where the shoulder ball joint didnt look huge... again mattel gets a A from me for effort...and despite some cool heads (mostly the guys jakks didnt make) and the extras like the rockers t shirts or geroges pet mine, the get a C minus for exacution... but again im not gonna call somebody who dosent agree dilusional...just different cups of tea..thats all. im glad the mattel gang are getting a cool legends line in there own right... but me im happy with my collection and cant wait for my sting to arrive ![:)](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/smiley.gif) peace ![:)](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/smiley.gif)
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