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Post by East Coast on Aug 28, 2012 22:25:40 GMT -5
finding prototypes is cool enough.
Buying them directly off the artist/designer of the original series, EXTRA COOL
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Post by Chicago on Aug 29, 2012 9:33:22 GMT -5
awesome story. I googled him and he worked on LOTS of stuff. Apparently he had the Mortal Kombat license and made some sick figures that go for a bunch on the bay. I also found him on the bay pretty easily. There was an unreleased Kane "bloodlines" proto that looked sick. Did u ever get in-depth with him about cancelled figures, unreleased figs/lines...or any other good nuggets? Yeah, he recently sold that Bloodlines (a.k.a. S.T.O.M.P. Series 5) Kane prototype on eBay for close to $97. I've asked him dozens of questions and he's given me some great information about his time working with Jakks Pacific. Let me see what I can find from his responses that I haven't shared yet (see: last page for links to my previous blog posts). Here's a good one for starters: - Five people (six, if you include the product manager at Jakks) were responsible for over 40 lines produced in a span of three years. Those five people were Terry and his "Band of Mercenaries", comprised of a Master Molder, Master Painter, Master Accessories Sculptor, Master Genius Sculptor, and Designer. They were on constant deadlines, designing and sculpting from 10 a.m. to 5 a.m., crashing for five hours, and then up and at it again for seven days a week, 52 weeks in a year. Really crazy stuff. - After designing and sculpting Superstars Series 1 and 2, Terry left to take opportunities elsewhere (namely as the exclusive designer for a Hong Kong toy company). He didn't specify dates, but Terry said he was contacted by the product manager at Jakks about a year or so later to talk about ideas for new WWF lines right at the end of the S.T.O.M.P. line. So, if by "the end" he meant to say S.T.O.M.P. Series 4, then I would assume he returned by late summer/early fall of 1999. It fits considering he returned to design/sculpt about 40 lines total including ALL of Titan Tron Live, Maximum Sweat, and Finishing Moves (his final work with Jakks WWF). - Terry sculpted the heads/likenesses for Ripped and Ruthless Series 2 (the statue type pieces released during the BCA era) and a member of his team, James Hakola, designed/sculpted the bodies. The reason why Series 1 looked so much different from Series 2 is because another vendor designed/sculpted Series 1 and Terry's team was called in to work on Series 2, hence the lack of continuity. All of the other lines Terry worked on for Jakks had continuity and he never split a line like that again. - He listed prototypes for both Ripped and Ruthless Series 2 Triple H and the unreleased Ripped and Ruthless Series 3 Chyna late last month, and they sold as a two-figure lot for $70. I asked him if he knew of the existence of any others from Series 3 (rumored to be "Black Hart" Owen Hart, Ken Shamrock and "Marvelous" Marc Mero), but he said he did not recall working on any besides Chyna. There may have been some original clay sculpts of the others (he doesn't think so), but Chyna was the only one to make it to a cast resin mold. finding prototypes is cool enough. Buying them directly off the artist/designer of the original series, EXTRA COOL I just re-read a message where he informed me that the prototypes I was receiving directly from him were indeed the master sculpts that were originally sent overseas. I can't complain.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2012 13:11:54 GMT -5
"The BCA Conqueror" Chicago!
1. Collected All BCA Lines- Dominate 2. Found Out All about BCA - Dominate 3. Bought Prototypes from a former Jakk's employee- Dominate 4. Working on completeing All BCA's MOC- So far Dominate
What is left for this legend of the BCA World?
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Post by Chicago on Aug 30, 2012 13:34:15 GMT -5
"The BCA Conqueror" Chicago! 1. Collected All BCA Lines- Dominate 2. Found Out All about BCA - Dominate 3. Bought Prototypes from a former Jakk's employee- Dominate 4. Working on completeing All BCA's MOC- So far Dominate What is left for this legend of the BCA World? That would sound good on a resume if it were true. There are others here who have far superior collections to my own, and I'm sure plenty of older collectors who know more about the BCA line than I could ever hope to know. I'm always willing to learn more and take in additional pieces to bolster my loose BCA collection (MOC is not much to write home about, as most of mine are just doubles or common exclusives). If I could claim responsibility for turning anyone on to the BCA line, or for reinvigorating a former collector's desire to start again, I'll hang my hat on that bullet point above all others. By the way, I'll break down the specifics and share detailed pics of my recent prototype buys one at a time in the coming weeks/months. Bret Hart will be first, and I'll continue in alphabetical order. Comparison shots with the final product will be included, too.
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Post by jammer311 on Aug 30, 2012 15:06:07 GMT -5
"The BCA Conqueror" Chicago! 1. Collected All BCA Lines- Dominate 2. Found Out All about BCA - Dominate 3. Bought Prototypes from a former Jakk's employee- Dominate 4. Working on completeing All BCA's MOC- So far Dominate What is left for this legend of the BCA World? That would sound good on a resume if it were true. There are others here who have far superior collections to my own, and I'm sure plenty of older collectors who know more about the BCA line than I could ever hope to know. I'm always willing to learn more and take in additional pieces to bolster my loose BCA collection (MOC is not much to write home about, as most of mine are just doubles or common exclusives). If I could claim responsibility for turning anyone on to the BCA line, or for reinvigorating a former collector's desire to start again, I'll hang my hat on that bullet point above all others. By the way, I'll break down the specifics and share detailed pics of my recent prototype buys one at a time in the coming weeks/months. Bret Hart will be first, and I'll continue in alphabetical order. Comparison shots with the final product will be included, too. That would be me, fine sir. In 2006 I sold all my BCA figures cause I didn't care for them anymore. They were beat up too which helped the cause to get rid of them. Now, in the past 5 to 6 months, I have like 140 loose BCAs on display, and still in the hunt to get more of them.
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Post by fallbrawl on Aug 30, 2012 18:38:53 GMT -5
Since this thread has started i have been more involved with the bca line and my moc collection had doubled.
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Post by zulitethegreat173 on Sept 6, 2012 1:19:09 GMT -5
I Miss the BCA Line. They where great for Figure Federations. I remember Vader was a beast for me for some reason he would put all the others on the DL, He put out Bulldog, Goldust, Deisel, Yokozuna, & The Ultimate Warrior. Also I made Edge a superstar before WWE did. I Turned Warrior into a commentator only cause I couldn't find the Series 2 one again. Series 2 Owen Hart, the best one ever Period. I remember we did some stuff with the Undertaker, You know the Crazy stuff he did in 99. & we had the STOMP 2 Owen (Now let me side note, Looking back I wish we never would of done this.) & we thought it would be awesome to set Owen on Fire. Ya I know I know. But hey look at it now I still have that Owen. I don't think I will ever get rid of it.
Favs ever: Series 2, Warrior Owen & Vader. Series 1, Diesel & Razor Ramon. The Black shirt Austin 3:16. Complete Series 8. TKO Marc Mero. Yokozuna,
God that list could go on & on. I miss that line alot. There were so many memoeries I can dare name them all
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 7, 2012 10:31:22 GMT -5
I Miss the BCA Line. They where great for Figure Federations. I remember Vader was a beast for me for some reason he would put all the others on the DL, He put out Bulldog, Goldust, Deisel, Yokozuna, & The Ultimate Warrior. Also I made Edge a superstar before WWE did. I Turned Warrior into a commentator only cause I couldn't find the Series 2 one again. Series 2 Owen Hart, the best one ever Period. I remember we did some stuff with the Undertaker, You know the Crazy stuff he did in 99. & we had the STOMP 2 Owen (Now let me side note, Looking back I wish we never would of done this.) & we thought it would be awesome to set Owen on Fire. Ya I know I know. But hey look at it now I still have that Owen. I don't think I will ever get rid of it. Favs ever: Series 2, Warrior Owen & Vader. Series 1, Diesel & Razor Ramon. The Black shirt Austin 3:16. Complete Series 8. TKO Marc Mero. Yokozuna, God that list could go on & on. I miss that line alot. There were so many memoeries I can dare name them all I kind of miss it. But I prefer the Mattel figures of today
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Post by ellisd on Sept 14, 2012 23:31:55 GMT -5
This may have been answered already, but its pages and pages back so I'm gonna ask again.....
Whats' everyone's favorite figure (playability)?
Favorite figure (looks/detail) ?
Favorite accessory?
Oddest person to hold a title in your old BCA federation?
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Post by Daniel F'n Bryan on Sept 15, 2012 6:05:05 GMT -5
This may have been answered already, but its pages and pages back so I'm gonna ask again..... Whats' everyone's favorite figure (playability)? Favorite figure (looks/detail) ? Favorite accessory? Oddest person to hold a title in your old BCA federation? 1. Vader or Ultimate Warrior 2. Undertaker-Series 8 3. Table
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Post by fallbrawl on Sept 15, 2012 9:35:35 GMT -5
1. Bret Hart- series 1 2. Mankind - series 3 3 Tables 4. The sulton (it's a long story)
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 16, 2012 16:29:30 GMT -5
Was STOMP considered a part of BCA?
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Post by Daniel F'n Bryan on Sept 16, 2012 17:39:20 GMT -5
Was STOMP considered a part of BCA? yep
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Post by qdogg on Sept 16, 2012 18:00:42 GMT -5
I liked both Warriors (blue and green), Purple glow in the dark taker, Mankind, Xpac, Flash Funk, Gangrel, the 2nd HBK (first appeared in slammers 2 I think), the HHH from fully loaded with shiny tights, Legion of Doom
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 16, 2012 20:04:37 GMT -5
Was STOMP considered a part of BCA? yep I wasn't sure. I didn't get the point of STOMP
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Post by jrjumpshot on Sept 17, 2012 10:56:33 GMT -5
This may have been answered already, but its pages and pages back so I'm gonna ask again..... Whats' everyone's favorite figure (playability)? Favorite figure (looks/detail) ? Favorite accessory? Oddest person to hold a title in your old BCA federation? Favorite figure (playability)- Jeff Jarrett shotgun saturday night series. Loved this figure. Favorite figure (looks/detail)- Superstars series 9 Undertaker. Favorite accessory- Ladder, 1st mold where they could actually stand on it. Awesome accessory. Oddest person to hold a title- Test. He was my world champion for at least 3 months consecutively. In the world of figure federations, that is like a Bruno Sammartino reign.
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Post by champofakind on Sept 17, 2012 11:28:47 GMT -5
This may have been answered already, but its pages and pages back so I'm gonna ask again..... Whats' everyone's favorite figure (playability)? Favorite figure (looks/detail) ? Favorite accessory? Oddest person to hold a title in your old BCA federation? Tie between Xpac and HBK Series 1 Undertaker Table Flash Funk (Funk and HBK traded the title on and off for a while)
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Post by ellisd on Sept 17, 2012 23:08:49 GMT -5
Whats' everyone's favorite figure (playability)? British Bulldog was one of my favorite figures to play with. Droz and the Edge (in the blue from the Backlash series) are both close runner ups
Favorite figure (looks/detail) ? I thought the detail in the above mentioned Edge was good especially when you consider it was part of the Backlash line as the BCA line was dieing out. It had Edge's usual designs and a metallic blue color to the tights. Other favorites include HBK (any of the non Slammers version, especially WM14 and DTA Tour2) and the Undertaker from the first 2 series, Series 3 Mankind
Favorite accessory?I think the table was my favorite. with chairs being a close 2nd
Oddest person to hold a title in your old BCA federation? I was very picky about who won my titles, especially my world title. I think my oddest World Champ was Farooq...and thats just because I liked Farooq but hated his figure. I think the legs on his figure were too skinny for his body and he always had that cap on. Wish they would have made those Nation of Domination caps removable.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 18, 2012 10:28:59 GMT -5
Did the Backlash Edge still weirdly use the Hunter Hearst Helmsley tights? The belt buckle on my BCA Edges really bugs me.
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Post by ellisd on Sept 18, 2012 13:17:57 GMT -5
Did the Backlash Edge still weirdly use the Hunter Hearst Helmsley tights? The belt buckle on my BCA Edges really bugs me. No, they used the Psycho Sid arms, torso, and legs...and it worked really well for Edge.
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