The Complete History of OSFTM WCW Figures

hmm is it the hogan in all black series 2 repaint I slightly remember seeing him once or twice at kb and Johnny's toys

Just picked up a series 1 Hulk Hogan. Love this figure as it reminds me of LJN figures and it's Hulk Hogan's first WCW figure. It's definitely an underrated IMO.

Usually I only collect Hasbros and Mattel retros.. but I just had to pick this one up!

I even did a comparison with an LJN Hogan in my latest vlog:

I always wanted a Arn Anderson growing up. Anyone ever hear if there were talks of one in this line?

Arm wrestled pretty regularly through 95 and 96 for WCW.

Hey, everyone.

One of the persons who commented early on in this thread mentioned that he vividly remembered seeing a toy ad or catalog in 1995 or so that showed figures (possibly prototypes?) of Shark (John Tenta) and Renegade (the Ultimate Warrior knockoff). That certainly seems plausible, seeing as how both of those gimmicks were then-current when this toyline initially started, but I was unable to find any information elsewhere through Google. As a collector, this sort of thing always intrigues me. Has anyone else here ever personally seen evidence of these alleged unreleased OSFTM figures, or have you ever heard anyone else mention them?

By the way, before severe injuries forced him to retire, Arn Anderson wrestled his final televised match against Lex Luger in late November 1996 on Monday Nitro. It's really surprising to me that OSFTM didn't make the LJN-style figures of all four members of the Horsemen at that time. In fact, Flair was the only Horseman who got that treatment. It would've been great to have had figures of Anderson, Pillman, and Benoit—and later, Malenko. I could've done without that maroon "Mongo," though. LOL

It also would've been amazing if the first or second wave of figures had included Ricky Steamboat, Rick Rude, Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes, as well as additional tag team sets of the Hollywood Blonds, Pretty Wonderful (Roma and Orndorff), and Stars and Stripes (the Patriot and Bagwell). The latter three teams were all WCW tag team champions at one point, so they should've been a no-brainer. An LJN-style figure of the Patriot would've been especially cool, seeing as how his character/gimmick was ideally suited to be an action figure. After all, Del Wilkes was essentially the Captain America of pro-wrestling! Underrated character/wrestler.

How awesome would it also have been to have seen eventual tag team sets in '96 or early '97 of the Steiner Brothers, the Road Warriors with their sweet blue shoulder pads, Fire & Ice (extremely mis-used and underrated tag team!), the Faces of Fear, Public Enemy, Sting (dark brown hair, but pre-Crow) & Luger, the Rock 'n' Roll Express, and easily the two best workers in the nWo: the Great Muta and Masahiro Chono (a Figures Inc. exclusive)?!

We also needed LJN-style figures of the incredible cruiserweights: Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, Benoit & Malenko (as mentioned above), Mr. J.L. (Jerry Lynn), Rey Mysterio, Jr., Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, La Parka, Ciclope, etc. The masked luchadors would've especially looked amazing. Given the insane scope and depth of WCW's roster in the mid-to-late '90s, the possibilities are nearly endless. WHY did OSFTM have to go and switch to those cheap-looking, poorly detailed "vibrating" molds in 1997? They really ruined a great thing.

Saw it too on the MWFP FB page.