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Post by kjtoys on Dec 8, 2010 18:43:14 GMT -5
are you sure the base is clear? all the ones ive seen have gold bases like the hof figs..
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Post by The Assassin on Dec 8, 2010 18:46:54 GMT -5
thanks for the pics. as i've said in the other threads IMO the likeness is awful. the accessories and attire detailing is great, but mattel really dropped the ball with the headscan here. especially considering the defining moments line is supposed to be a top-of-the-range premium product, and the fact that it's such a highly-requested and highly-anticipated superstar too. very disappointing.
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Post by PJ on Dec 8, 2010 19:15:26 GMT -5
Let me add that yes you see all the flaws of the scan in the zoomed in and focused photos where every flaw is captured for you...but when you are looking at it with you naked eye from as little as a foot away you don't see them. And while it's sitting on the shelf with the rest of the figures it looks great. are you sure the base is clear? all the ones ive seen have gold bases like the hof figs.. Yes it's gold. It looked clear in the package.
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Post by skribbel24 on Dec 8, 2010 19:50:04 GMT -5
He looks great with all the accessories on him.
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Post by tonylentelli on Dec 8, 2010 20:01:58 GMT -5
Randy Savage face looks bad. Now I am definitely waiting for the Legends 5 Savage as I was intending to do anyway.
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Post by JoeRocco420 on Dec 8, 2010 20:03:27 GMT -5
I just got mine! He looks amazing. Head scan is not perfect but he looks alot better in person. With out the hat and glasses he still looks like the Macho Man. BUT for $35 the figure should be perfect. Mattel had set the bar so high we expect perfection from them. Overall I'd say an 8/10. Face and price point keep it from a 10/10. What's so special with the DM line compared to legends? Macho is an Elite figure with accessories. So if he were in a Legends line he would not have ALL the accessories? His L5 fig comes with glasses and a robe right?
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Post by cableV on Dec 8, 2010 20:39:55 GMT -5
His L5 fig comes with glasses and a robe right? His proto was shown with bandanna, glasses and T-shirt.
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Post by PJ on Dec 8, 2010 20:47:27 GMT -5
The Legends 5 has a shirt, glasses and bandanna and is the Macho I wanted most of the 2. I was never a fan of Macho once he started wearing the long tights and cowboy hat...I was a pre-Macho King Savage fan. Once he started doing the commentary he became too animated for my tastes
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Post by cableV on Dec 8, 2010 20:56:15 GMT -5
The Legends 5 has a shirt, glasses and bandanna and is the Macho I wanted most of the 2. I was never a fan of Macho once he started wearing the long tights and cowboy hat...I was a pre-Macho King Savage fan. Once he started doing the commentary he became too animated for my tastes I'm with you on most of that. I liked the Macho King period but post WM VII Savage was not for me. He still goes down as one of my favorites.
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Post by Quanthor on Dec 8, 2010 21:00:23 GMT -5
He looks more like Jimmy Garvin or Barry Gibb.
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Post by JoeRocco420 on Dec 8, 2010 21:32:13 GMT -5
Ok so then why are DM more money?
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Post by PJ on Dec 8, 2010 21:38:26 GMT -5
Ok so then why are DM more money? Because you get a stand/base! ;D No, I don't know. I'd say the jacket is much better quality than any shirt we've gotten, But the Legends have given us some robes that even though they were fabric were just as nice. (Orndorff, Rude, Volkoff, Sheik)
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Post by Boy Wonder on Dec 8, 2010 21:41:16 GMT -5
As much as everyone dislikes the scan, I'm surprised I don't see more griping about his monstrous physique. He should have used the Pillman or Rude bodies. I'm definitely going to skip in this one and hope that the one in the Legends line is better
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Dec 8, 2010 23:03:49 GMT -5
def want this 1!!! nice pick up
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 3:26:26 GMT -5
god this figure makes me want to start collecting again...
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Post by Terrys Wrestling Figures on Dec 9, 2010 6:05:21 GMT -5
can't wait to get this, really looks great with the glasses & hat on but not so much without, def have him keep them on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2010 8:36:53 GMT -5
gr8 pickups bro..the dm packaging is cool..and awesome flash 619 enjoy that figure bro:)
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Post by WWF on Dec 9, 2010 8:36:57 GMT -5
It really is a poopty headscan. Yeah. Normally Mattel's scans really capture the likeness this really didn't do it for me. If this figure is $20 bucks I'd pick it up but if it's more than that I will wait till his legends figure.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Dec 9, 2010 9:06:04 GMT -5
I find that a lot of the Mattel scans lack facial expressions. Kind of like the Warrior in Legends 4 and Hawk in Legends 1. People that are known to have "strong" facial expressions, Mattel needs to focus more on that. In fairness, by the time Mattel scanned Hawk's head, he looked very different than the way we remember him. Plus it would've been a pretty big ask to get much expression out of him. Yes, I'm mocking people calling every headsculpt a scan.
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Post by PJ on Dec 9, 2010 14:03:54 GMT -5
Well seeing that's how Gentle Giants studios make them using various photographs to make 3d scans...I'd say yes they are scans.
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