JoeRocco420
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Post by JoeRocco420 on Mar 9, 2011 22:09:53 GMT -5
*CORRECT* world title was on Black strap at WM6.. **BUT**.. all the promo pics they did before WM with warrior had him wearing the winged eagle with the Yellow strap.. incl the magazine cover and soooo many pics used for a variety of promo tv, print, toy spots but i hear ya in his wm6 attire it would be nice to have it with black winged eagle and yellow ic so i can display him holding up his shredded jakked arms pumped up w/ the straps brother! Wrong. Hogan had the Winged Eagle leading up to WM6, not Warrior. Warrior had a yellow IC belt, not Winged EAgle. Why would he have the World Title in pictures leading up to WM6 when he didn't even win the title til WM6? Thank you! In a perfect world we will get the CORRECT figure with both belts (black winged eagle and yellow IC). If we a yellow winged eagle, it would be inaccurate but kinda cool I guess. That would be mattel combining the 2, but why would they do that. Either way I want it!!
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romafan87
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Post by romafan87 on Mar 9, 2011 22:53:45 GMT -5
*CORRECT* world title was on Black strap at WM6.. **BUT**.. all the promo pics they did before WM with warrior had him wearing the winged eagle with the Yellow strap.. incl the magazine cover and soooo many pics used for a variety of promo tv, print, toy spots but i hear ya in his wm6 attire it would be nice to have it with black winged eagle and yellow ic so i can display him holding up his shredded jakked arms pumped up w/ the straps brother! Are you sure about this? Do you have any reference pics of any promo material? Because I swear he was wearing a yellow strapped IC belt in the promos leading up to WM6. Official Poster: I've only seen the Winged Eagle in black, baby blue, and white. Why do we call it "Winged Eagle"? Don't eagles already have wings? He also had it for a brief period in a mauvish purple, specifically when he lost it to Sgt. Slaughter.
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Post by "Original Broski" jonjon535353 on Mar 9, 2011 23:02:26 GMT -5
I remember the purple belt, as well. I'd like to see a belt pack with all different colors of the winged eagle belt. One with a black strap, one baby blue, one white, and one purple. It would be great as an online exclusive to RSC or possibly MattyCollector.
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Post by thelilone on Mar 10, 2011 8:16:40 GMT -5
*CORRECT* world title was on Black strap at WM6.. **BUT**.. all the promo pics they did before WM with warrior had him wearing the winged eagle with the Yellow strap.. incl the magazine cover and soooo many pics used for a variety of promo tv, print, toy spots but i hear ya in his wm6 attire it would be nice to have it with black winged eagle and yellow ic so i can display him holding up his shredded jakked arms pumped up w/ the straps brother! Wrong. Hogan had the Winged Eagle leading up to WM6, not Warrior. Warrior had a yellow IC belt, not Winged EAgle. Why would he have the World Title in pictures leading up to WM6 when he didn't even win the title til WM6? no im right brother.. we are just confused!! what i said was LEADING up to WM6 all the promo pics taken with WARRIOR had him with a yellow winged eagle.. the ones USED AFTER WM6 HELLO 1990~!! think the graphics used on snme, or soo many pics... sorry buddy i should have been more clear
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Post by Bandalero on Mar 10, 2011 8:22:37 GMT -5
Wrong. Hogan had the Winged Eagle leading up to WM6, not Warrior. Warrior had a yellow IC belt, not Winged EAgle. Why would he have the World Title in pictures leading up to WM6 when he didn't even win the title til WM6? no im right brother.. we are just confused!! what i said was LEADING up to WM6 all the promo pics taken with WARRIOR had him with a yellow winged eagle.. the ones USED AFTER WM6 HELLO 1990~!! think the graphics used on snme, or soo many pics... sorry buddy i should have been more clear I'm still confused and I think you're wrong. If we're "LEADING" up to WM6, Warrior did not win the Winged Eagle yet - he was the IC champ and only had the IC belt. So how in the world can they have promo pics of him with (1) a winged eagle belt and (2) a yellow strapped one at that??
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maske2g
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Post by maske2g on Mar 10, 2011 12:01:00 GMT -5
Wrong. Hogan had the Winged Eagle leading up to WM6, not Warrior. Warrior had a yellow IC belt, not Winged EAgle. Why would he have the World Title in pictures leading up to WM6 when he didn't even win the title til WM6? no im right brother.. we are just confused!! what i said was LEADING up to WM6 all the promo pics taken with WARRIOR had him with a yellow winged eagle.. the ones USED AFTER WM6 HELLO 1990~!! think the graphics used on snme, or soo many pics... sorry buddy i should have been more clear Do you even know what a winged eagle is? As someone said, please send a link with a yellow winged eagle (WORLD TITLE) belt. The WM6 program, DVD cover, which is pictured everwhere, and adverts all have Warrior with a yellow INTERCONTINENTAL belt. Link cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/383/925/TUW_display_image.jpg?1283912558
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Post by Bandalero on Mar 10, 2011 12:36:44 GMT -5
well that picture also confirms that there was never a yellow-strapped winged eagle. It's clear as day that this was the contract signing BEFORE the event.
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Post by marino13 on Mar 10, 2011 12:58:08 GMT -5
It's funny cause Jakks almost made the same mistake...
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maske2g
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Post by maske2g on Mar 11, 2011 5:03:07 GMT -5
well that picture also confirms that there was never a yellow-strapped winged eagle. It's clear as day that this was the contract signing BEFORE the event. It is indeed, there is a video on Youtube
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 11, 2011 6:20:41 GMT -5
re,the Winged Eagle Belt: yes,there WAS a yellow-strapped Winged Eagle made...However,it was NEVER actually used! i've seen pics of it,and i believe the intent was for Warrior to use it after his WM VI win ,but i guess Vince didn't like the way it looked,so he nixed it,and it sat in a safe/vault/someone's collection/whatever all these years now... for the record: Warrior won the black strap Winged Eagle from Hogan,and he wore this belt for the first month or 2 of his reign... but in some promo's and matches he also appeared with the white strap Winged Eagle for the first time... in June 1990 he debuted the powder blue strap Winged Eagle...prominently worn at summerSlam 90 in late October 1990 he switched back to the white strap Winged Eagle...prominently worn at Survivor Series 90 in November he switched back to the black strap Winged Eagle....unknown if this was the original one he won from Hogan,or a new one made...prominently worn at SNME vs. Ted Dibiase at the Royal Rumble 1991 he debuted a light purple strap Winged Eagle,which he lost to Sgt. Slaughter ....Slaughter haad the purple belt for a couple weeks,and even some promo work for WM VII has him with the purple strap slung over his shoulder....however,by February he switched back to the black strap Winged Eagle,and it stayed that way til it's "retirement" in 1998....
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maske2g
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Post by maske2g on Mar 11, 2011 7:52:50 GMT -5
Your COMPLETELY missing the point.
I don't care that there was a yellow belt. In terms of this figure, no one cares that there was a yellow, pink, indigo or mahogony belt...
The figure is supposed to represent a look at Wrestlemania 6. A yellow winged eagle, DOES NOT represent that. Therefore, for a MOC collector, it is flawed, just as the Jakks one was.
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 11, 2011 8:30:51 GMT -5
seriously...calm down.
i AGREE with you! i DON'T want a yellow strapped Winged Eagle! i want a black strapped one,or a yellow strapped IC Belt,or both...
i'm just putting it out there,for those interested,that the yellow belt DID exist,but was never used,or at least never shown on camera...
the only thing i can think of is that Mattel,for SOME reason, felt that rather than include 2 different belts,that they would combine the 2 into thei almagated version....am i satisfied wit hit? HELL NO! and i guess i'll have to use one of my Jakks Winged Eagle's as a replacement....
also,something not being brought up either,as far as accuracy goes - the lettering...the belt had Gold lettering against Black backgrounds....not the way Mattel is doing it,with BLACK lettering against GOLD backgrounds...
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Mar 11, 2011 9:04:00 GMT -5
Wow, I never knew half of the belt stuff you just posted. That's really interesting thanks for that!
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Post by Bandalero on Mar 11, 2011 9:06:20 GMT -5
Hey mikey, I appreciate the history lesson. I didn't know a yellow strapped winged-eagle ever existed to begin with. But I'll still challenge thelilone's claim that it was used in promos leading up to WM6 because I don't think it was at all.
As for Mattel amalgamating both belts with this Warrior. I hope Bill and the design team read this thread and can consider a running change from yellow to black before retail. However I think L6 is well into production and packaging already, so we might be stuck with the yellow winged eagle.
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 11, 2011 9:20:14 GMT -5
those who know me well can tell you one thing for certain about me : i have a borderline psychotic / unhealthy fixation with the Winged Eagle World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Belt!
when i first laid eyes on it, during The Main Event match of Hogan vs Andre,i literally fell in love with it! i loved the design,just loved the way it looked,and always did...it was,and still remains,my favorite belt design of all time, so yeah,i'm a self-appointed historian on the belt...
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 11, 2011 9:30:44 GMT -5
Hey mikey, I appreciate the history lesson. I didn't know a yellow strapped winged-eagle ever existed to begin with. But I'll still challenge thelilone's claim that it was used in promos leading up to WM6 because I don't think it was at all. As for Mattel amalgamating both belts with this Warrior. I hope Bill and the design team read this thread and can consider a running change from yellow to black before retail. However I think L6 is well into production and packaging already, so we might be stuck with the yellow winged eagle. i would be willing to lay money down that this didin't happen...just from an angle perspective,why?! why would you take and put out promo pics of the Warrior with the World Title BEFORE the match in which he's going to win it?! talk about giving away the results! Bischoff would be proud! however,on the other end,i wonder if maybe we misread what he said...perhaps what he meant was that they took promo pics of the Warrior with the yellow WHC BEFORE WM6 ,but that they weren't actually distributed til AFTER WM6 ? since they knew he was gonna win ahead of time,perhaps the promo crew was just trying to get ahead for the expected demand of Warrior stuff after the event? but i would all but guarantee that no promo pics of Warrior with the Belt appeared before WM 6,though,i also CANNOT say with 100% certainty that it didn't happen,as mistakes like this have happened before... the WWF Magazine with some written results for WM IV ( that had on top about Macho Man winning the World Belt) appeared on some newstands on Thursday, March 24th , a full THREE DAYS before the event even took place! The NY Daily News also printed an article about WM X results on the friday before the event,saying that Lex Luger beat Yokozuna with ref Roddy Piper,then Bret Hart beat Luger with ref Mr. Perfect....this so freaked Vince out he switched the matches the ref's were doing,and had Luger lose to Yoko....
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Post by maske2g on Mar 11, 2011 10:34:04 GMT -5
those who know me well can tell you one thing for certain about me : i have a borderline psychotic / unhealthy fixation with the Winged Eagle World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Belt! when i first laid eyes on it, during The Main Event match of Hogan vs Andre,i literally fell in love with it! i loved the design,just loved the way it looked,and always did...it was,and still remains,my favorite belt design of all time, so yeah,i'm a self-appointed historian on the belt... I think a lot of people agree here, and likewise, it is my favourite belt. All the belts form that time were great, and were in use for such a long time. When you look at the atrocity that is the Spinner belt, it makes you love that belt even more.
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 11, 2011 10:37:28 GMT -5
i loved all those Belts...the Winged Eagle,the classic IC,the classic Tag....my next goal is to get one of those Classic Tag replica belts...
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Post by bigdan502 on Mar 11, 2011 14:49:47 GMT -5
Love the warrior figs in general
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Post by maske2g on Mar 20, 2011 15:12:48 GMT -5
Well this was a pointless thread, seeing as how they've screwed up a 2nd Wrestlemania 6 Warrior.
No perfect MOC version for us Warrior fans.
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