dgnr8
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Post by dgnr8 on Aug 20, 2011 14:28:18 GMT -5
I have always had this strange fascination with really big, life-size or larger, promotional materials for things that I like. Commercial advert materials have an unmatched appeal to me because they make great display pieces, but they also tend to be extremely hard to obtain since these items are most often destroyed. I have built a small collection of these WWF/WWE displays, many of which are probably the only ones I will ever see. My collection of these is extensive and I'll list them below for anyone interested. However, I have just acquired two new WWF displays that I am quite proud of, one of which I have been looking for for a while.  The famed Mankind Ravioli standee, and the inconceivably rare WWF RAW IS WAR video game standee. The Mankind standee is one of my favorites, being a HUGE Foley fan, and I am elated to have finally tracked one down... and for only $10!! The RAW IS WAR standee is the only surviving piece of its kind in existence that I am aware of. It is in incredible condition, especially considering its age. It even came in its original shipment box with the original folding instruction sheet! The last time I saw one of these was before the game was originally released (for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis!) at a local video store. For those interested, the other display that I own include: - 1995 WWF Undertaker standee - 1995 WWF Diesel standee - 1998 WWF Undertaker Standee - 1998 WWF Stone Cold Steve Austin standee (both commercial and consumer versions) - 1998 WWF the Rock standee - 2005 WWE HHH standee - 2007 WWE DX Shawn Michaels standee - Wrestlemania XXIV Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather standee - WWE Canadian Cellular Service standee - WWE Power Pasta Brock Lesnar Canadian standee - WWE Wrestlemania XXIV KMart DVD standee - 1998 WWF Undertaker vinyl banner (consumer version AND one that hung at several RAW IS WAR tapings) - 1998 Stone Cold Steve Austin vinyl banner - 2003(?) WWE Ric Flair vinyl banner So is there anyone else out there who shares my affinity for these displays? What do you have? |
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Post by juicewinslow on Aug 20, 2011 14:34:07 GMT -5
I've always liked stuff like this. I don't collect them anymore though. I used to get these types of things for movies and stuff.
A couple months back, they had large carboard cut outs of Ric Flair to promote the NC Lottery at local gas stations. I unfortunately never got around to asking them if they could save it for me. They're gone now. Would've been a cool thing to have I think.
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The Hitman
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Post by The Hitman on Aug 20, 2011 15:30:06 GMT -5
That Raw Is War sign is awesome. I always loved the old Royal Rumble poster with Bret and Perfect on it. Forget who else is on it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2011 20:35:47 GMT -5
I used to have an old school Chris Jericho Chef Boyardee cutout but I gave it to a friend. I do have an Edge display from last year from 711. It displays all my Slurpee cups.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2011 21:05:52 GMT -5
Those are pretty sweet. Would love to see some more pics.
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Post by CaK on Aug 20, 2011 23:51:56 GMT -5
I would love to see the other things you own
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Aug 21, 2011 1:00:28 GMT -5
Man, sounds like you have some very cool stuff there. Very nice.
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Aug 21, 2011 1:12:35 GMT -5
I would love to see the other things you own |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2011 2:00:15 GMT -5
ive got one of the sign guys signs,that count?
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Post by candygallows on Aug 21, 2011 10:02:36 GMT -5
That Raw standee reminds me of lookin' at wrestling magazines from the mid 90s
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Post by The Boondock Syxx on Aug 21, 2011 10:04:48 GMT -5
i have a collection like this of eminem albums release promos keep them in nice shape in a short time you will be able to make a very nice amount of money
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Post by Y3RP: LA MARAVILLA!!! on Aug 21, 2011 11:12:10 GMT -5
nice, i honestly wont mind collecting those too make the room feel alive so your figure collection look better and all!  but i will have too wait, til i get my own place, hopefully with a basement or a man-cave  |
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dgnr8
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Post by dgnr8 on Aug 21, 2011 12:33:41 GMT -5
I used to have an old school Chris Jericho Chef Boyardee cutout but I gave it to a friend. I do have an Edge display from last year from 711. It displays all my Slurpee cups. I haven't seen the edge display... could you post a pic? I may go through all of my standees and take pictures one day, but for now they are all folded up in their original plastic and packed away in my collection room closet as I do not have room to display them. One day... |
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Post by metallica90 on Aug 21, 2011 21:46:24 GMT -5
those are freaking awesome
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Post by clifford on Aug 21, 2011 22:21:30 GMT -5
Those are pretty awesome, please post pics of the other things you listed!
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Post by STJ on Aug 21, 2011 22:31:50 GMT -5
Please post pics of your other ones
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 6:28:13 GMT -5
Wicked that raw standup is ace i used to have it on gameboy!!! Some super rare stuff there lad  |
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Post by skribbel24 on Aug 22, 2011 10:16:01 GMT -5
Man that is awesome, post pics of the other stuff. Where'd you get Mankind for $10?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2011 14:31:33 GMT -5
yeah i love stuff like this, definatly adds more flavour to a collection. so far i only managed to get a few old standups ( rock,austin,'taker) and some newer ones ( jeff hardy,edge,mysterio,cena) ohyeah almost forgot i have a smaller stanup thingy from get smart, i know it's not really wrestling but still, it's the rock related so it fits imo. i have lots of other rare stuff but that's the only items in the promotional/standup department For those who care, i bought the mysterio standee in some shop in houston when i was there for wrestlemania 25, it was a b*itch to pack in my suitcase without cracking it tho but it survived the looooong way back to belgium just fine i must say ;D the cena,edge and jeff ones come with a funny story as well, i obtained those during a meet & greet session in a media-market store in brussels when wwe did a house show there later that night, i guess they had just put some random wwe standees in the store to spice things up because neither of them were signing....so i got up my nerve to walk to some employee and ask if i could have them, he said no........ok, walk around, find another employee, he said i dunno i'll go check with my boss, i stand aroudn waiting for a bit, he returns, boss said no.....about to give up now, then i see a third employee doing nothing, so i went to ask him,even throwing in the line " you guys probably have to throw it in the trash otherwise anyway so it saves you work" and he said "sure take 'em" obivously not giving a sh*t about it. So me and my mate grabbed them as fast we could, ran to our parked car and tucked them in beneath some blankets, just in case the evil boss somehow should notice it and follow us ' which he didn't but given the 2 "no's" we didn't feel so safe quite yet" So guys, if you see a standee in a store and you can't get it, don't give up, just ask another employee, one of them will give them away without making a fuss about it ;D |
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Post by kane9155 on Aug 22, 2011 23:58:34 GMT -5
Wah, It's super rare. I like the video game stand.
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