Post by The Golden Gimmick on Sept 12, 2011 15:14:12 GMT -5
As far as the basics go, let me elaborate a bit.
I loved BCA, TTL and RAs. At the time they came out, they were perfect! Because up until that point, there was nothing else to gauge them next to. Bone Crunching action came out, and next to the Hasbros...WOW! What an improvement. Then, you line up the Titan Tron Lives next to the BCAs, WOW! another improvement! You see where this is going? Mattel's basics are, to me, an inferior version of Jakk's RAs. You may take umbrage with that, but based on my experience with my HBK basic...there is no comparison. I could set up any Jakks RA Shawn Michaels next to a Mattel Basic HBK and I would go Jakks every time. The basics are just odd to me.
And keep in mind, I'm basing this off of my experience with my HBK alone. If there are any basics out there you'd like to suggest to dissuade me, I'd love to hear them. But, if you stand an RA HBK (I'll just use my DX 2 pack Shawn as an example) up next to the Basic HBK, the RA shawn has a wider stance. He looks cocky as ever. Art reflecting life. With the basic shawn, he's got a strange look on his face, disgruntled if you will, and his legs are as close as they possibly could be, like he's holding in a fart or something. It just doesn't exude "Heartbreak Kid" like it should. Maybe this is a bad example, but to me, that's all the reasoning I'd need. My Elite 3 HBK, on the other hand, is great! I can stand him any way I please, he can super kick just like my DA shawn, his face is a bit bland, but meh...that doesn't bother so much as the Elite Taker 1 face.
Hopefully that explains my stance on those.
I loved BCA, TTL and RAs. At the time they came out, they were perfect! Because up until that point, there was nothing else to gauge them next to. Bone Crunching action came out, and next to the Hasbros...WOW! What an improvement. Then, you line up the Titan Tron Lives next to the BCAs, WOW! another improvement! You see where this is going? Mattel's basics are, to me, an inferior version of Jakk's RAs. You may take umbrage with that, but based on my experience with my HBK basic...there is no comparison. I could set up any Jakks RA Shawn Michaels next to a Mattel Basic HBK and I would go Jakks every time. The basics are just odd to me.
And keep in mind, I'm basing this off of my experience with my HBK alone. If there are any basics out there you'd like to suggest to dissuade me, I'd love to hear them. But, if you stand an RA HBK (I'll just use my DX 2 pack Shawn as an example) up next to the Basic HBK, the RA shawn has a wider stance. He looks cocky as ever. Art reflecting life. With the basic shawn, he's got a strange look on his face, disgruntled if you will, and his legs are as close as they possibly could be, like he's holding in a fart or something. It just doesn't exude "Heartbreak Kid" like it should. Maybe this is a bad example, but to me, that's all the reasoning I'd need. My Elite 3 HBK, on the other hand, is great! I can stand him any way I please, he can super kick just like my DA shawn, his face is a bit bland, but meh...that doesn't bother so much as the Elite Taker 1 face.
Hopefully that explains my stance on those.
