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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2011 17:30:15 GMT -5
I'm from Belgium and I'm collecting elites , legends and DM figures my problem is now they get flashbacks in the elite series do you guys consider them like legends or not because I'm like elite current wrestlers together DM together and legends togehter you know what i mean ? should i put my flashbacks with legends or not ?
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Post by IRS on Nov 24, 2011 17:36:42 GMT -5
If it's a wrestler that is still on TV or still wrestling maybe not but the figs like Bossman and Shango are but King Sheamus is not IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2011 17:45:53 GMT -5
If it's a wrestler that is still on TV or still wrestling maybe not but the figs like Bossman and Shango are but King Sheamus is not IMO. and masked kane ? he is still in wrestling but with now mask
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Post by Top 1% Aaron on Nov 24, 2011 17:53:19 GMT -5
Personally, I would put Masked Kane with my Legends...even though he is a current guy, he hasn't had that look for about 10 years now, so I guess it's retro or whatever.
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Post by Stinger TNA on Nov 24, 2011 17:53:34 GMT -5
Well for me Kane is in classic attire so I class that as legend
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Post by plastictaxicab on Nov 24, 2011 17:53:53 GMT -5
It all depends on who it is I guess. To me, King Booker is NOT a Legends figure. But I would consider masked Kane a Legends figure.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Nov 24, 2011 17:57:25 GMT -5
Yes I see Flashbacks as legends. Even for Kane that is his iconic look and I will always remember him as that instead of the look he has now.
Are they actually counting Sheamus as a Flashback? I guess we won't know until we see the MOC packaging to see if it has the words Flashback under it. I'm pretty sure it's not since this was another way of releasing Sheamus since he sells. I mean they rereleased him in BO2011 already.
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Post by Mr.1050 on Nov 24, 2011 17:59:02 GMT -5
ahh but masked kane is returning to wwe, so what now?
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Post by Chewdeezy on Nov 24, 2011 18:10:01 GMT -5
Then Mattel can make an updated version of Kane and his past bald look can be a flashback now lmao. ahh but masked kane is returning to wwe, so what now?
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Post by TheEdgeHead41 on Nov 24, 2011 18:54:19 GMT -5
Yes, they are just Legends in the Elite line.
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Post by PJ on Nov 24, 2011 19:03:58 GMT -5
For me as long as they are pre 2002 or 2003 they are Legends. Once the M/H era ended my idea of Legends ended
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Post by ToxicTwistOfFate on Nov 24, 2011 19:04:12 GMT -5
I consider Kane, Shango & Bossman legends. King Booker however is not one that I would include with the legends. If he had been in his Harlem Heat attire than yes but King Booker was way to recent.
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Post by The Assassin on Nov 24, 2011 19:22:14 GMT -5
if the superstar is not wrestling in current WWE when they started designing the figure, then it's a Legends figure.
i don't think about the "legacy" of the superstar, I just look at it as whether they are current or not.
seems pretty simple to me
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Post by sunglassessteve on Nov 24, 2011 19:34:24 GMT -5
Yeah flashbacks are legends in my collection. Any Superstars before the year 2002 go into my Legends Collection. I cut the line at John Cena DM. He goes in my legends collection, but if they start any guys from the mid 2000's i wouldnt put them in there. Hell, i prob wouldnt even buy those guys tbh lol
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Post by skribbel24 on Nov 24, 2011 19:35:50 GMT -5
For me they are legends.
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Post by PJ on Nov 24, 2011 20:18:53 GMT -5
I consider Kane, Shango & Bossman legends. King Booker however is not one that I would include with the legends. If he had been in his Harlem Heat attire than yes but King Booker was way to recent. Booker would get the Legends treatment for me, because he was wrestling in the 90's and although King Booker was after the McMahon/Helmsley era he's retired now so he'd get Legends shelf treatment. But flashbacks of guys like Cena, Orton (who I buy every figure of) Punk, Batista etc. wouldn't make my Legends shelf at least not for another 5 years or so. Then maybe they would
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Post by x on Nov 24, 2011 20:22:47 GMT -5
I personally do NOT consider Flashback figures Legends figures. To me, Legends figures come in the style of packaging that The Rockers and Series 1-6 came in. The Flashback figures are just in regular Elite packaging so I consider them their own entity. Not Legends, Not Elites... Flashback figures. I would, however, display them with the rest of Elite 12.
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Post by Rob7274 on Nov 24, 2011 21:21:47 GMT -5
Yep there still Legends!!!
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 24, 2011 22:47:21 GMT -5
I consider them Legends. I put my masked Kane with my Legends figures.
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Post by The Madness on Nov 25, 2011 0:58:03 GMT -5
When you look at it from Mattel's perspective, the "Flashback" category is just a way for them to continue to release Legends at retail and also release current wrestlers with past gimmicks, something WWE wouldn't let them do under the "Legends" name.
What you personally consider to be a "Legends" figure is kind of a personal judgment call. I personally wouldn't consider King Booker or Edge part of the Legends line, but if something as current as Eddie Guererro with the Undisputed title can be in the Legends line, some might put Edge in, too.
I'm all about pre-Attitude era stuff, so the Flashback figures I would consider to be part of the Legends line in spirit are Papa Shango, Big Bossman, the exclusive Bret Hart, and the upcoming Yokozuna. Kane is kind of iffy to me, but I'd probably include him.
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