Billy the Kid
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Post by Billy the Kid on Feb 6, 2008 21:34:26 GMT -5
I remember seeing an ad showing Bret Hart and I think Diesel Tonka wrestling buddies, does anyone have any other info on this? Pictures, etc?
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Post by Does that make me bad? on Feb 6, 2008 23:33:37 GMT -5
Umm....i dont remember there ever being Hart and Diesel
There was bash and brawlers for WCW of Hart and Nash
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Post by Billy the Kid on Feb 6, 2008 23:55:33 GMT -5
Umm....i dont remember there ever being Hart and Diesel There was bash and brawlers for WCW of Hart and Nash Right, but I remember seeing an ad showing Bret Hart and Diesel wrestling buddies from Tonka. I cannot find the pictures anywhere, but I remember it quite well. |
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Post by STOMWIJF on Feb 7, 2008 2:12:10 GMT -5
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Post by Billy the Kid on Feb 7, 2008 2:27:46 GMT -5
You're the man STOM! Any reasons why they weren't produced? |
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Post by STOMWIJF on Feb 7, 2008 14:07:06 GMT -5
You're the man STOM! Any reasons why they weren't produced? Really couldn't tell you....... have no clue... perhaps the previous buddies sold poorly? |
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Post by UWR on Feb 7, 2008 14:23:10 GMT -5
WOW, never seen these before. I for one love the buddies and have quite a few in boxes in my storage closet, kinda wish they would of been produced.
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Post by vandutch on Feb 7, 2008 15:54:57 GMT -5
thanks for the pic Stom. I was assuming that Diesel and Hart would have been along quite a few years after WWF produced the originals. Maybe these were a second wave that they thought of producing as I don't remember Diesel being around when they made Hogan, LOD, M$M, Warrior buddies.
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Post by micco on Feb 7, 2008 20:26:19 GMT -5
yeah, those look to be a slightly different shape than the older ones and would have had to have been a bit more recent. they also just look way better.
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Post by ecwfan514 on Feb 7, 2008 23:06:38 GMT -5
Oh man, those Wrestling Buddies looked real good. I agree micco. The facial detail looks a lot more realistic (take that word for what its worth) than previous series (Hogan, Warrior, Savage, etc.).
I'd have picked them up if I saw them. Too bad they were scrapped.
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Post by ewwskcus21 on Feb 8, 2008 0:18:20 GMT -5
I've never seen those before in my life and I'm loving them.
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Post by HHH316 on Feb 8, 2008 14:50:48 GMT -5
I too would of bought the Bret.
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Post by hardcoreantichrist on Feb 8, 2008 16:47:50 GMT -5
thanks for the pic Stom. I was assuming that Diesel and Hart would have been along quite a few years after WWF produced the originals. Maybe these were a second wave that they thought of producing as I don't remember Diesel being around when they made Hogan, LOD, M$M, Warrior buddies. Wave 1 was Hogan, Macho King Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, & Ultimate Warrior. Cases were packed Hogan/Warrior heavy. Ran into Got released around Christmas 1990. Wave 2 was Hogan, Warrior, Jake Roberts, and Macho King. Again, Hogan/Warrior heavy. This was the early 1991 assortment. Wave 3 was Hogan, Warrior, LOD Hawk, and LOD Animal. Hogan/Warrior heavy. The Christmas 1991 wave. Wave 4 was just Hogan & Warrior, for Spring 1992, and re-released into Christmas 1992 until it was basicly done to death. the Bret/Diesel ones were supposed to be made for Christmas 1993, but ended up never getting made. If I remember correctly, there was also a Lex Luger prototype floating around, but I could be mistaken there. |
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Post by vandutch on Feb 8, 2008 18:02:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the info HLM....it still surprises me to see the Diesel one. I believe it was late 2003 that Diesel made his debut, so WWE must have had high hopes for him if they had a Buddy designed already.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 8, 2008 18:21:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the info HLM....it still surprises me to see the Diesel one. I believe it was late 2003 that Diesel made his debut, so WWE must have had high hopes for him if they had a Buddy designed already. I know 2003 was a typo there. Diesel debuted in the summer of 1993 a little before Summerslam. |
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Post by cwfpro on Feb 8, 2008 18:51:15 GMT -5
The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 8, 2008 20:42:24 GMT -5
The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka. The border around the picture does make it look like a Justoys advertisement. Can STOMWIJF clarify this? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2008 13:41:21 GMT -5
these were definitely justoys, i remember seeing them on the back of the bendums packages
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Post by cwfpro on Feb 9, 2008 21:49:57 GMT -5
The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka. The border around the picture does make it look like a Justoys advertisement. Can STOMWIJF clarify this? thank you! I thought I was the only one seeing that |
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Post by cwfpro on Feb 9, 2008 21:54:54 GMT -5
I know that the series was: WWF Tonka Wrestling Bubbies series 1- Hogan Warrior Million $ Man Macho King  group shot  carded figure The 1st series was only wrestlers with a belt on there body. 2nd Series was- LOD Jake the Snake others?  I know that WCW had some(not the talking ones from the late 90's but from the early 90's)- Luger Sting etc... and these Justoys Buddies nash & Hart The Jakks wrestling buddies were sad as hell. I was not a fan of them at all. With a plastic head that would hurt a kid if he/she were to slam on it. They should have been recalled. |
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