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Post by LeighD on May 22, 2013 8:54:59 GMT -5
Of all the CS figures that were shown but never released, Sandman, Mulligan & Skaaland were ones I would have loved. Towards the end I didn't so much care about re-paints, but seeing how many new faces the CS line could produce.
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Post by Scott! on May 22, 2013 13:43:52 GMT -5
thanks Scott but I should of been more clearer, I meant anybody actually OWN any of those prototypes Oh that's cool, well I found this if your interested.  |
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Post by LeighD on May 22, 2013 17:22:54 GMT -5
I came very close to owning both of those LJN-style figures. One I was out bid on and the other was sold a few hours before I could reply to an email.
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Post by billthomson1984 on May 22, 2013 19:32:57 GMT -5
I came very close to owning both of those LJN-style figures. One I was out bid on and the other was sold a few hours before I could reply to an email. Do you own anything like manu or arnie? |
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on May 22, 2013 19:57:22 GMT -5
I was trying to get that Scott Steiner from the same seller on eBay but it ended while I was away. I'm wondering if I'll see the other prototypes I know to exist pop up soon.. I'm hoping so!
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Post by LeighD on May 22, 2013 21:27:48 GMT -5
I came very close to owning both of those LJN-style figures. One I was out bid on and the other was sold a few hours before I could reply to an email. Do you own anything like manu or arnie? New faces no. But I do have several of the released CS figures in prototype form (MVP, Sunny, etc). I do have the original CS 13 UNdertaker LJN-style figure, which is obviously different then the one released. I'll see if I can find my old thread I made. |
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Post by Scott! on May 23, 2013 5:16:11 GMT -5
I came very close to owning both of those LJN-style figures. One I was out bid on and the other was sold a few hours before I could reply to an email. I'm actually gutted we never got hat orton, looks incredibly detailed tattoo wise. I'm a little annoyed we never got more classic faces as Ljn, like bret, hogan etc. |
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Post by LeighD on May 23, 2013 7:19:37 GMT -5
I came very close to owning both of those LJN-style figures. One I was out bid on and the other was sold a few hours before I could reply to an email. I'm actually gutted we never got hat orton, looks incredibly detailed tattoo wise. I'm a little annoyed we never got more classic faces as Ljn, like bret, hogan etc. Yes the detail on Orton's tattoos is very good! I wish we had gotten both Batista & Orton LJN-style figures. Better than the CS 28 Rey. I know a lot of people didn't like the LJN-style figures and I would include emyself in that group if I was told these figures took a spot away from someone that never got a CS figure (Sandman, Mulligan, Skaaland, Slick, etc). But I would have rather JAKKS had done LJN-style figures of people that were supposed to have been in the last LJN set (Smash, Barbarian, Bad News, etc) as well as classic guys like Road Warriors, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, etc. I know most of the first CS LJN-style figures were great choices (UT, Rock, Austin, HBK, Flair), but guys like Rey, RVD, Hardy Boys, just didn't cut it with me. |
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Post by Scott! on May 23, 2013 9:55:55 GMT -5
I'm actually gutted we never got hat orton, looks incredibly detailed tattoo wise. I'm a little annoyed we never got more classic faces as Ljn, like bret, hogan etc. Yes the detail on Orton's tattoos is very good! I wish we had gotten both Batista & Orton LJN-style figures. Better than the CS 28 Rey. I know a lot of people didn't like the LJN-style figures and I would include emyself in that group if I was told these figures took a spot away from someone that never got a CS figure (Sandman, Mulligan, Skaaland, Slick, etc). But I would have rather JAKKS had done LJN-style figures of people that were supposed to have been in the last LJN set (Smash, Barbarian, Bad News, etc) as well as classic guys like Road Warriors, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, etc. I know most of the first CS LJN-style figures were great choices (UT, Rock, Austin, HBK, Flair), but guys like Rey, RVD, Hardy Boys, just didn't cut it with me. The matt hardy Ljn has to be a contender for worst in the entire series,in all honesty. And what a waste of a spot, even though it was the last series, that brown Rey was. Why release it twice? This may sound silly to some, but I always thought it would be a good idea if they'd done classic Ljn's as a separate series. Like the classic deluxe sets. That way we could have got some classic guys like Yoko and demolition. I'd have love to have seen them do the road warriors, especially a spikes on version. I love some of the Ljn's that were produced (taker & trish epecially) but doing guys like the Hardys & John cena in their current attire is a slap in the face to collectors that are hoping for new faces in a "classic" line. |
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Post by LeighD on May 24, 2013 5:10:52 GMT -5
Yes the detail on Orton's tattoos is very good! I wish we had gotten both Batista & Orton LJN-style figures. Better than the CS 28 Rey. I know a lot of people didn't like the LJN-style figures and I would include emyself in that group if I was told these figures took a spot away from someone that never got a CS figure (Sandman, Mulligan, Skaaland, Slick, etc). But I would have rather JAKKS had done LJN-style figures of people that were supposed to have been in the last LJN set (Smash, Barbarian, Bad News, etc) as well as classic guys like Road Warriors, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon, etc. I know most of the first CS LJN-style figures were great choices (UT, Rock, Austin, HBK, Flair), but guys like Rey, RVD, Hardy Boys, just didn't cut it with me. The matt hardy Ljn has to be a contender for worst in the entire series,in all honesty. And what a waste of a spot, even though it was the last series, that brown Rey was. Why release it twice? This may sound silly to some, but I always thought it would be a good idea if they'd done classic Ljn's as a separate series. Like the classic deluxe sets. That way we could have got some classic guys like Yoko and demolition. I'd have love to have seen them do the road warriors, especially a spikes on version. I love some of the Ljn's that were produced (taker & trish epecially) but doing guys like the Hardys & John cena in their current attire is a slap in the face to collectors that are hoping for new faces in a "classic" line. Yeah even if the LJN-style figures stayed, Matt & Jeff Hardy, RVD, Cena and both Reys were space-wasters. I would have preferred more classic/legend names instead. Or even new faces of RA-style figures. I know I was and probably still am in the minority on this one, but I did in fact want a debut attire John Cena in the CS line. |
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Post by Scott! on May 24, 2013 5:21:24 GMT -5
I can't say yes or no to the cena, mainly because we got a debut cena in Series 1 ruthless aggression line. If we did get a cena, I'd have preferred it though to that Ljn.
The only figure I really wanted when the classic line was born, was debut Kane and 2001 era Kane. We got 1, but I wouldn't class that half mask abomination as a decent debut Kane.
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Post by LeighD on May 24, 2013 8:55:30 GMT -5
I can't say yes or no to the cena, mainly because we got a debut cena in Series 1 ruthless aggression line. If we did get a cena, I'd have preferred it though to that Ljn. The only figure I really wanted when the classic line was born, was debut Kane and 2001 era Kane. We got 1, but I wouldn't class that half mask abomination as a decent debut Kane. With regards to Cena in his debut attire, I just know that years from now, people will look at the faces made in the CS (& probably the LOTR) as a whole. Cena without a doubt is the face of company right now and has been for several years. I know a Dr. of Thuganomics Cena would have been cool to see, but realistically a debut Cena would be more appropriate for the CS line. Yeah that half mask "debut" Kane was awful. Attire wise I think it was good, but the mask ruined it. the 2001-era Kane (singlet top) was also a big favorite of mine. I wish the CS 18 Kane had come with the hardcore title, but that is probably my favorite Kane from JAKKS. |
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Post by Scott! on May 24, 2013 12:05:22 GMT -5
I can't say yes or no to the cena, mainly because we got a debut cena in Series 1 ruthless aggression line. If we did get a cena, I'd have preferred it though to that Ljn. The only figure I really wanted when the classic line was born, was debut Kane and 2001 era Kane. We got 1, but I wouldn't class that half mask abomination as a decent debut Kane. With regards to Cena in his debut attire, I just know that years from now, people will look at the faces made in the CS (& probably the LOTR) as a whole. Cena without a doubt is the face of company right now and has been for several years. I know a Dr. of Thuganomics Cena would have been cool to see, but realistically a debut Cena would be more appropriate for the CS line. Yeah that half mask "debut" Kane was awful. Attire wise I think it was good, but the mask ruined it. the 2001-era Kane (singlet top) was also a big favorite of mine. I wish the CS 18 Kane had come with the hardcore title, but that is probably my favorite Kane from JAKKS. My favourite Kane's by Jakks never came in the classic line, unfortunately. Had the debut Kane had the correct mask it would have been up there. That would have been the perfect set. Well, minus 9 foot Paul bearer. The best Jakks Kane no doubt was the RA series 5 Kane, in 2002-2003 gear. |
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Post by billthomson1984 on May 24, 2013 15:36:56 GMT -5
With regards to Cena in his debut attire, I just know that years from now, people will look at the faces made in the CS (& probably the LOTR) as a whole. Cena without a doubt is the face of company right now and has been for several years. I know a Dr. of Thuganomics Cena would have been cool to see, but realistically a debut Cena would be more appropriate for the CS line. Yeah that half mask "debut" Kane was awful. Attire wise I think it was good, but the mask ruined it. the 2001-era Kane (singlet top) was also a big favorite of mine. I wish the CS 18 Kane had come with the hardcore title, but that is probably my favorite Kane from JAKKS. My favourite Kane's by Jakks never came in the classic line, unfortunately. Had the debut Kane had the correct mask it would have been up there. That would have been the perfect set. Well, minus 9 foot Paul bearer. The best Jakks Kane no doubt was the RA series 5 Kane, in 2002-2003 gear. A figure I recently got again and to be honest some of the early RA figures could be now seen as classic esq IMO |
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Post by Scott! on May 24, 2013 16:03:13 GMT -5
A figure I recently got again and to be honest some of the early RA figures could be now seen as classic esq IMO Yeah, people like Brock, Goldberg & even cena as we said earlier all fit in. Goldbergs early RA's were much better than his classics IMO. |
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Post by billthomson1984 on May 24, 2013 16:14:07 GMT -5
A figure I recently got again and to be honest some of the early RA figures could be now seen as classic esq IMO Yeah, people like Brock, Goldberg & even cena as we said earlier all fit in. Goldbergs early RA's were much better than his classics IMO. I count a few of the ECW and WCW Best Of figures as classics too especially The Dudleyz whom fit along lovely with Spike |
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Post by Scott! on May 24, 2013 16:18:04 GMT -5
Yeah, people like Brock, Goldberg & even cena as we said earlier all fit in. Goldbergs early RA's were much better than his classics IMO. I count a few of the ECW and WCW Best Of figures as classics too especially The Dudleyz whom fit along lovely with Spike I forgot about those series, the WCW Halloween havoc '97 Rey is incredible. I much prefer the RA over the huge deluxe one they produced in the line. I know the Eddie is a repaint of classic 7 but I much preferred the white attire. |
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Post by billthomson1984 on May 24, 2013 16:24:26 GMT -5
I count a few of the ECW and WCW Best Of figures as classics too especially The Dudleyz whom fit along lovely with Spike I forgot about those series, the WCW Halloween havoc '97 Rey is incredible. I much prefer the RA over the huge deluxe one they produced in the line. I know the Eddie is a repaint of classic 7 but I much preferred the white attire. In fact the Rey I want to own for my collection is the ECW one, which I felt was highly underrated as a figure. |
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Post by blu3blazer on May 24, 2013 18:03:59 GMT -5
A figure I recently got again and to be honest some of the early RA figures could be now seen as classic esq IMO Yeah, people like Brock, Goldberg & even cena as we said earlier all fit in. Goldbergs early RA's were much better than his classics IMO. Goldberg's CS headscan was HORRIBLE. I wouldn't have complained if they reused his RA scan, as that was perfect IMO. I think the R3 Kanes are the best Kane figures that Jakks made. |
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Post by slappy on May 24, 2013 21:06:57 GMT -5
Wrestlers I never got, the vast majority of which I never saw in stores
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
"Mean" Gene Oakerlund
"Superstar" Billy Graham
Abdullah the Butcher
Andy Kaufman
B. Brian Blair
Barbarian
Bastion Booger
Berzerker
Big Show / Paul Wight
Billy Kidman
Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly
Bob Backlund
Bobby Eaton
Bruno Sammartino
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Buff Bagwell
Bushwhacker Butch
Bushwhacker Luke
Chief Jay Strongbow
Chris Jericho
Danny Davis
Davey Boy Smith
Demolition Ax
Demolition Crush / Kona Crush
Demolition Smash / Repo Man
Don Muraco
Droz
Dynamite Kid
Earthquake
Ernie Ladd - (I only had money for one figure so I got Bad News Brown and I figured Ladd would be there the next time I had money but it was not)
Giant Gonzales
Goldust
Grandmaster Sexay
Gregory Helms - (Why did they put him in a CS set?)
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Haku / Meng
Harvey Whippleman
Howard Finkle
Ivan Koloff
Ivan Putski
Jack Brisco
Jim Brunzell
Jimmy Valiant
John Cena
Johnny Rodz
Kamala
Ken Patera
Kevin Sullivan
Killer Kowalski
King Kong Bundy
King Mabel
Lance Storm
Luna Vachon
Mae Young
Marty Jannetty
Nasty Boy Brian Knobbs
Nasty Boy Jerry Sags
Nikita Koloff
One Man Gang / Akeem
Peter Maivia
Rey Mysterio
Ricky Morton
Rikishi
Robert Gibson
Rocky Johnson
Scotty 2 Hotty
Spike Dudley
Stan Lane
Steve Blackman
Tank Abbott
Tatanka
The Genius
The Mountie
Tony Atlas
Trish Stratus
Typhoon / Shockmaster
Val Venis
Virgil
William Regal
Zeus
Wish I would have found those that I didn't get but there were some like Tank Abbott that I wasn't going to buy regardless.
Classis Superstars was the best line Jakks ever did.
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