JuiceWinslow
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Post by JuiceWinslow on Feb 11, 2013 13:33:51 GMT -5
Cactus Jack looks incomplete to me. Not a very exciting figure.
I'm sure I will like it more in person though. The accessories kinda suck.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Feb 11, 2013 13:37:27 GMT -5
Meh. I'm just hoping one day we get a Dude Love to complete the Foley trio. Same - although Dude is an easy fix-up from Cactus.
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xsailor
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Post by xsailor on Feb 11, 2013 13:45:17 GMT -5
Mankind is going to be hard to top IMO, he was my favorite face of Foley, bring on Dude Love.
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Post by The Madness on Feb 11, 2013 15:41:15 GMT -5
I really, really want to like both of them, but they just feel "off" to me.
Mankind has the same problem Vader did - removable masks are too thick and never look right. Both are waaay too skinny, and I would have liked to see Cactus Jack not so straight-faced. I was really hoping he'd have pointed fingers, but I'm not surprised they didn't go with that. If I get that figure, I'll probably end up doing a Jakks head swap.
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Post by philleaps on Feb 11, 2013 16:05:13 GMT -5
I really like the Cactus Jack. I can see why people are sort of upset about his accessories, but its the figure that matters most.
I'm just really hoping for a brown attire Mankind sometime in the future. I also wouldn't mind a Dude Love or a non-gimmick Mick Foley figure. You never know!
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Post by Billy F'N Shogunn on Feb 11, 2013 16:16:50 GMT -5
ok, so Cactus' scan is good... but i'm pretty underwhelmed with the exclusive as a whole. glad we got him, but just didn't live up to the hype (but what ever does?)
wish he had a flannel vest or something... anything like that. maybe a "bang bang" hand?
handcuffs? worthless. they came with bossman and were horrible then. just a bad accessory.
stop sign? for the first time actually makes sense with the figure it's packaged but the fact that they've already offered a couple takes away from its allure.
and the stairs.... looks to me like it's only 1/2 of the set that would work on a ring, similar to when jakks packaged one with a batista 2-pack (not sure which series) but i was stoked to get stairs then ultimately bummed to find out it was only 1/2 a set.
even though mankind's shoulders bother me and the shirt is bulky and rubber (which hinders articulation) it's hands-down better... my mind might change once i get a gander at the loose/compairson pics, but for now i'm team mankind through and through.
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Post by | NLS™ | on Feb 13, 2013 2:09:23 GMT -5
I voted for Manmind just cause I have it and its a great figure. But who knows... maybe Ill change that pick once my cactus gets here.
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Post by NameRedacted™ on Feb 13, 2013 2:55:12 GMT -5
I'm gonna go with Cactus on this one. The molded shirt on Mankind kind of killed the momentum it did have.
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Post by 0,Y on Feb 13, 2013 4:52:57 GMT -5
I really like both figures but I always preferred Cactus Jack over Mankind so I'll vote Cactus
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Post by Captain McKay on Feb 13, 2013 9:48:13 GMT -5
I like Mankind more as a character, so he gets my vote. Hard to compare fairly until I have Cactus in hand, though.
People's problems with Mankind amuse me...the height issue is one thing, it's not noticeable to me personally, but if you think he's too short, then fine. But people complaining about his articulation (which is, in many cases, better than standard elites due to the way they hid the joints at the elbow) and the rubber shirt (which isn't that awful hard plastic the coats are made from, it's pliable enough to use his ab crunch) are just whining too much IMO.
The masks are big on Mattel figures, yes, but at least it stays on perfectly, unlike the first attempts at Jakks ones where I had to tie a thread through the back side of the mask.
As for accessories, Cactus has more cool stuff, but Mankind has Socko, which is pretty much the only thing he needs. If cactus had a bag of "thumbtacks" (could just be a cloth sack, IMO) then that might tip the scales.
Either way, I pre-ordered Cactus, I like how the figure looks and I'm sure I'll be impressed.
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Post by PJ on Feb 13, 2013 10:40:35 GMT -5
I would always pick Cactus before Mankind
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Post by Von Hooten on Feb 13, 2013 11:21:37 GMT -5
Going by the asthetics of the figures (not characters) themselves... Mankind gets my vote.
This new Cactus is great and I will be picking it up, but the Mankind figure blows anything Jakks ever did out of the water. Mankind in shirt & tie was something Jakks could never get right.
Granted Mattel's Mankind scan does look a little offwith out the mask but with it is looks good, fits really well, and is intertwined with the hair... unlike Jakks.
I also like that Mankind has an expression. I think the likeness on the Cactus figure is better, but I would have liked to see some more personality for a character like this.
I am sure that this new Mattel Cactus figure will be better than anything Jakks did, but Jakks did give us good Cactus figures. Mankind... not so much.
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Post by lestial12 on Feb 13, 2013 12:49:06 GMT -5
I like the serious look on Cactus, it reminds me of his anti- hardcore ECW promos.
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