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Post by PJ on Sept 5, 2013 6:18:59 GMT -5
what are we talking about here? the legends line7 We are talking about the KMart HOF set. It came out at the same time as Legends series 1 & 2. They were a mix of the same exact L1&2 wrestlers in a HOF carding with a cardboard HOF plaque. So basically if you got their regular Legends figures there was no reason to buy these and vise versa. I mention the cancelled L7 Austin because his proto had him in jeans shorts...so I was saying if they had that mold already they could have put one of the two (L1 or HOF) in those so they'd be different.
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Post by WMDman on Sept 5, 2013 11:05:27 GMT -5
We still have a steamboat switch with the BP one...
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Post by natureboyfauser on Sept 6, 2013 7:14:05 GMT -5
I love the Mattel elite figures scale size and especially the legends! I agree 100 percent with the moderator that the different paint of camouflage of Sgt Slaughter or Snuka in his classic bare feet and shorts - Road Warriors in Red Shoulder pads etc would have been more true to the LEGEND look! I find it hard to believe that Jakks had such a success with legends and made so many and Mattel which has so much more ammunition can't do it. I also feel that the Matty Collector is not built up enough to get a huge fan base. Not enough people know about it.
I remember when I saw the first line of the old WWE LGN figures I wasn't impressed and didn't get any ... when I saw it had legs and was making more I started collecting all of them!
I collected all of Hasbro too and think that thus far (as far as assortment diversity) Jakks is still the best but Mattel has a shot if they keep inserting a flashback Legend in every assortment. Thank you for your time. Repaints could be a WWE or Ringside exclusive.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Sept 6, 2013 7:45:41 GMT -5
I am a huge fan of Mattel and love the scale! Just want the diverse legends assortment! Thanks for making a GREAT product!
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 6, 2013 12:44:05 GMT -5
what are we talking about here? the legends line7 LOL man what? There's a title right above the posts. If the title isn't enough for you then the original few posts should do it. Did Mattel ever explain why they released such obscure versions of those guys? I mean cowboy Funk?! Non-Camo Sgt Slaughter?! Jimmy Snuka with boots on? What were they trying to do?
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Post by PJ on Sept 6, 2013 14:09:45 GMT -5
Yes they said they wanted to do versions Jakks hadn't done. The problem came that they also released the HOF set at the same time with straight re-releases. So if you found the L1&2 figures you didn't need to get the HOF and vise versa. Personally other than Snuka I had no issues with attire choices.
The Cowboy gimmick was Funk's best gimmick in the WWF. But it shouldn't have been both the L2 & HOF attire.
Same with Sarge while I personally would have loved all black and no tshirt one of the two should have been the black attire w/Camo shirt and the other the Red, White and blue we got.
Steamboat- should have had one in the red and the other in WMIII attire.
Dusty - one should have been polka dots and the other his NWA attire.
Snuka - one should have been barefooted in tiger print trunks and the other could have been the boots although I would have went with barefooted in leopard print trunks.
And Austin I doubt they had his jeans shorts look yet so I'd had made one in a vest with silver lwttering amd logo and the other with the vest in red.
This way they wouldn't have competed with each other and there'd have been a reason to get both versions.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 16:09:39 GMT -5
Yea the problem with that is I have never heard of or seen these hof legends figs despite owning most of the legends figs so a explanation on the title was all I wanted CrybackmarkV1.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 16:17:22 GMT -5
what are we talking about here? the legends line7 We are talking about the KMart HOF set. It came out at the same time as Legends series 1 & 2. They were a mix of the same exact L1&2 wrestlers in a HOF carding with a cardboard HOF plaque. So basically if you got their regular Legends figures there was no reason to buy these and vise versa. I mention the cancelled L7 Austin because his proto had him in jeans shorts...so I was saying if they had that mold already they could have put one of the two (L1 or HOF) in those so they'd be different. So they were putting these out to compete in a sense with figs that they had a hard time selling in the first place, its no wonder the legends line failed.
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 6, 2013 16:19:13 GMT -5
Yea the problem with that is I have never heard of or seen these hof legends figs despite owning most of the legends figs so a explanation on the title was all I wanted CrybackmarkV1. Who's crying me or you? Don't get it twisted Besides I was trying to help I wasn't even trying to be an bunghole. I'm getting really sick of everyone assuming my posts are meant to be attacks towards people because which wrestler I'm a fan of. Its lame.
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Post by PJ on Sept 6, 2013 17:34:54 GMT -5
We are talking about the KMart HOF set. It came out at the same time as Legends series 1 & 2. They were a mix of the same exact L1&2 wrestlers in a HOF carding with a cardboard HOF plaque. So basically if you got their regular Legends figures there was no reason to buy these and vise versa. I mention the cancelled L7 Austin because his proto had him in jeans shorts...so I was saying if they had that mold already they could have put one of the two (L1 or HOF) in those so they'd be different. So they were putting these out to compete in a sense with figs that they had a hard time selling in the first place, its no wonder the legends line failed. Pretty much. Legends were all mass retail and HoF was KMart only. But KMart had regular Legends as well and lets say you found the Legends Funk you didn't need to find the HOF Funk, because the only differences were the HoF figure had a gold base and cardboard hof plaque.
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Post by qdogg on Sept 7, 2013 14:54:05 GMT -5
what are we talking about here? the legends line7 LOL man what? There's a title right above the posts. If the title isn't enough for you then the original few posts should do it. Did Mattel ever explain why they released such obscure versions of those guys? I mean cowboy Funk?! Non-Camo Sgt Slaughter?! Jimmy Snuka with boots on? What were they trying to do? I think that Mattel wanted to do figures (and attires) that Jakks never did. It was a mistake, not everybody collected the Jakks ones and they shouldnt worry about it anyway.
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Post by Squid: The Anti-Hero on Sept 7, 2013 15:54:10 GMT -5
I wish they'd bring legends back for like a year to see if they'd sell any better. Dm too.
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