mrassbillygunn
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Sept 17, 2013 13:19:42 GMT -5
The torso is a joke, when was JBL ever that ripped? its not even close, JBL always had a pudgy belly and was overweight and im also disappointed the face scan didnt include his annoying grin/smile. These are also the Wade Barrett legs if im not mistaken which are hard to straighten and look crooked (the left leg if i recall correctly). His jacket and towel is cool but i think its a poor cheap figure by Mattel. Just like the RSE Cactus, hardcore Kane and the soon to come Brock, for the most part i love Mattels figs but they have gotten very cheaply made lately ive noticed.
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Post by East Coast on Sept 17, 2013 13:28:26 GMT -5
im still awaiting the RSC backorder of e23.
but i know JBL's torso will annoy me. Not sure why they did that. My only guess is that the hat/towel/jacket/head was expensive......so they had to save money by just slapping it all onto an elite 11 Wade Barrett figure
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Post by kidjoe on Sept 17, 2013 13:33:27 GMT -5
well at least it will make an easy scott hall fix up but i understand what you mean , the one that gets me is elite sandow, especially when hes posed next to e23 triple h and sheamus lol o well, i do wish they would use the funk torso more often, really like that torso mold
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Post by East Coast on Sept 17, 2013 13:36:09 GMT -5
well at least it will make an easy scott hall fix up but i understand what you mean , the one that gets me is elite sandow, especially when hes posed next to e23 triple h and sheamus lol o well, i do wish they would use the funk torso more often, really like that torso mold u mean the torso they also used for BOPPV bret Hart? and use on Del Rio for some odd reason? It works for e23 HHH........but that torso looks bad for everyone else they use it on. in what world does Sheamus, old bret hart, young HHH, Del Rio and Sandow have the same body type?
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Post by mrhoss on Sept 17, 2013 13:45:27 GMT -5
JBL is one of the few figures I left all his gear on. Before Mattel announced a JBL, I tried a Bulldog Torso with a Jakks head but it didn't look that great. Never tried Funk, I thought it might look to small.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Sept 17, 2013 13:54:29 GMT -5
The problem is that none of the torsos they currently have molded work that well for JBL. I think the Hillbilly Jim and Funk torsos are too small, and Hacksaw and Tensai are too fat. They would've had to do a new torso mold for him, which they weren't going to do when they already had to spend money on the towel and jacket.
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Figure kingdom
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Post by Figure kingdom on Sept 17, 2013 14:00:27 GMT -5
No one forced you to buy the product. If you don't like it, don't buy, its that simple. In a business you cannot please 100% of the market. You have to produce a profit for those who designed, produced, packaged & shipped, and marketed the figures with the resources they have. Its not a hard concept to comprehend.
In the words of Triple H, "You have to do what is good for BUSINESS!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 14:02:51 GMT -5
I love the figure cuz it's JBL
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Post by marino13 on Sept 17, 2013 14:09:06 GMT -5
You know what I hate about the JBL figure?
That I don't have one.
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Post by tyco84 on Sept 17, 2013 15:02:37 GMT -5
I dont think they would ever make a "pudgy" JBL figure, just like they'll never make "pudgy" figurs of triple h or rey mysterio. Mattel has stated in the past that these are somewhat "stylized" versions of the characters and wont "downgrade" a superstar by making them "pudgy", unlike a certain former developer of wrestling figures we all know and love
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Post by James on Sept 17, 2013 15:03:53 GMT -5
Someone mentioned change the torso to an elite Kane (before mask).
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 17, 2013 17:24:19 GMT -5
I think its fine. Great figure actually. Of all the existing torsos this one fits best.. it isn't ripped but has that saggy/ripped look. Just as jbl had in the past. Something about the legs though I don't like. Its the reason I prefer Barretts basics. But I just slide the knee pads down to his boots and it fixes the problem. I was anticipating the figure since mattel started, and I am so happy to have it. Its definately not as bad as people make it out to seem.
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Post by skribbel24 on Sept 17, 2013 17:39:53 GMT -5
The JBL head would look good on the COO HHH body.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 17:42:26 GMT -5
You know what I hate about the JBL figure? That I don't have one.
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 17, 2013 17:43:14 GMT -5
The JBL head would look good on the COO HHH body. I thought the same but it has a bad no neck problem
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Sept 17, 2013 17:44:23 GMT -5
Doesn't bother me since I'm displaying him with his jacket on.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 18:01:57 GMT -5
It doesn't bother me that much but I think they should of used one of the elite classic bodies like iron sheik or Nikolai
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Post by Boy Wonder on Sept 17, 2013 18:16:17 GMT -5
Wait, what the hell is wrong with Cactus Jack and Brock?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 18:26:03 GMT -5
I like it. The head scan is right on IMO, and the body is ok.
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Post by mikenorm on Sept 17, 2013 18:53:40 GMT -5
I like the JBL figure. I do agree that the body isn't 100% accurate, but it beats what Jakks ever did by giving everybody the same exact body. The head scan looks great. What don't you like about the RSC Cactus Jack and Brock. I have the Jack figure its a solid figure. The Brock figure looks real good in all the pictures I have seen also.
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