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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 7:31:23 GMT -5
I'm really curious what this leads to. As someone pointed out, the initial Tweet with the shredded up pieces looks like WWE 2K14 logo. Hmm. Curiouser, and curiouser. I have to believe that this will lead to something more. There's no way Todd would just settle on doing a single, solitary, promotional statue/figure for a video game. He'd want the whole damned license. My experiences through out the years with his ego has taught me that!
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Post by ARUN on Sept 29, 2013 8:18:35 GMT -5
Hope this is true. Mcfarlane would do an awesome job. I'm guessing they will be similar to the unmatched fury figures.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 10:48:52 GMT -5
Wonder if it's going to be shown or will we get news at Ringside Fest...?.
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 29, 2013 11:14:11 GMT -5
I feel like taker will be a trial run type deal like a 2k promotion or something. But if it is well received maybe mcfarlane can start doing a full time wwe series . God his sports statues are amazing I can only imagine how good his wwe figures would be
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 29, 2013 12:11:11 GMT -5
No idea where people are getting a videogame connection from with this.
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Post by ROCKAJABRONi on Sept 29, 2013 12:32:23 GMT -5
I collect a few McFarlanes of my favorite sports teams and the head scans are usually off (I don't think they are scanned?). I mean it passes,but compared to Mattel, not even close. Everything else about it is excellent though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 12:32:48 GMT -5
The first photo in this series of cryptic Tweets was shredded up pieces of something. It appears that it's the WWE 2K14 logo. Plus with it focusing solely on the Undertaker, and there being an Undertaker "Phenom Edition" of the game......people are putting two and two together that McFarlane is releasing this with the Phenom Edition.
I personally am not so sure about that. The game is released in about a month, on October 29th. I am positive that they would have shown the figure as an incentive for purchase when first releasing the news about the special edition. Not so soon to release.
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Post by East Coast on Sept 29, 2013 12:34:14 GMT -5
No idea where people are getting a videogame connection from with this. wrestling news sites have been reporting about mysterious Undertaker tweets from WWE in the last few weeks......that have something to do w/ promoting the new videogame. Which comes out in a month. not to mention the collectors edition is the "Phenom Edition" that comes w/ Undertaker related stuff
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 29, 2013 12:38:18 GMT -5
No idea where people are getting a videogame connection from with this. wrestling news sites have been reporting about mysterious Undertaker tweets from WWE in the last few weeks......that have something to do w/ promoting the new videogame. Which comes out in a month. not to mention the collectors edition is the "Phenom Edition" that comes w/ Undertaker related stuff If the Undertaker edition of the game came with a statue, it would've been announced already and would've been way more expensive. You mean the trashy news sites like this? www.pwinsider.com/article/80600/latest-on-cryptic-undertaker-tweets.html?p=1"Todd McFarlane is the famed comic book artist and writer who parlayed his 1990s Marvel run into the creation of Image Comics and his own toy company, McFarlane Toys. So, the Tweets apparently point to the creation of some sort of licensed product for Taker being produced by McFarlane's company, as opposed to the WWE 2K14 videogame, which we noted could be the source of the Tweets yesterday." I haven't seen anything on the two legitimate news sites (Observer and Torch) saying McFarlane had anything to do with the videogame, although I haven't looked for any reports on there about it. Seems like people are just speculating 2 + 2 = 5 though. Cool if people who ordered the Undertaker edition of the game get a free McFarlane statue thrown in, but it would be shocking.
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Post by East Coast on Sept 29, 2013 13:08:40 GMT -5
it definately doesn't come w/ the collectors edition. They announced the collectors edition at least a month ago.
I didn't even know about the statue. I just saw that they were talking about Undertaker tweets being related to the upcoming game a couple days ago.
can't wait to see it. But i haven't bought anything from McFarlane since he made Spawn figures
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Post by Lk™ on Sept 29, 2013 13:34:39 GMT -5
holy crap i hope this is a new series
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 13:38:42 GMT -5
Oh, hey PWInsider. Glad to see that you're reading this site. Are you going to credit this site with the people who put together the math of McFarlane/Figures/WWE......seeing as how you've been mistakenly reporting that it had to do with the video game, and taking random stabs in the dark? Great reporters you've got there.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 13:41:12 GMT -5
Also, is it possible.....just possible that they just might be REVEALING the Undertaker first, and have the whole license, as opposed to just the Taker?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2013 13:46:46 GMT -5
I'd really like this
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Post by mikey1974 on Sept 29, 2013 13:53:46 GMT -5
Also, is it possible.....just possible that they just might be REVEALING the Undertaker first, and have the whole license, as opposed to just the Taker? certainly possible! a whole series of figures in iconic poses or mid-action moves would be awesome!
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Post by Roman Bellic on Sept 29, 2013 15:57:48 GMT -5
lets not forget the on again - off again work rate of their Halo figures, i'm STILL mad that my 2 pack of Halo Reach marines can't swivel their arms inwards
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Post by cableV on Sept 29, 2013 16:11:51 GMT -5
WWE wwe 7m Which icon will todd_McFarlane bring life to this week? #RestinPieces pic.twitter.com/BUKXBxFYxd
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Post by micco on Sept 29, 2013 16:34:08 GMT -5
I'm getting so excited righ now that it's pathetic.
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Post by Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] on Sept 29, 2013 16:50:25 GMT -5
This deal will only be worth it if they make a statue of David Otunga, baby oil and all.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 29, 2013 17:02:38 GMT -5
I love the thought of a McFarlane WWE line.
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