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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 22:43:53 GMT -5
was at a toy show recently and a guy had a bunch of loose Mattel legends and I agree they look too skinny. I like the blown up muscle versions of Jakks CS. Mattel is SO accurate on detail and paint though. I love both!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 22:51:30 GMT -5
the amount of wrestlers we got from jakks was AWESOME. they pooped out on the line at the end with half-assin Warlod, Barbarian, etc, but man did we get some figs. Mattels lack of legends and lack of interest to get guys like Qauke, Sid, Studd, Niedhart, etc is a HUGE Turn off. at the end it doesnt matter how many Bret, Machos, Warriors we have, the line will be MAJORLY incomplete without those kind of wreslters. thats like a he-man line with no Man-at-arms, Beastman, & Skelator. its too bad too, as someone on here said, combine both their strengths and we'd have a perfect line.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 22:54:31 GMT -5
What a tough question! As an avid collector of Wrestling Figures - I actually don't really discriminate between "who makes the figures." My Macho Man shelf now has figure from Hasbro, Mattel, Toy Biz, etc. My Ric Flair shelf has stuff from JAKKS, Galoob, and Hasbro.... my Hogan shelf has LJN, JAKKS, Hasbro.... I collect wrestling figures - who makes them isn't such a big deal to me. In the 80's, it was just LJN..... LJN made, like one figure of each wrestler, with no articulation, and that was all we ever got.... they were alright, but it was difficult to recreate matches or angles with these rubber statues.... when I was a kid, I had better matches with my G.I. Joe figures than these things. Then the Hasbro stuff came out - it was more cartoony, which had it's charm, but didn't seem designed to recreate matches or anything like that..... more like cartoon statues, not actual poseable recreations of wrestlers.... The WCW figures always seemed kind of cheap.... I liked the Galoob stuff, but at the same time - they were just mini-statues. Not poseable at all..... most of the WCW stuff that followed either seemed like a rip-off of the WWE ones, or cheap knock-offs.... When JAKKS began the "Classic Superstars" line it was like heaven for us - finally, the figures we always wanted when we were kids but never got! Figures that looked like small recreations of wrestling legends - that you could stage matches, or just pose, with actual accessories.... sometimes actual cloth clothing! Not to mention that we could now have "dream matches" with guys we never were able to have when we were kids.... Wrestling fans had never been spoiled like this before! And they were everywhere! Kay Bee toys was still going strong - it was a golden era for wrestling figure-collecting. I uses to go from K Mart, to Kay Bee, to Toys R Us... and see different assortments at every store, and many more exclusives.... usually falling off the filled shelves... and a whole "clearance" section with stuff for cheap..... I love those "3 for $10" deals Kay Bee always had.... built a lot of my collection that way. I quit collecting for two years when JAKKS lost the WWE license. I saw the Mattel stuff, mainly Defining Moments.... and was turned off by the high price point & what seemed to be very limited selection..... and I wasn't impressed with the early Mattel WWE figures. In 2012 I came back to the hobby I love..... following "The Summer of Punk" and an awesome Elite 16 likeness of The Best In The World brought me back.... I do believe that if JAKKS had retained the WWE contract..... the quality of their product would have continued to EVOLVE.... and improve. Look how much they changed during the duration of the JAKKS period of WWE figures! While I like Mattel's quality - I feel that JAKKS would have gotten there with a few more years.... I don't think they've put any effort into the TNA stuff, I just don't think there's enough sales dollars at stake to make them try.... I guess. I'm at a bit of a loss to explain the poor effort they've put into TNA. What do they make, like two waves per year? And they haven't even made a Bully Ray yet? What gives? Mattel's distribution absolutely makes me yearn for the Golden Days of JAKKS though.... I can't tell you how many times I've gone into a store looking for new Mattel stuff and either find empty shelves or products I already have..... and there are MONTHS where we don't get very much new stuff at all! Sorry for the long answer.... which I guess isn't really an answer. I like both! I wish that Mattel had the 2008 JAKKS fan dedication, distribution, & courage to take a risk on some obscure figures.... GREAT POST guy!
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Post by skribbel24 on Nov 17, 2013 23:39:24 GMT -5
Mattels are the best WWE figures ever created.
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Post by becks007 on Nov 18, 2013 0:16:49 GMT -5
Is it still 2010? Hahaha... Mattel all the way!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 0:31:13 GMT -5
Mattel.
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Post by Bizzle on Nov 18, 2013 4:24:59 GMT -5
The answer to this question can be answered by standing a Jakks Rey Mysterio and Undertaker next to each other.
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Post by juaumguterres on Nov 18, 2013 8:32:47 GMT -5
I know it's just a dream, but when Jakks "lost" WWE, I think they would be two collections: Legends of Indy Wrestling and Mexican Lucha Libre Figures. I would love this...
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Post by Emma F'n Lution on Nov 18, 2013 9:43:09 GMT -5
Mattel is better, but way too expensive, cut the price and they'd boom
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Post by becks007 on Nov 18, 2013 11:08:54 GMT -5
I hope Mattel will extend their contract with the WWE... Their contract with them ends next year...
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 18, 2013 19:44:46 GMT -5
Its an opinion based question. Saying that people who prefer Jakks' scans are foolish only makes you look foolish... I'll defend my post that Jakks had better headscans. Once in a while we'd get some weird scans but for the most part they nailed the scans spot on. Sure the heads were oversized but the scans looked great. Mattel is still very hit an miss with their sculpts. For example we still haven't gotten a great Edge sculpt and he has had quite a few figures. The recent JBL has a super small head and rarely resembles the melon he actually has. The Jakks' JBL scans were great. Took Mattel years to finally nail down a good Triple H scan. Jakks had him nailed down quick. Paint apps go into sculpts as well and the recent WM29 Punk and Basic Cesaro heads show Mattel's weaknesses in sculpts and paint. Those who prefer Mattel sculpts, that's cool. Just don't throw fact less insults out at people who preferred Jakks head sculpts. Did I say anyone who perfered Jakks scans was foolish or did I say to act like they didn't have any bad scans makes someone sound foolish? Reread it, I'll wait.... Nobody ever said Jakks never made a bad scan. So hence your post refers to those who prefer Jakks as foolish because nobody ever said what you are claiming. As stated, your post only makes you look foolish.
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Post by marino13 on Nov 18, 2013 20:02:05 GMT -5
Did I say anyone who perfered Jakks scans was foolish or did I say to act like they didn't have any bad scans makes someone sound foolish? Reread it, I'll wait.... Nobody ever said Jakks never made a bad scan. So hence your post refers to those who prefer Jakks as foolish because nobody ever said what you are claiming. As stated, your post only makes you look foolish. I never said I had a problem with Jakks scans. It was their only saving grace IMO. Nor did I ever claim Mattel's were better. All I said anyone who claims Jakks was always perfect in their scans department was looking back in revisionist history. Thus sounding foolish. Maybe read it slower next time?
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Post by Roman Bellic on Nov 18, 2013 20:02:53 GMT -5
if ANYONE thinks Jakks is better is brain dead and blind
Mattel is VASTLY superior to jakks in EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY
lets point and laugh at Jakkluvers, cause they're atrocious, just like the Bellas
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Post by Roman Bellic on Nov 18, 2013 20:10:22 GMT -5
I was an avid Jakks collector who was glad to see them lose the line. Missing details and horrible parts choice made me hate my hobby at times. And looking back, more than anything, I'm upset with myself for collecting them for so long after all the crap they had pulled over the years. I mean Jakks still uses the same bad habits & wrong molds on the TNA figures that tainted so many of their former WWE collectors. They didn't learn from any of their mistakes at all. And if that doesn't speak volumes about their company then nothing will. I remember when I first moved into this house I was putting my Jakks figures in a curio. And I couldn't stand Kane next to Evan Bourne cause Evan was taller!! That's a major issue to me. And it's never been a problem with Mattel. Mattel has once again made me proud of my collection. I agree, stupid TNA fanboys STILL buy these figures even though they don't care about the stuff JAKKS has pulled sometimes these people who think JAKKS is better are just trolling, or should get smited to hell
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 20:34:45 GMT -5
if ANYONE thinks Jakks is better is brain dead and blind Mattel is VASTLY superior to jakks in EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY lets point and laugh at Jakkluvers, cause they're atrocious, just like the Bellas Every Way except depth of Legends. which is what Classic Superstars was and I along with others only collect the legend type figs.
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Post by Roman Bellic on Nov 18, 2013 20:41:13 GMT -5
if ANYONE thinks Jakks is better is brain dead and blind Mattel is VASTLY superior to jakks in EVERY CONCEIVABLE WAY lets point and laugh at Jakkluvers, cause they're atrocious, just like the Bellas Every Way except depth of Legends. which is what Classic Superstars was and I along with others only collect the legend type figs. Quality over quantity
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Post by juaumguterres on Nov 19, 2013 11:33:46 GMT -5
I was looking my Rey Mysterio figure today and his chin paint was peeled. This is a Jakks figure. Mattel has this problem?
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Nov 19, 2013 14:40:26 GMT -5
The Deluxe Aggression are probably the best wrestling figures I have ever seen, sure the Jakks figs were cheaper and you got an accessory with the regular line, but with Mattel you're getting an all round better figure. Though I will always love Jakks figures no matter what, plus I never liked how cheap Mattel seem to be when it comes to getting rights to wrestlers the fans want but then again I am not too sure of the story behind that, just from what I have heard.
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Post by "The Icon" Sting on Nov 20, 2013 1:24:31 GMT -5
I enjoy the Jakks headscans better, and I enjoy the exaggerated bodies they used as well. It was kind of like what you remembered those guys looking like. Just larger than life and better than what they were. However, the scaling issues were too much of an issue.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Nov 20, 2013 1:50:17 GMT -5
Jakks headscans were top notch due to their paint apps and sculpting. If a figure had a beard, it would be molded rather than just painted. Same thing goes for wrist tape, Punk's wrist tape on his Mattel figures looks too flat in comparison. Other than that though, Mattel wins by a landslide.
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