gazwefc
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Post by gazwefc on Jul 19, 2014 11:33:22 GMT -5
Jakks are horrible compared to Mattel. Overall a much nicer looking finish. All jakks fattys had the same bodies, what was with the freaky open hand on there figures and dont get me started on the thighs!
Im affraid that if you want people to agree with you then your looking for the Jakks section.
Its like me going into an EA forum and saying nba 2k is better than nba live. No-one will agree.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 19, 2014 11:44:18 GMT -5
My opinion? Go to the Jakks board and share your thoughts there....if anyone is still there to listen to you.
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Post by WWE Fig guy on Jul 19, 2014 11:51:07 GMT -5
Has anyone seen that chart comparing elite 27 rikishi with the classic superstars rikishi? It's gotta be around here somewhere!
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Post by RV F'N D on Jul 19, 2014 11:56:00 GMT -5
Everyone is entitled to a wrong opinion. This dude was clearly trolling though.
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Post by knupmc on Jul 19, 2014 12:07:34 GMT -5
Personally, I'd rather have less of a variety of figs and better detail than a plethora of figs, and crappy detail. This is why I choose Mattel over jakks
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Post by ROCKAJABRONi on Jul 19, 2014 12:21:46 GMT -5
Jakks surpasses Mattel when it come to paint app on the head. Other than that, Mattel is leagues above them in almost everything else. The biggest things I hated about Jakks were the balloon heads, the terrible scale, missing detail on the back of the figure, poorly-hashed tattoos (see the Rock's shoulder tattoo) and the Intercontinental Title. If you compare the last two things to what Mattel has to offer, I would be extremely embarrassed to be a Jakks WWE fan. Just my opinion though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 12:39:31 GMT -5
What in the are you smoking?
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Post by Chewdeezy on Jul 19, 2014 12:46:52 GMT -5
Just so you know the scans are all made by the same company (Gentle Giant Studios) and both Jakks and Mattel use many of the same sculptors. (one used to post here and showed work she did for both companies) Don't waste your breathe, they never seem to understand.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 12:55:09 GMT -5
This really just blows my mind. Jacks figs werr unproportionate, always had the weirdest hands, and you could never find figures in their actual wrestling gear (at least when I collected as a kid). I liked bone crunching figs because up until the end, almost every figure was actually in the wrestling gear. I look back at the ttl and ra figures I have and I have like 2/50 figures actually wearing trunks instead of jeam shorts and slacks.
Also I just think of this kne Undertaker I had thay had this hand thay was open and literally as long as his forearm and the scan was definitely cartoony.
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Post by evilways811 on Jul 19, 2014 13:03:13 GMT -5
In what kind of ridiculous, bizzaro, comic book universe do you live in where Shawn Michaels is a 7 foot tall, 260 lbs. ripped muscle bound giant? Jakks did a lot of cool things, but scale, realism and overall look were never any of them.
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Post by ferris2424 on Jul 19, 2014 13:06:38 GMT -5
I was missing this kind of topics like I am missing a thread about NXT line XD
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Post by BCizzle on Jul 19, 2014 13:13:33 GMT -5
Jakks DID do a better job of giving us a wide variety of classic wrestlers, nobody can argue that. It sucks that Mattel still hasn't figured out a way to make the Legends line work when Jakks kept theirs going for years.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Jul 19, 2014 13:22:01 GMT -5
But....you have 10 posts in six years.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 13:27:08 GMT -5
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Post by BestLookingInTheWorld on Jul 19, 2014 13:34:04 GMT -5
I couldn't disagree with you more. At the time Jakks was amazing, only because we had yet to see an Mattel WWE figure!! It as all we had for our fix. The figures were bulky and completely out of scale, Rey Mysterio was not too much shorter than Andre The Giant ha ha. I don't know if you're bitter about Flairs abs and if so, completely understandable but let's not get too carried away.
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Post by HVMMONS on Jul 19, 2014 13:40:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 13:50:41 GMT -5
I'd say Mattel beats Jakks in the portionality department in most cases...but there faces hit and miss a LOT. That's where Jakks has Mattel's number.
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Post by NXT919 on Jul 19, 2014 14:01:22 GMT -5
They both have their pros and cons, but in my opinion, mattel is better.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 14:04:31 GMT -5
Well, good luck with this thread on the Mattel board, lol. The Jakks bodies were better...? Seriously? And what about the scaling? Were you fine with Paul Bearer towering over The Undertaker? (to name one example). And the Mattel Ric Flair head is better than the constant flow of Jakks "Wooooo!" heads. Just saying... My Jakks Paul Bearer is the same heighth as my SDCC Taker. It looks odd so I had to offset it by putting the Taker on the EG stand
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Post by mase307 on Jul 19, 2014 14:06:21 GMT -5
I'm glad you made your decision and shared it with us. It has enlightened us all. We will all give up our mattel figures. thank you so much opening my eyes on which was the best wwe action figures ever made.
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