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Post by Halloween King on Apr 11, 2015 12:22:34 GMT -5
So, I was just checking out some pictures of E35 Earthquake, and as nice as the attire and headscan look, I really don't think Mattel have done his size justice. I'm stealing Nivro™'s pictures from his thread:     I hate to be "that guy" who complains instantly, but does anybody else agree? I just think he looks too slim. Earthquake was huge. I've been saying this from day one when I saw Mattels. They make very scrawny figures. But I have learned on wfigs that I am wrong, these are all made exactly to scale.  |
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Apr 11, 2015 12:28:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 13:12:56 GMT -5
Figure looks awesome.
if he was made any bigger people would be complaing that he's too fat.
deal with it.
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Post by The Assassin on Apr 11, 2015 14:28:20 GMT -5
I think the body sculpt looks great, one of the best Mattel has ever done IMO. It's possible it's slightly undersized though, I do get what you mean - it doesn't quite seem to portray the weight of Tenta how I remember either. But it's not far off IMO so I'm satisfied.
One thing I would say though is I think the headscan is only an average likeness to Tenta. It's not terrible by any means, but I definetely think it could be better. Hopefully we'll get another headscan down the line sometime.
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Post by hbkrules on Apr 11, 2015 14:29:41 GMT -5
Figure looks awesome. if he was made any bigger people would be complaing that he's too fat. deal with it. I wouldn't. His legs are perfect but his arms and belly are both way to skinny. |
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Post by Halloween King on Apr 11, 2015 21:16:10 GMT -5
Figure looks awesome. if he was made any bigger people would be complaing that he's too fat. deal with it. At the end of it all we have to accept that these are just toys. No matter how much we try to treat them as collection pieces, they are made to be played with. If Mattel had made Earthquake any bigger I fear they prob would have given him a Brodus Clay torso, which would have been bigger but less articulated. Im wondering now though, is the EarthQuake Torso smaller than the Dusty Rhodes Torso? Or is it the same Torso? |
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Post by Nivro™ on Apr 11, 2015 23:01:14 GMT -5
Figure looks awesome. if he was made any bigger people would be complaing that he's too fat. deal with it. At the end of it all we have to accept that these are just toys. No matter how much we try to treat them as collection pieces, they are made to be played with. If Mattel had made Earthquake any bigger I fear they prob would have given him a Brodus Clay torso, which would have been bigger but less articulated. Im wondering now though, is the EarthQuake Torso smaller than the Dusty Rhodes Torso? Or is it the same Torso? Quake has his own unique torso. Its different from Brodus and from Dusty The only other guys I know off the top of my head that use Dusty is Kamala and Rikishi |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 23:27:35 GMT -5
It's threads like this makes me wonder what's going to be nit picked about DM Sting. Before it was Razor, and now earthquake.
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Post by Nivro™ on Apr 11, 2015 23:29:34 GMT -5
It's threads like this makes me wonder what's going to be nit picked about DM Sting. Before it was Razor, and now earthquake. Its not a  ing Surfer Sting |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 23:35:32 GMT -5
It's threads like this makes me wonder what's going to be nit picked about DM Sting. Before it was Razor, and now earthquake. Its not a ing Surfer Sting LOL! That's not a complaint, that's definitely mattels mistake. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 3:40:00 GMT -5
It's threads like this makes me wonder what's going to be nit picked about DM Sting. Before it was Razor, and now earthquake. It's not "nit picking". It's my opinion that the figure is too small. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 8:38:27 GMT -5
I'll chime in on this one
First of all I think this figure is amazing, my only nitpicking would be the painted skin tone on the chest as I hate painted skin tone but that doesn't bother me too much
As for earthquake being too small? Yes
His belly should be bigger really but I think otherwise the rest of the figure is in great scale. I think Mattel made the torso the size that it is though so they can get us more classic characters using that torso. They could have given him his own unique torso but likely he would be the only one to ever use it
That torso can easily be used for typhoon and I'm sure there's many other big guys who wore a double pronged singlet....
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Post by I AM CHONO! on Apr 12, 2015 9:13:18 GMT -5
Honestly, Earthquake should have been much bigger.
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Post by The One Who Collects on Apr 12, 2015 9:36:45 GMT -5
I think he's fine. Mattel can't logistically create every individual figure 100 percent. Imagine the cost.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Apr 12, 2015 11:33:02 GMT -5
John Tenta was very unhappy with the Jakks product because they made him too fat, and they did. Earthquake was not obese, he was a sumo athlete who was pretty agile for his size. I agree the Mattel figure is a little skinny for the period represented, he looks more to scale of a Wrestlemania X Earthquake. Still, it's a stunning figure. His bmi definitely says he's obese Google "Derek Poundstone." He had BMI tests done, & he registers as obese even though you can see his abs. His ABS. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 11:48:09 GMT -5
His bmi definitely says he's obese Google "Derek Poundstone." He had BMI tests done, & he registers as obese even though you can see his abs. His ABS. It's different for power lifters. You certainly couldn't see Earthquakes abs |
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Post by Slim on Apr 12, 2015 12:03:13 GMT -5
I find it awesome, maybe he is a little skinnier, but I'm afraid that If mattel would have made him bigger, he would seem too fat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 18:49:26 GMT -5
Tbh if Mattel made his stomach as big as it should be, he probably wouldn't stand up very well lol
I think everything else is to scale, his legs are twice as big as hogans, his arms are just smaller than hogans, he is just shorter than hogan, all accurate, his trunks are twice as big as hogans and his chest is bigger than hogans. The stomach could be a little bigger but at least we have a chance at guys like typhoon because this mold will be easily re used
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Post by Chewdeezy on Apr 12, 2015 19:11:34 GMT -5
I think it's fine. His gut could have been bigger but Mattel isn't going to make different sized guts specialized for all their big wrestlers.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Apr 12, 2015 19:32:35 GMT -5
Google "Derek Poundstone." He had BMI tests done, & he registers as obese even though you can see his abs. His ABS. It's different for power lifters. You certainly couldn't see Earthquakes abs Nor could you feel your own jaw after John Tenta swatted you out of the Dohyo. He wasn't simply "Obese," he was a GIANT.I get your point, but John busted his ass to be good at what he did. Don't sell him short. |
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