80sbaby
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Post by 80sbaby on Jul 25, 2015 0:16:41 GMT -5
What will happen with all the hof 2 hogans and rsc hogan?
This sucks and I feel bad for Hulk. This vid was taken when he was in a bad place, etc Everything he said (while not right) was said in private so - to a degree we've all been there - and to have this put on display when it shouldn't have been, well sucks. I think it all came from anger - where this kind of stuff normally does. It's like being pantsed on national television with no censor.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 25, 2015 0:24:08 GMT -5
I would think Ringside still has a right to sell the Hogan figures they have in stock until they sell out.
Same with stores. I remember after the Chris Benoit situation in 2007 my local Walmart still had Benoit figures on the pegs being sold. They never took them off or anything.
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DarthVeach
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Post by DarthVeach on Jul 25, 2015 0:26:17 GMT -5
Picked up a DM Hogan tonight at WM
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Post by RybackV1 on Jul 25, 2015 0:26:54 GMT -5
I saw plenty of HOF 2, E34, and B48 at my target earlier. Thinking about grabbing one of them to either keep moc, or try to get a pro to whip me up a Hollywood custom. But not sure what one to do
Thinking about it , I doubt they'll go out of their way to pull hogan figs. Remember Benoit figs were around after his incident ? I had a MOc one fro K B toys I got weeks after it happened , but it got lost along the line somewhere
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 0:28:09 GMT -5
Didn't they just put stickers over Benoit?
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LD8506
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Post by LD8506 on Jul 25, 2015 0:31:07 GMT -5
I just decided to pull trigger on the RSC American made Hogan just incase they get removed.
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Post by kgchampion on Jul 25, 2015 0:43:14 GMT -5
Target had DM and CAS Hogans aplenty tonight.
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Post by venomeratt on Jul 25, 2015 1:13:51 GMT -5
Im now only missing basic 48 hogan. I dont think this hogan ban will last more than a few yaers though. I dont see it beeing a benoit thing.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 25, 2015 1:20:03 GMT -5
Im now only missing basic 48 hogan. I dont think this hogan ban will last more than a few yaers though. I dont see it beeing a benoit thing. I still say Hulk Hogan will be back in the WWE before Wrestlemania of next year. Unless whatever else is out there is really, really, really bad, I can't see Hogan not coming back to the WWE and us having more Hogan figures to buy.
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Post by venomeratt on Jul 25, 2015 1:31:09 GMT -5
Agreed. Too much of a money maker. He was still in the lawsuit of his s*x tape when he was re-established with wwe. I think its a PR moral cover for WWE to get rid of everything, let time take its wear, and then boom... big surprise retun after most have forgotten. I dont condone what he said years ago by any means... but i dont see this as a lifelong ban either
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jul 25, 2015 1:42:49 GMT -5
I bought HOF Hogan at Target today, just in case. I originally wasn't too sold on this figure, but it's pretty good.
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Post by ZDB on Jul 25, 2015 2:33:01 GMT -5
I wasn't worried until I heard WWE was debating pulling Hogan from the HOF. While it is a joke HOF, it would be monumental move; leading me to believe he did something worse than use the N word a few times (not saying that's acceptable in any manner but I think most will agree that a HOF termination would be a radical move). Hopefully this blows over and WWE was just trying to act fast and cover their a$$ before the press jumped on the story.
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Post by Mark Martin on Jul 25, 2015 3:01:22 GMT -5
I went to 2 Targets today and both had HOF 2 and E34 Hogan's still on the pegs so I assume they'll sell what they have but that'll be it after that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 4:23:06 GMT -5
I saw plenty of HOF 2, E34, and B48 at my target earlier. Thinking about grabbing one of them to either keep moc, or try to get a pro to whip me up a Hollywood custom. But not sure what one to do Thinking about it , I doubt they'll go out of their way to pull hogan figs. Remember Benoit figs were around after his incident ? I had a MOc one fro K B toys I got weeks after it happened , but it got lost along the line somewhere Maybe in your area, they pulled the Beniots in the stores around me and released a revision case with a huge WWE sticker of where the figure was on the back of the box.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 4:26:23 GMT -5
I wasn't worried until I heard WWE was debating pulling Hogan from the HOF. While it is a joke HOF, it would be monumental move; leading me to believe he did something worse than use the N word a few times (not saying that's acceptable in any manner but I think most will agree that a HOF termination would be a radical move). Hopefully this blows over and WWE was just trying to act fast and cover their a$$ before the press jumped on the story. Then while WWE is removing superstars they need to remove the following as well. 1. Butcher 2. Jimmy Sunka 3. Billy Graham (he asked to be removed in the past)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 6:05:42 GMT -5
I hope not because I need a hall of fame series 2 Hogan in the UK! ?
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jul 25, 2015 6:23:06 GMT -5
For Benoit, they started putting big WWE logo stickers over his image. Some stores (namely TRU) pulled his figures, too. I got his very last figure, the TRU exclusive Wrestlemania 23 (based on Survivor Series '06) one in yellow tights, the day after the revelation. Well...last in terms of being new, there was a big overseas boxset with a re-release of that one that is technically last in terms of date of release.
Anyway, that's how Jakks/WWE handled that. I seriously doubt they'll be that drastic for Hogan. However, they're definitely putting the kibosh on any future Hogans. The only one that has a chance at hitting retail is the t-shirt series w/ new shirt mold. I've seen Barrett (http://forum.wrestlingfigs.com/attachment/download/3507) MOC from overseas, so at least some of those are produced at this point.
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jacguitarist
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Post by jacguitarist on Jul 25, 2015 6:24:19 GMT -5
I ordered the American Made Hogan and also B48 as they were the only two Hogan figures in missing. I don't know if they'll actually pull his merchandise off shelves, but they were figures I've been wanting anyway, so I figure why take the chance? I'm actually more concerned about scalpers going hog wild and clearing out stores and then jacking up prices
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Post by Sean on Jul 25, 2015 8:11:56 GMT -5
Didn't they just put stickers over Benoit? Yeah my local stores done that! They still have some jakks that have stickers over Benoits figures
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customania
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Post by customania on Jul 25, 2015 8:25:32 GMT -5
They won't be pulled from shelves at my Smyths yesterday they had loads of Hogan DM and Elite 34, the Hof is still on the website too. In fact a guy got his kid one of DM Hogans and I thought to myself kids idolise Hogan and although in private he still let people down. He'll be back one day if he pays lawsuits and apologies he may get a new contract hopefully. I believe Del Rio figures were still released after his contract was terminated.
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