MadDogJoe
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Post by MadDogJoe on Mar 14, 2016 16:44:02 GMT -5
Why are these new figs coming out without their tattoos? I bought a Y2J over the weekend with nothing on his arms. Also i got B58 Edge in Rated R Superstar attire yet only 1 tattoo on him. I mean that's stuff the other figure manufacturing company would always pull. Explanation please.
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stoptheclocks
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Post by stoptheclocks on Mar 14, 2016 16:47:39 GMT -5
Jericho is missing his tattoos because they are all copywrited images of band logos (Metallica, Iron Maiden etc) Mattel would have to get their permission to use them and probably pay them for the privilege.
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Post by dollarbill04 on Mar 14, 2016 16:47:46 GMT -5
Some of it, I'd imagine, has to do with licensing. Like they couldn't put Pepsi tattoos on Punk. Stuff like that. Other reasons? Well, I'd like to know too.
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Post by wayneyb on Mar 14, 2016 16:48:24 GMT -5
Why are these new figs coming out without their tattoos? I bought a Y2J over the weekend with nothing on his arms. Also i got B58 Edge in Rated R Superstar attire yet only 1 tattoo on him. I mean that's stuff the other figure manufacturing company would always pull. Explanation please. I was wondering when we would get a new tattooed Jericho but apparently his new tattoos are copyrighted material so Mattel cant reproduce them. I know one of his tattoos is the Rolling Stones lips logo, not sure about the others but music related, im sure others on here can say what they are from. One might be Iron Maiden too Someone had created some decals a while ago on here that might be the only way to get an accurate current Y2J
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 16:49:35 GMT -5
Jericho's arm is owned by multiple other entities, so we'll never get him in accurate form.
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stoptheclocks
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Post by stoptheclocks on Mar 14, 2016 16:51:15 GMT -5
Iron Maiden's Eddie and Metallica's Lady Justice.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Mar 14, 2016 16:51:56 GMT -5
I don't really collect anymore, but maybe that Edge figure is based on his look before he got more tattoo work done. I'm pretty sure when he first started that gimmick he only had one or two tattoos.
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Post by hbchris on Mar 14, 2016 17:04:43 GMT -5
There are ways around the copyrights, though. They could at least use an approximation of a similar shape without violating any IP rights, like Jakks did sometimes with Punk's Pepsi and Cobra tattoos.
Would people want that or do you think it's better to leave it off entirely if it can't be totally accurate?
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Mar 14, 2016 17:10:10 GMT -5
I want to know why they didn't give Viktor his tattoo. I'm fully expecting the upcoming Enzo to be missing at least one tattoo.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 17:15:01 GMT -5
I don't really collect anymore, but maybe that Edge figure is based on his look before he got more tattoo work done. I'm pretty sure when he first started that gimmick he only had one or two tattoos. It is based on before the rest of his tatoos were there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 17:17:37 GMT -5
Why are these new figs coming out without their tattoos? I bought a Y2J over the weekend with nothing on his arms. Also i got B58 Edge in Rated R Superstar attire yet only 1 tattoo on him. I mean that's stuff the other figure manufacturing company would always pull. Explanation please. The Edge figure is based on a look he wore in 2006. At that time he only had the one tattoo.
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Mar 14, 2016 17:20:36 GMT -5
Yeah Jericho has Iron Maiden, Metallica, Rolling Stones and Helloween logo's he's also got the loch ness monster with Gene Simmonds face paint. Im not sure what he's got under his arm these days it looks quite red though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2016 17:25:00 GMT -5
I like my Jakks version of that Edge better anyways, tbh Edge is one guy Mattel has yet to make a great figure of.
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Post by TheLastDude on Mar 14, 2016 17:31:14 GMT -5
Looks good to me. As others have said, Jericho's tats are MOSTLY copyrighted. I think they could get away with Lady Justice though. After all, she does predate Metallica by a few hundred years. Modify the pose slightly so it's not a direct representation of the album cover and you're golden.
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Post by jsmells on Mar 14, 2016 17:34:38 GMT -5
I want to know why they didn't give Viktor his tattoo. I'm fully expecting the upcoming Enzo to be missing at least one tattoo. Viktor's is the Danzig skull (who stole the image from Crystar comics), copyright city
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Post by jcz15 on Mar 14, 2016 17:42:39 GMT -5
I want to know why they didn't give Viktor his tattoo. I'm fully expecting the upcoming Enzo to be missing at least one tattoo. When it comes to Enzo I can see at least two things. One his warrior tat on his arm will either not be there or maybe they will do a fix since the w is the wu-tang clan w. and I can see them fixing his life tat on his stomach since the i is a bullet. I'm hoping each one will just have a reg w and i. I've never been a big fan of the jakks style fix. I mean I remember thinking how dumb it was to have just a red circle on his arm for the pepsi tat. But for Enzo I feel like just sort doing a custom w, and i, with the same style of those tats would be perfect. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
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Post by hellojoeivers on Mar 14, 2016 18:29:51 GMT -5
I may be in the minority but I kind of wish they'd try to at least put... something, on Jericho's arm
It wasn't too bad when he didn't have much coverage but he's got quite a lot now and it just makes it so glaringly obvious it's missing, you know? I showed a friend my figures and the first thing he asked when he saw Jericho was why he didn't have his tattoos?
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Post by poindizzle on Mar 14, 2016 18:36:35 GMT -5
They apparently leave some off because of budget, too. The Signature Series R-Truth from 2014 has writing on his ribs and abdomen that have been omitted from releases after that.
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Post by ZDB on Mar 14, 2016 18:44:23 GMT -5
E3 Santino has the chest tattoo
E20 doesn't
Guess they got away with it the first time lol
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Post by A-Rob on Mar 14, 2016 18:50:29 GMT -5
It depends on the person since some tattoos are copyright images like CM Punks's Pepsi logo. If it's a basic figure then your not going to get all the tattoos.
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