mrassbillygunn
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Post by mrassbillygunn on May 4, 2016 16:54:02 GMT -5
Sometimes I think I just like to moan but the truth is that Mattel just ask for it when they make these decisions. I was hoping for the same material they used for DM Macho, so im scratching my head why they went with the cheaper hideous rubber moulded jacket. Its brutal, Im sorry its just God awful, it restricts articulation, and to have rubber tassels with no flexibility its not acceptable for a defining moments figure. Sorry, I just need to make Mattel aware of this in the hope that they dont continue this awful trend of cheapness. Why are we not bashing them more for this figure? This is a defining moment figure I dont see enough uproar on here, Mattel do a good job with their figures and I wouldnt collect them otherwise but when they drop the ball on decisions like this it baffles me, it really does.
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Post by hitman1072 on May 4, 2016 16:57:49 GMT -5
It's not rubber. It's plastic.
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Post by marklud on May 4, 2016 16:58:39 GMT -5
If I remember correctly Bill said in an interview on here that he tried to do the tassels like the Macho Man jacket and that they looked awful so he thought this was the next best solution.
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Post by MR._SOCKO on May 4, 2016 16:59:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure they said it was due to costs. They didn't have enough in their budget to make it out of soft cloth and they didn't want to reuse the Macho Man style DM coat because then it wouldn't be accurate (no shoulder pads, not enough tassles, etc.).
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Post by SteveHulk on May 4, 2016 16:59:51 GMT -5
For a Defining Moments figure - and the extra cost - its is quite disappointing.
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Post by mrassbillygunn on May 4, 2016 17:00:31 GMT -5
If I remember correctly Bill said in an interview on here that he tried to do the tassels like the Macho Man jacket and that they looked awful so he thought this was the next best solution. If he did say that, he is talking out of his rear end.
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Post by marklud on May 4, 2016 17:02:34 GMT -5
If I remember correctly Bill said in an interview on here that he tried to do the tassels like the Macho Man jacket and that they looked awful so he thought this was the next best solution. If he did say that, he is talking out of his rear end. How do we know that? Someone should go and find the interview because it made sense. I believe he said the tassels were too thin to do correctly, whereas the Macho Man's tassels were bigger.
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Post by Midnight on May 4, 2016 17:02:45 GMT -5
For a Defining Moments figure - and the extra cost - its is quite disappointing. This. They should've included a fabric jacket.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 17:02:52 GMT -5
I have an idea, use the cloth version of the bash Sting jacket provided by Ralph's or Jakks, cut the bulky cloth collar off, and cut off and glue on the plastic collar and shoulder tassels on to the cloth one...I wonder how that would look. I'd like to see an attempt in the fix up thread of this idea.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on May 4, 2016 17:03:47 GMT -5
I like it...I like all the plastic jackets..they just look better
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Post by mrassbillygunn on May 4, 2016 17:04:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure they said it was due to costs. They didn't have enough in their budget to make it out of soft cloth and they didn't want to reuse the Macho Man style DM coat because then it wouldn't be accurate (no shoulder pads, not enough tassles, etc.).
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Post by AlexWestCollects on May 4, 2016 17:05:31 GMT -5
Yea this one doesn't work. None of these jackets work when u can't articulate them. They could have included a title belt with him at least.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 17:12:56 GMT -5
Well certain members (like PJ or whatever his name is) have a huge bias towards this figure, which is probably why they're not up in arms about it. Or maybe they have deluded themselves enough to where they actually think it's a great figure.
Personally, I just don't really care for it that much. I'll grab one when it goes on sale, which make no mistake it will go on sale because it's probably going to shelfwarm pretty badly.
I would have rather seen that green basic Sting get the elite treatment honestly. Oh well.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 17:14:47 GMT -5
Oh this again. Coz this is a question that hasn't been asked 896 times before
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Post by cableV on May 4, 2016 17:14:48 GMT -5
What Bill really said was cloth and no shoulder epaulets(tassels) or plastic and shoulder epaulets. He went with plastic.
Of all the things wrong with that figure, to me, the jacket isn't one of them. Anyone that continues to expect highly detailed cloth accessories is a fool. How many times do you have to not get something, to realize you are not getting it? At this point, it's not on Mattel, it's on you.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 17:15:47 GMT -5
Yea this one doesn't work. None of these jackets work when u can't articulate them. They could have included a title belt with him at least. It's an entrance jacket, how much articulation does it need to have?
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Post by The Gang on May 4, 2016 17:16:06 GMT -5
It's a terrible figure, a real letdown.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on May 4, 2016 17:17:03 GMT -5
Bill said for cloth, the streamers would be the same size as machos due to smaller being choking hazards and no shoulder pads. Get over it.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 17:17:19 GMT -5
Bill said something about choking hazards when talking about tassels I remember that much
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Post by AlexWestCollects on May 4, 2016 17:24:09 GMT -5
Yea this one doesn't work. None of these jackets work when u can't articulate them. They could have included a title belt with him at least. It's an entrance jacket, how much articulation does it need to have? Enough for him to be posed in it and not look like a penguin lol
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