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Post by HHH316 on Jun 14, 2016 0:18:18 GMT -5
The mini rings with the 6 figures were some of my all time favorite sets. I wish they'd sold packs of the figures without the rings, as I would have cleaned out stores back in the day.
Despite the scale not being perfect, WCW came out with a mini figure die cast set, which I couldn't pass up. I had my own WCW/nWo invasion in 1998.
I picked up one of those Brawl 4 All sets & hated the figures, so I never bought another one after it. But the accessories, like the dumpster, was amazing.
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Post by crush on Jun 16, 2016 17:16:10 GMT -5
The mini rings with the 6 figures were some of my all time favorite sets. I wish they'd sold packs of the figures without the rings, as I would have cleaned out stores back in the day. Despite the scale not being perfect, WCW came out with a mini figure die cast set, which I couldn't pass up. I had my own WCW/nWo invasion in 1998. I picked up one of those Brawl 4 All sets & hated the figures, so I never bought another one after it. But the accessories, like the dumpster, was amazing. I loved those as well. The Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and later Survivor series sets were some of my favorite toys in 1998 I actually think I played with them more than my BCAS during that period. I actully think they did sell at least one set without the ring, pretty sure it was Bret, Sid, Taker, and Vader from the Mania ring in a four pack. Also, was that the same dumpster that came with the Survivor Series set? |
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Post by HHH316 on Jun 16, 2016 18:09:03 GMT -5
The mini rings with the 6 figures were some of my all time favorite sets. I wish they'd sold packs of the figures without the rings, as I would have cleaned out stores back in the day. Despite the scale not being perfect, WCW came out with a mini figure die cast set, which I couldn't pass up. I had my own WCW/nWo invasion in 1998. I picked up one of those Brawl 4 All sets & hated the figures, so I never bought another one after it. But the accessories, like the dumpster, was amazing. I loved those as well. The Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and later Survivor series sets were some of my favorite toys in 1998 I actually think I played with them more than my BCAS during that period. I actully think they did sell at least one set without the ring, pretty sure it was Bret, Sid, Taker, and Vader from the Mania ring in a four pack. Also, was that the same dumpster that came with the Survivor Series set? I never saw the 4 pack released without the WM ring. I'd be interested in seeing a photo if there's one floating around. I also bought the Survivor Series set & was surprised to see the figures were a little smaller than the previous sets. As far as the dumpster goes, yes it was the same one. They were just painted 2 different colors. |
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Post by crush on Jun 16, 2016 18:28:06 GMT -5
I loved those as well. The Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and later Survivor series sets were some of my favorite toys in 1998 I actually think I played with them more than my BCAS during that period. I actully think they did sell at least one set without the ring, pretty sure it was Bret, Sid, Taker, and Vader from the Mania ring in a four pack. Also, was that the same dumpster that came with the Survivor Series set? I never saw the 4 pack released without the WM ring. I'd be interested in seeing a photo if there's one floating around. I also bought the Survivor Series set & was surprised to see the figures were a little smaller than the previous sets. As far as the dumpster goes, yes it was the same one. They were just painted 2 different colors. Found this online at a site called Action Toys. Seems legit, though anything's possible.  |
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Post by HHH316 on Jun 16, 2016 20:29:39 GMT -5
I never saw the 4 pack released without the WM ring. I'd be interested in seeing a photo if there's one floating around. I also bought the Survivor Series set & was surprised to see the figures were a little smaller than the previous sets. As far as the dumpster goes, yes it was the same one. They were just painted 2 different colors. Found this online at a site called Action Toys. Seems legit, though anything's possible. Great find! I hadn't ever seen that pack before. I wish they'd done more releases like this. |
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Post by crush on Jun 16, 2016 20:35:03 GMT -5
Found this online at a site called Action Toys. Seems legit, though anything's possible. Great find! I hadn't ever seen that pack before. I wish they'd done more releases like this. Same. IMaybe could have kept these type of mini-figures running longer as opposed to the changeover to Brawl-4-All. |
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Post by BCizzle on Jun 16, 2016 22:45:57 GMT -5
These mini-figures were the figures that got me into collecting! The 6-packs. I saw the RAW one at the K-B Toy store I worked at, and then I found the WrestleMania one at TRU, and I thought they were awesome.
They were pretty much just tinier BCA figures, but I always thought the BCA were kinda crappy. Shrunken down, however, they were very cool.
I was sad when a couple new sets came out with mostly repaints. And then they switched to the bigger figures, with crazy playsets, which also were pretty cool, just not as cool.
I was always sad we never got a mini Ken Shamrock. I think he was the only wrestler in the WWF War Zone video game who didn't get a mini fig.
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Post by crush on Jun 16, 2016 23:55:32 GMT -5
Ever since I posted in this thread I've been reminiscing about these and about how I used to play with them. Since I had my regular figure fed with my BCAs, I came up with a different way to use these. I would set up the three rings I had (Mania, Rumble, and Suvivor Series) and have what I called Trio Warfare Torunaments that were basically just big round robin streetlights with with teams of three:
-HBK and the Outlaws
-Austin, Cactus Jack, and Chainsaw Charlie
-Bret, Owen, and Bulldog
-Taker, Kane, and Vader managed by Bearer
-Sid and the LOD
-Lawler and Mero (since I was one figure short, they were cocky heels who felt they didn't need a third partner)
I had a lot of fun with those sets.
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Post by Chicago on Jun 17, 2016 4:29:56 GMT -5
I loved those as well. The Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and later Survivor series sets were some of my favorite toys in 1998 I actually think I played with them more than my BCAS during that period. I actully think they did sell at least one set without the ring, pretty sure it was Bret, Sid, Taker, and Vader from the Mania ring in a four pack. Also, was that the same dumpster that came with the Survivor Series set? I never saw the 4 pack released without the WM ring. I'd be interested in seeing a photo if there's one floating around. I also bought the Survivor Series set & was surprised to see the figures were a little smaller than the previous sets. As far as the dumpster goes, yes it was the same one. They were just painted 2 different colors. If you guys like the Mini Rings figures, check out these two links: forum.wrestlingfigs.com/thread/324031/latest-vintage-jakks-receivings-inlcudedforum.wrestlingfigs.com/thread/207818/latest-vintage-jakks-receivings-mayhemI never much got into the Brawl-4-All sets, but I always did love the look of their spiritual predecessors, the Playmates Grudge Match figures from 1997. |
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Post by Squared² on Jun 17, 2016 10:15:27 GMT -5
I found an old thread that calls the figures I'm looking for "slammers" but all I can find online is a series of 5 inch figures called Slammers. These have to be later then the playmates ones because I swear I remember a Jericho and maybe a Jarrett?  Slammers were a brief line that used the Brawl-4-All (see above post) bodies and accessories with real-scan heads. I think they only made Jericho, Austin, and Rock. They came single carded though, not with rings or 2 packs with videos like the earlier B4A figs. Just when i thought I've seen it all! Can't believe I've never seen these before |
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Post by Escape The Rules on Jun 17, 2016 14:39:20 GMT -5
The mini rings with the 6 figures were some of my all time favorite sets. I wish they'd sold packs of the figures without the rings, as I would have cleaned out stores back in the day. Despite the scale not being perfect, WCW came out with a mini figure die cast set, which I couldn't pass up. I had my own WCW/nWo invasion in 1998. I picked up one of those Brawl 4 All sets & hated the figures, so I never bought another one after it. But the accessories, like the dumpster, was amazing. Here in the UK, we had a catalogue store called Index and they actually sold some of the sets just as a figure set without the rings. I remember getting a brand new set of Raw Is War figures after my original set of figures had a ton of wear and tear on them. |
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Post by camthewrestlingfan on Jun 18, 2016 14:30:42 GMT -5
I found an old thread that calls the figures I'm looking for "slammers" but all I can find online is a series of 5 inch figures called Slammers. These have to be later then the playmates ones because I swear I remember a Jericho and maybe a Jarrett? Slammers were a brief line that used the Brawl-4-All (see above post) bodies and accessories with real-scan heads. I think they only made Jericho, Austin, and Rock. They came single carded though, not with rings or 2 packs with videos like the earlier B4A figs. Wow! I have never seen those either! |
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Post by Chicago on Jun 18, 2016 22:36:45 GMT -5
Here in the UK, we had a catalogue store called Index and they actually sold some of the sets just as a figure set without the rings. I remember getting a brand new set of Raw Is War figures after my original set of figures had a ton of wear and tear on them. Do you remember how the figure sets were packaged? Was it anything like the WrestleMania 4-pack pictured above? |
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Post by BCizzle on Jun 19, 2016 0:37:03 GMT -5
Slammers were a brief line that used the Brawl-4-All (see above post) bodies and accessories with real-scan heads. I think they only made Jericho, Austin, and Rock. They came single carded though, not with rings or 2 packs with videos like the earlier B4A figs. Just when i thought I've seen it all! Can't believe I've never seen these before The three of them were only sold at Blockbuster video, as far as I can recall. I think there was also a ring they sold separately. They looked really cool with the scanned heads, and I was sad we never got more. |
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Post by Escape The Rules on Jun 19, 2016 6:39:10 GMT -5
Here in the UK, we had a catalogue store called Index and they actually sold some of the sets just as a figure set without the rings. I remember getting a brand new set of Raw Is War figures after my original set of figures had a ton of wear and tear on them. Do you remember how the figure sets were packaged? Was it anything like the WrestleMania 4-pack pictured above? They were each in little plastic packets and in a plain little cardboard box. No official WWF packaging or anything unfortunately. |
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Post by Escape The Rules on Jun 19, 2016 6:52:58 GMT -5
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Post by Squared² on Jun 19, 2016 8:11:25 GMT -5
Was that stone cold head later used for an RA figure? I think I have it actually |
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Jun 19, 2016 8:59:45 GMT -5
I don't think I'd seen any of these other than the Jericho way back when, good job finding these. |
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Post by Chicago on Jun 20, 2016 16:57:50 GMT -5
Was that stone cold head later used for an RA figure? I think I have it actually I think so. The CSTT Series 3 2-Pack figure with Rowdy Roddy Piper and RA 16 come to mind, as well as the One Night Stand and WM21 Series 3 Austin figures. |
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Post by rxchrisg on Jun 23, 2016 19:23:19 GMT -5
This is what I was asking about!!!!! Did they ever release the ladder match set? |
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