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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2016 10:22:14 GMT -5
Yesterday morning, my local Walmart got in a new set of figures (Series 61 & more Then, Now & Forever Battle Packs). Not sure if it matters, but my local Walmart just opened about 2-3 months ago & had figures from older sets when it first opened. It then got in Series 61, Elite 40 (was lucky enough to grab Zayn from the box atop the shelf before they put the set on the pegs), Series 60 & now Series 61 once again. With this second shipment of Series 61, I noticed something different that I found to be a little odd. Everyone else in the set remained the same, but Neville was no longer carded with the NXT Brand, but rather with the Smackdown Brand. At this point, I searched online for information on this & only found a single Ebay listing from the UK for one of them & no other information anywhere. This is why I come to you guys. I've been lurking around the forums for about a month or so & know that you guys have a vast knowledge of figures. Does anyone have any idea of the story behind these Series 61 Smackdown Variants for Neville? The Walmart had 2 & because I could not find anything on it (minus the Ebay listing), I picked them both up. Here are pictures of their fronts & backs:  Anybody have any idea of how or why these came to be (I assume it was to have 3 RAW, 3 Smackdown, 2 NXT & 1 Divas)? Has anyone else seen any of these? MattelDesignTeam |
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Post by megatron on Jun 18, 2016 19:02:01 GMT -5
Sweet find. Looks like a running change variation!
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Post by ellisd on Jun 18, 2016 20:58:55 GMT -5
Was Neville's card originally NXT in series 61?
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Post by TheChamp420 on Jun 18, 2016 21:52:21 GMT -5
Pretty neat!
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Post by c-scope on Jun 18, 2016 21:58:50 GMT -5
Was Neville's card originally NXT in series 61? yes |
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jun 18, 2016 22:09:12 GMT -5
They probably updated the brand because Neville hadn't debuted the purple gear until he got to the WWE roster.
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Post by ellisd on Jun 18, 2016 22:09:39 GMT -5
Was Neville's card originally NXT in series 61? yes Oh ok, wasn't sure. I bet he was supposed to be a Smackdown card all along. His first figure was NXT, then this one is in his first attire after getting called up, so I bet he was originally supposed to be SDown and they messed up. |
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Post by RybackV1 on Jun 18, 2016 22:19:47 GMT -5
Sweet. Now it's way more accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2016 22:23:19 GMT -5
Guys, I just noticed something different about these two other than the card. They used a different face scan for the Smackdown carded Neville (looks like the Elite 42 scan to me). The Series 61 NXT Carded Neville: The Series 61 Smackdown Carded Neville: |
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Post by Matt Tell on Jun 18, 2016 22:25:31 GMT -5
His elite is the Raw packaging.
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Post by c-scope on Jun 18, 2016 23:52:03 GMT -5
His elite is the Raw packaging. that means hes the only wrestler with all three brands packaging. |
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Jun 18, 2016 23:58:58 GMT -5
Guys, I just noticed something different about these two other than the card. They used a different face scan for the Smackdown carded Neville (looks like the Elite 42 scan to me). The Series 61 NXT Carded Neville:The Series 61 Smackdown Carded Neville:Thats the same sculpt... B52 and BAF Bearer had a different sculpt. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 0:11:58 GMT -5
Guys, I just noticed something different about these two other than the card. They used a different face scan for the Smackdown carded Neville (looks like the Elite 42 scan to me). The Series 61 NXT Carded Neville:The Series 61 Smackdown Carded Neville:Thats the same sculpt... B52 and BAF Bearer had a different sculpt. Looking back at it, you're correct. The goatee shape was tweaked a bit in this Smackdown Variant, though (made to look a little thinner) & the eyes seem to have possibly been changed to look a bit smaller. |
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Post by cmiller79 on Jun 19, 2016 0:57:59 GMT -5
I like the way it looks on the smackdown card better
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 1:01:07 GMT -5
I like the way it looks on the smackdown card better Yeah, the purple attire definitely looks better in front of the dark blue Smackdown banner than the gold NXT banner. |
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Post by SteveHulk on Jun 19, 2016 4:08:26 GMT -5
His elite is the Raw packaging. ...some of the package branding is all over the place - Basic 62 Roman Reigns on Smackdown(!), Basic 57 Ryback and 63 Del Rio on RAW cards - but their Elite figures on Smackdown...? I'm sure they just pick some of them out of a hat... |
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Post by SweetPrinceBH on Jun 19, 2016 13:26:39 GMT -5
Some of the brand choices for packaging are really strange. B62 Reigns is Smackdown, but Sin Cara is Raw.
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jun 20, 2016 12:12:03 GMT -5
Could be a running change. The NXT card may have been a mistake.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2016 12:50:12 GMT -5
His elite is the Raw packaging. that means hes the only wrestler with all three brands packaging. Need a Divas and Legends for a Grand Slam. |
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Post by c-scope on Jun 20, 2016 12:55:25 GMT -5
that means hes the only wrestler with all three brands packaging. Need a Divas and Legends for a Grand Slam. we'll unless he gets a sex change and retires tomorrow i dont see either happening. Lol |
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