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Post by PJ on Jul 18, 2016 19:24:43 GMT -5
I put Basic 18 Cody Rhodes' boots on basic Surfer Sting to give him a tiny boost. IMO the figure is better with the black boots and somehow they don't make him look as much like an angry albino hobbit, even though he's barely any taller. But if you give him black boots then he isn't accurate to Starrcade '90 the match he is based off of.
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Post by poindizzle on Jul 18, 2016 20:42:04 GMT -5
I get that scale wouldn't be exactly perfect on these figures, but ibdo wish basics would always have the corresponding parts of their elite counterparts. I hate when theit height doesn't match or they have different arms and torsos.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 11:40:16 GMT -5
I put Basic 18 Cody Rhodes' boots on basic Surfer Sting to give him a tiny boost. IMO the figure is better with the black boots and somehow they don't make him look as much like an angry albino hobbit, even though he's barely any taller. But if you give him black boots then he isn't accurate to Starrcade '90 the match he is based off of. I don't care.
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Post by East Coast on Jul 19, 2016 12:27:58 GMT -5
i swear Mattels surfer sting head looks bigger than the one Jakks made
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 21:16:05 GMT -5
First post so apologies if I mess up I couldn't tolerate short-legged Sting. He was shorter than basic Daniel Bryan. I did the boil n pop method and used Legends Animal boots. He currently stands somewhere between Trips and Seth. I noticed that he had black boots with neon green trunks during the lead up to War Games (where he tries to convince Hogan and Macho to add Lex). What do you guys think?
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Post by kennyw86 on Sept 2, 2016 21:21:06 GMT -5
But if you give him black boots then he isn't accurate to Starrcade '90 the match he is based off of. I don't care. This x ten million.
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Post by FUSamBaker on Sept 2, 2016 21:34:47 GMT -5
Height doesn't matter much to me except when it's a HUGE difference. I feel like the TNF Taker is way too tall. He is the same height as Big Show.
Summer Rae seems pretty tall :/ she is giant compared to AJ, Sasha and Cameron. I think it's the special leg mold she has.
Other than that, I don't care. I mean most of the guys on roster are 5'7-6'3 or 4. I know that's a big difference but not huge. The taller guys like Andre and Show are good height. I would like my TNF Taker to be shorter but it doesn't bother me much. Hey I'm just glad the girls aren't the same height as the guys and that we don't have Paul Heyman figures as tall as Triple H....like some companies did lol.
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Post by OTC Waxbender on Sept 2, 2016 23:27:45 GMT -5
Height doesnt really matter to me when its within reason but even I have to say that the height difference between the basic and elite sting is pretty ridiculous.
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Post by slamtyro on Sept 3, 2016 4:47:54 GMT -5
I am very particular about proportion & scale. As my DM surfer sting was quite an eyesore due to its massive torso and chicken legs, I felt compelled to modify it. End up using a LOD Hawk body with Animal's calves. Now it looks more balance and accurate in scale. Its still a WIP, hence the tights are unpainted yet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 7:31:37 GMT -5
I am very particular about proportion & scale. As my DM surfer sting was quite an eyesore due to its massive torso and chicken legs, I felt compelled to modify it. End up using a LOD Hawk body with Animal's calves. Now it looks more balance and accurate in scale. Its still a WIP, hence the tights are unpainted yet. Nice looking lex
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 7:58:21 GMT -5
I am very particular about proportion & scale. As my DM surfer sting was quite an eyesore due to its massive torso and chicken legs, I felt compelled to modify it. End up using a LOD Hawk body with Animal's calves. Now it looks more balance and accurate in scale. You should strongly consider using a different torso because Sting never had a body like that especially in that time frame. Certainly not that massive chest that the fix-up figure has. This is literally after he won the belt at the Great American Bash '90:
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Post by slamtyro on Sept 3, 2016 8:11:28 GMT -5
I am very particular about proportion & scale. As my DM surfer sting was quite an eyesore due to its massive torso and chicken legs, I felt compelled to modify it. End up using a LOD Hawk body with Animal's calves. Now it looks more balance and accurate in scale. You should strongly consider using a different torso because Sting never had a body like that especially in that time frame. Certainly not that massive chest that the fix-up figure has. This is literally after he won the belt at the Great American Bash '90: The torso was chosen to balance out with that elongated huge surfer sting head. Lol.
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Post by bharrisfan on Sept 3, 2016 12:00:03 GMT -5
Both Mattels surfer sting's shouldve been trashed. I'd be embarrassed to release those figures. two biggest figure botched/let downs in my collecting days.
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Post by PJ on Sept 3, 2016 12:37:04 GMT -5
The Austin/Bulldog torso is perfect for Sting. Had I know which torso he was going to get I would have stocked up on the E39 Bulldog for all my fixups. But seeing he hD dried up locally by the time I saw the torso he had I had to use the Triple H torso on most of my custom Sting's also.
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on Sept 3, 2016 12:42:37 GMT -5
The Austin/Bulldog torso is perfect for Sting. Had I know which torso he was going to get I would have stocked up on the E39 Bulldog for all my fixups. But seeing he hD dried up locally by the time I saw the torso he had I had to use the Triple H torso on most of my custom Sting's also. Theres 2 Bulldogs left on Amazon for $17.50
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Post by warriorheart on Sept 3, 2016 15:34:18 GMT -5
I am very particular about proportion & scale. As my DM surfer sting was quite an eyesore due to its massive torso and chicken legs, I felt compelled to modify it. End up using a LOD Hawk body with Animal's calves. Now it looks more balance and accurate in scale. Its still a WIP, hence the tights are unpainted yet. Lex looks really cool. That's the Lex I want to see them make next with the U.S. Title.
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Post by RybackV1 on Sept 4, 2016 12:36:29 GMT -5
Man. That's some Jakks $hit right there.
One of the main reasons Ive been so loyal to Mattel is how much better their scale is compared to the some of Jakks crap we got. Height and head size were major issues for jakks, and something Mattel needs to pride themselves on for not repeating them. Then I see stuff like this thought and see the same laziness that Jakks had. Not cool. Hope it doesn't continue.
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Post by Ember's Flame on Sept 4, 2016 12:39:59 GMT -5
It's crazy to me we don't have more Elite Surfer Stings yet. I hate the spacing out method, cause contracts may run up, etc.
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Post by cableV on Sept 4, 2016 14:20:10 GMT -5
It's too bad surfer Sting didn't wrestle for NXT. Maybe then Mattel would have put some thought and effort into his figures.
We have one underwhelming DM and a completely horrid basic. The only good about that Basic is the color, and it was wasted on that crap figure.
Having not seen any new surfer Stings at SDCC or Toy con, I can only hope they are rethinking the part selection for his future figures.
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