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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on May 9, 2017 1:15:34 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the WWE Mattel Retro line and it made me think about what style I'd like to see all wrestling figures made if it were up to me.
For TNA Impact Wrestling I'd love either the later OSFTM WCW plastic style with the punching actions or ofcourse the Toybiz style to go with their original line.
For WWE I really like the Hasbro style or a close second would be the original WCW OSFTM rubber style, imagine how big a Braun would be!
Ofcourse I'd love to see a Braun the size of the old Giant Gonzalez Hasbro figure too.
For ROH, I don't really watch much of them, but again I'd probably go with the Toybiz style so we can get a Toybiz Kazarian.
For NJPW I'd love for them to stick with the hard plastic, non-moving derailed way they've been done I just would want more figures more often!
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 9, 2017 1:33:48 GMT -5
Elite....When I was a kid I hated that so many parts couldnt move or you couldnt pose figures a certain way. Its like a dream to have these detailed and heavily articulated figures.
I keep my ECW OSFTM, WWE Jakks BCA/TTL, and Toybiz WCW for nostalgia, but they werent great to play with.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 10:15:06 GMT -5
Japanese figures have always been a personal favorite of mine. Sure, they aren't as articulated as Jakks or Mattel figures, but their level of detail and likeness to the Wrestlers they are based on have always been incredible.
I like to think of them as mini statues of my favorite Wrestlers.
While many Wrestlers receive simple paint touch-ups, a new accessory here and there or a new face scan every once in a while, Japanese figures (especially those made by Character Product and Mogura House) have been known to create entirely new molds from the ground up for certain Wrestlers.
I'd definitely like to see Mattel go in this direction. All they'd need to do is reboot Jakk's "Unmatched Fury" line with more legends/current Superstars and add a bit more articulation.
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Post by Ruby Fusion on May 9, 2017 12:44:04 GMT -5
Well, I'm born in the '70s, saw about every figure line for boys coming up. Never was a fan of the "dolls for boys": Palitoy Action Man/Hasbro G.I. Joe, Mattel Big Jim, Mego Action Jackson/Star Trek/..., Matchbox Fighting Furies, ... However Mego also made 3 3/4" action figures!!! Now that was a size I immediately liked! Most definitely when they released Takara's Microman as Micronauts! This figure style would later be populized as Hasbro's G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero. However in the late '70s Mego was king in this figure style: Micronauts, Black Hole, Buck Rogers, CHiPs and the Dukes of Hazzard. Unfortunately I didn't own any of those, the good part: as a kid I only knew Micronauts existed. In the early '80s Mattel would release a 3 3/4" Popy set called Captain Future - Three Heroes, inside the box were: the android Otto/Otho, Captain Future and the robot Grag/Greg. Actually Captain Future was the only 3 3/4" figure; Otto/Otho was around 3.5" moved only at head and shoulders and Grag/Greg was around 4" and had the same articulation as Captain Future: head, shoulders, elbows, legs, knees and feet. Back in 1981 it was my favorite set I owned, the fact they all had laserguns helped a lot! For a couple of years their enemies would be the non-movable figures from Adventure 2000 by Matchbox; since those were smaller they were evil midgets from space. Sometimes 4" Playmo Space figures by Playmobil would be the enemy. In 1983 I received the Galoob A-Team boxset. Hooray, more 3 3/4" figures with cool weapons!!! Face would double as Captain Future's enemy. 1984 would be the year my Captain Future got an appropriate enemy; I received a Micronaut or more precisely it's knock-off counterpart: an Interchangeable. Basically it was the same thing (rumour is the CEO of the company that made these was the brother of the CEO of the now defunct Mego); with it's translucent blue body, silver metallic head and a J-peg for an accessory I couldn't dream of a better enemy for my Captain Future. The J-peg fit in the screwhole of my Interchangeable's back as well as in his hand, so it doubled as jetpack and lasergun: brilliant! So, why am I saying all this? Simple, to show: - a kid's imagination goes above playability - ever since I was a kid, I was a sucker for 3 3/4" figures Anyway, in 1990 or 1991 I get my first wrestling figures. Again knock-offs: Wrestling Champs. I get Hulk Hogan and Big John Studd (it would take until 1999 before I realise it's Big John Studd and not Hercules! ). These figures are MOTU-style and move at the head, shoulders and waiste. Basicaly these knock-offs were more articulated than any figure the WWF had released until then (OK, the 16" LJNs beat these!). STILL love them! In 1997 I buy my first Hasbros, at 4.5" these are closer to my beloved 3 3/4" figures, but lack the articulation. In 2001 my dream comes true; Charapro releases 3 3/4" wrestling figures!!! OK, OK, I KNOW Hasbro had been pumping out several G.I. Joe Sgt. Slaughter figures by then, but somehow I never got into G.I. Joe even though the figures were 3 3/4". Heck, my (former) girlfriend back in 1998 had ONE G.I. Joe figure: Sgt. Slaughter!!! And yes, in 1991 Remco had a generic 3 3/4" wrestling figure line: AAWF, but I didn't know that until 2007 or so. Anyway: 2001... 3 3/4" wrestling figures of actual wrestlers by Charapro! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Well, huge problem; back in 2001 I hadn't done a single transaction with Japan and U.S. sites were insane with the shipping costs... It would take until 2008 before I finally owned 3 3/4" figures by Charapro: Jushin "Thunder" Lyger and Masahiro Chono. In 2017 I own several, MOC. Even Jakks tried it's hand at 3 3/4" figures, but they were DA style. I don't know; this scale is too small for DA style. My biggest regret: that LJNs are rubber figures. They could've been 3 3/4": back in 1981 LJN released Thomas Magnum in 3 3/4"! Should ANY toy company start making 3 3/4" wrestlers now: I'm buyin'!!!
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Post by Lego Customs! on May 10, 2017 0:43:45 GMT -5
I agree with Ruby, 3 3/4" is a great scale and the GI Joe articulation was brilliant to play with, as you can see in my signature, I've customised all of my GI Joes into wrestlers, including 1997 onwards WWF and ECW. Fantastic scale for creating rings, accessories and arenas. Me and my brother used to use standard GI Joes as stand ins for every wrestler you could think of as we ran a super promotion imaginatively named World Championship Wrestling Federation which had every wrestler in the world available using our imagination, including some of our own creations. Good times. My brother being 10 years older always took the lead and played out the matches using a system of dice rolls to determine how the match went and who won except for one match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels where he decided to upset me by having Bret submit on his way to the ring, haha. I digress but the scale and articulation is the winner for me.
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Post by The Violent Gentleman on May 10, 2017 15:25:23 GMT -5
WWF Hasbro/Mattel Retro. I love the style. Cartoon, but not too much. Small but not too small. Some articulation, but great for posing.
But I'm a MOC collector, so 'playability' isn't a concern of mine.
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Post by PJ on May 11, 2017 7:25:03 GMT -5
Well, I'm born in the '70s, saw about every figure line for boys coming up. Never was a fan of the "dolls for boys": Palitoy Action Man/Hasbro G.I. Joe, Mattel Big Jim, Mego Action Jackson/Star Trek/..., Matchbox Fighting Furies, ... However Mego also made 3 3/4" action figures!!! Now that was a size I immediately liked! Most definitely when they released Takara's Microman as Micronauts! This figure style would later be populized as Hasbro's G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero. However in the late '70s Mego was king in this figure style: Micronauts, Black Hole, Buck Rogers, CHiPs and the Dukes of Hazzard. Unfortunately I didn't own any of those, the good part: as a kid I only knew Micronauts existed. What!!!? Didn't like Mego?! Mego (Superheroes, Action Jackson, PotA, Star Trek)/LJN (Rookies, SWAT, Emergency), 3.75" Star Wars, Mego Comic Action Heroes, GI Joe, Micronauts, Space 1999, Buck Rogers, Chips, Star Trek and little plastic Army men was my childhood in a nutshell. I also like the 12" Joe's, Big Jim, Johnny West, Lone Ranger, Pirates (like Big Jim) etc. Now do you remember this commercial for toy? The figures were like Megos Comic Action Heroes, but it was a pair of Hiway Patrol officers and police car? I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, but always wanted it. I think it was called CB McCall or something like that?
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Post by Ruby Fusion on May 11, 2017 9:59:27 GMT -5
Well, I'm born in the '70s, saw about every figure line for boys coming up. Never was a fan of the "dolls for boys": Palitoy Action Man/Hasbro G.I. Joe, Mattel Big Jim, Mego Action Jackson/Star Trek/..., Matchbox Fighting Furies, ... However Mego also made 3 3/4" action figures!!! Now that was a size I immediately liked! Most definitely when they released Takara's Microman as Micronauts! This figure style would later be populized as Hasbro's G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero. However in the late '70s Mego was king in this figure style: Micronauts, Black Hole, Buck Rogers, CHiPs and the Dukes of Hazzard. Unfortunately I didn't own any of those, the good part: as a kid I only knew Micronauts existed. What!!!? Didn't like Mego?! Mego (Superheroes, Action Jackson, PotA, Star Trek)/LJN (Rookies, SWAT, Emergency), 3.75" Star Wars, Mego Comic Action Heroes, GI Joe, Micronauts, Space 1999, Buck Rogers, Chips, Star Trek and little plastic Army men was my childhood in a nutshell. I also like the 12" Joe's, Big Jim, Johnny West, Lone Ranger, Pirates (like Big Jim) etc. Now do you remember this commercial for toy? The figures were like Megos Comic Action Heroes, but it was a pair of Hiway Patrol officers and police car? I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, but always wanted it. I think it was called CB McCall or something like that? Oh, I like everything by Mego, as long as it's 3 3/4" (3.75"). You mean CB McHaul.
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Post by PJ on May 11, 2017 10:53:45 GMT -5
What!!!? Didn't like Mego?! Mego (Superheroes, Action Jackson, PotA, Star Trek)/LJN (Rookies, SWAT, Emergency), 3.75" Star Wars, Mego Comic Action Heroes, GI Joe, Micronauts, Space 1999, Buck Rogers, Chips, Star Trek and little plastic Army men was my childhood in a nutshell. I also like the 12" Joe's, Big Jim, Johnny West, Lone Ranger, Pirates (like Big Jim) etc. Now do you remember this commercial for toy? The figures were like Megos Comic Action Heroes, but it was a pair of Hiway Patrol officers and police car? I can't for the life of me remember what it was called, but always wanted it. I think it was called CB McCall or something like that? Oh, I like everything by Mego, as long as it's 3 3/4" (3.75"). You mean CB McHaul. Yes! That was it! Now do you remember in the Sears wish book in the 70's they had generic NFL figure bucks. Your choice of white or black players with either either a white jersey or black, red, blue, green. Then they gave you sticker with the team logos and numbers to put on them. I wanted those bad. I think it was around the time the Wish book had the original SW Cantina playset. There was also a commercial for a stuntman set in a western bar. Those are the things from my childhood I never got but really wanted. I just can't remember what they were called to search for them.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Jun 21, 2017 1:22:54 GMT -5
I love GI Joe and Star Wars at 3 3/4" but for other lines it's not my preference.
I was disappointed that was the LJN scale for the most part for AD&D.
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