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Post by PJ on Jun 22, 2017 13:26:40 GMT -5
As long as Hawk isn't a leaping action I would love it. Also a Piper not in a Tshirt and kilt would be welcome The leaping action did make sense though, as obviously they wanted to recreate the doomsday device. They could have given him the clothesliney arm too. The leaping feature was the worst action feature design ever. A barrel chested torso with the straight legs that were closed together. You really couldn't do anything with those figures that had it. They all look like they're standing at attention. With Hasbro figures I wish all had Mr Perfect/Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner/Macho Man clothesline or the Bret Hart pose. They were posed in a way that if you were going to play with them you could pretend they were doing different things based on action poses. But he leaping figures looked to stiff to pretend they were doing anything else.
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Post by The Violent Gentleman on Jun 22, 2017 13:29:02 GMT -5
Here's the full size image of Sting: Thanks! I don't understand why we haven't gotten full size shots of them all yet. I think Sting looks great.
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Post by qdogg on Jun 22, 2017 13:44:31 GMT -5
Damn I was hoping they would never do ones with the legs glued together. The Sting looks nice though.
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Post by bionicelbow on Jun 22, 2017 13:53:09 GMT -5
I just noticed they photoshopped Stings chin beard off and altered his lip paint at the sides...could have just used an older era pic and saved that hassle
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Post by JokerFC on Jun 22, 2017 14:00:00 GMT -5
LOD without the Spikes would be fantastic. HUGE want of mine as a kid. As long as Hawk isn't a leaping action I would love it. Also a Piper not in a Tshirt and kilt would be welcome Yes to both. Bret HBK Steiners Nasty Boys Hogan V3 & V4 Demolition Macho Man Macho King Jake Warrior V2/Bulldog/Sid/Luger/Ludvig Borga action type Yokozuna Greg Valentine Dibiase V3 IRS Perfect Natural Disasters Bam Bam were all my faves as a kid. Because of their features and lack of hats etc.
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Post by tedwaynegein on Jun 22, 2017 15:16:43 GMT -5
Do we know when these will hit retail?
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Post by TheLastDude on Jun 22, 2017 15:30:56 GMT -5
All of those plus I'd love a Hart Foundation tag set, Tugboat, Backlund, Cobra Jake, Vader, Goldust, LOD without Spikes and Flyin Bryan! I'd take some more attires for Macho and Warrior too (needs a diff mold than the S1 Warrior had though)! LOD without the Spikes would be fantastic. HUGE want of mine as a kid. Agreed. LOD without shoulder pads Bret without shades Taker without the hat Piper and HTM in wrestling gear those were all wants of mine.
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Post by CookPassBabtridge on Jun 22, 2017 15:50:36 GMT -5
All of those plus I'd love a Hart Foundation tag set, Tugboat, Backlund, Cobra Jake, Vader, Goldust, LOD without Spikes and Flyin Bryan! I'd take some more attires for Macho and Warrior too (needs a diff mold than the S1 Warrior had though)! LOD without the Spikes would be fantastic. HUGE want of mine as a kid. Like these?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 15:59:08 GMT -5
The leaping action did make sense though, as obviously they wanted to recreate the doomsday device. They could have given him the clothesliney arm too. The leaping feature was the worst action feature design ever. A barrel chested torso with the straight legs that were closed together. You really couldn't do anything with those figures that had it. They all look like they're standing at attention. With Hasbro figures I wish all had Mr Perfect/Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner/Macho Man clothesline or the Bret Hart pose. They were posed in a way that if you were going to play with them you could pretend they were doing different things based on action poses. But he leaping figures looked to stiff to pretend they were doing anything else. I agree to an extent (the Rocker's Jannetty was the worst IMO), but as an adult I just appreciate Mattel bringing the true hasbro feel back with these. Part of that includes the jumpy pose.
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Post by The Violent Gentleman on Jun 22, 2017 17:27:22 GMT -5
The leaping feature was the worst action feature design ever. A barrel chested torso with the straight legs that were closed together. You really couldn't do anything with those figures that had it. They all look like they're standing at attention. With Hasbro figures I wish all had Mr Perfect/Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner/Macho Man clothesline or the Bret Hart pose. They were posed in a way that if you were going to play with them you could pretend they were doing different things based on action poses. But he leaping figures looked to stiff to pretend they were doing anything else. I agree to an extent (the Rocker's Jannetty was the worst IMO), but as an adult I just appreciate Mattel bringing the true hasbro feel back with these. Part of that includes the jumpy pose. This person gets it. Like I said, the Retro line is a love letter to the Hasbro line.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Jun 23, 2017 2:44:19 GMT -5
Does anyone have any advice on Gutting the Triple H figure and replacing his legs? If I can find a way to customize it, then the all of them except Mankind will be on my want list. My only dilemma right now is that I have yet to build a ring, and my room is honestly a little crowded with rings. I guess some of them have got to go.
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Post by JokerFC on Jun 23, 2017 6:48:45 GMT -5
LOD without the Spikes would be fantastic. HUGE want of mine as a kid. Like these? Fantastic....I would pay good $$ for customs of Hasbro customs of LOD. I wouldn't want Animal with that feature but its still way better than what we got.
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Post by hulkjoegan on Jun 23, 2017 7:43:04 GMT -5
Nice to finally see pictures of HHH, Sting & Mankind. Like many are saying does seem odd that Mankind doesn't have sleeves. And like many others I too was not the biggest fan of the jumping action - but I like that it is being reused by Mattel. I like it when the action helps to replicate a wrestler's finisher; so the jumping action was perfect for Snuka in my opinion. And do can also work for Sting's Stinger Splash.
But I must say it is very strange for it to be used on HHH.
Overall I think they (like series 1) are a cool homage to the hasbros, and I'll probably get them all.
I would like to see some new innovative actions that weren't used by hasbro in future too...and hopefully a better (maybe modern bald) Rock, as I'm not really smellin' what they're cookin' with this one.
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Post by PJ on Jun 23, 2017 8:25:59 GMT -5
LOD without the Spikes would be fantastic. HUGE want of mine as a kid. Like these? I would still have mine today if that was how they were released. Hell even if they had shoulder pads, but Hawk was posed like that instead of the jumping pose I would still have them.
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Post by drnickriviera995 on Jun 23, 2017 8:47:42 GMT -5
Nice to finally see the other 3. Bummed that we didn't get Mankind all in brown then he would have fit closer to the new gen period and closer to the actual Hasbro period. Not surprised Sting is the Crow version, but really wanted surfer Sting, hopefully we get him at some point and not in the jumper mold.
At least they didn't do any current guys in this lineup, but still not what I really want in actual Hasbro period or slightly pre or (87-88) or post (new-gen). I also want anything WCW, so Crow Sting is pretty cool, probably my favorite of these 6.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jun 23, 2017 9:24:44 GMT -5
The actual Sting figure looks great. So that's exciting. I do wish he came with a bat and 97 card art though. The jumper bothers me less and less the more I look at him. These really are the coolest thing ever. Hopefully we see lots more at SDCC.
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Post by The Violent Gentleman on Jun 23, 2017 9:36:30 GMT -5
Are we sure HHH is a jumper? Marty Jannetty's first Hasbro figure has the same legs and he has the action where his arm pulls back and then swings down. Maybe HHH's action is like that but with both arms as if he is driving down into the pedigree?
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jun 23, 2017 11:45:11 GMT -5
Ugh...Why put a pic of modern Sting on the case of a classic Sting? And they even photoshopped his paint. Could they not have gotten an older photo?
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Post by perfectplex on Jun 23, 2017 12:20:48 GMT -5
Ugh...Why put a pic of modern Sting on the case of a classic Sting? And they even photoshopped his paint. Could they not have gotten an older photo? They photoshopped Warrior's card from the last series as well to match the attire on the figure. This most likely has to do with the approved image assets that the designer has to work with. Basically, a lower level designer was probably told "here are the pictures of the Ultimate Warrior we have to work with, please color correct, retouch, and edit this to match the figure". Stupid process, but that's how it works sometimes. A lot of times the designers who wind up working on stuff like this are not invested in the product or history and don't care about accuracy.
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Post by wrestlefigures on Jun 23, 2017 16:16:58 GMT -5
Not happy that Undertaker, Warrior and now Sting's cards are photoshoped. Surely there's more than enough photos to choose from?
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