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Post by PJ on Dec 18, 2018 6:55:38 GMT -5
While not the Golden era you want he did wear his more traditional look in the WWF in the 70’s. But like I said above for the WWF era you were specifically asking for it has to be the polka dots. Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. Personally? Not really because I bought at least two of every Legends figure released so I’m not missing any. That said I have no issues with them if they decided to. Hell, I would probably buy more Legends 1 Road Warriors, L4 Mr Wonderful and Warrior & L6 Von Erich figures for more alternate attires customs if they did.
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Dec 18, 2018 7:05:16 GMT -5
I remember Dusty more in the polka dots.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Dec 18, 2018 7:25:27 GMT -5
While not the Golden era you want he did wear his more traditional look in the WWF in the 70’s. But like I said above for the WWF era you were specifically asking for it has to be the polka dots. Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. Hillbilly Jim and King Kong Bundy I wouldn’t mind seeing a re-release since they wore the same attire their entire career but everyone else I’d rather see repaints or entirely new figures.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 7:35:57 GMT -5
Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. Personally? Not really because I bought at least two of every Legends figure released so I’m not missing any. That said I have no issues with them if they decided to. Hell, I would probably buy more Legends 1 Road Warriors, L4 Mr Wonderful and Warrior & L6 Von Erich figures for more alternate attires customs if they did. I had them all. I hated having to sell them. That's why I'd love to see them released again. Alternate attires would be great.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 7:38:35 GMT -5
Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. Hillbilly Jim and King Kong Bundy I wouldn’t mind seeing a re-release since they wore the same attire their entire career but everyone else I’d rather see repaints or entirely new figures. That's two right there I'd love to own again...without breaking the bank lol
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Dec 18, 2018 8:06:29 GMT -5
Hillbilly Jim and King Kong Bundy I wouldn’t mind seeing a re-release since they wore the same attire their entire career but everyone else I’d rather see repaints or entirely new figures. That's two right there I'd love to own again...without breaking the bank lol If they were a straight re-release then I probably wouldn’t buy again but I’d love a remake of both with molded attire.
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Post by MWFD on Dec 18, 2018 10:19:11 GMT -5
This is a pretty bad post. Dusty wore polka dots for 98% of his WWF career. Mostly yellow but later red, Dusty in the WWF and polka dots go hand-in-hand and are one-in-the same. If you're asking what the most 'iconic' Dusty figure is (without the WWF qualification), that's a much different question with many valid opinions. But as it is, this question is almost as bad as the 'Is my 1980s WWF collection complete without Hulk Hogan' post that was on here a couple weeks ago. Um, no it isn't complete without Hogan, and no, there's no better WWF figure of Dusty Rhodes than the black and yellow polka dot version.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 10:48:38 GMT -5
What the last guy said ...
I thought his WWE run was garbage. I had the polka dot one but sold it when they came out with the new one. I didn’t care if it was worth more.
I have a display for WCW and WWF. Dusty doesn’t belong on the WWE side, mang.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Dec 18, 2018 11:11:32 GMT -5
What the last guy said ... I thought his WWE run was garbage. I had the polka dot one but sold it when they came out with the new one. I didn’t care if it was worth more. I have a display for WCW and WWF. Dusty doesn’t belong on the WWE side, mang. I wouldn’t say it was garbage. He had memorable feuds with the top heels in the company at the time against Savage, Boss Man, and DiBiase. The gimmick was kinda lame but he turned it into gold.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 11:28:18 GMT -5
What the last guy said ... I thought his WWE run was garbage. I had the polka dot one but sold it when they came out with the new one. I didn’t care if it was worth more. I have a display for WCW and WWF. Dusty doesn’t belong on the WWE side, mang. I wouldn’t say it was garbage. He had memorable feuds with the top heels in the company at the time against Savage, Boss Man, and DiBiase. The gimmick was kinda lame but he turned it into gold. I'd have to do some rewatching I suppose to make a more accurate judgement but I know Dusty did his best with it because he was that kind of man. I just didn't get it -- his new look and direction.
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 18, 2018 11:49:38 GMT -5
Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. Personally? Not really because I bought at least two of every Legends figure released so I’m not missing any. That said I have no issues with them if they decided to. Hell, I would probably buy more Legends 1 Road Warriors, L4 Mr Wonderful and Warrior & L6 Von Erich figures for more alternate attires customs if they did. I'm not advocating for re-releases since that makes people on this forum very angry, but I would be open to the ones you listed. I'd also through in the Model and Akeem to be re-released as well. With that being said, I wouldn't mind them releasing these guys in elite form in different attires either, Martel in pale blue or pink or strike force attire, Akeem in similar attire but with more red trim and a yellow hat, Mr. Wonderful in his red trunks and robe, and the Road Warriors could have different face paint so they weren't straight re-releases - same could be said about Demolition. I also wouldn't mind the Dusty from series 1 to be released again since I missed out on him the first time around. But wouldn't mind it if instead of the traditional black and yellow, he came with the yellow shirt from Mania 6 or the attire he's wearing in the survivor series 1990 team photo with Koko and the Hart Foundation, I think that would make for a unique looking figure. Anyone know when he wore this attire? Or did someone do some photoshop work?
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 18, 2018 11:57:51 GMT -5
I remember Dusty more in the polka dots. Same here, but that was because I watched WWF more than WCW/NWA. In fact, I didn't see any WCW shows until 1991 because WCW/NWA ran shows on cable and I didn't get cable until the mid 90s. WWF ran their Superstars show on regular network television. In 1991, WCW started putting programming on regular network television right before or after WWF superstars. What the last guy said ... I thought his WWE run was garbage. I had the polka dot one but sold it when they came out with the new one. I didn’t care if it was worth more. I have a display for WCW and WWF. Dusty doesn’t belong on the WWE side, mang. I wouldn’t say it was garbage. He had memorable feuds with the top heels in the company at the time against Savage, Boss Man, and DiBiase. The gimmick was kinda lame but he turned it into gold. I agree it wasn't garbage, it did have some great feuds with Boss Man, Savage, and DiBiase. Though, I didn't like Savage and Dusty's Summer Slam match - way to short a match for these two.
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Post by reznortv on Dec 18, 2018 12:22:37 GMT -5
Dots
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 14:13:52 GMT -5
This is a pretty bad post. Dusty wore polka dots for 98% of his WWF career. Mostly yellow but later red, Dusty in the WWF and polka dots go hand-in-hand and are one-in-the same. If you're asking what the most 'iconic' Dusty figure is (without the WWF qualification), that's a much different question with many valid opinions. But as it is, this question is almost as bad as the 'Is my 1980s WWF collection complete without Hulk Hogan' post that was on here a couple weeks ago. Um, no it isn't complete without Hogan, and no, there's no better WWF figure of Dusty Rhodes than the black and yellow polka dot version. Sorry for my silly post. I now know the polka dots is the way to go. Sorry again for putting up a "pretty bad post"
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Post by Rock-Is-King on Dec 18, 2018 15:08:29 GMT -5
Polka dots....the E-63 figure is from the NWA era in the 80s
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Post by One Punch Reigns on Dec 18, 2018 23:39:51 GMT -5
Legends 1 Dusty is the definitive WWF version of Rhodes, but E63 is the definitive version of the American Dream IMO.
And say what you will about how his WWF run was, while it can't hold a candle to his NWA days, he turned chicken crap into chicken salad.
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Dec 20, 2018 15:03:33 GMT -5
While not the Golden era you want he did wear his more traditional look in the WWF in the 70’s. But like I said above for the WWF era you were specifically asking for it has to be the polka dots. Ever feel like they need to go back and rerelease more figures from the original 2010 Legends line? I know they have done a few but there were so many we need another shot at. I don't think it should be a STRAIGHT re-release. I want a reason to buy it. Maybe the red dots... or the dots smaller and in different places like the second half of the Black with Yellow polka dot attire era. Or I BELIEVE there were a dew times where he wore red trunks with yellow polka dots, I have to research that.
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