Official NY Toy Fair 2019 Mattel WWE Discussion

[quote author="RuthlessFigs" Sami Zayn - Actually looks good, shame the first attire wasn't an Elite.
I'm stoked about that Sami! It definitely should be an elite and maybe it will at some point. I'm excited for the chase because I didn't think it'd be made and those tights have lyrics from my favorite band

yeh u right. Those trunks are huge now that i look at it. That chest just didnt look like the Sheik chest to me

I’m gonna have a hell of a time cutting the hair off that Kane mask with an exacto knife ayy lmao

same here

Nah it doesn’t need a mouth cover. The mask was all ripped up so if I can just cut the hair off I’ll be satisfied

Jeff's head looks much better than the red hair version, it actually looks like him now and not like one of those useless mumble rappers.
As for the cloth shirts, i think they're a great touch and give them a more 'Exclusive' feel. Like you said, the Hardyz took their shirts off a lot so you get a 2 in 1 with these figures. And by the looks of the pics, they seem fitted and not too big, so they look normal and don't bag too much.
Plus, i think a lot of people are overlooking the fact that Mattel actually gave them separate Necklace pieces, instead of just painting them on or leaving them off, these 2 are loaded when you eventually count in the Tag Belts and the extra hands.

Double Slam 4 Hardyz were easily some of the most anticipated figures for anyone who was a kid during the Attitude Era. I remember when they first showed off the new RealScan figures in that big suitcase thing at Toyfair 2000. We were OBSESSED with that damn suitcase over at AFR/FZ. I know Jakks remade them for CSDA, but I kind of ignored CSDA for the most part, so this feels like a long time coming for me. They're gonna look so cool posed with the new hands, too! I know the shirts are a tad baggy, but I think they'll look good once posed and with the tag belts hiding the shirt bottom. I wish they'd paint the white stitching in their pants. But yeah, gonna pre-order them for sure.

As for the rest...

That Basic Daniel Bryan in black looks great! I've always preferred his Basics over his Elites. Though I must say I'm very happy they seemingly rushed out the blue/green SummerSlam gear (this figure had to have been wearing something else beforehand - we've known about it forever now). I hope they do his other blue/green attire (the version he won the WWE title in) as a Basic, too.

Can somebody PLEASE show Mattel what Strowman's pants look like? They're more black than that shade of brown, and the camo is not just blobs of orange and green. They give him Basic-level detail for an Elite. At least the accessory is cool, I suppose.

Those mock-ups for the Ultimate line are really cool! It reminds me of how they were doing the TTL7 and DS5 prototypes with the real-life backgrounds.

The only thing I can guess about Mabel is that because that thing must've been crazy expensive to produce, they're probably gonna do a gold one down the line and recycle some of the parts for a Viscera later. That might explain the subtle choice in variant gear. I love how he turned out. That figure had a ton of work put into it, and it shows.

Very happy Patterson has the full clothed look, too. They should've got Brisco out in the following wave. I won't be greedy, though - we're finally getting a Pat Patterson! He was so close to getting released in CS, but it got cancelled before we could even get a look at it.

That Undertaker...we saw it coming as soon as they showed early samples, and wow. Mattel, Undertaker is not a fit 20-year-old. Why are so many of his figures skinny? And why is his shirt tucked in like that?

^Imagine this R3 Mat Fighters figure but with the blue jean look instead. Mattel would knock it out of the park if they made it like this.

Retro Savage & Goldust are cool. Good choice in era for both.

Retrofest Iron Sheik is awesome! I was hoping we'd get the red gear, and those accessories are hilarious and perfect for him. I'm glad that at least with the Retrofest line, they're doing less common repaints opposed the same usual faces. We hadn't seen an Elite HTM in forever, an Elite Duggan since the Legends days, and an Elite Iron Sheik in tights since those ill-fated Legends 2-packs.

All in all, some good, some not so good, and some great. I wasn't expecting too much to be shown today, so it was nice to see a good preview to hold us over another month.

What I meant is that there is no one new in this line- they have already made figures of Macho, Michaels, Honky, Hacksaw, Flair, Perfect & Sheik.  We need new faces (Haku, Hercules, Valentine, Koko, etc) instead of the same people being made over and over again.

That Brie Bella Elite is a joke. Still no paint on the flannel, no headband paint, nobody asked for it and she has only wrestled 3 times since April 2019. Pretty sure Taker wrestled more than that.