czw4life
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Post by czw4life on Feb 20, 2019 9:40:53 GMT -5
The ab choice on my DM ric flair is still irritating to this day...
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Post by Boy Wonder on Feb 20, 2019 9:46:58 GMT -5
The short kickpads on HOC Johnny Gargano really ruin the figure for me. HOC Ciampa is also too short. Something went really wrong with those figures. Yeah, both of those guys were ones I really wanted, but like you said, body choices, Gargano’s boots, Ciampa’s height. I can’t justify spending money on those. Ciampa is ripped and super tan in real life, at the very least give him the Andrade torso.
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Post by theicwguy on Feb 20, 2019 10:16:45 GMT -5
The massive tubby size of Nakamura bugs me to no end. It's like hes in a different scale. Also, Daniel Bryan always has better basics which is not something that should happen when elites are supposed to be premium, but those scrawny legs hurt it so much. Nakamura's scale is horrendously bad which sucks because I'm a fan of the guy.
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Feb 20, 2019 10:21:49 GMT -5
Every Elite with the Triple H arms. I absolutely hate that mold. The newer big arm mold they use on the Cena/ Booby Roode figures are much better but sorely underutilized. Sorry for being so childish but i just couldn't help my self pointing this typo out Lol nice 😁
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Post by East Coast on Feb 21, 2019 13:18:48 GMT -5
too many to pick from *bobby roode's torso and arms *dolph zigglers arms/legs *ric flairs torso *velvet dreams torso *million dollar mans torso *HOF jake the snakes torso *sycho sids torso *RSC rock/NOD rock torso *razor ramon arms/torso *jeff hardys with tanktop torso thats painted over *Kurt Angles in a singlet
The worst offender for me are the Surfer Sting figures. Nearly every part choice on those is wrong. I must've owned the DM Surfer Sting for like a month before i got rid of it. I hated it when it was revealed. I hated it when we got MOC pics. I hated it when ppl posted their pics of it. I bought it, and hated it even more in person.
then they make a new sting for Bash at the Beach. Instead of changing parts, they give it a new head that looks like someone swapped it from a Jakks figure.
i feel like damn near every angle, hardy, flair and sting need to be redone.
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Post by East Coast on Feb 21, 2019 14:10:00 GMT -5
hate to pile on but i remembered some others.
*nxt seth rollins. a figure i was really hoping for and couldn't believe they were actually going to do it. But then it was way too big and jacked. Especially for being based on a time when Rollins was smaller. I ended up never even buying this figure because of the part choices.
*elite 39 Bulldog. I liked it when it was revealed. I liked the MOC pics. Then getting it in hand. I was never satisfied with the torso choice. That torso made sense for the Legends Bulldog because he was smaller in Hart Foundation. But an early 90s British Bulldog should've been jacked to the gills.
*the revival. I was waiting for those, and didn't buy because of how skinny they were. On TV at the time they were both pretty tubby so i couldn't visually get past the fact their figures had the same torso as Justin Gabriel/Jack Gallagher.
*any Finn Balor that didn't have the ripped abs torso. I understand that the paint deco hits could be an issue with using the torso with the defined abs. But u gotta just find a way. U can't use the same torso u give skinny fat CM Punk for a Finn Balor.
*e23 JBL. Always thought it was too skinny. I never displayed it without the jacket on because of that.
to add some levity. Some figures I thought had good part choices. Elite 22 The Rock. They finally updated his modern torso after the terrible Elite 16 figure. And tho it ended up ruining 2 flashback rocks, because they refused to change the torso again. That elite 22 Rock was one of my fave figures for a long time.
any figure they give the Big Zeke torso is good. It looked great when it was made for Zeke. Looks good on Bruno/Rusev/Brock/Warlord.
elite 34 Hogan. Tho having the hole for luke harpers rag in the jeans pocket was a little iffy....everything else looked good on that figure. The arms, the torso. All good choices.
Like 85% of mattels are great. So when u have so many great figures...some of the missteps are more noticeable i think. They release like the pegwarmers. And they come out perfect. U get an amazing Tye, Apollo, Baron, Kalisto or Titus. But then u been waiting like a decade for Kurt angle and it has green hair and is on steroids
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Post by Gargano on Feb 21, 2019 14:13:28 GMT -5
E34 Hogan being a Luke Harper recolor sucked.
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Post by czw4life on Feb 21, 2019 14:17:20 GMT -5
The debut goldust elite gloves is the only reason I didn't pop on that figure.
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Post by 666erickana on Feb 21, 2019 16:06:17 GMT -5
Instead of getting a komodo dragon with ricky steamboat, we got.....a crocodile !
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Post by Mikeo on Feb 21, 2019 17:25:18 GMT -5
Pretty much everything with HOC Gargano.
the eyebrows were painted way too large, and look like caterpillars on his forehead the legs and kickpads look awful, the ridiculous looking over-sized shirt, and the prototype torso looked way better
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Post by DudeAbides on Feb 21, 2019 17:33:10 GMT -5
Billy Gunn's boots/shins
Any flashback Rock with the modern Rock torso
Any figure with suit pants (like BoAE Rock) that has boots instead of dress shoes
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Post by BrianBaker on Feb 21, 2019 23:34:59 GMT -5
HOF Scott Hall's hands. I just can't stand that they used the Farooq(APA) hands.
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Post by MR._SOCKO on Feb 22, 2019 6:40:28 GMT -5
The current Bob Backlund just inspired this thread, I dunno what they were thinking making him so tall & scrawny. Amazing head, cool accessories, TOTAL fail on the legs & torso. A few others that jump to my mind -Elite Ted Dibiase is like Mattel unintentionally wanted to create a Mini-Me version, is there a smaller figure that's not a cruiserweight? I feel like a parts swap on Backlund & Dibiase would fix both issues.
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Post by Rattlehead on Feb 22, 2019 8:47:44 GMT -5
The Badass Billy Gunn doesn't show his shins. MDT Why? Haha
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Post by jerm on Feb 22, 2019 17:46:33 GMT -5
Really hate the massive biceps on figures like DM Crow Sting and Legends Eddie Guerrero. Even if the guy is jacked like Guerrero was at that time, that part choice doesn't jive with the rest of the figure's look.
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Post by marino13 on Feb 22, 2019 18:17:00 GMT -5
Elite Surfer Sting torsos.
Until recently, Kevin Owens arms.
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Post by Medieval on Feb 22, 2019 19:20:18 GMT -5
For me it was Owens gorilla arms. It only took 7 releases before getting it right.
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Post by Purple Reigns on Feb 22, 2019 20:00:06 GMT -5
Samoa Joe's legs being immobile due to the mold choice, same with Rowan.
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Post by ilikekqueen on Feb 22, 2019 21:26:01 GMT -5
Good lord I gotta list lol
- AJ not using a Sin Cara torso and being really small. IRL He’s short but a bit thick in the legs and torso
- DIY’s torsos being changed from ripped to small. Plus Ciampa being insanely short for some reason and Johnny’s Kickpads. That’s all im gonna say - Revival torsos being small instead of Arn Anderson style - Naka’s terrible molds that make him fat and too tall(Funk Torso is) Plus it severely limits his articulation - Bobby Fish and Adam Cole being too small torso wise - Aleister’s torso being small instead of being Axel’s. It captures his torso perfectly - E63 Sami Zayn horrible attire choice -E55 Neville being switched from his usual black attire to his one off Gold attire.
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Post by layout. on Feb 23, 2019 10:54:45 GMT -5
The body choice and head/hair sculpt of the Basic Layla figure. Her figure made her way too large and too tall on a figure scale, and since it was her only figure it was just real disappointing for me
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