WWE Retro - General Discussion

If love a DA set - although it’d be hard to pick just 4 of them…..although saying that, the 4 you mentioned are probably the only ones available!

I’ve never understood all the talent included pre-1989.

Still salty we didn’t get the Hart foundation in their 90/91 look. While I was glad to get a Mr. T, I am not interested at all in having all the pieces (even Ali) for the first Mania main event. I’d rather have interesting looks for Warrior, Macho King, Hogan, even characters like Brother Love and Sherri and Heenan from the Hasbro era and the years that followed. Seems everyone is hype for the nWo and dx sets, which I think says quite a bit. On the other hand, I LOVED the orange card series (Lex head aside) and seems few others did.

This new set hits a sweet spot for me - so glad to have all these looks.

An idea, not to jinx anything, but let’s say we get one last wave.

What do you want? Four figs, true Hasbro caliber… no extras, no honorable mentions…

HBK 97
Bobby Heenan
Sherri
Long tights Macho King, Royal Rumble 91

(Stuns me this retro revival started seven years ago and these are not made…)

If it were one last wave, I'd go with these:

long tights Macho King - Royal Rumble 1991 works for me. 
heel Jake the Snake w/ a King Cobra - Blue or Black Flame tights.
Ravishing Rick Rude - Simply Ravishing tights.
Bobby Heenan - manager attire

British Bulldog (short hair)
Faarooq
Shawn Michaels Boyhood Dream era
Edge

I like that a lot. Wouldn't that technically be a Heenan Family set?

Dream Set: Ahmed Johnson, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Brian Pillman

Realistic dream set: Bobby Heenan, Sherri, King Harley Race, Rey Mysterio

Received the latest 4 pack and it’s a real mixed bag…I included comparison photos in all of my links below so that you can see how the measure up to and blend in with Hasbro, Grapplers & Gimmicks, Heels and Faces, Epic/Chella, Rush, and more.

-Vader exceeded my expectations.

http://instagram.com/p/Cw3k18qsJDM

-The deco on Lawler is way above average. Makes others look underwhelming. His arms are as bad or worse than ZSTs:

http://instagram.com/p/Cw3iD75xpdg

-Paul Bearer is…fine. I compared him to a custom I bought years ago.

http://instagram.com/p/Cw3giP5RzHc

Undertaker is such a cheap and easy figure…totally unnecessary and a waste of a spot. That said, it looks good. I compare it to the original Hasbro and the Series 1 Retro.

http://instagram.com/p/Cw3fXdJRORj

Lawler is something I was still excited for but it let me down. The proportions feel off, the face isn’t great, and I still think the crown should have come off.

The packaging sucks. I really don’t appreciate the change even though I’m a loose collector. Every one of my plastic protectors and cardboard backers appeared scuffed, dirty, bent, or slightly damaged. Not enough to cry a river about but I would prefer these to look MOC when they arrive.

In addition to that, all of the figures looked dirty again. This has been a problem since the 4 packs started. This time though, there were random paint markings on the figures as well. Again, not enough to be really upset about but these are the same complaints we are tossing at other retro figure makers so I am holding Mattel to that same standard.

Also worth noting, Lawler’s action arm came loose with some plastic shavings and a chip/scrape. It isn’t a big enough deal for me to contact Mattel but it was the icing on the cake for my disappointment with Lawler.