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Post by parrish on Feb 14, 2024 8:07:42 GMT -5
Will US retailers (figure collections and Asylum Toys) be getting extra British Bulldogs? Bulldogs in stock and available on Figure collections. I hope they make more available, right now it says sold out. |
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Post by PJ on Feb 14, 2024 8:27:39 GMT -5
PJ to be fair I don't see that much similarity to the Galoobs, but I do agree that there's far more realism in the face sculpts, however like your side-by-side with Bret and Dynamite shows us, their poses, and size/girth seem to fit right in with the 'bros. I meant that they are more realistic especially the faces compared to Hasbro’s faces being more of a cartoonish or stylized look. At lease Bret’s is very cartoonish. But in any case these are what I wished the Galoobs were. |
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Post by hulkjoegan on Feb 14, 2024 8:53:25 GMT -5
PJ to be fair I don't see that much similarity to the Galoobs, but I do agree that there's far more realism in the face sculpts, however like your side-by-side with Bret and Dynamite shows us, their poses, and size/girth seem to fit right in with the 'bros. Personally, I’d say the Bulldogs still come up a little slim compared to hasbros girth wise. |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Feb 14, 2024 9:51:28 GMT -5
Epic has quickly become the most “true” to Hasbro figures in the game today. What an absolute turn around compared to a year ago when people were telling them they weren’t a real company and they should shut down.
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 14, 2024 10:50:25 GMT -5
I still feel that Hayabusa was the closest to original Hasbro, in terms of the overall execution, even the cartoonish look of the features. MoM are fairly close as well, in fact I'd say G&G are close in general. Some of ZST's stuff is close enough, like Jarret, for instance.
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Post by 3poajamie on Feb 14, 2024 14:26:23 GMT -5
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Post by cmbarnes10 on Feb 14, 2024 17:57:56 GMT -5
Looks like epic is going to show Bobby the brain soon, they got a corner pic of the box art on their fb story.
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Post by parrish on Feb 14, 2024 18:19:58 GMT -5
Will US retailers (figure collections and Asylum Toys) be getting extra British Bulldogs? Bulldogs in stock and available on Figure collections. Got them, they have some posted now! This is the end of me trying to catch figures that I should have pre-ordered. I am going to pre order from now on. At this point it is pretty obvious Epic is going to deliver products that are worth it. |
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Post by kojikanemoto on Feb 14, 2024 19:28:36 GMT -5
Figure Collection Shop has (or had) up carded and damaged carded Bulldogs earlier today. I
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Post by nomorexclusives on Feb 15, 2024 0:29:05 GMT -5
The bulldogs are great. The line is fire right now
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Post by newgenandy on Feb 15, 2024 11:28:56 GMT -5
Epic has quickly become the most “true” to Hasbro figures in the game today. What an absolute turn around compared to a year ago when people were telling them they weren’t a real company and they should shut down. HARD AGREE on this! The photo with Bret looks great snd first thing I thought seeing the dynamite was how awesome the pose is for a suplex and he along with Bret probably had the best snap suplex going. It’s a very mr perfect hasbro esq pose imo If I was bring very critical the skin tone is a bit off but that could be lighting? But otherwise great figures! |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Feb 15, 2024 12:08:25 GMT -5
Epic has quickly become the most “true” to Hasbro figures in the game today. What an absolute turn around compared to a year ago when people were telling them they weren’t a real company and they should shut down. HARD AGREE on this! The photo with Bret looks great snd first thing I thought seeing the dynamite was how awesome the pose is for a suplex and he along with Bret probably had the best snap suplex going. It’s a very mr perfect hasbro esq pose imo If I was bring very critical the skin tone is a bit off but that could be lighting? But otherwise great figures! Pretty sure it is the lighting. I’m staring at my Sting Retro for reference and his skin is closer to peach. That isn’t how it appears in his photos. The real figure is less “warm” than Hasbros like Razor or Demolition but not as pale as it was shown in that previous post. Also, side by side here shows that lighting or camera settings are different between shots:  |
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Post by PJ on Feb 15, 2024 16:29:07 GMT -5
HARD AGREE on this! The photo with Bret looks great snd first thing I thought seeing the dynamite was how awesome the pose is for a suplex and he along with Bret probably had the best snap suplex going. It’s a very mr perfect hasbro esq pose imo If I was bring very critical the skin tone is a bit off but that could be lighting? But otherwise great figures! Pretty sure it is the lighting. I’m staring at my Sting Retro for reference and his skin is closer to peach. That isn’t how it appears in his photos. The real figure is less “warm” than Hasbros like Razor or Demolition but not as pale as it was shown in that previous post. Also, side by side here shows that lighting or camera settings are different between shots: Here you go here’s two more comparisons pics. The Bulldogs are about a shade or so darker than Mattel’s Sting and Piper retros.   |
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Post by sportsmann on Feb 17, 2024 8:29:29 GMT -5
I received an email from Epic Toys yesterday saying that the replacement Blue Haystacks figures had finally arrived. They'll be sending them out soon. Really looking foward to those after waiting for more than two years.
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Post by kojikanemoto on Feb 17, 2024 17:46:58 GMT -5
Has anyone put the carded larger/early Chella releases like Hayabusa or Big Daddy in MOC Masters protective cases? Dimension wise they should fit in the TMNT cases so I was thinking of getting a few
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Post by britishbrickfan on Feb 18, 2024 3:26:21 GMT -5
so according to the latest interview with Epic on 3POA, they're planning to bring a previously released Chella/Epic figure back as a "premium" quality figure (same level as DDP) which may mean accessories or alternate arms/heads etc
they also confirmed that no previously used Chella molds will be used again in future, all Epic figures will be Epic's own molds going forward
so I've got to ask - who could they bring back as an Epic re-hash of a Chella figure?
personally, I'd love either Wrath (with a mask or alternate head wearing the mask) and entrance gear, or a Bull Nakano with a much stockier frame, but now they've got a Mattel Retro to work with, they can get the height correct this time round. I think if you were to swap the legs of Nakano, she'd be the right height as her torso is pretty much the same scale as Wendi's body, just shorter.
though I think we'll either get a singles Warlord or a Barbarian, either would be great, especially if they're sculpted by the guy who made DDP and Onita, his work looks "epic" to say the least
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Post by hulkjoegan on Feb 18, 2024 9:40:02 GMT -5
so according to the latest interview with Epic on 3POA, they're planning to bring a previously released Chella/Epic figure back as a "premium" quality figure (same level as DDP) which may mean accessories or alternate arms/heads etc they also confirmed that no previously used Chella molds will be used again in future, all Epic figures will be Epic's own molds going forward so I've got to ask - who could they bring back as an Epic re-hash of a Chella figure? personally, I'd love either Wrath (with a mask or alternate head wearing the mask) and entrance gear, or a Bull Nakano with a much stockier frame, but now they've got a Mattel Retro to work with, they can get the height correct this time round. I think if you were to swap the legs of Nakano, she'd be the right height as her torso is pretty much the same scale as Wendi's body, just shorter. though I think we'll either get a singles Warlord or a Barbarian, either would be great, especially if they're sculpted by the guy who made DDP and Onita, his work looks "epic" to say the least I would hope it’s Haku….fix the scale issue and make him much thicker and more imposing. Or Luna…but not sure if that was actually a Figure Collections signing. |
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Feb 18, 2024 9:41:38 GMT -5
so according to the latest interview with Epic on 3POA, they're planning to bring a previously released Chella/Epic figure back as a "premium" quality figure (same level as DDP) which may mean accessories or alternate arms/heads etc they also confirmed that no previously used Chella molds will be used again in future, all Epic figures will be Epic's own molds going forward so I've got to ask - who could they bring back as an Epic re-hash of a Chella figure? personally, I'd love either Wrath (with a mask or alternate head wearing the mask) and entrance gear, or a Bull Nakano with a much stockier frame, but now they've got a Mattel Retro to work with, they can get the height correct this time round. I think if you were to swap the legs of Nakano, she'd be the right height as her torso is pretty much the same scale as Wendi's body, just shorter. though I think we'll either get a singles Warlord or a Barbarian, either would be great, especially if they're sculpted by the guy who made DDP and Onita, his work looks "epic" to say the least It’s either Joey Knight or Nick Aldis. But seriously…I think Haku is the only one I would really care to own a better version of…and I like the one I have. |
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Post by freaqualizer on Feb 18, 2024 11:03:51 GMT -5
so according to the latest interview with Epic on 3POA, they're planning to bring a previously released Chella/Epic figure back as a "premium" quality figure (same level as DDP) which may mean accessories or alternate arms/heads etc they also confirmed that no previously used Chella molds will be used again in future, all Epic figures will be Epic's own molds going forward so I've got to ask - who could they bring back as an Epic re-hash of a Chella figure? personally, I'd love either Wrath (with a mask or alternate head wearing the mask) and entrance gear, or a Bull Nakano with a much stockier frame, but now they've got a Mattel Retro to work with, they can get the height correct this time round. I think if you were to swap the legs of Nakano, she'd be the right height as her torso is pretty much the same scale as Wendi's body, just shorter. though I think we'll either get a singles Warlord or a Barbarian, either would be great, especially if they're sculpted by the guy who made DDP and Onita, his work looks "epic" to say the least It’s either Joey Knight or Nick Aldis. But seriously…I think Haku is the only one I would really care to own a better version of…and I like the one I have. I’d love for it to be Haku or Big Stevie Cool. I doubt there’d be enough interest in another Stevie Richards retro figure to warrant another release. Nick Aldis would also be great, but, I think with his WWE signing it’d be unlikely. TL;DR: it’s most likely Haku. |
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Post by britishbrickfan on Feb 18, 2024 15:02:34 GMT -5
It’s either Joey Knight or Nick Aldis. But seriously…I think Haku is the only one I would really care to own a better version of…and I like the one I have. I would love it if Epic could make a new Nick Aldis, with either an NWA championship belt or a similar title, it would be awesome!! the original was nowhere near as good as it could have been, but a newer figure (with properly scaled hands, feet and head!) would be great!
I personally would love it if Epic could sign an agreement with the NWA to produce retro styled figures of NWA legends, but not sure if companies would expect an Elite scale figure rather than a retro scale figure
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