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Post by LostHawk05 on Sept 9, 2020 9:41:50 GMT -5
Found the newest set today with Fiend, Seth, Jake Mr. T. Working on converting Jake into a “regular” figure as I did with Kofi. Habe you shown your Kofi somewhere. Definitely interested how that turned out. MOTU Kofi Kingston fixup  Painted Cena torso with a retro Kofi head |
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Post by loosecannon on Sept 9, 2020 11:27:27 GMT -5
Which of these figures can double as ‘remco’ style figures with the armour etc removed - ie like macho can (The wrist gauntlets moulded etc are acceptable as that can’t be removed) The ones that absolutely couldn’t work would be Faker Cena, New Day, and Undertaker. Jake wouldn’t work out of the package but maybe the snakeskin paint on the torso can be removed with some acetone or clear nail polish. That or a torso swap with same skin tone. Braun also would require you to remove the Beast Man makeup from his face. Should be easy with some acetone and a qtip. Austin has snake eyes so a headswap with a regular Mattel would probably be needed. Damn I didn’t realize that green skin was painted on for Jake. I thought it was like armor . Crap |
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Sept 9, 2020 11:29:09 GMT -5
The ones that absolutely couldn’t work would be Faker Cena, New Day, and Undertaker. Jake wouldn’t work out of the package but maybe the snakeskin paint on the torso can be removed with some acetone or clear nail polish. That or a torso swap with same skin tone. Braun also would require you to remove the Beast Man makeup from his face. Should be easy with some acetone and a qtip. Austin has snake eyes so a headswap with a regular Mattel would probably be needed. Damn I didn’t realize that green skin was painted on for Jake. I thought it was like armor . Crap Theres armor but underneath the armor is a snakeskin painted torso. |
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Post by loosecannon on Sept 9, 2020 11:37:22 GMT -5
Damn I didn’t realize that green skin was painted on for Jake. I thought it was like armor . Crap Theres armor but underneath the armor is a snakeskin painted torso. Yeah I see it now . That sucks. But I guess i can’t really say anything . These are still masters of the universe |
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Post by hbkjason on Sept 9, 2020 11:40:04 GMT -5
You have no idea how much I wanted to be all in with this line! These figures are freaking awesome! However, due to Mattel's just god awful global distribution I have to enjoy these through images online  This is a line that I legit would have bought every figure of had they been released here in the UK. |
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Post by Eric on Sept 10, 2020 17:52:11 GMT -5
I finally broke down and bought Undertaker on eBay. He's the first one I haven't been able to find in store or on Walmart.com. I got tired of waiting. I'm not a huge Undertaker fan (though I like him and appreciate his greatness), but I have everyone else so far and have to have him in the collection.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 11, 2020 1:30:49 GMT -5
You have no idea how much I wanted to be all in with this line! These figures are freaking awesome! However, due to Mattel's just god awful global distribution I have to enjoy these through images online This is a line that I legit would have bought every figure of had they been released here in the UK. Have you tried contacting any retailers to ask them to order these? |
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Post by hbkjason on Sept 11, 2020 1:32:11 GMT -5
You have no idea how much I wanted to be all in with this line! These figures are freaking awesome! However, due to Mattel's just god awful global distribution I have to enjoy these through images online This is a line that I legit would have bought every figure of had they been released here in the UK. Have you tried contacting any retailers to ask them to order these? I actually did not even consider that, but it might be worth a shot. I just wish Amazon could get these in, would be so much easier. |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 11, 2020 7:59:34 GMT -5
Have you tried contacting any retailers to ask them to order these? I actually did not even consider that, but it might be worth a shot. I just wish Amazon could get these in, would be so much easier. Might be worth contacting Amazon, as I’ve been seeing the MOTU Origins figures on there a lot lately so they may be able to order at least the upcoming series (assuming the first few series have finished their production runs already). |
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Post by newgenandy on Sept 11, 2020 10:42:48 GMT -5
I actually did not even consider that, but it might be worth a shot. I just wish Amazon could get these in, would be so much easier. Might be worth contacting Amazon, as I’ve been seeing the MOTU Origins figures on there a lot lately so they may be able to order at least the upcoming series (assuming the first few series have finished their production runs already). Motu origins is a mass retail line in the uk, these are not unfortunately which is why I’m undecided on them. So happy we finally get the origins line so we don’t have to pay a premium like the super 7 motu figs |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Sept 12, 2020 1:22:25 GMT -5
Might be worth contacting Amazon, as I’ve been seeing the MOTU Origins figures on there a lot lately so they may be able to order at least the upcoming series (assuming the first few series have finished their production runs already). Motu origins is a mass retail line in the uk, these are not unfortunately which is why I’m undecided on them. So happy we finally get the origins line so we don’t have to pay a premium like the super 7 motu figs Are you sure Origins is mass retail? I don’t follow MOTU much outside of Mega Construx, but I would have thought Origins would be on the Smyths website by now if they were selling it. |
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Post by newgenandy on Sept 12, 2020 13:30:48 GMT -5
Motu origins is a mass retail line in the uk, these are not unfortunately which is why I’m undecided on them. So happy we finally get the origins line so we don’t have to pay a premium like the super 7 motu figs Are you sure Origins is mass retail? I don’t follow MOTU much outside of Mega Construx, but I would have thought Origins would be on the Smyths website by now if they were selling it. 2021 it comes out (excluding amazon / Walmart who are selling exclusively for 2020) When it hits mass retail in 2021 they will reissue all previously released figures along with future series |
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Post by cableV on Sept 12, 2020 14:16:46 GMT -5
Actual sunlight really brings out the glow in these figures.  |
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Post by newgenandy on Sept 12, 2020 16:27:15 GMT -5
Actual sunlight really brings out the glow in these figures. Ah that scareglow taker looks great Imagine if back in the ministry timeframe he had some gear along those lines |
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Post by PJ on Sept 15, 2020 5:46:24 GMT -5
One of my local stores restocked the Macho Man wave the other day.
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Post by Eric on Sept 15, 2020 19:33:55 GMT -5
I got my Undertaker from the Bay this weekend. Definitely one of the cooler figures in the line. I gave up on finding him at retail and paid 25. Not great, but it's as cheap as I've seen him on the secondary market.
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Post by HendryHausen on Sept 15, 2020 20:56:04 GMT -5
I got my Undertaker from the Bay this weekend. Definitely one of the cooler figures in the line. I gave up on finding him at retail and paid 25. Not great, but it's as cheap as I've seen him on the secondary market.
Such a good figure! Got mine secondary as well, dude shipped it in a bag... Needless to say, completely smashed and snapped legs, ripped comic, bent card. So frustrating - going to have to pick up a new one. Might as well of taken 30 dollars and ripped it right in half.
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Post by Eric on Sept 16, 2020 19:03:04 GMT -5
I got my Undertaker from the Bay this weekend. Definitely one of the cooler figures in the line. I gave up on finding him at retail and paid 25. Not great, but it's as cheap as I've seen him on the secondary market.
Such a good figure! Got mine secondary as well, dude shipped it in a bag... Needless to say, completely smashed and snapped legs, ripped comic, bent card. So frustrating - going to have to pick up a new one. Might as well of taken 30 dollars and ripped it right in half.
Holy crap. That's insane! It's cliche, but really, who does that? And with Undertaker. The dude knew what you paid for and that it's worth more than a standard figure to start with. Not to mention it's just bad service no matter what you bought. I hope you can find one for closer to retail to cut down the total investment. Only upside is that if any figure so far is worth paying more for, it's this one. |
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Post by HendryHausen on Sept 16, 2020 22:29:57 GMT -5
Such a good figure! Got mine secondary as well, dude shipped it in a bag... Needless to say, completely smashed and snapped legs, ripped comic, bent card. So frustrating - going to have to pick up a new one. Might as well of taken 30 dollars and ripped it right in half.
Holy crap. That's insane! It's cliche, but really, who does that? And with Undertaker. The dude knew what you paid for and that it's worth more than a standard figure to start with. Not to mention it's just bad service no matter what you bought. I hope you can find one for closer to retail to cut down the total investment. Only upside is that if any figure so far is worth paying more for, it's this one.
Exactly! I knew I was going to pay a bit more on the secondary market, but I did not expect that. By far, the worst interaction I have had on that site in 17 years.
Let dude know that it's just unacceptable to operate like that and requested a refund. Is what it is, I'll grab another!
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Post by Eric on Sept 17, 2020 17:29:25 GMT -5
Holy crap. That's insane! It's cliche, but really, who does that? And with Undertaker. The dude knew what you paid for and that it's worth more than a standard figure to start with. Not to mention it's just bad service no matter what you bought. I hope you can find one for closer to retail to cut down the total investment. Only upside is that if any figure so far is worth paying more for, it's this one.
Exactly! I knew I was going to pay a bit more on the secondary market, but I did not expect that. By far, the worst interaction I have had on that site in 17 years.
Let dude know that it's just unacceptable to operate like that and requested a refund. Is what it is, I'll grab another!
Oh yeah. Definitely gotta grab another if you're not abandoning the line altogether (wouldn't blame you after your fiasco haha). Now that I think about it, mine was crammed into a box that was too narrow for the card, so it was bent. I think it wasn't in great shape to begin with, cause some of the damage wasn't from shipping. Luckily I'm opening this line, but maybe there's a mandate that Undertaker has to be disrespected during shipping.  |
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