Undertaker u.e

I'm not competing with wrestlemania 14 because I think that is most deserving.

But I would really like a 1991 through 1994 gray gloves taker. Sure we just gor debut Taker but I want one with the eyes rolled back look and fuller hair and proper hair over face on another head. I would like the vulture from wrestlemania 9 and maybe Kamalas coffin lid. Reaper tattoo on forearm.

I just went and looked up this attire and had no recollection at all that he had a title match against Farooq.

Even though I already have grey gloves Wrestlemania elite, this would be awesome. If they could get the hair correct, big bushy red hair covering his face as he looked a lot of the time at the end of matches would be awesome. Kamala lid and vulture would also be immense.

Honestly if you take the Fiend into account there is no rule saying something made before can’t be made again in UE format.

To me all the old school takers are more or less done. sure WM 14 would be welcome but I’d go on a limb and say that is not the definitive undertaker.

The definitive undertaker for me is 2007. He was in the best shape of his life he had the most refined move set of his career and he had his deadman gimmick perfected to a tee.

I believe in the legacy of his career many will look back at 2006/2007 as the very peak of the undertaker.

They really need to to a situation with his traditional long black leather jacket that doesn’t suck and for me this is a perfect opportunity with the UE line to do so with the interchangeable articulated arms

Nope. 2006 - 2007 was his peak. What memorable match did he have during tha period? The WM one with Bossman? Character and wrestling wise his peak was from 2006 to 2012. There was when he had most of his 5 stars performance matches in comparison.

I loved ministry Taker and honestly I think it gets brushed over too much. I loved the whole story at the time. Yeah looking back now it might feel silly but if you look back at any of your favourite wrestling eras through the eyes of your adulthood then you’re only spoiling it for yourself. You have to always look back at wrestling and how you felt at that time as a kid.

I really hope we get a better ministry taker elite one day. I’m not a huge fan of going over old ground time and again with figures but the ministry ones released so far are WAAAAAAY too cartoon like in the ‘scans’ - looks like a comic book version and I’d love a true fx version from the time (not just a scan from today stuck on a 1999 body either!)

I understand that 2007 etc was awesome in terms of matches and I love and respect those matches, I’m a huge Taker mark so I love everything he’s done BUT 2007 doesn’t hold those special feelings or particularly nostalgic memories for me, it’s a time where I was older and a little more smartened up.

In my view 1998 Taker is clearly needed but it would be more suited to an Elite. It wouldn’t be THAT expensive to do (new head sculpt and coat not too much to ask for an elite!!) there’s no need for a UE as it wouldn’t really utilise the extra heads to their potential.

The whole point to a UE for me comes down to the additional heads. Yeah the attire too like the upcoming Macho I’m sure will justify but if the heads aren’t utilised in a cool way or the scans suck then the UE might as well just be an average elite.

Wrestlemania 9 period of Taker would make the best UE I think. I know we’ve had a grey gloves undertaker not long back but the potential for the extra heads are the best in this period. As my picture above shows, big hair infront of the face, eyes rolled back, the face he pulled when choking someone in the corner, the face and hair when Paul Bearer is pulling his hair trying to hold him back. Endless awesome potential for the ULTIMATE and definitive Undertaker figure. They could also give us some cool accessories like a re-release of the original urn (it’s only been released once with HOC Paul Bearer) maybe one or two of the later urns too (one had handles another was bigger with a light inside) - he could come with the crow and stand, a coffin lid as someone else suggested maybe with Kamala paint on it. Soooo many options that a 1998 doesn’t offer.

He really has had a unique career covering:

Golden era
New Gen
Attitude era
Ruthless aggression
PG Era

On top of the eras so many versions:

Original
‘Purple pirate’
Darker era / ministry
ABA
Deadman inc
Return to the deadman etc

I think he needs more than an ultimate. There was that 5 figure pack before, imo something along those lines. 5 figures, ultimate articulation, box art of a cemetery or similar, loads and loads of accessories from an original funeral parlour coffin and casket to others from other eras

I know this would never happen and cost so much and be only for a certain type of collector but no one will ever match his longevity covering so many pivotal eras again.

Maybe if Mattel were ever going to do a hasbro labs style funding campaign this would be the one. Then for every stretch goal milestone they could add more accessories, a Druid etc

Badd Blood 1997, Summerslam 1997, Wrestlemania 14, Unforgiven 1998, King of the Ring 1998, and Backlash 1999. I know there is more matches but that's the ones that come to mind between 1997 and 1999.

Yeah I remember, although mostly I've been a bit of a heel guy anyway. I mean, as a real young kid, obviously your Hogan's and Warriors and Taker as faces appealed to me but I did like Million Dollar Man and Macho as heels along with a few tag teams then as I started getting older I always kind of leant towards heels.

I remember being frustrated with Taker not having the belt longer, particularly during that heel run as ministry taker, he lost it so quickly but I guess looking back now that was one of the occasions where he was supposed to have a run with it but got injured.

Taker never 'needed' the belt but as a heel run (particularly when he was sided with Vince) it would have suited him to have it and Austin to be chasing for a long run, would have been awesome. It had to be injury that stopped that plan.