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Post by marino13 on Nov 17, 2020 21:27:53 GMT -5
I was told Gronk was going to be WWE champion by June of 2020. Is that still a possibility?
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Post by LK3 on Nov 17, 2020 21:49:33 GMT -5
I was told Gronk was going to be WWE champion by June of 2020. Is that still a possibility? Nothing to share right now. Stay tuned.
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Post by marino13 on Nov 17, 2020 21:59:01 GMT -5
I was told Gronk was going to be WWE champion by June of 2020. Is that still a possibility? Nothing to share right now. Stay tuned. Good to know, thanks.
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Post by The Madness on Nov 17, 2020 22:20:13 GMT -5
This is like the inverse of the Hall of Fame argument everyone makes.
How does Rob Gronkowski have a Mattel WWE figure and Koko B. Ware doesn't?
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Post by wheeljack83 on Nov 18, 2020 0:16:29 GMT -5
Being a bigger star than those guys? Nobody is tuning in to watch the product for Tony ing Nese. No one is tuning into anything in WWE to watch Gronkowski.
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Post by sandeep on Nov 18, 2020 0:51:12 GMT -5
I HATE THIS FIGURE AND ANYBODY WHO BUYS IT. i can't withstand this gronk figure.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Nov 18, 2020 1:26:03 GMT -5
I was told Gronk was going to be WWE champion by June of 2020. Is that still a possibility? Nothing to share right now. Stay tuned. Google it
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Nov 18, 2020 1:26:58 GMT -5
This is like the inverse of the Hall of Fame argument everyone makes. How does Rob Gronkowski have a Mattel WWE figure and Koko B. Ware doesn't? Because Koko cries about concussions while Gronk eats them up like Pac-Man
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Nov 18, 2020 5:42:24 GMT -5
Surprised about the negative reaction to this. I would’ve expected it to be all positive. At this point people really want to turn down a first time in the line fig? i think it’s the fact that he didn’t even have an actual match and lasted a couple months max with the company meanwhile there’s superstars that have been there for well over a year and have yet to even get hinted at. Exactly... Just to give an example, there's been no sign/hint whatsoever of a Damian Priest figure - basic or otherwise. Oh I know I live in Mass, I just dont see the crossover appeal to Patriots or football fans for this figure. They can pretend like its a Gronk cruise figure? A lot of casual buyers of anything "collectable" that I know will tend to gravitate toward recognition and something to put on their shelf or desk or whatever. Just at a glance, to attempt an "outside" perspective (I was kinda sitting out during his brief run with WWE), it looks to me like a Gronk figure dressed the way I'd expect Gronk to dress. The face is dead on balls accurate. I know a ton of dads who don't watch wrestling who would probably stop in their tracks and grab this for $20 if they were in the toy aisle with their kids. I look at this in the same respect that I look at Bret Hart's Simpsons figure by NECA...I know plenty of wrestling fans who weren't collecting any of the Simpsons lines who grabbed that right up because it was Bret Hart. Thinking on it now - I probably will buy two - one for me, and one for my best friend who hasn't watched wrestling in 20 years but is a huge Patriots fan. He's newly single, back out on his own, and would probably love this for his new place. I thought you said you probably weren't going to buy a figure of that turncoat.
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Post by RuthlessFigs on Nov 18, 2020 6:20:33 GMT -5
This figure has the most punchable face.
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Post by celflessness on Nov 18, 2020 8:06:36 GMT -5
Being a bigger star than those guys? Nobody is tuning in to watch the product for Tony ing Nese. No one is tuning into anything in WWE to watch Gronkowski. I disagree. Football fans might have checked it out the first time, out of curiosity, and then the hope is the rest of the show will grab them from there. That's at least a strategy to growing your fan base. As for the figure, I can only assume that when this toy was greenlit a year ago, they assumed Gronk was going to stick around and be a bigger deal at this point. He did leave suddenly and unexpectedly as I recall.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Nov 18, 2020 8:42:02 GMT -5
No one is tuning into anything in WWE to watch Gronkowski. I disagree. Football fans might have checked it out the first time, out of curiosity, and then the hope is the rest of the show will grab them from there. That's at least a strategy to growing your fan base. As for the figure, I can only assume that when this toy was greenlit a year ago, they assumed Gronk was going to stick around and be a bigger deal at this point. He did leave suddenly and unexpectedly as I recall. Yeah I’m sure ESPN and sports talk radio discussed Gronk signing with the WWE which must’ve got a few people tuning in to see what that was all about. Plus I’m sure a few hardcore Patriots fans tuned in as well.
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Post by Valbroski on Nov 18, 2020 9:08:06 GMT -5
I HATE THIS FIGURE AND ANYBODY WHO BUYS IT. i can't withstand this gronk figure.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Nov 18, 2020 9:09:08 GMT -5
I don’t remember people pitching this big of a fit when Dennis Rodman got a figure when other guys like Firebreaker Chip never got one.
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Post by @brit_figs on Nov 18, 2020 9:31:18 GMT -5
ECW Sandman custom, thank you.
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 18, 2020 11:03:42 GMT -5
I don’t remember people pitching this big of a fit when Dennis Rodman got a figure when other guys like Firebreaker Chip never got one. Firebreaker Chip not getting a figure is a damn travesty
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Nov 18, 2020 11:22:04 GMT -5
To be fair, Rodman was in a main event program with the top star, showed up on several episodes of Nitro, and actually wrestled a second match with another main event star about a year later whereas Gronk hosted Wrestlemania, and was in one comedy angle with the top comedy wrestler that included mostly pre-taped segments. I’m not honestly bothered that he got a figure however since the slot almost certainly would’ve gone to a different figure that I wouldn’t have bought anyway.
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Post by Jackass Pacific on Nov 18, 2020 11:30:03 GMT -5
I don’t remember people pitching this big of a fit when Dennis Rodman got a figure when other guys like Firebreaker Chip never got one. and technically, rodman had TWO wcw figures. i'm eagerly awaiting gronk's second figure
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Post by shark on Nov 18, 2020 11:46:00 GMT -5
Awful
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Nov 18, 2020 11:48:53 GMT -5
i think it’s the fact that he didn’t even have an actual match and lasted a couple months max with the company meanwhile there’s superstars that have been there for well over a year and have yet to even get hinted at. Exactly... Just to give an example, there's been no sign/hint whatsoever of a Damian Priest figure - basic or otherwise. A lot of casual buyers of anything "collectable" that I know will tend to gravitate toward recognition and something to put on their shelf or desk or whatever. Just at a glance, to attempt an "outside" perspective (I was kinda sitting out during his brief run with WWE), it looks to me like a Gronk figure dressed the way I'd expect Gronk to dress. The face is dead on balls accurate. I know a ton of dads who don't watch wrestling who would probably stop in their tracks and grab this for $20 if they were in the toy aisle with their kids. I look at this in the same respect that I look at Bret Hart's Simpsons figure by NECA...I know plenty of wrestling fans who weren't collecting any of the Simpsons lines who grabbed that right up because it was Bret Hart. Thinking on it now - I probably will buy two - one for me, and one for my best friend who hasn't watched wrestling in 20 years but is a huge Patriots fan. He's newly single, back out on his own, and would probably love this for his new place. I thought you said you probably weren't going to buy a figure of that turncoat. I miscalculated the probability. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Now I'm buying two.
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