Why does GAB DM Sting get so much hate?

Taker/Sting was Fan Central. There was also the Lucha Dragons BP. Pretty sure it was Mattel’s way of going “we know we messed up with not including this with the DM, so we’re gonna pack a surfboard in a BP with a team that never surfs to make up for it.” But all that did was make you spend $20 for a tag team you don’t want or need for a board that shoulda been included with the figure in the first place. 

This was one of the few DM figures I actually passed on

For me it was a huge disappointment being that Sting is my favorite wrestler of all time. The main reason for me is that this figure could of been easily put into the elite line. Now let’s get on to the goods. While I honestly feel that Mattel did give us some iconic eras of Sting. They really didn’t give us consistent looking Stings, if that makes any sense. You had one Sting from one era with a torso twice the size his legs, then another with thick legs and thin torso. Then you had a current day Sting with ripped arms, while the next modern one had small arms. Now going back to the DM. In terms of detail, Mattel did a great job. The reason why this figure gets a lot of hate is due to how bad it looks imo. It sort of looks like a Frankenstein of parts. The Batista torso was too big, everyone on this forum preferred the Austin torso. One thing is Sting was built, but he was not Ultimate Warrior shredded. The legs on the other hand are too thin, I personally prefer the thicker Dolph Ziggler legs (Sting had pretty thick legs). The arms work imo, since it was a time when he was pretty built. On to the headscan. I think a lot of people did not like it. For me it’s 50/50, I could see the upper part (nose etc), resembling Steve. However, the lower part and the teeth look terrible. The icing on the cake was the big rubber jacket that looks like he was ready to fly off the shelves. Had Mattel tried to use a pleather jacket, whether or not they could pull off the epaulets and tassels, it would of been slightly more presentable. I know Bill said that the tassels were impossible due to toy hazard standards, but a minor inaccuracy with thicker tassels would of been cooler imo. It’s like I said, it could of been a really nice figure. I’ve fixed mine up, but you can’t do anything about the legs, or the face. Then Mattel continued to release the same Sting formula after people criticized it. This is one of those figures I really want to like.

I assume it was mostly the torso choice being too ripped for him and disproportionate with the leg width.

The figure itself is what it is, but for me, I think it was the fact that it was presented as a DM with only the jacket as an accessory, and a poor one at that. I think that if the jacket was pleather and he came with the Big Gold, that would have made all the difference and the figure would have been regarded much more favorably.

I'm just not into big molded plastic pieces for long sleeved ring attire or jackets like this.

Sting is one of my favourite wrestlers, so I have the GAB and the crow DM figures.

The hate for the GAB led to me being able to pick it up for around £5. I love it personally - Attire is accurate etc. Only gripe is i couldn't get the jacket off, but it's not all bad as I have it on display with Crow DM, TNA Jakks Surfer sting with the fabric jacket and Retro Sting as well

I think if the Jacket was fabric, like how crow sting had a fabric trench coat, it'd be a lot more well received - but outside of that I love it.