hulkrulz4ever
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Post by hulkrulz4ever on Feb 4, 2022 22:03:17 GMT -5
Of all the awesome figures we have seen in the past, which type is your favorite? From AWA Remco, to Hasbros, to LJN, to Jakks. Which is your favorite? If you could bring one back, who would you bring back? For me I would definitely say, I would bring back LJN. They are personally all time favorite type of wrestling figure. I always liked the fact that there were very few repaints and they really were an amazing display piece. Either MOC or loose, they still in my opinion look amazing! What do you guys think?
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Post by CM Tusk on Feb 4, 2022 22:39:57 GMT -5
Nostalgia wise, I have to go with TTL. My favorite time as a collector/figure player.
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kinnikuman
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Post by kinnikuman on Feb 5, 2022 0:22:45 GMT -5
BCA
First wrestling figures I ever bought.
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walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 5, 2022 5:39:41 GMT -5
Personally, I'd love some more Galoob.
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Warriah'
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Post by Warriah' on Feb 5, 2022 10:24:49 GMT -5
Hasbros are THE toy of my childhood. So much so they fueled my love of wrestling in general and clearly why my favourite period is 88-94
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walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 5, 2022 13:08:27 GMT -5
Hasbros are THE toy of my childhood. So much so they fueled my love of wrestling in general and clearly why my favourite period is 88-94 Definitely, I have a soft spot for Hasbro so the current trend in retros is awesome for me... Same with BCA. Now all I need is some Galoob style and some OSFTM retros. |
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Post by Scott! on Feb 5, 2022 17:22:02 GMT -5
RA style is what I grew up with, so them and the Classic Superstars line are my favourite of all time. Saying that, I have a BIG love for Hasbro's and as an adult collector experiencing them for really the first time, I'm in love with that style. That's a part of the reason I'm so into Chellas retros, but I've always been a "Classic Superstars guy". Nothing for me will ever top them.
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walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 5, 2022 17:30:47 GMT -5
Going into a shop back in the day and seeing Hasbro lined up along the shelf was a truly wonderful sight.
My first Hasbro was Hulk Hogan #1, because they ran out of Warriors. The lady then stopped us as we left the shop with the last Warrior #1 in hand... The "Ultimate" Warrior, literally.
To this day I think it was all planned, but who knows? One of the best birthdays ever, though.
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Post by Midnight: Dark Knight on Feb 5, 2022 18:45:46 GMT -5
Ive had and collected everything from remcos, galoob, osftm, charapro, jakks, hasbro, mattel, toybiz and nothing will ever compare to the hours of fun and play i had as a kid with my ljns. I had a blast with hasbros, but my go to and most memories come from ljns.
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Post by micco on Feb 5, 2022 23:09:32 GMT -5
Because if the classic superstars line I had to vote for RA
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Feb 6, 2022 3:22:47 GMT -5
It's Popy, not poppy, although the japanese kanji means poppy  |
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Old Zeke
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Post by Old Zeke on Feb 6, 2022 8:04:37 GMT -5
Jakks RA for me, closely followed by TTL as those were what I grew up on.
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walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 6, 2022 8:41:41 GMT -5
Ive had and collected everything from remcos, galoob, osftm, charapro, jakks, hasbro, mattel, toybiz and nothing will ever compare to the hours of fun and play i had as a kid with my ljns. I had a blast with hasbros, but my go to and most memories come from ljns. I was born in '86 so I just missed out on LJN, although I had one passed down to me from an older brother; Ricky Steamboat, and I still have him although he's a bit battered. |
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oldschoolfool
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Post by oldschoolfool on Feb 6, 2022 10:22:24 GMT -5
I was in on day one with LJNs. Was collecting from like 84 to about 88.
Would I want them to come back?
If it was straight up reissues of the original figures, I'd prefer if they were scaled down so that the figures were around 6 inches.
For figures done at their actual size, I'd want guys that they didnt make during the original 80s run like Bravo, Butch Reed, Smash, v2 Hercules,etc. Or even guys from that time period that were in other companies...Flair,Road Warriors, Von Erichs,etc.
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Post by newgenandy on Feb 7, 2022 2:58:44 GMT -5
I think a lot of people of of any age on here where they either first collected, played or can appreciate hasbros.
LJNs are hard to play with
AWA didn’t have the distribution
Hasbro got the sweet spot for the time they come out, easy enough to go play with and visually just look good imo
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Post by hbkjason on Feb 7, 2022 4:49:27 GMT -5
It has to be Hasbro for me, I would have been 9 when I got my first Hasbro's at the end of 1990 and by Christmas, I had the first 12! These were my favorite childhood toys by far.
My prime playing years with the WWF Hasbro figures were series 1 through to series 7, the yellow cards. I still purchased the red, dark blue and purple card figures, but I was not playing with them like I was. I played the hell out of those figures. The amount of Ultimate Warrior vs Randy Savage matches I had with the series one figures was just insane! Shawn Michaels and Crush were the last two figures that I played with a ton and would do big storylines and so on around.
I did also dabble with the WCW Galoobs as well, these were very easy to find here in the UK and I much preferred the Galoob Ring to the Hasbro one. I also had a full set of the LJN Bendies thanks to more than a few discount stores carrying them here in the UK in the early 90s. While those were great, they never came close to getting the same amount of playtime that my Hasbros did.
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ozz
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Post by ozz on Feb 7, 2022 9:36:21 GMT -5
LJN, I think I was born with some in my hands.
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shanedalton
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Post by shanedalton on Feb 7, 2022 10:15:01 GMT -5
Went with Hasbro out of the choices given, but I'd really have to say WCW Toybiz. I remember finding those for the first time and just thinking they were the coolest wrestling figures I'd ever seen. I bought pretty much the full first wave that day, and I was a junior in high school who hadn't bought wrestling toys in years.
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oldschoolfool
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Post by oldschoolfool on Feb 7, 2022 14:35:04 GMT -5
LJNs are hard to play with AWA didn’t have the distribution LJN...depends on the wrestler I guess. Orndorff, Snuka, Orton and a couple of others were really tough to do anything with. But guys like Hogan,Studd and Andre were in basic poses that were good enough to play matches with. Keeping in mind too, that matches in mid-80s US wrestling still consisted of relatively basic moves. And guys like were Valentine and Kirchner were actually a lot of fun to play with because of the poses they were in. AWA/Remco...distribution seemed ok to me here in NYC but I suppose that varied depending on the region. I remember TRU carrying them but I really remember them being plentiful at K-Marts and Kresgees(sp). |
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Post by Kasper.ca on Feb 7, 2022 15:35:11 GMT -5
LJN all day everday.
I had no struggles playing with any of them. They were all capable of drop kicks and cross body takedowns. Of course just beating them like hammers and nails also worked.
But yes, some were definitely not made for in ring action... but we definitely didn't stop trying.
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