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Post by newgenandy on Mar 2, 2023 14:09:41 GMT -5
I ddon't know if they would sell well (or why we can't get them as another sort of exclusive) but the Giolden Era is rife with interview segments and sets: Off the top of my head: - Piper's Pit with Piper, that had multiple iterations from the simple backdrop and coffee table to the more elaborate castle looking set - Snake Pit though they just made another Jake - Funeral Parlor would be AWESOME, especially if it came with the Warrior/Kamala caskets - Brother Love show, wondering if it couldn't use parts of the parlor? - Barber Shop, easily the most elaborate of these And that's not going into the people I know aren't signed, so no: - Flower Shop with Adonis - Body Sop with Ventura They could also make the Prime Time studio, there's at least three major looks: - The classic Gorilla/Heenan desk - The talk show studio crowd (think Quakeburgers/Flair's debut era) - The discussion panel confrernce table (think when Perfect turned right before Survivor Series 92) Then there's the actual talk shows: - TNT studio - Bobby Heenan show studio. I think they could maybe reuse parts too And I've always wanted an event center with a Sean Mooney/Lord Alfred! I know there's probably not enough demand for these, especially not at crowdfund prices, but a fella can dream. I still think Piper's Pit or the Funeral Parlor, at least, would sell well as exclusives. An Ultimate piper with different heads/haircuts to cover more eras would seal that deal. One last thing I can think of is how awesome that locker room/backstage Golden Age diorama that was shown at an SDCC was. I couldn't find any pictures now, sadly :/ Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying any of these would be a sure fire runaway hit. Although I didn't think the New Gen arena would reach every goal, and it did, so what do I know. All I'm saying is there is material out there left untapped, and that I'd buy whatever got put out  Yeah, there are a lot of great options, but if they are saying it will be more expensive than the last crowdfunding project, then I don't see a single interview set as being worth that. I would love the Funeral Parlor, or Piper's pit, or the Barber Shop, but they would have to include a lot of figures for it to be worth the money. Unless they are thinking of putting all of the interview sets in one big sale: Funeral Parlor set with an UE Taker and Paul Bearer (only time you'd get a Bearer UE figure), the Piper's Pit with an UE Piper and Orndorff (only time you'd get an Orndorff UE figure), the Barber Shop with an UE Brutus Beefcake and Sid Justice (only time you'd get a Brutus UE figure), and the Snake Pit with an UE Jake the Snake and Honky Tonk Man. So you would get all four interview sets and the figures in one big sale. Some stretch goals could be extra figures and accessories for the sets, like Warrior and his casket for the Funeral Parlor set, and/or HBK and the magazine he tore up for the Barber Shop set, and/or a UE Jimmy Hart figure for the Snake Pit set (only time you'd get a Jimmy Hart UE figure). Anything with a lot of plastic needing new moulds would’ve expensive to produce and obviously that would hit end user |
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Post by teammadness on Mar 2, 2023 14:29:12 GMT -5
I find it really hard to believe that enough backers would pay $300-500 on an interview backdrop. There is no way it’s going to be the barbershop, pipers pit or the funeral parlor. That would not appeal to enough people especially at that price point. Down the line if Mattel produced one of the ones mentioned for say $100 $150 that was mass produced that came with 2 or 3 ultimates but no way are they doing that for a higher price point than that.
The Raw is War stage, the Smackdown Fist Stage and the Nitro Stage are all highly likely.
I’m not sure who they could pair with the RAW stage as they have produced Stone Cold, The Rock and Undertaker in that era and they didn’t have too much change in attire….unless they went 97 Hart Foundation? Who else could really put it over the top figure wise?
Smackdown Fist is extremely likely as they haven’t really done many RA UE figures.
Nitro Stage also would be awesome and the possibilities are endless.
Elimination Chamber and Classic Blue cage would be tough as it would rule out people who don’t have the current ring and are they really going to make another ring this soon.
Can I go outside of the box and hope maybe it’s a Halloween Havoc or Bash at the Beach entranceway?
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Mar 2, 2023 14:36:49 GMT -5
If it was the smackdown fist set - what ultimates would you guys want? Brock, Eddie, JBL, Kurt, Rey, King Booker, and Taker all seem like prime candidates. |
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 2, 2023 14:55:10 GMT -5
Look how little wcw has been done, they don’t knock out a huge set for something there’s very little for
A handful of figures and that ring with dusty a few years back is it
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Post by CM Tusk on Mar 2, 2023 14:57:19 GMT -5
If it’s the Golden Era it needs to come with a pack of cigarettes so you can recreate the arena
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Post by savedbytheringbell on Mar 2, 2023 17:06:37 GMT -5
If it was the smackdown fist set - what ultimates would you guys want? Brock, Eddie, JBL, Kurt, Rey, King Booker, and Taker all seem like prime candidates. Which of those is the Macho Man equivalent that could push this new project over the line if needed? Maybe Kurt? |
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Post by AttitudeLegendCollector on Mar 2, 2023 17:39:55 GMT -5
RAW set would be awesome but would be interesting as to how they could make it ‘interactive’. The tron would be a tough one, a blank screen doesn’t give us much but they can’t give us a working tron, I wouldn’t have thought.
In terms of figures, an Ultimate Mr McMahon would be a home run but whether they can or would produce him now, I don’t know - I personally hope so. Most of the big hitters in the attitude era have UEs…a Mankind would be a but underwhelming given we have plenty of elites and the upcoming defining moments.
The set would need a Gangrel, Val Venis and other FTITL but you wouldn’t get those guys as Ultimates. Tough call.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Mar 2, 2023 17:42:08 GMT -5
I'll be honest, a lot of these interview sets that people want are very easy to recreate. I just don't see them being worth anything over a $100 if I were to give it a price. With $100, some artistic skill and a few supplies you could recreate some of these. I want the stuff you can't create very easily at home, stuff that we'd never be able to get at retail ever. Those are the Raw stages, Smackdown stages, the Nitro stage etc. I'm super curious if Mattel would involve some electronics for the trons too. For me, I could do without if it brings prices down. I'd like all the budget to go to the details. Hell, I don't even need figures to come with these sets.
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Post by themadbubbler on Mar 2, 2023 18:18:34 GMT -5
I'll be honest, a lot of these interview sets that people want are very easy to recreate. I just don't see them being worth anything over a $100 if I were to give it a price. With $100, some artistic skill and a few supplies you could recreate some of these. I want the stuff you can't create very easily at home, stuff that we'd never be able to get at retail ever. Those are the Raw stages, Smackdown stages, the Nitro stage etc. I'm super curious if Mattel would involve some electronics for the trons too. For me, I could do without if it brings prices down. I'd like all the budget to go to the details. Hell, I don't even need figures to come with these sets. I wouldn't need the electronics to be INSANELY elaborate, but I'd at least want them to light up in a realistic way. |
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Post by stc13 on Mar 2, 2023 18:40:15 GMT -5
I'll be honest, a lot of these interview sets that people want are very easy to recreate. I just don't see them being worth anything over a $100 if I were to give it a price. With $100, some artistic skill and a few supplies you could recreate some of these. I want the stuff you can't create very easily at home, stuff that we'd never be able to get at retail ever. Those are the Raw stages, Smackdown stages, the Nitro stage etc. I'm super curious if Mattel would involve some electronics for the trons too. For me, I could do without if it brings prices down. I'd like all the budget to go to the details. Hell, I don't even need figures to come with these sets. They were able to fit some pretty good interview sets into the Flashback line as build-a-sets. Even the RAW set that just came out has some very impressive pieces and is basically a throw-in with 3 fully accessorized Elite figures for the price of 3 figs. These crowd funded items will be, and should be, big ticket items with a pricetag that matches. I want interview sets as much as anyone, but there are plenty of avenues where those can happen eventually for a fraction of the price. |
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Post by ace7410 on Mar 2, 2023 20:48:40 GMT -5
This is exciting, but if it's super expensive I have a super hard time believing it'll get funded. It would almost have to be the most desired set they could make. Fingers crossed for a chamber, or SD Fist set!
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Mar 2, 2023 23:20:21 GMT -5
I'll be honest, a lot of these interview sets that people want are very easy to recreate. I just don't see them being worth anything over a $100 if I were to give it a price. With $100, some artistic skill and a few supplies you could recreate some of these. I want the stuff you can't create very easily at home, stuff that we'd never be able to get at retail ever. Those are the Raw stages, Smackdown stages, the Nitro stage etc. I'm super curious if Mattel would involve some electronics for the trons too. For me, I could do without if it brings prices down. I'd like all the budget to go to the details. Hell, I don't even need figures to come with these sets. They were able to fit some pretty good interview sets into the Flashback line as build-a-sets. Even the RAW set that just came out has some very impressive pieces and is basically a throw-in with 3 fully accessorized Elite figures for the price of 3 figs. These crowd funded items will be, and should be, big ticket items with a pricetag that matches. I want interview sets as much as anyone, but there are plenty of avenues where those can happen eventually for a fraction of the price. Exactly my man. They need to be worth the price tag. For those that want the Funeral Parlor, buy a casket from Ringside, buy some toy props online (candles etc), foam (from Home Depots to user as flooring) and cloth to hang the curtains. It'll cost you less than a 100. |
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Post by nikostoybox on Mar 3, 2023 7:28:08 GMT -5
What if it's a Raw and Nitro stage converter, 2 in 1 deal? That would be sick. Only problem I could see is the figures that we'd get... Converter? They’re not similar designs, so I don’t know how that would work. I imagine both will be available separately (Raw this year and Nitro next year). Actually both the raw and nitro sets are mostly made of the exact same components. The truss are connectable and with the stage platform. The only difference is lighting,soft goods (which clip onto the truss), logos and the WCW side blocks/wwf towers. I noticed it immediately when I saw the Nitro. The pieces are multi purpose which could open up a new realm for fig collectors. |
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 3, 2023 7:50:21 GMT -5
I'll be honest, a lot of these interview sets that people want are very easy to recreate. I just don't see them being worth anything over a $100 if I were to give it a price. With $100, some artistic skill and a few supplies you could recreate some of these. I want the stuff you can't create very easily at home, stuff that we'd never be able to get at retail ever. Those are the Raw stages, Smackdown stages, the Nitro stage etc. I'm super curious if Mattel would involve some electronics for the trons too. For me, I could do without if it brings prices down. I'd like all the budget to go to the details. Hell, I don't even need figures to come with these sets. They were able to fit some pretty good interview sets into the Flashback line as build-a-sets. Even the RAW set that just came out has some very impressive pieces and is basically a throw-in with 3 fully accessorized Elite figures for the price of 3 figs. These crowd funded items will be, and should be, big ticket items with a pricetag that matches. I want interview sets as much as anyone, but there are plenty of avenues where those can happen eventually for a fraction of the price. I think this is part of what hinders wrestling crowdfunding - it’s far more limited Star Wars for instance who already did the barge you have an almost unlimited assortment and sizes From x wings snd tie fighters on the small scale, to Death Star, imperial star destroyer, at at etc then even away from ships you could have a hoth base, jabba palace etc Wrestling you pretty much have ring, entrance and backstage and if your excluding interview sets that’s about it The big difference is the potential Star Wars sets go together, you can’t really display different arenas together as easily etc |
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Post by Mongo Bears on Mar 3, 2023 7:55:23 GMT -5
I’m calling it now… it’ll be a Monday night wars set including both raw and nitro stages
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Post by triplehpotter7 on Mar 3, 2023 9:13:10 GMT -5
I’m calling it now… it’ll be a Monday night wars set including both raw and nitro stages I really like this idea. It hits all the points of: 1. It makes sense 2. It's expensive 3. They already released the Attitude Era ring; that ring is an EASY base/posts to sell this crowdfund that just has the Nitro mat/skirt/turnbuckles/ropes 4. The Raw stage would be the cheapest portion to produce, since it's mostly just scaffolding; the Nitro stage would be more involved with the greater use of electronics/lights/LEDs 5. Both stages could share the same stage base/ramp (upon closer inspection of the pics from Axxess/SDCC, the Raw stage is twice as high as the Nitro stage; both use the same stage base parts and ramps; Raw ramp has just an additional upper tier to accommodate the doubled height) 6. Could encourage a 2nd purchase of the ring/crowdfund to get 2 separate Raw/Nitro rings and 2 Raw/Nitro stages I hope you're right. I'd be so down for this. Just the stages alone and Nitro ring conversion, in this format, is worth it, and whatever price point. No figs needed; they've dun already released (and I have) most everyone from both time periods. I would low-key be interested in buying 2 of each to cleanly display both rings/stages at the same time (not that I presently have the room for it, BUT knowing I could, if I wanted, would be nice). |
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Post by AttitudeLegendCollector on Mar 3, 2023 9:40:13 GMT -5
I’m calling it now… it’ll be a Monday night wars set including both raw and nitro stages I really like this idea. It hits all the points of: 1. It makes sense 2. It's expensive 3. They already released the Attitude Era ring; that ring is an EASY base/posts to sell this crowdfund that just has the Nitro mat/skirt/turnbuckles/ropes 4. The Raw stage would be the cheapest portion to produce, since it's mostly just scaffolding; the Nitro stage would be more involved with the greater use of electronics/lights/LEDs 5. Both stages could share the same stage base/ramp (upon closer inspection of the pics from Axxess/SDCC, the Raw stage is twice as high as the Nitro stage; both use the same stage base parts and ramps; Raw ramp has just an additional upper tier to accommodate the doubled height) 6. Could encourage a 2nd purchase of the ring/crowdfund to get 2 separate Raw/Nitro rings and 2 Raw/Nitro stages I hope you're right. I'd be so down for this. Just the stages alone and Nitro ring conversion, in this format, is worth it, and whatever price point. No figs needed; they've dun already released (and I have) most everyone from both time periods. I would low-key be interested in buying 2 of each to cleanly display both rings/stages at the same time (not that I presently have the room for it, BUT knowing I could, if I wanted, would be nice). Not ruling this out but it would suck for those of us who weren’t WCW guys that we have to pay double for the RAW set because of the nitro inclusion (and vice versa for WCW guys not fussed about RAW). I’m addition, Mattel could probably make more cash selling one this year and one next year. |
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Post by qdogg on Mar 3, 2023 9:54:58 GMT -5
Titan-Towers-playset
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 3, 2023 9:58:23 GMT -5
Any chance of a Caesar's Palace Wrestlemania IX arena? Wouldn't this be 30 years since Wrestlemania 9?
Could be interesting...... with that Macho Man commentator figure..... Finkus Maximus? ..... Toga Bobby Heenan? Kona Crush??? Steiner Brothers? The arena & decor was unique enough that it would make an interesting set....Would there be any interest in something like this? I'm just thinking out loud here.... My vote is still for a Nitro stage. That would be interesting. I was a very unique setting. Most people already have the ring or can purchase one on eBay. If they include the entrance, the crowd backing, the aisle guard rails, floor mats, the WM9 ring aprons, and the giant thing that went around and above the ring, that could be good. They would probably have to include four or figure figures to make it worth it to most people. Savage in his commentor toga gear (maybe include the sedan thing he was carried out on) as the early bird special. Other figures that could work, Bobby and Gorilla Monsoon in their toga's, Finkus Maximus, Bret Hart with his jacket and WWF title (I've seen a number of people on this sight wanting his WM9 gear), the Narcissist Lex Luger would be cool as an ultimate edition figure, and the Steiner Brothers would be great. So too would a grey-gloved Taker with the thing he rode in on and the vulture. Other figures that would be possible: Yokozuna, Crush (if he were signed), Doink (doubtful), Brutus Beefcake (to go with the Hogan we already got), Money Inc., and Mr. Perfect. Hey, maybe this is how they get out the UE Tatanka people were talking about a while back... |
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 3, 2023 10:00:32 GMT -5
Watch it be that giant cage thing from the awful match at WCW Uncensored 1996 with a Z-gangsta figure...
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