hiitsbrian
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Post by hiitsbrian on Apr 6, 2023 23:00:45 GMT -5
And again - it's an incentive to get people to back the set early... right or wrong? Including a figure that just has a new head and a shirt doesn't seem much of an incentive... as it is proving. You can still be more creative with existing parts - eg. if they wanted Hogan in there, why not make a new/different/repainted Hollywood Hogan figure? There's only ever been one UE of him - and people have actually been wanting a new UE Hollywood with the tan. Well put one in here... exclusive to the set. It would have certainly been more interesting than another UE in yellow trunks. And just throwing it out there, why not also include something like a Nitro announce desk or booth with the earlybird figure? Heck, they have a lot of the parts from the New Gen set last time. Mix things up a bit - and actually make the figure an incentive, rather than just an extra figure with a new head and shirt. Talk about easy to recreate as a custom… nah. That’s a horrible idea. Most people under normal circumstances would take a new head and new belt over a repaint any day of the week. Y’all are just making excuses to not have to shell out the 400 bucks. That’s what is obvious to everyone who’s already backed. The non backers are just grasping at straws for lame reasons to not back. Lmao. Cope and seethe.
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Post by dmoney on Apr 6, 2023 23:03:53 GMT -5
Get Rey out of here and give us Steiner already.
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Post by SteveHulk on Apr 6, 2023 23:20:57 GMT -5
Talk about easy to recreate as a custom… nah. That’s a horrible idea. Most people under normal circumstances would take a new head and new belt over a repaint any day of the week. My figure would be a new UE Hollywood Hogan with the tan, new head/bandana, different shirt/tights design etc. - you'd actually have to put the legs/lower half of the Hollywood UE with the torso of one of the tanned UEs to make the figure... a lot more difficult than just adding a shirt and head, lol. I think Hollywood Hogan is more associated with Nitro too (than red and yellow Hulk). Plus, how many Hollywood Hogans do we have compared to yellow-trunks Hogan... 3? (and one of those was a RSC exclusive). Nope... I could easily afford to back the stage - I've said before though, it's just not something I want 🤷♂️. And FWIW, it costs $644 USD for most international folk... not $400. If it was only $400 for us too, I guarantee the total would be much further along.
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Post by Rocket_Fuel_Merchant on Apr 7, 2023 0:00:20 GMT -5
I'll take this announcer table set along with bobby heenan and larry over any of those figures. Hell you can give us another bischoff before he went NWO.. Or give us medusa throwing the WWF title in the trash can.. That was iconic. We're getting that Bischoff with the ring...he comes with both the white t-shirt and the NWO t-shirt
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Post by MKSavage on Apr 7, 2023 0:05:38 GMT -5
Maybe not, but if this is suppose to be the die hard WCW fans we would want never before seen WCW guys. They half assed these figures and it's just annoying because there is a possibility this thing is not going to get funded.. If it doesn't get funded maybe they will try the RAW one next... haha They already hinted in the past if the crowdfunded project doesn’t get funded then they are probably done with crowdfunding. Because it would be considered a failure and would be harder for them to get approval to do another. That would be a shame, I think there would still be interest in crowdfunding - maybe just not at this price. If this does fail, then maybe they should go back to smaller scaled items with a couple of figures so that the price isn't too much. Maybe keep it around $200-$300 in total. I wouldn't mind some of the classic interview stages with a few figures, those could be doable. They would be more detailed than what they could do in a build-a-set wave (like the Heartbreak Hotel set) and could include Ultimate Edition figures. I wouldn't mind seeing a Funeral Parlor set with UE Paul Bearer (first tier) and Undertaker (second tier), and an Ultimate Warrior as the early bird special. Hell, I wouldn't mind the Funeral Parlor set as a crowd funding with UE figures of Taker, Bearer, Flair, Hogan, Savage and Piper from the Funeral Parlor segment just before Survivor Series 1991, but that many figures may make the set more expensive. It might be best to keep it small, 3 tiers at the most with an early bird special. They could do that with the Barber Shop (UE figures of Brutus, Sid, and the Rockers or just Shawn Michaels), the Brother Love Show (UE figures of Brother Love, Jake, and Rick Martel), or Piper's Pit (UE figures of Piper, Paul Orndorff, and Bob Orton). It would also be good to add a UE figure of someone who wouldn't get one otherwise.
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Post by MKSavage on Apr 7, 2023 0:08:48 GMT -5
I'll take this announcer table set along with bobby heenan and larry over any of those figures. Hell you can give us another bischoff before he went NWO.. Or give us medusa throwing the WWF title in the trash can.. That was iconic. Yeah, the announcer stage with those figures would have been an interesting addition. However, I'm guessing that the announcer's desk would cost more to produce than the five figures they added to the set, making the overall price of the whole thing a lot more which could put off even more possible buyers. Plus, even if they did that, you would hear people complain that there aren't enough wrestler figures, where's Hogan, Steiner, DDP, etc.
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Post by micco on Apr 7, 2023 0:45:19 GMT -5
Talk about easy to recreate as a custom… nah. That’s a horrible idea. Most people under normal circumstances would take a new head and new belt over a repaint any day of the week. My figure would be a new UE Hollywood Hogan with the tan, new head/bandana, different shirt/tights design etc. - you'd actually have to put the legs/lower half of the Hollywood UE with the torso of one of the tanned UEs to make the figure... a lot more difficult than just adding a shirt and head, lol. I think Hollywood Hogan is more associated with Nitro too (than red and yellow Hulk). Plus, how many Hollywood Hogans do we have compared to yellow-trunks Hogan... 3? (and one of those was a RSC exclusive). Nope... I could easily afford to back the stage - I've said before though, it's just not something I want 🤷♂️. And FWIW, it costs $644 USD for most international folk... not $400. If it was only $400 for us too, I guarantee the total would be much further along. At this point you’re just talking about your personal preference. You’re describing your fantasy figure that now has a new head too but depicts a hogan you more want. My point was that, all preferences aside, this hogan, because it features a brand new head sculpted and a newly sculpted title belt, isn’t something that can be recreated with a custom and is superior to any straight repaint, if for no other reason than the value it holds for being a higher budgeted figure which is factual since it features parts that will require brand new tooling.
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Post by SteveHulk on Apr 7, 2023 1:03:39 GMT -5
My figure would be a new UE Hollywood Hogan with the tan, new head/bandana, different shirt/tights design etc. - you'd actually have to put the legs/lower half of the Hollywood UE with the torso of one of the tanned UEs to make the figure... a lot more difficult than just adding a shirt and head, lol. I think Hollywood Hogan is more associated with Nitro too (than red and yellow Hulk). Plus, how many Hollywood Hogans do we have compared to yellow-trunks Hogan... 3? (and one of those was a RSC exclusive). Nope... I could easily afford to back the stage - I've said before though, it's just not something I want 🤷♂️. And FWIW, it costs $644 USD for most international folk... not $400. If it was only $400 for us too, I guarantee the total would be much further along. At this point you’re just talking about your personal preference. You’re describing your fantasy figure that now has a new head too but depicts a hogan you more want. My point was that, all preferences aside, this hogan, because it features a brand new head sculpted and a newly sculpted title belt, isn’t something that can be recreated with a custom and is superior to any straight repaint, if for no other reason than the value it holds for being a higher budgeted figure which is factual since it features parts that will require brand new tooling. 👍 I just think - if they're only making a new head/shirt/belt for the figure, then doing it for a new Hollywood Hogan (rather than a new yellow trunks Hogan) would be far more interesting and a bigger selling-point. That's all. Lots of people have said if the UE Hollywood figure had the tan, it would be the perfect figure... well this would have been an easy/cost-effective way of doing that. Heck, throw in the Hollywood Rules shirt, and even I might have backed the thing 😄.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Apr 7, 2023 1:16:46 GMT -5
Under 2K but the Hulksters got this! He is going to lift this mother up to 5K, Brother!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2023 1:39:35 GMT -5
Under 2K but the Hulksters got this! He is going to lift this mother up to 5K, Brother! Yeah… na.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2023 1:40:43 GMT -5
At this point you’re just talking about your personal preference. You’re describing your fantasy figure that now has a new head too but depicts a hogan you more want. My point was that, all preferences aside, this hogan, because it features a brand new head sculpted and a newly sculpted title belt, isn’t something that can be recreated with a custom and is superior to any straight repaint, if for no other reason than the value it holds for being a higher budgeted figure which is factual since it features parts that will require brand new tooling. 👍 I just think - if they're only making a new head/shirt/belt for the figure, then doing it for a new Hollywood Hogan (rather than a new yellow trunks Hogan) would be far more interesting and a bigger selling-point. That's all. Lots of people have said if the UE Hollywood figure had the tan, it would be the perfect figure... well this would have been an easy/cost-effective way of doing that. Heck, throw in the Hollywood Rules shirt, and even I might have backed the thing 😄. They’ve still haven’t perfected the tan, he looks like he’s covered in spaghetti sauce. I’d prefer the OG tone over the new tone
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Apr 7, 2023 1:48:55 GMT -5
Steve answers some questions here
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2023 1:59:57 GMT -5
Steve answers some questions here
Damn the presenter seems like the biggest shill ever lol
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2023 2:03:03 GMT -5
Under 2K but the Hulksters got this! He is going to lift this mother up to 5K, Brother! i ing love this so much. we can do it brothers!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2023 2:22:19 GMT -5
Under 2K but the Hulksters got this! He is going to lift this mother up to 5K, Brother! i ing love this so much. we can do it brothers!! It’s already the 7th. He’s gone.
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Apr 7, 2023 3:08:42 GMT -5
None of these figures are half-assed...Mattel only has so many people that they can make figures of. They can't do any of the guys that have been mentioned, because they're not under contract. A: The amount of backers determined this is false and B: They had plenty of other options to make, Nash, Hall, Booker T, Bischoff, and more all would have been great picks.
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Apr 7, 2023 3:12:59 GMT -5
And again - it's an incentive to get people to back the set early... right or wrong? Including a figure that just has a new head and a shirt doesn't seem much of an incentive... as it is proving. You can still be more creative with existing parts - eg. if they wanted Hogan in there, why not make a new/different/repainted Hollywood Hogan figure? There's only ever been one UE of him - and people have actually been wanting a new UE Hollywood with the tan. Well put one in here... exclusive to the set. It would have certainly been more interesting than another UE in yellow trunks. And just throwing it out there, why not also include something like a Nitro announce desk or booth with the earlybird figure? Heck, they have a lot of the parts from the New Gen set last time. Mix things up a bit - and actually make the figure an incentive, rather than just an extra figure with a new head and shirt. Talk about easy to recreate as a custom… nah. That’s a horrible idea. Most people under normal circumstances would take a new head and new belt over a repaint any day of the week. TIL a limited edition crowdfund that costs nearly 500 dollars is "normal circumstances" lmao.
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Post by Warriah' on Apr 7, 2023 3:22:33 GMT -5
i ing love this so much. we can do it brothers!! It’s already the 7th. He’s gone. I believe it ends at the end of April 7th. So midnight tonight. 3268 backers needed across today to unlock the Hulkster.
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Post by ChuckPOORis55 Cody Gang 4 Lyfe on Apr 7, 2023 3:22:38 GMT -5
They already hinted in the past if the crowdfunded project doesn’t get funded then they are probably done with crowdfunding. Because it would be considered a failure and would be harder for them to get approval to do another. I'm amazed that people continue to argue over this. Mattel is a business, and Steve and Bill have bosses who probably couldn't tell you Goldberg from Gillberg. It's about whether products hit their profit targets and are successful. And if this project fails, there's no doubt that there will be added hurdles to future projects.
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Post by hiitsbrian on Apr 7, 2023 3:22:53 GMT -5
Hey, people who were concerned about space/how they would display this thing, Steve posted a video on IG showing the stage’s “slim configuration”. For whatever it’s worth, it does look a lot easier to display this way. www.instagram.com/reel/CquT09SOCF_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Also, I’ve seen it stated that Mattel responded to the international price gauging. I missed it, what was the explanation given?
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