theman
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Post by theman on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:16 GMT -5
I'm wondering if we will see the wrestlemania elite set tom??
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Post by PJ on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:19 GMT -5
Quick thoughts…The UE Piper is amazing, unfortunately if that’s the Walmart figure I’ll never see it locally. Not a fan of the alternate heads for the UE Bret. And finally basics get better hip articulation.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:37 GMT -5
She doesn't fit. Put Roman or Cena in there. Becky just doesn't fit at all. Too bad. She’s there.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:50 GMT -5
Solid showing overall
Most exited about Ultimate Piper, Bret and the MNW Taker. That Taker head is gonna rule on the ultimate
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Post by cldbld on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:51 GMT -5
So far best figure shown today is the MNW Ultimate Piper
Wowza
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glassoni0n
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Post by glassoni0n on Jul 19, 2023 20:49:56 GMT -5
Totally unrelated, but it's crazy to me that Macho, Piper, and Hogan were all in their early-mid 40s during the peak of the Nitro run. They felt (and moved) like ancient icons when they were about the same age as today's young upstarts Finn Balor and LA Knight. Perception is reality, I guess. old 1980s anabolic steroids and drugs really do a number on the body too, but your point is absolutely well taken lol. I remember feeling like Ric Flair was impossibly old to be a wrestler in the early 2000s and Chris Jericho is right in that age range now
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Post by J-MANN on Jul 19, 2023 20:50:42 GMT -5
Solid showing overall Most exited about Ultimate Piper, Bret and the MNW Taker. That Taker head is gonna rule on the ultimate 💯% I need at least TWO of those Takers.
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theman
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Post by theman on Jul 19, 2023 20:50:52 GMT -5
I liked everything I saw so far and really excited to see some new stuff tom!!
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jul 19, 2023 20:51:31 GMT -5
they better show an elite knight and at least a new elite miz, but I would prefer an ultimate if only 1
and I need miz ue from wm38
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rodeoflounder
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Post by rodeoflounder on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:09 GMT -5
I gotta say it - Mattel’s WWE design team is falling asleep on the job on a lot of these. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some great stuff in here, but some of these part choices and color inaccuracies are really messing up these figures. I’m probably skipping that UE Angle altogether and I really wanted an AE Angle, that thing is a hunk of trash. And those UE MNW Bret faces are…something.
They should really consider ditching these non-standard singlet attempts like the rubber pull-down thingie nobody wants and the soft goods singlet they’re stuffing Kurt into.
I think a lot of the strategy - like giving a highly sought after MNW line to the worst retailer they work with and that weird 4 pack where almost nobody wants more than 2 of the figures, for instance - are so far off base I’m getting concerned they’re in an echo chamber where nobody says “wait a second.” Honorable mention to that lazy Andre chase in Legends 21 and locking that Ultimate Bischoff behind a $150 ring nobody really wants…
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Post by J-MANN on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:15 GMT -5
Taker/Gooker set is back up! I finally got it!!
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Post by aggressiveperfector on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:32 GMT -5
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:34 GMT -5
Quick thoughts…The UE Piper is amazing, unfortunately if that’s the Walmart figure I’ll never see it locally. Not a fan of the alternate heads for the UE Bret. And finally basics get better hip articulation. Is Piper not Target Legends?
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:50 GMT -5
Great to get an elite Steiner but he’s too tall. Why couldn’t they give him shorter calves? Another case of Mattel knowing he will sell so they don’t really care if the height is off.
That Angle is horrid. That torso needs to ONLY be used for Warrior, Batista, and Lashley. They desperately need a new heavyweight torso that isn’t ridiculously big. And that singlet should have been sculpted. I get they want to give you a way to lower the straps, but whatever they came up with looks cheap.
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Post by stc13 on Jul 19, 2023 20:52:55 GMT -5
When I first started collecting, my goal was to have as many individual wrestlers as possible. Maybe a variant or two based on a different costume, etc. Somewhere along the way, my shelf is instead becoming a collection of sections - Hogans, Andres, Savages, Razors, Brets, Pipers, etc. It’s certainly interesting. Same. My rule was only one figure per person unless they were different gimmicks. Last time I counted I had like 16 Savages and probably around the same number of Bret, Warrior, and HBK. ...and they keep getting me to buy more.
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jul 19, 2023 20:53:00 GMT -5
Solid showing overall Most exited about Ultimate Piper, Bret and the MNW Taker. That Taker head is gonna rule on the ultimate 💯% I need at least TWO of those Takers. Definitely need two. I wanna keep one on card too
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Post by LA Knight Yeah! on Jul 19, 2023 20:53:12 GMT -5
they better show an elite knight and at least a new elite miz, but I would prefer an ultimate if only 1 and I need miz ue from wm38 yeah Miz is overdue an updated figure and would he Sick to see Knight elite
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 19, 2023 20:53:19 GMT -5
Quick thoughts…The UE Piper is amazing, unfortunately if that’s the Walmart figure I’ll never see it locally. Not a fan of the alternate heads for the UE Bret. And finally basics get better hip articulation. Is Piper not Target Legends? MNW
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Post by cordless2016 on Jul 19, 2023 20:53:32 GMT -5
Totally unrelated, but it's crazy to me that Macho, Piper, and Hogan were all in their early-mid 40s during the peak of the Nitro run. They felt (and moved) like ancient icons when they were about the same age as today's young upstarts Finn Balor and LA Knight. Perception is reality, I guess. That’s what decades of hard drugs and partying versus playing video games will do to someone lol.
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Post by plastictaxicab on Jul 19, 2023 20:54:27 GMT -5
Taker/Gooker set is back up! I finally got it!! SteveHulk ^
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