[RETRO] Grapplers & Gimmicks by Hasttel Toy

I'm sure he'll sell more at an inflated price later on. That's the business model.

hopefully he follows your tips and can emulate your successful toyline 🙄

agree with this 1,000 percent!

There's no question in my mind about that neither. Epic is 2nd closest IMO, I hope with DDP and the next few releases that they come even closer. But as good as Demos and PoP were, they still had that vinyl like finish, Mitch is the only one really doing proper Hasbro sculpts and hard plastic. I don't care what he's doing, if he's 3D copying and then modifying original Hasbros, if that's what he really is doing, fine by me. These now fit in most seemlessly with Hasbros.

Here's a shot of my Bulldog, might honestly be my favorite Retro figure of all at this point. It's spot on, and it's colorful and toyetic.

All of the Rogeaus cases aren’t in yet, once the others come in and the pre-orders are filled there should be more on the site.

The prototypes/renders looked rubbish though. He's punishes people with use of their eyes? People with sense?

Doesn't matter too much for me cos Rock and Roll Collectibles don't inflate the prices after the pre order for in stock purchases.

That custom HBK is infinitely better than the recent Mattel version which looks like utter shite.

I don't hate them. I got the Quebecers after I seen the final product and very happy with them. Ditto with the Rougeaus. There's improvement but I definitely dont have enough faith (yet?) to place a pre order them.

It appears you are overlooking the people who want figure representation of these characters. I didn’t pass on getting a Ric Flair figure as a kid despite the fact that he looked awful and had one of the worst action features. Most of us still buy retros despite how cost-cutting and repetitive they have gotten (along with low quality likenesses at times).

R&R have inflated prices. They have to in order to stay in business. Because they choose to do so consistently is fine and I prefer that myself. But with the logic you provided, you should be just as upset every time they offer a discount code or put something on sale.

If you don’t like a render or a prototype- sound off. Don’t support it if you don’t want it or don’t believe in it. But if something turns out better than expected, just be prepared to pay more. It’s as simple as that. The figures may not be free but we certainly are free to choose what we buy and when.