Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Oct 27, 2023 3:49:06 GMT -5
I’m so alone and depressed, and just really wanna share about Rumblers. They weren’t perfect per se, but they moved so well and were nice to look at and the easiest line to collect and customize. I’m the only person with a Bruno Sammartino Rumbler custom lol. Y’all know I like to keep wrestling as traditional as possible so that we can still have wild and crazy, but this crazy little figure series just fit me like a glove.
So, I’m always thinking about who would make great sets for rumblers.
For example
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman: they made one title belt and a microphone accessory in the original run, so it wouldn’t be a challenge to include an update WWE title on Roman and a Mic for Paul.
The Usos, even though they are now split, would make the most sense as a pairing since they were together for so long.
Bret Hart and Seth Rollins would be fun since the first line had some legends.
Street Profits(it’s still a kids line 😅) and I like them enough that they’d be good to fill out shows will.
Damien Priest and Finn Balor
Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier in a super decorative three pack that isn’t glue backing so you can save the cereal box type artwork. I know they haven’t done that in a while, but lots of fans still like New Day(myself included) and the cereal box concept would be fun to have in that form.
Part of the most fun of the line was having a super small arena for Raw and Smackdown without it taking up an entire table and needing a hundred dollar cardboard backdrop to look nice.
Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair in some permutations of the four for the first women sets.
Most of the packs were formatted as match ups or teams, so here are some good match ups
Cody Rhodes Vs Solo Sikoa(to round out the bloodline
Dominik Mysterio vs Rey Mysterio
John Cena Vs Austin Theory
Ricochet Vs Gunther
Bobby Lashley Vs Sami Zayn for some variety
Kevin Owens Vs Drew McIntyre
Ricochet vs AJ Styles
La Knight and Randy Orton for the novelty of the paring.
Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns since the original line has multiples of top people.
Also, The Rock and Steve Austin had figures in the original run, so I think there’s room and viability in including Rock, Austin, HHH, Mick Foley, Roddy Piper, Mr Perfect. a few legends in the line. I feel that with the right marketing, the line would be a viable collection for adult fans to have smaller figures, for fans who enjoy vinyl art toys, as well as the original 12 and under demographic. Also, a sort of shot in the dark idea I had, was a short YouTube series depicting the retired legends as active stars and having them feud in an animated mini WWE, would help sell more of the legends figures in the line in addition to the whole line as a concept.
One of the best elements of the first line were the rings. I still have several and have refurbished them to have foam padding under faux leather canvases. A new line could feature variations of starter ring sets with either Roman or Cody and a Rey Mysterio figure since every small child loves Rey.
Some other small variations I think would help would be to include belts and chairs as accessories. One of the pitfalls of the first line was how often the main accessory was a trash can 🤣
And you could have a wrestlemania stage play set and arena accessories and use the stands to house your collection.
So, I’m always thinking about who would make great sets for rumblers.
For example
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman: they made one title belt and a microphone accessory in the original run, so it wouldn’t be a challenge to include an update WWE title on Roman and a Mic for Paul.
The Usos, even though they are now split, would make the most sense as a pairing since they were together for so long.
Bret Hart and Seth Rollins would be fun since the first line had some legends.
Street Profits(it’s still a kids line 😅) and I like them enough that they’d be good to fill out shows will.
Damien Priest and Finn Balor
Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier in a super decorative three pack that isn’t glue backing so you can save the cereal box type artwork. I know they haven’t done that in a while, but lots of fans still like New Day(myself included) and the cereal box concept would be fun to have in that form.
Part of the most fun of the line was having a super small arena for Raw and Smackdown without it taking up an entire table and needing a hundred dollar cardboard backdrop to look nice.
Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair in some permutations of the four for the first women sets.
Most of the packs were formatted as match ups or teams, so here are some good match ups
Cody Rhodes Vs Solo Sikoa(to round out the bloodline
Dominik Mysterio vs Rey Mysterio
John Cena Vs Austin Theory
Ricochet Vs Gunther
Bobby Lashley Vs Sami Zayn for some variety
Kevin Owens Vs Drew McIntyre
Ricochet vs AJ Styles
La Knight and Randy Orton for the novelty of the paring.
Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns since the original line has multiples of top people.
Also, The Rock and Steve Austin had figures in the original run, so I think there’s room and viability in including Rock, Austin, HHH, Mick Foley, Roddy Piper, Mr Perfect. a few legends in the line. I feel that with the right marketing, the line would be a viable collection for adult fans to have smaller figures, for fans who enjoy vinyl art toys, as well as the original 12 and under demographic. Also, a sort of shot in the dark idea I had, was a short YouTube series depicting the retired legends as active stars and having them feud in an animated mini WWE, would help sell more of the legends figures in the line in addition to the whole line as a concept.
One of the best elements of the first line were the rings. I still have several and have refurbished them to have foam padding under faux leather canvases. A new line could feature variations of starter ring sets with either Roman or Cody and a Rey Mysterio figure since every small child loves Rey.
Some other small variations I think would help would be to include belts and chairs as accessories. One of the pitfalls of the first line was how often the main accessory was a trash can 🤣
And you could have a wrestlemania stage play set and arena accessories and use the stands to house your collection.
