Let's Put On Our Thinking Caps!!

The inside scoop from my buddy at the toy shop is that he heard there are TWO surprises coming our way in the legends line before the end of the year. One he heard would be a "nice" surprise and the other a "major" one. Of course we will have to wait to see if this is true but I'm going to make my official predictions here.

Mild Surprise- My prediction=RVD. We know RVD has a docu coming out very soon for WWE and he was just inducted in the Hall of Fame. I don't think it's too far out there to consider an RVD figure making the rounds sometime soon.

                     Outside Chance= Jeff Jarret. The lawsuit with Jarret's likeness is done and I've heard that Jarret wants a merchandising deal with WWE.

Major Surprise-My prediction= The Steiner Brothers. I don't know if any of you know but Rick's son has signed with WWE and is considered a major prospect, most of the time when family signs all the other hard feelings are under the bridge..........maybe even Uncle Scott's.

                      Outside Chance=CM Punk. I think it's very possible that Punk signs some sort of deal with WWE that allows him and WWE to benefit off his likeness, I'm not saying he will come back to wrestle again but I think Punk's pocketbook is getting smaller than he would like. Also, 2K is wanting to make a big splash with the next 2K game considering the reboot, could he be a pre order bonus??? 

First of all it was a very good day but where are the freaking Mega Powers???! I mean I'm hearing that two packs are going to take a vacation so where does that leave us?? Mattel could slap 250 dollars on a Mega Power two pack and sell every freaking one. Makes no sense.

Love the Survivor Series Hulk Hogan, mustache is off a little bit but still an incredible figure and the world title belt was a nice surprise. The only thing that sucks is this figure will more than likely be harder to find than Hollywood Hulk Hogan in the wild.

Go ahead and call me the fortune teller regarding WM 9 Hulk, the figure is already hitting THREE figures on ebay and yours truly called that a few months ago. I, like many others, was unable to snag a preorder but I have no problem paying 300 dollars for the figure if need be.

Series 91 is gold with Hulk and RVD leading the way. Was Happy to see so many legends today, Mattel knows where the money goes.

Chief Jay Strongbow was the surpirse my buddy told me about and while I'm happy to see him I think my buddy mislead me with his information. I was expecting the Steiners and I let him know how I felt, he needs to be more careful in the future.

Really excited to see the Ultimate Line  get their own legends series. Looking like Hulk will be in there pretty soon.

Wow, it's been a crazy few days. We had a viewing party at my buddy's toy shop yesterday and I spent the night at his house with some other friends so we could have a system for today's Hogan/Zeus exclusive. Happy to say we got five coming so we can recoup our  money loss as well. Yesterday was awesome, the Mega Powers reveal was beautiful. Me and my buddy actually embraced when it came up on the screen. You see the red and yellow has made such an impact on our lives that seeing these incredilbe Hogan figures means so much to us, it's more about toys and more about what Hulkamania stands for. Of course we still need Wrestlemania 3 Hogan, Wrestlemania 8 Hogan and Summerslam 1991 Hogan ( maybe as a two pack with The Ultimate Warrior like the Mega Powers) so hopefully we see at least one of those at Ringside Fest in November. I hope each and every one of you got to see a figure that made you as happy as the Mega Powers did for us. We're getting the freaking Mega Powers, Wow, still can't believe I'm typing that. Only downside was no Steiners but my Buddy said it was only a matter of time.

YES!!!!!!!!!!! You've got to think this confirms that ALL of Legends 18 will be shown and a huge hogan figure will be there too!!! Wrestlemania 8?? Summerslam 1991?? We can only hope and dream.Ultimate 16 too. Also, to piggy back off some of thie discussion from eariler, my buddy at the toy shop told me not to worry about Scott Steiner not being in that card game. He said the Big Poppa Pump is going to have a big presence in WWE 2K23 but he may be announced next year when they announce the DLC for that game, I told him that being in that game doesn't always mean a figure but he said hes sure the Steiners will be announced by Comic Con of next year. He also expects a trailer for 2K23 during Surivior Series next weekend, though he doesn't expect any announcements of talent in the game. Just a hype trailer. 

I don't know if you're all aware or not but Steve dropped a huge massive tease in the Q and A thread.  He was asked what was his biggest 2022 accomplishment and he said THEY would be revealed at Wrestlemania Axess. Since he said THEY it's got to be a tag team right. I don't think he could mean another line because what else could they do? My buddy from the toy shop says it's The Steiners but Steve also mentioned in the same Q and A that Scott would need a figure contract to have figures made so who knows?? I'm thinking if it's a tag team only three come to mind that would be considered a home run by everybody and that's the Steiners, Demolition or The Road Warriors. What do you guys predict?? 

I spent the day at my buddy's toy shop helping him stock inventory for the upcoming busy holiday season and thought I would give you all some tidbits I learned. 

Ric Flair-It was a major blow losing Flair to aew for who knows how long. WWE made a major push to sign Flair but didn't want anything to do with his energy drinks. It was Flair's decision to not sign and the general feeling now is perhaps Sting will resign with aew too since Flair is there now. 

Major Tag Team Coming- My buddy has been hearing for awhile now that there is a major tag team coming that isn't The Dudleys (more on them later) He thinks it's Demolition and we should see something before Wrestlemania.

Legends Coming- Here's some legends we should expect pretty soon, Terry Taylor, Pyscho Sid, The Dudleys, The Sandman and another ECW name to be named later. He talked to a toy guy in Kentucky and that guy told him that he expects the ECW guys to be shown at Wrestlemania since mania is in Philly next year. My buddy also heard that the Dudleys signed their contract over a year ago and those figures could come anytime or may even be the next Ringside Exclusive two pack??

Target is really happy with the Best of Legends set and to expect another one next year.

The Steiner Brothers- Oh boy. Are The Steiner Brothers coming??? My buddy says it's 50/50. He doesn't understand why Steve said early 90's Steiners are on the to do "wishlist". He seems to think if they were coming they would be on the "to do" list but Steve also didn't confirm they weren't coming like he did with the One Man Gang rumor. My buddy says regardless to expect an Ultimate Big Poppa Pump sooner than later.

Also here is a couple of figure hunting tips from my buddy.

In the case of the limited best of legend shippers, the best thing to do is make friends with the stockers or managers then they will call you once they come and you can buy the entire shipper like my buddy did .

Also if you're looking to make a few extra bucks to pay for those hard to find figures the trick is to stock up on cheap basics throughout the year and then sell them to parents a few weeks before Christmas for a profit. I think I told you guys this tip before, I sold a couple of cheap basics for 50 dollars or more last year when inventory was low at retail right before Christmas.