Grade The Wrestlemania Reveals!!

Solid B Steiner would’ve made it A

You talked me into an F, brother.

B.
It was a good showing. Finally jeans DDP!
But I was hoping to hear about either Raven or Haku or Big Poppa pump, or another surprise besides Muta which was nice.

Rereleases turn me off.

I seriously wanted a UE Tatanka after all the rumors last week lol. Never had been a want of mine then I started thinking about it more and more after reading the boards. Now, a UE Tatanka will forever be on my wish list, thanks to all those rumors lol

This was my second favorite reveal all-time, behind SDCC 2016. It's a solid A for me.

It's relative for me. We're 10+ years into the line. The days of 10-15 FTIL reveals and a bunch of top-top wanted attires are gone. There's just too much ground that has already been covered.

They knocked out some desired looks with jeans DDP and WM8 Hogan, some unique roster building deep cuts like the post NOD Faarooq and WHO/New Foundation Neidhart, and there were some nice FTIL reveals. The design work has really been solid, and the UE line in general has breathed new life into actually upgrading existing releases. The Greatest Hits and Vault lines are fantastic additions for newer collectors or those who missed high demand figures, even if this board isn't the target audience.

Is there room for improvement? Sure. But I think they really hit a home run here and the team deserved credit where due.

I had to give it an A.

First of all wrestlemania reveals usually aren't so broad. That is usually something more reserved for sdcc. So we got a lot of new stuff coming. That in itself is great. Reissued figures with new headscans are great for those looking to only buy the best figures for each character. Some people already have 50 hogans. But i think those people would still want the best likeness of him. (P.s don't forget the technology wasn't necessarily there before to do that. And mattel isnt pumping out hogans to spite us but because "he sells merch brotha". And with the money they make from selling hogan stuff they can pay buy 3d printing machines (for one) and pay top level artists to produce these figures for us. This goes for any reissue figure that ends up selling)

Great themes and character choices. For nwo fans for example there is now a (slight chance of picking these up at walmart, cough, before employees do) possibility of conceptualizing the reality of maybe maybe owning the entire cast of characters from that era. Huge thanks to mattel on this.

Overall between all the lines shown i saw only love poured into these projects. From the setup to the energy they are pouring into this to make each figure right (bar the occassional bret hart hiccups lol).

I call it like i see it but i feel mattel knows it has competition on its heels from powertown and has to step up their game a bit especially in the details since powertown tries to be exact in likeness 100%. We are in for a few special years i feel and this series of reissues is a great chance for newcomers to catch up and get a 2nd chance to own their favorites for their collection. The only people i notice who are upset are resellers who may have previous figures listed for a high price only to realize those values will come crumbling down once more figures are released into the wild.

Keep up the good work mattel. 10/10 for me.

Btw steve we want that rock "rocky" statue figure. If not ill change my grade to an f ofcourse haha

I went with a B. Lots of stuff I plan to add to my collection. Lots of stuff I will pass on.

I said a "B" in the main chat, but I've upped it to an "A."

Muta is a tremendous addition, and getting an UE WCW Vader is awesome.

On top of that, a much improved Farooq, WCW Curt Hennig, "New Foundation" Jim the Anvil, and Rey Mysterio TMNT fig are all gets for me. Oh yeah, and jeans DDP!

Not to defend mattel here but shipping internationally has gotten really expensive. Not sure what mattel can do with the newer reciprocal 20% vat taxes. I just sent a box insured for 270 dollars and had to pay 155 euros in vat tax shipping with dhl (so it wasnt even 20% but more like 50+%!!!. I can honestly say it has become almost impossible to send anything out of country without paying up the wazoo for it. Its not a question of weight but on the value of the items and size of the package. I suggest buying these figures loose in a lot as it will bw cheaper than buying them carded despite weighing less.

We just have to hope smyths will expand more in europe and the uk. There really shouldnt be exclusives at target or walmart or smyths but yeah thats where we are at.