The last few signings in the CS line...

i agree, dory funk and the brisco NEED TO BE MADE!

I agree but you must remember the appeal of the old ECW will NEVER DIE so any fig made from that era is going to sell, opposed to the Briscos who will have very basic ring gear and not to many of the younger guys on the board knowing who they are. As for Cena...................

none of the names you mention i really consider classic either....John Cena??? Seriously, Where is my Magnum TA, JJ Dillion, Ricky Morton (cmon Jakks we have Robert Gibson), Gordon Solie, Ole Anderson....NWA fans NEED these figures.....Where is Big Boss Man, Macho Man, Haku, Tonga Kid....WWE fans NEED these.....How bout Raven, Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, Too Cold Scorpio, Mike Awesome....ECW Fans NEED these...Should I keep going? YES!!! How bout the Von Erichs? Why have we not gotten WCCWs greatest athletes. Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne in AWA

its WWE classic stars, not nwa, awa, wccw or anything else, and those other crap fed guys they made are always shelfwarmers so that is why they are gonna stick with well known mass appeal wwe names like rvd and cena, rather than bully blanchard who nobody knows

I can see Storm and RVD from early ECW...Cena though?! Never. We need to see guys like the Von Erichs, Pedro Moralas, Fuji..Etc...

Here's my list of who I feel needs to be made...some have been signed since I first made it, but with 2 years left there's a ton here who still need to be signed and given a spot over guys like Cena.

1. Dynamite Kid - With Davey boy in a CSTT set in either WMII or WM III attires & tag title belts
2. Sting - 1990 GAB attire including entrance jacket
3. Scott Steiner - With Rick in a CSTT in their WM IX attires including Letterman's jackets
4. Kerry Von Erich - Any Texas Tornado attire
5. Billy Jack Haynes - WMIII attire...including entrance jacket and hat.
6. Hercules Hernandez - black trunks, white boots (w/ fist & lightning bolts) Long chain
7. Pedro Morales - red & orange trunks and a red & silver entrance jacket
8 & 9. Executioners - Studd & Kowalski versions
10. Mr. Fuji -wrestling attire (Black tights that stop at the top of calves, Rising sun logo on thigh & barefoot and old WWF Tag title)
11&12. Nikita & Ivan Koloff- Red singlet w/ gold Russian sickle logo on chest
13. Ole Anderson - red trunks with stars on them
14. Kevin Von Erich - any attire
15. Mr. Sieto -black 3/4 length tights (W/ old WWF tag title)
16. Magnum TA -black trunks cowboy boots and vest (with old NWA US title)
17. Jesse "the Body" Ventura - Pinkish purple tye-dyed tights & WWF tag title
18. SD Jones - blue trunks
19. Quickdraw Rick McGraw - red trunks (Never happen)
20. Tony Garea - Red trunks w/ blue trim & blue boots w/ red toes/heels and the old WWF tag title
21. Ricky Steamboat - white tights and boots
22. Macho Man (Pre WMIII)
23. Wendi Richter - WM attire with woman's title belt
24. Adrain Adonis - black trunks leather jacket and hat with WWF Tag title
25. Tiger Chung Lee - Black karate pants
26. Dino Bravo - red trunks
27. Dick Slater - black trunks and boots
28. Dick Murdoch -black trunks and boots
29. Dr. D David Schultz - black single strap singlet with no thighs
30. Buzz Sawyer -Red trunks and furry boots
31. Billy White Wolf - any attire
32. Elizabeth -blue or black dress

RVD, LAnce storm arent wasted spot. they are solid spots filled for 90's fans, like myself, this is the reason i started collecting, this line, and im taking it as i can because when 2010 comes im done i think...

Everyone on jeremy.com was moaning and bitching about the Cena news. I made this post on Jeremy.com. I am just gonna copy paste it here.







"…. Am I the only one not suprised?

Really. Look at the line-ups guys.

Here are CS 1-16’s line-ups (I’ve ye to add 17)

Classic Superstars Series 1
1. Andre The Giant
2. Bret “Hitman” Hart
3. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
4. Shawn Michaels
5. Ultimate Warrior
6. Undertaker

Classic Superstars Series 2
1. Big John Studd
2. Dude Love
3. George Steele
4. Mankind
5. Ric Flair
6. Sgt. Slaughter

Classic Superstars Series 3
1. Bret “Hitman” Hart
2. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
3. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
4. Ted DiBiase, “The Million Dollar Man”
5. Ultimate Warrior
6. Undertaker

Classic Superstars Series 4
1. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
2. Hillbilly Jim
3. Junk Yard Dog
4. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
5. Tito Santana
6. Yokozuna

Classic Superstars Series 5
1. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake
2. Iron Sheik
3. King Kong Bundy
4. Paul Orndorff
5. Nikolia Volkoff
6. Terry Funk

Classic Superstars Series 6
1. Andre The Giant
2. Animal
3. Bobby Heenan
4. Doink The Clown
5. Earthquake
6. Hawk
7. Koko B.Ware
8. One Man Gang
9. Shawn Michaels

Classic Superstars Series 7
1. Andre The Giant
2. British Bulldog
3. Billy Graham
4. Don Muraco
5. Eddie Guerrero
6. Gorilla Monsoon
7. Harley Race
8. Jimmy Hart
9. Ultimate Warrior

Classic Superstars Series 8
1. Brusier Brody
2. Chief Jay Strongbow
3. Classy Freddie Blassie
4. Cowboy Bob Orton
5. Hollywood Hogan
6. Hulk Hogan
7. Jerry “The King” Lawler
8. Vader

Classic Superstars Series 9
1. Akeem
2. Animal
3. Bam Bam Bigelow
4. Godfather
5. Hawk
6. Kamala
7. Papa Shango
8. Paul Bearer
9. Ric Flair

Classic Superstars Series 10
1. Bruno Sammartino
2. Dusty Rhodes
3. Greg “The Hammer” Valentine
4. Gorilla Monsoon
5. Harley Race
6. Mr. Perfect
7. Rocky Maivia
8. Sabu

Classic Superstars Series 11
1. 123 Kid
2. Barry Windham
3. Fabulous Moolah
4. Hollywood Hulk Hogan
5. I.R.S.
6. Ken Shamrock
7. Kevin Nash (Diesel)
8. Rick Steiner

Classic Superstars Series 12
1. Arn Anderson
2. Captain Lou Albano
3. Brian Knobbs (Nasty Boys)
4. Brooklyn Brawler
5. Dean Malenko
6. Hulk Hogan
7. Jerry Sags (Nasty Boys)
8. Jimmy Valiant
9. Killer Kowalski
10. Ultimate Warrior

Classic Superstars Series 13
1. Al Snow
2. Bad News Brown
3. Bret “Hitman” Hart
4. Brother Love
5. Droz
6. Dusty Rhodes
7. Ernie Ladd
8. Luna Vachon
9. Mr. Perfect
10. The Mountie
11. Rick Rude
12. Undertaker (LJN Style Chaser)

Classic Superstars Series 14
1. Abdullah The Butcher
2. Ax
3. Bob Backlund
4. Diamond Dallas Page
5. “Mean” Gene Okerlund
6. Honky Tonk Man
7. Rick Martel
8. “Sensational” Sherri
9. Smash
10. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (LJN Style Chaser)
11. Ultimate Warrior

Classic Superstars Series 15
1. Johnny Rodz
2. “Leaping” Lanny Poffo
3. Lex Luger
4. Razor Ramon
5. The Rock (LJN Style Chaser)
6. “Outlaw” Ron Bass
7. Shawn Michaels
8. Tank Abott
9. Tully Blanchard
10. Zeus

Classic Superstars Series 16
1. Barbarian
2. Giant Gonzales
3. Shawn Michaels (LJN Style Chaser)
4. Sycho Sid
5. Ultimate Warrior
6. Vince McMahon
7. Warlord
8. X-Pac

As the line has continued on, as later series’ have shown up, the line has slowly added more and more current day/attitude era guys.

Its just the evolution of the line. They are moving it from the 70’s towards the 00’s. Sure, Rey has figures. So does Cena.

But didn’t Undertaker? And Shawn Michaels?

Cena may only get two CS releases (LJN Style, and Debut gear). Honestly, I’d prefer the debut gear got into a double pack with his old tag partner B2 (Bull Buchannan). That way we get a new wrestler with him, and Buchannan could also be repainted for a double pack in Big Boss Man gear.

You guys complaining aren’t gonna change this. If you don’t like him, dont buy him. Randy won’t buy him. Fatboy will.

It alters. Im sure that Honky Tonk Man, one of Jakks’ best figure outings, being a shelfwarmer must open some people’s eyes?

He’s a great figure, but he is collector-based, and Kids didn’t care about him. CS14 Was an amazing line in our eyes, but to mass retail they stunk up the shop real bad. What kid wants to be seen playing with two guys who look like they’re straight out a g@y p0rn movie? or elvis presley? or an old man who’s balding? or a fat dude with funny shapes in his head?

No kid cares about them. Only people who are familiar with them actually loved that line. I passed on abdullah and backlund due to a lack of interest in him, but damn, i bought most of the people in that series twice!

My theory, and feeling towards the general WWE product for a while has been confusing. On one hand i think “I wish they’d release a series every three months. that way you’d really look forward to it.” but in the other hand, the winning thought of the two has been “Let them release whatever they want. That way theres a bigger selection for me”.

Fair enough, that mentality doesnt work for fatboy or cletus or bluestar, who buy everyone, but for myself (and possibly the majority of collectors) that should be just fine thinking.

so seriously.. If you didnt see Cena coming…. well… im sorry. You are missing the point in the line. When Jakks say “The most complete line”, they dont mean every guy from the 70’s and 80’s to ever have laced a pair of boots. They mean a line that starts when WWE made itself a huge name, and right up to current day.

Randy, I’m sure Orton will make an appearance in the line, too. In his debut attire, also. I imagine the cut off line for “classic” is about the 02/03 area. If Hogan still had his contract, I’d highly expect to see a Mr. America figure.

We’re already working through the attitude era stars, X-Pac, Shawn and Triple H in DX gear, Mankind, Droz, Al Snow, The Rock, etc. so expect CS 24-28 to be strongly based on the early 00’s. Jericho, Benoit (i can hope) steve austin, Test and Albert, Big Show, Hardy boyz, etc. etc.

So… i mean.. nothing you can do really. This is what they need to do to make the line continue and to have it make sense. I mean, i love my two or three bret figures.. But if there was a bret every other series, i’d be sick to the teeth of him. I love the warrior figures, and hope to see more, but too many is overkill.

Here are the TTL line-ups i posted on the loose site:

loosejakks.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=titantronliveseries&action=display&thread=1193211873

I’m sure they’ll give an idea the direction the CS line is going."

KKV, we think exactly alike when it comes to the figures in this line. I pretty much feel like I don't even have to say anything now, because you said it so well.

As for the recent signings, bring em on. Storm is a definite pickup, as is Spike if he's in his ECW gear. RVD will probably be picked up, depending on which attire he comes with as well as accessories.

Cena, I'm not too big a fan of, but truthfully, in every line, there's about half of them I don't want or really care for, so I pass them up. Cena will be no exception.

The line has probably 12-13 more waves planned, guys, not to mention tag teams and two packs, exclusives, etc. They'll get around to making people you want, but they have to make people that make money. I've been shocked to see figures like Razor warm shelves recently, and around here, they haven't stocked anything new since 14 sinec they're all still sitting on shelves. They need newer, more recognizable blood in the line to move product.

Just think of it this way...every John Cena they sell in that wave will allow you to get someone more obscure in that same wave, or another wave down the line.

The CS Line is for ADULTS...not KIDS!