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Post by Cyan on May 27, 2016 16:17:54 GMT -5
That sucks. I was looking forward to grabbing this figure. Does it make his head look even bigger as well?
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Post by Cyan on May 27, 2016 13:11:38 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a great May. Awesome pick ups!
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Post by Cyan on May 23, 2016 17:54:31 GMT -5
Oh my God I would just stand outside my toy room with the water hose and be ever Vigilant I would lose so many toys if a fire broke out I admire the fight in you. |
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Post by Cyan on May 23, 2016 17:10:32 GMT -5
I had an interesting afternoon where a wildfire broke out six houses down from ours. It was bad enough that choppers came in to drop water on it, and we were told to evacuate. Lots of thoughts run through your head when you're told to evacuate. The safety of my family, my friends and neighbors, their animals, the firefighters trying to help us, and then all the things that will potentially burn down and you'll never see again. Thankfully, they were able to put out the fire and the neighborhood returned to normal.
At some point I thought about my figure collection. Hundreds of figures from LJN, Hasbro, and Mattel that I've worked hard to hunt down, display, and curate a collection that makes me happy. Figures I've had since I was a kid. I got to thinking if I could only grab three of my Mattel figures (the easiest to get to) which would I chose and why?
1. Legends Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat - My all-time favorite wrestler. The figure is simple and still easy to get, but I would still want the first one I bought.
2. Legends "Macho Man" Randy Savage - Another one of my all-time favorites. This figure takes me back to the 80's when I fell in love with wrestling. I'd save him on nostalgia alone. And I can't have Steamboat without Savage.
3. All Stars Jake "The Snake" Roberts - I'm realizing that to this day, I still love the feuds Steamboat had in the 80's. Savage and Jake were two of his best. It's not a flashy figure, but I still love it.
Those are my three. I'm realizing for me, my collection has less to do with how much money each figure is worth, but instead how much the characters and stories have meant to me.
So, which three figure would you save and why? Would you save the ones that are hardest to replace? The ones worth the most money? Or the ones that mean the most to you? Don't over think it, in case of a fire, you don't have a lot of time. What's the first three figures you grab?
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Post by Cyan on May 22, 2016 0:22:13 GMT -5
This:  Nice work. I'm still on the hunt for these. |
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Post by Cyan on May 19, 2016 15:52:43 GMT -5
I'd love those silver tag titles. Wouldn't mind if they came with an Elite British Bulldogs or Dream Team 2-pack. A Dream Team two-pack would be great. |
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Post by Cyan on May 19, 2016 13:09:25 GMT -5
I would love to get a 2 pack of elite Bulldogs with silver belts from WM2. I'm wondering if leaving a pair of gold ones from the HOF Yoko out in the sun for a while would do the trick as well.
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Post by Cyan on May 16, 2016 15:42:43 GMT -5
All the best to you! Thank you for being a great part of these forums and good for you for fighting to keep your relationship alive.
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Post by Cyan on May 13, 2016 17:02:09 GMT -5
I corrected the scale on my DiBiase, Mattel made him 6 feet instead of 6"3 What parts did you use? |
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Post by Cyan on May 12, 2016 16:52:08 GMT -5
Yes, the helmets are different. Smash's helmet is longer to accommodate his yelling head sculpt.
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Post by Cyan on May 12, 2016 12:04:49 GMT -5
Seems like the best solution for the easiest fix is to do it at the knees with BAF Cole legs. . PJ is it hard to get the pegs back in once you disassemble the knees? Any advice on how to make this go smoothly? It was a pain to switch out knees and calves on Mr. Perfect, so I'd imagine the thicker pants would be more difficult. |
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Post by Cyan on May 12, 2016 10:57:47 GMT -5
Here is IRS with the BaF lower legs and knees.  So much better! |
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Post by Cyan on May 12, 2016 0:26:11 GMT -5
I'm holding out for a new set of elites with Xavier in Iron Sheik boots and Kofi with winged gym shoes.
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Post by Cyan on May 11, 2016 23:03:44 GMT -5
PJ and Chewdeezy are right. Its IRS that is too tall. Just swap the knees & lower legs from a BAF with IRS and it will take him to the proper height. Not a great pic but its the only one I have handy. I did the swap when the figure came out.  Thank you for this. Time to dig through my spare parts and see if I have black BAF legs. |
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Post by Cyan on May 11, 2016 21:07:31 GMT -5
It is the IRS that is the issue. He is too tall. I've not done it yet, but I plan on swapping the IRS lower legs with an extra pair of the BaF black pants legs. That's a great idea. My only hang up is making them close to the size of Jimmy Hart as opposed to taller than him. But, this seems like a good compromise. |
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Post by Cyan on May 11, 2016 19:17:23 GMT -5
Picked up the HOF M$M for $10 today at Target and was disappointed to see how much shorter he is compared to IRS. In all photos of Money Inc. they seem the same height or DiBiase even being slighter taller. Both are listed at 6'3" so I was hoping they'd be the same height as figures.
So, does anyone have a quick solution to fixing this with parts from cheaper figures? I tried using Arn legs from the Horseman pack, but the Ted boots are just too wide for it to look right.
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Post by Cyan on May 5, 2016 14:49:42 GMT -5
I thought I was going to read about moldy figures.
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Post by Cyan on May 5, 2016 10:58:23 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes, wCw championship, bandanna, removable t-shirt.  This would be great. |
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Post by Cyan on May 5, 2016 10:15:15 GMT -5
Would be great if it was a Wrestlemania 3 Savage with a robe and belt.
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Post by Cyan on May 4, 2016 17:12:22 GMT -5
I can't unseen it now. You learn something new every day.
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