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Post by natureboyfauser on Apr 8, 2019 9:24:51 GMT -5
It's a WWE Mattel wrestling forum and somebody asks about the Missing Link ... and people feel the need to chime in and mock the question?
I just don't get it ...
Aren't these the rules?
"No bashing, insulting, belittling or berating fellow board members"
Why would a legit question about a former wrestler be followed up with "I never know if these threads are serious or just for fin"? Isn't that insulting or belittling?
Others on a wrestling forum don't know who he is?
I would get him and I think most people would because he has a good look, kids would like that and once it's out it seems that everyone who claims they wouldn't get it ... get it anyway which makes these figures so hard to find.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 15:01:24 GMT -5
Somebody please give me more stars so I can be more important than a Mid-Carder. My status here is so important to me. I want to be as important as Mattlefreak and HUnter s etc ... Woooooooooooo! And Whoooooooo! And woooooo wooooo whoooooo!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 14:59:24 GMT -5
It's funny! I have been on this board since 2013 and have only posted 308 times! Mattlefreak who stalks me and follows me joined here in 2018 and has posted 2,135 times! But I am the troller? Such a joke!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 14:57:15 GMT -5
mattlefreak, why do you follow me if I am so irrelevant? You really need a life. Hurry chime in other threads too.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 14:49:46 GMT -5
I would like you to delete the thread but whatever you want. If people have pent up frustration and want to take it out on me ... go for it. If people don't have a life and want to keep commenting or judging the thread ... no problem! Just saying my input was sincere ... so however the game is played play it.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 14:26:34 GMT -5
My question and thoughts were sincere! But for those of you who accuse me of "trolling" or saying "Haha" Or my ideas "suck", or "Whining" "what's the point of this?" and all of the people who score each thread or criticize it what's the point of that? What kind of time do you have on your hands? Why not let it die and go away? Why all of the negativity? I encouraged moderators to delete it if it was that bad and I apologized. But the attacks kept coming! I also gave you some insight to Vince and you still mocked it too. Whatever! If you are so accusatory of me baiting (even though that is not true) why take the bait? Some of you are not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier. 5 pages in on a nothing thread (according to you) and you negative suckers took it. In the words of The Nature Boy, "It's time to go to school." Whooooo!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 10:50:03 GMT -5
Very true Triple S! Sorry if you can't handle it.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 19, 2019 10:45:52 GMT -5
So much fun to watch all of the cyber-bullying on here. It's great! And some of the moderators not only allow it but do it too! Thank you I feel your love. For the people questioning the Vince comment I made ... I will explain my point about Vince and my passion for Legends. Bob Backlund when I was a kid, like Superstar Graham, Harley Race, Dick The Bruiser, King Kong Brody were Huge! BUT they did not make wrestling figures back then hence my desire to have them! So when there is hope the legends lovers like me roots for them and I know I am not alone here. For those who poo-poo it and say it will never happen, it is fun to watch it happen. For those to say they are shelf warmers and you can never find them it is fun for me to watch everyone scramble for excuses. What's not fun is that I can't find some of them myself and do not want to pay a king's ransom to get the King.
Insight on Vince! the night before Wrestlemania 10 I was with Burt Reynolds having dinner with Bob Backlund and Ed Cohen VP of WWF in New York and pitched to them why Bob should turn heel. Their eyes lit up! I was backstage for Wrestlemania 10 and have been many times since and the wrestlers are great! After Wrestlemania 10 They went to Vince and tried it and the gimmick went over so well Backlund became champion. Vince flew me to his headquarters and then we spent three hours at his house talking WWF and yes wrestling figures too. He told me then that he wanted Hogan to retire as the Babe Ruth of Wrestling and this was going on while Hogan was crushing him at WCW! So to Hogan's credit, he wasn't ready to retire and had he followed what Vince wanted there would have been no NWO. Vince was concerned that the endless money of Turner was an overwhelming obstacle back then to his credit he ran a more fiscally sound organization and was beyond passionate to win and he did. I think WWE is a young man's business and Vince is quick to push the old out ... I say that because he wanted Flair to retire and Flair went on to keep producing great segments for TNA. I still think he would be a great manager with the WWE. I said that because Vince was finally able to get Sting in his organization and didn't utilize him to his full capability because he wasn't a creation of Vince... I said that because he finally got Kurt angle back and it won't be long until he says goodbye to him. George Forman won the Heavyweight Championship in his 40's and that was real! I think these guys have plenty to offer still. I went on the road with Vince for 4 days and saw the interworkings and was offered a job! I felt honored and grateful. I loved wrestling but was lucky to be doing something else at the time that was a better fit for me. I was in the box in Anaheim two years later and again Vince was super kind to me. I have so much respect for him and he clearly he knows what he is doing ... I just respectfully wished he would allow more legends to be made and I truly think that is where the stumbling block is. Just my opinion!
Okay ... now start attacking me again ... Whooooooooo!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 18, 2019 21:31:51 GMT -5
Chicago, WF Mod
I did get my answer that there is nothing new. I thank you for responding. I do hope Mattel cares and sees that there are fans with concerns ... but I could see by the hostility on here why they don't come here any longer. My final desired outcome was to hope that people here would be kinder to fellow collectors who aren't on these boards daily is not going to happen so I will move on and if you want to delete this post please do. Sorry to be of inconvenience.
Also, I don't know what my intentions could possibly be other than what I stated!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 18, 2019 20:51:30 GMT -5
My desired outcome of this thread is to see if there has been any more information on these topics - and I take it based on these responses there has not been. My other desired outcome is to see if others shared my opinion. If so I wonder if that helps Mattel understand their collector base more?? My final desired outcome was to hope that people here would be kinder to fellow collectors who aren't on these boards daily. Thank you
And as I posted this I learned that my final desired outcome for this thread will never happen because we have too many people like HelloI'mAlias just belittling a fellow collector for their opinion and actions. From a moderator's standpoint, I respectfully wonder how that is okay?? Sorry I chimed in. My bad!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 18, 2019 20:37:37 GMT -5
PJ WF Moderator,
What I meant was some of the naysayers on this board said they would NEVER make Bob Backlund because he was too boring and many of the legends and would give excuses why Mattel would never make these figures. Now we can't find them anywhere. Just wanted to clarify and again thanks for doing this.
The other vent is that some of us work for a living and don't have time to read every thread to score what is a duplication or not ... if you find this post redundant do yourself a favor and don't respond and let it fall quick! Why grade the post? Why lecture? Why be so negative!
Finally, I do like Vince! I have had dinner at his house! I admire his work ethic, his brand etc ... I just wish he would not disregard the past so easily! Some of us have kids that we would like to share our past with. Neat way to bond! I thought that was what the WWE Network was for to relive the past. Just sayin' use the videos and toys to enhance the memory!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Mar 18, 2019 20:09:28 GMT -5
After collecting all of the LJN, All of the Hasbro and Galoob and most of the Jakks - Mattel in my mind is the very best! Scale, articulation, look! They are Great! It's neat to be on a board with fellow collectors ... and I thank those who run this ... but to hear the negativity over the years about Legends - somewhat even the emphatic stalkers who claim to talk for Mattel and Bill is exhausting. They say "they will NEVER make Bob Backlund because he's too boring." "Nobody cares about the old guys" and then Harley Race comes out and Sensational Sherri and you can't find them anywhere. The negative nellies are eating big time crow! For an avid collector like me, that is very disappointing to not be able to get these figures for a decent price. Then we beat up Bill so bad he doesn't want to come back to these boards so we have no real answers on if there will be a new release of these hard to find figures. Why a major company like Walmart would get exclusives and not use their Universal reach via their website to give everyone who wants an exclusive Walmart figure the ability to get it defies all logic. Oh well ...
I'm telling you my friends ... I am slowing down my purchases big time of this product because of this. Again, I love Mattel, the scale, the articulation, the outfits etc ... love the legends but this is truly burning me out and I had to vent with my fellow collectors. I hope something gets solved.
One final thought .. I know Vince M has a Hall of Fame but is quick to dismiss legends. Meaning you become 45 and he wants you to retire. Out of sight out of mind ... but those old guys that built the company ... I want those figures and I wonder how much of this is Vince not allowing Bill and Mattel to make more?
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Post by natureboyfauser on Feb 25, 2019 12:31:07 GMT -5
Vince was very cool! I'm a BobbY heenan guy it wasn't me. We saw her the next day at Wrestlemania ... she was fun! Her and Freddy Blasse were enjoyably crazy!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Feb 24, 2019 11:24:41 GMT -5
You are all awesome! One chapter is devoted to wrestling and WrestleMania! The inside stuff to me is cool which is why I thought I would share with you! The fact that history was made based on a pitch I gave them and Vince then flew me out to have dinner at his house for three hours was beyond cool for my fellow wrestling friends! I went on the road with them for 4 days and then to a later Wrestlemania in Anaheim. Burt really loved Piper! Burt was a fan of Flair's and so many others. I met Hulk Hogan on the Set of Evening Shade - great guy! Lots of pics!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Feb 23, 2019 17:44:51 GMT -5
Thanks Jason! Burt loved the wrestlers and they loved him! Many of them later did the longest yard with him. Growing up I was a huge wrestling fan so getting to go our with the former VP and a former WWF Champion and pitching them something that happened and made history ... then being backstage for Wrestlemania 10 - then Vince flying me in and spending three hours he and Linda at their house was surreal! Wrestling fans I think would truly enjoy it!
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Post by natureboyfauser on Feb 23, 2019 16:42:33 GMT -5
I really appreciate it! Thank you. I used to know what WWf Hasbro figures were coming out prior to before they had these cool forums.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Feb 23, 2019 16:03:24 GMT -5
For all of the hardcore wrestling fans - I went to Wrestlemania 10 with Burt Reynolds ... helped create an angle that turned into a WWE Champion and Vince flew me out to have dinner at his house and then on the road with him for a journey I talk about in this new book I wrote about my former teacher, mentor, boss and friend! If you love Wrestling or Burt Reynolds you will love this! Lots of pics too! www.amazon.com/Because-Burt-Mark-Fauser/dp/0999212532
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Post by natureboyfauser on Jan 18, 2019 21:05:26 GMT -5
I buy online but when you can't even get them there without paying a fortune something is terribly wrong. Mattel made a great Harley Race figure that was impossible to get online from Walmart. If I were them I would make Walmart exclusives available online and let supply and demand dictate how many they want and do that all day long. Same with Target ... but neither does it which adds to all of our frustration.
I think Vince has always been more about the now and not as much about the past which I question with his network and the fact as people get older the parents and kids can both talk about the past and present ... so I think we have a multitude of problems going against the legends which are incredibly frustrating to me and I hope Mattel comes up with a plan before too many people throw in the towel.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Dec 26, 2018 14:10:13 GMT -5
I think any time you have a NEW offering of a 1st time in the line figure it should not be short packed. Plus you have a well known former World Champion in Harley Race and it just makes no sense. I hope they reissue him as the King as well as former Champion. This is simply not right and damaging to their future with avid collectors like me.
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Post by natureboyfauser on Dec 17, 2018 20:03:44 GMT -5
Thank you all very much!
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