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Post by warriorheart on Feb 1, 2017 16:54:24 GMT -5
I passed. I explained this in another thread, but I'm just not as nostalgic as others for these. The originals came out when I was a senior in high school and collecting toys wasn't something I was doing back then.
I also wouldn't even display them as I hate mixing and matching different brand wrestling figs. I just don't like the way it looks.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 28, 2017 19:20:11 GMT -5
Every Kmart I've ever been in makes me feel like I went back to 1986. Too bad they don't still have the cafeteria. I thought that was awesome as a kid.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 28, 2017 19:16:35 GMT -5
I don't really have any nostalgia for Hasbros as I was a senior in high school when those came out.
Jakks never really appealed to me for the most part. Never really considered collecting them.
That leaves us with Mattel. The first Mattel figs I saw in an ad were the Legends Black Shoulder pads Road Warriors. They looked awesome as that was my favorite look of theirs. That's when I decided to start collecting the guys I was a big fan of. Really dig the detail on the Elites. So for me Mattel pretty easily.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 27, 2017 18:11:55 GMT -5
Walmart in Bridgeview has Earthquake and Typhoon for anybody that wants them. Just left there 5 minutes ago. Sure they won't last long.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 26, 2017 18:35:01 GMT -5
The pics look straight to me. I'm on a phone though, so maybe that makes a difference.
This really makes me want amother Lex to make a head swap.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 26, 2017 9:38:58 GMT -5
Of course first and foremost more Surfer Sting figures. Steiner Brothers in WrestleMania IX attires. British Bulldogs in WrestleMania 2 or III attires. Hollywood Hogan (the unreleased figure) Greg "the Hammer" Valentine in all black with his black robe. Magnificent Muraco heel in either all black or in blue trunks. Pedro Morales in his orange and red trunks with entrance jacket. "Superstar" Billy Graham long blonde hair in his purple tye-dyed tights. Jesse "the Body" Ventura in pink flower print tights. David Von Erich in green trunks with his Texas rose jacket. Bob Backlund young WWWF Champion in either blue or green trunks. Whoops! I forgot a couple... Nikita Koloff in either red or black singlet. Great Muta I pretty much echo this with a few exceptions. I don't need Pedro, DVE or Backlund. I would replace one of those with the Missing Link. That would make for a great figure. A few more that I forgot that I would love to see would be Tony Atlas, Ken Patera (blonde hair) and Butch Reed. At least Atlas is in the HOF, so I guess it might be possible.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 25, 2017 13:56:59 GMT -5
Of course first and foremost more Surfer Sting figures. Steiner Brothers in WrestleMania IX attires. British Bulldogs in WrestleMania 2 or III attires. Hollywood Hogan (the unreleased figure) Greg "the Hammer" Valentine in all black with his black robe. Magnificent Muraco heel in either all black or in blue trunks. Pedro Morales in his orange and red trunks with entrance jacket. "Superstar" Billy Graham long blonde hair in his purple tye-dyed tights. Jesse "the Body" Ventura in pink flower print tights. David Von Erich in green trunks with his Texas rose jacket. Bob Backlund young WWWF Champion in either blue or green trunks. Whoops! I forgot a couple... Nikita Koloff in either red or black singlet. Great Muta I pretty much echo this with a few exceptions. I don't need Pedro, DVE or Backlund. I would replace one of those with the Missing Link. That would make for a great figure.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 25, 2017 13:53:51 GMT -5
The WM 8 Warrior seems perfect to me. Hopefully the QC has improved.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 24, 2017 22:19:49 GMT -5
Target Crestwood had the Warrior/Shango pack. I bought 1 and they still had a few left. They also had the Wild Samoans pack, Mutant Brock, Mutant Sting, Ultimate Maniacs Randy Savage, Big E and Tugboat for anybody interested.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 21, 2017 12:20:49 GMT -5
Nice collection Vamp55. Show us more pics when you get a chance. I'd love to see them.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 18, 2017 21:55:23 GMT -5
NWO Macho Man and Biker Undertaker.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 17, 2017 15:33:38 GMT -5
Ultimate Warrior - Green trunks- really surprised they even made this a basic as it's such an iconic look. The basic is way too tall as well.
Sting - Green version for him. I would presume proper height hopefully as has been stated many time his legs are way too short on the basic and look almost Dean Malenko like.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 15, 2017 11:39:50 GMT -5
I preferred the SST (Samoan Swat Team) team name. The figs would be the same though. I wouldn't mind them making them.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 12, 2017 19:46:15 GMT -5
Sting and you missed Warrior from your poll. I think we're well on our way with Warrior and Savage to getting pretty spectacular collections, these guys are lagging behind. I'm so happy with the depths of my Warrior & Savage collections at the moment, I hope these guys can catch up to the same level. If we can get Rude and Surfer Sting up to their quantity level I'll be a happy guy.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 12, 2017 14:59:07 GMT -5
I always liked him going back to his Stampede days. He seemed to take to wrestling very quickly where many take years and years. He just had it.
The problem is he was bogged down by a really bad gimmick in the Blue Blaze when he came to the WWF. Guys his size were just not pushed at that time unless they were in a tag team. That really where he should of went right away. With the right partner (not Koko or Anvil). I think he would of had a nice run.
His feud with Bret was really good, but that was a terrible time business wise. No fault to him. After that he just seemed to be a mid card act and I think he personally was fine with that.
He's fondly remembered because from all the stories he seemed to be a good guy that left us too soon. Could he have had a better in ring career? Sure, but for the most part was never booked well enough.
As far as a fig of him. That most likely will not happen. If it does it honestly would be high on my list anyway. He was a favorite. Just not a guy I would start collecting.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 11, 2017 22:59:41 GMT -5
Looks okay. I honestly don't need anymore Crow Stings at this point. Just seems like they have made too many. I prefer the Surfer persona.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 11, 2017 22:51:45 GMT -5
Wrong board... but you probably won't find a legit one and if you did it would cost a lot more than $130 ($500+). Good news is someone has made a cast & sells them unpainted for a reasonable price ($50 I believe). I have Ricky, PN, Freebirds, Robe Flair, Studd & Robe Freebirds casts. Since u have them & should know, how do I get in touch with the person who sells them unpainted? Also, I'm not seeing a board for Galoob prototypes so which one am I supposed to use to talk about this? I was under the impression u could just talk about wrestling figures in general on a wrestling figure website. There's a section called "Other Brands" where you can talk about Remco, LJN, Hasbro and even Galoob. Probably have better luck in that forum. Also I'm pretty sure people were just kidding around with you. It's pretty common. After all most of us are adults discussing toys. Jokes are going to come in play.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 10, 2017 18:20:28 GMT -5
I have the E22 (23?) Taker and have never even considered taking the coat off. A monumentous pain in the @$$ that would be. I have that Elite 23 and it was a pain to get that jacket off. I don't plan on ever putting it back. I have a Legends on the way because I saw one at the store the other day and noticed they corrected the purple on this one. Now hearing about this loose waist stuff I'll have to take feet and hands off and put them on the old Elite one.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 8, 2017 22:14:37 GMT -5
I compared the Bash Sting and the BAB Sting for height and head size when I got it home the other day. After fixing the neck of the BAB Sting I got his eye level the same as the Bash Sting which is what I wanted. What I couldn't fix was how robust and huge the BAB Sting head is compared to the Bash Sting. The face and roundness is way bigger. On the bright side the scan is pretty amazing. Maybe they just couldn't get the likeness without enlarging it.
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Post by warriorheart on Jan 7, 2017 11:21:31 GMT -5
Really liking that Warrior the more and more I see it. I was original going to pass, but I don't think I can. After finding the BAB 3 pack and the TNF Savage the last few days this is the last one on my checklist for a bit.
Nice Warrior set up as well 👍.
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