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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 15:04:18 GMT -5
Rhyno is probably "cancelled" due to them moving him from Flashback to just a regular current figure, because he's back full time with Smackdown. He will probably just get current Basic and Elite releases later on down the road. . I thought he was done? Got the republican nomination for Michigan. Yeah I thought that's why they lost the tag titles cuz he was done..?
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 15:03:05 GMT -5
Stinks about Warlord and Koko before him. I really want Mattel versions of the early Hasbro guys. I'm not as concerned for new generation guys they made like Smoking Guns. Late 80s early 90s WWF are my main wants. Warlord/Barbarian/Haku/Koko. I want a WCW Ron Simmons also and a pre WWF Luger. We've gotten 3 Luger's and 2 Simmons but none are my primary want. Made Luger simple enough with extra Narcissist. Yeah I wish that lawsuit had waited 2 yrs for the licence to be done lol The names on that list alone or worth cryin about I love my collection but when it's all said and done in 2019, to have a shockmaster in my collection but no Koko or Warlord, etc...that stinks.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 14:54:33 GMT -5
I would buy the godwins but I don't know how anyone would be a fan of the new generation...lol
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 12:51:17 GMT -5
I've seen a lot of people in this thread basically discrediting Owen's career because he broke Austin's neck. 1) I've heard Austin say his neck wasn't really broken. It was a bad stinger and he was taken out of the ring for precautionary reasons. 2) Austin's neck injury wasn't caused by Owen being reckless or untalented. It was a fluke accident. When they got in position for the move, Austin was too low on Owen's body. Due to the positioning it was hard to see. They basically misjudged the height they needed while they were in the ring and Austin started the move like an inch too far down. No. It was Owen's fault. Bret has said many times tha own didn't take wrestling seriously. That's almost the same as breaking the cardinal rule of wrestling - protect your opponent. Owen was kinda immature in a way. It WAS an accident but it WAS ALSO Owen's 'fault' (misjudging something is just the same - or would you rather blame the mat for being too close when brock did his idiotic moonsault. Maybe it was the turnbuckle's fault?) This ed austin up huge - i don't what nonsense you're talking about but Austin STILL to this day even after Owen has been DEAD for so long - that POS scumbag Ausin STILL holds a grudge against him. Most likely because Austin's big run was like 3 yrs people. LMFAO. 3 Years? No wonder no cares about him anymore. Yeah his knees were crap but when you look at the big picture ALL of his injuries forced him out of a one of a kind Mega Star run WAY too early. and just for the record - the best match we ever could have seen never got to happen. Wrestlemania WWE Champion Kurt Angle defending against both hart brothers. Make no mistake Owen was better than Bret. Their individual maturity towards the business is what made them different. No one says a bad word about him because he's dead but not every one in wrestling thinks as kindly towards Owen as you think. He wasn't a dick or douche or backstabber but his pranks/ribs were not very well liked as his lack of seriousness about the business was a HUGE strike against him (something I'm sure trips used against him behind the scenes...).
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 5:56:19 GMT -5
The figure is actually quite nice and captures his look during his WWE debut pretty well. I don't hate it but I'm just not going to get it I'm going to wait for another better figure I'm just not a big fan of the beard it just looks really bad on him I don't know why it looks like he has dentures and then a beard first fig looked better.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 5:51:30 GMT -5
dumbest thread ever.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 13, 2017 3:46:24 GMT -5
All the same, none stand up.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 12, 2017 0:30:45 GMT -5
Added all the new figs and moved other around. Where are those yellow trunks that Andre is wearing from? I painted them, he wore them on saturday night's main event I think. He had all red as well (with the short hair). I think the yellow might be when he teamed with jyd to fight Funk and ? and the red from when he and hogan fought bundy & studd, I think.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 12, 2017 0:15:12 GMT -5
He came back from surgery (can't remember if he ditched the wolfpac before he left or after. I can't remember) and was ROIDED like Don Muraco. Those are the only two guys whom I've ever seen come back looking LIKE THAT. It was like seeing Roddy Piper in They Live for the first time. He is RIPPED in that flick. It looks like Roddy Piper's head on someone else's body. Macho at this time was basically the reverse of 1993 Hogan lol He was never the same though. You could just tell he was so roided that it messed with his head. Macho is almost lunatic scary during this phase. Being around him must have been crazy. He ruined his reputation in a way (in the sense that he was really stiff now) and this next phase ended his career. He put too much stress on his already banged up body and the crash and burn of wcw sealed the deal as far as his career went. An older Macho Man kicking ass would have been great for one last run and match but that TNA moment was all we got. He didn't even wrestle and he got scared enough to back out. I can only assume when he climbed the turnbuckles he was in pain and just said f it, couldn't perform at the level needed. He could have come back before the tna thing but his price was to high for wwe. No stupid Stephanie rumor GARBAGE. Vince and Macho had some heat but Vinny is a businessman. The heat was from Randy Slapping Vince in the face in front of everyone not cuz he slept with young Steph lol. Then the tna crap out and then the hof came calling and he vito'd it because he wanted to whole family to go in. At least we got the figure commercial and some great figs to remember him by. Totally agree. He was the one wrestler I kept waiting for a comeback or at least a final match and it never came. He didnt even get that title match with Jarrett. I heard he wanted to win the belt but TNA didnt want that to happen so he backed out. Who really knows. Had he lived I feel like he would have come back sooner or later for appearances like Bret and Hogan. Sucks that never happened. Always will be my all time favorite wrestler Randy is by far the best seller of all time. Perfect gets the best bumps but Randy's face can't be beat. That natural wince morphs into any expression so effortlessly. From when his ankle's been mashed up and he finishes the match with one boot on to him being bitten by the snake - all the same expression. That's how real macho kept it lol
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 23:50:52 GMT -5
With this and a few other more attire-accurate figures I have bought over time, I may need to update my WrestleMania 31 match setup ... I've never seen anyone give some praise to this older Billy Gunn scan. I f'n love it and think it looks so good. I love the way they captured his long, thinning hair look. BG is great.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 23:13:11 GMT -5
U people take every opportunity to be dicks for no apparent reason. Why so much hate?? Cocksuckers. It's so true, so many people think they're comedians on here but they're just dicks LOL
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 23:10:15 GMT -5
Anyone remember Learning The Ropes? That might not be right but it's the show with Lyle Azado in the late 80's I think. It has all kinds of nwa cameous...amd I saw Ludvig Borga of the New WKRP last month lol
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 23:04:45 GMT -5
Love this figure!!!! Wish his arms were a little bigger though. I was thinking this as well. His arms were huge when he came back with this look in '99. He came back from surgery (can't remember if he ditched the wolfpac before he left or after. I can't remember) and was ROIDED like Don Muraco. Those are the only two guys whom I've ever seen come back looking LIKE THAT. It was like seeing Roddy Piper in They Live for the first time. He is RIPPED in that flick. It looks like Roddy Piper's head on someone else's body. Macho at this time was basically the reverse of 1993 Hogan lol He was never the same though. You could just tell he was so roided that it messed with his head. Macho is almost lunatic scary during this phase. Being around him must have been crazy. He ruined his reputation in a way (in the sense that he was really stiff now) and this next phase ended his career. He put too much stress on his already banged up body and the crash and burn of wcw sealed the deal as far as his career went. An older Macho Man kicking ass would have been great for one last run and match but that TNA moment was all we got. He didn't even wrestle and he got scared enough to back out. I can only assume when he climbed the turnbuckles he was in pain and just said f it, couldn't perform at the level needed. He could have come back before the tna thing but his price was to high for wwe. No stupid Stephanie rumor GARBAGE. Vince and Macho had some heat but Vinny is a businessman. The heat was from Randy Slapping Vince in the face in front of everyone not cuz he slept with young Steph lol. Then the tna crap out and then the hof came calling and he vito'd it because he wanted to whole family to go in. At least we got the figure commercial and some great figs to remember him by.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 22:49:16 GMT -5
Real shame about the shirt. I don't know why they insist on using a shirt mold that seems to be too baggy for most of their torsos. Might have been cool if MDT did the same kind of paint effect for Macho's shirt that they did for Stephanie's Elite with the see through parts. Macho always wore this sleeveless shirt in his matches right? So it's stupid to me then that it's removeable, shouldve just painted it. Then we'd be stuck with some chipping skin tone on the exposed skin shoulder sides or something. Probably better they didn't try to innovate. Love this figure!!!! Wish his arms were a little bigger though. I think I agree with you. I hate these flat two dimensional arms. MDT needs to do pretty much all arms like Brock's arms just scaled down a little. One thing all pro wrestlers have by and large are large arms that aren't necessarily insanely vascular. I HAAATE this triple h arm Seriously? Why not just paint it on? Mattel's arms suck. Flat and wide...they look awful most of the time imo
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 22:47:37 GMT -5
Sweet setup I'm especially jealous of the all stars jake the snake. I wish they would just rerelease that instead of the HOF jake they are releasing soon Obviously I'd rather the white we're getting but if I had to make the call I would have just re-released his green tights. THIS IS how Jake looks. Period. Everyone should have had THIS fig first and then the heel as an "oh cool, they made the bad guy one" kinda thing. I saw two on ebay for 50$ each...LOOSE and no bag, yikes.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 22:43:26 GMT -5
Very good collection! Do the glass cases keep the dust away? 50% yes, as is. Figures on a regular shelf are covered with dust in 3 months. With the cabinet you might have to dust twice a year maybe. I've never dusted yet, but I bought the thin weatherstripping and ran it up the side on the inside. No dust.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 22:40:58 GMT -5
I visit this board for two main reasons: to get news and to see how people set up their collections so I can steal ideas. I love how you put the period-specific logos behind the shelves. I'm still thinking how I want to sort them out, and this might be the logical way to go. Do you have your own figure fed? Mine's just from wm 1-30 (basically). The logos have to be redone but I liked how they came out, thank you.The only thing about that was I did all the cubes and then my collection grew and now the decals don't line up right. But now I have a good guess where to put them. What's a figure fed?
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 19:36:28 GMT -5
Still sitting on the fence on whether or not I should have picked up a second Harlem Heat after receiving my order from ringside yesterday... I walk into Target before work today they had just finished their reset last night so I couldn't find the toys right away... but when I did they had the Hof 2 packs 2 tug boats and Stevie Ray.. well thinking to myself I do want to complete my tag team collection so I guess I'll buy him and look for Booker T the next time I see them... I go up to the counter and he doesn't scan three times...they finally look up a price and charge me 5.48 I had told them it was usually 21 bucks because I'm an honest person... and the ladies like oh okay and she calls the associate back luckily the associate didn't hear her and returns with a price of 5.48... I'm basically at this point obligated to get him because he's so cheap.... but yesterday I stopped at a couple targets and they were resetting all their stuff too so now it makes me really want to not even go into work and just scour the targets for toys I'm juts sayin - in this case, you didn't need to be 'honest'. That's a computer mistake, let them figure it out. They charged you 5 bucks? Cool. Pay and be on your way lol
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 18:52:55 GMT -5
im just not a fan of that head. it looks like Mr. Sinister otherwise its a cool figure, definitely will get it hahahaha it does like mr sinister lol I find it looks good in person, but you gotta get real close
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 11, 2017 18:50:54 GMT -5
Looks awesome MOC, really really nice. Not sure If I have need for it though... I'll prob get it if I see it just cuz I hate the red shirt on e39.
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