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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 18:33:16 GMT -5
Not something I would want. Hell even with the retro figures I wouldn't want Hasbro styled cards, because they aren't Hasbro. Mattel needs to be their own style/design. Even with the retro figures while they are scaled about the same as Hasbro's and have similar action features I wouldn't display them together because the Mattel head sculpt are much more realistic than Hasbro's cartoonish heads. I don't get the hate on the hasbros. They're beautiful compared to the ljns. I'll never forget the first time I saw the commercial - at the beginning of the wrestlemania 5 tape. Blew my mind, had to have them. Didn't find them till 4 months later in the us... but I loved these figs, They actually DID something. They look great. The cartoony heads all the look better than the ljns so still I don't see the argument. Amazing colors on then - I loved to draw as a kid and I think my total bias comes from the fact that I loved the over stylized (in a cartooony sense) look of them. I loved drawing the clear figs on the back. I just love the look of those guys. The attitude era toys were ugly f'n garbage and jakks were crap too. LJN, Hasbro and Mattel - all I respect in terms of wwf figures. The hasbros also kinda reminded me of the cartoon. Had we not had the rubber guys (based on the toys with cartoons model of the 80's) i think the rnr toys would have looked similar to these. To each his own right but I don't get how some of you guys can't see the beauty in these figs so different. There's none like them. Just like the ljn's - a unique set of toys for a unique product. Super Powers had Secret Wars, Transformers had Gobots, He-Man had Thundercats ad Gi joe had every other action figure, etc LOL but the wrestlers had no counterpart. I was getting out of toys around now I think anyways...these were the last. I remember Defender of the Earth toys, batman movie toys, turtles and these guys being the bigger toys of the time and again the wrestlers were different. I think it's a beautiful line of figures and much nicer to look at than the ljns at least.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 18:18:41 GMT -5
This is pure garbage and poor aesthetic design for Mattel to consider They already had the Retro Figures at Walmart why bother redoing it on a bigger scale figure? Packagin wise - this is poor Drew this up before and added a mock Shawn Michaels figure for size purposes, how would you feel about your mattel figures coming on these cards? Pure garbage? Do something better d-bag. I like it alot. It suits the figure perfectly. What an ahole thing to say - nothing constructive at all, just hate. I got news for some of y'all this is how the original figure looked so how is it 'pure garbage'? these haters, dude. This is cool. Can you make an ljn style one for say macho king or warrior, etc. I like this PURE GARBAGE alot. I'd consider buying backings and bubbles and do it myself...if there was an ljn one too I;d REALLY consider buying some...
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 18:10:18 GMT -5
Drew this up before and added a mock Shawn Michaels figure for size purposes, how would you feel about your mattel figures coming on these cards? Brilliant. I LOVE it. If they came like this I'd have kept them all moc. How cool would these be as do it yourselves? This backing plus a bubble with a peel off sticky side - bang! - your own moc hasbro mattel. I'd like to see more. I always wished mattel would have taken that inside cardoard panel in the boxes and gave them a backgound like the ljn or hasbros (which ever period the flashback was biggest in).
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 16:56:51 GMT -5
So after moving a few of my figures around earlier, I finally realised why my E12 Kane figure was always leaning to one side. I bought E12 Kane at retail when it came out, so it must be about 5 years ago and since then it has annoyed the hell out of me that even on a figure stand it was leaning. Just realised today one of the boots is wrong, he has one tall thick boot and one slightly shorter and thinner. It looks like Kane has polio I cant believe I never noticed this before So now I need to swap the boot out, what figures use the tall thick boot mould, is it just Kane/Undertaker/Big Show perhaps? Looking for the cheapest figure to pick up just for 1 boot LMFAO now we know the true reason kane is so mentally scarred...his club foot.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 16:53:25 GMT -5
hopefully he shakes up some of the lame static automatic parts decisions MDT keeps making: -open left hand with all shark fin triple h arms -delete the shark fin triple h arm entirely -painted skin tone -lots of other annoying things I think the hands situation needs to really addressed. The hands on these figs suck. It's like no on thinks about the character. Like Jericho with the jacket? Why does he have one open hand? You can't take off the jacket so he's stuck in his 'pose' that is done with two CLOSED hands. Why doesn't big show have a fist? YET!? Why didn't hogan have a fist so he could do his 'pose' properly, ect etc... Some guys are just fighters - give them fists. I get one hand to hold a chair etc but some guys should have specific hands. I'd like to see a little more attention. The new Andre has new hands. Cool maybe bigshow should have big hands now? How did the snuka figure be such a disaster and the cherry on top is no 'i love u' hands... It's like rock and austin have literally always come with each other's kneepads. Always. Never been fixed. Why? A little more attention to detail would be nice. Matty does great work but there's these little dumbfounding sloppiness here and there.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 23, 2017 16:40:36 GMT -5
This is like if someone said to me the fry cook from wendy's is headed to mcdonald's lol
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 18, 2017 15:27:59 GMT -5
Gooker FTW - just from this thread alone, more people would buy him than not. You all aren't thinking like kids - Adam Rose and Bunny re-stocked at my walmart amonth or two before x-mas and they're all gone now. Ryback and Jinder are still there by Bunny's all gone. Same with gooker. Kids might just want him cuz he'sa giant turkey (no pun intended). I'd buy it too. Plus you can 'try' amd forget it all you want but the Undertaker debuted at this ppv so it's never going to go away. The Goobledeygooker's Legacy is tied to Taker's.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 17:22:38 GMT -5
MATTEL! Please don't "Hollywood Hogan" this and wait in case he says some dumb crap, CRANK THESE OUT! This should be Mattel's MANTRA LOL!
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 17:21:59 GMT -5
Not attires, but hair. He needs hair. The Kurt I know and loved/hated had a buzz cut. Me too. HAIR FTW
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 16:42:04 GMT -5
So already it's 58 - 7 IN FAVOR of the accessories pack. Haters fall on death ears. There you go Mattel - it's not everyone but those who care have spoken.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 15:33:50 GMT -5
Well, Mach is dead. He's one of the 3 big faces from the 80's, and he also was on bad terms for 15 years. So I'd imagine that before Vince put him in he went to Mach's estate and got some sort of permanent deal, because he does not want to lose the money that comes with Savage again. I'd imagine he did to same with Warrior before he died or with Dana after he died or he plans to do so when the current deal expires I don't think there's a lawyer alive who would advise Macho or Warrior to sign their rights away permanently. I'm sure they have to renew them every X number of years. Exactly. That just doesn't happen. How do people NOT know this? LMFAO Like how do you not know how deals works. Jesus how times have music rights been sold or movie rights...and then people get them back years later etc etc... Some of y'all just have no clue.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 4:37:48 GMT -5
yeah my new doesnt either.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 3:21:09 GMT -5
Macho's deal is taken care of. Pretty sure they cleared it up forever before they put him in the Hall of Fame like, 'foreva' eva?
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 3:20:06 GMT -5
Macho's deal is taken care of. Pretty sure they cleared it up forever before they put him in the Hall of Fame Isn't it his wife who's in control of his estate? I thought everything is basically her decision (that must piss Lann y off but what can you do lol)? You know with this figs I mentioned I think after those three I'm good. Although I really really like the red, white & blue outfit.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 0:46:45 GMT -5
If Macho has a deal which obviously he does, if it ran out (which all deals do at some point) just resign it again. well at this time the line is only till 2019 the have other they gotta goin too...we don;t know if it is coming up. Tugboat could very well be one too.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 16, 2017 0:45:31 GMT -5
Why make a pack when it makes more sense for them to package the accessories with a fig that will entice more people to buy and they move more product? Doesn't seem to make financial sense for the company.. cuz every fig would like 50$+
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 15, 2017 23:38:34 GMT -5
Macho's deal is running out? I would buy anything Macho;) That's just a guess cuz we've gotten maniacs mach, wcw mach, that basic glasses pack thing macho in nwo colors, WM III dm macho and tnf macho really close together. It just seems to me like they're rushing - same with Warrior. Like maybe they've waited a long time to reuse bossman so that's why we had figs so close. The next batch of legends is solid but maybe just maybe time's runnin out on those guys - like lawler? Who know's but yeah that was just speculation on my part, sorry.
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 15, 2017 23:31:51 GMT -5
No it's the later Piper. I don't think roddy's hair is actually as long as it looks in this pic. He was growing his hair out for They Live already and it is quite longer but not as 'girly' long as it was in his come back. It COULD be used for a wm 5 roddy...but not 3 (again I THINK only because 87 and 92 are just different in general and the figure has really long hair. 92 ftw baybay... The fig looks just like this. Parted on the top, halfway over the ears, and sticking out from the back of his neck. Add to it that it is practically the same facial expression, and that Bill said it was coming with a Hot Rod shirt. I would bet this WM3 pic is exactly what the fig is based on. Piper didn't wear Hot Rod shirts in 92, and why would a 92 Piper be on a poll for a DM if it was already coming out in HOF? Cuz they mish mash stuff all the time. It's a classic Roddy regardless. I'm not arguing with you over a toy roddy lol It looks to me exactly like his hasbro figure. Just like the new sgt slaughter basic looks like his hasbro figure. Works either way and for any roddy's after. I'm not a fan of this face though. Sometimes the expression is perfect but sometimes it seems silly. Like why is he screaming?
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 15, 2017 23:00:27 GMT -5
So Zues and I were discussing the accessories pack idea and this is what I'm thinking, but I'm wondering if it's possible. I wonder what out of this list they could afford to make. Hopefully Bill might stumble here and answer this question. I'd assume the rubber (or plastic) ones are easier than cloth? If Macho's deal is running out then maybe go ALL OUT and give us an accessories pack. They're missing out on the 'doll' market for boys lol This would be awesome. I also think (with this kind of a pack and a couple more Macho's) that if you owned all the machos you'd have a really great display. A start to finish display of the entire WWE+ career of Randy Macho Man Savage. I think a BIG, no HUGE round of applause is due to Matty. They really only 'need' a macho from his WM match against crush, a Mega Powers macho & a Wolfpac Macho - and there you go. Ok to the pack - so what Bill can be done out these choices. A robe and head band for the Legends Series 5 Macho Man the bathrobe and headband he wore after wm 5 (or another robe and headband from wm 5 for the basic) rubber shirt for HOF rubber shirt and post match head for 1st DM cloth jacket (or rubber) jacket and hat & normal head w/ glasses for WM 8 rubber shirt for WCW fingerless gloves for RSC nwo cloth 'christian like' shirt for TNF I think that's it. What would you like to see. Man if HOGAN was still here a pack like this would be great (extra shirts, bandannas, kneepads etc...). You guys think there's money in or not? Discuss...
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Post by rustyjohnson on Jan 15, 2017 22:33:21 GMT -5
Looks like a 91-92 era head to me. Seems like the look from his Hasbro promo photo. Differing opinions. I think it looks like his entrance at WM3. No it's the later Piper. I don't think roddy's hair is actually as long as it looks in this pic. He was growing his hair out for They Live already and it is quite longer but not as 'girly' long as it was in his come back. It COULD be used for a wm 5 roddy...but not 3 (again I THINK only because 87 and 92 are just different in general and the figure has really long hair. 92 ftw baybay...
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