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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 19:35:13 GMT -5
Who knew that all it took to beat the Fiend was a suplex after 3 minutes. If only Rollins and Bryan tried that. A dangerous suplex at that. I'm about to go on Twitter to see if Riddle is making fun of Goldberg.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 19:32:58 GMT -5
More casual fans know Goldberg. I'm not picking at you specifically, but this right here is entirely the wrong mindset, and it's been causing issues for a while now. Eventually, we have to stop giving a hug who the casual fans "know". If you constantly rely on the white knights of yesteryear to ride in and save the day nobody will ever get elevated. There will come a day soon when all the old guard is gone and you don't have a choice anymore. Hogan is 66 Austin is 55 Goldberg is 53 Taker is 54 HBK is 54 Flair is 71 Triple H is 50 Rock is 47 Sting is 60 Foley is 54 Not to be morbid, but these guys are closer to the end than the beginning. We didn't think Warrior would just be gone like he was one day either. You can bring these guys out for a cheap pop at a big event, have them hand out a belt, ref a match, do commentary, kiss a baby, smack an ass, whatever. But the time is over when these guys should be holding the top belts in the company. This is a great point. Warrior died at 54. I'm a 80s and 90s fan but they need to stop bringing back these old geezers. Why don't they try build up some young talent with consistent booking? WWE has a flavor of the month formula now. AJ Styles one week, Ricochet the next, Kofi Kingston one week, Seth Rollins the next. I find it ridiculous that they have a guy like Kofi in a Koko B Ware role, elevate him to champ, then drop him to Koko role again. That just didn't happen in the 80s and 90s. Imagine if they had DiBiase or Savage jobbing to people, made them champ, then start jobbing again. No consistency in booking. WWE needs clear tiers without flip-flopping around.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 17:40:05 GMT -5
Its happening!! WrestleMania 36 Undisputed WWE Universal / World Championship Title Unification Main Event Match WWE World Champion, Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Universal Champion, Goldberg Stone Cold as the ref?
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 17:37:41 GMT -5
That jackhammer is garbage. So is Goldberg. The WWE is an absolutely brutal watch these days.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 14:05:56 GMT -5
Wasn’t there talk about a new Elizabeth figure? Maybe it could be that but if it’s something that hasn’t been revealed yet I would love to see a Brother Love. I think Elizabeth is a SummerSlam elite
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 27, 2020 13:40:53 GMT -5
I don't really watch wrestling like I used to but this company - especially with the track record of Jeremy I have faith Legends will be in play! I love Mattel's scale size and it seems like Jazwares is every bit as passionate. The good thing about working with WWE is they have tremendous resources to get most what they like ... but I think they can be very dismissive of their past and difficult to work with too. They love to retire wrestlers before they are done and give them some love once a year during the Hall of Fame but even then they don't have figures. I truly think Jeremy's clear passion to get Legends - find them - sign them ... without as many restraints ... will take place. So for example the WWE inducts the Rock and Roll express into the Hall of Fame ... but no figures. I feel Jeremy will get them. The Steiners are probably the most wanted figures but the war with WWE is too great and I think Jeremy could pull it off. And what kind of publicity and buzz would that do to all of the collector's. All of the lawsuits against the WWE ... where the wrestlers own their name ... Boom! One Man Gang etc ... I look forward to it. I would love this!
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 26, 2020 19:33:47 GMT -5
I have a feeling if anything they'll be sprinkled into the main assortment, most retailers aren't going to give up the peg space until the figures have proven to sell. With the talent they have, they could do classic/legend versions of any of these guys and it'd be cool as hell: Arn Anderson Dean Malenko Dusty Rhodes Dustin Rhodes Christopher Daniels Diamond Dallas Page Luke PerryWTH??
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 26, 2020 19:28:04 GMT -5
It's Pac
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 26, 2020 19:16:12 GMT -5
I like this idea a lot, but I can see this being Akeem with the superkick on Boss Man.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 26, 2020 13:52:16 GMT -5
If I collected Balor, AJ, Rollins or Nakamura I'd be a happy man
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 26, 2020 13:51:18 GMT -5
They should rerelease that Jake
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 24, 2020 18:37:28 GMT -5
I don't know why, but all Rey Mysterio figures look terrible. Even the recent ones. They look so corny
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 24, 2020 18:34:52 GMT -5
Not sure if this thread is a legitimate suggestion or just a vessel for you to make the Legends line eBay exclusive joke It's both! I think it's a legitimate idea. I was buying 20 or so figures a week from eBay at one point.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 24, 2020 8:26:49 GMT -5
Has eBay ever been considered for new and exclusive sets?
I feel like the Legends line would be ideal for eBay - they all end up there anyway!
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 23, 2020 19:38:38 GMT -5
Was just going by the info that the next two elite 2 packs were flashbacks, so if they did continue, then it might be something possible down the road. As I mentioned when I said the next pack would feature Legends, they won’t be deep roster talent. The Elite 2-packs needs some level of mainstream appeal as each one is sold in individually. So we're talking about high level talent like: Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, Hulk Hogan, Savage, Sting, Luger, Flair, Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Piper etc?
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 23, 2020 6:42:58 GMT -5
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I had a massive LJN collection as a kid which I started after watching WrestleMania 4. I was a huge Savage fan.
After LJNs, I started collecting Hasbro's, but lost interest after series 1 - I think just due to age, I was probably 10 and started to get interested in other things.
I stopped watching wrestling in 95, but the NWO, Sting and Goldberg brought me back in.
I had some toybiz figures I picked up around this time, Scott Steiner, Hogan, Nash, Hall, Luger, Sting, Hart, Goldberg.
I stopped watching wrestling in about 99. I was 18 and into partying, basketball and women. The WWF and WCW products were crap to me at the time.
Once I got my first office, I wanted to buy some nostalgic items for my office. I bought a Larry Bird figure, and Randy Savage (Legends). That Savage figure set me off, well if not Savage, it was seeing DiBiase HOF 3 - and thinking, I need the other guy from WrestleMania 4.
I have battled with plastic addiction, bought and collected full collections of Legends/flashbacks from 1980-1999 4 separate times.
I can't have these things in my house, I don't collect any more but I love looking at new figures and chatting with you guys
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 22, 2020 12:19:11 GMT -5
Hi Steve,
A huge thank you to you and the Mattel team. What a wonderful showing.
Will Toys R Us Canada get the Legends line? We have had Network Spotlights, which was great! Really easy to find the exclusives up here.
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 21, 2020 21:45:45 GMT -5
I have seen Bret Ponce in store. Never seen HHH, never seen Warrior. Nakamura, Balor and Rousey plague the shelves in Canada
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 21, 2020 13:10:05 GMT -5
WWE Ultimate Edition Series 5 Includes Becky Lynch - WrestleMania 35 John Cena - 2008 Possibly the last figures released in this series lol
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Post by Gorilla on Feb 17, 2020 19:53:57 GMT -5
Ultimate Warrior: Survivor Series 1990 Shawn Michaels: Barber Shop Triple H: none The Rock: none Kurt Angle: none John Cena: none Big Show: none Hulk Hogan: 1990/1991 Undertaker: Mean Mark Ric Flair: SummerSlam 1992 Chris Jeiricho: lionheart Randy Savage: SummerSlam 1992
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