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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 27, 2017 2:49:27 GMT -5
Those figures blow my mind, I didn't know they existed until recently and I don't know what it is about them, I think they have this very Astor Boy-Kinnikuman cartoony, bulky, triangle torso awesomeness to them that so fits their time frame that I feel I'll succumb to them before long.
So, question, do they have a ring?
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 27, 2017 2:45:46 GMT -5
I never even thought of the size difference I was so little but never thought to cross them over. I considered the LJNs my older sister's generation of figures and the Hasbros mine, plus Hasbro was really big around that whole new generation of guys like Razor and HBK, at least for me.
I was never bothered about the change of figure style until Jakks started doing it too often towards the middle-end of their WWE run, I guess I just always felt like LJN, Hasbro and BCA had a good run and were in separate eras of wrestling that didn't really have a lot of crossover figures.
One transition I think a lot of us Other Brand Collectors appreciated I think was WCW Toybiz to TNA, you'd have Kevin Nash, Sting, DDP, Disco and so many other popping up in TNA and you were like oh look, I already have a figure that fits in perfectly...not enough credit goes that way for the greatest transition in wrestling toy history.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 26, 2017 18:42:53 GMT -5
I buy a lot of toys twice, I find it very hard to find the quality I want for most figures so I'll buy them carded twice and open the lower quality card.
However this thread being specifically about Hasbros, 90% of those retain all their quality magically through the years being loose...and the Hasbro cards are some of my favourites...so that can be a tougher call for some figures.
As for the argument about dwindling the pool of MOCs available, I kind of like that. Rarity is part of the magic of collecting and so making items more elusive...kinda rad in a way.
As Mattel has been making these new Retro figures and doing such a good job, a part of me wonders if they remake some of the Hasbro time period better or just as good as the originals how that'll effect things...kind of like what happened when Hasbro started making exact duplicates of the G1 Transformers.
If the market gets oversaturated or the Mattel line starts effecting Hasbro prices I'll definitely be looking to open some MOC figures.
To me it's kind of like ordering an overly expensive steak, yeah it's pricey and the experience is short but...man is it sweet to bust into that plastic and know how long it's been waiting!
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 26, 2017 11:21:06 GMT -5
I always loved the LJN line but I only had a few kinda rough shape ones from when I was really little since I was born in 1990.
When I was in my teens for a while I would go to the flea market every weekend and I thought I'd found my biggest best score ever in a 1-5 dollar bin of a few dozen at least that I just offered the guy fifty bucks for and he gave me the bin too (it was so heavy, Andre alone is so heavy and he was in there.)
Weeks or months went by, I'm not sure, but I was over at another flea market and I come across one of those one time sellers, who was just here for the weekend as opposed to having a semi-permanent booth, she had...an LJN ring with the box...I don't even think I'd seen it online yet and I totally flipped, I happily gave her the twenty bucks and went homeward, even after all these years it still looks great! (Though I did clean it a bit and get new ropes)
I have to say this is one of my favourite posts I've seen, I never get tired of stories like these.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 25, 2017 16:41:29 GMT -5
I always enjoy anything about something unproduced or what a line had planned when it finished.
Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 25, 2017 15:06:03 GMT -5
Definitely the weird Dropkick jumping action when I was a kid.
Haha reading this actually brought me back to thinking that hundreds of times through my childhood, being so bothered by my Hasbro Rockers.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 25, 2017 13:18:59 GMT -5
I'm probably in the minority here but it came about for me thanks to my retro game collecting.
I have been playing WWF Royal Rumble for Sega and SNES and Hasbro made the figures from those games.
One thing that I don't hear mentioned a lot on here that's AMAZING about collecting Hasbro is (in my opinion) the loose figures mostly age better than any other toy series I've ever collected.
You can get a loose figure and he's still shiny and new looking.
Even my figures from when I was really little still look fresh out of the box.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 25, 2017 12:45:26 GMT -5
I originally posted this in the Other Brands forum because I was more interested in the Toybiz comparison part of the discussion, which it mostly has spiraled away from.
Too bad. There's a lot of guys on here who really liked their lines.
As for the complaints about the figure, I'd rather have this then just giving him the same parts 90% of figures have and making him look like some kind of default boring sculpt with a half-decent Rhyno head...this version of him sticks out well.
Though it is kinda cool to see a Rhyno figure get this much attention, negative or positive.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 25, 2017 12:40:20 GMT -5
While I would have liked more figures with accessories, I'm very glad it didn't become what Jakks, etc. did with so many that they became stupid, boring, excessive, and useless from an excitement standpoint. "Wow, Papa Shango has a removable bone necklace!" vs. "Wow, 1-2-3 Kid comes with a steel chair (the 100th of such in the figure line, btw), a hammer, a hat, and a deep-sea diving bell!" I didn't actually mind that about Jakks, if I had 1,000 little rainbow-coloured Hasbro chairs, I'd be cool with it.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:58:55 GMT -5
I would have liked to know why Hasbro never got another wrestling license after WWF and why they didn't cross-promote at all with their other lines.
I also would have liked to know if they had got a new license if the new figures would have been like the old ones.
Also, which I'm sure has been asked before, why did they only do Tag Team 2 Packs and not rivalry 2 packs? People would have loved Hogan/Andre, HBK/Razor, etc.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:50:38 GMT -5
I don't know if it's just me, but does it look like to anyone else that the new Mattel Elite 50 Rhyno is a lost prototype from Marvel/Toybiz?
With his big shoulders and legs and tons of articulation he looks like he'd fit better with my TNA Toybiz collection than my Mattel Elite one. Oh and add in the look of the new Smackdown Tag Title Belt too.
This isn't a complaint, actually the opposite, I just couldn't figure out what it was about the new Rhyno figure that had me wanting it so badly. I would really like to see them go outside the box for bodies more in the future, one thing that has bothered me about the Mattel toys is that they share so many of the same parts from wrestler to wrestler.
Any other Mattel figures that have had this weird out of place vibe to any of you guys? Any superstars you'd like to see have bold, different new body types than what we're used to?
Personally I'd really like to see them push the body moulds for John Cena and Kevin Owens, they never feel bulky enough to me.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:33:16 GMT -5
Incredible collection! Keep posting more photos!
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:27:45 GMT -5
I keep calling it 'Matilda', too, but I guess the year when the figure was released, the bulldog would have actually been 'Winston'. If I remember correctly, 'Matilda' was the mascot for The British Bulldogs tag-team a couple of years before. Anyway, it would have been so cool to have this as an accessory and as mentioned above by drnickriviera995 it would have been different to all the other accessories. With it only being Series 4 at this stage, it could have opened the door for other gimmicks and accessories to be included. Maybe even more variations in general such as referees and steel chairs! I'm getting ahead of myself... If the new Mattel Retro line does well it would be really cool to see these accessories happen. The first accessory we will probably see is a bat for Sting and maybe a sock for Mankind. Imagine if they did brown attire Mankind and released him with a Paul Bearer and urn? Oh my goodness, that would be the ultimate Shucky-Ducky Quack Quack of all time in Retro figure collecting.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:23:22 GMT -5
Those are amazing finds.
I'd like to collect some AWA figures one day, but I think I'll finish the sets I already have for now.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 24, 2017 10:22:28 GMT -5
Aren't they Wal-Mart exclusive?
Checking Toys R Us stores might be wasted time.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 23, 2017 16:20:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd love to see the legends and the old style stage and the old outfits and gimmicks of current wrestlers.
Really hope it happens this year.
Plus I think it's a huge ratings draw.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 23, 2017 16:09:30 GMT -5
I don't know what will happen with him and the Bollywood boys, stables usually bring people way, way up.
I think they did it too fast though.
However, I think Jinder vs. Orton will be that opening PPV match and the closing match will be for the Women's Title, so it's not that surprising if that's how the PPV unfolds.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 23, 2017 15:37:04 GMT -5
I think she'll do well in TNA, if they can keep giving her real competition.
It's amazing to me how much these girls' relationships influence their careers.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 23, 2017 15:20:15 GMT -5
I don't like how they're doing the push but I think he'll be a big star if he keeps in the shape he's in and gets a better finisher.
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Post by Dylan ❤️s Wrestling on Apr 23, 2017 15:17:06 GMT -5
I think it would have been a cool premier but not for the IC Title.
However I prefer things the way they unfolded.
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