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Post by stc13 on Apr 28, 2024 16:20:54 GMT -5
Mable was a head scratcher. Gold seemed like a perfect fit for the chase. And not touching a Men on a Mission version is such a bad call. Yeah, but it would feel empty without Mo. That hasn't stopped Bill from making plenty of half tag teams that are unlikely to get completed.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 28, 2024 16:19:10 GMT -5
Okay, hit two Targets this morning with nothing on the shelves. Really wish if the street date was 4/28, you could walk into the store on 4/28 and just buy the figures.... but okay. So I went on the App and ordered Albano for in-store pickup. Went back two-hours later and picked it up. So, lesson learned, I suppose. I was kind of hoping to look at the new set, possibly grab a chase Hogan (if they'd had it), and look them over for Quality Control, but I guess that's what I get for being impatient. Since this is how we're doing it, I just bought Albano. I saw that others were saying Albano will likely shelf-warm, my fear was that since it's "First In The Line" that it might be harder to find. So this was a priority for me. Great figure! I really like it. I'll buy Hogan IF I see it on the shelf. Ali & Sultan are likely passes from me. Great photo! Will some or all of the wave end up on sale or clearance? Probably. Personally I'm happy to order the wave, have it, and be done. No need to run from store to store or worry that I'll miss a figure I want. Order them through the app, have them delivered to my door, and save my time, gas, and sanity. That's worth a few extra dollars to me.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 28, 2024 16:15:47 GMT -5
I’m curious how the TNA figures will do. If they don’t do so well, will they drop it? Maybe. I think they would do better with early TNA roster. Jarrett, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, etc. Not very promising at this time given their employment elsewhere. I know Abyss is with WWE in a backstage role but his figure is probably the one that would interest me most. Not sure which other TNA Legends would do really well…Raven? AMW? Beer Money? Christopher Daniels? Apparently some of the old TNA deals allowed the company to retain licensing rights beyond the life of the contract (I think a lot of movie licensing is structured this way). That's how they were able to make Micro Brawlers of Abyss and Roode while both were with WWE. I get wanting to focusing marketing on current stars. But you're talking about a very niche wrestling product who has managed to burn a lot of the goodwill they had built recently. Add in the scale choice knocking out a non-trivial portion of the customer base and the price point and I think sales are going to be roooooough.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 28, 2024 15:40:57 GMT -5
Everything else is literally the same. One of the weakest chases yet. Not sure I can be bothered to get the chase. A reversed red/black would been better imo. Mabel elite 68 is bad too Mable was a head scratcher. Gold seemed like a perfect fit for the chase. And not touching a Men on a Mission version is such a bad call.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 28, 2024 10:15:23 GMT -5
Just got the Monday night wars ultimates and these seem to be similar. Roddy piper is 6 foot and seems as tall as Zayn, and Brett Heart is also 6 foot and the same exact height as ultimate Kevin Owens My Bret MNW UE lines up with every other Hart Elite/Ultimate I have...
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Post by stc13 on Apr 27, 2024 22:27:20 GMT -5
I don't know about dead on, but the yelling/open-mouthed head is the best of the lot. The other two aren't great, though. I think the yelling sculpt is terrible and looks like an old man Bret. I personally think the snarling scan is the best out of the three and that’s not saying much. The same goes for the RVD ultimate. The screaming scan looks like an old man Van Dam. I put the glasses on the yelling head and put it on 93 Rumble UE and it looks pretty good. I'm using one of the heads from the first UE Bret for the MNW figure. I guess one benefit to buying way too many figures of the same guys is that I have spare parts to fix up Mattel's misses.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 25, 2024 15:25:24 GMT -5
I'm a loose collector, but still bummed Bruno isn't in the Legends packaging that was shown. That figure looked perfect.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 25, 2024 15:22:13 GMT -5
Looks like you answered your own question there. It's the right answer too. Adding muta is great. Adding it to a main line instead of exclusive hell because that's someone you like makes it seem others are not important. Who has been signed that they haven't made? Ivory and Terri Runnels are the only two I can think of. They immediately made the Steiners, the Rick thing happened, and Steve has said they will be making more figures. I think people can connect the dots there. Beyond that, I can't think of any Legend who was available and didn't find their way into the line over the last few years. There are definitely some active talent they waited too long on and lost - WCW Jericho, Goldust/Natural Dustin, ECW Dudleys years ago. But I they've been pretty on top of things the past 3+ years with a record number of flashback slots.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 25, 2024 15:13:49 GMT -5
I found the MNW UEs at the Gibsonia Walmart. There was 1 each of Piper and Bret and I bought both. No sign of the Rock 3 pack, and they had a fresh case of MNW S1 out. Congrats, man. Lucky dog. I've giving it another week and then I'm hittin' the bay. Gibsonia totally redid the toy department - everything was moved to entirely new aisles. So I'm hoping they were waiting and are just putting things out and they'll start showing up for everybody. I'll ping you if I come across them.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 24, 2024 18:55:57 GMT -5
Booker had such a slow burn to his evolution in WCW - it would have been wild to see what a few years at the top of the card could have done. I wish more booking followed the Bret Hart/HBK/Booker build of a long, established tag run, strong run with the midcard title, and then moving into the title picture. The crowds are invested and have seen their evolution play out.
It seems like any time there's a potential singles star in a tag they immediately hot shot a breakup and a singles run before the crowd really has fully latched onto the character.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 24, 2024 18:48:52 GMT -5
Did something happen with Endeavor and the contracts? nothing is happening, probably some click bait website has endeavor as the reason Xia, Jinder etc got released Yeah, I haven't seen anything related to any negative changes around the legends/nostalgia program. I'd chalk this up as idle speculation unless there's something concrete.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 24, 2024 11:36:26 GMT -5
If this can be a sign that we are getting people back like Ventura, Demolition, Hercules, One Man Gang, Dynamite Kid, Barbarian, and more, the future for Legends and Coliseum Collection lines would be amazing! There's a lot of reasons for optimism, but don't exect a magic bullet solution. HHH/Kahn are known deal makers and have shown the willingness to mend fences. That's a game changer for guys like Warrior, Bruno, Ventura, etc where there was legit bad blood with Vince. But other bottlenecks are likely unchanged - WWE has to see money to be made, the talent have to be willing to sign, there are a limited number of slots, etc.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 24, 2024 10:38:27 GMT -5
I’m not sure if Galoob’s were more niche or less niche than BendEms from the 90’s. Maybe more niche just because so few series were produced and for a shorter/less popular period of time. That said, I would have bought 10-20 figures by now had they been made in the Galoob style and not the Bendies style. At least in terms of availability, I saw the Galoob figures a lot more frequently than BensEms. The single pack and tag team packs were still at stores into probably 94/95 in my area. Maybe Galoob was more niche because the statue style figures were an anomoly even for the time. But when I think of early 90s WCW figures, I 100% associate that with Galoob.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 24, 2024 10:30:57 GMT -5
I found the MNW UEs at the Gibsonia Walmart. There was 1 each of Piper and Bret and I bought both.
No sign of the Rock 3 pack, and they had a fresh case of MNW S1 out.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 21, 2024 14:54:02 GMT -5
This sucks. I hope Mattel could find a way to rerelease Bret and Piper at some point. Sucks not to have a damn Walmart. I have to think we'll see most of the Walmart UE figures get re-releases eventually. They're doing the Target exclusive Batista (with different tights). There's probably some kind of exclusivity window, so it may take a couple years. But I'm sure we'll get them eventually.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 20, 2024 7:21:52 GMT -5
Anyone else think the heads on Saraya and Jericho look oddly small? Nice to see some new product and pushing JJ to Ringside is smart.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 16, 2024 20:25:35 GMT -5
If it's a figure I like, sure. Anchor talent is just that, and with WWE's marketing machine kids today are still exposed to names like Hogan or Warrior.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 16, 2024 20:01:29 GMT -5
I checked my Target last night just for the hell of it but, nothing but Hogans. I'm guessing that's a sign that ichiban hogans are going to be plentiful for whoever wants one. With the exception of Paul E, every legend has been pretty plentiful in my area since they gave figures individual item numbers. Most of the last 5-6 waves are still available on target.com for SRP.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 14, 2024 22:58:11 GMT -5
We should see a few returns to the line this year - Regal, Tito Santana, Fit Finlay, and Madusa. The Wild Samoans will probably pop up either as Mattel Creations exclusives or in a Bloodline box set.
Haku and US Express seem likey, but I could see them taking into 2026 to find the appropriate slot.
Flair is under a multi-year deal with AEW, so I think he's going to be out for some time. Sting still feels unlikely to me, but maybe the relationship is less sour with Vince gone. Matt Hardy seems more likely to end up in Impact or even MLW since he seems to want to wrestle until he's totally immobile.
For new names, I'm predicting Ivory and Steve Blackman. And I think Steve alluded to at least one FTIL territories era figure coming up - I think Ivan Putski may fit there. And Andy Kaufman seems like a fit as the SDCC figure following his HOF introduction last year.
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Post by stc13 on Apr 14, 2024 10:44:50 GMT -5
At this point I think I'm done with PowerTown. I really liked the first batch of figures, but they're just too out of scale with Jazwares/Mattel to be passable. If they would have shrunk them down 20% they'd be perfect.
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