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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 16, 2017 11:30:14 GMT -5
There was someone on here trying to connect a Brock torso to Austin legs to make a new Goldberg body. If you're reading this, did it work out? Sort of...the pieces don't exactly connect seamlessly like an elite or basic due to the spring action on Austin. I'll post pics later tonight. Sweet. I'll be here waiting (with my extra Brock and Austin)
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 16, 2017 10:29:31 GMT -5
There was someone on here trying to connect a Brock torso to Austin legs to make a new Goldberg body. If you're reading this, did it work out?
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 15, 2017 14:40:08 GMT -5
Just ordered a case of each off entertainment earth. I wonder if all of my package will be shipped in April? Or will they ship the Feb orders first?
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 15, 2017 11:23:51 GMT -5
Wait..we could preorder more?
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 13, 2017 6:05:22 GMT -5
Can someone confirm once they get Retro HHH from ringside if he has the logo on both legs. I don’t want to get another that’s missing the logo. Thanks. Will let you know once I get them if someone else doesn't. If I do happen to see these at retail again and HHH has the logo on both legs I'll pick up replacements and then return the ones without it. I'd hang on to the error figures. Could be a moon belly Kamala situation 20 years from now.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 11, 2017 6:01:38 GMT -5
Watch Walmart madstocks the shelves with $9.97 S2 this week lol That's how it usually works. You can't find it anywhere so you buy it on the internet for more. Then the next time you go to the store it's everywhere. Yep. It's like the deadbeat dad. He does crap for his kid, but HATES it when the stepdad comes in and gives nices things to the kid - causes the delinquent daddy to become father of the year for a week out of spite. Yes, I'm a stepfather lol
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 10, 2017 23:16:14 GMT -5
And uh btw, Walmart: Watch Walmart madstocks the shelves with $9.97 S2 this week lol
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 8, 2017 20:41:00 GMT -5
Looks like some other retros up there, Y2J, Cass, and HBK I guess? And WM6 Warrior? Great eyes.... BUT I think that's the Rock, not Cass. I KNEW that Nakamura figure had some kind of link to an HBK figure!
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 7, 2017 13:21:49 GMT -5
Who is this supposed to be? Brian Pillman? No it's Hulk Hogan When he played bass for Metallica, BROTHER.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 7, 2017 12:59:09 GMT -5
Who is this supposed to be? Brian Pillman? Yeah.. I actually used a Pillman Mattel head and did a one color hair repaint to stay true to the Hasbro/Retro look. Also doing the funny 4 logo decal for his leg
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 7, 2017 7:49:42 GMT -5
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 6, 2017 5:47:47 GMT -5
At this point I'm about ready to buy them on eBay. The amount of time I've wasted looking for them would make it worth it. I'm surprised you haven't already. I gave up a month ago. Went online and bought 2 of each. Ehh..so you'll pay an extra 10 bucks on each. Look at it as for what it truly is. A poorly distributed series. If we were in 1994, this is the Green card.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 4, 2017 22:39:02 GMT -5
Id save those, boys. You might have a moon belly Kamala on your hands in 20 years!
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 4, 2017 10:44:57 GMT -5
This is essentially my position as well - "Retro" means the style of the figures rather than the selection of the guys that are made. I'm a WWF fan from the early 90s up to somewhere around the end of the Attitude/Ruthless Aggression eras, so naturally I'd be more interested in guys from that time and before, but I still welcome the current guys despite only sort of knowing them - I would be interested in seeing how the kids of today take to the style of figures that dominated my childhood, and for them you have to make the current guys as well as the legends for overgrown children like me. I agree to some point. For example I’d rather have a retro KO than another Taker or Warrior. But I’d also rather have someone like Dino Bravo over KO. Want different wrestlers more than remakes and repaints. ^Nail on the head. I want Bravo, Powers of Pain, Brain Busters, Haku...guys like that.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 3, 2017 5:47:48 GMT -5
Thanks! Took all of about 30 minutes. These basic heads REALLY go well with these Retros. I'm also using a Jakks bald Angle on an Austin torso, and an Edge on Warrior body (modified the boots with Dremel tool). Both are in progress but looking good I think. I'll post the finished product pics.
I think we'll be waiting awhile for a Loose Cannon so I went ahead and made one :-)
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 3, 2017 5:15:09 GMT -5
Here's my Retro Brian Pullman. Just have to add decal logo to tights. Turned out very nice. imgur.com/a/Mi98X
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 2, 2017 16:31:07 GMT -5
I just got mine. Goldberg is no better in person lol. He isn't. I stood him up against other wrestling figures in the Hasbro and even Retro line - he REALLY is Gillberg.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Oct 1, 2017 8:10:48 GMT -5
Just had a revelation.
We aren't getting vintage HBK. Not first anyway. I was taking a second look at the prototypes on page 1 and realized that there is a scary chance we get "Hunter's little buddy" Shawn with the Nakamura mold for long pants/SCM. Could be wrong, but hoping I am. Rooting for 1997 douchebag pill popping HBK.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Sept 30, 2017 9:07:55 GMT -5
I really hope they make more retro body styles, because the jumper one is getting on my nerves and I'm not even into this line like that lol. I grew up with a few hasbros (the first Jakks line was more in my age group), but I don't remember it being polluted by jumper guys. Variety please The hasbro ring was one of my favorites, but I wish they made a modern one in that style instead of going full old school. I understand why they did it, but I hope that's not it with rings. Really. They've already made a butt ton of them. I'm going to do a count of the Hasbro jumpers. No way were they pumping them out at this rate lol Edit: Ok, so unless miscounted, Hasbro released 13 jumpers in the line (not including re-releases) ie SummerSlam cards, tag team cards etc.. Retro will SHATTER this number by next year
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Sept 29, 2017 19:41:36 GMT -5
I would. I wonder how hard these are to crack open compared to the old Hasbros. Not too hard at all. Easier than an Elite honestly. Unfortunately, the Brock and Austin use different parts to connect the legs and torso due to the clothesline action on Austin. Gonna take some work to get them to fit together. That's a great idea. I hope you get it to work. Post pics if/when you do. I wanna customize a Goldberg too. Got mine in the mail today. Looks like an 80 year old man in a swim suit.
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