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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 5, 2020 19:24:53 GMT -5
All of a sudden every Retro other than Series 3, 7, and 8 are costing $30-175.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 3, 2020 15:55:17 GMT -5
Read up on this, and I guess she had an audition and Vince loved her. I'm totally surprised to find out she worked at WWF for a few months, too. Pedicino recently passed away, RIP.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 3, 2020 15:18:12 GMT -5
I'm watching May 1993 WWF shows on YouTube and I have absolutely no recollection of this announcer. I was watching the product regularly during this era. Anyone remember future Hall of Famer Boni Blackstone???
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 2, 2020 23:40:25 GMT -5
Was this before or after Metallica? Lol
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 2, 2020 23:37:57 GMT -5
Damn can you imagine if they went with Taker as his father? Geeze. It was the Attitude Era though so it wouldn't of surprised me. I can see people saying'' I thought Andre was his father??!!'' lol And we havent even touched the goodness of "Uncle Kane."
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 2, 2020 23:30:49 GMT -5
He will also have a highly successful podcast within 5 years. I imagine him getting into that.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 2, 2020 23:10:07 GMT -5
So, I'm trying to think back with the best of my recollection. The following are the figures that I saw the most in stores here in the Chicago SW burbs..
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts - Ax - Smash - Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake #1 - "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase #1 - "Macho King" Randy Savage - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper - Hulk Hogan #2 (bearhug) - Ultimate Warrior #2 - Bushwhackers - Rockers - Koko B Ware - Hulk Hogan #3 - Bret "Hitman" Hart #1 - Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat - The Undertaker #1 - Hulk Hogan #4 - Sid Justice - Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - Virgil - "Macho Man" Randy Savage #4 - The Mountie - Kamala - El Matador - Papa Shango - Tatanka - Razor Ramon #1 - "Narcissist" Lex Luger - Mr. Perfect #2 - Doink - Scott Steiner - Bushwhackers #2 - Fatu - Samu
So, I followed the figure checklist, and it looks like after Series 6, I rarely saw anything from Series 7-11, with zero from the green cards. Oddly enough, my mom found Series 11 Yokozuna, along with black and silver HBK and got them for Christmas 1995. That kind of ended my original collection. Within 2 years, 90% of them had AWFUL nWo Sharpie paint jobs on them, and that was that. I think the last thing I tried doing was scraping off the silver mask and black chest gear to turn Warlord into Stone Cold Steve Austin. I see what these figures are going for now, compared to even a few years ago, and I'm glad I collected them all (aside from mailaway Bret and Taker). And I dont care what happens, I'll never sell them. I'd die a thousand deaths.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on Jun 2, 2020 20:39:52 GMT -5
So, it looks like my days of scooping Retros for customs may be over. Seems like the inflation in the secondary market really jacked the prices up on these.
Today I learned that in a matter of 6 weeks, green Macho Man and Diesel went from $15 and $25 figures to $75 and nearly $100.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is north of $30. Flair is hitting $100. It's been fun, but paying prices like that is rough.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 26, 2020 16:11:44 GMT -5
Two of them...an extra Retro Flair to keep MOC and Harley.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 25, 2020 7:28:40 GMT -5
Here's one in-process. Used an old beatup Hulk to convert to Mr. America. Have to sand and smooth out rest of mask then paint/decals, and skin tone.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 25, 2020 7:09:50 GMT -5
Here’s one of my latest. Daniel Bryan in possibly his best WWE gimmick to date The Planets Champion This is my first attempt at using knee pads off of the Elite figure that I got the head off of. I’m on the fence so far if I like it or not Great job! Kneepads are a bit thick, ni fault of your own. I'd also match the torso with paint. Thin it with water to decrease streaks, dry for a few days then hit it with sealant.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 25, 2020 7:08:01 GMT -5
That Conway head looks like it worked out really well! Great job! I especially love that DDP! Thanks again for the tip! I'm slightly modifying Ziggler's hairline to recede like Nowinski, bless his soul. Also changing eye brows. I have maybe 5-6 I'm working on at a time while juggling work and gardening. Adderall keeps the train moving though lol.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 23, 2020 15:26:00 GMT -5
Harley Monsoon will soon be listed for $999.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 21, 2020 22:27:20 GMT -5
If the Finn Balor and Nakamura figures at my local stores were disinfectant wipes, there would be no shortage. Look out, here they come again! Add AJ Styles to that infamous list.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 20, 2020 6:30:50 GMT -5
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 12, 2020 6:46:20 GMT -5
Tommy Dreamer w/ kendo stick
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 12, 2020 5:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 12, 2020 5:02:54 GMT -5
So, from what I've read, the cracking could happen due to too much water in the paint. I do thin it a bit to give the coat a better look. I do several light coats, and dont glob it on. Another reason is because the outer coat is more dry than the inner coat.
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 11, 2020 22:39:29 GMT -5
On the Masters topic, Steve had provided this bit of information in the Q&A thread: The WWE/MOTU figures are selling GREAT!!!! We’ll show new figs during our “SDCC” timed reveals. So if we need the Masters line to end before the Retros return, then we’re probably waiting a while yet. But, again, we’ve been told that the two lines aren’t connected, so... If the Masters line is doing so well at Walmart, then I’d like to investigate why that is: have Walmart been better at getting the waves on the pegs for people to buy (I think they even sold them online as well?), meaning that getting these isn’t the headache that it was with the Retros? Have far fewer numbers been produced meaning that Walmart and Mattel don’t need as many to be sold to profit and there are fewer to peg-warm after the fans of the line have got their figures? Does the higher price mean the margin on these is bigger (despite the cost of the accessories) so “selling great” just means in purely $ terms? Or is it simply that the Masters are just a more popular line than the Retros with a wider customer reach? In other news, it seems from the fall-out of the Legends situation that our collective dreams of a Surfer Sting Retro is even further away... How in the world is the MOTU able to seamlessly be stocked on pegs, yet trying to stock Retros at a Walmart was as complicated as quantum physics?
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Post by showbizpizzabear81 on May 11, 2020 5:47:46 GMT -5
Ok, so I've used the same lacquer for years (Testors), but now all of a sudden its causing this ugly cracking. It's getting frustrating because it's the finishing touch on otherwise nice projects. It's happening mostly with my black and reds. I have a brush-on gloss varnish I could use...would it protect the paint job if i applied that first? Or just stick with the brush-on only with these? Any advice is welcomed. Thanks!
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