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Post by Chicago on May 11, 2020 11:57:05 GMT -5
This was one of the more pleasant experiences I've had pre-ordering and/or supporting the return of a favorite line. Sure, the launch was a day late, but that's the norm at this point. All's well that ends well is how I look at it. If only store exclusive Flashbacks could all be offered online like this, but I'll take what I can get.
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Post by Chicago on May 10, 2020 21:09:34 GMT -5
Since the last thread broke down and surprise surprise got shut down. Post when the product goes live HERE. Can we please not argue and point fingers at people for it not going up? Just post when it’s live here. Let's just save ourselves the time and admit we can't do anticipation threads. If anyone sees Legends go up on Target, post your findings at the link below: forum.wrestlingfigs.com/thread/336569/official-online-findings?page=142Please note the rules of that thread before posting: This will be the OFFICIAL ONLINE FINDINGS thread. Feel free to post what figures you find at online retailers such as Amazon, Toys R Us, Walmart, Target etc. However, no links allowed. Posting of links will be deleted and could result in being banned.
Lets all do our best to keep posts to only findings. I know we all get excited when new figures go up, but the constant "I just bought..." clutters up the thread and actual findings get lost in the mix. Moving forward, posts not reporting findings will be deleted. If you'd like to post your buys, feel free to do so here: forum.wrestlingfigs.com/thread/154928/official-bought-good-deal-thread or forum.wrestlingfigs.com/thread/346255/figure-findings-lounge
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Post by Chicago on May 10, 2020 20:12:51 GMT -5
TCINs on PopFindr show a "May 10, 2020" street date. No pics, but I'd bet those are the numbers to find them on Target's site once they're available.
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Post by Chicago on May 9, 2020 13:02:27 GMT -5
Please move or delete if not permitted.
Where is the classified section on this forum? I'd like to fill in some holes in my collection.
You'll have access to the Classifieds section after you reach 50 posts.
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Post by Chicago on May 7, 2020 16:29:08 GMT -5
No. Just to be clear, the only thing confirmed at all up to this point is that the next Elite 2-Pack after HHH/Chyna will feature upper tier Legends with some level of mainstream appeal. A placeholder listing for Goldberg & Bret Hart mentions "Entrance clothes, extra hands" as the accessories included. No mention of any belts. They have the same "entrance clothes, extra hands" text on the HHH/Chyna pack, so it may just be the description they're given on the sales sheet. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Yeah, I just noticed that, too. As far as I'm concerned, nothing can be ruled out until something has been made official.
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Post by Chicago on May 7, 2020 16:15:31 GMT -5
Everyone is saying bummer on the belts has it been confirmed there will be no tag belts ? No. Just to be clear, the only thing confirmed at all up to this point is that the next Elite 2-Pack after HHH/Chyna will feature upper tier Legends with some level of mainstream appeal. A placeholder listing for Goldberg & Bret Hart mentions "Entrance clothes, extra hands" as the accessories included. No mention of any belts.
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Post by Chicago on May 7, 2020 15:24:15 GMT -5
I think this is legit, since I'm a regular customer at this online shop. Sometimes they upload preorders with lineups that are not 100 % officially confirmed, but they are pretty accurate. The only thing that was listed there, but never got released is Elite 71 Flashback Chris Jericho. I also think that Action Figure Attack said, that the 2-Pack after Chyna & HHH includes Flashbacks. Yep. This was also where we first found out about Macho Man being the fourth figure in Retro Series 9.
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Post by Chicago on May 5, 2020 17:04:24 GMT -5
Next round of BCA customs are ready! Chyna inspired me for Stephanie in which has brought on some Statusfaction! Body is from the later JAKKS line of Trish, rest is Stone Cold legs and arms. As you can see had some issues getting the torso apart but worked out over all. Arms I had to put the screws in and then twist in the arms. To go with Trish we needed someone extreme! Lita!! Lita is pretty much DOA legs and arms and then Stephanie McMahon torso with a Lita head. And a preview bringing in the old with the new. This was from early testing and gotta say Mattel bodies are hard to get into but in the end it works but needs some work. Love seeing the process of how these came to be. Making the most of what you have available, and trying new things. Thanks for allowing us to share in your discoveries! Ordered a few MOC to open up to bring back memories of my childhood. Whats the best ring to display them in Thats a decent price? Are they too big for the Hasbro ring? You might be able to use a Hasbro ring for a fun little display, but the ideal ring for BCAs would be either the Attitude or Hardcore ring. I also really like how the BCAs fit in the Mattel Main Event ring. 96 Austin Looks great with the Real Scan head (and no eyebrows!). Austin deserved one like this, without the elbow pads and Sid legs and all that mess. Which ECW stars had a BCA made? Cactus Jack of course, anyone else? Pillman Austin Dudley's Benoit Jericho Eddie "Dr. Death" Steve Williams 2 Cold Scorpio (BCA Flash Funk) Al Snow Brian Lee (BCA Chainz) Cyrus The Virus (BCA The Jackyl) Davey Boy Smith (BCA British Bulldog) - wrestled for Eastern Championship Wrestling Droz Jerry "The King" Lawler Jim Cornette (invaded ECW in '97 with Lawler) Luna Vachon Road Warrior Hawk Ron Simmons (BCA Faarooq) Scott Hall (BCA Razor Ramon) Sid Vicious (BCA Sycho Sid) Taka Michinoku Tammy Lynn Sytch (BCA Sunny) Terry Gordy (BCA Executioner) The Bruise Brothers (BCA 8-Ball & Skull) The Vampire Warrior (BCA Gangrel) Might be missing a couple more. Did Del Wilkes (as The Patriot) ever wrestle for ECW?
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Post by Chicago on May 5, 2020 16:00:14 GMT -5
So after watching mf podcast. I thought like greg valentine or moon belly kamala will elite nxt hideo itami ever been a holy grail of figure collecting. We saw moc pics and prototypes. Wonder if someone ever got one i heard they paid 1000+ your thoughts ? Maybe to someone it will be a grail, but comparable to Hasbro Kamala and Valentine? I doubt it. None of us knows for certain, but the Itami Elite doesn't strike me as the kind of figure that collectors would get nostalgic over in 20 to 30 years' time.
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Post by Chicago on May 3, 2020 13:59:32 GMT -5
Braun strowman is updated but not perfect, No timberlands? Lacy Evans good figure but trash scan Why Another Super Cena ? Christian is useless because we will never gonna get Gangrel Not a Huge fan of heavy machinery, I will only get them on discounts Really not interested in anything in this set. On Christian, that’s false. The variant attire was never even worn when they were with Gangrel. Just watched an old Raw recently where Christian wore the chase gear and Gangrel rescued him (but not Edge) from an Acolytes beatdown: www.wwe.com/videos/edge-christian-vs-faarooq-bradshaw-raw-july-26-1999
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Post by Chicago on May 3, 2020 10:42:37 GMT -5
I didn't want to stretch out the page, so click the spoiler tag below for more pics (still no Christian): cableV All I did was change the part of the image URL that reads " fmt=webp" to " fmt=jpeg" and I was able to copy over the pics.
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Post by Chicago on May 2, 2020 18:24:48 GMT -5
This period of Jakks is almost a blur for me. I've gone back and researched the BCA era to where I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of it, but by and large TTL is uncharted waters. I'm nowhere near as passionate about it as I am BCA, but I did grow up with TTL figures (I was between the ages of 11 and 13) so I still have a great deal of nostalgia for the line. What I remember most though is that I stopped collecting at some point in mid-to-late 2001, so unfortunately I missed out on Unchained Fury and the debut of R3 in '02. I don't recall if I kept up with every new TTL figure from '99 to '01, but I did have access to the Internet so I was at least familiar with the main releases. I ordered for the first time from RSC in the spring of '01 because I couldn't wait to get my hands on Rulers of the Ring 3.
Any time a new character was introduced, my parents would usually hook me up. There were some that I did not have, like Ivory and Tori, but the honest truth is that it was probably for the best, as I doubt I would have played with them much. Never had Tazz either, so I made do with my OSFTM Taz (sadly, the purple repaint). I remember having split tag teams in the sense that they did not match; for instance, my Too Cool consisted of Rulers of the Ring 2 Grand Master Sexay and Ringside Chaos 1 Scottie Too Hottie. I could be mistaken, but I think the only TTL Hardyz I had were Series 8 Matt Hardy and Rebellion 3 Jeff Hardy. I was always so envious of my friends' ROTR2 Scotty and Double Slam 4 Hardyz. I wasn't big on TTL repaints, yet I still ended up with two sets of Dudleyz (Series 8 Buh Buh/Rebellion 3 D-Von, and Famous Scenes 3). Same thing for E&C - I had the pre-Real Scan versions, Series 6 Edge, and the Picture Perfect box set; the latter was my favorite TTL box set, but I hated how my Christian had a loose hand that would always fall out.
My favorite TTL release of any kind that I had when I was younger was easily Famous Scenes 2 Triple H and Cactus Jack; runner-ups would be Raven and Perry Saturn from my favorite series, Rulers of the Ring 3. Favorite Grapple Gear accessory from that era would be the telephone booth from Series 4. Favorite Ring Gear set was the turnbuckles and ring posts from Series 1. Favorite TTL play set I had was the Titan Tron, although I do have a soft spot for the Trash Talkin' Stage, Backstage Mayhem, and SmackDown Entrance Stage. Chaos in the Cell was a huge disappointment, but the cage walls still very much came in handy for the Hardcore Ring. Of course, nothing was going to be perfect, except for maybe Jakks' bait-and-switch tactics. The experience of playing with TTLs was different from playing with BCAs, but it had to be done if you weren't any good at making customs and wanted to stay current. I was still a big WWF fan throughout that time, and with the promise of Real Scan on the horizon for '00, that made the transition from BCA to TTL a little bit easier.
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Post by Chicago on May 1, 2020 14:44:13 GMT -5
Wanted to share of some of my latest customs. I mainly post on the facebook group of BCA custom figures and then post here later on when I remember. So first up is something im sure we all wanted growing up, a real ring attire Big Show! I pretty much used a rotary tool to get the shirt and legs grinded down to use some modeling clay on to fix up afterwards. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley - another figure we never got in the BCA line. I used the TTL torso and head on a Chainz legs and arms. Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco - another set of figures we all wanted but never got. The Corporation is now more complete more interesting customs coming soon! That is a great group ("WWE Jakks BCA Custom Figures", for those wondering). Some very talented customizers on there - yourself included. Show looks awesome. I can't imagine any other way to go with it than to modify the original parts. That head is massive lol. Stephanie TTL/BCA mash-up is the kind of out-of-the-box creativity that you really don't see anyone doing these days. I like it! The Stooges had to happen eventually. I'm so glad that you did them, though, because I think you chose the perfect parts. Jakks versions probably would've been terrible likenesses and we all know it. please make mean street posse! A friend of mine on the facebook group made some about a year back. As you can see with the photos they are random heads as they never made any of the mean street posse in figure form. another set of figures lost to us. Also to note I am considering making Big Shows ring attire for those who want it. All I need is a Big Show figure. Most of the work was grinding down the figure, adding clay then painting. Was also thinking of doing an Andre at some point. Those heads actually aren't bad. Bulldog for Pete, Austin for Rodney, and Droz for Joey. Could be a lot worse. Triple H 1999 Who knew Austin legs could be so useful? This came out as good as any of your previous customs. Love that you used an R3 head. Recently got back into collecting BCA. So much nostalgia tied up in these! Absolutely. Nostalgia still holds up for me even after all these years. Welcome to the thread. New home office shelf cleared, needed some bone crunching buddies! Bone Crunching Buddies would go great in a display like that! Never thought about including them before, but then again I don't have any in my collection, so I don't know what good that would do me lol.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 30, 2020 21:48:35 GMT -5
Why are you making serious replies to a troll thread? This account does the same bit over and over again Would you rather I accuse someone of doing something I cannot prove, or actually attempt to make a point in an otherwise pointless thread? If you or anyone has a problem with the OP's posts, report them and let the admins determine whether or not it's worthy of a warning or ban. If you don't want to have to see the OP's posts, click on the user's profile and choose to block them. Or exercise your own free will and just ignore them. No one's forcing you to post in here.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 30, 2020 18:26:33 GMT -5
He’s not in series 70 he’s in series 71 and all elites come with extra hands for a while now. There’s nothing rare about it. It’s just you regular elite Cena figure. So I have an series 71 Elite John Cena figure. How interesting because I didn't know you could change the hands on these series 71 Elite Figures. That's pretty cool and I cannot wait to open my John Cena figure tomorrow Thanks for the info PJ, Doctorwhofan Yeah, Mattel Elites have come with interchangeable hands since Series 63. Series 64 and Series 76 John Cena also have them: Edit: Almost forgot Ultimate Edition Series 5.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 30, 2020 16:15:44 GMT -5
Looks like Legends Bobby Heenan's DPCI might be 087-16-8079.
Edit: User said this was the series DPCI, which is even better news.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 25, 2020 16:00:01 GMT -5
I'd say $20-25 just based on the "7 or 8" condition alone.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 23, 2020 16:29:13 GMT -5
I swapped out Blackman's BCA sculpt with the TTL scan for, imo, the ultimate Blackman figure. I planned to do this from the beginning but I didn't know how the size and skintones would match up. I'm happy that it worked out so well. Vince fix-up with a TTL head; Brian Pillman with the STOMP torso and HHH Series 6 arms. The arms sit a bit high and are probably too big for Pillman, but Jarrett figures have the same arms and he and Pillman were comparable in size irl Back of Pillman; Patriot updated with the Breakdown Austin torso to give him a more size and height Nice. BCA just can't compare to Real Scan likenesses, which open up so many more possibilities. Are those heads easy to remove? It's gotta be tough to find arms with wrist bands/tape that fit with the small S.T.O.M.P. torso. DOA? Headbangers, maybe? I like that Austin torso. Between that and Rocky's pants, Jakks got A LOT of usage out of parts that originated from the Off The Mat set.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 22, 2020 23:16:01 GMT -5
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Post by Chicago on Apr 18, 2020 13:19:45 GMT -5
I wish the skin tones matched better so I probably won't be keeping it this way, but here is D-Lo with Fully Loaded series 1 Rock arms (removed tattoo) and purple wrist tape. I see what you mean about the color difference, but like therealworldchampion said, it's still better than D'Lo having Vader arms. Love that you added purple wrist tape in that shade. That's exactly what I would want for that figure. The Lethal Weapon w/shredded physique and accurate arms This is excellent. As good as DTA Tour 2 Blackman is, it pales in comparison to this usage of parts. HHH torso and Billy Gunn arms go great together.
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