|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 26, 2022 17:02:52 GMT -5
Well on my old (long gone) website, I had my 10 loose Popys with a bit of background information given to me by a guy who had knowledge about the line. Apparently the wrestlers were licensed to Popy by a booker named Don O'Neill (spelling might be off). Judging by other Japanese toylines, the production run was most probably short. Thank you for the information. Is anything known about Don O’Neil ? No, couldn't find anything... |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 24, 2022 16:49:09 GMT -5
Well on my old (long gone) website, I had my 10 loose Popys with a bit of background information given to me by a guy who had knowledge about the line. Apparently the wrestlers were licensed to Popy by a booker named Don O'Neill (spelling might be off).
Judging by other Japanese toylines, the production run was most probably short.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 22, 2022 6:34:43 GMT -5
That's a nice and expensive collection.  Maybe one day I'll spend to own a MOC one, for now my complete loose collection will do. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 20, 2022 4:03:31 GMT -5
Quite odd that most MOC Andres I see have a battered card...
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 20, 2022 3:58:53 GMT -5
Thank you, I agree they’re my favourite wrestling figures of all time. i only need 4 moc to complete the set and I have 5 out of 10 loose so hopefully someday I will complete the set! Didn't you say you have 8 MOC? So you only need 2 more. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 19, 2022 17:46:58 GMT -5
Very nice!!!
MOC I can only dream of, but I'm glad to own them loose.
Still the greatest figs IMHO!
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 18, 2022 3:31:38 GMT -5
I used to have 2 cards with all of them on it. I think I sold one years ago. These: WWF Pins card, I believe there were three sets: pins with logos, pins with logos & heads, figural pins. Three of the figural pins were also a free gift with the videogame WWF Wrestlemania (Ocean): Hogan, Boss Man & L.O.D. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 10, 2022 11:55:57 GMT -5
OK, locking this topic since it's straying off from the initial question. New/upcoming figs can be discussed in a seperate topic.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 9, 2022 16:09:16 GMT -5
How do you feel about listing spiritual successors like those PN News and Scotty Flamingo figures? You don't add Retro Iron Sheik to a Hasbro checklist since it's not by Hasbro, so new Galoob-like figures shouldn't be in a WCW Galoob Checklist. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 1, 2022 17:22:12 GMT -5
Happy New Year! Happy collecting!
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 1, 2022 17:19:19 GMT -5
Happy new year remember Ruby! Anything your looking to pick up / hoping to find in 2022? Probably JunkShopDog's SOFUBI PRO WRESTLING SERIES 2 line, can't wait! |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Jan 1, 2022 4:13:33 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 30, 2021 4:18:12 GMT -5
I just made the checklist and added it here. Great list. If I may add something: Butch Reed S1 has grey swoosh on shoes, the UK variant has no white stripe, but a red swoosh. Ron Simmons S1 has dark blue pants and white shoes. The UK variant does feature the white stripe you mentioned with Reed. The blue on the tights is also slightly lighter (more a marine blue than a dark blue if this makes any sence). Arn Anderson S1 has two variants: bald spot and hair painted over bald spot. I believe the 2-pack was only available with the painted hair as this was a latter change in production. UK Pillmann is said to have two variants aswell: tiger on both kneepads and tiger on only one. Personally I doubt the variant with only one tiger despite I have one loose. Yet I have never seen this variant MOC. I will go through the list later and see if there is anything else that should be noted. Once again, thanks for the great work! I knew UK Simmons has the white stripe, I have him; weird I wrote it with Reed...  |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 29, 2021 9:03:46 GMT -5
I just made the checklist and added it here. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 29, 2021 9:02:03 GMT -5
Galoob WCW checklist (1990 - 1991)
==================================
Series 1 - 1990 (US/Spain/France):
----------------------------------
Arn Anderson (white trunks, bald spot)
Barry Windham (black trunks)
Brian Pillman (orange tiger print trunks)
Butch Reed (blue workout pants, grey swoosh on shoes)
Lex Luger (blue trunks)
Ric Flair (light blue trunks)
Rick Steiner (purple singlet)
Ron Simmons (blue workout pants)
Scott Steiner (yellow singlet)
Sid Vicious (black singlet)
Sting (light blue pants)
Sting (orange pants)
Tom Zenk (white trunks)
Series 1 tag-teams - 1990 (US)
-------------------------------
Lex Luger (same as single card) & Sting (black pants)
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (same as single card, Anderson has bald spot painted brown)
Ron Simmons & Butch Reed (same as single card)
Scott & Rick Steiner (same as single card)
Ring - 1991
-----------
Ring with cage
Accessories - 1991
------------------
Belt
14" Figures - 1991
------------------
Lex Luger (blue trunks)
Ric Flair (light blue trunks)
Sid Vicious (black singlet)
Sting (blue pants)
Series 2 repaints - 1991 (UK)
-----------------------------
Arn Anderson (red trunks)
Barry Windham (light blue trunks)
Brian Pillman (light blue trunks)
Butch Reed (red swoosh on shoes)
Lex Luger (green trunks)
Ric Flair (maroon trunks with lightning bolt)
Rick Steiner (green singlet)
Ron Simmons (marine blue workout pants with white stripe)
Scott Steiner (pink & light blue singlet)
Sid Vicious (pink singlet)
Sting (black pants)
Series 2 exclusives - 1991 (UK-exclusives)
------------------------------------------
Big Josh (with axe handle)
Dustin Rhodes (entrance gear, belt with extra notches)
El Gigante
Jimmy Garvin
Michael Hayes
Series 2 tag-team exclusives - 1991 (UK-exclusives)
---------------------------------------------------
Lex Luger & Sting (entrance gear, chain for Luger)
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (same as single card)
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (same as single card, boxed with sound module for ring)
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (same as single card)
Scott & Rick Steiner (same as single card)
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 28, 2021 16:46:31 GMT -5
Top picture: known as a line called "Ultimate Wrestler", WWE bootlegs
Bottom picture: mainly known as a line called "Wrestling Federation", ECW bootlegs.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 25, 2021 4:12:55 GMT -5
He should have had a longer wwf career. What's the reason he didn't? He was talented. I guess in the beginning WWF had big plans for him, as he was a replacement for Sgt. Slaughter who had left the WWF: this explains why he got 3 regular LJN figures (clean shaved face, stubble and full beard). However, replacing Sgt. Slaughter, that's filling some pretty big shoes. Bare in mind that before this great opportunity, he was a jobber in the WWF known as RT Reynolds. He became Corporal Kirchner, after Vince discovered he'd been a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. The audience didn't like him as much as they liked Sgt. Slaughter, he was a legitimate badass, but also pretty stiff in the ring: that was a fatal mix for his downfall in '80s WWF... Personally I immediately liked him as a kid. Ofcourse his greatest fame would come in Japan as Leatherface/Super Leather, being the toughest hardcore wrestler in 1992. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 24, 2021 3:13:08 GMT -5
Quite gutted by the news that Corporal Kirchner has passed away... In my eyes he was really underrated in the WWF. Attachment Deleted |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 23, 2021 15:50:27 GMT -5
I guess reusing parts to make Skinner wasn't much of an option. Come to think of it: it's Skinner and Virgil from their King of the Ring 1991 match. Oh wow I didn’t know that. That’s when bret beat IRS in the final, is it available to watch? There's a pretty bad cam video on youtube; that match was apparently a houseshow match. |
|
|
|
Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 23, 2021 14:34:09 GMT -5
Series 2 Dibiase was pretty obsolete; the green attire was from 1989. It would've been better had we gotten Bad News Brown, Haku or Dino Bravo in series 2. Another Roberts would've been nice, but only with the suplex action (e.g. what Mr. Perfect had). Skinner is actually one of my favorite Hasbros! I think it's great Hasbro released lower to mid-card guys like Virgil, Repo-Man, Koko or Skinner. The sculpt is fantastic, I'm just surprised they spent so much on him, I assume he is all unique tooling and not used again? Others had the stomp mechanism but the leg moulding is different - warrior and Gonzales? Virgil is another interesting one, he didn’t wear shorts often and was more familiar for the long tights I guess reusing parts to make Skinner wasn't much of an option. Come to think of it: it's Skinner and Virgil from their King of the Ring 1991 match. |
|
