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Post by hbchris on Jun 24, 2016 11:50:27 GMT -5
I'm already regretting buying The Ringmaster. I mean, sure, it's Austin, but it was a short-lived gimmick and not a good one!
BTW: To the OP: Wow! That Bradshaw is amazingly terrible! Looks like he just woke up in his undies...in someone else's body.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 22, 2016 14:15:53 GMT -5
Ha. I think my local drugstore still has their BCAs. Jackie & Dr. Death I'm waiting for the money to roll right in
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Post by hbchris on Jun 20, 2016 15:28:13 GMT -5
Yeah, I think he's just saying there's no new Elite Legends line and that Elite Legends isn't an official name. It's just semantics. I get that its likely an extra wave thrown in but just found it odd that they've officially confirmed the lineup but either do not know what to call the series or keeping it a secret. You'd think they would know what they're going to call the extra wave prior to starting production on the figures for it. Doesn't make any sense to withhold that info from RSC if they did know what they're calling it.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 20, 2016 6:55:44 GMT -5
Duh, obviously Green Lantern would be The Hurricane.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 17, 2016 12:00:57 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time I haven't placed preorders on day 1. I know I'll want Big E, and I assume I'll get Sasha, but I really need to see the accessories first. I'm not a big Strowman fan, but I'll get it if it looks good, and I can't fathom why they're releasing Tugboat instead of Typhoon. Typhoon is an instant buy for me, but not Tugboat, so I'm on the fence. And like everyone else, I'm assuming Savage won't come with proper accessories. As for the Legends, I have all the re-releases already, but I'm curious about Jericho, so I gotta wait and see for that one, too.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 17, 2016 11:41:38 GMT -5
I'm not a big Lawler fan, but I hope he gets this straightened out. And I really hope this doesn't mean a double-dose of Bradshaw every week!
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Post by hbchris on Jun 10, 2016 11:33:15 GMT -5
Mr. T. If you push a button, it'd talk about how much he loves his mother.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 8, 2016 0:23:24 GMT -5
I will be getting this, and never thought for a second such a thing would ever exist from Mattel. I'm so glad it'll be sold online.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 5, 2016 21:08:51 GMT -5
So Stephanie's the same except for the white shirt, eh? Damn it, I'll probably buy. Gotta stay Steph-complete.
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Post by hbchris on Jun 5, 2016 21:04:53 GMT -5
Bah. Three Walgreens within 2 miles and no luck.
Found 2 Elite Balors though!
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Post by hbchris on Jun 1, 2016 0:52:11 GMT -5
Cool, I'm glad I got that wrong. I'd buy the crap out of a new Repo Man. No, he said that he'd like to make another Smash, but never said no to Repo Man. Darsow just isnt under any sort of deal right now. I was the one that pushed and pushed for the question be asked, because its been on my most wanted list for the longest ! I'd like Repo Man too - I believe he said he'd do Repo at some point if the could. So...that's a yes basically lol. 2 pack idea, Repo Man and Kona Crush!
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Post by hbchris on May 31, 2016 21:27:03 GMT -5
1. It's Smash from demolition 2. MDT literally just talked about him in the last Ringside Q/A 3. He had a jakks figure Gotta do some research before starting the thread dude And I believe the Q&A said it's never gonna happen.
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Post by hbchris on May 29, 2016 0:04:49 GMT -5
Yeah, they gave Dusty crap, but they obviously also respected the hell out of him. No one forced them to keep him employed all that time. And if WWE really wanted Cody to do that stuff (while he was still on the payroll), he would have done it. One thing you can say for sure about Cody is that he always did what was asked of him, and always gave it 100%. I was gonna make a seperate thread on this, but I think this can go here. A former WWE writer got on someones talk show and talked about why WWE didn't have Stardust go back to Cody Rhodes. If this is the truth, then it makes me sick. I think the reason was that Vince McMahon as well as Kevin Dunn and Michael "P.S." Hayes felt that Cody Rhodes was too boring and the fact that they never did liked his father Dusty as well (Dusty ran NWA in the 1980s which happened to be WWF's archrival promotion at the time). In addition, McMahon poked fun at Dusty by having The One Man Gang repackaged as Akeem, The African Dream (a takeoff on Dusty's moniker "The American Dream), named Ted DiBiase's lackey Virgil (which happened to be Dusty's real first name) as well as having Bruce Prichard playing a cowboy wrestler named Reo Rodgers who sounded a lot like Dusty. I also heard that WWE wanted Cody to dye his hair hair platinum blond just like his brother Goldust as well as having Cody wearing a different-colored (red, blue, pink, purple, green, teal, etc.) long-haired wig to the ring as part of his entrance just like Goldust did when he wore a blond wig to the ring back in the day.
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Post by hbchris on May 28, 2016 23:57:10 GMT -5
The Mountie is awesome, and I would buy a figure in a heartbeat. Also, yes, Canada is really weird about being offended by this. At one point Disney had the marketing rights to mounties. Crazy, eh?
Anyway, I'd totally settle for the Quebecers since the Mountie is off limits. Basically the same outfit, just without the fancy entrance gear. That's how Jakks' Mountie figure looked, so Mattel probably could get away with it if they wanted to.
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Post by hbchris on May 27, 2016 23:27:27 GMT -5
Eh, they've been way better about keeping teams together for the last couple of years, so I don't expect it to happen anytime soon. Especially when they're obviously way over as a team.
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Post by hbchris on May 27, 2016 23:21:55 GMT -5
Agreed. I went there last weekend and I couldn't find anything I was looking for. It was a disaster zone.
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Post by hbchris on May 26, 2016 15:47:11 GMT -5
I've been a fan of Kofi for a long time. I met him several years ago, and we got to talking about video games, and he mentioned that he had recently ran for a mile through the rain to buy a Nintendo Wii and the new (at the time) Punch-Out!! game. Anyone who does that is all right in my book.
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Post by hbchris on May 25, 2016 11:32:12 GMT -5
Damn. I usually stick to Elites but I might have to get all of these.
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Post by hbchris on May 21, 2016 22:35:48 GMT -5
If this isn't a work then it's not too surprising when you consider the following: 1). There's an influx of new talent on the main roster: AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Baron Corbin, Enzo Amore, Big Cass, Apollo Crews, Aiden English, Simon Gotch, and even Dana Brooke that will take up TV time. Then there's... 2). The imminent return of several superstars, including: John Cena, Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Neville, and Brock Lesnar. Plus we've seen the return of Primo & Epico. Then.. 3). The potential debut of Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, American Alpha, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bayley, and Austin Aries. All of them could be major, major contributors on the main roster this very moment. Quite frankly, there's way too much talent to feature and Cody's Stardust gimmick just wasn't cutting it. It never got the full blown payoff w/Goldust it so desperately needed. How was Stardust any different from Damien Sandow or Wade Barrett? I think he can be really successful elsewhere. Selfishly, I hope he starts appearing at the major wrestling conventions like Legends of the Ring and Big Event. Speaking of, Big Event's already booked Cameron, Hornswoggle, and Damien Sandow. I felt like for the past few years he's been telling himself, "My time will come, I've gotta be patient. I'll do the Stardust thing until then so 'Cody Rhodes' isn't a joke." I guess he decided that isn't happening anytime soon. But that gets me thinking, if Cody had come out some time after his father passed away, said it was his job to continue the Rhodes' legacy and was no longer Stardust, he would have been over HUGE as a top-tier face. I get that some people would consider it inappropriate to capitalize on a tragedy that way (and Cody even said as much himself), but given what I've seen in his interviews, Dusty seems like the kind of guy who'd love to be the focus of a storyline even after he's gone.
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Post by hbchris on May 21, 2016 21:05:39 GMT -5
Why isn't there a "future endeavors" story on WWE.com about this yet? Cody does love to work the fans.... (Jesus, I guess there could be one. That site is an unnavigable disaster zone now...) Well, he said he requested his release... they didn't necessarily grant it yet. I really don't see anyway this would be a work. Agreed. I admit it's a stretch. That's not the kind of thing you'd do as a work. But a) he loves to maintain that he and Stardust are different people and b) it's wrestling, so, you know.
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