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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 20:51:59 GMT -5
Good news. However I only want the belt and microphone, Eurhh. It's one fine liking belt complete with black detail, just wish the side plates were couloured.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 9:45:54 GMT -5
Same here. Its ridiculous to think we will get Corporate Kane before we get Kane in the singlet. WM29 was over a year ago and they kept releasing the same Kanes in that period from then til now. I feel Corporate Kane would sell well enough in a basic line to not have to make him a BAF. They always love a reason to release another Kane so we need these two. Theyve covered nearly everything else (minor variations excluded). You think that's bad, I like the WWE video games, and 2K14 had Kane... in his 2011 return attire. IT CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER 2013! Trust me, I was just as furious about that! They went to the effort of actually correcting his entrance walk and set up only to keep him in that original return retire except they removed the welders mask making the whole thing completely pointless. Him being in that attire was one of the main reasons I didnt use him much in the game (besides the fact the small amount of face showing doesnt even look like him). Mattel at least does a far better job. |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 9:14:42 GMT -5
I really like him and the gimmick but that segment on Raw was utter crap, even JR noted it did nothing. And it didnt. He is a pretty colourful character and that segment didnt really highlight anything nor was it long enough to get anything from. I hope they dont mess it up.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 9:11:48 GMT -5
Waiting for that myself, and corporate Kane. Same here. Its ridiculous to think we will get Corporate Kane before we get Kane in the singlet. WM29 was over a year ago and they kept releasing the same Kanes in that period from then til now. I feel Corporate Kane would sell well enough in a basic line to not have to make him a BAF. They always love a reason to release another Kane so we need these two. Theyve covered nearly everything else (minor variations excluded). |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 9:09:36 GMT -5
Awesome scan on Khali, probably his best ever. Zach and Edge are impressive. Forget the rest. I love that Del rio attire but it should be on an elite not yet another basic. Eurgh.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 9:08:13 GMT -5
Awesome work, looks like a fantastic version of the real gear. Nice photos too, difficult to get good ones with that kind of lighting, great job.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 7, 2014 8:54:25 GMT -5
Get both particularly if you are trying to cover all his looks. Both have their pluses and minuses and each represents a different attire so you can't pick one over the other by accuracy because they are a reflection of two different attires. E19 has a nice but simple scan. The unique body moulds look great. No elbow pads needs correcting though as does the lack of gloss boots. The mask fits well on this one. E22 comes with a more accurately colored tag title, gloss boots and pads but a mask that doesn't fit and can only be carried. The different moulds use are accurate to this attire. The scan is impressive. Downside is the eyes should have a red makeup around the eye rather than the black because he switched to the red for this attire. Regardless of which you get I recommend painting the mask with small amount of black paint to fill in the crevases and bring out the detail. Also, the welder mask looks awesome with a silver and black paint job.   Annoyingly they are yet to release his current masked look which he has had since wm29. |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 4, 2014 6:16:41 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Hopefully they hit the states soon so you can all get them too. Great Gets bro! If you're wondering what to do with the second Paul Bearer and you know how to do some good painting, you should make either one of these two Pauls: 1. Manager of Kane Paul (Attitude Era) - Just paint the beard and mustache brown 2. Ministry of Darkness Paul - This one you could either paint the suit jacket and pants red, and paint the shirt and tie black, or keep the suit black and pain the shirt red to match the tie. Great ideas. Im kind of happy to keep the bearers as they are and spread them through my display, no idea what to do with the second basics though. The 98 Kane manager paul would be the easiest one to do. I was thinking, an easy way to get the red jacket for him is to use laurinitis arms and jacket but it wont be the bigger kind like heyman/bearer have. Id love to see them do a black and red bearer down the line! Theyve already got the parts to do it!  |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 3, 2014 9:16:05 GMT -5
Hi all! Crazy to think a whole month has passed by since I got to the US for my big trip (including a stop at WM30) but it has also been that long since I posted MOC pics of my bearer set that hit here in Australia back at the beginning of April. Anyways, I'm finally home and got to open them and finally add the Father of Destruction and one of the greatest managers of all time, Paul Bearer to my collection. He is nice and pale as mattel promised and the shadowing make up around his eyes looks more realistic/believable than it used to on jakks, etc. If you plan on buying/using parts from others, he is more closer in skin tone to ricardo. The hands are the same pale tone as the head. Unfortunately one of mine has a loose arm, this is one of the most frustrating things about BAFs is there seems to be a good chance of this happenning. Bearer fits well with both mattel and jakks scale. The look of Bearer is more based off his 2010 run and in the past few years where he stood alongside Kane. His torso is the same size as Heyman with the heavier looking jacket. The only complaint you could make about the bearer is he could be less lean however he was looking more healthier in the past few years. The scan has an awesome likeness. Definitely my favourite BAF so far. As for the actual basics, meh. Sandow is good but nothing exciting. Dolphs attire is cool with the pink, always suits him well and its nice to see something a little different. The Bryan is decent, its a bright red rather than the maroon. A good update though the scan is getting a bit old. Kofi is definitely the standout. The silver/grey batman attire looks great. Awesome scan, one of Mattels best. The tattoo work on his back and shoulders looks fantastic too. One of the best things about the set is definitely the carding, artwork looks great. Glad to have bearer and two of him, not sure what to do with the second lot of basics though. Its not an overly special set, but the BAF basics never really are.               Skin tone comparison   Jakks comparison  BAF comparison  Urn detail comparison compared to jakks - I just love how mattel captured the accurate likeness of the modern urn used in WWE. It even has a gold tinge. Urn is the same one from the elite punk and punk/taker 2 pack.          Ohhhhhh yeeeeeesss! |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 1, 2014 23:36:35 GMT -5
Another vince in a suit but in a main line. Seriously, the time for the figure to remain exclusive has well and truly passed and this would sell like crazy without having to produce new parts. Come on mattel!
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 1, 2014 23:35:41 GMT -5
Shame you're stepping down - you'll definitely continue to be one of the most respected people on this entire forum though. 10 years is a long time, even longer when you do such a good job of it. Nice work!
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 1, 2014 23:32:31 GMT -5
The plaques look quite good actually. But for that price? Oh hell no. I dont get why they are being so stingy. How can they get people to buy any of these plaques they release when there is no signature, no relica, no rope or nothing. It's all just mass printed stuff, theres nothing special or exclusive about it which is the entire point of a plaque. Nice designs, but your missing the auto.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on May 1, 2014 2:46:07 GMT -5
Looks fantastic. I always love seeing your panoramas on here. Im a sucked for a good panorama haha. I think you did a really nice job on this one. I wish WWE would do these and sell theme. Id love to see the WM XXX one taken from facing the stage on the first elevation (this is where I was sitting) but panning from left of the stage, to the stage in the centre, and then to the right. I cant help but feel the way this stage is designed with symmetry in mind, this would make for an awesome looking panorama. If I could have taken my professional camera, I would have given this a shot. The WWE has a 360° cam they always use at WM. I'm surprised they never try this. I mean, they have the photo. Stitch it together & sell it. Exactly, that is always up on their site. The thing is, they have the excellent quality cameras capable of executing this kind of photography really well, not to mention the big money they could make off them. Beats the silly plaques they sell these days that are standard images with no special additions or sigs. |
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 30, 2014 22:53:18 GMT -5
Looks fantastic. I always love seeing your panoramas on here. Im a sucked for a good panorama haha. I think you did a really nice job on this one.
I wish WWE would do these and sell theme. Id love to see the WM XXX one taken from facing the stage on the first elevation (this is where I was sitting) but panning from left of the stage, to the stage in the centre, and then to the right. I cant help but feel the way this stage is designed with symmetry in mind, this would make for an awesome looking panorama.
If I could have taken my professional camera, I would have given this a shot.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 23, 2014 17:09:08 GMT -5
I don't enjoy being negative but this has got to be the worst exclusive, and the worst idea for an exclusive, yet. Not only is the figure extremely boring, we get two accessories similar to what we already have and you pay for an exclusive price for something that would even be too boring for the standard elite line. If there was a definition for a waste of an exclusive, this is it. Even if you were definitely doing the rock, Hollywood rock with a guitar or something still would have been more exciting. This exclusive is completely baffling and boring.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 16, 2014 18:25:35 GMT -5
It's remained fairly constantly at a high price ever since it was released and these days you'd be lucky to find it moc below 50. It was such a good figure and that's definitely one reason it has held it's value so well. They should release it in inverted scheme but as an elite and with the right mask scheme and band we remember, not the odd wm16 variation.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 15, 2014 12:59:21 GMT -5
Wyatt's look excellent as do Usos.
But that aj pack....wow. Attirea are good on both but damn those scans are horrid. I get the expression for aj but the execution is not right. It's like her forehead just got completely swallowed by that weird hair.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 14, 2014 20:48:00 GMT -5
Corporate Kane but he could sell in a normal basic set really. They should do Steph and jbl.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 14, 2014 20:46:45 GMT -5
The accuracy of too many Sheamus' on the shelves was hilarious, too bad the shelves are never that full though.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Apr 3, 2014 20:34:59 GMT -5
You'll probably be able to get back to Australia in month, open them and post loose pics before the first ones hit stores here in the states. Haha if that's true, I'll post loose pics. The race is on! I want to confirm his face is paler than we previously saw as Mattel said it would be. Thanks all! Updated with MOC front and back pics for y'all. Thank you! I fly in tomorrow night! Let me just say if you want the real New Orleans experience, don't go to Bourbon, go to Magazine St. Or Decatur, but I prefer Magazine. Awesome, thanks for the tips! Hope to check them out, magazine sounds fun! |
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