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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 11, 2023 17:27:43 GMT -5
US store exclusives can be carried by international retailers if they choose to order them No, just like the guy said in his original comment, they are subject to massive markups by 3rd party sellers over here because they have to be ordered through US 2ndary suppliers and then shipped over here to the UK. So they're not offered up directly by Mattel.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 11, 2023 17:21:24 GMT -5
When I first saw this WCW entrance set a year ago or so ... I thought ... WOW! I want that! (so many people on this board were also begging to get it. I thought if they made that, it would be at least 300 to 500 dollars. The fact that it is $400.00 plus 5 figures to me was a no-brainer and I paid the second it became available. I understand if people don't care for WCW, an entrance set, the line of figures, the adjustable size, the cost etc ... totally get it! But I don't get the passion for bashing it - to want it to fail. The negativity. I simply don't get that on a wrestling site. I also wish people who say they would pay if it included everything ... would. The only way we would find out is if you did it now to see how many of you there are. ... and if at the end you aren't getting what you want, you could back out. The only other thing I would do - not my preference ... but I would do it. IF Mattel needed 4,400 backers that are guaranteed to get the Entrance set and all 5 figures for $1,000.00. I would do it. I would far prefer others would do it now at $400.00 but if that were the only way I could get all ... I would do it. I would even give Steve an extra $200.00 to deal with all of the negativity. . The 5 figures were never a guarantee and you can never 100% accurately predict the actual numbers of sales despite how popular it is assumed.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 11, 2023 9:11:27 GMT -5
100%. I seriously still don't understand how some collectors clamour for street clothed figures and assume just because they want them then the majority of collectors/average consumers also would buy them. There's a reason why Jakks' street clothed figures would rot on pegs for years after coming out. And Mattel were smart enough to realise this and not make them other than very rarely as basics. While we are in agreement that non-specific street clothes do not make the most enticing figures, I do think that DDP is the exception only because the jeans/rib tape look was his actual attire during a very popular stretch of his career from 1997-1998. People have been clamoring for that figure for a while now which is justifiable. It was his default attire in Revenge for crying out loud! Yeah I never count DDP in that "street clothes" look anyway, because he wrestled in it. There's a big difference.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 11, 2023 9:08:31 GMT -5
100%. I seriously still don't understand how some collectors clamour for street clothed figures and assume just because they want them then the majority of collectors/average consumers also would buy them. There's a reason why Jakks' street clothed figures would rot on pegs for years after coming out. And Mattel were smart enough to realise this and not make them other than very rarely as basics. Still better than a redundant DDP and Hogan tho. 100% depends on the look. Only iconic looks and in-ring attires sell well. Street clothes don't. And there are very, very few street clothed looks that are iconic. As incentives, they wouldn't have a wide appeal.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 11, 2023 5:02:04 GMT -5
Honestly, I think they misfired with the figure choices. And some of those figures are coming out anyway in the Monday Night Wars line and others. Had the set of figures been: - nWo Bischoff (with alternate commentator gear) - Nash and Hall in debut street clothes - DDP in jeans and taped ribs - Lex Luger in debut street gear - Scott Steiner in iconic chainmail and biker trunks - A FTITL (Mongo? Zbysko? Madusa?) This thing would’ve blown up big time. As it stands, DDP and Hogan were too close to previous releases, Mysterio just isn’t a “must have” and that’s 3/5 being “meh” right there. I cannot imagine how badly this would have flipped if 4 of the 5 figures offered were in jeans 100%. I seriously still don't understand how some collectors clamour for street clothed figures and assume just because they want them then the majority of collectors/average consumers also would buy them. There's a reason why Jakks' street clothed figures would rot on pegs for years after coming out. And Mattel were smart enough to realise this and not make them other than very rarely as basics.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 4, 2023 7:56:15 GMT -5
I've been watching Raws and Smackdowns on the Network, and provided there was no censorship on there surrounding the resolution of the Chaz as a woman-beater storyline, I never actually saw it resolved on Raw that he didn't give Mariana a black eye.
Basically what I saw was - Mariana had a black eye a couple of weeks in a row, outwardly accusing Chaz of beating her. The wrestlers all beat him up backstage when he was being interviewed when he proclaimed his innocence and JR/King just sounded shocked that he would do that but not knowing for sure.
Then one week Thrasher came back and saved Chaz from a beat down or something and they were back together.
I never saw the part where Thrasher proved it was all fake news from Mariana. I suspect it was on Heat that it was resolved.
So basically if you only watched the main shows, you would forever either believe or wonder that Mosh was a woman beater....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 29, 2023 4:56:10 GMT -5
Ah I gotcha, thanks so much dude! I hope it's simple enough to put back on? It's a bit fiddly as the whole in the fabric is quite a bit smaller than the actual metal, however the fabric is tougher than you would expect That's good to know, thank you. I am thinking about making my own (eg plain ones) so I may just remake WWF ones and make them more like the old Jakks RSR ones with little loops that can slip on/off the metal rings more easily.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 28, 2023 17:23:55 GMT -5
Glad to know it's possible. Could you describe what you did just so I can understand? Because I can't figure it out from looking at the pad. If you could visually show me as well, that'd be ace too. If not too much trouble. Thanks! Ah I gotcha, thanks so much dude! I hope it's simple enough to put back on?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 25, 2023 14:19:36 GMT -5
So I assembled it and it looks great but was really hoping to be able to swap the ropes. Is it possible to remove the turnbuckle pads? Wondering if there's a way to open the pin/stud combo. You can open the turnbuckle pads, the fabric whole is just really tight, I done this on the new gen ring Glad to know it's possible. Could you describe what you did just so I can understand? Because I can't figure it out from looking at the pad. If you could visually show me as well, that'd be ace too. If not too much trouble. Thanks!
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 25, 2023 12:31:40 GMT -5
So I assembled it and it looks great but was really hoping to be able to swap the ropes.
Is it possible to remove the turnbuckle pads? Wondering if there's a way to open the pin/stud combo.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 25, 2023 12:30:42 GMT -5
Is it possible to remove the turnbuckle pads and change the ropes?
Wondering if there's a way to open the pin/stud combo on the pads.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 18, 2023 13:58:02 GMT -5
He literally was relevant for like a couple of months at best.
His February-March 2000 was decent. Featured well, made to look like an attraction in the Light Heavyweight division.
Then after March he did nothing but wrestle on Metal and occasionally Heat.
Lita HAD to leave him. She was so different to other women at the time.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 16, 2023 19:02:47 GMT -5
Hi Steve! You said a uk shop will get the target exclusive ultimate figures this year. Will this shop also get the walmart exclusive ultimates? Any chance they will be on mattel creations (yeah, i know..:-( ) Thank you and greetings from Europe The UK market isn’t taking Ruthless Aggression unfortunately. No movement yet on MC expanding their offerings to US exclusives. Is there not a possibility of UK online retailers being able to carry this line? If you look at Hasbro Marvel Legends for example, the figures that are various brick and mortar exclusives in the US are also offered to UK online retail at affordable prices (not import stock).
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 16, 2023 7:18:24 GMT -5
I finally got mine yesterday, not opened it all out yet though.
I ordered the 8th January, it was shipped around the 6th March and arrived here at my door in the UK on the 15th.
Like I've said before, others in the UK had ordered about a month after me and they received theirs within 2 weeks of ordering.
Mine was unfulfilled until about about 2 weeks ago. I had to chase them up on the third week of Feb after what I said above and was told it was ready to ship, but it took about 2 weeks for them to finally ship.
Seems a mixed bag but this isn't really a good look on their fulfilment.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 15, 2023 9:01:45 GMT -5
Based on this render I think the reason we're getting the inaccurate torso is because we're getting the Austin-style entrance vest, which wouldn't fit on the Kama torso. Which is absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. Kama basically never wore that during his entrance in the NOD (The Nation - yes, but NOD - never happened). I'd much rather have an accurate torso (and boots too), and lacking extra accessories, than an inaccurate torso just for some pointless add-on....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 11, 2023 18:11:54 GMT -5
I made this point back in 2021 the last time this came up but Sting joining made absolutely no sense and killed his mystique (although it already was watered down before that due to the events after Starrcade). If Sting was true to his character, he'd have rejected both NWOs and been a lone wolf (pun not intended). That would have been pretty compelling. Or, the NWO black and white should have feuded properly with the red and black (instead of just jibes between them and occasional run-ins), and the Hollywood faction should have won in a match for the rights to the NWO name and logo. Then the Wolfpac would run with just that name as its own separate thing, with that cool red shirt and wolf on it. THEN Sting should have joined once they shed all their affiliation with the NWO. Hall & Nash wanted it to be called the Wolfpac at the start when the germ of the idea was being formed....they saw the popularity of DX & wanted their own version. Which is ironic because DX was formed because of the Outsiders 🤣🤣🤣 And they had a few ideas that didn't happen because of backstage politicking. They originally wanted Syxx to be in the faction with them when they were forming the idea in late 1997. But after he got canned, Konnan was the next logical choice. I'm not sure Luger was someone they wanted, and Hennig/Rude probably didn't matter because they were in the group for 3 weeks. But IIRC they wanted a couple of other guys from black and white (eg Bagwell) but Hogan thought they were taking all the "cool" guys. Hence why they made Hall stick with the black and white, which the Outsiders weren't in favour of. I'm not sure who else they wanted but the way Bischoff and Hogan shot them down so often with their suggestions, I'm sure there would have been someone from WCW they wanted but couldn't get.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 11, 2023 16:08:05 GMT -5
I made this point back in 2021 the last time this came up but Sting joining made absolutely no sense and killed his mystique (although it already was watered down before that due to the events after Starrcade).
If Sting was true to his character, he'd have rejected both NWOs and been a lone wolf (pun not intended). That would have been pretty compelling.
Or, the NWO black and white should have feuded properly with the red and black (instead of just jibes between them and occasional run-ins), and the Hollywood faction should have won in a match for the rights to the NWO name and logo. Then the Wolfpac would run with just that name as its own separate thing, with that cool red shirt and wolf on it.
THEN Sting should have joined once they shed all their affiliation with the NWO.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 10, 2023 15:33:53 GMT -5
If this is a Mattel board, I'd have assumed OP would have limited this to guys that have had Mattel figures but will never have another, instead of naming guys who have had figures under different toy companies....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 8, 2023 19:27:10 GMT -5
oh good! just boil the kettle mate dip it in a tall cup, bit of water won't hurt but hair dryer you can melt plastic and warp it permanently (plus! the Mrs will get mad you using her stuff) Ordinary hair dryers will not melt the plastic. They don't get hot enough. Using hair dryers is still very low risk and won't damage figures as long as you don't prolong exposure to the heat, but people usually know that already.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Mar 6, 2023 8:50:20 GMT -5
Berlyn. He had hype videos that seemed very outdated even by 1999. Very one-dimensional character. Initial promos were made to look like worn-out VHS footage.
Supposed to face Buff Bagwell in his first match. Instead faced Jim Duggan. And didn't wow the crowd at all.
The next few weeks he made no impact whatsoever and feuded with a perennial lower card Brad Armstrong.
Got beat up by Armstrong backstage on one episode of Nitro, stood right back up immediately after, looked Armstrong dead in the eye and backed down.
Crappy finisher. Boring wrestling skills.
The Wall was the only intriguing thing to come of it and initially it was an incredibly slow burn.
It wasn't surprised that Alex Wright was dead in the water straight after his Berlyn debut.
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