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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 16, 2021 19:13:17 GMT -5
Everyone knew it was Jericho, I remember when he did return that my first thought was “the code didnt make sense”, but I dont think anyone cared to try to analyze it further rather than just appreciate it for what it was. Oh I remember on here people were scrutinising every little thing. The wall of text, the random phrases that popped up on screen. People were trying to make sense of it all. There were some who guessed it was Jericho after a couple of weeks, but largely no one "got it" right away.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 16, 2021 16:13:39 GMT -5
X+1=Y The next letter after X is Y. 9+1=J I is the 9th letter of the alphabet so you add 1 to get to the tenth letter. Ok that makes somewhat sense, but why would we know to add 1 to both X and 9? It isn't hinted anywhere else as far as I remember
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 15, 2021 5:32:02 GMT -5
These vignettes were hot back in 2007. For 2 months they were hinting at Jericho's return, with more being speculated and revealed each week. Some correctly "figured" it out, most just guessed.
But to me it never made sense.
Things like:
- Save_Us.222 - Save_Us.X22 - Saviour_Self - Seemingly random dates, nouns, phrases...
Flickered on screen, but it never quite confirmed anything. Until the final week before his return we saw Break_The_Walls_Down.
Eventually we also got Save_Us.X29, which somehow was supposed to mean Save_Us.Y2J because apparently X+1=Y and 9+1=J. What did that even mean? There seems to be no correlation.
Anyone here "break" the code? I would love there to be a full analysis on the things that flashed on screen in the "code" but I haven't found anything.
Personally, I feel his return was damn cool, but nowhere near as memorable as his 1999 debut.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 11, 2021 13:56:58 GMT -5
He was great playing off the heels, used prominently and was good in that senior ref role who could interact with the wrestlers. But his pin counting was utter s**t. No one will convince me otherwise.
He always telegraphed the near fall before the guy would get the shoulder up. Noticeable in EVERY DAMN MATCH. And then you knew what the match finish was because he'd count way slower than the other counts in the match.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 3, 2021 12:41:51 GMT -5
No, it's not "false". You know he was talking about an elite figure, and we've not had anything in the past 10 years that wasn't a harder to get online exclusive. We need an elite 2002-2006 Rey in the regular elite line or the Legends line or an offshoot that is readily available to the masses. We can all create imaginary barriers to pretend things. They’ve never made a John Cena figure. All the John Cena figures they’ve made don’t count because none of them were in the specific t-shirt I wanted, with the FlexForce style jumper action feature. But in reality, they have made plenty of John Cena figures, and plenty of Rey Mysterio figures. And plenty of Batista figures from whatever arbitrary dates you’ve decided are the ones that count. Out of the 2 of us, you reaching hard to justify your stance is hilarious. But snarks gotta snark, right? You know damn well what he was talking about and the point still stands.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 3, 2021 5:31:57 GMT -5
they’re doing Chief Jay Strongbow, Zodiac and Goon before a 2002-2007 Rey Mysterio False. I have/had several Mattel Rey Mysterio figures based on 2002-2007. One of the first Mattel WWE figures was a WrestleMania 22 Rey. One of the first Mattel Ringside Exclusives (possibly THE first) was a WrestleMania 20 Rey. They’ve done a figure of his WWE debut. They’ve done a figure of his Royal Rumble win. Hell, they did a Rey Mysterio box set where three or four of the figures were based on 2002-2007. No, it's not "false". You know he was talking about an elite figure, and we've not had anything in the past 10 years that wasn't a harder to get online exclusive. We need an elite 2002-2006 Rey in the regular elite line or the Legends line or an offshoot that is readily available to the masses. We're talking about a guy who has had hundreds of looks that could easily translate into figure form, that Mattel has had under a contract for about 8-9 of their 12 years with WWE, and they haven't released an iconic 2002-2007 elite Rey that isn't a "special, one/off look" or an exclusive from over 10 years ago. It's long overdue and we're only just getting a 2004-5 Batista (UE) and 2001 RVD. So things do happen. But why we don't have a Rey as such is baffling.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 30, 2021 8:50:32 GMT -5
Everyone whine and complains for years about not getting cloth goods and only getting molds. We start getting cloth goods and now everyone’s upset by that. He never wore sleeves except during that invasion. This was a great was to stay in budget while also making it accurate. Just tuck the shirt into the pants So you're bashing everyone but not reading what they're saying? No-one's criticising the DX army look. They're saying the cloth t-shirt doesn't go with the attire underneath. And because Mattel are trying to cater to both the army and in ring looks, it just doesn't work. And as collectors buying something at this price point, I agree with letting people have their say.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 27, 2021 7:42:35 GMT -5
i really love the Hogan figure but i dont understand the decision to give him smaller arms....i mean Hogan's entire existence was "the 24 inch pythons brother"! and this Ultimate has the same size arms as Jeff Hardy No they're not the same size as Jeff's arms They work for Hogan's arms for post 1992 just fine. Pretty much perfectly in scale.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 26, 2021 8:10:16 GMT -5
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 25, 2021 5:51:31 GMT -5
in my experience, that super shine gloss on plastic i think gets gummier/stickier/slimier/secretes faster over time than the matte so the no gloss isn't accurate, and to avoid slime isn't the reason mattel didn't do it, but no gloss is kind of a silver lining i think. Factory gloss doesn't get stickier, but hobby (eg acrylic) gloss does. I've yet to find one that 100% doesn't get gummy after glossing up. But strangely, sometimes matte Mod Podge does go glossy. I can't figure out how, but it seams to be due to how diluted, the temperature and number of layers causing it.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 24, 2021 5:54:10 GMT -5
Sting, Acolytes, HoC Road Dogg, etc The HOC Road Dogg was too thin, but the Sting/APA shirt torso would be excellent. Which means they won’t do it. It’ll be the HOC one repainted thus making his shirt look too small. 100% guaranteed this
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 23, 2021 17:13:12 GMT -5
I am pretty damn 100% confident they're going to go for this
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 22, 2021 7:09:10 GMT -5
Tazz having no elbow joints took away from it for me.
Also - this was released in Q4 2000, no sooner than November. Mostly December.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 20, 2021 3:24:41 GMT -5
TheXtremisT Did the same as the user above ^^^ except mine has loose hips now. I used the elite Bo Dallas legs. Austin looks way better with thicker legs lol. I forgot to mention I swapped the knees pads too with the closed versions. I always thought Austin wore open back knee pads, turns out he didn’t. Yeah that's what I'm afraid of - messing up and making it worse. May get another and try it at least. Definitely baffling why they insist on giving SCSA the thinner legs meant for guys under 240lbs
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 19, 2021 14:35:32 GMT -5
Just got the Ultimate Steve Austin. Disappointed with the skinny arms/legs. Has anyone swapped those out. Eg - Ringmaster legs? Also - love the Raven and Billy/Chuck CMW Toys One of the best Raven's I've seen.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 18, 2021 3:13:16 GMT -5
Ah brilliant, cheers for that vogst. The Jeff attires weren't a million miles away from each other in terms of aesthetics. I'd have thought a bit more variety would make sense but the best outfit won there in my opinion. I am shocked that Mania 9 Hogan won out though. Mad. I'd have bet every cent on Uncensored winning (long tights). Unless it has already been done? But it'd be a nice change from the normal yellow trunks.
These polls are voted on by people who don't buy the figures on twitter and wwe.com. People always tend to vote for the most well known for that reason. Wrestlemania 9 winning isn't a shock because it's Wrestlemania. Same reason why the Wrestlemania 3 Steamboat won despite being made as a basic and an elite already. And Wrestlemania 6 Warrior won, despite having 2 elites and (sort of) a basic. That's what really annoyed me about the Fan Takeover Christian figure. They've made like 3 Christians all with the same attire era design, even one figure with the exact same purple. Yet there was the choice of 2001 Christian and 2004-5 Christian and these idiots voted for a look that wasn't iconic and had been done already.... Now we'll never get those 2 other options...
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 11, 2021 8:44:52 GMT -5
Hasbro will be no better than Mattel are currently. They also suffer from QC issues, re-used parts over and over and occasionally make bad calls.
They don't really have any positives over Mattel. They both use photo-realistic tech and their distribution is similar.
The grass isn't always greener.
The only thing I will say is that in recent years they have been listening to the fans more than Mattel. Only a little bit more though.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 10, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5
What also annoys me about the hair-forward Taker scan, is that they've basically taken a chunk of his hair away.
The volume is gone. It all comes from the sides, brushed forward and they said "f*** it, that'll do. Forget about the hair at the back".
Now compare that to the Summerslam 1998 Basic head, the same that has been used eg on ABA Taker, and it's the complete opposite. That head had slightly too much hair, now this hair-forward one has too little....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 9, 2021 5:10:56 GMT -5
This is the “premium” line from WWE and Mattel. With the price we’re l paying for these figures we shouldnt have to customize these ourselves because Mattel was too lazy to get an elbow of all thing correct. If this were a basic, fine, but this is an “ULTIMATE FIGURE.” The elbow of all things should be accurate. Look I'm not disagreeing with this...but I'm just really pointing out how for me personally it doesn't make much of a difference. I've been around hundreds and hundreds of figures and some things are bound to seem like a raw deal or get on nerves. With that said, it's already printed, shipped and released and unless you want to wait for a running change, there are solutions other than being upset. If we don't express our displeasure with things like this, we resign ourselves to let Mattel get away with more of this in the future. We speak our mind - positive things can happen.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 30, 2021 14:07:48 GMT -5
It's amazing that DDP himself and a lot of fans think that he should have gone over Goldberg WAY before Nash got into the picture. But Nash gets beat to death by people after the fact. Look at the video, the fans pop for the powerbomb, they count 1-2-3, they pop for Nash winning. If your career is built around a streak and that's all you have and now one loss is the most damaging thing and no way to recover from it, maybe you really didn't have much to begin with. You're right. So many wrestling "pundits" state this as integral to the fall of WCW, one of the dominoes that fell earlier on. Saying that the crowd didn't want Goldberg to lose, that it didn't make sense moneywise, and it hurt Goldberg beyond repair. They booked themselves into a corner with Goldberg. He would have got stale, maybe sometime in 1999. But they needed new, interesting. And they went back to the past. The Death of WCW states that the idea behind the NWO Elite was so Goldberg could run through them. Which is one way of booking him strong post-streak. But maybe it'd have been better to have Goldberg disappear for a while, learn to talk and then come back and run through the NWO, instead of doing it straight away. Because I believe Goldberg should have learned to cut a promo. He was never the same after Starrcade and people think it was the result, when I think it was because they had nothing for him and he never developed his character. If he had learned to talk, he could have backed up his in ring skills with the ability to sell a feud.... I also think had they continued the streak, the fans would have turned on him in 1999 and cheered others against him. And they should have him turn heel, cut promos/have a manager and be unbeatable (eg Brock-Heyman).
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