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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 14, 2017 3:56:32 GMT -5
Hope that’s the torso Mattel uses for the WCW goldberg That torso looks so much better for Goldberg than the Triple H one Funny you guys should say that. I kitbashed a WIP Goldberg last week and used that torso from the DM surfer Sting. Before my friend made this one. I think lots of people will use it from now on haha. I'm still finishing my one, will be posted next week.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 13, 2017 14:12:47 GMT -5
NOT MY WORK This is a Goldberg a friend of mine made, who asked me to post it here to see what you guys thought of it. He used a Bluetista body repainting the whole thing, and swapped a couple of parts. Then added chest hair. The repaint came out really cleanly, and it looks very well done in my opinion. Obviously he's missing the tattoo so he'll get a decal. He's only just starting to do customs and would love critiques so he can improve and get better for future projects.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 2, 2017 10:22:51 GMT -5
Are there any figures out there that have medium kneepads the exact same shade of red that the new Shamrock has? Sheamus? Dunno if it's right. Definitely not DB or Ezekiel Jackson. Maybe the basic Ryback in the light orange singlet that came out in early 2015-late 2014? Oh you beauty! Thanks! I found at least 5 basic Rybacks with that particular shade. Seeing if anyone has one on the UK figure group on Facebook
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 2, 2017 6:09:22 GMT -5
Are there any figures out there that have medium kneepads the exact same shade of red that the new Shamrock has? Sheamus? Dunno if it's right. Definitely not DB or Ezekiel Jackson.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 28, 2017 12:21:04 GMT -5
I like it but why is the top of his singlet outlined in black and why is the bottom of the singlet not molded on? It's source accurate, he had dark blue trim on the upper half, but not the lower. Painted on shorts on the legs is stupid though.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 13, 2017 16:49:35 GMT -5
LOD 2000! Sculpted hair, removed spikes from the Mattel shoulder pads, added some bits, then a full repaint apart from the skin and boots/shoes. Animal's too short, Hawk's too tall. Mattel's fault really..... Still need helmets though, but will do for now More of my stuff on Instagram: @txtcustoms
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 3, 2017 16:02:37 GMT -5
Couple of things Quick simple Steve Blackman, same recipe as others have done: Sid upper, HBK lower. Only real work was painting the red and fitting the Jakks ttl head on. Even though the pics don't show this, the head matches the body skin colour in person. And another Jeff Hardy for a client on instagram, he wanted a Jeff based on the Raw after the 2003 Royal Rumble vs RVD. Dean Ambrose body with Mattel proto Jeff head and I completely resculpted the hair and then a usual paint job all over but the torso. More pics of my work on instagram: @txtcustoms Thanks!
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 7, 2017 15:51:31 GMT -5
Another one for dpd1967 Jeff Hardy done in Adrenaline series 1 style, but more accurate to the time period. Sculpted hair, and painted details. Shame I don't get to keep this one lol
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 7, 2017 8:12:02 GMT -5
TheXtremisT: That Hardy showed up in my Instagram feed and I was admiring it then and am now. Incredible work! chargrove: That's the Sid I want! Excellent work! Thanks mate!
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 5, 2017 16:43:23 GMT -5
TheXtremisT the paint job on the pants is insane. Great work! Thank you guys! Beautiful matt. Thank you very much. Great work as always Thanks dude, glad you like him. I've almost finished Jeff, just need to paint the facial hair and seal him.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 5, 2017 7:36:30 GMT -5
Broken Matt commission for dpd1967 Fully hand painted. He's ready to delete Anthem and Ed Nordholm
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 4, 2017 4:24:10 GMT -5
Mr Perfect uses the X-Pac torso, which is way too thin (front to back). It has the lats this one sorely needs, but is still too small for Sting. This Wolfpac body though..... what were they thinking? I just seriously don't understand sometimes. Bill said in the recent Q&A with Noelle that they play around with existing parts to make figures to see what works. Well a lot of the time, they make the wrong choices or just shouldn't bother until there's something more suitable.
I'm thinking of the WCW Regal - torso is too thin for him. I was very disappointed.
And that NXT Seth they made him thick AF!
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 29, 2017 7:48:41 GMT -5
Yeah........ nothing's going to come of this. Braun will be fine.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 29, 2017 7:42:39 GMT -5
Well to spin it in a different way, Charlotte has only just in the past couple of months become Charlotte Flair. Prior to that they didn't want Flair's name attached to her. Although she might have had it in NXT I don't know since I didn't watch back then.
Dunno what this has to do with the topic at hand really. Just writing stuff....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 29, 2017 7:33:41 GMT -5
They should have put in Orton and Mysterio in there instead of Hall/Nash.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 27, 2017 16:08:21 GMT -5
The size of the smyths displays near me compared to even 3 weeks ago is depressing me. Its about 40% of what it used to be Yeah mine's always had tons of basics, still does. But the overall display is about a third less, mostly because of less elites. Which you can understand with the price reductions.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 26, 2017 17:19:08 GMT -5
RAISE THE ROOF! Booker T 1998 singles run, made with Harlem Heat Booker upper body, lower legs/boots, Network HHH lower body and Goldust gloves. Sculpted the boots. Now can you dig that, sucka?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 21, 2017 13:33:15 GMT -5
Could anyone in attendance ask whether the Shamrock elite has his name/logo on the front of his trunks? It's a deal breaker for me if he doesn't have it. Thanks! Did he wear the red without the Shamrock along the waist band? I just assumed it was exactly like his Jakks CS11 attire. Yeah very early on he didn't have it for a month or two. Which is why I'm worried because he didn't have it in his debut match in which he wore those specific kickpads on the figure, and he didn't have the logo. Here are those kickpads that he wore like once..... smh
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 21, 2017 7:45:56 GMT -5
Well said man.
But internet sales really became a big big thing about 10 or less years ago, and on top of that the highest prices for Jakks figures were £10 for Adrenaline, CS and DA. Of which the 2 formers did increase to about £13 towards the end. But what I'm getting at, was it was so much easier for them to have that amount of product on pegs because they were so cheap compared to today. And internet sales weren't as competitive as they are now so yeah you're right.
Smyths then flys in the face of internet sales, which is great for UK retail. I like the ease of walkign in and buying the ones I want. Whereas even with Jakks I couldn't get certain figures despite them having a very good presence. And out of Smyths or Jakks - Jakks pegwarmed way more in the RA days. May come down to their constant Cena in t-shirts, Triple H in t-shirts, Undertaker in the same attire 10 times, the same Kane figure released 20 times, figures in boring street gear.....
I just hope Smyths keep elites at the same price. Cos it's too much even now. And they completely stopped stocking Marvel Legends cos the prices skyrocketed and weren't worth it. TRU have those rotting on pegs cos of their greedy prices.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 21, 2017 4:20:46 GMT -5
What you American guys do everytime there is a thread like this, is make you local shops the benchmark for the entire global sales of a toy line. You live in a country with 5-6000 Walmarts, thousands of targets. Their demographics are completely different in almost every city, because you have 300m people. Their tastes change. Their disposable incomes differ from area to area. And even that can change drastically at any given time. (See Detroit). I don't know where you guys are from, but if from outsite the big cities of the US, I could bet that the economic recoveries were probably weaker and slower in your areas. You have to adapt all the time to keep your collection going. If you are a completist, you are never, ever going to walk into store again, in this age of internet shopping and see shelves stocked to the brim with all the figures you need. No matter what the line is. Even the horseshyte new transformers. You harp about the glory days of jakks, well if stores were knee deep in figures, that means they WERE NOT SELLING!! We saw the CS line deteriorate rapidly during the recession, and then there was no more jakks WWE.... (Tragically I know that had now been reversed) Respectfully, that is BS. It's done due to the numbers of product that sells. It was like that way back in the Attitude Era, a wall full of WWF and WCW figures which were selling like hot cakes because those same figures weren't there a few months later. Same for Jakks during the Ruthless Aggression era. I can't see why that is being misconstrued as "they were not selling!!". And yes the recession may have officially ended in 2009, but the effects were felt for a couple of years after that. Hence why the credit crunch continued even into 2012. Just because the category of recession finished, doesn't mean everything magically went back the way it was before. Companies were suffering big time years after.
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