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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 1, 2023 13:16:48 GMT -5
I was relieved that they turned Austin face again, but it felt they suddenly flipped the script with him, Vince & Taker. Austin’s turn was the strangest. They pushed him as a heel for the past eight months despite fans still wanting to cheer him. Then literally the night after survivor series he comes out and they act like he’s been a face this entire time. Same with Vince just suddenly being a heel again. Atleast they did a segment for Taker’s turn. I gotta throw Kurt in there as well. He was a massive face over the summer, turned heel for one month by joining the Alliance, saves the WWF at survivor series, yet is stil treated as a heel due to McMahon also randomly turning heel again. One of the strangest months in this company’s history. That Kurt heel turn broke my little heart as an 11 year old. Angle was my guy during the Invasion era and he killed it. He was so there, then they threw it all away and made him the heel mole. Then they boo Angle for saving the WWF and make Austin face after being despicable and cowardly for months? Kayfabe, whatever. But logically? No sense. Still grinds my gears.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 1, 2023 11:01:59 GMT -5
Could anyone do a side-by-side for the red tights Honky Tonk Man and the E105 Scott Steiner?
I was told the tights look the same colour but I was skeptical. I don't want to pull the trigger and buy a Honky to swap the lower legs unless they do match.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 26, 2023 16:22:19 GMT -5
Anyone here know which Ultimate Edition shares the same skintone as Macho Man? Really want bigger arms on my nWo version. Hogan NWO has the same skintone which would give you the arms, but they'd be pinned double-jointed elbows. I actually kept the Macho Man shoulders and only swapped the arms at the biceps with Elite 91 Hogan. They actually work well despite the smaller shoulders, which I felt worked anyway. When I torso swapped the Ultimate NWO Macho Man onto the 1999 Team Madness Savage, I then gave him larger shoulders cos he was ripped to the gills. And it makes a nice little delineation.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 17, 2023 18:18:13 GMT -5
He was the most useless wrestler ever until Garrett Bischoff came around. Then Wes Brisco took that mantle from Garrett a few months later in 2012 but I give Wes a pass because he wasn't brought in to any company due to nepotism.
I've been watching Nitros and seen every episode he's been in until where I'm at in March 2000 and he did improve and the psycho gimmick got him to open up and work on his character. His in-ring work improved a lot but my god did he not know how to bump, sell or entertain for like a good year into his WCW career. He'd just flop around like a stiff fish.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 13, 2023 16:50:59 GMT -5
Has anyone got any clear pictures of Road Warrior Animal's tattoos?
I'm looking to make decals.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 11, 2023 15:03:46 GMT -5
So he injured his neck by Terry Funk in that four way match in Buffalo I believe it was. He was set to wrestle Terry Funk for the ECW World Title at Wrestlepalooza 97 but couldn't cause of the neck being bugged up so Chris Candido took the match against Funk. Now from what I heard, the neck was messed up but Stevie could still work. That's why he signed with WCW along with Raven, and Saturn. Unfortunately after a few months the WCW era ended and he went back to ECW to be a heel. He returned at the November To Remember helping RVD and team WWF beat Tommy Dreamer. His first ECW match back was at the ECW Arena and he wrestled Chris Chetti. But during the match he kinked his neck really bad and that's when he left ECW again and had to retire and he started to work at a video game store I believe from what I remember hearing. So the surgery must have happened during all that time away, he debuted in the WWF in the summer of 1999, so there was a two year break pretty much, so he may have had the surgery then. I forget if Stevie had the raspy voice when he came into the WWF that summer to tag with Meanie, or if it happened in the summer of 2000 when he formed the RTC. Yeah that must be it, he must have re-injured it and felt pretty bad. I figured he must have had multiple surgeries because his voice got more and more raspy until 2002 and stayed that way for a while.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 11, 2023 14:55:12 GMT -5
Stevie Richards signed with WCW in 1997 and this should be in the Classic Wrestling board. It is in the classic board.... Yeah I knew it was 1997, but accidentally wrote 1998 for some reason.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 10, 2023 7:49:35 GMT -5
I'm a little confused by the details and events of the "guardrail" incident that Stevie suffered when Funk drove it into Stevie's neck and shoulders.
This happened in May 1997, and I remember years ago hearing him saying that this was what led to him having surgery on his throat (resulting in his trademark raspy voice) and he was in a lot of pain due to it, basically leading him to retire due to it, but eventually returning to the ring and joining the WWF.
But the timeline suggests otherwise. He suffered the injury in May 1997. He claimed he was in a lot of pain. But signed with WCW in Aug 1997 and wrestled there for about 3 months before leaving and returning to ECW shortly after, and wrestling on the indies. He had his normal voice around then, so it must have been prior to surgery, but he must have been in a lot of pain. However, he claims it prevented him from wrestling (and forcing him to retire for a period) but that was clearly not the case because he pretty much never stopped wrestling until he joined the WWF.
I believe his voice started to become raspy after he joined the WWF, but it was especially so after about 2002 for many, many years. So I assume he had more permanent surgery between 2001-2002. Maybe he was in a lot of pain but wrestled through it?
Stevie was never one of my favourites, in fact I despised him for pretty much his entire career. I just felt that way. But since growing up and rewatching some of his stuff, you get to appreciate how talented someone is and couple that with his great Youtube analysis videos and his genuine stance as one of the nicest guys in pro wrestling - he comes off as a top dude. Shame he never really had the push he deserved after RTC.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 8, 2023 17:16:13 GMT -5
new ultimate rock has the stupid newer peg setup, so I can't put his torso on my E100 rock legs :/ I know it can be done, but I have to observe/research alittle more how to make this switch possible. ugh Yeah it is possible, I'm currently in the middle of finding a fix for it. Also swapping E100 lower half onto the new Rock upper. It will work, I'm just engineering the housing a little. I have some pics of during the process. And yes the peg does sit lower than the other UEs with this set up.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 2, 2023 7:35:08 GMT -5
Maybe a Kalisto or Rey Mysterio elite might help out with scaling. From the looks of it, the head is sitting too high, so you could maybe achieve a better scale if you brought it down a little. Usually elite heads just about cover the adam's apple with their chins, so if you did that, it'd help.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 21, 2023 4:28:03 GMT -5
Are there any elite figures with Bryan/Punk/Jericho type short legs that have white on the knees right above where the knee pads go? (See CM Punk at Battleground 2013 if you’re not sure what I’m asking about) Closest I can think of is Bobby Fish but his legs I believe are slimmer and possibly shorter.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 21, 2023 4:26:50 GMT -5
Leave them sitting in very hot water so it melts? That's never worked for me for some reason :-\ That'll be because superglue stays solid after crystallising. Your best bet is to scrape or sand it off, then try to buff the plastic after if it looks dull. Or add some Mod Podge to cover the dullness.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 16, 2023 17:13:38 GMT -5
To save myself the hassle of looking up a bunch of figures, i'll ask here again. I'm looking to make a 2006 Era Triple H with a Jakks head. Planning on using the Austin torso, but and stuck on arms & lowers. Are there any Elites in the normal lighter skin tone (Cena, Edge, Austin etc...) That have arms like Triple H's? (size & tape), and are there any trunks & leg molds with the same size/height as Triple H? To my knowledge there aren't any figures with Triple H legs in Cena skintone. But instead of using an Austin torso, you can use a British Bulldog torso (not the recent 1992 figure). He's had 2 figures with the same torso as Austin and it is in the same skintone as Triple H.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 7, 2023 14:32:50 GMT -5
Quick question, what’s an affordable figure that has a ball-joint crotch in the HHH skintone that I can use for UE Sid? I’m saving the UE HHH trunks to fix up with a Flair torso, so I hate to use those. If you're talking purely the crotch with ball hips, why not just use the Sid one? Otherwise other crotches with the same skintone amd ball hips are Bobby Roode, Damien Sandow... I'm assuming you're saying that the ball hips and barbell are needing to be in the same skintone, and not talking about the legs/torso? If so, it's barely noticeable when you swap different hips on there.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 6, 2023 18:02:46 GMT -5
I'm looking to make LOD 2000 customs. But I need clear pictures of Animal's tattoos.
Has anyone got any pictures or could take photos of the Jakks Classic Superstars' figure with those tattoos?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 1, 2023 16:18:38 GMT -5
Not really that into them, but Lenny Lane and Lodi were pretty entertaining in WCW in 1999.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 1, 2023 16:15:50 GMT -5
Anything can get stale.
Fans turned on the Rock in his feud with Brock in 2002 BECAUSE he was getting stale, which led to his awesome heel run in 2003.
Austin was already getting stale in 2001, which led to his heel turn and then in 2002 he began becoming stale again around April onwards. I think him stepping away from the company gave a little breathing room actually. There was no way they could have consistently booked him as a top guy for another few years without tweaking his character a little.
Fans would have cheered out of loyalty but he wouldn't have remained the most popular guy forever if he just continued doing the same schtick. All the 1997-1999 booking was golden because of the novelty, but it also burned the writers out because of constantly needing to top their previous efforts and booking the whole show around Austin. That formula would not have continued for another few years if he was to remain the same and in the main event.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 1, 2023 9:47:29 GMT -5
Could anyone answer a quick question for me? Does anyone know if Ken Shamrock and Cena elites have the same skin tone? Yeah they do man
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 28, 2023 16:37:57 GMT -5
Calling it a "move" is a bit of a misnomer. When you say move, most people think of something you do to an opponent that is indeed offensive.
It's more of a setup. The idea is to get the opponent off guard and set yourself up for your next offensive move. Its psychology is not so much to trip the opponent but to get them to keep running at the ropes so you can then attack like AJ Styles does or grab a hold of them.
There's many more things I'd read into before this one. Like why would wrestlers climb out of a cage when they could go over and ask the door to be opened....?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 24, 2023 14:18:36 GMT -5
They do this so frequently with figures, it's just cringeworthy. Ken Shamrock in blue and red had the wrong shades, Harlem Heat too. Instantly drawn to the short lower legs and the "tights" that hang baggy and tuck into his kickpads. Clearly they just photoshopped over his chaps and had to get his feet in the frame so they either on purpose or mistakenly shopped in booted lower legs that were too short.
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