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Post by RSCTom on Jan 16, 2023 16:38:36 GMT -5
Triple S has the best take. There isn't a single bone in my body that wanted the New Gen Arena or any of the figure looks that came with it. I mean that with no disrespect to those who got it. It just isn't at all my bag...baby. The Raw ring is basically how I think the WWE ring should actually still look...naturally I was pumped when I found out it would be a Ringside Exclusive as for me it's basically the definitive WWE wrestling ring...just like the New Gen ring is for a lot of others. I also wouldn't call it an 'instant release' as not only did the ring get to us well after most folks, maybe not 100%, but most had the Arena in hand on top of MC's stock of the ring giving people who want both ample time to save up or make room or whatever the reason for not being able to buy with us might be. If you want to be a completist then fine. Nothing to knock there. But for plenty of us the Attitude Era ring is it! with the new gen ring and same for the raw ring, I just wanted the figures lol. no need or use for the rings or the entrance thing (although that thing is cool as hell). Yeah I can see how that can be annoying, especially if it's a look you really want, and you don't need another ring. For me that Kane is definitive because it's the same style as his tag team run with X-Pac. I can't imagine there will ever be a time that rings don't come with a bonus figure and a unique look, though. Especially an exclusive. ESPECIALLY A RINGSIDE EXCLUSIVE
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 16, 2023 15:38:19 GMT -5
Triple S has the best take. There isn't a single bone in my body that wanted the New Gen Arena or any of the figure looks that came with it. I mean that with no disrespect to those who got it. It just isn't at all my bag...baby.
The Raw ring is basically how I think the WWE ring should actually still look...naturally I was pumped when I found out it would be a Ringside Exclusive as for me it's basically the definitive WWE wrestling ring...just like the New Gen ring is for a lot of others. I also wouldn't call it an 'instant release' as not only did the ring get to us well after most folks, maybe not 100%, but most had the Arena in hand on top of MC's stock of the ring giving people who want both ample time to save up or make room or whatever the reason for not being able to buy with us might be.
If you want to be a completist then fine. Nothing to knock there. But for plenty of us the Attitude Era ring is it!
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 15, 2023 19:19:21 GMT -5
I did this just in case sandeep might buy it
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 11, 2023 15:06:00 GMT -5
This is specific to back orders
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 9, 2023 17:07:22 GMT -5
I'm hoping we see more figures around fall of next year. It seems like such a long time but I'm guessing we have a shot at getting a few more original movie figures in the lead up to the new movie. We still really need Janine and we could definitely get a Walter. Vigo and Janosz would both be good adds too. I think beyond Janine though, I want them to do some ghosts. A crowdfund Ecto-1 built around more figures is pretty much my hope at this point. Who knows how well this next movie will do and Hasbro isn't exactly crushing it right now financially. We'll have to see, right? I think the Afterlife stuff was all well and good but the throwback versions Hasbro did left a lot to be desired so I've seen them shelfwarming here and there. So far only Diamond Select has really been able to get likenesses spot on but those figures were clunky and not really playable. I'm a sucker for the GB II blue jumpsuits so I would consider those but I can't see them even releasing those after how long the '84 versions have been around. Maybe via Haslabs, who knows.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 9, 2023 17:02:37 GMT -5
my proton pack is set to be delivered next saturday! to say i'm excited is a massive understatement Nice! Did you get a shipping email or was it something in the app? I'm kind of bugging because I never did get that 'confirm your address' email. I'm sure it's fine but you know how it goes
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 9, 2023 12:45:54 GMT -5
Without pulling the curtain back too much, we have a great relationship with Mattel and while our conversations are more geared towards what we cook up together for exclusives, I have casually made some suggestions. I would say we are all in the same mental wavelength as wrestling fans, though, so anything Attitude/RA/Reality Era, which are my favorite wrestling eras pretty much represent what I would like to see. I am not as knowledgeable on golden era stuff. Mattel are great listeners! Interesting. Did you miss golden era / new gen due to age, just not being into wrestling then etc. or were you more a passive fan during that time. Times a funny thing and I often think when people talk about stuff from the 90s it wasn’t that long ago but when you sit and think actually the start of the 90s was 33 years ago boy it makes me feel old! Haha Yeah it's definitely mind bending how long ago it was! I was not really a regularly watching wrestling fan until the late 90's when it started to take off like a lot of others. I wouldn't say I hated new gen / golden era wrestling stuff but I just wasn't as engaged. I can remember the Saturday morning stuff a little but but it was just never an interest amongst me or any friends or my brothers. We did love the SNES/Genesis games, though. Then that just gradually grew into 1997. Also don’t know if you can speak to much on this but have ringside ever thought about having pop up events (snd more specifically international ones) I went to a pop up a few years back in London which bill came to and a somewhat well known figure YouTuber and it was really fun I can imagine the logistics obv being a nightmare (even more so post covid) but just wondering if it was ever thrown out just riffing ideas and what if type things? Especially since we had clash in the castle and now MITB over here. I don't want to say it's impossible so of course 'Never Say Never' but with us there needs to be a pretty strong reasoning other than just a meet-up and a booth with some figures for sale, as nice as it would be to see everyone internationally. Even with Ringside Fest when you think about it, that's really a bit of a special occasion. That said if we're ever in other locations where there are large groups of people that would want to hang out and talk for a bit, I at least certainly wouldn't be opposed to it. I try to do this at most events we're around but I think people have gotten shy in recent years!
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 7, 2023 20:49:23 GMT -5
Wow, that's an interesting thought and question. To be honest I don't know if I ever ordered any figures from RSC during that time-frame which is kind of unimaginable because I was checking out images there just like everyone else. But I was 10-14 or 15 at my absolute wrestling peak so I was more into playing than collecting and I basically got what I needed/wanted at KB Toys, etc. Let's just say my BCA Stone Cold and Dr. Death Steve Williams came from RSC. Yeah, I found RSC by looking for pictures of the toys on the internet back then. But when I saw that box set and the title belts, I begged my mom to let me use the money I saved up to buy it. I think that was the very first purchase my family made on the internet, actually. It’s nuts to think how shopping has changed since then. It's very different! That actually reminds me of one time when I bought some 'championship belts' from ebay thinking I was getting something incredible and it was some really horribly laminated paper belts with a couple pieces of velcro on them that someone sent in a regular envelope when I had paid mad money. Learned a valuable lesson for an 11 year old haha. Shopping is a lot better!
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 6, 2023 18:42:25 GMT -5
Tom, I’m just gonna say you’re the man of the hour, the man with the power! The power to push that Ultimate Hulk Still Rules! Let’s get it dude I'm ready if Matty is ready brother
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 6, 2023 18:41:59 GMT -5
Yo, Tom. My first RSC purchase was the Jakks BCA Championship Box Set with Undertaker, Rocky Maivia, Owen Hart, and British Bulldog that came with the sculpted World, IC, European, and Tag Team belts. Do you remember what your first RSC purchase was? Wow, that's an interesting thought and question. To be honest I don't know if I ever ordered any figures from RSC during that time-frame which is kind of unimaginable because I was checking out images there just like everyone else. But I was 10-14 or 15 at my absolute wrestling peak so I was more into playing than collecting and I basically got what I needed/wanted at KB Toys, etc. Let's just say my BCA Stone Cold and Dr. Death Steve Williams came from RSC.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 6, 2023 16:03:26 GMT -5
I noticed that Ringside stopped doing their whatfigurewednesday on IG. Why did they stop? I'm not normally involved with that but I think it comes down to whether or not there's time for it. It's certainly been a busy season. I also know that at times it doesn't necessarily get a great reaction (which you would think it would). Kind of tough to give figures away to the same 6 or 7 people over and over again. I'm sure it'll be back when it can be done with a bit more freshness.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 6, 2023 15:43:52 GMT -5
Is Trevor still there at RSC? Trevor is still around and he is the hardest working man in showbusiness...or any business.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 6, 2023 15:11:50 GMT -5
Has there been a great moment you've had when you met a certain WWE superstar? I one time saved Kelly Kelly from dying but no big deal tbh
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 5, 2023 14:33:21 GMT -5
We forgot to bring this up but HOGAN IS IN EVERY ELITE SET FROM NOW ON AND HIS MERCH
WILL CONTINUE TO
FOREVER AND ALWAYS
MOVE
BROTHER
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 20:00:30 GMT -5
I'm of the ROH camp for Luminaries like most everyone else but don't forget the Christian Cage appearance! That should for sure be done because Mattel never really did a decent Christian from that 2005 WWE to NWA/TNA time period.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 12:41:45 GMT -5
Loved RSCTom on the figure insider videos on Youtube back in the Classic Superstars days. Tom, can I ask, what happened to the Classic 1/100 Sunny that you opened? Did someone from Ringside end up getting it or did it actually get sold loose? Just a curious memory of me watching it and wondering where it ended up. Thanks Scott! That's a great question. I don't remember, honestly, but it possibly being sold loose is a good guess. The other possibility is that the videographer at the time who is also a wrestling fan may have ended up with it.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 12:33:02 GMT -5
Hopefully they give us Hulk Still Rules as an Ultimate Ultimate Edition Entrance Greats with Voodoo Child base please (Hulk's superior entrance music)
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 12:26:42 GMT -5
For Tom (who’s great, by the way) - In all of your years working for Ringside, what’s been the hardest/toughest sell for you? Meaning, a crap figure that you know was crap but you still had to convince the viewers that it was crap worth owning. This is a funny question because it used to be easy: a 1000th John Cena, a Randy Orton with limited deco, etc etc. Those are always tough to call out but I almost feel I'm better at making people excited about those than you'd think because they are usually 'A-list' characters. If anything I've made some of those 'crap' ones more worthwhile, pushed people towards thinking about head swaps or customizing, etc. But I would say nothing gets as hard to push as those final waves of Adrenaline 2-Packs with Jakks once the Mattel stuff had started to flow in. But now that I am not particularly as connected to the current product as I used to be, which I know is the difficulty with many people here, it's a similar challenge of a different type. So someone like Shotzi Blackheart, who has an incredibly detailed look and interesting toy is just not a wrestler (or worse, a 'character') that I am personally a fan of, so I don't really know exactly what to say about her, even after watching a couple of YouTube clips. No disrespect to Shotzi or any of the other folks on any roster, of course. It just can be much easier with modern day folks who are a little more impactful. Then of course there is Alexa Bliss who I have no ill will towards as a person but am less than no fan at all of her possessed/supernatural/mental patient character to the point that I think it's bad for wrestling as a whole, so her Ultimate Edition figure (and Bray Wyatt's for that matter) was hard for me to put on a happy face for.
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 12:18:41 GMT -5
RSCTom bro don’t leave us hanging, make a special appearance
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 3, 2023 12:17:59 GMT -5
Tom - Besides ringside exclusives…Are there any figures that were made that you believe were made due to your own personal suggestion? Without pulling the curtain back too much, we have a great relationship with Mattel and while our conversations are more geared towards what we cook up together for exclusives, I have casually made some suggestions. I would say we are all in the same mental wavelength as wrestling fans, though, so anything Attitude/RA/Reality Era, which are my favorite wrestling eras pretty much represent what I would like to see. I am not as knowledgeable on golden era stuff. Mattel are great listeners!
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