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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 23:43:36 GMT -5
...so basically, we could still get better version UEs (jeans DDP and tights/chain-mail Steiner) of the main two everyone seems to want, regardless of whether the set gets backed or not... 🤷♂️👍 Oh 100% It might be another thing against backing this set then... if it was the ONLY way of ever getting UEs of DDP and Steiner, it would be a lot more inticing. I'm pretty sure Steve said the UEs of Deisel and Doink (from the last set) were the only ones they were doing(?)
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 23:34:15 GMT -5
In his QA thread here: Scott has a new molded singlet torso. Singlet cut has been modified from what you’re seeing in these early virtual models to be rounder like his real singlet vs the “V” shape. These attires as Ultimates will be exclusive to this set....so basically, we could still get better version UEs (jeans DDP and tights/chain-mail Steiner) of the main two everyone seems to want, regardless of whether the set gets backed or not... 🤷♂️👍
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 23:00:50 GMT -5
Well, he did do commentary in WCW... and would be a much-requested/first time figure too. Yes, but he was out of the company a year before Nitro started. Yeah, my bad... I forgot it was a Nitro (not WCW) ring 🤦♂️
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 20:51:12 GMT -5
Well, he did do commentary in WCW... and would be a much-requested/first time figure too. But wasn’t he out of the company shortly after Hogan was signed and definitely before Nitro first aired? It would be like packing the Raw is War set with Todd Pettengill. Yeah, you have a point there. I'll go with Bischoff then... 😄
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 20:48:52 GMT -5
a lot of people got burned by the "1 for me, 1 to flip" mind set on the new gen. Those people were looking for an instant profit, and it doesn’t work that way. I bought one to sell and one to flip, and was planning on holding onto it for at least 5 years, probably closer to 10. I’ve just started selling all of the extras I bought of the early series Legends figures. Seeing those $3 clearance stickers on figures like the Von Erichs, Akeem, and Rick Martel is pretty crazy in 2023, but there was a time when you could barely give them away.I remember buying complete sets of Legends figures for less than $100 on eBay... even with shipping and customs, they worked out at about £15 each(!). Those were the days, lol.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 20:11:06 GMT -5
That would make zero sense. Well, he did do commentary in WCW... and would be a much-requested/first time figure too.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 20:06:52 GMT -5
I don't know... things like the Nitro stage and last years New Gen entrance set just don't really interest/excite me - I'd rather have more exclusive figures or figure sets/factions in unique packaging.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 16:31:13 GMT -5
Hoping his figure may be one with a variant. Would be nice to get a current day and throwback Orton UE. That would be the dream. It was an odd choice for not only an UE figure but also Orton's first. Right!? If you gave me a choice of 5-6 Orton looks for an UE figure... this wouldn't be anywhere near them. It's bad enough that it's a modern Orton - but making it an RKBro Orton too is just rubbing salt into the wound. (...NOT an RKBro fan, lol)
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 4:39:34 GMT -5
Hey Steve - so pleased to see Defining Moments back! They look fantastic. Just wondering why the four of them are being released at the same time (and not individually/quarterly for example)? Not that I mind... the more the merrier.
Will we be getting more DM figures going forward, or does it depend on the sale of these?
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 4:29:45 GMT -5
These are so cool! Anyone know why they've done 4 at once (rather than release them quarterly/throughout the year)? I'm not complaining... it just seems a bit strange.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 31, 2023 2:29:23 GMT -5
Out of the choices given for Seth, I'd actually want The Shield gear... it represents an iconic look from a different time, rather than another current look (like his upcoming UE17 figure).
But yeah, give me SummerSlam 2015 Seth with 2 belts all day long... 😄
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 22:56:33 GMT -5
The only Ultimate Edition I'm really disappointed in is the Randy Orton one: his first - possibly only - UE... and it's a sucky RK freaking Bro one. WTH 🤦♂️
Hopefully there'll be an RA/Legend Killer one down the road.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 22:51:47 GMT -5
Man I hope the Clash of castle Rollins wins, most colorful of them all, A shield Rollins as a UE is just boring to me, why the hell would I want shield Rollins when we damn well know we can't complete the shield? The poll really should have been more widespread and included an attire from his singles run between The Shield and 2022. Having TWO 2022 attires in there seems kind of lame... especially since his upcoming Ultimate is 2022 too(!).
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 22:13:16 GMT -5
Gotta be honest, I’m actually MORE inclined to back after what we’ve seen in the last eight hours or so. The stage is cool, I’m a bit meh on the figures, but that has more to do with me not being married to WCW. That and figures we’d really want as being iconic WCW (Sting, Jericho, Flair) are not possible for a variety of reasons. So let’s say I’m 50/50 as of 8 hours ago. I thought Flair was still under a Legends deal? He's had about 4 figures in the last couple of years...
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 22:07:20 GMT -5
Rumble 97 was the first PPV I've ever watched live so that HBK is so beyond a dream fig. Happy to see unlike the several Jakks attempts they finally got the Texas shaped logos on there. Gonna get the Bret as well, that jacket is so cool and unique that I prefer this loom to the Target Ultimate. Also gotta grab the Seth, a definitive fig for him Yeah - we finally get another soft-goods jacket for Bret! Only took about 10 years... Personally I prefer this, over the UE's swappable arms jackets.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 21:18:37 GMT -5
Is the DM Mankind (with the red tongue and lips) the first ever Mattel WWE figure to feature blood?
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 20:39:24 GMT -5
Wish the all-white gear from a few years ago was one of the options for UE Seth... we're already getting an awesome 2022 UE Seth, so why offer TWO more? Wait.. what? Two more Ultimate Seths other than UE17? ...there's going to be another one - it's a fan-vote between two of his 2022 looks and his Shield gear.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 20:34:35 GMT -5
I think Mattel topped themselves with that smirking Piper headscan. It's even better than that yelling head from the boxing match 2-pack (seen right next to the smirking head in that pic). Yeah... they're easily the best Piper likenesses so far.
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 20:31:38 GMT -5
Wish the all-white gear from a few years ago was one of the options for UE Seth... we're already getting an awesome 2022 UE Seth, so why offer TWO more?
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Post by SteveHulk on Mar 30, 2023 20:27:11 GMT -5
Love love LOVE that the Defining Moments figures are back... they look awesome. Do we know if they're a one-off - or are more planned?
That UE Roddy Piper is fantastic too... just what I was hoping for.
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