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Post by Zincdust on Mar 3, 2017 13:59:43 GMT -5
I'll buy two of every dad-gum one of those suckers that Mattel pumps out.
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 23, 2017 14:09:00 GMT -5
Howdy partners;
I was just thinking about the Hasbro WWF action features on their figures, and how much I disliked one of them in particular. That one where you pushed down on the tab on the fig's back and they would "leap" forward. This feature was used on Ultimate Warrior 1, Brutus Beefcake 1, Koko B. Ware, both Headshrinkers, Jimmy Snuka, Kamala, etc.
I personally felt that it made the figs look awkward with their legs together (especially those with a larger frame, such as Kamala), and more so when you pushed their shoulders down and it stretched their necks out. I may be in the minority, but I HATED this feature.
So, for the sake of conversation, what was YOUR least favorite action feature for the Hasbros?
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 16, 2017 19:28:22 GMT -5
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 12, 2017 15:52:00 GMT -5
My lil' lady LOVED CM Punk. When he quit, she lost most of her interest in wrasslin'. She still goes with me to shows & will sit in the same room when it's on TV, but no one else has captured her eye since.
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 7, 2017 16:09:39 GMT -5
Here is a pic of Mattel's Twitter guy in action: Us: "Will more Retros be out in the spring of this year?"
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 3, 2017 19:25:55 GMT -5
Back inthe good ol days a heel would slap you for asking 4 an autograph. Back in the day if you asked Sgt. Slaughter for an autograph he'd call you a maggot and a puke and tell you to drop and give him 20. Also I'd read that if one was to ask Bob Backlund for his autograph, he would ask you to first name all of the U.S. Presidents in order!
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 1, 2017 17:00:09 GMT -5
I saved up enough in-game currency to buy the pack with "a possibility of getting the super-ultra rare 3-star Bret Hart!" Got a 1-star Braun Strowman.
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 1, 2017 9:37:42 GMT -5
Every time I see pictures of these I imagine them in my collection, if I were to not pick it would be on Warrior's colour scheme being identical to S1. Yeah, I'm still scratching my head about that decision... The Warrior had so many unique color schemes, it seems bizarre that Mattel would choose one that was already made in figure form. *shrug*
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 1, 2017 9:34:33 GMT -5
I've already picked up the initial set of four and will continue to buy two of each (one each loose & MOC) that come out.
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 31, 2017 18:19:57 GMT -5
Lotsa Flashbacks (both Elite & Basics) and LOTSA Retros!!
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 31, 2017 18:18:51 GMT -5
my walmart still has the first 4. I snagged em and they're great. I do hope the waves come out faster and hope they make a ring too. I'll buy em all even guys I hate. Me too! I'm gonna buy doubles of each (loose/MOC)!
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 31, 2017 14:20:24 GMT -5
I passed them up for both LOD and The Hart Foundation! I also missed the Marty 3 pack (Bulldog and Tito?) and didn't end up getting a Jannetty until I picked him up in a trade here last year... What's funny is that the Hasbro Rockers were my first figures ever! Awesome mock up man! Anvil and Tito. It was a jobber pack. I prefer the Anvil in that pack over any Anvil made. The paint and detail is great. I liked to call that 3-pack "Great Tag Teams' Second Bananas". I still have all three of 'em loose somewhere...
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 31, 2017 14:18:11 GMT -5
I still have "Party Stephanie" MOC. Does that count?
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 31, 2017 13:45:11 GMT -5
Anyone else playing this? I had downloaded it and was playing for a few days before all of the commercials popped up during the Royal Rumble and RAW last night, so I'm a little bit ahead (but not by much). It's a cool little puzzler. Here's my roster so far. What was really a kick in the head was saving up enough in-game cash to buy two of the packages "For a chance to get Goldberg or other 3-gold star Superstars!" (or however the pitch was worded)... And in each of the two packs, I got the absolute LOWEST-ranked Superstar that was possible... The first one I got 1-gold star Darren Young, and in the second I got 1-gold star Titus O'Neil. Well, at least they go together well. But I'm excited that Paul Orndorff is in it. Hopefully I can nab him soon! If anyone creates a WFigs faction, I'd be sure to join up! In the one I'm in now, no one is responding to my heal requests.
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 27, 2017 13:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 26, 2017 20:29:56 GMT -5
IV & XIX for me.
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 25, 2017 19:40:29 GMT -5
I was mad for Madballs when I was a kid. My daughter and I bought a few of the remade characters in 2006-07. But now KidRobot has come out with different sizes of vinyl Madballs, and I am hooked!! Bigger size, from left to right: Freaky Fullback, Horn Head, Oculus Orbus, Snake Bait and Wolf Breath. Smaller size (keychains), from left to right: Aargh!, Oculus Orbus and Wolf Breath. It's a bummer that these are sold as blind boxes, but I am fortunate enough to not drawn any duplicates as of yet. Aargh! was my favorite in the 80s, but unfortunately he's one of the chase pieces in the larger size (at a ratio of 1/40). American Greetings (the owners of the Madballs license) has also begun releasing new foam toys, which appear to be more kid-friendly than KidRobot's offerings. Of that series I have a full-sized Dust Brain plus minis of Screamin' Meemee, Oculus Orbus, Skull Face and the rare Glow-in-the-Dark Skull Face! Anyone else love Madballs in the 80s, 00s or today's?
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 24, 2017 18:55:24 GMT -5
All of mine are still MOC.
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 15, 2017 12:20:14 GMT -5
Bret Hart technically did go "down a tier," as he won the WCW United States Title several times once he'd jumped ship after holding the WWF World Title.
But I understand where you're coming from; for some reason it really rubbed me the wrong way when Ric Flair won the IC Title.
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Post by Zincdust on Jan 13, 2017 16:27:51 GMT -5
If they made a series two i would want Randy Savage? Orton? Mulkey?
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