Post by LeighD on Jun 8, 2009 14:07:22 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Hasbro_Action_Figures
Was just reading through and I happen to read some of the footnotes at the very bottom, which read:
- Other planned but not produced figures in series 2 (1991) were Tugboat, Dino Bravo, Haku, The Barbarian (with a removable cloth cape), Nikolai Volkoff (when he became Face), Tito Santana (with long brown hair, white underwear and white boots but still having the Bulls Eye Bash move) and Boris Zhukov (when he became a singles wrestler). Tag Team sets planned but not produced in the same batch, as well as the Rhythm & Blues set, were a set of The Hart Foundation, of Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, featuring Neidhart with a black vest, pink tights and white boots (still having the Anvil Flattener move), Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and The Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka). None of these singles figures or tag teams other than the Rhythm and Blues set, not even the Hart Foundation Jim Neidhart, were even ever seen as prototypes.
- Col. Mustafa and General Adnan were other figures planned but they were pulled from the toy line due to controversy of the recent Gulf War. Possibly due to why they could never have been released in the end, they could never have made it to prototype shots and could only be dismissed as hearsay.
- The final set released was on green card backs. The next set to be released would have been on orange card backs and was to include Jeff Jarrett, Diesel, Mo (from Men on a Mission), Mabel (from Men on a Mission), Lex Luger (in USA Gear), Owen Hart (King of Harts attire), and Bastion Booger. This series was never released because the contract fell through the WWF franchise and there were never even any moulds of these figures.
- Although no major plans were ever made after the 'orange card' series which ultimately was never produced, it was said that the next series would have been on black cards - names on the short list were...Bret Hart #3 (New Mould), Allied Power British Bulldog, King Kong Bundy, Bob Backlund, Diesel #2 and Goldust. Of course no moulds were ever produced and the furthest it ever went were names on a piece of paper, which many have dismissed as hearsay.
Any truth to any of this? I used to be HUGE into Hasbro but I don't remember any of this (except for the R&B set & and the organe card series).
Was just reading through and I happen to read some of the footnotes at the very bottom, which read:
- Other planned but not produced figures in series 2 (1991) were Tugboat, Dino Bravo, Haku, The Barbarian (with a removable cloth cape), Nikolai Volkoff (when he became Face), Tito Santana (with long brown hair, white underwear and white boots but still having the Bulls Eye Bash move) and Boris Zhukov (when he became a singles wrestler). Tag Team sets planned but not produced in the same batch, as well as the Rhythm & Blues set, were a set of The Hart Foundation, of Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, featuring Neidhart with a black vest, pink tights and white boots (still having the Anvil Flattener move), Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and The Orient Express (Sato and Tanaka). None of these singles figures or tag teams other than the Rhythm and Blues set, not even the Hart Foundation Jim Neidhart, were even ever seen as prototypes.
- Col. Mustafa and General Adnan were other figures planned but they were pulled from the toy line due to controversy of the recent Gulf War. Possibly due to why they could never have been released in the end, they could never have made it to prototype shots and could only be dismissed as hearsay.
- The final set released was on green card backs. The next set to be released would have been on orange card backs and was to include Jeff Jarrett, Diesel, Mo (from Men on a Mission), Mabel (from Men on a Mission), Lex Luger (in USA Gear), Owen Hart (King of Harts attire), and Bastion Booger. This series was never released because the contract fell through the WWF franchise and there were never even any moulds of these figures.
- Although no major plans were ever made after the 'orange card' series which ultimately was never produced, it was said that the next series would have been on black cards - names on the short list were...Bret Hart #3 (New Mould), Allied Power British Bulldog, King Kong Bundy, Bob Backlund, Diesel #2 and Goldust. Of course no moulds were ever produced and the furthest it ever went were names on a piece of paper, which many have dismissed as hearsay.
Any truth to any of this? I used to be HUGE into Hasbro but I don't remember any of this (except for the R&B set & and the organe card series).
