jdowney3
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Post by jdowney3 on Feb 18, 2010 7:22:53 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been asked before. I searched the forum high and low and didn't find anything.
Is there a definitive checklist or database for the JusToys WWF Bend-ems line? I know of the database here, and while it is good, it's not complete. I seem to remember a site, some time ago, that had very complete checklists for several figure lines. But, I sure can't find it anymore. It's probably defunct.
If there is no such animal, perhaps some of you will be able to answer these questions:
Was Series 15 ever released?
Was there more than one ring released? I have the blue ring that came with Paul Bearer. But, I thought there was also a ring with a cage?
Was there a championship belt released for the set? Again, perhaps my memory is failing. But, I thought that the cage ring included a belt.
There was a series that included accessories. I think it was a Kmart exclusive. Any idea of how many lines were released? And which wrestlers were in those lines? I have a Triple H, Austin and Rock. Were any others made available?
Thanks to anyone that can provide answers.
I just took my Bend-ems collection out of storage, and it was a complete set before I stopped collecting for a while. But, I know I'm missing at least Series 14 and perhaps more.
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 18, 2010 8:11:55 GMT -5
I know what you mean about searching with the index in here for topics. I have been on here since January and followed the forums for quite awhile before that and know it came up several times in topics over the past months, but other than going page by page, I cannot find anything on it either.
To answer some of your questions:
There were several variants of the rings produced, but if they made one with a cage, I do not believe I have seen it although I seem to remember it advertised somewhere. Some came with Paul Bearer, some came with Bearer and two other figures. Some came with the two figures and not Bearer. The boxes were mainly blue with Superslam! across the box, showing a drawing of Undertaker vs. Golddust but I also have a black boxed one with two figures plus Bearer and a digitized(?) Steve Austin on the box with who appears to be HHH in a headlock. There are micro bend-ems rings with 4 figures called Steelcage and a series of others of those type figures, but that is another discussion.
As for the figures, There are 15 regular series, with Scotty Too Hottie, GrandMaster Sexay, Rikishi, Tazz and The Rock being the figures. I have them all but the Tazz (and I am looking to buy if anyone has one available). There is also a set called Gear of which there were a set that has a Kmart tag in the corner and a set without the tag. The figures came with trash cans, ladders or chairs. The figures are Jeff & Matt Hardy, 2 versions of The Rock, Austin, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Kane, HHH and Chris Jericho. There are also variants in the figures. Bret Hart came in pink and purple in the unmarked 1st or second series (I forget which he was in), The Rock made his appearance in Series 5 as Rocky Maivia, but also had cards tagged Series 5 (V) in black trunks and one in a blue & yellow jacket with black pants.
Justoys also produced the WCW bendems or Twistables line, but that is also another story.
I am trying to get an ok from the Mod to post the pictures of my Justoys collection as it is 67 pictures and I do not want to jam everyone's computer loading them.
I can work on checklist for you, but it likely will take me until tomorrow, if not the weekend to complete, due to time restraints today and possibly some tomorrow.
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Post by jdowney3 on Feb 18, 2010 9:34:23 GMT -5
Thank you VERY much for the reply, I greatly appreciate it!
I also thank you for the checklist, that is very, very kind of you.
I'm still rummaging through some of my stuff. I was an avid collector all the way through the beginning of 2000 of pretty much everything but the Jakks figures. I've had everything boxed up and stored for the past 10 years or so. But, now that my kids are older and will soon be leaving the nest, I've been taking things out of storage to display in my new found space.
Boy, I still thought I had a ring with a cage for these. It was a black ring with the newer WWF logo. And like I mentioned before, I think it came with a championship belt. I also have the micro one you mentioned as well, and it does have the cage.
Hopefully, I can find it. If I do, I'll be sure to describe it to you and send you a picture as well.
Again, I thank you for your time and help. I do appreciate it.
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Post by The Madness on Feb 18, 2010 12:00:44 GMT -5
I'd like to know how many versions of the ring/two figures packs there were. I have Bret/Austin and Farooq/Ahmed. I had a third one too, but sold it a long time ago and can't recall who was in it. I think it might have been Taker/Mankind, but I could be completely wrong.
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 18, 2010 17:15:06 GMT -5
Here are the rings I know of for the regular Bed-ems:
Superslam Rings (Mostly blue boxes with drawings of Undertaker vs Goldust except for last one)
1. Comes with Paul Bearer 2. Comes with Bearer, Steve Austin & Taka 3. Comes with Bearer, Austin and Bret Hart 4. Comes with Bearer, Undertaker and Mankind 5. Comes with HHH and Undertaker 6. Comes with Vader and Goldust 7. Comes with Austin and Shawn Michaels 8. Black box with digitized picture of Austin and HHH(?) on the box. Comes with Bearer, Austin & Mankind. The ring is black on the sides.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 18, 2010 18:33:21 GMT -5
I LOVED the Justoys Bendems line. I was more into collecting these than I was with Jakks BCA figures which were out around the same time. I was always excited when I found a new series, almost always in KB Toys. And they were cheap. I think they were $3.99 or $4.99 brand new. And the artwork on the back of the packaging for most of the line was amazing!
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 19, 2010 8:52:51 GMT -5
JDOWNEY3, Please read your PM.
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Feb 19, 2010 8:56:39 GMT -5
Very good figurecollector, I enjoyed Reading that. Great line very under rated.
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 19, 2010 14:57:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the compliment Ichiban. If anyone wants to see the checklist I prepared, please advise.
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Post by humanitarianaryan on Feb 19, 2010 16:14:21 GMT -5
I always loved the justoys owen hart figure. FINALLY i had a king of hearts version to play with!!! Not that new hart foundation rocket owen hart hasbro thing!
BK
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 19, 2010 17:44:28 GMT -5
Plus they matched up pretty well as far as size with Hasbros. So it wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility that they could wrestle in the same universe.
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Post by jdowney3 on Feb 19, 2010 19:53:51 GMT -5
JDOWNEY3, Please read your PM. Yikes! Sorry, I'm a bonehead at times. I didn't notice it. Thank you again for your help. -Jeff
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Post by jdowney3 on Feb 19, 2010 20:11:35 GMT -5
Plus they matched up pretty well as far as size with Hasbros. So it wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility that they could wrestle in the same universe. Exactly! For me, the Bend-ems line was where I went to when Hasbro lost the license. The line was just a natural continuation for me. I've always loved the smaller figures. You mentioned wrestling in the same universe. To me, the WCW Galoob, Hasbros, Bend-ems and the OSFT WCW 4.5" wrestlers are all in the same universe for my tastes.
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Post by jdowney3 on Feb 19, 2010 20:17:53 GMT -5
I LOVED the Justoys Bendems line. I was more into collecting these than I was with Jakks BCA figures which were out around the same time. I was always excited when I found a new series, almost always in KB Toys. And they were cheap. I think they were $3.99 or $4.99 brand new. And the artwork on the back of the packaging for most of the line was amazing! The first few series of BCA didn't appeal to me either. I thought those first few sets were hideous looking. I purchased many of my Bend-ems at Kmart and Walmart. However, I could often find some at Family Dollar and Dollar General for $1. Those would come in bags though, rather than carded. The regular prices on the carded figures started out at $2.48 at Walmart. The later series were $2.86. At Kmart they were $2.99 all the way through, including the ones with gear.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 19, 2010 20:32:36 GMT -5
Plus they matched up pretty well as far as size with Hasbros. So it wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility that they could wrestle in the same universe. Exactly! For me, the Bend-ems line was where I went to when Hasbro lost the license. The line was just a natural continuation for me. I've always loved the smaller figures. You mentioned wrestling in the same universe. To me, the WCW Galoob, Hasbros, Bend-ems and the OSFT WCW 4.5" wrestlers are all in the same universe for my tastes. Same here. I was also a big fan of the rubber OSFTM WCW figures because they were roughly the same size as LJNs.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Feb 19, 2010 20:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 19, 2010 21:15:28 GMT -5
TVM, That is a nice list, but there are several omissions. There are vairants of Bret Hart (purple and pink) in Series 2, tw Rock variants in Series 5 (one with a blue & yellow coat and one with himin black trunks), the Damage Set with Austin & Rock that comes with a dumpster, 2 chairs, a ladder and trash can w/lid and the Gear Series. There are also the figures with rings in a post above.
JDOWNEY3. I also forgot to include the ones that came in the clear plastic with cardboard hander that says CHAMPIONS at the top. The figures I have found in those are HHH, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, X-Pac, Shamrock, Sable & Austin.
I have a multitude of extra Bendems and OSFT figures & rings if anyone is interested.
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Post by blu3blazer on Feb 19, 2010 22:58:52 GMT -5
JDOWNEY3. I also forgot to include the ones that came in the clear plastic with cardboard hander that says CHAMPIONS at the top. The figures I have found in those are HHH, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, X-Pac, Shamrock, Sable & Austin. I've seen Sunny, Taka Michinoku, and Brian Christopher in baggies as well.
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Post by figurecollector on Feb 20, 2010 8:39:14 GMT -5
Blu3blazer, I was going by pictures in that list, and I was thinking I had a Sunny figure. Now that you mentioned the other two, I seem to remember picking them up. The picture I was looking at was old and when I updated my collection, i apparently passed these figures by as I knew there was one of them and I assumed they weren't. Thanks for the catch.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Feb 20, 2010 10:02:09 GMT -5
TVM, That is a nice list, but there are several omissions. There are vairants of Bret Hart (purple and pink) in Series 2, tw Rock variants in Series 5 (one with a blue & yellow coat and one with himin black trunks), the Damage Set with Austin & Rock that comes with a dumpster, 2 chairs, a ladder and trash can w/lid and the Gear Series. There are also the figures with rings in a post above. JDOWNEY3. I also forgot to include the ones that came in the clear plastic with cardboard hander that says CHAMPIONS at the top. The figures I have found in those are HHH, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, X-Pac, Shamrock, Sable & Austin. I have a multitude of extra Bendems and OSFT figures & rings if anyone is interested. Well the good part about that site is you can register and add pictures of what is listed, and you can edit the lists to be more accurate. Its like a figure wikipedia. I've never claimed to be a Bend-em expert, I just enjoyed the line so if you want to go in there and make the adjustments feel free
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