Unproduced Tonka wrestling buddies

[Billy the Kid]

I remember seeing an ad showing Bret Hart and I think Diesel Tonka wrestling buddies, does anyone have any other info on this? Pictures, etc?

[Does that make me bad?]

Umm....i dont remember there ever being Hart and Diesel

There was bash and brawlers for WCW of Hart and Nash

[Billy the Kid]

blackhartfunk said:

Umm....i dont remember there ever being Hart and Diesel

There was bash and brawlers for WCW of Hart and Nash

Right, but I remember seeing an ad showing Bret Hart and Diesel wrestling buddies from Tonka. I cannot find the pictures anywhere, but I remember it quite well.

[STOMWIJF]

[Billy the Kid]

stomwijf said:

You're the man STOM! Any reasons why they weren't produced?

[STOMWIJF]

getwellsoon said:

stomwijf said:

You're the man STOM! Any reasons why they weren't produced?

Really couldn't tell you....... have no clue... perhaps the previous buddies sold poorly?

[UWR]

WOW, never seen these before. I for one love the buddies and have quite a few in boxes in my storage closet, kinda wish they would of been produced.

[vandutch]

thanks for the pic Stom. I was assuming that Diesel and Hart would have been along quite a few years after WWF produced the originals. Maybe these were a second wave that they thought of producing as I don't remember Diesel being around when they made Hogan, LOD, M$M, Warrior buddies.

[micco]

yeah, those look to be a slightly different shape than the older ones and would have had to have been a bit more recent. they also just look way better.

[ecwfan514]

Oh man, those Wrestling Buddies looked real good. I agree micco. The facial detail looks a lot more realistic (take that word for what its worth) than previous series (Hogan, Warrior, Savage, etc.).

I'd have picked them up if I saw them. Too bad they were scrapped.

[ewwskcus21]

I've never seen those before in my life and I'm loving them.

[HHH316]

I too would of bought the Bret.

[hardcoreantichrist]

vandutch said:

thanks for the pic Stom. I was assuming that Diesel and Hart would have been along quite a few years after WWF produced the originals. Maybe these were a second wave that they thought of producing as I don't remember Diesel being around when they made Hogan, LOD, M$M, Warrior buddies.

Wave 1 was Hogan, Macho King Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, & Ultimate Warrior. Cases were packed Hogan/Warrior heavy. Ran into Got released around Christmas 1990.

Wave 2 was Hogan, Warrior, Jake Roberts, and Macho King. Again, Hogan/Warrior heavy. This was the early 1991 assortment.

Wave 3 was Hogan, Warrior, LOD Hawk, and LOD Animal. Hogan/Warrior heavy. The Christmas 1991 wave.

Wave 4 was just Hogan & Warrior, for Spring 1992, and re-released into Christmas 1992 until it was basicly done to death.

the Bret/Diesel ones were supposed to be made for Christmas 1993, but ended up never getting made. If I remember correctly, there was also a Lex Luger prototype floating around, but I could be mistaken there.

[vandutch]

Thanks for the info HLM....it still surprises me to see the Diesel one. I believe it was late 2003 that Diesel made his debut, so WWE must have had high hopes for him if they had a Buddy designed already.

[blu3blazer]

vandutch said:

Thanks for the info HLM....it still surprises me to see the Diesel one. I believe it was late 2003 that Diesel made his debut, so WWE must have had high hopes for him if they had a Buddy designed already.

I know 2003 was a typo there. Diesel debuted in the summer of 1993 a little before Summerslam.

[cwfpro]

The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka.

[blu3blazer]

cwfpro said:

The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka.

The border around the picture does make it look like a Justoys advertisement. Can STOMWIJF clarify this?

[Deleted]

these were definitely justoys, i remember seeing them on the back of the bendums packages

[cwfpro]

blu3blazer said:

cwfpro said:

The 1st Wrestling Buddies were Tonka but I thought the Bret/Diesel were from Justoys not Tonka.

The border around the picture does make it look like a Justoys advertisement. Can STOMWIJF clarify this?

thank you! I thought I was the only one seeing that

[cwfpro]

I know that the series was:

WWF Tonka Wrestling Bubbies series 1-
Hogan
Warrior
Million $ Man
Macho King

group shot


carded figure

The 1st series was only wrestlers with a belt on there body.

2nd Series was-
LOD
Jake the Snake
others?


I know that WCW had some(not the talking ones from the late 90's but from the early 90's)-
Luger
Sting
etc...

and these Justoys Buddies nash & Hart

The Jakks wrestling buddies were sad as hell. I was not a fan of them at all. With a plastic head that would hurt a kid if he/she were to slam on it. They should have been recalled.