Dave Meltzer Proves He Doesn't Know A Lot About Figures

[Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU]]

From the latest Wrestling Observer:

A funny deal is that the Sin Cara ringside collectible figure has his arm in a sling. It’s not a rib on the idea Sin Cara has been injured a lot, but the sling was originally designed for a Ringside Collectible C.M. Punk figure for last year. The idea was for when Punk had an arm injury and the arm was in a sling. They wanted to have accessories in the two packs and Sin Cara and Mysterio were together. It was supposed to be for Mysterio representing the angle between Mysterio and Del Rio when Del Rio injured Mysterio’s arm. But the factory accidentally, instead of making the sling an accessory, put it on the Sin Cara figure.

There's so much wrong with this paragraph I don't even know where to begin.

[PenguinDeluxe]

Jun 20, 2013 3:50:43 GMT -5 Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] said:

From the latest Wrestling Observer:

A funny deal is that the Sin Cara ringside collectible figure has his arm in a sling. It’s not a rib on the idea Sin Cara has been injured a lot, but the sling was originally designed for a Ringside Collectible C.M. Punk figure for last year. The idea was for when Punk had an arm injury and the arm was in a sling. They wanted to have accessories in the two packs and Sin Cara and Mysterio were together. It was supposed to be for Mysterio representing the angle between Mysterio and Del Rio when Del Rio injured Mysterio’s arm. But the factory accidentally, instead of making the sling an accessory, put it on the Sin Cara figure.

There's so much wrong with this paragraph I don't even know where to begin.

The figure comes with a sling. Doesn't quite make sense why I don't think, but it does. Who knows...

[Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU]]

Jun 20, 2013 3:54:43 GMT -5 PenguinDeluxe said:

Jun 20, 2013 3:50:43 GMT -5 Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] said:

From the latest Wrestling Observer:

There's so much wrong with this paragraph I don't even know where to begin.

The figure comes with a sling. Doesn't quite make sense why I don't think, but it does. Who knows...

Oh, I know it comes with a sling on Cara. (hey, Sling Cara, that'll sell! ) I'm just saying that most everything else Meltz said is wrong.

[PenguinDeluxe]

Jun 20, 2013 3:56:48 GMT -5 Jay "The Brain" Mann [OFSU] said:

Jun 20, 2013 3:54:43 GMT -5 PenguinDeluxe said:

The figure comes with a sling. Doesn't quite make sense why I don't think, but it does. Who knows...

Oh, I know it comes with a sling on Cara. (hey, Sling Cara, that'll sell! ) I'm just saying that most everything else Meltz said is wrong.

Idk, it did come with Punk, and the explanation of why there is a sling makes sense, but to say he is right or wrong on any of it, I haven't the slightest without knowing the behind the scenes stuff of Mattel, personally at least.

[Next Man’s Knowing Rock]

Yeah, the sling was designed for Punk. I don't know if there's any logic behind it being in that pack (Rey and Sin Cara are injured a lot so it could be a rib/reference to that), but a lot of the two-packs just come with random accessories. Stop signs, barricades, TV cameras.

[JuiceWinslow]

This is proof that this guy just says whatever and hope people pay attention. I really dont understand what he is trying to say.

Thanks for posting this.

[ztj_wwf]

Why would Mattel put a sling on Mysterio to represent a 3 year old storyline in a 2 pack with his current tag team partner Sin Cara? That makes no sense.

[gelatinoustapeworm]

I was never a fan of the Observer (always preferred the Torch, but I haven't read it in years), but I think Meltzer takes a lot of unnecessary flack on this site. The dude has made a decent living "covering" professional wrestling for the last 30 years, so he is obviously doing something right.

[Instant Classic]

i like how much he plugs ringside collectibles.

[mrhoss]

"... But the factory accidentally, instead of making the sling an accessory, put it on the Sin Cara figure."
Maybe the sling was supposed to be in the tray and not worn by either figure? Like the Cody/Rey BP. Cody is holding one brace while the other brace is in the tray.

[Deleted]

Yeah I don't even know haha.

[Bandalero]

Jun 20, 2013 6:36:06 GMT -5 mrhoss said:

"... But the factory accidentally, instead of making the sling an accessory, put it on the Sin Cara figure."
Maybe the sling was supposed to be in the tray and not worn by either figure? Like the Cody/Rey BP. Cody is holding one brace while the other brace is in the tray.

uh oh did MDT botch the Rey/Cara packaging?

[Daniel Arshad]

To be fair, ol' Beltzer has a habit of ranting endlessly about things he doesn't know much about. Hopefully this opens the eyes of some of the people on here who take his opinion as gospel.

[Cammi Oh]

check out Colt Cabana's latest podcast. He interviews Dave. Great stuff. (Not figure related so much, but it is about Meltzer.

[StephMcMahonFan]

I posted this the other day that all the dirt sheets picked up on it randomly. They have no logic at all.

[Chewdeezy]

WUT DA HELL?

[terraryzing]

I'd be willing to bet that the paragraph was sent in by a reader and he translated it into Meltzer speak, which at times can be confusing. Much props to him as a wrestling/mma journalist though, I swear by the Observer, and right now am actually taking a break from reading this week's newsletter.

[blu3blazer]

Yeah, and I'm sure the reason he thought it was a Ringside Collectibles figure is because he was shown a picture with RSC's giant watermark on it. He doesn't collect this stuff, so he doesn't know about figures. It doesn't make him a bad journalist.

[Next Man’s Knowing Rock]

Jun 20, 2013 5:38:17 GMT -5 ztj_wwf said:

Why would Mattel put a sling on Mysterio to represent a 3 year old storyline in a 2 pack with his current tag team partner Sin Cara? That makes no sense.

I dunno... Kane's first elite had a seven year old accessory.

[poindizzle]

Not knowing about toys based off wrestling might not make him a bad journalist, but that abortion of a paragraph does.