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Post by master_fuji on Jan 11, 2015 13:33:03 GMT -5
Does anyone ever recall Doom (Ron Simmons & Butch Reed) ever wearing the attire they had on their Galoob WCW figures? What we got (image taken from eBay):  What I always thought they wore:  |
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Post by ozz on Jan 11, 2015 15:04:15 GMT -5
Far too long ago for me to recall. But since I've seen the figures far more often, I associate them that way - LOL
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Post by Midnight: Dark Knight on Jan 11, 2015 15:55:41 GMT -5
I always wondered that too. I know they had a couple street fights (dont know if they wore these though)It was still an odd choice instead of the actual wrestling gear they wore 99.99999% of the time. The galoobs and just toy bendies had the street gear so someone must have been sent ref pics of them in the street gear.
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Post by figurecollector on Jan 11, 2015 20:58:03 GMT -5
It was odd that Galoob (US version) and Justoys used the exact same line up of figures.
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Post by y2slim620 on Jan 12, 2015 1:16:48 GMT -5
I always thought it was weird too. It looks like what they would probably wear to the gym or something. Ha
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Post by aaron34 on Jan 12, 2015 2:48:13 GMT -5
I can't imagine Ron Simmons wearing 3/4 pants  DAMM! |
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Post by theaxehennig on Jan 12, 2015 20:10:39 GMT -5
Always wondered that, and also, how they got away with Butch wearing Nikes.
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Post by aaron34 on Jan 13, 2015 1:39:29 GMT -5
I have 2 Butches - one with and one without nike swoosh, is this common?
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 13, 2015 2:50:49 GMT -5
They wore those during interviews with Teddy Long hyping up the matches with the Horsemen.
Why Galoob felt to make that their figure attire is really weird, and I always thought that.
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Post by robbutler01 on Jan 13, 2015 12:47:18 GMT -5
I have the us and uk versions of ron simmons and the butch reed with the swoosh. I have been tempted to try and get a set cheap on ebay and customise them into the proper ring attire (maybe with masks) Still need to get my hands on the butch without swoosh though.
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Post by master_fuji on Jan 24, 2015 14:04:51 GMT -5
I always wondered that too. I know they had a couple street fights (dont know if they wore these though)It was still an odd choice instead of the actual wrestling gear they wore 99.99999% of the time. The galoobs and just toy bendies had the street gear so someone must have been sent ref pics of them in the street gear. You're pretty much on the money, I think. I've got a whole bunch of original reference pictures that WCW took especially for Galoob. Ron Simmons & Butch Reed are wearing the exact same outfits as the figures. I put the question out there about if they ever wore those outfits because it seemed such a weird thing to do. I just don't know why WCW approved them.... |
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Post by The Warsman on Jan 25, 2015 0:18:48 GMT -5
master_fuji, you answered your own question. The sculptor(s) used those reference photos instead of actual footage or knowledge to create the sculpts. I've also seen the reference pics, they explain why Barry has his kneepads down, and Z-Man was missing his kneepads, both of which always bothered me (as well as the weird Doom outfits)
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Post by master_fuji on Jan 25, 2015 6:23:43 GMT -5
master_fuji, you answered your own question. The sculptor(s) used those reference photos instead of actual footage or knowledge to create the sculpts. I've also seen the reference pics, they explain why Barry has his kneepads down, and Z-Man was missing his kneepads, both of which always bothered me (as well as the weird Doom outfits) Wars I just wasn't sure if they had ever wore those outfits in-ring. Missing knee pads etc can be an oversight but to get the attire completely wrong just seems strange. As someone else said, they used the same info for the Bend-ems line, too. They also missed knee pads on Scott Steiner as he wasn't wearing them at the photo shoot. I've got a reference photo for Ricky Morten and he was wearing jean shorts and socks, yet they managed to add his ring attire to the prototype.... |
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Post by The Warsman on Jan 25, 2015 9:33:52 GMT -5
Morton was done at a later time, with PN news, diamond stud, etc. so who knows what reference photos were used at that time. But we've seen the pics that match outfit for outfit, missing knee pads, weird placed knee pads, etc. with the first series figures, so that should clear that up. As far a definitive "did DOOM wrestle in this those outfits ever?" I can tell you- no.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 18:08:23 GMT -5
Ron Simmons is preparing for a flood
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2015 18:16:39 GMT -5
I remember back in the day when I was so excited to finally find these 2 on the shelves.
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