Barry Windham figure is terrible

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Jun 2, 2015 19:37:51 GMT -5 The Champ is Here! said:

Ill buy the set, im excited

Lots of complaints in here...you don't like it, fine, dont buy it, but dont bash people who do, they have every right to like it

Nobody is getting bashed for what they like or want to buy.

Defensive posters who take mattel criticism to heart for some reason, on the other hand, do all of that here on a regular basis.

[qdogg]

It is a nice budget set

[The Mask of Truth]

Jun 2, 2015 17:18:51 GMT -5 Chewdeezy said:

What's FOH?

HOF backwards?

[Mongo Bears]

I'm going to save any complaining I have until after sdcc. And then maybe I won't remember what was bothering me

[Nivro™]

Other then the body being too skinny/ripped....he looks perfect to me. Sure the beard could be better but Mattel (and even JAKKS) has shown us that doing beards are very hard to do. With a few part swaps, Barry IMO is one of the best figures out there

[Thebigdog621]

I really like the Barry figure...the scan could have been different in terms of expression but it's far from as terrible as some are making it seem.

[RybackV1]

Jun 2, 2015 17:15:18 GMT -5 @stonedthrowedstayflo said:

Barry's head is the least of this set's problems. Flair has a terribly inappropriate torso, the wrong size neck peg, Arn's way too small, and really the Windham from the neck down is questionable.

But my set was only $22 so whatever.

How you get it for $22?

[RybackV1]

Jun 2, 2015 17:18:51 GMT -5 Chewdeezy said:

What's FOH?

" outta here "

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Jun 2, 2015 21:18:55 GMT -5 RybackV1 said:

Jun 2, 2015 17:15:18 GMT -5 @stonedthrowedstayflo said:

Barry's head is the least of this set's problems. Flair has a terribly inappropriate torso, the wrong size neck peg, Arn's way too small, and really the Windham from the neck down is questionable.

But my set was only $22 so whatever.

How you get it for $22?

Cashier accidentally scanned another figure twice. Between voiding it and scanning the Horsemen set, apparently the system froze and the set never scanned. The display on my end never showed anything but I had already swiped my card and then it froze again. The cashier actually turned her screen towards me and showed me it was frozen again too. Suddenly it worked and the receipt printed out and I didn't even think about it. Noticed the error in the parking lot and was like "word."

[ARUN]

Definitely not the greatest figure but I think it's likely the only Barry figure mattel will ever release so worth getting in my opinion.

[Bandalero]

I'm with Nivro™ and his Barry fix-up.

A few years ago I did this with the parts available:


All Barry needs is the glove, white wrist tape and SCSA torso/trunks to get a more 4-horsemen-era look. I will acetone off his beard when he arrives though, it's too thick for sure.

[bharrisfan]

thrilled we got a barry. but the likeness is awful. it's a blonde guy with a light brown beard but it doesnt look anything like him other than that.
the figure also looks too short.

next to arn, tully, and flair, barry looks very weak.

but ya glad to have the figure.

[Nivro™]

Jun 2, 2015 21:34:07 GMT -5 Bandalero said:

I'm with Nivro™ and his Barry fix-up.

A few years ago I did this with the parts available:


All Barry needs is the glove, white wrist tape and SCSA torso/trunks to get a more 4-horsemen-era look. I will acetone off his beard when he arrives though, it's too thick for sure.

If I can score the parts, Id like to do a later version of Barry as well as the NWA Champ like this.....

[kgchampion]

I like it. I think it's a pretty good likeness. Of course I had to google him to make sure because I barely remember him at all other than his name. I feel his arms are a bit short, but they seem mostly on par with his pictures, so... maybe dude's just got Chris Benoit arms.

[jacguitarist]

I actually really like this figure. It may not be a dead-on likeness, but I think it's a great, detailed expression. It's not a "soft" sculpt; lots of wrinkles/crevasses/furrowed brow, etc.

Call me crazy, but he was one of the big selling points for me

[A-Rob]

Jakks made the worst Barry Windham figure. ......

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Jun 2, 2015 21:02:06 GMT -5 Nivro™ said:

Other then the body being too skinny/ripped....he looks perfect to me. Sure the beard could be better but Mattel (and even JAKKS) has shown us that doing beards are very hard to do. With a few part swaps, Barry IMO is one of the best figures out there

It's an awesome figure, this post made me chuckle a little though bro, other than too skinny, and the beard not being right, it's still "perfect" lol

[SteveHulk]

The figure's OK - I'm just THRILLED that we have an Elite-style Four Horsemen boxset... something which I never thought we'd get from Mattel.

[maske2g]

Jun 2, 2015 17:43:57 GMT -5 IwasULTIMATE!!!! said:

Jun 2, 2015 17:35:47 GMT -5 hbkbigdaddycool said:

That is a big difference!!

First of all, they can't really scan Barry Windham to look like what he did in 1988.  So I think the head scan is pretty good!

Secondly, my attitude is just fine.  I wanted a Barry Windham figure, that's a Barry Windham figure, so to me, Mattel came through.

And at the end of the day, they are just toy action figures.  And if your day is spent worrying about a proper face scan, or body torso on an action figure, then more power to ya I guess.

Perhaps _ wants to go back to the Remco way of likenesses

No, we don't need to, because the capability is here to make lifelike action figures.

so making a head of someone, that looks nothing like that person, and then sitting down and saying "Yep, this is good enough"   is bullpoop.

I'm not too picky about slight height discrepancies, or neck length,  but this simply looks nothing like Barry Windham. I do not get it at all.  I will be getting a big old cowboy hat to mask that fact.

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No, it isn't.