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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 4, 2023 23:14:16 GMT -5
PJ Rick Steiner is out of scale. He’s notably taller than WCW Ultimate Warrior and elite RVD, two guys who are taller than him. I noticed this when organizing my collection. I’m not a huge stickler for some height inaccuracies if it’s not too bad, but it’s noticeable. Scott Steiner, I don’t have the figure, but it has notable issues too. I still believe Mattel should give us the best representations when it comes to big names. I remember them having the Sheamus torso for Hollywood Hogan and not bothering to change it until we made a fuss about it. The problem is that Mattel knows the Steiner’s will sell so they’ll put these lazy versions out first. They have no reason to really ever change the formula until they stop selling (Hogan is one of the biggest names in this industry and it took them years to finally get rid of the Sheamus torso for him). My fear is that if we ever get a UE Scott Steiner than they’ll use that terrible torso they used on Eddie and Kurt. Scott had a unique build and needs a unique sculpt.
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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 4, 2023 20:46:09 GMT -5
Scotty Steiner is one of my top 5 favorites of all time. Been waiting a long time for a modern-day figure of him. Overall it’s ok but not nearly as good as it could be.
1. Too tall. His legs are too long. Scott was not a super-tall dude at all, and looked short even next to HHH who’s listed as 6’4”. I’ve done a few fixups using the Rick Boogs thighs and Lesnar lower-legs and it does help with the height issue. Mattel sadly went the lazy route and gave him legs they already had molded.
2. The chainmail headdress sucks. Sits funny and doesn’t look right.
3. Head is too small. This was done to fit the headdress and neither ended up looking good. His head needs to be about 10-15% larger.
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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 3, 2023 11:10:23 GMT -5
Found the McFarlane Batman & Robin wave at Gamestop yesterday. Great set and one of McFarlanes better overall waves. Sculpts look great and the paint jobs are solid too. Articulation is also a step up from the usual McFarlane offerings. Only negative for me is the lack of paint on Mr. Freeze. Looks way too toyish and should have been given more of a chrome look. He’ll be getting a dark wash at some point.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 30, 2023 10:53:57 GMT -5
Crystal Lake Target has the Royal Rumble set. Just grabbed the only Batista but they had everyone else.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 28, 2023 9:05:36 GMT -5
Haven’t watched the WWE in years but did watch his promo on YouTube this morning. Kinda a bland promo based on what the WWE was hyping up, but a few notes…
1. Anyone expecting him to shoot on AEW were kidding themselves. Like TK has said, they legally cannot speak about this and NDAs were likely signed. Plus, even if he could speak about it, the WWE wouldn’t give him the ok. Punk is likely on a tight leash and the WWE historically don’t acknowledge other companies in most cases. What happened in AEW doesn’t affect the WWE in any way.
2. Seems like he might be hinting at a heel turn. His “I’m home” comment was corny as hell and hypocritical whether he truly means it or not, but when he said “I’m here for money” at the end, sounded like he’ll swerve fans with a heel run.
3. Promo came off weak to me since we’ve seen this promo a few times over the past two years. His first promo in AEW and his return to AEW promo were both more memorable. Thinking he didn’t have much else to say since he got a lot out in both those fairly-recent promos.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 26, 2023 19:01:42 GMT -5
Aways loved HH. 1993 is a very underrated show. 1998 had a jam-packed card and just looking at the match listings, you’d think that this was an all time show. Shame it turned out as bad as it did. Goldberg/DDP Hogan/Warrior Bret/Sting Nash/Hall Steiner/Steiner Any of these matches on name alone could have main eventer a PPV during the Monday night wars. Yet someone all of them outside of Goldberg/DDP turned into overbooked messes.I think that is the best way to describe this PPV. While it wasn't as bad as I remembered it, it just didn't do anything great/good. Like you said, anyone of those 5 matches would have been a main event of any PPV they had that year, but to have them all on the same show, it should have made this the best PPV of all-time, but it didn't happen. Overbooked seems to sum it up perfectly; too many outside inferences/run-ins in matches, strange finishes, too many ref bumps, etc. If they just would have let each one wrestle normally, I think it would have been a much better show. Look at the best match on the show, DDP and Goldberg, it was just those two guys wrestling their match, no outside inference, no ref bumps, no convoluted finish, just two guys telling a simple story. If the other top matches did that, then this could have been one of WCW's best PPV's, ever. And, it could have helped WCW halt the downward slide they were in at the time. I’ve always looked at this PPV as the beginning of the end. WCW had already been screwing things up, but the following night was the final time Nitro ever beat Raw in the weekly ratings (and it was mostly due to showing Goldberg/DDP for free). WCW still had stars that fans wanted to tune in for, but this PPV seemed to be the final straw for many. Between the screwy matches and most people not even seeing Goldberg/DDP, the downfall truely began with this show.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 26, 2023 11:45:04 GMT -5
Aways loved HH. 1993 is a very underrated show.
1998 had a jam-packed card and just looking at the match listings, you’d think that this was an all time show. Shame it turned out as bad as it did.
Goldberg/DDP Hogan/Warrior Bret/Sting Nash/Hall Steiner/Steiner
Any of these matches on name alone could have main eventer a PPV during the Monday night wars. Yet someone all of them outside of Goldberg/DDP turned into overbooked messes.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 25, 2023 9:48:29 GMT -5
Loved Taker’s heel run but the segment where he turned heel dragged out way too long. Seemed to just go on and on and I believe it spanned multiple commercial breaks with McMahon having his pants down the whole time. That whole month following Survivor Series was weird as they were resetting everyone (Austin is a face again, McMahon and Taker as heels, ect…). I was relieved that they turned Austin face again, but it felt they suddenly flipped the script with him, Vince & Taker. Austin’s turn was the strangest. They pushed him as a heel for the past eight months despite fans still wanting to cheer him. Then literally the night after survivor series he comes out and they act like he’s been a face this entire time. Same with Vince just suddenly being a heel again. Atleast they did a segment for Taker’s turn. I gotta throw Kurt in there as well. He was a massive face over the summer, turned heel for one month by joining the Alliance, saves the WWF at survivor series, yet is stil treated as a heel due to McMahon also randomly turning heel again. One of the strangest months in this company’s history.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 24, 2023 11:56:53 GMT -5
Loved Taker’s heel run but the segment where he turned heel dragged out way too long. Seemed to just go on and on and I believe it spanned multiple commercial breaks with McMahon having his pants down the whole time. That whole month following Survivor Series was weird as they were resetting everyone (Austin is a face again, McMahon and Taker as heels, ect…).
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 24, 2023 11:53:27 GMT -5
As long as we get a ‘99/00 Scott Steiner I’ll be happy (UE 2001 Kane would be nice too).
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 19, 2023 22:40:58 GMT -5
- Booker T final Nitro with cloth outfit from King of the Ring 2001
- HHH 2002 return (re-do with ball joints and a better face scan)
- Kurt Angle Armageddon 2000 with cloth track suit
- Undertaker Judgement Day 2000 with cloth vest and jacket
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 19, 2023 22:35:30 GMT -5
Made another Steiner. Torso swapped onto a Decade of Domination HHH with Lesnar lower legs and boots. Think I like this one more than the red one I made. Skin tones arn't a perfect match but not that noticeable unless you’re looking close. This one also fixes the elite 105 height issue by making Steiner shorter.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 19, 2023 11:12:51 GMT -5
Makes the figure a little shorter but it works for Steiner IMO. I feel his elite is too tall as is so the Lesnar lower legs makes him more accurate. Only thing to note with the Boogs upper legs it’s hard to get the figure to stand straight. Neutral pose the figure wants to stand with his legs somewhat spread out but not terribly noticible. If someone wanted to Swap the Steiner torso over to the Boogs crotch price it would probably fix it since I believe the crotch pieces are different. Yeah I thought his figure is tall to begin wish so I wanted to know if that made him even taller. Nope shorter which is a good thing.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 19, 2023 8:52:32 GMT -5
Need to add logos still but liking this 2000 Scott Steiner. Rick Boogs upper legs and Lesnar lower legs and boots. How’s the height? Makes the figure a little shorter but it works for Steiner IMO. I feel his elite is too tall as is so the Lesnar lower legs makes him more accurate. Only thing to note with the Boogs upper legs it’s hard to get the figure to stand straight. Neutral pose the figure wants to stand with his legs somewhat spread out but not terribly noticible. If someone wanted to Swap the Steiner torso over to the Boogs crotch price it would probably fix it since I believe the crotch pieces are different.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 18, 2023 13:36:35 GMT -5
Love the match. Foley still had it but give credit to Orton as well for keeping up with the hardcore legend.
I’ve never been a fan of Foley/Edge at WM22. I feel Foley/Orton blows it out of the water.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 17, 2023 22:18:03 GMT -5
Need to add logos still but liking this 2000 Scott Steiner. Rick Boogs upper legs and Lesnar lower legs and boots.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 17, 2023 18:20:14 GMT -5
He was the most useless wrestler ever until Garrett Bischoff came around. Then Wes Brisco took that mantle from Garrett a few months later in 2012 but I give Wes a pass because he wasn't brought in to any company due to nepotism. I've been watching Nitros and seen every episode he's been in until where I'm at in March 2000 and he did improve and the psycho gimmick got him to open up and work on his character. His in-ring work improved a lot but my god did he not know how to bump, sell or entertain for like a good year into his WCW career. He'd just flop around like a stiff fish. Lack of training aside, it’s amazing how David and Charlotte are siblings yet complete opposites when it comes to athleticism.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 16, 2023 23:26:12 GMT -5
We know why Mattel does it; to milk as much money from the mold as possible. As a consumer, it sucks as I’ve purchased rings in the past and was told after the New Gen ring that Mattel wouldn’t pull stuff like this. From a business perspective, I also get it as it’s all about making money.
My biggest question is, why the hell a UE Bischoff when he just needs to stand there? Why not throw in a Scott Steiner or DDP in jeans as that seems like it would help the set sell more than Eric (yes, they had UEs planned in the crowdfund but they could have thrown in an elite version of one of them with this set).
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 16, 2023 23:10:39 GMT -5
If anyone watches Wrestling Bios on YouTube, his “Reliving the War” series is up to early 1999 so he just started covering the early days of David Flair. It’s clear David either did not want to be there, or simply was the most talentless person to ever walk this planet.
I did enjoy his “psycho” gimmick with Crowbar and Daffney.
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Post by cordless2016 on Nov 16, 2023 23:07:18 GMT -5
It’s the WWE so of course Steiner got the blame for that feud, but it’s hardly brought up that HHH was working injured as well, and outside of working with HBK, his matches were pretty abysmal throughout 2003. Would have been super easy to book them in an 8-10 minute street fight at the Rumble, but instead we got a near-20 minute regular match that bombed. You’d think they’d have learned their lesson from this feud, but just a few months later we were getting Goldberg in near-20 minute matches too.
I still don’t see how they drag this feud out to WM19 if it started when they did. If they wanted HHH/Steiner at WM19, why not have HHH/Booker T at the Rumble and then start the feud with Steiner? Either way Scott was screwed because nobody was taking the belt from Hunter. Only chance Steiner had was being placed on Smackdown where he could work with Angle, Benoit, Guerrero, Lesnar, ect… who could help to hide his weaknesses in the ring.
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