The Complete History of OSFTM WCW Figures

[Hasbromaniac]

Unreleased loose Sting in yellow is on back of the Series 3 cards, in the ring pic with Hogan. If you go to page 1 of this thread, you will see it. Sting in pink was released MOC, not widespread but not too hard to get when released.

[vampiro666]

Jul 8, 2019 11:29:48 GMT -5 Hasbromaniac said:

Nope not Flair w/blue trunks; there's a decent amount out there (10-20) at least. Not Sting as this figure was not available to the mass public. This guy was on retail shelves, very, very briefly.

hmm is it the hogan in all black series 2 repaint I slightly remember seeing him once or twice at kb and Johnny's toys

[figurecollector]

Jul 8, 2019 13:20:03 GMT -5 Hasbromaniac said:

Unreleased loose Sting in yellow is on back of the Series 3 cards, in the ring pic with Hogan. If you go to page 1 of this thread, you will see it. Sting in pink was released MOC, not widespread but not too hard to get when released.

It is not what has been mentioned, so the answer is...

[MrClassy]

Just picked up a series 1 Hulk Hogan. Love this figure as it reminds me of LJN figures and it's Hulk Hogan's first WCW figure. It's definitely an underrated IMO.

Usually I only collect Hasbros and Mattel retros.. but I just had to pick this one up!

I even did a comparison with an LJN Hogan in my latest vlog:

[@brit_figs]

How much is a 6' single black and white Sting worth near MOC?

[billymonroe55]

I always wanted a Arn Anderson growing up. Anyone ever hear if there were talks of one in this line?

[figurecollector]

May 22, 2020 11:01:42 GMT -5 billymonroe55 said:

I always wanted a Arn Anderson growing up. Anyone ever hear if there were talks of one in this line?

I think Arn was pretty close to being done in 1995 which would have been the second year.

[crush]

May 23, 2020 9:27:25 GMT -5 figurecollector said:

May 22, 2020 11:01:42 GMT -5 billymonroe55 said:

I always wanted a Arn Anderson growing up. Anyone ever hear if there were talks of one in this line?

I think Arn was pretty close to being done in 1995 which would have been the second year.

Arm wrestled pretty regularly through 95 and 96 for WCW.

[figurecollector]

May 23, 2020 17:25:01 GMT -5 crush said:

May 23, 2020 9:27:25 GMT -5 figurecollector said:

I think Arn was pretty close to being done in 1995 which would have been the second year.

Arm wrestled pretty regularly through 95 and 96 for WCW.

I guess he was TV champion for half of 1995 and was gone by 1997. Guess he should have had a figure.

[jva1980]

Hey, everyone.

One of the persons who commented early on in this thread mentioned that he vividly remembered seeing a toy ad or catalog in 1995 or so that showed figures (possibly prototypes?) of Shark (John Tenta) and Renegade (the Ultimate Warrior knockoff). That certainly seems plausible, seeing as how both of those gimmicks were then-current when this toyline initially started, but I was unable to find any information elsewhere through Google. As a collector, this sort of thing always intrigues me. Has anyone else here ever personally seen evidence of these alleged unreleased OSFTM figures, or have you ever heard anyone else mention them?

By the way, before severe injuries forced him to retire, Arn Anderson wrestled his final televised match against Lex Luger in late November 1996 on Monday Nitro. It's really surprising to me that OSFTM didn't make the LJN-style figures of all four members of the Horsemen at that time. In fact, Flair was the only Horseman who got that treatment. It would've been great to have had figures of Anderson, Pillman, and Benoit—and later, Malenko. I could've done without that maroon "Mongo," though. LOL

It also would've been amazing if the first or second wave of figures had included Ricky Steamboat, Rick Rude, Barry Windham, and Dustin Rhodes, as well as additional tag team sets of the Hollywood Blonds, Pretty Wonderful (Roma and Orndorff), and Stars and Stripes (the Patriot and Bagwell). The latter three teams were all WCW tag team champions at one point, so they should've been a no-brainer. An LJN-style figure of the Patriot would've been especially cool, seeing as how his character/gimmick was ideally suited to be an action figure. After all, Del Wilkes was essentially the Captain America of pro-wrestling! Underrated character/wrestler.

How awesome would it also have been to have seen eventual tag team sets in '96 or early '97 of the Steiner Brothers, the Road Warriors with their sweet blue shoulder pads, Fire & Ice (extremely mis-used and underrated tag team!), the Faces of Fear, Public Enemy, Sting (dark brown hair, but pre-Crow) & Luger, the Rock 'n' Roll Express, and easily the two best workers in the nWo: the Great Muta and Masahiro Chono (a Figures Inc. exclusive)?!

We also needed LJN-style figures of the incredible cruiserweights: Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho, Benoit & Malenko (as mentioned above), Mr. J.L. (Jerry Lynn), Rey Mysterio, Jr., Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, La Parka, Ciclope, etc. The masked luchadors would've especially looked amazing. Given the insane scope and depth of WCW's roster in the mid-to-late '90s, the possibilities are nearly endless. WHY did OSFTM have to go and switch to those cheap-looking, poorly detailed "vibrating" molds in 1997? They really ruined a great thing.

[Jackass Pacific]

Jun 29, 2020 13:20:37 GMT -5 jva1980 said:

Hey, everyone.

One of the persons who commented early on in this thread mentioned that he vividly remembered seeing a toy ad or catalog in 1995 or so that showed figures (possibly prototypes?) of Shark (John Tenta) and Renegade (the Ultimate Warrior knockoff). That certainly seems plausible, seeing as how both of those gimmicks were then-current when this toyline initially started, but I was unable to find any information elsewhere through Google. As a collector, this sort of thing always intrigues me. Has anyone else here ever personally seen evidence of these alleged unreleased OSFTM figures, or have you ever heard anyone else mention them?

i actually just saw pictures of those two on instagram this morning

[drnickriviera995]

Feb 18, 2021 9:00:22 GMT -5 Jackass Pacific said:

Jun 29, 2020 13:20:37 GMT -5 jva1980 said:

Hey, everyone.

One of the persons who commented early on in this thread mentioned that he vividly remembered seeing a toy ad or catalog in 1995 or so that showed figures (possibly prototypes?) of Shark (John Tenta) and Renegade (the Ultimate Warrior knockoff). That certainly seems plausible, seeing as how both of those gimmicks were then-current when this toyline initially started, but I was unable to find any information elsewhere through Google. As a collector, this sort of thing always intrigues me. Has anyone else here ever personally seen evidence of these alleged unreleased OSFTM figures, or have you ever heard anyone else mention them?

i actually just saw pictures of those two on instagram this morning

Saw it too on the MWFP FB page.

[crush]

Anyone see this?

[figurecollector]

I just acquired this one. I was not aware that there were two for NWO. My collection is on page 7 of this thread.

[jason1980s]

What was with the random two packs released around 1998? I remember there was Giant and Nash and DDP/Sting which my pop got signed by DDP in 1998 and I was able to get Sting in 2016, for free and it's one of my prized possessions. But I only found these at stores in Pennsylvania. Did PA stores have some sort of better distribution for exclusive OSFTMs?

[figurecollector]

Nov 27, 2021 23:09:08 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

What was with the random two packs released around 1998? I remember there was Giant and Nash and DDP/Sting which my pop got signed by DDP in 1998 and I was able to get Sting in 2016, for free and it's one of my prized possessions. But I only found these at stores in Pennsylvania. Did PA stores have some sort of better distribution for exclusive OSFTMs?

The ones you mentioned were the only two I have found of them and mine were found years apart. The DDP/Sting were considerably more plentiful IMO.

[jva1980]

Hey, everyone. This is the first time I've logged in to this website since 2020, and I feel the need to bring "closure" to this thread, at least as far as my participation in it goes. ;-)

For whatever reason, I never received any e-mail notifications letting me know that people had replied to my post regarding rumors about unreleased Shark and Renegade OSFTM LJN-style figures, so imagine my great surprise when, just a few days ago, I learned that only 6 or 7 months after my post here in 2020 asking if anyone knew anything about these alleged figures, photographic proof of the two finally emerged! 

The Shark:  app.box.com/s/86f7q6lyxjp06ti6j8r0sum0q0ctbz9o

Renegade:  app.box.com/s/y0ecta1ijcpaskat49mw6uq24vtltzrd

Needless to say, the man (apparently his name is Dave Rowland) who first informed everyone about the existence of The Shark and Renegade figures right here in this discussion thread back in 2010 has been happily VINDICATED after 13 long years! (FYI, Dave, I knew your story sounded too plausible/believable to have been a mere figment of your imagination!)

Even more surprising is the fact that I was the guy whose tweet Matt Cardona quoted in his YouTube video about these figures (i.e., the question he read that I sent back in 2020 to a Twitter user named @collectorati)!  Crazy stuff. 

Anyhow, even though I definitely would have preferred an Avalanche figure to the awful Dungeon of Doom gimmick (which Tenta detested), The Shark figure prototype looks amazing (the paint detail is actually better than on any other figure I've seen in that line!), and The Renegade looks pretty cool too.  Somebody out there must have possession of the two specimens featured in that booklet, and they'll probably show up on eBay for $500,000 a piece in the near future. 😕

What I want to know now is, who was the person who discovered the original ad/booklet that featured pics of these figures, and how exactly was it obtained???

[walter7paisley]

Feb 10, 2023 23:26:25 GMT -5 jva1980 said:

Hey, everyone. This is the first time I've logged in to this website since 2020, and I feel the need to bring "closure" to this thread, at least as far as my participation in it goes. ;-)

For whatever reason, I never received any e-mail notifications letting me know that people had replied to my post regarding rumors about unreleased Shark and Renegade OSFTM LJN-style figures, so imagine my great surprise when, just a few days ago, I learned that only 6 or 7 months after my post here in 2020 asking if anyone knew anything about these alleged figures, photographic proof of the two finally emerged! 

The Shark:  app.box.com/s/86f7q6lyxjp06ti6j8r0sum0q0ctbz9o

Renegade:  app.box.com/s/y0ecta1ijcpaskat49mw6uq24vtltzrd

Needless to say, the man (apparently his name is Dave Rowland) who first informed everyone about the existence of The Shark and Renegade figures right here in this discussion thread back in 2010 has been happily VINDICATED after 13 long years! (FYI, Dave, I knew your story sounded too plausible/believable to have been a mere figment of your imagination!)

Even more surprising is the fact that I was the guy whose tweet Matt Cardona quoted in his YouTube video about these figures (i.e., the question he read that I sent back in 2020 to a Twitter user named @collectorati)!  Crazy stuff. 

Anyhow, even though I definitely would have preferred an Avalanche figure to the awful Dungeon of Doom gimmick (which Tenta detested), The Shark figure prototype looks amazing (the paint detail is actually better than on any other figure I've seen in that line!), and The Renegade looks pretty cool too.  Somebody out there must have possession of the two specimens featured in that booklet, and they'll probably show up on eBay for $500,000 a piece in the near future. 😕

What I want to know now is, who was the person who discovered the original ad/booklet that featured pics of these figures, and how exactly was it obtained???

The pictures in your link don't appear to work for me. Are there any other pictures?

[jva1980]

Feb 11, 2023 8:06:19 GMT -5 walter7paisley said:

Feb 10, 2023 23:26:25 GMT -5 jva1980 said:

The pictures in your link don't appear to work for me. Are there any other pictures?

That's strange.  Those links should work, as I merely uploaded the pics to my personal Box account and created shareable links so that anyone can view the pics. 

I can't figure out how to attach pics directly to my posts here, unfortunately, but if you will do a Web search for "Shark and Renegade OSFTM figures," you should find the photos rather quickly.  ;-) 

[themadbubbler]

Jul 13, 2019 12:29:40 GMT -5 figurecollector said:

Jul 8, 2019 13:20:03 GMT -5 Hasbromaniac said:

Unreleased loose Sting in yellow is on back of the Series 3 cards, in the ring pic with Hogan. If you go to page 1 of this thread, you will see it. Sting in pink was released MOC, not widespread but not too hard to get when released.

It is not what has been mentioned, so the answer is...

Is there supposed to be an image in this post? If so, it's not showing up for me. I want to know the answer to the mystery! Lol.