WWF Hasbro History Part 16 (Series 13)

[Hasbromaniac]

The next series of 1994 WWF figures was Assortment 7577, otherwise known as the “Purple” carded set. This set was supposed to consist of: Ted DiBiase 3, Doink, Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner, Hacksaw Jim Duggan 2 and Brutus Beefcake 3. Unfortunately Beefcake was scrapped and Tatanka took his place. No redeco on Tatanka either; cheap Hasbro bastiches! LOL!









Here is a typical cardback from this assortment:









Here is a sketch of Rick Steiner, notice the reused parts that are mentioned:










Here is a pre-production sketch of “the Million Dollar Man Ted Hogan”; boy, other than Doink, this was the worst reused body part set Hasbro made:










Here even is the prototype test shot of the “Tedster”:










Next up: The Dark Blue Series!

[khayes83]

Awesome as usual thanks man,

and I noticed on the sketch of Rick that it called for Macho's lower body, wasn't Crush's used it seems i remember him having studded tights... and my god i love the paint job on brother Bruti

[Tim Sorenson]

Nice read once again. I love that set.

[unprettier]

I LOVE the Brutus

[Snitch]

Thanks alot dude, it's awsome as allways.

[Stoker Ichikawa]

i wish that brutus had been released - it's awesome

[Mr. Old School™]

Thanks again for this awesome history of these W.W.F. Hasbro figures!!

[ecwfan514]

Hasbromaniac, what parts did they use for Doink. Maybe I'm not seeing it through all the paint...Thanks for the pre-production pics of Rick Steiner and the Million Dollar Man. Always great!

[Mastermind]

thanks for your awesome articles! i wish that brutus was released also...anvils body and macho mans legs was a good idea for rick steiner..

[MakaiClub]

Nice stuff as usual. I love the old promo pics. It's funny to see Hacksaw holding a flag from a GI Joe set I used to have, and who knows what else before that.

[elviswashere2006]

ok lets see....dark blue series...i think it was Bam Bam, Giant Gonzalas, and two others. but i cant remember who

[iamkrang]

Great write up with pics again. I have that wohle series shame Brutus wasnt released.

I never noticed the proto image of hacksaw has the flag in the opposite hand later replaced for a hole in his thumbs up hand for the flag to slide through.

[ecwfan514]

elviswashere2006 said:

ok lets see....dark blue series...i think it was Bam Bam, Giant Gonzalas, and two others. but i cant remember who

Lemme help you out with the checklist:
- Bushwhacker Butch
- Bushwhacker Luke
- Head Shrinker Fatu
- Head Shrinker Samu
- Marty Jannetty
- Giant Gonzalez
- Razor Ramon (red/black & purple variants)
- Shawn Michaels (white/red & black/silver variants)

[stevecorinoisgod]

Greatness once again, will you be doing one for the mini figures?

[3Lephant (Naptown Icon)]

unprettier said:

I LOVE the Brutus

Same here. It hink it just gave me the idea to make a custom..

-3L

[cureforthesickness]

that Brutus would have been truely awesome to have. Would have displayed greatly with, well, any of the Hogans released. I actually liked the DiBiase body, because I thought it was horrible for Hogan. DiBiase was always really lanky looking, and that body captured it well. What parts were re-used for Doink?

[Mastermind]

the attire on rick steiner looks pretty cool on the proto..all the others look about the same as they were released..well doink is different also..

[Kirk Angel]

thanks

[Hasbromaniac]

Not sure what parts were used for Doink, as I don't have a loose set to compare pieces. Can anyone who has a loose Hasbro set help out Summerslam '88 ?

Please remember anyones' pics are welcome here, carded or loose. Thanks to all for reading and contributing thus far!

[madd2k]

Thanks again for that interesting column. Now I know why my Rick Steiner don't stand still like the other figs (or only if I get one arm in the right position): because they used two complete different body parts that don't fit each other. Does anyone else have also that problem with his Rick?