Ring Help!

[East Coast]

never had a jakks basic ring.......but IIRC.....they're larger than basic Mattel rings

["Deadman"13tazz13]

I have a Jakks Hardcore ring, it measures roughly 13in x 13in if that helps?

[Bandalero]

12" x 12"

["Deadman"13tazz13]

You can use all of the 13" on the Hardcore ring if you have the "ring gear" turnbuckle set, I have them set up on mine and its much better for displaying.
I was going to buy a Mattel basic ring to essentially rip apart to use as a foundation in making a 18" x 18" ring

[speedlgt]

BRO! let me shed some light on this issue!
FIRST!!!!!!!!! no one here really talks about rings!! i find that odd seeing as how a ring is one of the most important things you need in this game.

ok so to answer your question the Mattel ring is basically the same size as the JAKKS stunt action/spring ring. the jakks one may be a few CMs bigger but in terms of actually space to be used there the same.

The JAKKS hardcore ring is bigger. this is the version that JAKKS made with lots of different ring gear that you had to buy seprate. Ring turnbuckles in yallow black and red. Ropes of all different colors. and ring skirts for RAW SD Mainia HEAT and so on. Even a rare attachement for a post that allows a belt to be hung for a ladder match. Also there was cage for this version.So once again its bigger about an inch or so you have more space. HOWEVER the ropes are too low. The top rope comes up to a mattel figure waste no where near the sholder or back. so that kinda sucks.

ALL JAKKS posts cave in. and look like crap. IF ring gear posts for the hardcore ring its a little bit better. Also if you dint use the little metal things that connect the turnbuckles to the posts and use wire you can get the turnbuckles to sit closer to the posts giving you more mat space in the hardcore ring.

there was also a bigger JAKKS ring for the hell in the cell it was about an inch bigger than the Hardcore ring. again the posts suck but you can use the other posts from the HC ring to make it a little better.

if you wanna display figs in ring I advise to get mattel basic rings. they dont cave in and work for display. if you wanna play or have a fed IDK what to do. the real scale rings by both jakks and mattel SUCK. there too huge and have matt that wrinkle so it looks like you fings are fighting on a t shirt. the jakks HC and CELL ring are better but the low ropes and caving posts kill it for me.

right now I would say the BEST ring you can ever get is just the basic mattel for display.

[speedlgt]

the only thing you can do is when you get a JAKKS ring brand new the posts will be straight, then you need ot get your own ropes and cut them to a length to where they dont provide alot of tension I mean very little tension just enought to make em straight. Then the problem u have is somewhat loose ropes. it looks fine for display but if a figures leans on em they may just fall out the ring

the other thing is the only colors I ever found were white or black, no other colors and to find them you go to a fabric store and look in the sewing section near elastics. I think its just called cord.

I have been messing with rings for the past 10 years or more trying to fix ups and such to get something decent and this is kinda the best advice I have outside of building your own ring, which I would not advise.

[ricflair4ever]

If the jakks rings that came with the cell/punjabi prison would have had taller posts they would have been the best scaled of all. If mattel would simply increase the size of their basic rings to the size of those particular jakks rings,we would have a worthwhile ring even if its not rsr size. As things sit right now though, the mattel basic rings are far more sturdy than their jakks counterparts like the sar and spring ring.

[speedlgt]

Jun 11, 2013 12:38:31 GMT -5 ricflair4ever said:

If the jakks rings that came with the cell/punjabi prison would have had taller posts they would have been the best scaled of all. If mattel would simply increase the size of their basic rings to the size of those particular jakks rings,we would have a worthwhile ring even if its not rsr size. As things sit right now though, the mattel basic rings are far more sturdy than their jakks counterparts like the sar and spring ring.

agreed I have been saying for a while in hopes that MATTEL would hear this. I think we really just need a basic style ring but maybe 14x14 or 15x15. these 22-24 in rings are way over kill for collectors and kids. But I dont really see any fan outcry about rings mainly here and everywhere else they just want elite figs.

I dont understand why mattel even copied the jakks ring business model in the first place? Now they did fix the posts and make solid ring but which to this day the advertize on the box of the ring, almost to convince the world that there ring is NOT the crappy jakks version that would cave in.

still if any fans here want a new bigger mattel ring we should really unite and say something

[mrhoss]

Jun 11, 2013 9:07:04 GMT -5 J-MANN said:

What's the ' turnbuckle ' set?

Jakks released sets of posts with a 90 degree bend and turn buckles with metal hooks. My posts still bend in as seen in the picture.

[WalterF]

I used to love he hardcore ring and I had every single post and rope set released. They even had weird ones with yellowish ropes etc. That was he best ring before the real scale by jakks. I wish Mattel would just release something comparable to the hardcore ring so the size is decent.

[speedlgt]

Jun 11, 2013 13:02:20 GMT -5 mrhoss said:

Jun 11, 2013 9:07:04 GMT -5 J-MANN said:

What's the ' turnbuckle ' set?

Jakks released sets of posts with a 90 degree bend and turn buckles with metal hooks. My posts still bend in as seen in the picture.

thats what I am talking about see those metal hooks? if you dont use those and ust like wire from garbage ties you can get the turnbuckles really close to the posts giving you even more space for suplexes and cool stuff there is also a place under teh ring for chairs and tables

[mrhoss]

Jun 11, 2013 13:19:21 GMT -5 WalterF said:

I used to love he hardcore ring and I had every single post and rope set released. They even had weird ones with yellowish ropes etc. That was he best ring before the real scale by jakks. I wish Mattel would just release something comparable to the hardcore ring so the size is decent.

I think there were wrestler specific sets, like RVD and Booker T?
I'm having a hard time finding posts and turnbuckles to go with my Smackdown and Summerslam ropes and skirts. The only complete set I have is Sunday Night Heat, lol.

[speedlgt]

the RVD set is cool cause its blue skirt and you could flip it to have a plain blue skirt.

the booker t one has the black posts and turnbuckles.

I have the wrestlemaina turnbuckles but i am missing 2 and those were really cool yellow ones

[WalterF]

Jun 11, 2013 14:27:07 GMT -5 J-MANN said:

Will the Basic Mattel ring posts fit the Hardcore ring?

It won't matter anyway because only the old special jakks post for the hardcore ring made it open up more space. Otherwise he ring space open with a straight post is about the same a s astandard Mattel ring anyway

[speedlgt]

J-MANN
no the mattel posts dont fit I tried that. One thing you could do but its risky is if you can jakks, real scale ring posts (there blue metal ones I think) you could put those in the hardcore ring as the hole is the same so it fits. BUT I would be very careful. its a tight fit and those metal posts are not gonna give and the plastic on the HC ring could just snap. I did thins on my CeLL ring and it worked but it fell from a shelf and metal cracked the cheap plastic base.

also so are you displaying or playing?