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Post by warlord on Feb 6, 2021 18:57:21 GMT -5
In all seriousness though, I think these all of these turned out great.
My number one preorders are,
Hardy/HHH (x3)
E85 Aleister Black (chase version only)
E85 Killer Kross
UE8 Edge
All of Fan TakeOver Series 2
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Post by hitmanhart on Feb 6, 2021 19:12:59 GMT -5
Anyone notice that the color red on Bray and Ultimate Edge was super dark? Like crimson red.
Must have been a factory issue, neither should be that dark.
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Post by AttitudeLegendCollector on Feb 6, 2021 19:23:27 GMT -5
Couple of small disappointments for me...
Macho hands...they literally could have had any of 🤙🏻☝🏻👍🏻👌🏻 and all we get is 🖐🏻...which I don’t even remember him using?! At UE price point, no real excuse, might not get too many other excuses or reasons to get proper macho hands. I pre-ordered long ago and I’m still excited to have it in hand based on the nostalgia but given they hinted at getting macho hands, not sure they’ve hit it.
White pins on Triple H’s hands....why?? 😒
Karma looks great though.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Feb 6, 2021 19:53:19 GMT -5
Nitpicking, but they should have given Taker a lower cut top underneath the vest.   Also, I think I'll be taking the wrist part of the gloves off, to get that shorter gloved look. Spot on. I also wish they gave him a little less double chin. He has all the wrinkles but the head looks a little too plump. |
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Post by Eric on Feb 6, 2021 20:04:38 GMT -5
Awesome stuff shown today. I really like that Basic Hardy since its very unique. I just noticed how dumb that Karrion Kross Elite looks. His lower legs are way longer than it should be.  He has four calf muscles: one above his boots and one inside on each leg. Kinda rough. |
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Feb 6, 2021 20:17:35 GMT -5
Awesome stuff shown today. I really like that Basic Hardy since its very unique. I just noticed how dumb that Karrion Kross Elite looks. His lower legs are way longer than it should be. lmao that is so bad, it also makes his head look fat XD |
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Post by 💯ULTIMATE💯 on Feb 6, 2021 20:18:13 GMT -5
Awesome stuff shown today. I really like that Basic Hardy since its very unique. I just noticed how dumb that Karrion Kross Elite looks. His lower legs are way longer than it should be. He has four calf muscles: one above his boots and one inside on each leg. Kinda rough. Yikes!!! Just noticed that |
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Feb 6, 2021 20:22:27 GMT -5
just want to say that hanson and rowe have some of the best headscans that mattel has ever done.
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 6, 2021 20:47:58 GMT -5
Couple of small disappointments for me... Macho hands...they literally could have had any of 🤙🏻☝🏻👍🏻👌🏻 and all we get is 🖐🏻...which I don’t even remember him using?! At UE price point, no real excuse, might not get too many other excuses or reasons to get proper macho hands. I pre-ordered long ago and I’m still excited to have it in hand based on the nostalgia but given they hinted at getting macho hands, not sure they’ve hit it. White pins on Triple H’s hands....why?? 😒 Karma looks great though. Yes, he used those hand gestures from time to time.     |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Feb 6, 2021 20:50:32 GMT -5
Thoughts...
Liv Morgan is gorgeous, and a must buy. I love the bathrobe, although I probably won't display her with it. Fun accessory though.
That HHH/Jeff 2-Pack is probably going to be a pre-order, if I can swing it. The only thing I'm worried about here is that people are going to mass buy that pack, rip the Xtreme shirts out of it, and list the shirts on secondary for nearly the cost of the set. With the shirt now being a thing, along with Brood Hardyz, the possibility for Team Xtreme is here now, but BOY will it cost you.
Boneyard Taker looks great. Not Pre-Order great, but I will be getting him.
Good lord UE Edge is bringing the smoulder in that one pick. WTH? Like, did they look at the figure and go "Let's make a sexy Edge"? I don't even know. Honestly though, I like the head on the Elite better and now I fear I'm gonna have to buy both UE and Elites to do a headswap. Ouch.
That Alistair Black will be coming home with me as well. I'll probably try to pre-order, depending on price. Those previous Black figures went so dang fast, I fear he's going to be the hardest to get of him yet.
I'm not interested in Kama, but golly is that a pretty figure.
That Johnny Gargano is pretty stylish, even with the crappy leg thing and the missing slash marks. i may have to get that one, if I can.
Good heavens what did they do to Christian's face. Why.
You know, I'm not sure if it's because we almost NEVER get X-Pac figures without the tongue out, but that head looks really weird to me. It's almost jarring to see him with his mouth closed, to the point of it not looking right. I mean, when I step back? It's a good sculpt. But it's really weird to see for me is all.
That Basic Jeff Hardy is really interesting. Does anyone know when that look is from? I'm really not big on my Jeff knowledge.
I don't really care about Kross but I want that coat for a possible ECW Heyman custom. Wonder how much I can get just the coat for when the figure hits.
Bray... oh lordy where do I begin with Bray. I could go on a ten page rant about the bullcrap that they've pulled with the Bray figures, but I'll just shorten it to this. I get that Bray/The Fiend is one of the most interesting characters and biggest cash cows they've had in a long time. But them deliberately spreading the accessories and designs out between 8 or so different figures really makes me mad. Like it's said, how many Bray/Fiend figures do we have to buy for the complete experience? Seeing this Elite? I really think they are doing this ish on purpose, with making One OK elite with the lantern, a slightly better UE with the belt, the craptastic RSC Exc. with most of the puppets, and then this Elite with Huskus and finally a decent FFH Mold. This MUST be intentional by now. And you know what? It's pretty dang horrible if it is. Basically, if you want the entire setup, you need to buy at least 4 different figures, and I really REALLY hate that. (Sorry, that was honestly the short version)
I think that about covers everything. At least, everything I have an opinion on.
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 6, 2021 21:10:52 GMT -5
Couple of small disappointments for me... Macho hands...they literally could have had any of 🤙🏻☝🏻👍🏻👌🏻 and all we get is 🖐🏻...which I don’t even remember him using?! At UE price point, no real excuse, might not get too many other excuses or reasons to get proper macho hands. I pre-ordered long ago and I’m still excited to have it in hand based on the nostalgia but given they hinted at getting macho hands, not sure they’ve hit it. White pins on Triple H’s hands....why?? 😒 Karma looks great though. Here are some more.     |
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Post by LK3 on Feb 6, 2021 21:16:47 GMT -5
Bray... oh lordy where do I begin with Bray. I could go on a ten page rant about the bullcrap that they've pulled with the Bray figures, but I'll just shorten it to this. I get that Bray/The Fiend is one of the most interesting characters and biggest cash cows they've had in a long time. But them deliberately spreading the accessories and designs out between 8 or so different figures really makes me mad. Like it's said, how many Bray/Fiend figures do we have to buy for the complete experience? Seeing this Elite? I really think they are doing this ish on purpose, with making One OK elite with the lantern, a slightly better UE with the belt, the craptastic RSC Exc. with most of the puppets, and then this Elite with Huskus and finally a decent FFH Mold. This MUST be intentional by now. And you know what? It's pretty dang horrible if it is. Basically, if you want the entire setup, you need to buy at least 4 different figures, and I really REALLY hate that. (Sorry, that was honestly the short version). My question would be, how would you go about releasing all of that in fewer figures? That’s A LOT of accessories to put out for what is essentially two different wrestlers. They did a lantern, jacket, and custom title between two figures. And between two more figures they did 5 unique puppets and a box that turns into the Funhouse. It may not be ideal to buy 4 figures for everything, but with all that everything encompasses it’s not realistic in fewer figs. To me they gave us best case scenario, and it’s all been done within a year. |
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Post by Rattlehead on Feb 6, 2021 21:17:19 GMT -5
Wow that Jeff and HHH set is beautiful. I can only imagine that could've originally been a Team Extreme set with Matt replacing HHH. Still a great set.
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Post by shanieomaniac on Feb 6, 2021 21:36:22 GMT -5
Bray... oh lordy where do I begin with Bray. I could go on a ten page rant about the bullcrap that they've pulled with the Bray figures, but I'll just shorten it to this. I get that Bray/The Fiend is one of the most interesting characters and biggest cash cows they've had in a long time. But them deliberately spreading the accessories and designs out between 8 or so different figures really makes me mad. Like it's said, how many Bray/Fiend figures do we have to buy for the complete experience? Seeing this Elite? I really think they are doing this ish on purpose, with making One OK elite with the lantern, a slightly better UE with the belt, the craptastic RSC Exc. with most of the puppets, and then this Elite with Huskus and finally a decent FFH Mold. This MUST be intentional by now. And you know what? It's pretty dang horrible if it is. Basically, if you want the entire setup, you need to buy at least 4 different figures, and I really REALLY hate that. (Sorry, that was honestly the short version). My question would be, how would you go about releasing all of that in fewer figures? That’s A LOT of accessories to put out for what is essentially two different wrestlers. They did a lantern, jacket, and custom title between two figures. And between two more figures they did 5 unique puppets and a box that turns into the Funhouse. It may not be ideal to buy 4 figures for everything, but with all that everything encompasses it’s not realistic in fewer figs. To me they gave us best case scenario, and it’s all been done within a year. OK, here's how I would have done it.
1st Elite: You give the figure his jacket and praying hands deco. If you can do that on a basic, you can do it on an elite. Then, give him the Lantern and stick the belt around his neck. If they had done that, the figure would have been fine for almost any collector. This is a perfectly reasonable amount of detail for an elite, you see figures that have both accessories and belts all the time. Shane's first Elite came with a friggin announce table. For as much money as this figure would have brought in, shouldn't have been too hard.
UE: Leave it the same. If people want the UE, they can have the UE.
2nd Elite: Make a FFH Bray Wyatt with the color scheme of the first FFH Bray Basic, but in the style of the new Elite. Don't include Huskus. INCLUDE A CHAINSAW. (from the first episode).
Finally, release a RSC Exc. specialty pack with whatever figure you want and ALL the puppets IN SCALE (within reason. Rabbit would likely have to be bigger). All in one go. Have you seen the effort put into some of these RSCs? It could be done. You may have to make the box a bit bigger, but people would easily shell money out for a set that contained all the puppets in their proper scale.
Then, when you get to future Elites? Well, remember Muscle Man Bray? There's an Elite for you right there, AND you could always include a Huskus for fun. Want another Elite? Well that brown diamond sweater he wears would make an AWESOME Elite and would be different enough to buy. Basics? Do whatever you want. Still release the B111 basic, but don't make that the only chance to get that color scheme. They're released basic/elite attire combos before, do it again.
This is just how I would have done it in a way that was kindest for collectors.
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Feb 6, 2021 21:37:58 GMT -5
Couple of small disappointments for me... Macho hands...they literally could have had any of 🤙🏻☝🏻👍🏻👌🏻 and all we get is 🖐🏻...which I don’t even remember him using?! At UE price point, no real excuse, might not get too many other excuses or reasons to get proper macho hands. I pre-ordered long ago and I’m still excited to have it in hand based on the nostalgia but given they hinted at getting macho hands, not sure they’ve hit it. White pins on Triple H’s hands....why?? 😒 Karma looks great though. Yes, he used those hand gestures from time to time. that first pic is literally his most famous pose other than the finger point in the air and circling around lol |
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Post by LK3 on Feb 6, 2021 21:48:12 GMT -5
My question would be, how would you go about releasing all of that in fewer figures? That’s A LOT of accessories to put out for what is essentially two different wrestlers. They did a lantern, jacket, and custom title between two figures. And between two more figures they did 5 unique puppets and a box that turns into the Funhouse. It may not be ideal to buy 4 figures for everything, but with all that everything encompasses it’s not realistic in fewer figs. To me they gave us best case scenario, and it’s all been done within a year. OK, here's how I would have done it.
1st Elite: You give the figure his jacket and praying hands deco. If you can do that on a basic, you can do it on an elite. Then, give him the Lantern and stick the belt around his neck. If they had done that, the figure would have been fine for almost any collector. This is a perfectly reasonable amount of detail for an elite, you see figures that have both accessories and belts all the time. Shane's first Elite came with a friggin announce table. For as much money as this figure would have brought in, shouldn't have been too hard.
UE: Leave it the same. If people want the UE, they can have the UE.
2nd Elite: Make a FFH Bray Wyatt with the color scheme of the first FFH Bray Basic, but in the style of the new Elite. Don't include Huskus. INCLUDE A CHAINSAW. (from the first episode).
Finally, release a RSC Exc. specialty pack with whatever figure you want and ALL the puppets IN SCALE (within reason. Rabbit would likely have to be bigger). All in one go. Have you seen the effort put into some of these RSCs? It could be done. You may have to make the box a bit bigger, but people would easily shell money out for a set that contained all the puppets in their proper scale.
Then, when you get to future Elites? Well, remember Muscle Man Bray? There's an Elite for you right there, AND you could always include a Huskus for fun. Want another Elite? Well that brown diamond sweater he wears would make an AWESOME Elite and would be different enough to buy. Basics? Do whatever you want. Still release the B111 basic, but don't make that the only chance to get that color scheme. They're released basic/elite attire combos before, do it again.
This is just how I would have done it in a way that was kindest for collectors.
The biggest issue I see is the Fiend elite. I can’t imagine getting all of that in a single release when they have to budget out 5 others figures too. The jacket on the basic is non-removable correct? I don’t know how that differs cost wise, but I wouldn’t see that going over too well with everybody. Are you suggest a higher price point for the RSC release than the one we got? It might come close to cancelling out the difference between that and the two separate Funhouse Bray’s we’re getting. I guess we’ll differ on this, but my opinion is that they did it about as well as they could. I’m not crazy about the actual figure of either Funhouse Bray, but that’s a different story. |
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Post by Action Figure Attack on Feb 6, 2021 21:50:05 GMT -5
My question would be, how would you go about releasing all of that in fewer figures? That’s A LOT of accessories to put out for what is essentially two different wrestlers. They did a lantern, jacket, and custom title between two figures. And between two more figures they did 5 unique puppets and a box that turns into the Funhouse. It may not be ideal to buy 4 figures for everything, but with all that everything encompasses it’s not realistic in fewer figs. To me they gave us best case scenario, and it’s all been done within a year. OK, here's how I would have done it. 1st Elite: You give the figure his jacket and praying hands deco. If you can do that on a basic, you can do it on an elite. Then, give him the Lantern and stick the belt around his neck. If they had done that, the figure would have been fine for almost any collector. This is a perfectly reasonable amount of detail for an elite, you see figures that have both accessories and belts all the time. Shane's first Elite came with a friggin announce table. For as much money as this figure would have brought in, shouldn't have been too hard. UE: Leave it the same. If people want the UE, they can have the UE.
2nd Elite: Make a FFH Bray Wyatt with the color scheme of the first FFH Bray Basic, but in the style of the new Elite. Don't include Huskus. INCLUDE A CHAINSAW. (from the first episode). Finally, release a RSC Exc. specialty pack with whatever figure you want and ALL the puppets IN SCALE (within reason. Rabbit would likely have to be bigger). All in one go. Have you seen the effort put into some of these RSCs? It could be done. You may have to make the box a bit bigger, but people would easily shell money out for a set that contained all the puppets in their proper scale. Then, when you get to future Elites? Well, remember Muscle Man Bray? There's an Elite for you right there, AND you could always include a Huskus for fun. Want another Elite? Well that brown diamond sweater he wears would make an AWESOME Elite and would be different enough to buy. Basics? Do whatever you want. Still release the B111 basic, but don't make that the only chance to get that color scheme. They're released basic/elite attire combos before, do it again.
This is just how I would have done it in a way that was kindest for collectors.
Being real with you here...there is no way to afford the 1st Elite scenario you mentioned unless maybe some of the other figs in the wave were unpainted with no accessories. Shane is pretty low deco and so is the announce table. Fiend has tons of deco which is incredibly expensive. I know that doesn’t always equate to value in the eyes of collectors as much as piece count but it’s the reality. I promise you there was no scheming in the spreading out his accessories. We really maxed out these figures. |
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Post by SteveHulk on Feb 6, 2021 21:55:06 GMT -5
I'm just pleased that WWE's website is so quick and easy to view all these pictures... 😳
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Post by LK3 on Feb 6, 2021 21:57:54 GMT -5
I'm just pleased that WWE's website is so quick and easy to view all these pictures... 😳 I wonder if it would be better on the app. ....too bad they don’t post it to the app though. |
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Post by shanieomaniac on Feb 6, 2021 21:57:55 GMT -5
OK, here's how I would have done it. 1st Elite: You give the figure his jacket and praying hands deco. If you can do that on a basic, you can do it on an elite. Then, give him the Lantern and stick the belt around his neck. If they had done that, the figure would have been fine for almost any collector. This is a perfectly reasonable amount of detail for an elite, you see figures that have both accessories and belts all the time. Shane's first Elite came with a friggin announce table. For as much money as this figure would have brought in, shouldn't have been too hard. UE: Leave it the same. If people want the UE, they can have the UE.
2nd Elite: Make a FFH Bray Wyatt with the color scheme of the first FFH Bray Basic, but in the style of the new Elite. Don't include Huskus. INCLUDE A CHAINSAW. (from the first episode). Finally, release a RSC Exc. specialty pack with whatever figure you want and ALL the puppets IN SCALE (within reason. Rabbit would likely have to be bigger). All in one go. Have you seen the effort put into some of these RSCs? It could be done. You may have to make the box a bit bigger, but people would easily shell money out for a set that contained all the puppets in their proper scale. Then, when you get to future Elites? Well, remember Muscle Man Bray? There's an Elite for you right there, AND you could always include a Huskus for fun. Want another Elite? Well that brown diamond sweater he wears would make an AWESOME Elite and would be different enough to buy. Basics? Do whatever you want. Still release the B111 basic, but don't make that the only chance to get that color scheme. They're released basic/elite attire combos before, do it again.
This is just how I would have done it in a way that was kindest for collectors.
Being real with you here...there is no way to afford the 1st Elite scenario you mentioned unless maybe some of the other figs in the wave were unpainted with no accessories. Shane is pretty low deco and so is the announce table. Fiend has tons of deco which is incredibly expensive. I know that doesn’t always equate to value in the eyes of collectors as much as piece count but it’s the reality. I promise you there was no scheming in the spreading out his accessories. We really maxed out these figures. Coming from you? Fair enough. I accept this response. I apologize if I came off gruff. I just buy these things. I've bought five alone in the last two days, and I'm dirt poor. You do really good work. Although, I really wish that new Elite FFH Bray was in a differnt color scheme. The brown sweater would have been spectacular. Not saying I won't buy it, I absolutely will. The mold is great and a huge improvement over the RSC and it's nothing a coat of paint can't fix up. Plus the switch to double jointed elbows is inspired. Never thought I'd see that on a non UE. I do appreciate all you do for us and I'm sorry if I get frustrated sometimes. I try to be nice to everyone but sometimes I fail in my efforts. But yeah, will be getting the new Elite and repainting him. It's simple enough and besides, customizing is half the fun! |
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