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Post by newgenandy on Feb 25, 2022 12:18:07 GMT -5
Hmmm, these are interesting. Not sure what I expected, but these do look kind of cool. No word on scale yet, correct? They look kind of squatty, I can't tell if they're Remco sized or not. I was really hoping for 6"-7" scale like Mattel and Jazwares. Depending on price, I would probably buy Thesz, Gagne, and Hansen. Maybe DiBiase. I’d guess a bit below just due to the squat, I’d say 5 to 5 and a half? |
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Post by walter7paisley on Feb 25, 2022 13:02:59 GMT -5
Hmmm, these are interesting. Not sure what I expected, but these do look kind of cool. No word on scale yet, correct? They look kind of squatty, I can't tell if they're Remco sized or not. I was really hoping for 6"-7" scale like Mattel and Jazwares. Depending on price, I would probably buy Thesz, Gagne, and Hansen. Maybe DiBiase. I’d guess a bit below just due to the squat, I’d say 5 to 5 and a half? I'd be more interested in these if they were around 5", tbh. |
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Post by Grenouille on Feb 25, 2022 16:33:44 GMT -5
It's almost as if their trying to do kind of elite style figures while retaining the squat proportions of Remcos. Also, looking at DiBiase's attire, I'm guessing that's from his time in All Japan...? Not the pre-wwf look I wouldve went with. Hansen & Dibiase wore similar gear when they tagged together in All Japan for the tag league in the 80s. Yup. If they scale with Mattel, these are going to be hard to pass up. I've waited too long for a Hansen. He needs a Hook 'em Horns hand though.  |
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Post by LA Times on Feb 25, 2022 19:31:07 GMT -5
These are awesome, and I'm almost all in. Shame they're not going to get made. Why, because they are dependent on funding from people who complain about paying $19.99 for a figure and/or steal them from stores? |
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Post by Midnight: Dark Knight on Feb 25, 2022 19:43:57 GMT -5
The renders are amazing. They need to clarify scale/size for sure. I will 100% back if they fit into my mattel/jakks collection. Otherwise it will be a hard pass regardless of how awesome they look. I have no need to start a new scale at this point in the game after 35 yrs of collecting.
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Post by wrestlingfan1000 on Feb 25, 2022 23:02:32 GMT -5
These look awesome! The headscans look amazing hopefully when translate to plastic and they look just as detailed as the renders. My two main complaints would be the painted knee pads and the lack of double jointed knees (though it is more me probably since I'm big on articulation) but doesn't take away from the fact that these have their own style and I can appreciate that.
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Post by PVA on Feb 27, 2022 13:00:28 GMT -5
Definitely need that Magnum. Classic 86 era. Hope they get made.
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Post by MKSavage on Feb 27, 2022 16:56:52 GMT -5
If these do get made, I wonder if Target would pick them up and put them in the isle where they sell the NECA figures and other "collectibles" rather than the toy section?
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Post by Scotty T. Ritz on Feb 28, 2022 5:01:44 GMT -5
What a time to be a collector!!! I never even knew Dibiase teamed with Stan Hansen at all, in my naivety I thought he slowly built up to the Million Dollar Man gimmick over the years into what it became in the WWF! Learning things all the time!! Going to have to go down the rabbit hole and do some research into the archives and see the duo in action!!! This is also a fantastic educational piece for younger collectors and wrestling tragic like myself out there to absorb even more! Wishing them all the success in the world, and good riddance to my life savings haha  |
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Post by micco on Feb 28, 2022 6:43:52 GMT -5
They’re gonna have to do something about the painted knee pads. Otherwise I think they’re amazing.
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Mar 1, 2022 10:05:02 GMT -5
What a time to be a collector!!! I never even knew Dibiase teamed with Stan Hansen at all, in my naivety I thought he slowly built up to the Million Dollar Man gimmick over the years into what it became in the WWF! Learning things all the time!! Going to have to go down the rabbit hole and do some research into the archives and see the duo in action!!! This is also a fantastic educational piece for younger collectors and wrestling tragic like myself out there to absorb even more! Wishing them all the success in the world, and good riddance to my life savings haha Ted used to have a documentary on the WWE network but I’m not sure if it’s on Peacock yet. I believe he has a film about from around 7 years ago but I never saw it (I could be misremembering). His book was short and a little dry for my taste. The entire story behind the Million Dollar Man character is tremendous from its conception all the way through its execution. The better parts of his pre-WWF career were in the Mid South wrestling territory. He was pretty over there. He was also involved in one of the most convoluted match types you will ever hear/see: Coal Miner’s Glove Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser Leaves Town Match. His opponent by the way was Jim Duggan. |
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 1, 2022 10:24:14 GMT -5
What a time to be a collector!!! I never even knew Dibiase teamed with Stan Hansen at all, in my naivety I thought he slowly built up to the Million Dollar Man gimmick over the years into what it became in the WWF! Learning things all the time!! Going to have to go down the rabbit hole and do some research into the archives and see the duo in action!!! This is also a fantastic educational piece for younger collectors and wrestling tragic like myself out there to absorb even more! Wishing them all the success in the world, and good riddance to my life savings haha Ted used to have a documentary on the WWE network but I’m not sure if it’s on Peacock yet. I believe he has a film about from around 7 years ago but I never saw it (I could be misremembering). His book was short and a little dry for my taste. The entire story behind the Million Dollar Man character is tremendous from its conception all the way through its execution. The better parts of his pre-WWF career were in the Mid South wrestling territory. He was pretty over there. He was also involved in one of the most convoluted match types you will ever hear/see: Coal Miner’s Glove Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser Leaves Town Match. His opponent by the way was Jim Duggan. I really didn’t enjoy his book, meeting him he was quite flat personality wise too. I think the gimmick was what got him over rather than Personality. Most wrestler meet and greets I’ve gone to with my kids and I judge the wrestlers by how they act with them - Bret, Billy gun, tatanka, hurricane, mark Henry, Jimmy hart were all really good. Booker t was a stand out snd really really cool and nasty boys were brilliant. Nastys took time to ask what their favourite nasty boys match was (v hart foundation) and told them some of their stories about wrestling the foundation etc. JJ and million dollar man both disappointing and both very dismissive and bored, didn’t want to be there etc was the overall impression Cody was especially cool - as it was over 18s I told him my kids were a bit disappointed they couldn’t come so he asked me to hang about after the meet and greet and then recorded a 3 min or so video on my phone for them which I could show them after which was super cool. Addresses them by their names and everything. Dustin was also great at a panel he did after he stayed behind to shake hands and thank everyone in the audience personally for coming. Bruce prichard was also really great the couple of times I met him and JR too for that matter My sons favourite was shinsuke at one time and we met him at a vip live event, my son was only about 5 at the time snd the vip coordinator asked who his favourite was and he said shinsuke so she brought him out so my lad could meet him and have a picture etc along with Jeff snd Charlotte who were there for the vip q&a and meet and greet Oh one last story about meeting wrestlers - when I met bully Ray at a TNA event he wouldn’t sign until I could name 5 misfits songs (since I was wearing one of their beanies) 😆 |
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Post by The Real Chillary on Mar 1, 2022 10:39:04 GMT -5
I've met Ted twice. The second time he was alright, but the first time he was exactly like you said. Offish, didn't want to be there etc.
But then I got the same attitude from Mick Foley of all people, so who knows what a bad day can cause.
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Post by @Chair.Shot on Mar 1, 2022 10:51:19 GMT -5
I had the same exact experience with Foley as well so you are not alone. It made me go from a big fan to an untrusting one. Years later, he tried to rip off some friends of mine and only changed his tune when they went public with the information. It kind of reaffirmed my suspicions that Mick isn’t always the Saint he tries to make people think that he is.
I’ve met a handful of other wrestlers and haven’t had too many issues but I loath forced interactions. I’m just not an autograph guy nor a small conversation type. A few years ago I did a travel package with WWE and that was one of the “perks” of the deal. It ended up being fine but it wasn’t my cup of tea. Beyond that, I prefer all of my celebrity interactions to be natural.
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 1, 2022 11:02:55 GMT -5
I had the same exact experience with Foley as well so you are not alone. It made me go from a big fan to an untrusting one. Years later, he tried to rip off some friends of mine and only changed his tune when they went public with the information. It kind of reaffirmed my suspicions that Mick isn’t always the Saint he tries to make people think that he is. I’ve met a handful of other wrestlers and haven’t had too many issues but I loath forced interactions. I’m just not an autograph guy nor a small conversation type. A few years ago I did a travel package with WWE and that was one of the “perks” of the deal. It ended up being fine but it wasn’t my cup of tea. Beyond that, I prefer all of my celebrity interactions to be natural. I agree, it really sours it when they’re not cool - likewise it can make you appreciate more when they genuinely are into the interaction like with Cody, Booker, Bruce etc it didn’t seems forced and they were really engaged Jeff too seemed really into chatting and was just super chill. The actual wwe events they prob know who is into that sort of thing and who isn’t |
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Post by The Real Chillary on Mar 1, 2022 11:36:14 GMT -5
Ever since I accidently knocked over Emily Kinney's coffee, I'm the same way in not really being into meeting celebs at conventions.
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Mar 1, 2022 11:36:25 GMT -5
man those look awesome!
depending on price id totally be in on the classic stars
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 1, 2022 11:51:17 GMT -5
I do like that they’ve tried to do their own thing and it’s clever going for a cross between remco and modern style
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Post by walter7paisley on Mar 1, 2022 18:03:15 GMT -5
Ted used to have a documentary on the WWE network but I’m not sure if it’s on Peacock yet. I believe he has a film about from around 7 years ago but I never saw it (I could be misremembering). His book was short and a little dry for my taste. The entire story behind the Million Dollar Man character is tremendous from its conception all the way through its execution. The better parts of his pre-WWF career were in the Mid South wrestling territory. He was pretty over there. He was also involved in one of the most convoluted match types you will ever hear/see: Coal Miner’s Glove Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser Leaves Town Match. His opponent by the way was Jim Duggan. I really didn’t enjoy his book, meeting him he was quite flat personality wise too. I think the gimmick was what got him over rather than Personality. Most wrestler meet and greets I’ve gone to with my kids and I judge the wrestlers by how they act with them - Bret, Billy gun, tatanka, hurricane, mark Henry, Jimmy hart were all really good. Booker t was a stand out snd really really cool and nasty boys were brilliant. Nastys took time to ask what their favourite nasty boys match was (v hart foundation) and told them some of their stories about wrestling the foundation etc. JJ and million dollar man both disappointing and both very dismissive and bored, didn’t want to be there etc was the overall impression Cody was especially cool - as it was over 18s I told him my kids were a bit disappointed they couldn’t come so he asked me to hang about after the meet and greet and then recorded a 3 min or so video on my phone for them which I could show them after which was super cool. Addresses them by their names and everything. Dustin was also great at a panel he did after he stayed behind to shake hands and thank everyone in the audience personally for coming. Bruce prichard was also really great the couple of times I met him and JR too for that matter My sons favourite was shinsuke at one time and we met him at a vip live event, my son was only about 5 at the time snd the vip coordinator asked who his favourite was and he said shinsuke so she brought him out so my lad could meet him and have a picture etc along with Jeff snd Charlotte who were there for the vip q&a and meet and greet Oh one last story about meeting wrestlers - when I met bully Ray at a TNA event he wouldn’t sign until I could name 5 misfits songs (since I was wearing one of their beanies) 😆 The important question being... What era of Misfits songs did you mention?! 🤔😄 |
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Post by newgenandy on Mar 2, 2022 1:37:20 GMT -5
I really didn’t enjoy his book, meeting him he was quite flat personality wise too. I think the gimmick was what got him over rather than Personality. Most wrestler meet and greets I’ve gone to with my kids and I judge the wrestlers by how they act with them - Bret, Billy gun, tatanka, hurricane, mark Henry, Jimmy hart were all really good. Booker t was a stand out snd really really cool and nasty boys were brilliant. Nastys took time to ask what their favourite nasty boys match was (v hart foundation) and told them some of their stories about wrestling the foundation etc. JJ and million dollar man both disappointing and both very dismissive and bored, didn’t want to be there etc was the overall impression Cody was especially cool - as it was over 18s I told him my kids were a bit disappointed they couldn’t come so he asked me to hang about after the meet and greet and then recorded a 3 min or so video on my phone for them which I could show them after which was super cool. Addresses them by their names and everything. Dustin was also great at a panel he did after he stayed behind to shake hands and thank everyone in the audience personally for coming. Bruce prichard was also really great the couple of times I met him and JR too for that matter My sons favourite was shinsuke at one time and we met him at a vip live event, my son was only about 5 at the time snd the vip coordinator asked who his favourite was and he said shinsuke so she brought him out so my lad could meet him and have a picture etc along with Jeff snd Charlotte who were there for the vip q&a and meet and greet Oh one last story about meeting wrestlers - when I met bully Ray at a TNA event he wouldn’t sign until I could name 5 misfits songs (since I was wearing one of their beanies) 😆 The important question being... What era of Misfits songs did you mention?! 🤔😄 Danzig of course I can still remember the 5: skulls, Astro zombies, mommy can I go out and kill tonight, we are 138 and halloween. I deliberately stayed away from the ones Metallica covered etc snd the graves years |
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