Why is the new Warrior so dark!??? Come on Mattel!

[CM Tusk]

Throw it in a toilet and he could just be the Ultimate Floater.

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Jan 18, 2024 12:32:19 GMT -5 GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy said:

Ultimate Kurt with removable cloth singlet

TBF, the singlet on the prototype was aces

[ddt4thee]

Jan 18, 2024 12:15:08 GMT -5 Next Manufactured’s Sweater said:

The guy complaining about the figure’s skin tone on every page while ignoring all the pictures proving him wrong is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read on this forum.

Who needs pics when it's actually in hand? Conprehend more.

[ddt4thee]

Jan 18, 2024 12:32:19 GMT -5 GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy said:

Wfigs: Mattel needs to give us a roasted tan Ultimate Warrior

Mattel: *Gives us a tanned Warrior*

Wfigs: He’s too dark, he never had a hotdog roasted tan

I hope Mattel gives us a Sheamus skintoned Warrior at this point, just to see this board flip out. I think we need to stop asking for suggestions that might not be executed correctly or people won’t be satisfied with. Mattel does listen from time to time, but some of these suggestions just aren’t good to begin with. They just sound good on paper:

Mr.Perfect with removable singlet
Ultimate Kurt with removable cloth singlet
Goldberg with smoking head
Nitro stage (this was a good idea, just didn’t get executed)

I hear ya, but some of us didn't ask for them to mess with his skin tone in the first place. For that very reason, lol.

[PJ]

Jan 19, 2024 6:54:08 GMT -5 ddt4thee said:

Jan 18, 2024 12:15:08 GMT -5 Next Manufactured’s Sweater said:

The guy complaining about the figure’s skin tone on every page while ignoring all the pictures proving him wrong is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read on this forum.

Who needs pics when it's actually in hand? Conprehend more.

I think he meant pics of the real Warrior in his various degrees of tan throughout his career not the figure.

[ddt4thee]

Jan 19, 2024 12:24:45 GMT -5 PJ said:

Jan 19, 2024 6:54:08 GMT -5 ddt4thee said:

Who needs pics when it's actually in hand? Conprehend more.

I think he meant pics of the real Warrior in his various degrees of tan throughout his career not the figure.

Maybe so? Still, I didn't see a single pic that looked as dark as that figure in hand. I'm sure a lot of folks agree.

[ddt4thee]

On the flip side, I think this new tan shade they erroneously picked for this Warrior looks very good on both the nWo and the "Still Rules" Hogan in the 40th Target 3-pack.

[hordakgrim]

My personal reaction upon seeing it in store was "way too dark." And, of course, doesn't match the previous figures. Definitely put me off any possible purchase.

I don't think I need anymore warriors at this point anyway.

[wrestlingfan0815]

Seen it for the first time in stores today and the skin tone looked way to dark to me

[Warrior Wildness]

I agree - love the figure overall and will definitely keep it, but way too dark.

[MKSavage]

I've been wondering if Warrior being tan means that SSL91 Hogan is in the works.

[PJ]

Jan 20, 2024 18:35:42 GMT -5 hordakgrim said:

My personal reaction upon seeing it in store was "way too dark." And, of course, doesn't match the previous figures. Definitely put me off any possible purchase.

I don't think I need anymore warriors at this point anyway.

And was that how you felt when they changed Hogan to the Hot dog tan? Because it didn’t match his previous figures.

[Davey]

Jan 21, 2024 18:27:51 GMT -5 PJ said:

Jan 20, 2024 18:35:42 GMT -5 hordakgrim said:

My personal reaction upon seeing it in store was "way too dark." And, of course, doesn't match the previous figures. Definitely put me off any possible purchase.

I don't think I need anymore warriors at this point anyway.

And was that how you felt when they changed Hogan to the Hot dog tan? Because it didn’t match his previous figures.

Hogan didn’t have that many figures before they introduced the hot dog tan. We’ve had over 25 Warrior looks. At this point, it feels a bit odd especially to then get it so wrong.

Unfortunately it gives them license to release yet another WM6 Warrior too with the new tan!

[hordakgrim]

Jan 21, 2024 19:17:54 GMT -5 Davey said:

Jan 21, 2024 18:27:51 GMT -5 PJ said:

And was that how you felt when they changed Hogan to the Hot dog tan? Because it didn’t match his previous figures.

Hogan didn’t have that many figures before they introduced the hot dog tan. We’ve had over 25 Warrior looks. At this point, it feels a bit odd especially to then get it so wrong.

Unfortunately it gives them license to release yet another WM6 Warrior too with the new tan!

This. Plus real life Hogan at least had the hot dog tan at one point. This just looks bad. Like McMahon put him in brownface or something.

[nomorexclusives]

Jan 20, 2024 18:35:42 GMT -5 hordakgrim said:

My personal reaction upon seeing it in store was "way too dark." And, of course, doesn't match the previous figures. Definitely put me off any possible purchase.

I don't think I need anymore warriors at this point anyway.

Yeah he is so overdone at this point. I dont know if he has a lot of outfits left but i dont think any of us need every single last one.

[crush]

So, I've mainly thrown out some jokes about this, but in all seriousness yes, I 100% AGREE that in photos the tan on the figure looks somewhat too dark (haven't seen the figure in person at all yet). However, this idea that Warrior didn't have a shade similar to the Hogan hot dog tan from time time time isn't true either.













Again, before people yell me, I'm not saying these match the tone of the figure per se, as the figure definitely appears to look to dark. Just that Warrior definitely had hot dog level tans somewhat often. (And TBH, a figure that's too tanned is probably closer to his regular tone than a figure that's not tan enough, but that's definitely an opinion thing)