Definitive List of who’s missing in the Mattel line

[Gomez]

For me -- there's Mr. Fuji, Slick, Hercules and a few others from the golden era that are gigantic holes. They haven't made them and they probably never will.

And forget Adrian Adonis, Dino Bravo, or any name that connects to controversy. They pulled red sun singlet RVD and Chief Jay Strongbow off shelves for reasons.

Even names like Koko B. Ware or the Genius, guys who were on national TV a lot back in the 80's are absent. The Genius literally beat Hogan on prime time national TV.

As for the Attitude Era ... they practically never do a mid-carder or deep cut for that era. It's always the same names. Add wrestlers like Bob Holly, Al Snow or Steve Blackman and that's actually fun.

[mrassbillygunn]

Give me Al Snow, Gangrel, Hardcore Holly, Blackman and Val Venis and ill be happy.

[darkprophet]

Give me One Man Gang, Hercules, Dynamite Kid, and Barbarian (Powers of Pain) and I’ll be happy. Prefer all in Coliseum Collection, but would accept Legends. Just PLEASE not Elite in that new small window packaging (MOC collector).

[attitudesback]

We got a Rhyno. Or do you mean an AE specific figure?

[The Assassin]

Here's my latest wishlist:

Al Snow - wwf attitude era, head accessory
Alex Wright - wcw das wunderkind era, leather jacket accessory
Arn Anderson - wcw retirement era, denim street gear, new older-looking serious headscan
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea - with hat, jacket and frilled shirt accessories
Avalanche - wcw, new headscan
The Barbarian - wcw dungeon of doom era
Berlyn - with cane, duster coat and sunglasses accessories
Big Vito - wcw mamalukes era, with cap and leather jacket accessories
Billy Gunn - wwf the one era, new short-haired headscan
Billy Kidman - wcw new blood/hogan feud era, serious headscan
Bobby Heenan - wcw announcer era, new older-looking headscan
Booker T - wcw singles run tights and buzzcut era, new serious wide-eyed headscan
Brian Adams - wcw kronik era, sunglasses and duster coat accessories
Brian Knobs - wcw mid-1990s era, new mean-looking headscan
Bryan Clark - wcw kronik era, sunglasses and duster coat accessories
Bubba Ray Dudley - wwf attitude era
Bubba Rogers - wcw dungeon of doom era, black trenchcoat and baseball bat accessories, new headscan with thicker beard
Buff Bagwell - later wcw era, red tights, top hat and sunglasses accessories, smiling headscan
Bull Nakano
Bunkhouse Buck
Cactus Jack - wwf attitude era, multiple new headscans
Chavo Guerrero Jr - wcw, eddie guerrero is my favorite wrestler shirt, pepe accessory, crazy smiling headscan
Chris Jericho - wcw, new headscan
Chris Kanyon - wcw raven feud era, bones tights
Chyna - wwf black leather top and trunks, with gauntlet gloves, new serious or mean-looking headscan (post jaw operation)
Ciclope - wcw orange and black attire, alternate dean malenko head
Colonel Robert Parker - white suit, hat accessory
Crowbar - wcw insane asylum gimmick, crowbar accessory
D-von Dudley - wwf attitude era
Daffney Unger - wcw insane asylum gimmick
David Flair - wcw insane asylum gimmick, crowbar accessory
DDP - wcw "smash n slam" attire - blue diamond shirt, jeans, serious headscan
DDP - wcw insiders era, serious headscan, short hair
DDP - wwf stalker era, serious or mean-looking headscan, mask and trenchcoat accessories
Debra McMichael - wcw 4 horsemen/pageant queen era, crown and sash accessories
Disco Inferno - wcw white suit attire era
Doug Dellinger
Dusty Rhodes - nwo/outsiders shirt, jeans, older-looking serious headscan, red jacket and dark glasses accessories
Eddie Guerrero - mamacita era
Ernest Miller - wcw shaved head era, robe accessory
Eric Bischoff - wcw slamboree 1998 wrestling attire, serious headscan, unshaven with messy hair
Evan Karagias - wcw 3 count era, sweater and green circle accessories
Fit Finlay - wcw era with trademark leather jacket with metal shoulderpad
Funaki - wwf kaientai era, with evil/indeed flap shirt
Gangrel - chalice and sunglasses accessories
Gene Okerlund - wcw era, older-looking serious headscan
Giant Gonzales
Gorgeous George - wcw team madness era
Grandmaster Sexay - goggles and yellow sunglasses accessories
Gregory Helms - wwe reporter disguise era, hat and glasses accessories
Harris Twins/Skull & 8-Ball - wwf disciples of apocalypse era, vest and sunglasses accessories
Henry O Godwinn
Hollywood Hogan - nwo 1998 era, skull "thou i wrestle" flap shirt, new slightly-snarling or mean-looking headscan with accurate moustache
Hugh Morrus - wcw dungeon of doom era
Ivory - wwf right to censor era
Jacqueline - wcw era or wwf attitude era
James Vandenberg - wcw mortis/wrath manager era
Jamie Noble - wcw jung dragons era, masked headscan, black gi top accessory
Jeeves
Jeff Jarrett - wcw slap nuts era, slap nuts flap shirt, yellow sunglasses and guitar accessories
Jerry Sags - wcw mid-1990s era, new mean-looking headscan
Jonny The Bull - wcw mamalukes era, hat and animal print shirt accessories
Juventud Guerrera - wcw 1998 era, unmasked headscan
Kane - wwf hardcore era, multiple new headscans with 100% accurate mask shape and more detail, and multiple hair placements
Kaz Hayashi - wcw jung dragons era, black gi top accessory
Kimberly Page - wcw/nwo era, circa 1997
Konnan - nwo wolfpac era, porkpie hat, removeable cloth red plaid shirt and sunglasses accessories
La Parka - wcw skeleton attire, cape and chair accessories
Lance Storm - wcw, rebranded canadian title belts accessories
Leia Meow - wcw jung dragons era, riding crop accessory
Lita - wwf essa rios valet era, new serious or slightly-snarling headscan
Loch Ness - wcw dungeon of doom era
Madusa - wcw circa 1996, all american attire, new serious headscan
Major Gunns - wcw misfits in action era, tearaway shirt and dogtags accessories
Mark Henry - wwf sexual chocolate era, new serious or mean-looking headscan
Marlena - cigar accessory
Matt Borne - ecw
Max Muscle - wcw ddp bodyguard era, weightlifting belt accessory
Meng - wcw dungeon of doom era
Michael Buffer
Midajah
Mike Tenay
Miss Kitty/The Kat - wwf chyna teamup era, black leather attire with gauntlet gloves
Mona - wcw, new serious headscan
Mortis - wcw, cape and staff accessories, alternate unmasked Chris Kanyon head
The Nitro Girls - kimberly, chae, spice, etc
Norman Smiley - late wcw era, "wiggle time 69" football jersey, football helmet and shoulderpads accessories, screaming headscan
NWO Sting (aka Jeff Farmer) - nwo shirt and trenchcoat accessories
One Man Gang - wcw dungeon of doom era, red-trim attire, sunglasses, chain and removeable denim vest accessories
Paisley - wcw the artist era
Papa Shango - multiple new headscans, cape, staff, bone necklace, skull, top hat accessories
Perry Saturn - wcw raven's flock era, plaid hoodie accessory
Phineas I Godwinn
Prince Albert - wwf t&a era, black shirt and pants attire, sunglasses accessory
Psicosis - wcw masked era, black and white attire, duster coat accessory, alternate unmasked head
Ralphus - wcw jericho personal security era
Raven - wcw raven's flock era, leather jacket and plaid shirt-around-waist accessories
Raven - wwf attitude era, leather jacket and plaid shirt-around-waist accessories
Reese - wcw raven's flock era, plaid shirt-around-waist accessory
Referee Earl Hebner - wwf attitude era
Referee Mark Curtis - wcw classic blue attire
Referee Nick Patrick - wcw classic blue attire, serious headscan with goatee, neckbrace accessory, removeable nwo shirt, sunglasses
Referee Randy Anderson - wcw classic blue attire
Rey Mysterio Jr - wcw filthy animals era, new unmasked headscan WITHOUT horns
Rikishi - wwf bad man era, serious headscan, tassled belt, sarong and necklace accessories
Road Warrior Animal - multiple new headscans, red and black attire, spiked shoulderpads accessory
Road Warrior Hawk - multiple new headscans, red and black attire, spiked shoulderpads accessory
Roddy Piper - wcw 1996-1997 era, red and white kilt accessory, new slightly-snarling or mean-looking headscan with goatee
Sable - wwf attitude era
Sean O'Haire - wwf roddy piper teamup era
Shane Helms - wcw 3 count era, sweater and green circle accessories
Shannon Moore - wcw 3 count era, sweater and green circle accessories
Sherri Martel - wcw harlem heat era, sunglasses accessory, new mean-looking headscan
Sid Vicious - wcw millennium man era, vest accessory, new serious or mean-looking headscan
Sonny Onoo - wcw ultimo dragon manager era, camera and sunglasses accessory
Spike Dudley - wwf attitude era
Stacy Keibler - wwf duchess of dudleyville era, new serious headscan
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley - wwf alliance era, new smirking or mean-looking headscan
Steve McMichael - wcw 4 horsemen era, cloth bears jacket, pepe the dog and sunglasses accessories
Steven Richards - wwf right to censor era
Sting - wcw starrcade 1997 attire, bat and trenchcoat accessories, new serious headscan with better likeness and hair
Tajiri - wwf attitude era
Taka Michinoku - wwf kaientai era, with evil/indeed flap shirt
Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan - wcw dungeon of doom era, yellow hooded robe accessory
Tazz - wwf attitude era, singlet attire, black towel and sunglasses accessory
Ted Dibiase - nwo era or steiners manager era, new serious headscan
Teddy Long - wcw manager era, new serious headscan
Terry Funk - wcw hardcore era, new headscan, funk u t-shirt and red bandana accessories
Tony Schiavone - wcw announcer era
Torrie Wilson - wcw era, serious headscan
Tygress - wcw filthy animals era
Ultimo Dragon - wcw green attire, cape accessory
Uncle Elmer
Val Venis - wwf attitude era, towel accessory
Vampiro - wcw, spiked leather vest accessory
Victoria - wwe 2002-2003 era, mean-looking or slightly-snarling headscan
The Wall - wcw berlyn bodyguard era, removeable suit jacket and sunglasses accessories
Woman - wcw 4 horsemen era (will never happen i know)
The Yeti - wcw debut attire, bandages
Yun Yang - wcw jung dragons era, black gi top accessory

[theoutlaw1999]

Too Cool Zebra attire

The Headbangers

Savio Vega

The Godwins

Gangrel

Al Snow

val venis

Perry Saturn

Billy Kidman

Hardcore Holly

Mideon

Brian Christopher

Taka

Droz

Sabu

Sandman

Super Crazy

Ultimo Dragon

Ivory

Tori

Sable

Jacqueline

Victoria

Luna

[nomorexclusives]

Feb 10, 2024 7:16:09 GMT -5 JimRiga said:

Feb 10, 2024 5:06:54 GMT -5 kirk815 said:

I think he's saying who is missing from each era that he still wants in his collection - 60s, 70s, Golden Era, New Gen, Attitude Era.

Backlund, Patterson, and Brisco are 90s versions and he has them listed under 70s. Sure, they gave Patterson and Brisco wrestling gear underneath, but the scans are def older (although Patterson could probably still pass since he has always looked old).

He does mention FTIL so it is a little confusing - maybe he doesn't know they already had a figure released (so did Gorilla Monsoon). And he also lists Mr. Fuji in Golden Era, but not in the pre Golden Era.

He has Ventura under 70s and GE (as announcer). I'm thinking the OP isn't aware that Mattel (and probably most collectors) wouldn't consider a 70s Jesse Ventura as a FTIL IF they already released a Golden Era Jesse. So maybe he isn't fully using the FTIL terminology correctly (although Mattel hasn't always been consistent let alone doesn't always include it on packaging).

Tracking figures by eras will get messy. Personally, id rather track by character (which can also get messy). For example, I would consider the Sultan a FTIL even though Mattel or other collectors might not. Only the flip side, I wouldn't consider a Make a Difference Fatu FTIL since it is just Fatu in an ugly jacket.

I like your thinking on this.
I find that sorting out wrestlers can be unnecessarily annoying; you may want to use a particular system, but something unique always goes against the grain. Fatu, as you mentioned, is a great example. You can file The Sultan as a separate character, but Make a Difference Fatu just an evolution of Fatu the tag wrestler and if I wanted to use them on the same card/event and pretend they were different people, I’d have to tweak their names so they don’t clash.
Likewise if I was doing a list. I wouldn’t want them listed under one name in the same profile as they are different versions/gimmicks even if they are the same character. ‘Make a Difference’ is just our reference for him and too long and wordy to be part of his name though.
I try to get round this when I can, for instance when I do a figure fed, I use Dolph Ziggler in his hot pants and short hair as ‘The Show-Off’ Nic Nemeth and the long tights version as Dolph Ziggler, long haired Jericho as YJ2 and both Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart are their singles versions and their tag team selves are The Hitman and The Anvil.

The idea is to be able to quickly see on paper which gimmick or version is which and also to differentiate between them, but this doesn’t always work for a generic definitive list. For example if I had Fatu vs Crush, it’s harder to say who would win as Fatu could be the Headshrinker version against Kona Crush, so you would have the singles guy win, but what if it was Fatu in his singles get-up and Crush came out in his Demolition gear? Fatu should win as the singles guy. But just having Fatu v Crush leaves it too ambiguous and it’s the same with lists. I like my lists to have different eras or gimmicks listed separately (sometimes with tweaked names), but not broken down so much that each attire difference is listed separately like it is on the video games. Speaking of video games, I don’t like how they name them as Undertaker ‘99 or John Cena ‘05.
I think making a definitive list is really difficult as most lists of the wrestling kind would need to be tailored for each individual depending on how they like to file these things, which makes them unsuitable then for general use.

As for this definitive list of who’s missing. Well, it’s everyone/attire that hasn’t been made, doesn’t need a list really, besides, it would be huuuuuuuuuuuuge!

I have a list on page 218 of the superstars stickied post you can use to reference to. Mine isnt complete by any means especially Considering the newer eras (past attitude) but you might find it useful. I have alreeady given you credit for "nailz" as i had forgotten him...

Good luck. Let me know if i can be of help. I love this sort of group project.

[TheHitmanKid]

Got to add missing ECW guys too like Tazz and Al Snow

[AxelSmackdown]

UE Miz