OFFICIAL Monday Night Wars - Wave 4 Thread

[Rocky Balboa]

Light blue jeans DDP is goated. What a figure.

[Flair Forever]

Yeah now that I've seen the rubber singlet, I'm re-thinking this one....

Eh what am I talking about? It'll never be seen in a store anyway. I guess I'll feel less-bad now when I can't find it.

[arossi417]

Heh, another blue chase I have no intention of finding. The regular DDP is great, this look is wildly underrepresented in the line for whatever reason. Hopefully not the last one we get (or a UE would suffice). Also very happy to get an updated Bossman, one of my favorites.

I haven't had problems with whatever rubber they used for the singlets - the E98 Rick Boogs and Legends 20 Hennig have held up fine. It's the junk used for E93 Rollins and
E97 Ronda that just falls completely apart. I'm probably throwing the nWo tank on Hennig here anyway.

I'm fine with the BAF figures being somewhat simple. Imagine that means we get better soft goods like in this wave and the next one!

[DZ: WF Legacy]

DDP doesn't have the iconic diamond cutter shirt, but Curt is basically an Ultimate. The BAF parts & Curt's numerous accessories definitely ate into his budget. I appreciate the abdominal tape on DDP, but I'd rather it be painted on if it meant we got that shirt. The figure itself looks great.

[WCWThunderRosa]

This is probably the best set so far, this is the first time I felt like I wanted all 4 figures and the build a figure

The problem is I’ll never be able to find any of them

[rastlinfigures]

Since I really probably only want the Hennig and DDP, I'm glad the BAF is another Commissioner Michaels (I don't need to buy the other two figures to complete since I don't care about that HBK). I expect these to be harder to find, though.

[thep1]

I'll get DDPed for sure, Double Dose of Problematic, of finding these.

[jjh1292]

Did Steve ever say anything about trying to right the wrong of this series and trying to put them on ringside or Mattel’s site?

[jlaf77]

Is bossman just a re-release of his previous elite in this attire?

[Flair Forever]

Jul 24, 2024 14:16:44 GMT -5 jjh1292 said:

Did Steve ever say anything about trying to right the wrong of this series and trying to put them on ringside or Mattel’s site?

Since "quoting Steve" seems to be a hot issue around here, I'll just copy what he wrote here, when someone speculated that the line might leave Walmart:

Jul 21, 2024 16:17:16 GMT -5 Action Figure Attack said:

No. It’s not going anywhere.

Starting with wave 5, all MNW Elites (except Greatest Hits) and Ultimates will be available for pre-order.

Wave 3 pre-orders seem to be fulfilling properly so I’m hopeful the previous issues have been resolved. If there are wave 3 fulfillment issues, post here and I’ll pass them on.

So.... Yippee? We expect to have Walmart selling them online & fulfilling the orders for Waves 3 & 5..... the rest, we're on our own.

After Series 5, they'll all be available online..... but not Greatest Hits. For those, we're on our own.

[Fighter Hayabusa]

Jul 24, 2024 14:21:11 GMT -5 jlaf77 said:

Is bossman just a re-release of his previous elite in this attire?

No. E47A had black wrist tape and black gloved hands. Also came with sunglasses. Plus this fig has normal upgrades with modern figures like true FX, double joints, etc.

[Mongo Bears]

Looks like I’ll try to get that Curt too because of the nwo shirt and I like the serious headsculpt. I don’t want the west Texas attire but the 2-in 1 works for me

[MonsoonMan]

wow. the rubber top on hennig again. why? im 10000% sure we as a community poo-poo'ed the idea of rubber tops. candidly speaking im really getting burned out as a collector with all of these erroneous design choices. ive said it before in my reviews, mattel is consistently ONE DETAIL away from making every figure a perfect figure. either they give them the wrong boots, the wrong hands, a sub par headsculpt, a 10+ year old shoe mold that never worked in the first place, the wrong torso, the list is what some might call endless...

i can see it now: "oh well we read into the conversation of you guys saying the sculpted singlet torso is too thin for mr perfect. so we moved to a bigger torso with rubber top becuase we dont have a sculpted singlet top that works for him right now." hey thanks guys in 5 years when all of these rubber tops start disintegrating and shoulder straps start snapping like crazy----oh wait no nevermind BY THEN, they'll have a new sculpted torso ready making these current figures obselete in some what/shape/fashion/form, and THIS ONE will have been re-released in the greatest hits line with said upgrades. gotcha. business model = understood.

and also kinda straight up re-releasing a figure that is required to get a new BAF is just crappy business IMO. like yeah we can play the card that "Bossman was prominent in the MNW and his figure came out years ago and lots of new collectors missed out on him, he is due for an update blahblahblahblah" but lets not potentially FORCE people to re-buy a figure they may already have thats pretty shallow thinking.



EDIT: i want to clarify---it sounds like im whining im actually excited to get SCSA in black jorts, DDP in jeans and a new commissioner HBK BAF. dreading the hoops to jump through to get these and if im going through all of the effort to collect these figures i want my efforts to be worth it. im not excited about the idea of slamming 100 wal mart trips into my schedule to lock in a MR. Perfect figure with a rubber top and a Bossman figure i already have just to get a chance to own important figures to my most favorite era of wrestling.

[mikedanger]

If I actually locate a Bossman I will gladly donate the BAF piece to someone.

[GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy]

Could someone explain what’s going on with Mr.Perfect’s neck in the second picture? Kind of reminds me of the goombas from the original Super Mario movie with a mixture of a mom who got out of a swimming pool.

[azraelms]

Not to throw fire on the Walmart blame, but keep in mind this is going to be popping up in the 4th quarter of the year - so during the holiday season. Another log to throw on the burning pile of Walmart distribution.

This COULD be a benefit as that is the one time of the year that they DO prioritize the Toy section.

[Flair Forever]

Jul 24, 2024 15:59:11 GMT -5 azraelms said:

Not to throw fire on the Walmart blame, but keep in mind this is going to be popping up in the 4th quarter of the year - so during the holiday season. Another log to throw on the burning pile of Walmart distribution.

This COULD be a benefit as that is the one time of the year that they DO prioritize the Toy section.

I don't honestly think it matters a whole lot, I usually check the local stores on/around Black Friday & the wrestling sections are as empty as they are rest of the year. They really don't seem to care anymore.

This will probably "hit" one case per store in October and that'll be all we get.

Yippee?

[Back to the Codyverse]

Kind of a letdown wave for me. Especially Henning and DDP

[thep1]

I am curious why soooo many gripe about the rubber singlet top for Hennig. One of his biggest bits as a wrestler was to wear take the top of his singlet down. The rubber singlet top is the best way to go and make it look aesthetically pleasing. A cloth goods top would make this look horrid.

[GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy]

Jul 24, 2024 16:38:43 GMT -5 thep1 said:

I am curious why soooo many gripe about the rubber singlet top for Hennig. One of his biggest bits as a wrestler was to wear take the top of his singlet down. The rubber singlet top is the best way to go and make it look aesthetically pleasing. A cloth goods top would make this look horrid.

Nobody wants a cloth singlet. We want a new thicker wider sculpted singlet torso.