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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 25, 2023 11:50:29 GMT -5
I'm looking to give my Wolfpac Macho Man some black coalminer gloves, and avoid painting anything. I know the Decade of Domination Undertaker has them, but it's quite expensive for just the gloves. So I was looking at alternatives and can only find 2012-onwards Kanes with the right glove. But obviously the left glove would have to come from somewhere. Are there any other options out there or will I have to get 2 right gloves and pass one off as the left? Would that look weird?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 19, 2023 18:14:35 GMT -5
Ok this took a different route than I originally thought!
If going on the actual logic of wrestling side of things - my biggest one was if in steel cage matches, why on earth would any wrestler EVER attempt to climb out of the cage, when they could just ask the ref to open the door. It's the most asinine thing that comes to my mind. Yes, it serves to make the stakes higher (similar to slow climbing a ladder when really you could climb normally), but the logic of having a door that could be opened on a whim takes the need to climb the cage away. It is an antiquated rule that needs retiring.
They could easily have it that the door remains locked at all times. But the ref does hold the key, and the only circumstances the door is to be opened is when there's a storyline injury (eg the Mankind vs Undertaker HiaC in 1998) or an ally of the heel knocks the ref down and takes the key. That makes total sense and doesn't take away the door aspect completely. It just means there won't be a crawl to the door spot several times in the match.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 18, 2023 10:28:50 GMT -5
On the long neck front, multiple UEs have long neck syndrome when you swap out their extra heads. Eg - NWO Macho Man, NWO Hogan, Batista and many more. The heads that are on the figures already from how they're packed are fine, but for some reason their extra heads just sit too high. Is this an issue that is known about? Thanks! Whenever I’ve seen this, it’s been more of an issue with not pressing the swappable heads on all the way. Hi Steve, just bringing this up again. This is definitely not the case on several UEs. An example here is NWO Macho Man. You can see that the smiling neck does not sit as far down as the scowling head. It is physically impossible to push it down any further. It is noticeable and frustrating that it looks like these figures have long necks.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 18, 2023 10:10:48 GMT -5
If a sale goes through, I expect higher prices on all merchandise.
It's what happened with Hasbro Marvel Legends and Star Wars. Yes, that is due to Disney anyway, but they wanted to fast recoup their investment. I imagine the same thing will happen here.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 18, 2023 10:03:33 GMT -5
Minus the blood of course:
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 17, 2023 10:07:51 GMT -5
What are some things you've questioned - whether decisions you don't understand, mysteries you don't know the answer to or just small things you missed details on?
For me I never understood why some angles were built up but immediately dropped. Happens all the time but I've been watching WWF shows in 1999 and there are several:
- Test supposed to be marrying Stephanie but Triple H abducts her, beats him to it and then Test gets no revenge at all. Whole thing is dropped and he looks like a cuck.
- Ken Shamrock acted like a bodyguard for Vince during the Corporation's feud with the Ministry, protects Stephanie when she's kidnapped, and goes livid when his sister Ryan gets the same treatment from Undertaker. She's taken off tv for weeks, then quietly joins P.M.S and there's no mention of her and Ken again, Ken initially attempts to get his revenge on Vince/Shane when Vince shows he's the orchestrator of the Corporate Ministry, gets Blackman sent onto him but then drops his whole vendetta against the McMahons.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 16, 2023 18:47:58 GMT -5
Also - what's a Vam Dam?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 15, 2023 15:56:08 GMT -5
Did you really have to ask if that was an error?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 13, 2023 12:14:38 GMT -5
WCW 1999-2000 is still easily better than anything WWE was doing after 2005
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jan 9, 2023 18:28:26 GMT -5
Great, so instead of a new DDP (eg - 1997-1998 skinny jeans look with taped stomach), we YET AGAIN get that same DDP with that terrible headscan.
So now we'll probably wait another 5 years for a more popular look DDP....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 29, 2022 7:15:22 GMT -5
The problem there was the length of the pegs themselves (the Ultimate's was much longer than the Elite's). To piggy back off of this, will we be seeing the UE heads (13 or CC) on the Elite bodies? Some of us have done the swap ourselves and its phenomenal looking. Would love to see those heads for the all white gear, blue trunks re-do, or Japan gear, if/when those come our way. Yes, I’m aware of the neck pegs. But those pegs are chosen to have the head sit at the right spot on the neck. Just changing the neck pegs universally would cause some Hulk figs to potentially have really long or really short necks. We can use those heads elsewhere in the line in the future. On the long neck front, multiple UEs have long neck syndrome when you swap out their extra heads. Eg - NWO Macho Man, NWO Hogan, Batista and many more. The heads that are on the figures already from how they're packed are fine, but for some reason their extra heads just sit too high. Is this an issue that is known about? Thanks!
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 15, 2022 7:47:57 GMT -5
Risking sounding like a hater, but whatever: so a guy who's been 215-220lbs pretty much all his career, and clearly could only max out at MAYBE 230lbs, is going to get to 240lbs LEAN and with WWE's current wellness policy?
Give me some of that regime for sure.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 15, 2022 7:36:22 GMT -5
Warrior needed a little overhaul.
He was playing the same character he always had. Fans were initially happy to see him, but they'd been conditioned to absorb more edgy content, more blurred lines, cool heels, less incoherent promos (depending on who delivered them). As soon as they realised he was:
a) Babbling about a great nothing b) Replaying the same crow Sting storyline as the year prior, only less effectively c) Literally playing the same character since what 1987? d) Having several terrible matches e) Unable to keep up with some of the better wrestlers on the mic/in the ring - eg DDP, Hogan, Sting, Nash.... f) Relying on hokey magical powers
He was dead in the water after like the first couple of weeks.
He needed an edge. He needed to be less comic-booky. He should have been more grounded.
He should have changed up his gear, wore a cool mask, and been more ruthless on the mic/in the ring.
He couldn't exist in wrestling in that period.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 13, 2022 18:15:58 GMT -5
To say that DX went downhill after Rude left is a strong, 100% subjective POV.
99% of DX's (pre 2006) memorable moments were AFTER Rude left.
They really upped the ante after he left.
By far, objectively the group did their best post-Rude.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 7, 2022 12:15:02 GMT -5
I just opened a brand new Halloween Havoc 1998 Warrior and for some reason the hips barely spread out like normal elites/UEs do.
Has this happened to anyone else on this figure or am I just out of luck?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 7, 2022 7:38:30 GMT -5
I mean the mere fact that the WWF scratch logo was born in late 1997 and they started branding the "attitude" logos and concept shortly after Survivor Series 1997 tells you all you need to know about when it truly began.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Dec 6, 2022 13:47:21 GMT -5
Saying WM14 is a cop out.
And blatantly disregards all of the TV-14 stuff that was happening months before with Austin flipping people off, Bret's outburts and of course the risque antics of DX and even the NAO.
After WM14 yes it did pick up, but you could argue that immediately after WM14 it wasn't an overnight change. It was still gradual for weeks after, it just progressed quicker and quicker.
And the start of the progression was definitely in 1997.
So to say WM14 is trying to put a cute, neat little bow on it and a stake in the ground and claiming that was the start, when actually it was shades of grey WAAAAAY before that.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 30, 2022 17:42:29 GMT -5
The heels always got the coin advantage. We never see the coin lol. I thought they would change it up once & give the babyfaces the advantage but no. That was always the point. The heels got advantage so the babyfaces could build heat and get sympathy for their inevitable comeback. Changing up that small detail would make a whole difference to the match psychology and leave the fans even more with expressionless faces.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 19, 2022 10:54:44 GMT -5
Hi Steve,
Could you pass on to the design team that it would be most appreciated if we got more variation with the torsos and arms for Ultimates?
The arms used for Macho Man and Austin are the same as smaller guys like HBK, Jeff Hardy and the same as ones used in the elite line. As a result, they look too small. Similarly, arms used for UE Triple H, Goldberg and Batista.... look slimmer than their elite counterparts.
And currently for most UEs, we're seeing a lot of reuse of torsos.
Flair, Macho Man, Amazon HBK all have the same which aren't really that realistic, and Cena, modern Rock, Batista, Goldberg, Warrior, Triple H.... all have the same torsos.
It is getting repetitive. More variations would be ace.
Thanks for considering.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Nov 13, 2022 8:56:29 GMT -5
It amazes me as to why Vince, after absolutely destroying WCW from 1998 onwards and brutally criticising their business practices, went on to repeat many of their mistakes (from 1998-2000) in 2001-2003. Basically talking about hotshotting and throwing money away through live tv and missing out on money angles and increase buyrates for ppv. Eg: - The Rock (WCW Champion) vs Steve Austin (WWF Champion) on Raw in Aug 2001 - The Rock & Austin vs NWO on Raw in Feb 2002 - Eric Bischoff debuting cold on Raw in July 2002 and not even building up an angle vs Vince like everyone expected and would 100% buy into - Kane losing his mask vs Triple H live on Raw and having no build up whatsoever. And the other stipulation being Triple H puts the WHC title on the line. All to pop a rating, which never came. And nobody in their right mind thought Kane would beat Triple H after Kane was in a mediocre tag-title run/job role to La Resistance. Those are just to name a few. Many more of these and that deserves a thread on its own. All of these were done so they could stop hemorrhaging viewers. WWE peaked at WM 17 and it's all been down hill from there. But it didn't result in anything at all. That hemmorrhaging continued even after these attempts. And they should have known that because they were literally doing what WCW were doing and not realising the product had got stale and needed an overhaul.
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