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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 25, 2022 16:50:21 GMT -5
Back in stock on Amazon US.
Just ordered one due to arrive here in the UK on 13th Sep.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 25, 2022 11:23:11 GMT -5
I genuinely feel he would have lost the WWE title quickly(July or August) and it would have been used to further spur on the Edge vs Cena feud in some way or another. With the ECW strap? who knows? very difficult to predict or talk about really.....Sabu was subbed in for RVD with Show but Sabu wasnt RVD... hadnt got the tenure with Vince so ya never know... You know I have thought about this and have come up with 2 possibilities for the ECW title/RVD as champion: Either: - RVD gets turned on by Heyman at Summerslam, when he does the 4th July turn at the ppv instead. Drawing major heat and making RVD chase. Or: - Knowing what we know about Vince's style of booking and how much he didn't care for RVD, and conversely seemed to on/off love the Big Show.... I could foresee RVD being the challenger for the title going into Summerslam. I'd lean towards the latter. As I can never foresee a scenario where RVD is a champ for more than 1 month. Interestingly, RVD has revealed that creative proposed to him that he turn heel when siding with Heyman, but he turned it down because he knew he wanted to step away and thought it was pointless to turn heel at that stage and especially since he thought of himself as a role model for young fans.... Sounds a bit weak of an excuse but I'd more than welcome a cocky pre-WWECW/Invasion era style RVD again. Dude was money.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 21, 2022 17:01:24 GMT -5
He would have gone back to midcard by 2007 either way.
He was just more of a free spirit and Vince didn't like that.
He would have feuded with the Big Show on and off in 2006 for the ECW title, then dropped down the card. Because Vince didn't "get" RVD and he and creative just didn't know how to push his character at the top. Heyman did, hence why RVD was being pushed. But Heyman was losing power as the months went on and RVD would have slipped back to the rut he was in from 2003-2005 before his injury.
The best we saw outside of true ECW was during 2001. He was MEGA over and they then turned him into a stoner face with no edge. He should have portrayed a cocky but badass face with elements of his ECW character.
I'm glad he had a decent 2002, but he got absolutely wasted by Triple H during their feud in September 2002 and then he was given nothing substantial until 2006. Complete waste of potential just because he wasn't favoured by Vince....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 13, 2022 6:20:38 GMT -5
I know some have said he wore this after the nation but I thought he wore this whilst still in the nation, towards the end maybe? The nation Rock we have isn’t good, the old heads weren’t great before and now look terrible because of how amazing the new scans are. I really hope we can get a new Nation Rock…I’d take two, one in gear and one when he comes back initially to join them, shorts, polo shirt and earring, brown loafers. That would be awesome. Talking of the Nation…Steve…WHERE ARE KAMA AND D’LO?! 😩😅 He wore that attire from around December 1997 to about May 1998. Then it was this attire Until Summerslam 1998 or just before and he began wearing a gold version of his iconic attire
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 10, 2022 8:24:35 GMT -5
I missed out on the UK preorder and the US one was displaying as unavailable for me despite being available for those in the US at that time.
I keep checking but no luck.
Not sure how to create an alert for when it comes back again. Anyone know how?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 10, 2022 4:53:12 GMT -5
On the Network, I've been watching WCW Nitros from 1997 onwards, and I'm currently at April 1999. And the direction the company is going is evident. Chaos and lack of conviction/clear plan is what I'd describe it as, even if I didn't know what came of the company during 1999-2001.
But what's confused me the most was how it went from well-established characters and motivations, to acting out of character and changing heel/face.
For example:
- Literally during the Flair vs Hogan match at Uncensored, March 1999, Hogan was working the match as babyface (which the crowd got behind) despite getting David Flair to turn on Ric and organising an abduction and beat down of Ric in the middle of a field prior to the match. Soon after this, Mean Gene, the commentators and the crowd began treating Hogan like a face despite being a dastardly mega heel and still leader of the NWO/Wolfpac up until this point. And he was getting good crowd reactions almost as a face. Totally unearned. Also, at Spring Stampede in April, he was treated as a babyface after he got injured....
- Ric Flair was face and chasing Hogan for the World Heavyweight Championship, and had been named President of WCW. David turned on him, and garnered Ric sympathy from the fans. But the story from the commentators/wrestlers became Ric cared more about the WHC than David, started to become drunk with power. But he didn't really show much of abusing power at this time, the fans still cheered him and the 4 Horsemen. It was only after winning the WHC at Uncensored that he started to back down from challenges. Which came out of the blue and made no sense. Then by pure virtue, Benoit and Malenko just "became" heels despite being mega babyfaces prior to this. The fans almost didn't know to cheer or boo the Horsemen.
- DDP had just feuded with Scott Steiner who was antagonising Kimberley. And had just thrown her out of a moving car. Page then inexplicably was turned heel just because he said "don't believe the hype" to Mean Gene when Gene referenced Page being the People's Champion AND locking on the figure 4 around the ring post on and injuring Hogan at Spring Stampede. Page was still supposed to be a babyface, won the WHC, then literally the next night Roddy Piper trashed him on commentary for injuring THE BIGGEST HEEL IN THE COMPANY and questioned Page's testicular fortitude because Page had unfinished business with Steiner and wanted to clear that up rather than fight Goldberg. So then the next couple of week's Page started ducking out of challenges for the title and it was clear he was a heel. He didn't seem heel, he didn't act heel. But commentary treated him like a heel and then the crowd started booing him. It felt like it came out of left field.
- Kevin Nash - part of the Wolfpac and feuded with Flair, beat him senseless in the field.... Then like 1 month later was all pally with Flair in a backstage segment as if nothing had happened prior to this (eg turning David against his father), and then helped Goldberg from getting injured by DDP. Goldberg - the man he had been feuding with and caused to break the streak/lose the WHC....
Basically all of this felt like it came unearned and out of nowhere.
Thoughts?
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 9, 2022 4:45:46 GMT -5
It was always supposed to be October from the initial listing and the UK listing a few weeks ago.
So it being pushed forward was probably a mistake.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 4, 2022 17:13:32 GMT -5
I bought mine 8/30/21. On 8/31/21, the delivery date updated to 8/9/22. Still no cancelation from Amazon. Only says it will be arriving on Tuesday. Waited a year and now I fully expect it to get canceled. The one Hogan I actually wanted and this is what happens. Don't worry mate. I'm 100% certain there'll be another similar figure down the line, either because Mattel can only make x amount of Hogans before they go back to a previous - OR, they'll redo this one as an apology type thing. Say what you will about Mattel, but sometimes they do look out for us and make good.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 4, 2022 9:06:25 GMT -5
I guess I have a real hard time understanding how..... * Amazon & Mattel KNEW this was a problem 1 year ago * Mattel has expressed concern & claimed that a second production run was being done to fulfill the orders that were ALREADY ACCEPTED.... * They had 12 MONTHS to make more & get them into the Amazon warehouse. 12 MONTHS. And here we are, that moment of truth - and hundreds of orders - just CANCELLED. "We don't want your money". "We are unable to make enough of these to satisfy the ORDERS THAT WE TOOK." I just.... don't...... get it. I'd love to see a tally of how many of these pre-order "exclusives" have actually gone well (well, meaning - We set a date, we took orders ON that date, we processed the orders, and the products were delivered as-promised) - and how many have been a disaster for the loyal customers. Has anyone kept track? I imagine it's pretty embarrassing.... I just really wanted this figure.... The thing that made me laugh was the whole "pre-order guarantee" thing from Amazon. So you've guaranteed absolutely jack s***... Great job by both parties.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 3, 2022 18:31:15 GMT -5
This whole thing sucks and is a royal F up by both parties. I'm yet to receive the dreaded cancellation and mine's due for 10-12 Aug. I'm not expecting to receive it though. I can skip this one though. I was only interested in it to make into a WCW Hogan. Which will probably come eventually.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Aug 1, 2022 17:09:32 GMT -5
Corny is both a treasure in the wrestling world and his own worst enemy.
Without going into specifics, when he's right, he's very right. But he's been wrong about guys/things on a few occasions and has become too "old man yells at cloud".
I do enjoy his rants though.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 20, 2022 12:46:27 GMT -5
Also they threw Nash vs Hogan down the toilet.
I'd have liked to have seen a real WOlfpac vs Black and White feud culminating with Nash vs Hogan.....
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jun 30, 2022 8:51:58 GMT -5
Where do you sit with Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith? “The Hitman” Bret Hart and Bret “The Hitman” Hart both work for me. I’m guessing Davey Boy is an exception to the rule as well. Davey Boy “British Bulldog” Smith sounds a bit clunky to me Interesting, when they put the nickname first it is always "The Hitman" Bret Hart. But, when they put the nickname in the middle it is always Bret "Hitman" Hart, they leave out the "The" part. I think you'll find it is much more common to hear Bret "The Hitman" Hart than Bret "Hitman" Hart. And referring to the above BB one, it is and should always be "The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith". But more common without mentioning his real name.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jun 30, 2022 8:47:47 GMT -5
Earl Hebner was a great character and presence in matches. As an actual referee only, he was either on par with others like Tim White, Mike Chioda... but his near fall counts were absolutely atrocious.
So he's massively overrated.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jun 18, 2022 5:40:07 GMT -5
Hey Steve / Action Figure Attack Thanks for taking the time to respond to our questions. This is my first time with a question here. I've just bought and opened the NWO 2002 Scott Hall and X-Pac and I love them more than I expected. We got Nash in basic form, but a lot of collectors really, really want him in elite, to finish the post-Wrestlemania trio. Is he in discussion? I think it would be a no brainer. Especially since we're inevitably going to get Hogan from Wrestlemania X8 at some point. AAAAAND considering you guys are giving us Booker T from that era, a Shawn Michaels would also be much appreciated. Big Show too but we know he's unavailable for the time being. Thanks!
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 26, 2022 11:27:05 GMT -5
There's no way elite will cease to exist.
They bring in more money that Ultimates do, cost less and therefore have a higher profit margin.
If they were to scrap elites they'd need to release much more ultimates to fill the gap and I cannot see that happening because their higher price points will reduce sales, and result in more peg-warming. As a result stores will cherry pick orders.
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 19, 2022 9:20:17 GMT -5
Anybody able to pick one up and send to the UK?
I'll compensate along with the costs.
Thanks!
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 17, 2022 9:07:56 GMT -5
I don't post much, I never really did, but this is also my favourite board/one I frequent the most.
And if any of you regulars disappeared, it'd be a sad day indeed.
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 16, 2022 4:00:10 GMT -5
So I guess Sheamus, Flair, Hayes, 1996-1998 Triple H etc... are all cruiserweights? Well, on that crotch piece it sure looks cruiserweight size. But hey If you’re okay with those part choice more power to you I guess 😅 I never said I was. Just that torso is anything but a cruiserweight one. I'm fine with the crotch choice, the torso was all wrong.
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Post by TheXtremisT on May 15, 2022 6:35:45 GMT -5
I don’t care what kind, just don’t do that stupid cruiserweight torso and heavyweight crotch piece crap. Looks stupid and ruins otherwise good figures. So I guess Sheamus, Flair, Hayes, 1996-1998 Triple H etc... are all cruiserweights?
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