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Post by Joe Neglia on Jul 24, 2014 2:27:45 GMT -5
They made thumb wrestlers, bendies and strechies, but no other actual figures. The Thumbs and bendies were just a tad bigger than a Star Wars figure and the stretchies were about the same size as a regular LJN. Outside of that, they made poseable 10" or 12" (I forget) of Hogan, Piper and possibly Warrior. Thanks Madison. I looked up the bendies, and I think that's what is was, because there was a Hillbilly Jim bendie and apparently they did release 2 packs. Looking at the list of the other bendies I still have no clue who the other one was. For many years I thought it was Bossman, because I remember the person was in some kind of suit or something, but when I had the figures it would've been way before Bossman was in WWF. Looking at the list of other bendies it must've been either Corporal Kirshner or Captain Lou. Either one of those packed with Hillbilly Jim sounds like quite the sucky two pack. The 2-packs were, far as I know, done in "tag team" style, with Hillbilly and Hogan in one, Volkoff and Sheik in another. I'm not aware of any other 2-packs, but I could be wrong. Given the color pattern you're remembering, possible it was Bobby Heenan? |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jul 24, 2014 5:00:54 GMT -5
Did LJN ever make smaller figures? I remember when I was 4 or 5, so around 1986-87 I got 2 pack of wrestling figures one was Hillbilly Jim the other I don't remember who it was other than it was another good guy, which annoyed me since that meant I couldn't make them fight. I'm sure they were LJN, considering the time period, but I remember them being smaller than the big LJN's. I've searched the internet and I've never been able to figure out which other figure I had. Apparently there was a 2 pack with Hogan and Hillbilly, and that could've been it, but I remember them being smaller than the usual LJN figures, like closer in size to the Hasbro figures that came later. Of course, that was 25+ years ago so my memory is not that great. They made thumb wrestlers, bendies and strechies, but no other actual figures. The Thumbs and bendies were just a tad bigger than a Star Wars figure and the stretchies were about the same size as a regular LJN. Outside of that, they made poseable 10" or 12" (I forget) of Hogan, Piper and possibly Warrior. My favorite? The rarest of the rare....  That's sort of cheating, as that wasn't LJN (it was Hasbro), nor WWF  My favorite was Bundy (and was pissed one Christmas when he was #1 on my wish list and "Santa" gave it to my brother instead, not realizing it in their...er, his, attempting to distribute the gifts evenly between us. Beyond him, tops were Steamboat, Piper and Steele. Desperately wanted Kamala and OMG, but by the time they came out, the local stores had stopped carrying much of the LJN stuff. I had a Hulk Hogan thumb wrestler and this was years before I became a fan |
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jul 24, 2014 5:06:21 GMT -5
I remember every time we saw a new one in a store my dad would buy me it except Elizabeth. He said no son of his would play with dolls.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Jul 24, 2014 5:12:08 GMT -5
I think the only LJN ones I had were the Hulk Hogan and Big John Studd thumb wrestler figures. Remember using them with my hasbro figures and thudercat figures to throw on matches.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Jul 24, 2014 12:22:05 GMT -5
Thanks Madison. I looked up the bendies, and I think that's what is was, because there was a Hillbilly Jim bendie and apparently they did release 2 packs. Looking at the list of the other bendies I still have no clue who the other one was. For many years I thought it was Bossman, because I remember the person was in some kind of suit or something, but when I had the figures it would've been way before Bossman was in WWF. Looking at the list of other bendies it must've been either Corporal Kirshner or Captain Lou. Either one of those packed with Hillbilly Jim sounds like quite the sucky two pack. The 2-packs were, far as I know, done in "tag team" style, with Hillbilly and Hogan in one, Volkoff and Sheik in another. I'm not aware of any other 2-packs, but I could be wrong. Given the color pattern you're remembering, possible it was Bobby Heenan? It a possibility it was Hogan, although I;m sure knew who Hogan was at the time and I seem to remember it being someone that I didn't know who they were and they were wearing some kind of costume and not regular wrestling gear. But, I know it wasn't Heenan because the one thing I remember most was that my brother told me they were both good guys which annoyed me since they were the only 2 figures I had. I'm probably misremembering that they were in a 2 pack, they were probably 2 separate figures, but I'm now sure they were the bendies. |
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