Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 29, 2016 23:37:41 GMT -5
I had a bendy Cactus Jack I might still have, but I have no idea what it's from.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 30, 2016 0:36:08 GMT -5
I had a bendy Cactus Jack I might still have, but I have no idea what it's from. Must be a later release of these. My buddy has, which he passed on to his son, Vader and Bulldog.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Apr 30, 2016 1:41:29 GMT -5
Not an actual LJN figure, no, as that company was long out of the toy business (and out of any business since 1995). Jakks made a series of LJN-style rubber figures (including both Hardys, UT, HBK and about nine or ten other then-current wrestlers), but they were somewhat smaller than the real LJNs and kinda sucked. I know they did Rock and Flair as well. I really, really want to go to eBay and start collecting these LJN figures again. I'll have to wait until I have tons of cash to waste for that, though. I still have all mine, but they've been totalled for over 20 years now. The Jakks ones looked more in line with the WCW ones from the mid 90's (like LJN but smaller) than the real LJNs lol.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Apr 30, 2016 1:43:27 GMT -5
I was a tad too young to have collected LJNs (Born in 1987), so I grew up collecting Hasbros. However, my first ever wrestling figures were LJN Brutus Beefcake, Ricky Steamboat, Iron Sheik and the LJN ring given to my mom by a family friend. Her older son didn't like wrestling anymore and she knew I did. I played with them endlessly. I discovered the Hasbros that fall (1990), and I instantly took to them because it had people that I actually recognized. My parents started buying me a few of those here and there, and I asked for all of the remaining ones for that Christmas as well as the brand new Hasbro blue ring. My dad said I should ask Santa for all of those except the ring because I already had a ring (the LJN one) I insisted I needed the LJN ring and my dad asked why I needed a second ring (we were not the richest folks and they hated when we got duplicate toys). I, being 3 and a half, could not articulate things like scale, so I said "Because this one has steps". About a week later, my dad brings my LJN ring up from the basement and it had perfect, to scale, matching blue steps attached. I instantly thought "well now I have nothing. I'm never getting that new ring". As time went on, I started to appreciate what a sweet gesture that was and its one of my favorite memories of my father. And he was a big enough wrestling fan to recognize that the following Christmas, when I again asked for a new ring, this time the WCW Galoob one, that the reason "because it has a steel cage!" was sufficient reason for a new ring. And so I ended up with that one :-) I wonder when they stopped selling in LJN's in stores as I had a similar experience. I was born in 89 so I definitely was a big Hasbro collector as a kid, but my first figures I ever got were the LJN bendie versions of Andre, Hilbilly Jim, Paul Orndorff, and Nikolai Volkoff; and this was Christmas 1990 so Hasbro was definitely making their figures by that point. Other then Andre I didn't know who any of them were. I loved the Hasbros though and remember having the entire first series other then Andre. I don't know if he was just super rare figure, but he was impossible to find where I lived. I had never seen or heard of the regular LJN figures until my neighbor who was about four or five years older then me brought a big duffle bag of them over one day. I remember not being impressed as I thought it dumb how you couldn't move them. They must of short packed Andre in each case because around here you could easily find everyone from series one besides Andre. It wasn't until a few years later that I was able to get Andre (from a friend no less) to complete series 1. I also had the WCW Galoob figures and wish they had made more of those. I had all of series 1 and was in high school before I found out there was a series 2 that was UK only.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 30, 2016 1:55:55 GMT -5
I know they did Rock and Flair as well. I really, really want to go to eBay and start collecting these LJN figures again. I'll have to wait until I have tons of cash to waste for that, though. I still have all mine, but they've been totalled for over 20 years now. The Jakks ones looked more in line with the WCW ones from the mid 90's (like LJN but smaller) than the real LJNs lol. Yeah, I never bought any, but saw some in stores. They were in bad poses and I think were a touch smaller than the LJN ones. I seem to think 6" vs. 8". Go ahead and let fly with the penis jokes.
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Post by James Fabiano on Apr 30, 2016 10:34:33 GMT -5
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but any idea why the line ended? In 1989, MCA owned LJN, but LJN had been losing money for a couple of years partly due to controversy over the Entertech toy gun line (they were so realistic, cops were shooting and killing children holding them, and people were using them in real robberies). MCA sold off LJN to Acclaim, who shut the toy side of the company down and focused on the gaming side instead. For which James Rolfe will be eternally grateful.
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Post by What? on Apr 30, 2016 22:58:56 GMT -5
Not an actual LJN figure, no, as that company was long out of the toy business (and out of any business since 1995). Jakks made a series of LJN-style rubber figures (including both Hardys, UT, HBK and about nine or ten other then-current wrestlers), but they were somewhat smaller than the real LJNs and kinda sucked. I know they did Rock and Flair as well. I really, really want to go to eBay and start collecting these LJN figures again. I'll have to wait until I have tons of cash to waste for that, though. I still have all mine, but they've been totalled for over 20 years now. Austin too. But he had his arms up in his typical turnbuckle pose, which worked for stunners, but I wasn't a fan overall. But at least he didn't have the LJN Rick Rude pose with both arms down and hands by the front of the waist. There was literally no offense with him.
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Post by Chris on May 1, 2016 5:41:33 GMT -5
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 2, 2016 0:51:04 GMT -5
I know they did Rock and Flair as well. I really, really want to go to eBay and start collecting these LJN figures again. I'll have to wait until I have tons of cash to waste for that, though. I still have all mine, but they've been totalled for over 20 years now. Austin too. But he had his arms up in his typical turnbuckle pose, which worked for stunners, but I wasn't a fan overall. But at least he didn't have the LJN Rick Rude pose with both arms down and hands by the front of the waist. There was literally no offense with him. Not true. He had the diving headbutt down pat. I should know, I had that figure.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 2, 2016 2:17:17 GMT -5
I believe you could probably beat someone to death with these figures
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Post by What? on May 2, 2016 8:44:09 GMT -5
Austin too. But he had his arms up in his typical turnbuckle pose, which worked for stunners, but I wasn't a fan overall. But at least he didn't have the LJN Rick Rude pose with both arms down and hands by the front of the waist. There was literally no offense with him. Not true. He had the diving headbutt down pat. I should know, I had that figure. I stand corrected lol. A new Rude, Warrior, and a couple others from the '89 line will complete my LJN collection. Btw, has anyone tried to repaint those guys? They are nearly impossible, but with a matte varnish it tends to work better.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 2, 2016 9:31:25 GMT -5
I believe you could probably beat someone to death with these figures The King Kong Bundy LJN figure is considered a lethal weapon in 18 states and has to be registered to own. That f'er was a beast.
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