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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 21, 2013 19:02:31 GMT -5
I know everyone who thinks of Hulk Hogan thinks of red and yellow, but watching a lot of 84-87 Hogan matches on video, DVD, and youtube I can't help but notice he seemed to wear white and blue trunks just as much. Did he just sport the red and yellow or TV shows and taping or am I missing something here?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 21, 2013 20:19:25 GMT -5
The red and yellow didn't really get its start until maybe a quarter to halfway through his original title run. Once the toys and cartoon happened, they decided to go with one standard "superhero costume"-ish look, to help market him and keep consistency throughout said marketing.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Nov 22, 2013 10:37:44 GMT -5
The red and yellow didn't really get its start until maybe a quarter to halfway through his original title run. Once the toys and cartoon happened, they decided to go with one standard "superhero costume"-ish look, to help market him and keep consistency throughout said marketing. Yeah, once the WWF got into the heavy marketing, Hulk became Red & Yellow exclusive. But, I am glad to be able to remember those last few years before everything became about selling toys. Hogan looked rad in the blue/white, and it was also always cool whenever he'd show up for segments in "street clothes" and a pair of tinted glasses.
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Nov 22, 2013 14:19:46 GMT -5
One of the first things I did in WWE 2K14 is give Hogan his blue and white attires.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Nov 22, 2013 16:08:59 GMT -5
I'm also a big fan of the "Hulk! da da da, da da da, DA DA DA DA, Hulk!" theme from that era.
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Post by ICBM on Nov 22, 2013 17:38:54 GMT -5
Vince understood marketing very well and the packaging of Hogan and many others was done deliberately to make them seem like a real life cartoon. I read Bret Hart's version of how hart foundation ended up in pink and black. They were heels and bought colors that would get easy heat. The pink they brought to a tv one day, Vince was hauling ass down the hallway busy as hell, looked up and did a double take, "both of stop tight there!". They thought they were fired. "Don't ever change that color ever!". He got it. They stepped right in it by accident but damn did it work. Hogan's red and yellow, the bulldog going full union jack instead of baby blue, JDY wearing white to contrast and make him pop, pale guys wore black, it popped their muscles on tv(Hercules), warrior had a painters pallet of gear.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 18:13:46 GMT -5
One of the first things I did in WWE 2K14 is give Hogan his blue and white attires. Same here! I always dug the all white gear. It was a really slick look that you surprisingly don't see very often.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 22, 2013 18:22:54 GMT -5
I like his red and white Thunderlips outfit.
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Nov 22, 2013 18:27:11 GMT -5
All white gear looks good to me. Though frankly I think it suits Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan better
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Post by goodbyehorses on Nov 22, 2013 19:38:19 GMT -5
All white gear looks good to me.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 22, 2013 21:32:45 GMT -5
I do find it funny that the placement of that turnbuckle makes it look he has G.I.Joe-crotch.
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Post by ICBM on Nov 22, 2013 21:52:55 GMT -5
Man lookin at that pic reminds me how ripped hulk was
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Post by BigBadZ on Nov 22, 2013 21:58:47 GMT -5
The red and yellow didn't really get its start until maybe a quarter to halfway through his original title run. Once the toys and cartoon happened, they decided to go with one standard "superhero costume"-ish look, to help market him and keep consistency throughout said marketing. That's one hell of a coincidence for his title match against Sheik. I never knew the red and yellow became the norm that much later.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 22, 2013 22:36:00 GMT -5
The red and yellow didn't really get its start until maybe a quarter to halfway through his original title run. Once the toys and cartoon happened, they decided to go with one standard "superhero costume"-ish look, to help market him and keep consistency throughout said marketing. That's one hell of a coincidence for his title match against Sheik. I never knew the red and yellow became the norm that much later. Oh, don't get me wrong, it was there early on, but it wasn't one of THE trademarks of Hulkamania until later. I know by Wrestlemania I, he was still wearing a variety of outfits (you'll see that while he wore it in the actual match at the show, almost all of the promotional material has him in blue trunks). Somewhere between there and Wrestlemania 2, I'm guessing, they opted to go with the one identifiable outfit, and since that one really stood out...
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Post by BigBadZ on Nov 23, 2013 0:36:49 GMT -5
That's one hell of a coincidence for his title match against Sheik. I never knew the red and yellow became the norm that much later. Oh, don't get me wrong, it was there early on, but it wasn't one of THE trademarks of Hulkamania until later. I know by Wrestlemania I, he was still wearing a variety of outfits (you'll see that while he wore it in the actual match at the show, almost all of the promotional material has him in blue trunks). Somewhere between there and Wrestlemania 2, I'm guessing, they opted to go with the one identifiable outfit, and since that one really stood out... Yea, I should have worded that better, no disbelief was intentional. I think it's cool that he just happened to be wearing red and yellow when he won his first WWF title and then they became the official colors of Hulkamania.
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Post by Mrs. Potato Dick on Nov 24, 2013 13:42:36 GMT -5
All white gear looks good to me. Not all white. Elbow pads...
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Nov 24, 2013 13:56:07 GMT -5
Hogan looked rad in the blue/white. "Rip 'em! Rip 'em! Come on Charlie! Come on Randy!"
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 24, 2013 14:27:59 GMT -5
WWE should have changed his colours every six months. Could have made even more money with new lines of merchandise. Works for Cena.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 16:02:44 GMT -5
Didn't he mostly use pure red in japan i know its off subject but i can't remember
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Post by jason1980s on Nov 24, 2013 16:11:46 GMT -5
Vince understood marketing very well and the packaging of Hogan and many others was done deliberately to make them seem like a real life cartoon. I read Bret Hart's version of how hart foundation ended up in pink and black. They were heels and bought colors that would get easy heat. The pink they brought to a tv one day, Vince was hauling ass down the hallway busy as hell, looked up and did a double take, "both of stop tight there!". They thought they were fired. "Don't ever change that color ever!". He got it. They stepped right in it by accident but damn did it work. Hogan's red and yellow, the bulldog going full union jack instead of baby blue, JDY wearing white to contrast and make him pop, pale guys wore black, it popped their muscles on tv(Hercules), warrior had a painters pallet of gear. I always wonder if their LJN toys coming out with the pink was WWF telling the company, like Del Rio, these guys would be a big deal fairly quickly. The LJN catalog with their pink outfits, I think, came out early 1987 and in late 1986 they were still wearing their red or black pants with a colored stripe. It just seems weird with toy companies always being behind that their toys came out so quickly wearing their latest outfit. I think the Cena-like change in outfits would have helped better with selling different toys. There was no shortage of Hogan items in the WWF catalogs even with just his red and yellow but even a one time outfit could produce a new toy. The 1984 no shirt, yellow tights toy was re-released multiple times until 1987 I believe. Even in 1990 the Wrestling Ring company still had his toy in stock. Probably by 1986 anyone who wanted his toy had his toy. A 1985 white tights, 1986 blue tights or similar would give an extra.
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