Chuck Conry
Dennis Stamp
zombies DON'T Run
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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 24, 2013 16:12:08 GMT -5
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Chuck Conry
Dennis Stamp
zombies DON'T Run
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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 24, 2013 16:14:34 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. There was this, which I believe is really rare.  |
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mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
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Post by mizerable on Nov 24, 2013 16:24:25 GMT -5
I always preferred bleach blonde guys in blue. Flair looked great in blue too. Dark haired guys can pull off red very well.
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Post by jason1980s on Nov 24, 2013 17:56:49 GMT -5
Right and they also had a yellow or red shirt with the opposite color trunks. They came out in 1988 and were re-released in 1989 and are rare. But for 1985, 86, and 87 they only had the yellow trunks version which they repackaged on different back cards. At least LJN didn't make up outfits like San Francisco Toymakers putting neon or bright color outfits on the ECW guys and I'm sure Jakks was guilty of that too. |
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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 25, 2013 0:59:39 GMT -5
I always hated when Savage wore yellow or that ugly green he used to wear during his first heel run. I wonder why he never wore blue during that run. At least I can't remember him wearing blue.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 25, 2013 2:01:41 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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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 25, 2013 3:46:09 GMT -5
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. There was this, which I believe is really rare. Really??!! That's the one I have. Wish I didn't beat it to shit now. |
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Nov 25, 2013 10:16:05 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. I appreciate you finding the FAN friendly version! |
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