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Post by Loki on Jan 4, 2007 17:54:31 GMT -5
Jakks has been pulling that crap for years, using the same torsos, arms, and attire for wrestlers that shouldnt have them. Even the Blue Blazer figure is just a Patriot head with a new paint scheme, if you look real close you can still see "USA" on his head. To be fair though even the old hasbro line used this technique as well... Yes, but am I dreaming or Hasbro Action Figures weren't really ment as "Super Accurate" reproductions and/or Collectors' Material...? They were more like a toy... or a goofy reproduction of wrestlers At least that's how I took the Hasbro figures and it didn't bother me too much if Rude and Flair were the same thing with different head... Quite frankly I've never been a huge fan of Jakks figures: they are supposed to look realistic and cool, but IMO they look wrong in a way I can't really explain...
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bigHEADinc
El Dandy
Wanted Conway Twitty as a special title.
lest we forget...
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 4, 2007 18:00:33 GMT -5
Edgehead, I know what you're talking about, they always looked weird...
But goddamn, if you go back in time and look at what they first gave us around '96 and compare that to now, the difference is amazing.
For the price point and the target audience (Mostly kids) they can't really justify spending the money to sculpt a body for each mass-market figure. If it were a specialty figure, like the ones McFarlane Toys release then there would be no excuse, but from a business sense it would be stupid to do otherwise.
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Dennis Stamp
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Post by Bhester on Jan 4, 2007 18:02:39 GMT -5
LOL@ Jakks celebrating Chinese New Year again.
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Post by Banned Member on Jan 4, 2007 18:13:09 GMT -5
That set looks eons better. must geeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt
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It is what it is
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Post by Chainsaw on Jan 4, 2007 18:18:14 GMT -5
Edgehead, I know what you're talking about, they always looked weird... But goddamn, if you go back in time and look at what they first gave us around '96 and compare that to now, the difference is amazing. For the price point and the target audience (Mostly kids) they can't really justify spending the money to sculpt a body for each mass-market figure. If it were a specialty figure, like the ones McFarlane Toys release then there would be no excuse, but from a business sense it would be stupid to do otherwise. I remember when the original selling point of the Jakks figures was that their arms and legs clicked when moved.
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