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Austin 3:16 Day Special: Celebrating 25 Years of Stone Cold Steve Austin Action Figures
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GIVE US A HELL YEAH... WHAT? I SAID GIVE US A AWWWWWW HELLLLLL YEAH! 2026 marks 25 years of the Texas Rattlesnake himself, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and today is 3:16 Day on top of it, so lets roll the clock back and look at some older SCSA action figures along with some of the latest from Mattel.
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Introduction to 'Adventures in Collecting'
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Speaker
Are you ready, kids? Get your parents' permission, check your mailbox, and grab your shopping cart. It's time for the Adventures in Collecting podcast. I'm Eric.
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And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting, where we talk toy news, culture, and hauls. Along with our journeys as collectors.
Pop Culture References: Austin 316 and Theme Music
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Austin 316 says I just whipped your ass. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting. Hello.
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What? That was me doing glass. What?
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Is this the Undertone podcast? ah Dave, it is. I did watch that.
Movie Reviews: 'Undertone' and 'Dolly'
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undertone yeah like the new the new horror film oh was it any good the trailer made me really uncomfortable um so short review i can give you two short movie reviews with within it as we open um okay undertone was i don't know how i necessarily felt about it it it it did it was an a24 horror movie
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So if you're familiar with the, like, The Witch and It Comes at Night. and Yeah. this The slow burn that is an A24 horror film. And then it just kind of goes crazy in the last 15 minutes.
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Okay. That was that was Undertone. um That said, i think the lead's performance, I think she was fantastic.
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um i would say like there was they're using like a quote a review quote it's like the audio version of the blair witch which i kind of get interesting where it just kind of it goes it goes it goes and then all of a sudden it's like oh stuff's happening now like interesting um or the first paranormal activity in the sense of that kind of build up got it got it and then i saw dolly last week okay is the um the new slasher movie yeah um starring um former nwa superstar uh max the impaler and they were fantastic in that um if there's like i don't know there there's definitely build for a sequel in in the movie is max dolly yes
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Oh, I didn't know that. Max is the Max is the slasher in question as he as you were the villain in question the the heel. I don't know. Having seen the movie, I don't know how I I do. I guess Dolly would be the villain. OK.
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But they were fantastic. um It was a very uncomfortable movie. OK. As any. Yeah, should be. Yeah.
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any person who is kidnapping as any villain who is kidnapping someone and attempting to raise them as a child of their own movie could be. um Shouts the barbarian.
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Yeah. um But definitely very toyetic. Max was in this film. Okay. Keep that. We'll keep that in mind for future future NECA want lists. I would say I could see it more as a trick or treat.
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Okay. alright Based off of a few things that happen in the movie. um Got it. Got it. I mean, they make terrifier figures. So, you know. um Okay. Well, thank you for those the quick movie reviews and the immediate. That one's it a bit tougher of a watch, I'll say.
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well bit more difficult of a watch. the With the immediate sidetrack out of yeah sorry what out of the way. It's all it's that's totally fine. i mean that's what we That's what we do here. I've enjoyed my last two um uncomfortable visits to the movie theater.
March 16th and Stone Cold Steve Austin's Legacy
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Good. Good. um Well, it is 316 today as this episode is airing, um which is, of course, like one of the high holy days for us professional wrestling fans. And Monday. I wonder if anything is happening on Raw.
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Oh, yeah, that's actually a really good point. Did not did not think of that. um As is usually the case, we are recording this in advance, so we are coming to you from the past. um I mean, but yeah know somebody wants to meet Cold Steve, so...
00:05:14
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that would be something else. um I guess I'll, well well, we'll get into this shortly, but of course we're here to celebrate um ah Stone Cold Steve Austin. And this happens to be a a special year for the Texas rattlesnake. This is the 25th anniversary of Stone Cold Steve Austin. um You know, it's a big celebration year for the Attitude Era in general. um Lots of fun things to celebrate. So we thought,
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Let's just pile on the celebration. And Stone Cold Steve Austin has had um quite a few action figures over the years from different companies. And while it would be an absolutely insane undertaking to cover each and every one of them,
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um We're not going to do that. um We have a selection of action figures from we'll probably pull up some pictures if necessary. But I have I have compiled from years of both Dave and I collecting and playing.
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We have a bunch of figures that represent. I would say some pretty significant pieces of Stone Cold Steve Austin's action figure history. We're definitely missing some things. The ah the entire Jax Classic Superstar and and or Ruthless Aggression era is not represented here at all in any way, shape, or form. But um we do have some some cool stuff to look at. No pundies.
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no bendies um but we do have some cool stuff to look at and reminisce about the texas rattlesnake so um you know really excited to to kind of go down memory lane here with with some of these things but before we do that ah the wrestling figure database 599 results and that's not counting i don't know yeah funko's on there too so yeah Yeah, well, if you if if while while we're tooling around on some things, if you want to if you want to pick some, you know what I have here.
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if there's any selects that you wanted to specifically talk about, um we we can deal with that. But first, let's take care of a little bit of housekeeping.
Giveaway Announcement: Spawn Elite Edition Figure
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So two things going on on our social media, specifically on Instagram right now that we would love for you to be aware of. um First and foremost,
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That is our monthly giveaway. So this month we have partnered up with friend of the pod, John over at Preternia.com to give away a spawn ah elite edition from McFarlane Toys. um This is part of their Image Comics Founder Series. It's the first in the in the the wave of figures, or line sub-line of figures, I guess you would say. um And it is ah competitor for Figure of the Year, at least for as far as I'm concerned. um It is arguably the best articulated Spawn figure that has ever been produced. It's fantastic. If you are a ah fan of the original ninety s
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debut of spawn uh this is a figure for you um and you have a chance to win it and it's kind of hard to come by it was in and out of stock pretty quickly uh and i was able to find it so um passing the savings on to you right so uh you can you can head on to our instagram at aic underscore podcast where you will find this pinned post uh throughout the entire month of march so you've got half a month left to get your entry in to win this uh very cool ah version of spawn um
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Yeah, and and just follow the rules on there. Make sure you read them carefully. There's some steps that you have to take in order for your entry to count. um It may seem like it is ah tedious.
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and We've gotten some comments that the the the process can be some tedious, but it's it's for a reason. We want to... We're giving back. We want to make sure that everyone has a fair chance and opportunity to get this. So um just make sure that you follow those rules. What, the following and the liking and the sharing and the naming people?
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yeah and the doing it all in one comment. it it it know It's all for, there's a method to the madness. I'll just i'll put it that way. Yeah. The other thing that we have going on on Instagram this month, at the time of at the time of this airing, we will be one one at least one round deeper than what we're going to recap ah kind
Marvel Legends March Madness Updates
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of right now. If you wanna hear the full recap of round one, There is a special episode of AIC news that aired last week. If you want all the details, full breakdown, you can listen to that or watch it on YouTube, whichever you prefer. um
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But let's talk a little bit about round two. um This has been our biggest turnout so far for Marvel Legends March Madness by like leaps and bounds. The amount of votes that we're getting in, it's it's kind of incredible. So thank you to everybody who has turned out to vote. um As always, you know, we know that...
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and if you're if you've listened to the show if you've followed us on instagram at all um we interact pretty regularly with the folks at hasbro um and while we are not going to claim in any way shape or form that this guarantees anything or is affiliated with hasbro in any way shape or form it is not this is purely something that is run by us um and and engages with the fans but uh we do know that it gets in front of you know eyes so uh Mephisto won two years in a row and you know ended up coming into ah into our lives as a toy. So that gets released little bit later this year. So um you know it's data.
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and Didn't we make a Mephisto rule? Yes. if he did not get announced... yes so we um if he did not get a down in a row well, Mephisto would have been retired. We, we were going to max it out at two.
00:11:36
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If you won, if you won two in a row, you were going to go into the hall of fame and basically have your, your number retired in the rafters, um, in the AIC rafters. We didn't need to do that, thankfully. Um, because his, he was announced, but, uh,
00:11:51
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this year we've got a whole whole ah whole new chance for for somebody to win um so quick run through of our round two results as we head into round three and you know we'll talk a little bit about the the round three setup so Stagron fell to Exodus who's been a ah pretty pretty strong competitor so far um Swarm beat out the Dark Elf. A lot of these were very decisive victories this round.
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um Wiccan and Death... Yeah, they were duking it out for a while. it was It was pretty close. I was actually worried that we were going to have to rerun this in terms of the tiebreaker, which we've had to do before. And then um overnight, after I went to sleep, Wiccan pulled ahead.
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ah Armor, absolutely decimated Leech. Armor is another strong one. That's one that's one that I... ah Personally, I think we're headed towards an armor and... um Annihilus final. that's I'm um'm calling it now. i i think that's where we're headed. ah Shard beat out Stick.
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And for anyone watching, yes, I understand the picture that I picked for Shard is dreadful. It will change the next round. i pick i picked a better one. It's far less pixelated. um It's shockingly difficult to find a clear picture of of of Shard. ah Speed beat out... and it may Yeah, Speed beat out Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Lots of love for like the young the the younger... ah What are they? that that Was that the New Avengers, right? Speed, Wiccan, Hulkling. Yeah, the New Avengers. lots Lots of love for the New Avengers.
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um or Doc Samson. Young Avengers. Yeah, yeah. Doc Samson beat out Abomination. uh zax beat out vermin i love these two uh results right here i would as much as i would love an mcu you abomination i love the fact that these whole characters are like putting up big numbers um you know especially with like characters lately Yep, Abomination, Professor Hulk. And Dan Yoon on the Marvel Legends team did tell us that there is yet-to-be-announced character coming on a retro Hulk card. So whether that's a deluxe box, whether that's a single card, is up in the air. But um that part is not... No no knowledge. yeah
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Yep, exactly. So yeah, Zax beat out Vermin. ah ne ah Nebula, who is long overdue, beat out ah Flag Smasher. Yeah, a regular comic one is definitely overdue.
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Yeah. Annihilus, who is probably the most overdue character, I think, on the Marvel roster. Like the fact that this character has not had a Marvel Legends figure of any type in any era of Marvel Legends is just, I just find this wild. One of the most toyetic characters.
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He did have a hella deep cut to walk through this round with, though. Yeah, but D-Man making it into the second round was just... was was also wild but this was our biggest uh our biggest winner of the um of of the round absolutely thwomped uh d-man um ghost rider robbie reyes the most frustrating continues to be the most frustrating victory in any matchup a figure that we we all could have been enjoying for years at this point two two versions of of whom i might add yeah
00:15:29
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Crazy. um this one was This one was our closest match. I'm very sorry, Dave. ah He is about to make a name for himself. Yeah. um and And it just goes to show you, too, like how how many people also want Johnny Blaze. like I think this is a really good number to pay attention to because he came really close.
00:15:51
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really really close upsetting popular movie character who if i were to venture a guess would probably be due in um yeah movie gotta be gotta be coming uh speaking of ghost rider characters another strong performance from a very cool ghost rider character so vengeance out outperforms the wizard And ah a character who hasn't had a figure since old school Legends.
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Toy Biz. Yeah. No, not even old school. Did he have a Toy Biz Legends? Yeah, he did. Yes. Yes. With the bike, right? Yes. MCU Juggernaut beat out Carrion. This one was crazy. Because Carrion is, I believe, the last character that everyone needs to complete Maximum Carnage.
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So the fact that an MCU character beat out like a a character from... The that not Vinnie Jones made it. Yeah, it's wild. um And Hellcat, this is another one. Hellcat keeps putting up numbers. Hellcat has a Marvel Legends figure. This is another... We've gotten a couple messages about this. So yes, the rules for this are...
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It's three things. They've either never had a Marvel Legends figure before. The version pictured has never had a Marvel Legends figure before. So like maybe the character has, but not in this particular form. And third is they're the figure that they had is to put it bluntly, effectively so dreadful and or old that they are like very due for a new one.
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um And Hellcat definitely is in that third category category. If you look at pictures of the Hellcat figure that's available, I think it was maybe a Thanos build a figure wave, a comic Thanos build a figure I'm my phone, so not typing.
00:17:48
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um yeah it's it's it's a rough it's a rough like early female body ah Marvel Legends figure. So that's why she is on this list. But that sets up our... That's definitely early.
00:18:04
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And it is that. um And then a Man Spider beat out Hulkling. So Man Spider is another one to watch out for. That's another one that a lot of people are really jazzed about. This figure is basically yellow body and a belt.
00:18:17
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Yeah, it's it's it's not great. um This sets up, our of course, our Sweet 16. um So we've got Exodus versus Swarm in the next in the next round. We've got Wiccan versus Armor.
00:18:33
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um We've got Nebula versus Annihilus. I think we're going to be bidding Nebula adieu. Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes versus Gambit, MCU Gambit. That might be the match of the round.
00:18:47
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Yeah, I'm very curious to see how that one turns out. That's going to be another tight one, I think. Shard versus Speed. um Shard just keeps taking on the characters that also start with the letter S. she After just beating Stick.
00:19:02
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um the Our Hulk battle here. So Doc Samson versus Zax. Like an actual... like Hulk world battle, which is kind of great. Vengeance versus Juggernaut. Both of the remaining MCU characters are paired up with the remaining Ghost Rider characters. I don't see Juggernaut making...
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It's literally Dave. It's literally da the two two Dave versus Eric matchups, like part one and part two. And then Hellcat versus Man Spider. So two characters that have been putting up great numbers. um Man Spider has been a long time too, right? Yeah.
00:19:40
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Man Spider has not had a ah ah ah legend since Toy Biz. Yeah, Man Spider was in the the original Toy Biz line. So, yeah, there there are some... There were some crazy results in this round, um but it has set up some absolutely wild matches. Dude, you're not getting armor and annihilus in the final if it goes that far.
00:20:02
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It's a semi. Um...
00:20:08
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No, the way that this is split I don't believe is correct. it's you're it's not the It's these two and these okay Like it's, it's basically like, uh, yeah. Cause right. 49, 50, Yeah. 51, 52. 53, 54. Yeah. So if you're, if you're watching this on YouTube visually, if you want to split it east and western, north and south, however, you want to look at it. Um, the top of your screen is one half of the bracket. The lower half is the other. So yeah, we would still be on pace to potentially have an armor versus an Islas match in the final. I like armor is going to the final and a walk to be honest.
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um
00:20:52
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Wiccan could surprise this is the match I think if Armor is going to get the boot anywhere i i yeah otherwise i otherwise I think she she and ah yeah walks walks into the final um and frankly i i I would be worried Annihilus could have a problem next round I don't know about that I really don't know about that.
00:21:21
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the Historically, like even in like previous tournaments, i don't i'd I'd have to look back to see who beat Annihilus last year. Because Annihilus did not make it to... it Wasn't our final last year Mephisto versus Robbie Reyes?
00:21:39
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If I remember correctly. Robbie never made it to the final. Oh, I don't know about that. Hold on. We will get to if you're here, if you're tuned in and you are waiting for us to talk about Stone Cold Steve Austin, I promise that's still coming. I'm I'm just now I'm super curious. I got a like SportsCenter. They talk about the tournament first.
00:22:00
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Yeah, I got I'm going to go back and look at last year's March Madness. Let's see. I feel like I would have been way more excited if Robbie made the final. Dave Robbie was in the final last year.
00:22:11
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OK, let's hold on. Let's let's pull this up. Let's pull this up real quick. um Bracketology here, friends. All right. So let's let's figure this out here. All right. So Mephisto and Robbie Reyes were in the final. And this is like following the same.
00:22:31
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Path. Let's see. Man spider.
00:22:37
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Oh, that's right. Robbie had ta Johnny Blaze. Yeah, man Man Spider and then Robbie actually beat Man Spider. Okay, where did Annihilus get dropped out?
00:22:51
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Did Annihilus catch like... Annihilus caught the buzzsaw in the first round. That's right. That's right. oh wow. I forgot about that.
00:23:04
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And Vengeance almost beat Armor, by the way. yeah where did and Yeah, that was close. That was really close. That's why i think...
00:23:16
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Oh, wow. Okay, this is this is... This just got a whole lot more interesting. Okay, so... The only... We didn't get to see... side of the bracket We didn't get to see how Annihilus performed against so many people because he he caught the winner in the the first round.
00:23:41
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Also, it's really funny that he was ranked, like, with the random seating. He he was ranked last. That's funny. Oh, man.
00:23:52
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Okay, well, strap in, everybody. cause What's funny is, isn't rachel didn't Rachel get announced? She did. Yeah, she did. So, like, that's... Yeah, from from last year... um ah Let's see. Feral was announced.
00:24:14
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um Cardiac was announced or announced or came out. um Rachel. Shanna the She-Devil. She was part of the San Diego Comic-Con um exclusive.
00:24:27
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ah and to do Who else i Technically we got a version of Mandarin But it wasn't the version that everybody was really expecting So he is still on the list for that reason um Sunspot X-Men 97 Came too
00:24:49
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let's see
00:24:54
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there was another one too
00:24:58
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Did I miss... Where was... It's one of the Inhumans. Gorgon. Gorgon was announced too. I don't i think I might have scrolled over him. Yeah, right there. So Gorgon and Feral, the first round matchup, they both got ah they both got announced. so um Yeah, so lots lots to look forward to in in round three. And by the time you're listening to this, um you can hold us accountable to our our sort
Stone Cold Steve Austin's Action Figures Evolution
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of predictions. Predictions.
00:25:26
Speaker
um because round three will have happened round three voting actually happened days ago because it's happening on friday the 13th so okay so there there we go there's that um but yeah with that it's time to it's time to talk to talk about uh stone cold steve austin dave um the dude in black trunks that could the bald bald man in black trunks that ended up being one of the most you know over mcfreeze over over wrestlers like of all time ever um one of uh i would say part of many people's mount rushmore's of of wrestling um i mean one of the most popular wrestlers of all time we would say
00:26:16
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Yeah, you're you're wearing your OG Austin 316 t-shirt from from way back when. um It's a relic. Yeah. and And those things were... I could probably sell this.
00:26:28
Speaker
Those things were everywhere. like I mean, yours is authentic, but like you remember you know going down the shore you know during the 90s and all of the boardwalks, yeah all the boardwalk stands. I don't think this is a wwe WWE shop one. I think this is the hot topic.
00:26:44
Speaker
Yeah. second But like those shirts were those shirts were everywhere. But these this DX and like NWO were the first t-shirts to be in like wrestling shirts to be in a Hot Topic.
00:26:58
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they they they crossed the ah they crossed the threshold. Right. And now and now we have we have little versions of them, which is which is great.
00:27:10
Speaker
um I don't know why it doesn't have on the back, though, the actual smoking skull.
00:27:17
Speaker
Oh, one of them. does Oh, no, it doesn't. Not even the other example that I have here. I'm not going to get up and turn around, but like my shirt is this. Like smoking skull. Like even now you can't get it with the smoking skull.
00:27:31
Speaker
Interesting. hu And I don't remember that existing that way. I could be wrong. hu It could also be a Mandela effect thing. Maybe it's a little bit of a Mandela effect.
00:27:44
Speaker
Because they were so kind of ever present. um And there was a new one every week. Yeah, yeah. They had to keep moving merch, right? I also have the heel one. The orange smoking skull. Oh, orders okay.
00:28:01
Speaker
That's not original, though. Every, um you know, every... Got it. Yeah. issue got it ah every Every superstar has their their first like you know real action figure, right? um And ah Stone Cold is no different. And the Bad Boys of Wrestling ah collection from the Jax Bone... Bad Boys.
00:28:27
Speaker
Bad Boys, yeah. Because it was all heels. Jax Bone Crunchers. The series was all heels. And I have my original one.
00:28:39
Speaker
from kb toys back in the day on that that card with the the blue like i think it was a blue brick wall if i remember correctly yeah um with the spray paint the graffiti on it but he still has the stars on the boots which um was not accurate no his stars were on the white boots But ah yeah, this this figure put in it's it's very floppy these days. a lot of these these Jack's Bone Crunchers just, you know, the more you used them, the more they i mean, you could see like his his heels are all worn and like, you know, down to flesh tone.
00:29:18
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Yeah, he's got ah he's got marks from from everybody under the sun all over him. His his white wrist tape is basically gray. it was funny about how we played.
00:29:31
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Just. Real quick. Yeah. We like we knew that the stomping of the mat was the punch, but it didn't matter because the figure still made contact. Yeah.
00:29:42
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Like, yeah, they threw a working punch, but a shoot worked. Yeah, yeah. They did both simultaneously. Yeah, they were they're both punching people in the face and stomping on the mat at the same time. Plus, that's how you got the noise.
00:29:56
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That's how you got the sound. Exactly. um And you really like got your own. You'd get your arm into it, too. Like they'd be coming like. I can. It's a very natural motion. I still can like. Or or you can feel it like the fast ones like.
00:30:10
Speaker
yeah but uh yeah it so it sounds like an indie mat the the original uh bone crunching bca jack's stone cold steve boss and the head the heads don't move um yeah we we we used our imaginations with these quite uh butt cheek like yeah look Yeah, he's got those are so the it's just it's so funny how wobbly they've gotten over the years.
00:30:39
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But we had this this figure, man. I mean, he's been through a lot. He's he even even once we had better versions of Stone Cold.
00:30:50
Speaker
um I think this one stayed in the roster just because one. I mean, look at the likeness. The likeness is really great for, what was this, 1996, right? You know, the likeness is is really great for the time.
00:31:07
Speaker
And the way that the arms and stuff were shaped, you know, he could hit the gut kick. He could do a stunner. You know, we'll talk about this shortly, but, like, you know, he could...
00:31:20
Speaker
you know, you get hit the stunner and it's, it's just very natural, you know, the, the kick and the hook. He's, he had everything, had everything you needed him to do, um, back in the day.
00:31:31
Speaker
And, uh, yeah, he was part of that wave that was comprised entirely of, um, of heels. Uh, And yeah, this was our this was our first version but that we got to bring Stone Cold Steve Austin home into that ring that was way too big for them. Because it was made for LJN figures. LJN ring.
00:31:54
Speaker
um Yeah, but this this was our very first Stone Cold Steve Austin. Now, um after this, we had one of the greatest three packs, I think, of all time.
00:32:08
Speaker
At the time. At the time. So we had the king of the um king of the iron rungs, Dave. Sticking with Jack's bone crunchers. So this was our first ladder.
00:32:19
Speaker
Just looking something up. It was the only way we could, it was the only, I think it was the first way you could get a ladder. So you had generic ladder. um The set came with three wrestlers.
00:32:33
Speaker
One was Ahmed Johnson. great Another great bone cruncher. um You know, could hit the the the Pearl River Drive. Yeah.
00:32:45
Speaker
Great figure. Pearl Plunge. Pearl River Plunge, excuse me. um Then the most worn Jack's Bone Cruncher that I have still from from our days, this Bret Hart was the first time that you could get Bret, I believe, without the glasses on. So... um You then, you now had Brett with glasses on. That was your your entrance gear, Brett, effectively. And then ah once he got to the ring, you'd you'd switch out the characters. And you had, um man, his likeness was was tough even back in the day.
00:33:18
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poor and Poor, poor, poor Bret Hart. um But yeah, this this Brett put in a lot of work, as you could see. He's he's worn down to the ah the skin.
00:33:31
Speaker
on a lot of him, but we had our first, uh, promo gear, Steve Austin. Yeah. And, and his font inaccurate.
00:33:45
Speaker
In like Helvetica. Yes. Helvetica, not impact. No and impact was, was not, ah at least it wasn't comic sans. Yeah, they didn't they didn't have it, ah i guess, at the the factory. um no No impact.
00:33:58
Speaker
Just... ah At least it was a sans serif font. Yeah. um You know, they didn't put it in like Times New Roman. But ah yeah, we got we got the... For the first time, we got the iconic Austin 316 shirt.
00:34:12
Speaker
um the the The denim, the the boots. And then this was... you You now had promo Austin. Yeah. And this the that first figure was so like incredibly popular that he was in series five, too.
00:34:30
Speaker
Yeah. Like the exact same figure. Just kept putting him out. No changes. Still had the stars on his boots. Still had the white white wrist tape. And then eventually these started getting cranked out. Just, oh, what T-shirt can we put him in?
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00:35:36
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And now, back to the show. Yep, yep. And you would get some of them would be there. There were some different expressions. Again, I don't have I don't have every every ah one handy, though.
00:35:48
Speaker
There was the one with the mouth open, Ruby's yelling. um I also always always thought there was something sort of reminiscent about our Uncle Kenny. with these figures i mean he's not he's not bald but like more like my cousin or our cousin yeah i guess yeah yeah shouts to shouts to michael um but yeah so the it was great because like you know back of the day now you had promo you had promo austin he could come to the ring and he could he could cut a promo and then you know come back out later and and come out with a lighter goatee
00:36:24
Speaker
Yeah, and be be ready. Yeah, look at that. The paint difference is just insane. Imagine like and we didn't complain about this. The one on the left on the the the. I mean, I would say this is more accurate.
00:36:38
Speaker
I think so. I think it was you as much as it's darker in the photo behind me. It's not like red. Yeah, I'm looking at the it's not the Undertaker like. Yeah.
00:36:49
Speaker
But like you think about it, like back in the day, like we didn't complain about that. like I never remember saying, like oh, his goatee is too dark. like i Why does he look like Vincent Price's egghead?
00:37:00
Speaker
like Yeah, we'll we'll pull that one up next. um I was just jazzed to have Stone Cold and the Fig Fed. Instant champion. Yeah, rocket strapped to him. um Although that wasn't the best um Street Clothes Austin.
00:37:19
Speaker
No, there was the one in the shorts that had the vest, the shorts of the vest that had. um he And he had those massive legs, too. He was in the the champion set, right? He came with the the belt.
00:37:33
Speaker
No, I believe he was much later, though.
00:37:38
Speaker
It was a four-pack. This one we're going have to pull a picture up of because this was the best Austin. that always that That became promo Austin all the time. For sure.
00:37:50
Speaker
Or run-in Austin. um Let's see. um I should be able to find this pretty quickly. Because I know exactly which one you're talking about. um Let's see.
00:38:05
Speaker
It might be the best Jax Austin, to be honest.
00:38:12
Speaker
There it is. This isn't the this isn't the way that we got it. I remember it being part of a multi pack. Let me see if I can find the multi pack one first. They re-released this one a ton of times because and and rightfully so, because it was ah it was a very good Austin.
00:38:30
Speaker
um I'm not going to belabor this too long. if i The next time I see a picture of it, I'm just going to pull it up. um Well, here, actually, let's do this. So
00:38:43
Speaker
Yeah, here.
00:38:46
Speaker
So you can see, you know, this Austin 316, know, he got multiple releases. There was the one with the screaming head. There's your smoking skull in the front. um This I did have have this one. We actually gave this away on on the podcast a couple of years ago. fifteen um I think it was our WrestleMania giveaway one year.
00:39:08
Speaker
ah Let's see. It was on this page.
00:39:17
Speaker
There it is. There it is. it there This was the special edition line, so it did have... um This was not the the only way that it was released.
00:39:28
Speaker
um And you could see they were already releasing TitanTron Live, guys, and they're and they were still putting putting this one out. So, like, series six... Yeah, this was, like, late phone cruncher.
00:39:41
Speaker
I'm trying to find the original version of it. I'm i'm determined. Let me let let's just keep talking about it for a second and we'll keep looking. ah Maybe it was no, because that's full jeans. um But they i really wish a lot.
00:39:56
Speaker
I really wish I could remember what multi packet was in.
00:40:03
Speaker
I'm going give up in a second, Dave, if I can't find it. cause We're going to talk about that in a second. There it is. It was off the mat. That's what I was thinking of. It was the championship one. Oh, new belts. Okay.
00:40:14
Speaker
Yep. Yep. This is exactly what i was what I had in my head. Because all four of these were awesome figures to have. You had the the purple Intercontinental title, the two tag team titles on on um the New Age Outlaws, and then you had the blue...
00:40:29
Speaker
i Eagle on um on on Stone Cold. But yeah, that was 20 bucks. Bargain at every price. That was the storm. I ever did see one.
00:40:41
Speaker
You got you got the bet you got the a really great promo rock and you got a really great. That was a good road dog, too. Yeah. Yep. and what There were better Billy. gun I think the original Bone Cruncher Billy Gunn was better.
00:40:57
Speaker
Yeah, but that that was the set. Horrid, but. So let's. And while we have this one up, um I actually have these loose. So as you can see, we did get a bulkier build stone cold.
00:41:13
Speaker
um You know, as time. Yeah, as as time did go on, they they did. ah They did give us a bigger stone cold. That's just like that's not the shape the man was in.
00:41:26
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, look ah like they gave him like a proper action figure body. And for some reason, Vincent Price from Batman 66's head. Yeah, a very, very strange strange head. But this was a really great set because you got... It looks more like Ox Baker than he does... You got Rock in in the in the track pants.
00:41:48
Speaker
the not Adidas pants. The Brahma Bull there. Along with ah Shane... in a really great soft goods shirt to the point where and I was actually saying like, I haven't taken these out. They've been sitting in plastic bags for,
00:42:06
Speaker
25 years probably at this point, like since they were last played with um no staining. He's had this, this rubber has had this black, black t-shirt on for the soft rubber arms too.
00:42:18
Speaker
Yeah. Soft rubber arms. Yep. um So just interesting how after all these years and this, this t-shirt, like just to kind of give you an idea, i you know, just going to throw it on an elite real quick. if you if you have yeah If you have some of these older i BCA figures, believe it or not, the shirts actually fit remarkably well. and I mean, this is supposed to fit like a jersey, right? like Because that's that's what it was. Yeah, it's a football jersey.
00:42:51
Speaker
So, ah yeah, right really cool. um And then, yeah, and then this guy, so.
00:43:02
Speaker
Also with like weird cactus jack. You called it out before cactus jack pants. I don't remember him ever having Mr. McMahon on his pants. Maybe he did and I'm just not remembering it. But um of course you either wear like suit pants or those like ridiculous bodybuilder pants.
00:43:21
Speaker
I believe so. i mean, maybe he had them where they were like parachute pants that every like bodybuilder wore. But, you know, even, um you know, even this version of Austin with the, I just realized, too, his boots are super weird.
00:43:39
Speaker
He's got almost kick pads on. Yeah. But, like, even this Austin, you know, back in the day, you know, could still. that was a requirement. If he couldn't, like, what are we doing? And, like.
00:43:55
Speaker
You know, we used our imaginations, worked worked out really well. Same same goes for the rock. You know, rock was able to to hit the rock bottom. You know, no problem. ah These figures were great. I so many fond memories of all of the stuff that we did with our with our bone crunchers. The but bone cruncher 2.0 is were awesome.
00:44:17
Speaker
yeah yeah the ttls were we' not great speaking of which uh we went from i loved the concept of the titantron like the the chip and the foot and you know the entrance way and it playing the music the fireworks and everything ah now entering the titantron um I don't have many of my TTL figures left.
00:44:41
Speaker
ah I did edit at a garage sale at some point, um did sell an entire bin of them, ah but I guess a couple of them snuck into the the BCA ah bin.
00:44:54
Speaker
And one of the few Tektron figures that I have left, so yeah it's got the little plates on the bottom, um is this Stone Cold University class of 316. so Steve was on one the night before.
00:45:11
Speaker
Kismet uh they all I believe had very similar if he looks like Nikita Koloff
00:45:19
Speaker
um it was great that their heads could turn that was something that uh that was something new that was something new they had articulation at the wrist for the first time and they had uh articulation at the uh toes and uh or yeah ankles rocker ankles and they and when we had knees for the first time um if If my memory serves correctly, um you'll notice that they all can't they can't put their arms down straight. um They shared a lot of the same tooling and parts. um They all had this awkward, like wide-armed stance, i but they had they moved better than any figure we had previously. Again, like huge improvement. We all loved these.
Titantron Live Figures: A Pivotal Evolution
00:46:09
Speaker
like
00:46:11
Speaker
genuinely played with them as much as we played with the Jacks. And, like, you know, that they did not scale. That was the other problem. So you did have to rebuy everybody. i mean, there was nothing funnier than, like, if you tried to use ECW Taz.
00:46:30
Speaker
Like, Taz is a short guy to begin with, but he'd come up to, like, Austin's, like, stomach. Yeah. Yeah, these these these were true, like...
00:46:42
Speaker
conversion figures like you you were like you were headed to a new scale yeah yeah i mean and and to to put it frankly i mean this is how we got to where the first time we got the scale that we currently have today so um these titantron live figures were are the same height as ours more so but yeah As are modern figures. And of course, like I said at the top, you know, there's a whole two, basically two other whole. Ruthless Aggression and classic superstars.
00:47:17
Speaker
More so. ye Yeah. Ruthless Aggression and and classic superstars. i I do not have any of those. You were cut by Ruthless. Yeah, i I personally had had was out at that point. um As I've stated many times on the show, i stopped watching wrestling for quite a substantial amount of time before I came back in.
00:47:37
Speaker
Probably in college by that point. so But that does that does bring us to ah to Mattel. And, ah you know, again, I just have some selects here, some things that ah some some particular figures that I particularly enjoy. um You can't talk about Stone Cold Steve Austin without talking about ah what what came before that. I do not have a stunning Steve figure or Hollywood Blondes stunning Steve figure. learningning Steve.
00:48:06
Speaker
um But I do have the ringmaster. think. i love this figure. I think this era of him with DiBiase is is vastly underrated and underappreciated. um think it's weird that they for the greatest hits, they didn't redo the face.
00:48:27
Speaker
Yeah, it is. It's kind of and it's kind of pretty accurate, but also not at the same time. It reminds me a little bit. It manages to be both. It gives me Bruce Willis vibes.
00:48:41
Speaker
A little bit. See, I think he looks like Mike Nelson from Mr. Science Theater. Oh, God. Yeah, maybe a little bit of that, too. There are those boots with the stars, right? He's got the green front. It's a million dollar title, too.
00:48:58
Speaker
Yeah, he does have the... That's in a in a different bin. um But yeah, so so you know we went from this to effectively to... Where do i want to go? um Here.
00:49:12
Speaker
So ah you he cut his famous promo, and you know the rest was the rest was history. And we've we've gotten a ton of Mattel figures of...
00:49:24
Speaker
Steve in in tights. I just realized how bow-legged this one looks with the the one with the pins. Before they switched to the pinless legs, this one.
00:49:36
Speaker
I haven't taken this one out in a while because I've used the other ones. Yeah, he's got... And, like, you know, this this is actually a good time to compare the two. So, you know, mit Mattel goes back and revisits things, right? Like, they they they're very good about that and very honest about it. You know, they do the best that they can with what they have at the time, and if they get to a point where they feel like they can do things better, they absolutely do. And this is a great example of that. So, this Steve is very lean.
00:50:04
Speaker
Like... Overall, very lean body. um The proportions of the new Ultimate Edition from from last year, from 2025, big, big difference. Austin always had, like, mega calves.
00:50:24
Speaker
Yeah, legs, just in general, not just the calves. I mean, his his thighs, his legs, he he's a he's a he's an imposing dude. Mm-hmm. And, you this this figure does him justice. I actually have an elite that's just kind of wearing the the clothes so that way you could see what this this Austin also came with. um He came with the the ah denim shorts and the shirt and the expression to do the ah the famous like a resting pose. he He also came with the handcuffs. I have I have those as well. But it's pretty brilliant how you put those on.
00:51:00
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. This this is a ah was a lot of people's top figure ah firm from from 2025. I think it was on one of our lists, if not both of them. It was on um it was i think it was on yours. i don't think it was on mine. Yeah.
00:51:17
Speaker
But um yeah, this so this is my my go to Steve body. If if I need if I need to take pictures, i i just go to this and switch. I think the the upcoming one is going to be is the one I was most geared up for.
00:51:33
Speaker
Yep. And again, like what's great about the Mattel figures now, like, like, you know, I mentioned before, you know, back in the day, it was like you had promo gear and you had ring gear and that was it. Right. Like if you got an additional one with a different expression, you know, you weren't switching your your in match Stone Cold Steve Austin for.
00:51:57
Speaker
you know, this one mid-match because you wanted to change the expression, you were kind of committed when you were playing, like, imagination-wise, like, one was one and one was the other.
00:52:08
Speaker
You know, now you could do some really cool stuff with these figures because of the, um you know, the swappability, and, you know, you'll see this picture, hopefully, on um on Monday, ah on the day that there your hair nothing to this Yeah, you can you could look. But like one of the things that's really great, you have this defining moment, Stone Cold Steve Austin, which is a fantastic figure, and gave us that gave us this incredible head you know from from WrestleMania 13. But what's great is you know this head goes right on the ultimate body, and with the extra articulation, you know you can get him into that screaming pose.
00:52:52
Speaker
You know, no, no questions asked. No problem. You know you can change the expression of of the figures and kind of recreate those moments. Like i can't imagine if I was a kid now into wrestling, like just how you'd be playing and like swapping things, been swapping hands and, you know, you had imagine or use a red magic marker.
00:53:16
Speaker
Yep. Yeah. Red, red dry erase. So that way came off. um When that was like, although yeah he was bleeding so much, man, you could have a bloody Austin head. Like you can make that sacrifice.
00:53:28
Speaker
That's true.
Defining Moments: Stone Cold Steve Austin Figure
00:53:29
Speaker
But, ah but yeah. So which, which brings me actually to the the defining moments, Austin head. So, you know, we're getting to a point in, in Mattel's run with w WWE here that they're they're starting to be a little more adventurous. We're starting to see some color.
00:53:46
Speaker
um This is certainly the most color we've seen um from them you know and in terms of of a bloody action figure. Of course, this is a ringside exclusive, which, by the way, this is still still available at ringside.
00:53:58
Speaker
So you can use code AIC to save yourself 10% at ringside collectors. That bruised torn pec Cody really opened some doors. It did. Was that first or was Mick Foley with the tooth through his lip first?
00:54:12
Speaker
The Hell in a Cell Mick Foley. Okay. Or were they? and They might have been in the same wave, actually. I think that's the same wave of defining moments. Maybe. think it was think it was him and Mick Foley. But either way, yes. um You know, that did open some some doors. So now I'm i'm really excited to see, ah you know, what else they would do with with defining moments. Yeah, because Foley had the tools like Thumbtacks and ye Yep, I could think of some other fun ones that they could do ah with with a lot of talent that they have signed. Hell in a Cell Sean would be... Hell in a Cell Sean. I was actually thinking um the Undertaker when he took the the ah i
00:54:55
Speaker
sledgehammer to the head and had all the color coming down. That was a good one. um But yeah, and and you know again... Hell in a Cell Punk from the Drew match.
00:55:06
Speaker
The cool thing is, too, like you know we've gotten a lot of different Steve merch you know over the years. So you've got his his Royal Rumble vest yeah know with the gold, which is one of my favorites.
00:55:20
Speaker
um We've even got we've got some soft goods vests. So this is the one that came with the very awesome three-pack ah Stone Cold from WrestleMania 13, so like the non-bloody one.
00:55:33
Speaker
um I was going to you have that, right? Yeah. Yes, I do. ah Let's see. What's this? I think this is the final match, isn't this? This is his retirement match, I believe.
00:55:48
Speaker
Yes. Right? Because on the back, it should not say 101 per VF. Yeah. Yeah. yeah um And then, of course, with that defining moments, Austin, you get my favorite Stone Cold shirt of all time. The blood from a stone. The blood from a stone.
00:56:11
Speaker
Fantastic. Well, like what ah what a time to be alive. um So, yeah, we've we've got a lot of merch. You see that, you know, you saw the the bad to the bones.
00:56:22
Speaker
That's cool. um They didn't have to alter anything for that. Nope. You can also put, if you if you have Pipe Bomb CM Punk, you have another Stone Cold Sea Austin shirt, technically, that you could throw on your Austin for for a photo.
00:56:36
Speaker
I think that shirt might be like Late Commissioner Austin shirt, though, or Sheriff Austin. and then And then we have technically, though he hasn't fully committed to it. That does exist. There was a um Ruthless okay Stone Colds. That was, um I guess, with the camel pants that I guess is technically Sheriff Austin, I guess.
00:57:02
Speaker
Well, while he hasn't fully committed to to saying it yet, um what you could assume currently is his last match ah from WrestleMania against Kevin Owens. um From the then, now, forever, together four-pack, you've got WrestleMania Austin.
00:57:21
Speaker
And ah they've started putting beverage cans on. with uh with steve yeah yeah he gets thirsty in the ring after a while but yeah another another uh fun shirt um you know from from that event the slightly older look in his face you know just the the way that the scan is the the built-in shorts which is awesome so good if that scan of his is so good yeah it really is Mine, the paint is unfortunately not perfect on it. It's a little it's a little offset.
00:57:55
Speaker
You can see it mostly in the bottom of his beard there. But um the eyes are lined up great. it's yeah it's so like It's so good. Yeah. yes There are a couple of the expressions that I think are like are perfect. I think this one and is... Of him getting arrested and getting... like Walked up the ramp. Perfect. Yeah, that one's perfect. I also really like this one, too. The the gritting teeth.
00:58:24
Speaker
Mm hmm. is Is very good. the Bloody one. They nailed. Yep. Both versions of it. You can actually see the the expression of it it is better on the. Yeah, here we go.
00:58:41
Speaker
So without the blood, you can see how how good that expression is. And I say it all the time, but I want more eyes closed. Um, expressions on on Stone Cold or on on wrestlers in general, because like, you know, it's that like really where they're starting. We're starting to get it. and We're starting to get more eyes closed. Love love that for us. um The one thing, of course, that we have not gotten from Mattel for Stone Cold, but I did follow a little tutorial online and I will show you an example of one. dave um I did sacrifice a hand to make a middle finger.
00:59:18
Speaker
uh hand and it did cut that's that's gonna probably be a bridge too far i feel i think it came out pretty good um um okay it's if you're looking at it from that way yeah right so i i had it was a it was one of these hands Like one of the ones, or it was like this. It wasn't like a full spread one, like ah like a grippy. It was like one of like the, basically like a chop hand.
00:59:47
Speaker
um The tutorial was basically carve out a little, heat up the hand. So I heated it up and hot and um in hot water.
00:59:58
Speaker
And then ah you have to carve a little bit of like the thumb space out, like this this part of the hand here. So that way you can fold over the thumb and then what you do is you glue it piece by piece so you get that thumb down and you super glue it and then once the thumb is down then you go back you heat it up again you fold down the other fingers you you you you know pinch those closed okay and then you dunk it in cold ice cold water to freeze the plastic real quick and then you pour more glue over the top of it and let it dry and it it holds and i mean like
01:00:35
Speaker
i I screwed up. I'm not going to show you the other attempt at it. Unfortunately, I tried to get both hands we can't do the double bird. I mean, he can. I'll show you what it looks like. I unfortunately I lost the thumb on the second one um from from the the right angle. It doesn't look terrible.
01:00:55
Speaker
But ah this one, this finger came out or this hand came out a lot better than the other example. Looking through my bag here. Here I found it. um So if if you if you pose him right, I think it looks fine, but...
01:01:14
Speaker
Yeah, works. You can see once as soon as you turn him around on this one, he he's he's... Yeah. He a thumb. um
01:01:28
Speaker
But again, you know from from the right angle, it's it's fine. yeah If you hide it the right way, it works. Yeah. You know, i it's it's an iconic thing with him. The only Stone Cold Steve Austin figure that has ever had middle fingers, Dave.
Missing Stone Cold Figures and Wishlist
01:01:43
Speaker
what What is it? You you have it somewhere. but The figure arts. Yep. The the the Bondi Tamachi Nations figure arts ah Stone Cold. But I mean, like, that looks pretty dope. Not going to lie. the The one hand is looks enormous.
01:02:04
Speaker
Yeah. Which one? The one without the thumb, coincidentally. It might have been yeah more whole how it was angled, but... Yeah, they're because they're they're his hands.
01:02:15
Speaker
Okay. they're also i mean, it's also it's also perspective. I have it the way that it's... There you go. Okay, that's better. I had them like extended out, so you had big hand syndrome. Did he hit one with a hammer? No.
01:02:30
Speaker
No, these are these are his hands. I used his hands for this exercise. um But yeah, so we've gotten some really, really great Stone Cold. Man, now I gotta take it. I haven't i just realized i haven't have not taken a picture of him with these hands. um Yeah, so ah lots of really great Stone Cold Steve Austin figures. ah yeah there There are more coming. I'm personally very excited for That next ultimate with the smoking skull?
01:03:01
Speaker
I'm actually excited for the next Legends release, Dave. the With the baseball jersey? I was going to say you have, you have a certain baseball picture behind you, ah for those listening of this one stone cold, Steve Austin with, uh, with Mr. Met, but, um, but yeah, the, the, uh, the stone cold with the white base, white pinstripe baseball Jersey and jeans and, uh, blue, blue, uh, big Eagle.
01:03:30
Speaker
That's, uh, that's what I'm looking forward to. Yeah. And that's not just because I want Bob Backlund. No, that was, I think was that both of our first raw might've been, I know it was mine.
01:03:47
Speaker
Yeah. See, this is the other reason you need the open, open, uh, the open mouth screaming. Yeah. He's he's pat pounding a Steve Weiser.
01:03:59
Speaker
Um, yeah, i think so again, shouts to wrestling figure database. Um, if you If you have never been on this site before, it is remarkable the amount of work. I did not pick up the new the one that just came out with the black, red, and orange baseball jersey. No, i I did not either.
01:04:21
Speaker
i don't have a... I am very excited for yeah for this one. I don't know if it says on the back of the package. Let's see. Yeah, we're on Summer of... Oh, yeah, look at that.
01:04:37
Speaker
Because that was the the Highway to Hell merch. Yep.
01:04:43
Speaker
But this this is is is a great... Love love this. My favorite title design of all time. Sue me. I love the blue belt.
01:04:55
Speaker
And I'm very excited to build Bob Backlund. ah pre President Bob.
01:05:05
Speaker
Yeah, this is a great this is a great wave, actually. um Yeah, this is that one's from Texas. Like it's not the actual when we saw him, but going into.
01:05:16
Speaker
It's the right year. It's the right summer. Yep.
01:05:23
Speaker
So, yeah, so this was this is up for producer currently all for all, too. I forgot about that. We definitely saw brawl for all matches. This is, ah this is um oh it actually has, did you look up this date?
01:05:37
Speaker
Yeah, that's Texas. That wasn't where we were at. But he did wear the baseball jersey for like leading up to that summer slant. Yep. um Yeah, so really excited for for this. I think, Dave, the one that you were talking about, I think there's a picture of it on here. Ultimate Stone Cold.
01:05:56
Speaker
32, that's it.
01:06:03
Speaker
this one right Yeah, I mean, you should recognize the background. Yep. Yep. So from Toy Fair. ah
01:06:14
Speaker
it might be a new expression. Actually, I'm looking through the the heads that I have and I don't see that. i my Smoking skull T-shirt.
01:06:25
Speaker
Yep. Presumably we lost 316 on the other side of it, right? You would assume. um Yeah, this is another this is just another banger figure. I don't know if I'm necessarily going to get this one.
01:06:41
Speaker
It's been a while since there's been Smoking Skull Belt. Well, we're actually getting it twice in short form because it comes with the McFoley in the... i or the Mankind's.
01:06:59
Speaker
in whatever that that that ah that wave with Stone Cold China.
01:07:06
Speaker
what is that? Summer Slam?
01:07:13
Speaker
Yeah. So it comes it comes in this wave. The mankind in this actually comes with it. So double double knee brace. i This is Jesse the Body Ventura, right?
01:07:30
Speaker
Yeah, build a figure. This is that famous story where Stone Cold gets the knee brace caught on the rope as he's trying to get thrown over the top rope and Hunter has to help him back over.
01:07:45
Speaker
yep but you can see ah they gave the the Smoking Skull Belt to to Mankind, which is storyline appropriate. Yeah.
01:07:55
Speaker
But yeah, ah so two opportunities to get yourself the the smoking skull belt coming in. I might be reassessing that series. So, um yeah, I opted for the, I feel like the star of that series is the China figure, but I opted for the, what
01:08:14
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was it? loud Monday Night War, China. Well, that too, you need. With the intercontinental title. You need that to get the X-Pac, the return X-Pac.
01:08:28
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Yeah, if you if if you so desire. Which I've only been able to find Sid so far, which... Well, if you're if you do if you don't need that China, if that China's not the one that you're going to get the SummerSlam one instead, you can have my X-Pac arms. They're they're all yours.
01:08:48
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Well, I have the China from the two-pack.
01:08:53
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Yeah, that's the only other China that I had prior to this. And I have WrestleMania China as well. Oh, purple the purple gear with the women's title? Women's title.
01:09:04
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I don't know if I want... if
01:09:08
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You don't have to make this decision right now while we're on while we're on air. That's true. um But yes, so ah lots more Stone Cold to come. i'm Very curious to see if he does show up tonight, if you are listening to this Monday morning. um I'm going to make the prediction right now. Yes, I think he is going to show up. He has to, right?
01:09:29
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um I don't know where Raw is tonight. I'm looking it up right now.
01:09:40
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Let's see, where is Raw tonight? Raw tonight is in... is it somewhere crazy?
01:09:49
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The Frostbank Center?
01:09:54
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i don't know where that is. For we for Fang McFrost?
01:10:00
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Oh, it's in San Antonio, Dave.
01:10:05
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yeah So they they booked 316 Raw on the 25th anniversary of Stone Cold Texas. I mean, if he doesn't, it's just a miss. like Yeah. It's a layup.
01:10:18
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I think he's a Nevada guy these days, though. But still, I mean... i think that's where Broken Skull 2.0 is. Yeah, he can he can make the he can make the trip, I think. But, um yeah, so I'm...
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I'm going to make the the bold prediction that, yeah, we're going to see Stone Cold tonight. At which point I need Dan Housen to run into him and Adam Pearce at the same time and for there to be the Spider-Man point.
01:10:46
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Like, do you think Dan Housen eats a stunner? No, because he disappears. He's like a Batman. See, I think they should let I think they should let. ah Let Stone Cold give him a... No, I think he gets he curses someone and they eat the stunner.
01:11:05
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Oh, that could be good, too. That could be good, too. Oh, Miz. Miz eating a stunner. I know he's on SmackDown, right? Yeah. Dom. Dom's already cursed, or JD.
01:11:18
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Yeah, someone from Judgment Day is eating a stunner. But there's one Stone Cold... Well, there's actually... a couple stone colds that I think are, I'll say missing. Okay. That's actually, this is a great way to end it. So yeah. So what, what's, what's give me one, give me one stone cold Steve Austin figure that hasn't come out that you would, you would love. I'm personally, I'm good. All of my boxes are checked. Oh, there's no additional. What you need, like rookie Austin from world class, but you need, e there's never been an ECW Austin superstar Steve Austin.
01:11:57
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I would actually take that back. There's one Stone Cold Steve Austin that I want. You need Superstar Steve Austin. um And I mean, you need now that we're playing nice with fanatics, you need the guy behind me.
01:12:12
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um But I think that there's you you need like a long hair Austin, too. I want this.
01:12:23
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This is the only other Stone Cold Steve Austin that I want, Dave. but Steve-a-mania? Yeah. Give me Steve-a-mania.
01:12:35
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That's what I want. I would rather the ladder match Steve Austin with the orange um tank top.
01:12:49
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Promo Steve Austin in the camo, though, would be cool. But, like, there needs to be ECW Steve Austin. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair.
01:13:00
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Like, I don't want something silly like that or like when he did the Eric Bischoff. Like, I kind of would rather the... Do you want this? one Yes, that's what I want. in the In the champion cutoff? In the orange tank top and the black black pants from the ladder match.
01:13:18
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ah
01:13:21
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Yeah. This would be good, too.
01:13:27
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don't think they've done this. Yeah. But yeah. As always, we want to hear what you want, too. So this isn't just about us. This is, of course, always about the community as well. Like Dangerous Alliance, Stone Cold? Where you can use them the Heyman that came out?
01:13:48
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ah you let us know what Stone Cold Steve Austin you would like to see. ah Whether you're watching this on YouTube or or listening to this on your your favorite podcast platform. um Bonus points if you ECW one night stand Stone Cold in the XFL jersey.
01:14:08
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Oh, Jesus.
01:14:11
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Bonus points. Yeah. where The points on our show mean as much as the points on whose line is it anyway? It means i agree with you and that it's funny. You know what also would actually be a great like San Diego Comic-Con Mattel creation sort of exclusive if they did um ah Austin with the with the throne and and did it did a two pack.
01:14:39
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Oh, like bloody mouth. No, like this. Yeah. yeah Like stitched up mouth. With Hayes. With Doc Hendricks? Because they already made the they made the head.
01:14:52
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Technically, it is Doc Hendricks. That's right. It's not Michael Hayes. They have Doc Hendricks head. Yeah. They made that Build-A-Figure. Yeah, that would be a great that would be a great set. And you can give you could give us the throne. That way people could actually cut the promo. I think it would be the first time to we have a king of the ring microphone.
01:15:14
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um Yeah, that would be that would be an awesome box set. So you wouldn't even need to make the Jake. Yep. Yep.
01:15:25
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Yeah, that would that would be an awesome that would be an awesome two pack for sure. Six pack there. With the... with the okay Oh. are you talking about? His abs.
01:15:40
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Alright.
01:15:43
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They're there.
01:15:46
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Well, with that, Dave, i I think that's the bottom line.
Stone Cold Impressions Finale
01:15:50
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ah When it comes to... What? I said when it comes to...
01:15:58
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I had one beer... Two beers. What? Three beers. What? Four beers. What? Five beers. What? Every beer in New Jersey.
01:16:13
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Oh, man. Dave, send us that. Send us home. had one hot dog. What? Two hot dogs. What? Three hot dogs. What? I had a dozen hot dogs.
01:16:24
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What?
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