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The 2022 Wrestlemania Special: Our Favorite Wrestlemania Moments in Plastic
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It's WRESTLEMANIA! This week Dave and Erik recap all of the Wrestlemania Axxess news from Mattel and dive into theirs and the AIC Family's favorite Wrestlemania moments captured in plastic, as well as discuss some things they'd love to see Bill and Steve tackle in a future release.
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Introduction to 'Adventures in Collecting' Podcast
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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.
00:01:26
Speaker
I'm Eric. And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting, where we talk toy news, culture, and hauls. Along with our journeys as collectors. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting.
Old-School Theme Setup and Casual Talk
00:01:44
Speaker
Hi. Dave, we're back. We are. And, um...
00:01:52
Speaker
I mean, I technically don't have anything to bury this week. Um, yeah, there's no leads. We're, we're, uh, we're, we're rolling old school. We're going to old school, uh, David and Eric episode. Um, please don't turn this off. Um, yeah. So, uh, this week, uh, you know, I guess, uh, I have old audio.
WrestleMania 38 Anticipation and Toy Announcements
00:02:18
Speaker
I could queue up for this. So on today's episode,
00:02:21
Speaker
We're gonna go over some toy news. I guess we could actually say this is our WrestleMania special, Dave. Yeah, it is. It is our WrestleMania special, I think. There's nothing else to say, you said it. So as of, you'll be hearing this following, what is this weekend? WrestleMania 38 in Dallas? I believe so. So you'll be hearing this following WrestleMania 38.
00:02:51
Speaker
we don't know what happens yet we can't comment on the things that that happened uh...
00:02:56
Speaker
over the last two days. But what we can comment on is the plethora of announcements from Mattel coming out of WrestleMania Access. So we'll bring you up to speed on that. And then we thought it would be fun to kind of look at the more toyetic side of WrestleMania and name some of our favorite WrestleMania moments that have been immortalized in plastic.
Toyetic Moments and Desired Figures
00:03:24
Speaker
And then, uh, and then give, give a couple of, uh, wants, you know, things that have happened, uh, throughout the, the, you know, well now 38, uh, WrestleMania events that have, that have not yet been.
00:03:36
Speaker
immortalized in plastic. And since we don't have a fan Q&A, a follower Q&A this week, we did post up a story to ask our followers to share some of their favorite WrestleMania moments in plastic as well as, you know, maybe something that they'd like to see.
00:03:56
Speaker
Dave, why don't you hop into the news coming out of the Dallas-Fort Worth area?
New Wrestling Figures and Championship Showdowns
00:04:08
Speaker
I mean, there's a lot of it, right? Oh my God. Yeah, a ton. Many, many new things. I mean, I'm not quite really sure where to start.
00:04:21
Speaker
So since I'm Captain Basic, you know what? I'll jump in and I'll talk about some of the basics that they announced. So we're looking at a bunch of new basics. We've got Happy Corbin in his suit. I think it's the first time we were going to get Happy Corbin with that name on any sort of card in any line. The last one we had was King Corbin in the
00:04:50
Speaker
think he was in like the 90s or like 80s, the elite 80s. We also have Randy Orton rocking his shorts and his hoodie. We have Kushida.
00:05:05
Speaker
We have a new riddle coming. We have a new Candice LeRae coming. We have an old school basic Rey Mysterio. You're going to notice a theme throughout today's announcements. There's quite a few Rey Mysterio-centric things.
00:05:26
Speaker
You know, she still hasn't had an ultimate or an elite figure, Dave, but we have a new basic Tamina coming along with a new basic Natalia. Roman Reigns, Cedric Alexander, Stone Cold Steve Austin rocking jeans and a three 16 day shirt. And I think we'll get into that in a moment. What, what that could be.
00:05:49
Speaker
Um, a basic Finn Balor. And then we have some new, um, championship showdown, uh, two packs. So we have, uh, the, uh, AJ styles and, and Oma, Omos. We have the WrestleMania three Hogan and Andre. And then we have the, um, the Thunderdome era, uh, Ms. And, uh, and Bobby Lashley from, uh, from one Bobby Lashley.
00:06:18
Speaker
got the Miz's title.
Elite Series Figures and Unique Features
00:06:22
Speaker
But yeah, so lots of basics. I think the one that kind of threw me off, and you had to do some explaining for me, was that 316-day Austin. Yeah, I think that's like Thunderdome era, which would have been March 16th of last year, if I remember right.
00:06:46
Speaker
It's a really weird segment with, like, Stone Cold and the Thunderdome by himself. And, like, Byron Saxton is responding to him as if he were the Thunderdome crowd or the live crowd. Like, Byron Saxton is giving hell yes and stuff. It's super weird. Yeah, I mean, I guess it took them a while to kind of find their stride with the Thunderdome-era stuff, but...
00:07:13
Speaker
Oh, it's a, it's a part of the history. It's like, I guess it's something you can't ignore. Um, and then I realized there's three other basics. So, uh, we have the, um, 2023 top pick basics, uh, which is a suplex city Brock Lesnar. Uh, and he's got the, the, uh, track pants on and a, and a soup suplex city tank top. Um,
00:07:40
Speaker
We have, and it's old Brock, so it's not, he doesn't have the beard and the ponytail. Seth Rollins and a more modern rock. So bald, tattooed rock. And that covers it for the basics that were announced. Do you want to jump into some of the elites? I don't, there's so many, I don't know how we like break this down.
00:08:08
Speaker
We finally saw the MSK from Elite 94. We had seen previously Edge, Mace, Bret Hart, who's the Chase, Stephanie McMahon, and that special edition Bulldog, but we finally saw MSK from NXT.
SummerSlam Figures and Special Editions
00:08:30
Speaker
Lots of initials there. We saw...
00:08:35
Speaker
We saw the SummerSlam elites, which was Build a Figure, Child Dominic. The youngest Build a Figure. Yeah. So that's Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Sensational Sherry, and Ray Mysterio. Then we just saw a bunch of ones from other series. We saw a new Big E.
00:09:05
Speaker
with representing his World Championship, his WWE Championship win. WWE Championship Bobby Lashley. We saw an Eddie Guerrero with the SmackDown tag team title. So that's either gonna be when he was, I don't think he was champions with Chavo. He might have been though, or when he was champions with Rey.
00:09:30
Speaker
We saw early figure of the year candidate, Shotzi, depending on when that comes out, but that's just like a fantastic looking figure. We saw John Cena from when he was in his run against Roman Reigns. That was this past summer, wasn't it? Yeah. Or was it the fall? I think it was the summer. Well, last year. Yeah, it was late last year. Yeah, 2021.
00:10:02
Speaker
We have current smiling Brock with the ponytail and the beard in jeans. Unknown if we're getting a flannel shirt, but I hope we're getting a flannel shirt. Oh, please. I hope so too. We have ringside exclusive to the moon Cameron Grimes. And what's cool with that is he comes with the million dollar title and just like stacks of money.
00:10:32
Speaker
It looks like I'm not sure if they're sculpted into those hands. Like it looks like he has like money holding hands. I don't know if they're like like if the money is is
Exclusive Cameron Grimes and Ruthless Aggression Series
00:10:42
Speaker
loose. But yeah, that's that's a really that's a really fun figure. We got to see the packaging for ruthless aggression series one. And I guess what those figures will be. Oh, come on, you guys. Do you have one in you? Do you have do you have a ruthless aggression in you? No.
00:11:02
Speaker
You did it so well on the news. All right. Everyone's going to have to go back and listen to the news because he had it. He had it. Had it on point. No, my apologies. I'm feeling a little off tonight. So no, no Vince for me. Just because that's a diaphragm one. Fair enough. Say no more. Continue, please. So on to ruthless aggression. So we're looking at what they showed wave two of the Walmart exclusive ruthless aggression.
00:11:32
Speaker
Yeah, which is Booker T as in his brief stint in the NWO, which is very fun and not a figure I thought I needed until that was shown. We have a Rey Mysterio from that era and Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam from that era. Then we saw a whole bunch of upcoming legends.
00:11:59
Speaker
I think one of the big highlights is a Molly Holly with a Mighty Molly chase. I think the Mighty Molly is the standard and the regular Molly Holly is the chase. I'm sure we'll find out closer to that time.
Upcoming Legends Figures and Ultimates Teasers
00:12:22
Speaker
Coincidentally enough, I think that Molly goes better with the
00:12:27
Speaker
original hurricane that had a chase that was in like the standard series not in the legend series because that legend series with longer hair was like later kind of end of Hurricane and WWE hurricane We have one night stand Rey Mysterio We have the acolytes not to be confused at the APA this is a
00:12:54
Speaker
This is chest paint acolytes when they were in the Ministry of Darkness. Complete with tag titles, era appropriate tag titles. Yeah, we saw the Stacey again, which just looks great. We saw the X-Pac, which is the X-Pac that's gonna round out the DX line, but they showed him in the gear that he's wearing underneath the camo and DX stuff.
00:13:24
Speaker
Um, we saw that Cain, we saw that Lex Luger. Um, but then, then we get into ultimate land and, um, there's really, you know, a couple of things to worth pointing out there. Um, Oh wait, before we go on to ultimate, I just want to call out real fast. Oh, and there's the top picks with Batman Rey Mysterio. And I was going to say there's some really interesting, um, I guess you could say titled get.
00:13:52
Speaker
opportunities in these upcoming waves. So like in Elite 95, in Elite Wave 95, you have this, you have the SmackDown tag title with Eddie Guerrero. You have the modern. I think the last time that we got that titles with John Morrison and Survivor Series. I think you're right. Um, we have them and I'm, I'm only calling out these titles because you know, if you're,
00:14:20
Speaker
If you're a frequent listener to the show, you know that I am only very recently, like in the past like year or two, really kind of back into full swing into like wrestling figures. And, you know, it's so much fun to shoot them. And a lot of times, um, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm now going like on the aftermarket and just kind of like trying to snipe titles. Um, so you have, uh, Jimmy Uso also in elite 95 who comes with the smackdown tag title. And that thing has been, um, tough to find.
00:14:50
Speaker
Yeah, the current one, um, both Bobby Lashley and big E in that elite 95 come with the, uh, the, the world title as well. Um, and that, that Jimmy is like your, you know, yes, there was the J and the white pants, but I, which was more like Helen, you know, against Helen the cell Roman, um, like in that feud.
00:15:16
Speaker
But this could go with Jay or just expect another Jay because of how like this off the charts the bloodline is. Yeah. And I don't think that that fire is burning out anytime soon either. You also have two upcoming opportunities. Three. We'll get to the third one shortly.
Ultimate Figures Showcase and Articulation Improvements
00:15:38
Speaker
But you have two elite upcoming opportunities to get big gold. Both one night stand.
00:15:45
Speaker
Legends great Mysterio comes with it and The the SummerSlam build a Dominic Randy Orton comes with it So that title has not been in a single pack in a while I think the last time we saw it recently was in the two-pack with with Brett and Goldberg But speaking of Goldberg Dave, oh That Becky Lynch his survivor series Yes
00:16:15
Speaker
Yes, there was a Becky Lynch prototype. It was the only prototype that was on display. All the others, I mean, some of them might have been prototypes but painted. The Becky Lynch that they had on display is from Survivor Series in like the all red outfit. They did put a render of it up though. Yeah, there is a render. And again, speaking of title, she comes with the raw women's title.
00:16:45
Speaker
Speaking of of of Goldberg and Big Gold, Dave, why don't we head into some ultimates? Yeah. So now I don't know if this Goldberg is I guess he would be mainline ultimates. And it would be him and Roman in this series. But spoiler alert, it's him and Roman as the next two. And
00:17:15
Speaker
And what's really cool is that Goldberg is WCW Goldberg. So really you're like WCW Goldberg was in that two pack with that awful Bret Hart figure. Yeah. That didn't have like a hockey jersey or. The pink was weird. And wasn't in street gear to represent that occasion. He should have been in shorts. Which now you can get that Bret.
00:17:44
Speaker
You can, but I guess you could do like a little head swap. Head pop. Yeah. Um, but anyway, so you get ultimate Goldberg for WCW and it's like the last Goldberg you'll need. Um, I guess it's representing, which is pretty cool. I don't know if it'll go with that Hollywood Hogan ultimate. Cause I don't know exactly what that one is off the top of my head.
00:18:14
Speaker
But this is clearly, and I mean, black trunks, black elbow pads, black knee pads, short boots, Goldberg was Goldberg for the WCW run. But with the US title and the WCW world title, aka the big gold belt or the WWE world heavyweight championship, that is him winning the title at the Georgia Dome when he had both belts.
00:18:41
Speaker
You also get a really interesting head. You get stoic Goldberg, you get screaming Goldberg, and you get blowing sparkler smoke Goldberg. Definitely a first of its kind head sculpt for ultimate figures. Yeah, that's something. So Dave, in terms of availability before you continue,
00:19:05
Speaker
Just going off of Twitter, because I mean, this is the only information that we have going off of ringside collectibles tweets. The the Roman Reigns that we'll get into shortly says available soon at ringside. The other two. So Goldberg and Macho Man are not listed as as coming soon to ringside. So they could be Amazon ones. It could be the next target. Yeah. Right. Because we recently had. Well, Shawn Michaels is the next Amazon. Yeah.
00:19:34
Speaker
But we all, and Triple H was beforehand, so. Oh, that's right. Goldberg was a vote, wasn't he? Oh, yeah, you're right. He was. And I remember thinking, yeah, so Goldberg's going to be Amazon. Goldberg is Amazon. And Mach is probably Target. Target with Batista. If you want to call that like a seer, because Ultimate's coming too, right? Yep. So, you know, Eric actually unburied the lead there after I unburied the lead on the Roman. We'll talk about Macho in a minute.
00:20:08
Speaker
But we've got Bloodline, Current, Modern Day, Roman. And this is like, you know how you can kind of say the Ultimates are the last figure of this person that you need until they have like a major gimmick change.
00:20:24
Speaker
So this is the last Bloodline Roman that you need. Unless they release Red Tracksuit Roman from this past Monday's Raw. Because that ruled, and they need that figure. At the very least, give me Red Tracksuit Roman Basic. There's no deco on that. But I need a Red Tracksuit Roman. Yeah, that was... Especially with the Usos coming out behind him in the Red Bloodline shirts. That was a look. Like that was...
00:20:53
Speaker
As a powerful walk down to the ring. Yeah, I definitely need red track suit. Give me all the bloodline Romans that you can. Just give me all of them. And since the Steiners are in the Hall of Fame now, give me all the Steiner brothers too. But anyway, so Roman has the red gauntlet. So it is like current. He has the red necklace from when
00:21:25
Speaker
The Sika and Alpha gave him the necklace after he won the title. Yep. To prove that he could lead the bloodline. So that was really where that got cemented. So that's really cool. You got that awesome bloodline shirt. You get hair down, long hair, Roman. You got, it looks like man bun Roman. Yep. And then you've got, which is a first and quite honestly, a necessary head.
00:21:54
Speaker
Um, the screaming, um, before the, the Haka head. Yeah. Which is awesome. I love that. I mean, that's so iconic, you know, and part of not just like his persona, but like the whole heritage aspect, you know, it's, it's like, it's going to be so awesome to, to be able to have that represented. It's just that it's the best.
00:22:19
Speaker
And it comes with, and you know, I know we had the first Blue Universal title with Goldberg in the WrestleMania set last year. I believe that was the WrestleMania set. Yeah, it was, wasn't it? Yep. Yep. The Paul Ellerine. So I know a lot of times, or sometimes they'll crank up the titles for the Ultimate figures. So you might get like a better Blue Universal title, but there is a Blue Universal title.
00:22:49
Speaker
Um, yeah, there's been a there's been a bunch at this point. Um, I think there's like a drew that's even come with one. Um, yeah, it's probably the same one as the Goldberg. So yeah, but, but to your point, a lot of times with these, these ultimate ones, like you might get some like better jewel work on the actual, um, on the WWE logo, you know, the, the, um,
00:23:15
Speaker
There might just be a little more deco on those two side plates. You know, like even like the rock one, you got the rock side plates on it. So that would be neat if it had the Roman ones trying to look. It's hard to see in the in the render. It just looks like it just the render just has a regular title as a placeholder. But it's just a blue title. Yeah. But that would be awesome if it's if it's Roman's belt. I just love. I mean, that would be awful for.
00:23:44
Speaker
You know, toy photographers who just want a better universal title. Yeah. But I mean, it's an ultimate edition figure. Like if anything, they kind of laid that groundwork with the the modern day rock or the WrestleMania, I guess the WrestleMania 29 rock. Or was that Royal Rumble? I don't remember which gear he's in. But it's it's the most recent ultimate of the rock. Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:14
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's I just love to with these Roman figures. Like I keep I can't stop buying them because I'm a sucker for a good T-shirt. So like when he had the came with the head of the table shirt like which I think I got that one, too. That's so good with the with the bun when he first won when he first like came back. That one has that is the shirt before the header head of the table one. That's the
00:24:44
Speaker
What would shirt did he wear before head of the table? That's right when he came back and was like starting to be heelish. Yeah, it's not the But it was like also like first man bun head Roman, which I think is why I got it Yes Because then the newest the newest Roman the one with the gold gauntlet and the double jointed elbows and the head of the table shirt Doesn't come with the man bun head
00:25:11
Speaker
Because I was like, this is clearly like this Roman. Oh, yeah. And then we also saw that fan takeover, because these, I guess, would be fan takeover ultimates. Yeah. Akin to like the. Wreck everyone and leave. Oh, that shirt that he had on with the man bun. These would be akin to the.
00:25:42
Speaker
The Jeff Hardy and the Hogan and the Triple H that's still coming out at some point. The Batista that just came out. So it's like that fan takeover slash Legends Ultimate. Yep. And it's Macho Man. And it's Macho Man. It's NWO Macho Man. So, you know, it's your upgrade for your original ringside exclusive.
00:26:12
Speaker
NWO black-and-white macho man If you've got that wolf pack one hang on to it. I still have that that's a great figure but Yeah, this is gonna be the black-and-white NWO soft goods shirt with the Cutouts, you know this within you've actually got two shirts. He's got two shirts madness and the madness kind of ring gear one and then the
00:26:40
Speaker
him behind bars shirt. Yes. Amazing. Yeah. And we have a new head. He's got the tongue out head this time around. Yeah. And you know, it's still got that bandana feature where it's like it's sitting on his head. I don't know if how they'll ever be able to get that like to be perfect looking. It's hard to say. Yeah.
00:27:07
Speaker
but it's still cool. And what's neat is, you know, we're on our, for the past like year or two, over a year, you know, that'll be the third ultimate macho man. If you think about it. Yeah. Cause you got, if you were an early birder on the, uh, on the, the new gen arena, which we both were. You got that WrestleMania 10 macho man. Then you have the original,
00:27:38
Speaker
kind of late wwe era macho man but i would say it's closer to like i guess i would say that's closer to like wrestlemania wrestlemania 8 maybe like him versus flare which the one that comes with the arena no the original ultimate with the white jacket with the white jacket and the like pink and green yeah because the the one that comes with the new gen arena is a hundred percent wrestlemania oh it's wrestle it's
00:28:07
Speaker
build as WrestleMania 10. Yeah. And then this is just straight up like NWO. Yeah. Black and white macho man. Yep. Which is cool. It's awesome. Mm hmm. You know, and to me, like, you know, this always comes up, you know, is I know that's the finding. I know that defining moments. It's not even like a question of reuse. It's more of a question of like redoing figures. Because this is this is basically a redo of that ringside one.
00:28:38
Speaker
It's a redo the ringside one, which gives people a second crack at a figure that now has a pretty big draw on the aftermarket, yeah. But to me, this is also smart reuse, right? Because you can use the same scan, a lot of the same headsculpts, but they are throwing in a new one that they're throwing in the tongue out headsculpt. But I think this is smart reuse, because it allows them to use a lot of the same sculpt work. Those hands that are only
00:29:09
Speaker
Well, no, it doesn't have like the points or anything like that, which is interesting. No, it's got like the it's got like the flat hands. I mean, it's got this is glove hands macho man. Yeah. But the finger like the points would have been cool because he still did it. Yeah. But I think they they they give you a couple of that extra head and the extra two soft good shirts. I mean, it's you definitely have an array of accessories there.
00:29:39
Speaker
For sure. The Goldberg one was the one that I was worried about. Because even when they put that fan poll up, I remember the conversation we had was like, other than the additional articulation points, what do you do to make a Goldberg figure ultimate? I mean, what's good is you need to really do three things, right, with them.
00:30:04
Speaker
You need to do the jackhammer, you need to do the spear and you need to do him in the corner waiting to do the spear. Yeah. And you probably do that a lot easier in the ultimate than you can in that two pack one. Well, yeah, I mean, ultimately, pun intended, especially with some with like the new double, you know, giving the elites double jointed elbows. It's really and and Kane and the Undertaker, these most two recent ultimates are my first ultimate figures.
00:30:33
Speaker
And honestly, it's the additional articulation points with the ultimates are very subtle, but they're subtle in a way that gives you a lot of realistic movement out of them. So like their, their articulation hits that are in like just the right spots to give you just kind of this little bit of nuance, additional nuance to the figure. So like.
00:30:56
Speaker
Yeah, you'll be able to give Goldberg that, you know, you'll be able to kind of like freeze that energy, um, that he always had, especially in those, you know, the WCW days. Um, but, but, you know, I think to answer the question too, is that they made it worth, you know, worth your money with that extra like crazy head sculpt with the, with the blowing mist and the additional title. I would not have expected them to put what, what, what is that the, the us title in there?
00:31:25
Speaker
Yeah, that made sense. If anything, I would have been disappointed if it wasn't there. Because during that whole undefeated streak, he had two belts. The US title and the world title. And honestly, that should have that Goldberg. I don't think that there ever would be a 100% in the fan vote, like a unanimous fan vote.
00:31:51
Speaker
But like if you were voting for like a WWE era Goldberg, like why? Yeah, what's the point? I mean, he's. Famous, infamous, whatever you want, whatever you want to say with the beating KO with the red belt, like what do you want? You want him beating Triple H for the big gold belt again? OK, they had they made that like you're good with the elite. Yeah.
00:32:18
Speaker
And, and, you know, to your point, there are certain, there are certain wrestlers and certain looks. Like once they get that ultimate treatment, like not to say that they don't need to make another Goldberg figure. Cause there's always somebody that's new to collecting. There's always going to be somebody that, you know, wants to get in and you know, there's wants a Goldberg figure. So like, sure. Like just reissue this one, like wait and then reissue it because it's. Or, or just reissue the.
00:32:47
Speaker
Elite as the two-pack as a single car like yeah something like that absolutely But it is it's a it's a great-looking figure cuz they re-released like the WrestleMania Goldberg as top picks like I did. Yes. Why what? The only reason people wanted that was because you got to yeah you needed it for Paul Ellering I I you know I I don't I don't like to
00:33:17
Speaker
I don't like it's not a knock on it. It's just like it's an era of Goldberg. That's like, yes, it's not represented. But it's like, it's not very Toyota. It's not very Toyota. But it's also not something that's like a fan renowned. No era of Goldberg. He was working at the at that point, he was working super short matches. And I mean, like when I think of that era Goldberg, I think of that disastrous match with him and the Undertaker. Mm hmm.
00:33:45
Speaker
And it's just like, it was like a botch fest and like something I don't want to remember because they, you know, were very close to doing some serious harm to each other. Yeah. So, so I don't really need an action figure. The one of him and Brock was, was fun. Um, the one with him and Lashley was fine. Yes. That was a very redeeming match for him. That, that, that one at the, in, uh, what was that in Saudi Arabia? That was an awesome match.
00:34:15
Speaker
Absolutely awesome match. And the one with Drew wasn't bad either from WrestleMania last year, wasn't it? It was short, but yeah. Or was that a pay-per-view? I don't think it was WrestleMania. Yeah, no, it was it was one of the Thunderdome pay-per-views. But either way, like it's... And that's not to knock like, you know, anyone. It's just like it's, you know, there are a couple times where you see a figure and I'm like, no, I'm good. Like...
00:34:45
Speaker
Like, like the most one of the most recent edge basics with the painted on shirt. It's like, man, pass. I'm all right. But regardless, I'm very pumped for all those ultimates. I will do my best to acquire all of them as some of them are a good time to try to get. And now a word from our sponsors.
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00:36:09
Speaker
And now, back to the show. So before you hit us with the retro news, because there's a Series 2 and Series 3 teaser, they showed off the remaining Wave 3 of the Superstars line, which is the Undertaker in his original
00:36:35
Speaker
black and gray, look, got a nice soft goods tie, soft goods robe, or trench coat I should say. Then we have green suit Ted DiBiase.
00:36:47
Speaker
Again some really good soft goods these are these of course the superstars line is the the Remco inspired line on those masters of the universe origins bodies They look fantastic each wave looks better than the last and then mankind So you got a really and then rounding out that wave is Papa Shango, and then there's an ultimate warrior. That's coming I just don't know which wave he's been slotted into yet and
00:37:14
Speaker
Ultimate Warrior is part of the whole Nash and HBK wave. Okay. All I know is he's going to be available in the fall. He did not go up for pre-order with the others, but Papa Shango rounds out your wave three. Again, these are Walmart exclusives.
00:37:34
Speaker
I personally have not seen a single one on the pegs yet. No, me neither. I know people are super popular. Remember to with these, with the Masters of the Universe origins, with the rest in peace Masters of the WWE Universe and now these superstars lines, they are all kit bashable. So these figures come apart.
00:38:00
Speaker
They don't come apart easily, they come apart as intended. So, you know, you can take some of the, you know, like plain Masters of the Universe Origins figures, like you could buy a ton of He-Man figures and, you know, and, you know, eventually Sunman and, you know, if you wanted to give somebody blue skin, you could buy a bunch of Skeletors.
00:38:24
Speaker
But you can kind of kit bash your way through these. I've seen some really, shouts to Figvault, actually, on Instagram. He has kit bashed a bunch of the Masters of the WWE Universe figures to make some of those figures look like they're in the superstars line. So he has a standard looking Andre. He has a standard looking Cena. That Andre is good on his own, so I'm told. I think he needed to change.
00:38:54
Speaker
hands maybe because there was like gauntlets attached but same with that scene of the scene and needs new needed different hands yeah but like it they look they look really cool together
00:39:07
Speaker
You know, sure, it's another line and another scale that you have to collect. Um, you know, if you get into it, but, uh, you know, if you do have any of your AWA Remco figures, these display well with them. Um, the, the major wrestling figure podcast, they have their Remco ones, more of their Remco ones, including a referee. So, you know, at least you'll have a, a series of figures that you can, you can pair with a referee. No one else seems to be other than, than jazzwares.
00:39:37
Speaker
with their Aubrey. Other than Aubrey. Yeah. But yeah, so you can expect those to show up in pre-order at Walmart soon. Yeah, even the Masters, they were ones where I was like, I love this, but I just can't do everything. Yeah, I needed to show the stream. The superstars are in my, would be nice, but I just like, especially that most recent wave, the whole Nash and HBK.
00:40:06
Speaker
Like those are just three just dazzling figures. And I will say, you know, I never had my own He-Man and Skeletor back in the day. Like, you know, I had I had yours to play with. And I wanted a He-Man and Skeletor for, you know, just for.
00:40:22
Speaker
Kind of like reference right so I picked up the Masters of the Universe Origins He-Man Skeletor when they were on clearance at some point at Walmart and I will say that once you open them and get them in hand and again these are the same parts same plastic same molds they are really great figures they have
00:40:41
Speaker
Tons of articulation in places that you wouldn't think they should i'm like i'm talking like rocker ankles i'm talking you know these big muscular like. Fies and calves and biceps and single jointed elbows that go and knees that go like way further than you'd imagine.
00:41:02
Speaker
They just feel really nice. So like I totally understand why people are going head over heels in into both this and the Masters of the WWE universe and the origins because they just are really good figures. So it behooves you. If you're worried about getting into another line, don't even experiment. Don't get one because I promise you, as soon as you get them in hand, you're going to be like, Hmm, I should probably get on all these. Yeah, don't do it.
00:41:32
Speaker
don't do do what I say not what I do yeah like I I almost got the wave one of the superstars and I was like yeah I can't do this like
00:41:52
Speaker
I only have a handful of Remco's anyway. I think I had like Shawn Michaels, which yeah, I'm aware of that figure. Doesn't have the accessories anymore, so don't worry about it. I think you have the Road Warriors too. I have the Road Warriors. I had a couple other ones. I had Rick Martell. Was Flare one? I feel like you had a Flare.
00:42:15
Speaker
Flair was definitely one, but I did not have him. Okay. I'm just trying to remember the one, cause those used to live in the same bin somehow as like the Karate Kid figures and the, uh, like the Rambo ones. I mean, I'm guessing just based on year, it's like doing archeology. No, they were in the same scale. They were Remco's as well. Karate Kid and Remco. I think maybe you're right. The Rambo ones definitely weren't. There were some other brand, but, um,
00:42:45
Speaker
I just always assumed it was because of the time period. The Karate kids were Remkos. They were like kind of the same height-ish, if I remember right. I could be completely wrong, but they were absolutely Remkos. And then I don't know about Rambo.
00:43:09
Speaker
So speaking of exclusives and retro nostalgia, Dave, what do we have to look forward to for the Mattel Creations WWE retro line? So for the retro line, we have... So the Rambo figures were Coleco, by the way. You're an encyclopedia, I love you. I'm not gonna lie, I just looked.
00:43:37
Speaker
All right, so the next wave of retros, the Mattel Creations retros, we have the Hart Foundation, Bret Hart, Jim the Anvil Knight Hart, in the aviators, in mid 80s Hart Foundation gear, and we know that to be true because Jimmy Hart is the next figure.
00:44:01
Speaker
So you get two Jimmy Harts this year in different lines. And then Nikolai Volkov to go with your Iron Sheik from a couple series ago. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but Jim Nye Hart in the Hasbro days, he never had a Hart Foundation figure, right? He did not. That was during his time with Coco Beware. Well, no. That was his time with Owen. Owen. Yeah, with the blue and yellow. It was originally Owen and Coco Beware. Yeah.
00:44:31
Speaker
Which were high energy and then when Coco left it was the new foundation Right With the the checkerboard pants Mm-hmm And the suspenders I believe didn't they have suspenders no Maybe coming to the ring they had suspenders Or maybe just Owen had them I just I just remember always thinking when we were kids like that It was weird that he wasn't in pink and black
00:45:02
Speaker
So it's good to finally have that version of him in that format.
00:45:14
Speaker
But anyway, yeah, so we have that Heart Foundation Jim the anvil that if you know Rumor has it and tends to be a pretty accurate seeming rumor That it was originally supposed to be Heart Foundation Jim the anvil from when they got back together briefly in the in the 90s And then
00:45:42
Speaker
Yeah, so now we're getting like peak heel 80s art foundation. And then speaking of figures that were never made, but we know to have almost existed thanks to a friend of the Podmatt Cardona. Tugboat for Series 3.
00:46:04
Speaker
Yeah, now begins the pondering who are the other three that go with him. I think they're going to stick with kind of in that Legends world for a little bit longer before they start working on some modern folks.
00:46:19
Speaker
Oh, I don't think they're gonna be working in modern people for a while. Especially if you see kind of, all right, we went WrestleMania 1. This is kinda WrestleMania 2, 3-ish. Tugboat is... When did Tugboat come in? That was before 6, wasn't it? Oh, god. So... I don't have an answer for you on that one. Way before my time, and I do not have the ri- Which one was the one with Slaughter?
00:46:48
Speaker
Oh, I just rewatched all these too. I believe that was seven. With like, heal like terrorist slaughter? Yeah, with the Sergeant Slaughter turning heal and being an Iraqi sympathizer. Yeah, that tugboat was WrestleMania like six, seven-ish.
00:47:15
Speaker
Yep, I just watched that one. Correct. So, um, you know, or yeah, what tugboat actually came in when earthquake injured Hulk Hogan back when that feud was happening. So like, it's that kind of time span, but I wouldn't be surprised if you see like,
00:47:42
Speaker
You could get like a, a carnal Mustafa and a, and a slaughter actually. And then there's the, you know, red and yellow Hogan for this kind of run of, of these. Yeah. Yeah. Good.
00:48:00
Speaker
Yeah, so that kind of rounds out all the announcements. I know there was a lot. We just spent, jeez, 40 minutes talking about announcements. Some of these are already up for pre-order on Ringside Collectibles.
00:48:17
Speaker
They have put up, I'll tell you right now, the SummerSlam, Build the Dominic, Elite 94, Basic Series 132, the To the Moon, Cameron Grimes,
00:48:34
Speaker
And it looks like the money is part of his hand. Yeah. Which is hilarious. The 2023 elite top talents and the 2023 basic top talents. All of those sets are available currently for pre-order on ringsidecollectibles.com.
00:48:51
Speaker
And if you head over there and you pre-order them, put in code AIC at checkout and we'll save you 10%. So yeah, if you're looking to get a jump on those, as you guys know, if you're a wrestling figure, fans, you know, ringside collectibles gets these earlier than anybody else. So if you wanted to jump on them, now's the time to do it.
00:49:18
Speaker
So with that Dave, let's head into our main topic here and let's talk some WrestleMania moments. This segment is brought to you by our friends at Chubsy Wubsy Toys. A traditional mom and pop toy store in Little Falls, New Jersey, Chubsy Wubsy Toys brings you the best new toys from the brands you love without the hassle of pounding the pavement, searching for them at larger retail stores.
00:49:45
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00:50:15
Speaker
you could do whatever you want to do I'm good either way you know what let's let's do let's do our top threes first we'll save our wants for the end so um they are ones that other than one of them I don't think I own any other than yeah one of these I only it's the only one I own and I don't own
00:50:40
Speaker
two of these and I say two um I picked with kind of sentimentality for me more so than anything so this was an interesting exercise for me actually so the the want when we get to the want that I can say um the want I just think it should have happened but
00:51:02
Speaker
The want is something that I like a moment from my childhood watching the watching wrestling. Whereas honestly, the the the three, my top three, I only own one of them.
00:51:18
Speaker
And that is also something that I think is just iconic. But the other two are actually pretty recent things and have been something that has been kind of, I guess you could say, important to me in recent years. So I'm curious to see what yours are because we did not discuss these in advance. And I have one that I would say is like an honorable mention. And that's going to be the fan takeover.
00:51:43
Speaker
Amazon-exclusive Ricky the Dragon steamboat, which I know that's the second time they've made that WrestleMania 3 one, but like, I was a big Dragon fan when I was a big Ricky Steamboat fan. Like, I bought in, I thought he was... Boncho Man really almost killed him with the ring bell and like... It's real, it was real to you.
00:52:06
Speaker
Oh, it was also like, that was also six years old, so. I know, we all have those moments, Dave. All right, so since you started with your honorable mention, I don't have one, so I'm gonna jump right into my top three here, so. Okay. My first one, you know, I'm gonna do these in order of WrestleMania, so I'm gonna start with the oldest WrestleMania first. So this is the only one of these that I own, and it's the WrestleMania moment's basic Andre the Giant with Ring Cart from WrestleMania III.
00:52:36
Speaker
I love, I love, love, love, love, love a good basic figure. When a basic figure hits, it's awesome. And Andre is a perfect example of a wrestling figure that does not need to be an elite or an ultimate.
00:52:51
Speaker
You know as long as that the head sculpt and face scanner there, which these absolutely are you know this figure looks incredible He's in the black single strap You know unitard it's awesome comes with the ring cart, which is you know iconic and you know great for photography great for display Yeah, so that's that's my first one. I'm so many moments basic Andre the giant from WrestleMania 3 and
00:53:15
Speaker
All right, I'm gonna go with the first WrestleMania I saw, and that's WrestleMania 2. And it's a two-pack that is undoubtedly one of, like, it's not a heralded match at all, but the two-pack rules. And I love it, and it was my first WrestleMania that I watched and I wore the tape out, and it's not a great WrestleMania. And that's WrestleMania 2.
00:53:45
Speaker
Um, Mr. T, Roddy Piper, the boxing match two-pack. It's such a bizarre match and such a like, I can't believe they made it. And it was one of those things where I was like, all right, they made this and I need it. Like, I loved this when I was a kid and yeah, it immortalizes such a weird moment in WrestleMania history.
00:54:11
Speaker
Plus, you got that license for Mr. T, so just make them all. You basically have. Oh, it's true, actually, with the new ultimate that's coming out. Yeah. Yeah, and then that Comic Con was kind of like a Saturday night's main event, Mr. T. That figure is just like a Mr. T figure. But it's awesome regardless. Yeah, it's awesome.
00:54:39
Speaker
Alright, my next one, we jump from WrestleMania 3 to WrestleMania 32 and it is another basic figure. It is, speaking of friend of the pod, Matt Cardona, it's basic series 72 Zack Ryder in the ring gear in which he won the intercontinental title in.
00:55:01
Speaker
in the venue that WrestleMania will be in this weekend. Yep, in Dallas. So I was not a wrestling fan at the time, so I did not watch that when it happened. But as I got back into wrestling, we got a chance to sit down and chat with Matt.
00:55:21
Speaker
And of course, you know, just kind of the awesomeness of the major wrestling figure podcast. And, you know, we've said it before, how much of an influence that was on, on this show. Um, you know, going back and kind of reliving that moment for the first time, and, and, and I shouldn't even say reliving it. I'm going back and seeing that moment for the first time, truthfully, not knowing how that wrestling he was going to end. I didn't, I did not know the outcome of that match. I didn't know.
00:55:44
Speaker
is history with the title. Um, so it was awesome. Like I was watching it. I was on the edge of my seat. I couldn't believe it when it happened. I think I actually texted you afterwards and I was like, why did you, why did you not tell me that this was a thing that happened? Um, so, so yeah, I know it's a basic figure, uh, but again, you know, it's, it's a, it's a good likeness of, uh, good likeness of Matt.
00:56:21
Speaker
That was always, he was always someone I was a fan of, so that was cool to see. Speaking of somebody in purple and white gear, I'm gonna go backwards a little bit to WrestleMania 7. It is the defining moments. Macho Man Randy Savage, although I believe he was still Macho King Randy Savage at the time.
00:56:30
Speaker
I love the white and purple ring gear, so yeah, that's my next one.
00:56:49
Speaker
Going into WrestleMania 7, that's the retirement match with the Ultimate Warrior. And this is one of those ones where it's overdue to be redone as an Ultimate. I just think it is. If you were ever going to do your first Ultimate 2-pack,
00:57:13
Speaker
You could do... Oh my god. Um... Well, you wouldn't even know who I would pick for the second one. It wouldn't be Ultimate Warrior. I'm just thinking an ultimate, like, just an ultimate two-pack. Like, the idea of there being an ultimate two-pack is just... And that's the second person and it is Elizabeth and Shriekir. Oh god. Um... Nope, but that's a good point. That's a good point. Well, yeah, like, or at least, like, there needs to be another, like, an ultimate of this.
00:57:41
Speaker
It's almost like so much time has passed that they need a second crack at it because it's such a huge moment. And, you know, the match rules. It's. It's I mean, it's probably one of it's probably everybody's favorite Ultimate Warrior match, to be honest.
00:58:04
Speaker
But, you know, the moment afterwards with Elizabeth coming out of the crowd and then there's that shot of the people, you know, shots of the people crying and the...
00:58:12
Speaker
And she, she hands it to Sherry too, right? Yeah. Because sensational Sherry comes back in the ring and starts, starts kicking macho man. Like it's such a, it's such an awesome moment. Um, it really, it really, and I can actually, that's another one where like, obviously I was not alive for that WrestleMania. If I was, I was like one. Um, I don't know if that was 88 yet or 89. No, you were alive. You were absolute. WrestleMania seven, you were alive. WrestleMania one was 84. But, um, or 85.
00:58:48
Speaker
That one I got to see with like new eyes. And again, like just knowing wrestling, like I knew that all those things happened, but like seeing it kind of play out, it really was like a, that was a powerful moment. So that would be a sweet too, too bad. I hate to say it sounds terrible, but like in lieu of accessories, like you could, even if, if they put in like just a, an Elizabeth with, you know, like, yeah, that would be amazing.
00:59:00
Speaker
That was one I did not remember watching.
00:59:19
Speaker
It'd be amazing. Yeah. Like, yeah. I mean, granted ultimate Elizabeth would rule, but like, even if you did it as like the same elite, well, yeah, but she's in that sweater and whatnot, like that's. Yeah. I have the elite of her in the yellow dress from the, like the summer slam. Yeah. And it's a great figure. Even the one of her in the green dress was a great figure too. From a couple of years before that.
00:59:49
Speaker
All right, so my my last one and and truthfully I don't know why I haven't gotten these figures yet. I will likely get around to it at some point but This next my last one takes us to WrestleMania 36. So only two years ago And it's it's WrestleMania 38 Elite AJ AJ Styles and Elite 85 Undertaker This is a two for one package here because it's the Boneyard match and
01:00:16
Speaker
Undertaker's last, his last ride. The pandemic was, and kind of like, we're still feeling it, but when it was at its height, and everyone was scared, and everyone didn't know what to do, and we didn't know what was gonna continue and what was gonna happen. I mean, WrestleMania was the first thing that happened, that WrestleMania. And you have to give it to the WWE.
01:00:42
Speaker
They really showed that I think they were a little more nimble than people give them credit for by doing these theatrical moments, these cinematic matches, both in the Boneyard match and what they did with Cena and Bray, which was fantastic, the Firefly Funhouse match.
01:01:08
Speaker
But the Boneyard match, Undertaker was ready to hang it up and it would have been terrible had he not had the opportunity to have one last showing. And it was cool to see him come back out as the American Badass for the first time in a long time, the way that they shot that match, the spots, the Metallica.
01:01:29
Speaker
It just, it really was impressive. And I find myself, I actually go back and I watch it from time to time. The Undertaker literally murdered Gallows and Anderson off of WWE TV. For real, he did. That was their last appearance. It was, but it was awesome. It was just, it was such an awesome match. And, you know, proved that, you know,
01:01:54
Speaker
even in a time where it was tough to have that kind of entertainment that they found a way to do it. It was filmed outside. They literally checked all the boxes, right? But yeah, it was awesome. Yeah, those matches were fantastic. It's really cool to have figures of those two performers in that gear with the accessories.
01:02:24
Speaker
AJ comes with the fun hands, so you can do the thing with the glove. He's got the shirt on, he's got the jeans. Of course, the Undertaker is rocking his American badass look. They're an awesome pair of figures. It would be super cool to see them as maybe a two-pack with some additional accessories from the match. The accessories they have, though, are good. They are, the shovel and everything.
01:02:50
Speaker
Um, but yeah, uh, you got to chase them down in two different waves, which, you know, isn't, isn't super uncommon. I think they made the top picks undertaker now is that too. Yes. Yeah. The 2022 top picks undertaker is, uh, is, is, uh, is a re-release of the Boneyard one. So, but yeah. Uh, so yeah. Uh, either top picks or elite 85 undertaker and, and WrestleMania 38 build events, uh, elite AJ styles Boneyard match.
01:03:20
Speaker
And there's a ton, you know, we're missing, you know, the Ko-fi from a couple of years ago. The Bianca. The Bianca from recently. I mean, we could sit here all day. They've done so, I mean, they've done waves and waves of literally just WrestleMania figures. Like I'm sitting here looking at my
01:03:48
Speaker
the Austin from that, that WrestleMania like his farewell match and it's an amazing figure. So amazing Austin figure. Yeah. Like there's, there's just so many, you know, um, that ultimate rock, which I think it's more Royal wrong. No, cause it's the new belt. It's WrestleMania. Yeah. It's gotta be WrestleMania. Um, you know, there's Daniel Bryan from WrestleMania 30. Um, you know, you can go on forever.
01:04:17
Speaker
The Batista, even though the match wasn't the greatest, that last Batista, because that's his last match. So there's a lot. There's a lot of good ones. Hunter, too. That Hunter from that match. Yeah. That's a great finger. Yeah. So WrestleMania 10, WrestleMania, I'm sorry, 12 Shawn Michaels. It goes on forever.
01:04:46
Speaker
So close us out, Dave. What's your last one? My last one is an entire series because it's the only WrestleMania I've ever been to. That was WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium.
01:04:59
Speaker
It's a four-pack with a build to Paul Heyman. I would love to get these. They roll for about 100 plus each now these days. There's still, you know, I still have some saved searches where it's like, oh yeah, there they are. And there's still that much. But it's honestly one of
01:05:24
Speaker
My favorite match is that I've seen live even though I thought Punk was gonna break the streak. It's CM Punk in the gray trunks with the purple stars. In his like mocking The Undertaker leading up to that match. You have Brock Lesnar from the match with Triple H. You have Daniel Bryan from the tag team match early in the show when he was
01:05:53
Speaker
I'm sorry, when he was with Kane and Team Hell No. And then you have John Cena from the Rock match. And then there's like a Toys R Us exclusive Triple H from that match too with Brock. When Triple H when he was coming out got sprayed with the dry ice and had burns on his chest the whole match.
01:06:16
Speaker
Whoops. Yeah. But even still like, you know, thinking back at that punk match, like that Undertaker entrance where he was basically like crowd surfing out, like it just ruled. Mm hmm. Like that was a fun WrestleMania. It was probably a fun WrestleMania just because it was there, but. You know, The Rock doing an entire match with a torn abdomen like. Because he he hurt himself like seconds into the match.
01:06:45
Speaker
It is just, you know, it was fun. It was the first WrestleMania I ever, it was the only WrestleMania I've ever been to. So that those four figures to me will always just remind me of that and of going more so than what happened. Fair.
01:07:03
Speaker
So let's cover our, before we dip into some of the suggestions from our followers, let's hit our wants. So you started us off with your top moments, so I'll start us off with the wants. This was, as soon as we discussed that we were gonna do this, this was an instant, like absolute instant. Did not have to think twice about this.
01:07:32
Speaker
If I could snap my fingers right now and have a WrestleMania moment appear in front of me, it would be a two-pack and it would be WrestleMania 11, Lawrence Taylor and Bam Bam Bigelow.
01:07:46
Speaker
You know BAM BAM they got the legends deal so yeah, and and I would love I mean that the ring gear That ECW BAM BAM rules it does but I for me the black and gray ring gear doesn't do it I need I need the the black Orange like like that the flame motif
01:08:08
Speaker
The red, yellow, and orange. Yeah. And that's what he wore at that match. It is not the greatest match. It's surprisingly good, though. It is. And I was just going to say. LT did all right. I rewatched it. LT, apparently he trained, at least I didn't really read too far into it. I remember them saying it in the match back in the day. And I recalled correctly, but they said that he trained with Diesel, with Kevin Nash.
01:08:37
Speaker
I mean, if that's the case, he prepped him well, because he did not miss any spots. He didn't botch anything. If anything, the lumberjack aspect of it with all of the athletes around the outside. With future WCW United States champion, Steve Mongo, McMichael. Yeah. But yeah, I would absolutely love
01:09:02
Speaker
two-pack of them I'm not even I'm not even a Giants fan but I just remember the hype of LT you know at really kind of like I mean it's cool being from New Jersey yeah and that's that's it and I you know considering the fact that they were able to get the rights for Gronk and you know and and Mr. T I have to imagine that getting the rights to to make an LT action figure wouldn't be
01:09:31
Speaker
Uh, too far out of the realm of possibility. So fingers crossed, you know, if, if, if we got our, uh, Roddy Piper boxing, um, boxing, uh, Mr. T two pack, uh, maybe we'll get an LT band bed one. So that that's, that's my want. Um, I mean, mine is, you know, I, I echo the sec sentiments of, uh, another podcast.
01:09:59
Speaker
about this topic. Um, I do think that a, um, WrestleMania 35 WWE tag team champion, Raw tag team champion, uh, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins would have ruled, uh, Matt in the Christian gear and, uh, Brian in the Jets gear. Yeah. Yeah. That the Jets gear was great. That the green and white
01:10:31
Speaker
You know you as a met fan. I appreciate the Mets gear more, but uh You know that's you know There's one on the field in which they play so that's that's really cool Yeah, that's it I think that you know it was a good match with the revival at the time with FDR the rematch the next night was good too and I
01:11:00
Speaker
Yeah, it was just a really cool moment that I know they're immortalizing with the Remco style figures, but it would have been cool to have seen a Mattel of it.
01:11:13
Speaker
So we have a couple of, now I'm looking at these, I collected them, I did not, full disclosure, I did not look in to see if any of these exist, so I don't know if these are people listing their favorites or people... Listing what they want. Listing what they want. So we'll figure that out as we go along. We don't have many here, we only have five.
01:11:36
Speaker
Well, I'll start with this one because I know it's not a thing. And I'm just going to assume, based off of this want, that at RyanNickel44 can see into the future, Dave, because he would like a Johnny Knoxville figure. Okay. You know, you could put Bad Bunny in there, too.
01:11:55
Speaker
Yeah, you know what? That's that was one that that like I said, I didn't have to second guess my my my pick for want. But if I had a runner up, it would absolutely be a Damien Priest and Bad Bunny to back. I mean, you could you could get away with just selling Bad Bunny on his own. I think people would buy that 100 percent. And I'd take him in either the like riot gear that he wore for WrestleMania or truth be told, the like
01:12:23
Speaker
Olive Green, Royal Rumble outfit. Give me either one. It's totally fine. Just give me a bad bunny figure. He better get one before Logan, not Logan Paul. Logan Paul. No, it's Logan. Yeah, he better get one before Logan Paul. That's all I'm saying. This next one I also know is a thing that's not a thing. And that'll be clear in a moment. But at Figure Kingdom wants a WrestleMania 10 Brett versus Owen two pack.
01:12:53
Speaker
I mean, yeah, that would rule. Um, it was a great match, but then it started the show too. It was like, yeah, we're starting at this high. And then coming in hot, one of the, one of the best matches in WrestleMania history. And then. And then the rest of WrestleMania 10, which had its other moments, but yeah. Um, yeah, but who knows depending on the, uh, the Owen that we get from jazzwares or one of the Owens that we get from jazzwares. We're not quite sure what we're going to see from that yet, but
01:13:22
Speaker
Maybe you could, you can kind of fudge your way through a, uh, uh, a redo of that match. Um, now this one, Dave, I don't know if this exists. So, um, Matt Goldberg at MBG 1211, uh, amazing photographer. He, he shoots like much of the jazzwares, uh, promo pics for their AEW line and figure kingdom actually.
01:13:48
Speaker
Going back to the last pick, he is an amazing photographer as well. He shoots a bunch of stuff for Ringside Collectibles and both Matt and Manny of Figure Kingdom. They did the Austin 316 day with us. So thanks again guys for doing that. But Matt wants to see a Joker Ray Mysterio. Okay. Yeah, I don't think they've done that.
01:14:11
Speaker
But considering they've, they're on a, I mean, he's, he's on the cover of, of WWE 2K22 and he has a ton of figures coming out. I mean, we're getting Batman Rey Mysterio and there's been the basic of Silver Surfer Rey Mysterio and they made Flash Rey Mysterio. So there you go. Maybe it'll happen. Um, yeah, I don't think they've done Joker one yet though. Yeah. No. If they did, it would have been way.
01:14:40
Speaker
If if they did way a long time ago, it could probably be I mean it could probably be done with a redo at this point, but um Yeah, it's uh We've said it before he's one of the most toyetic people on the planet and has probably had more action figures of him than like any but any other wrestler ever but uh Yeah, there should be much like spider-man or Batman. I feel like there should always be a Rey Mysterio There's the top picks one that's out right now, but like gray and pink one is amazing um
01:15:09
Speaker
Alright, the next one comes to us from at Sean to the max. He says easily the flaming table spot. I see that exists. Okay, help me out. It's that edge from last year and the Foley from the year before. Okay, so the foley sure that's the. It's the foley on the Tampa Bay card. Yeah.
01:15:39
Speaker
Because that's, unless it's supposed to be WrestleMania 2000, which... I mean, it would, just kind of going to the idea of a flaming table spot, it would be really cool to see them do something with a translucent flame effect. No, it is it. That is it. It's WrestleMania 22.
01:16:09
Speaker
Like that would be a fun ringside, like, cause that's not, that's an accessory that no one has tackled yet in wrestling figures. Like not even like the boss fight with the lucha stuff. Yeah. Those, those figures. So in, you know, the 20, the last year's WrestleMania edge and the year before his WrestleMania Foley are those figures. I'm guessing Sean once like blood and guts style, which you would never see happen. Yeah. I mean, they're not going to make figures.
01:16:39
Speaker
with the product that WWE produces, they're not going to make figures that are bloodied. But I wouldn't put it past them, like Steve and Bill and Rob, to try to make something with a table with a flame effect. That would be cool. Because they still make the breakaway tables. I mean, the last time they tried to do something, even WWE did something like it, I was there for it.
01:17:06
Speaker
Um, it was extreme rules after WrestleMania 30. Um, it was at the metal lands. It had that awesome, uh, what's it called? Um, falls count anywhere. Um, shield versus evolution match. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it had, it had wheel C on the pre-show, which was another like way too good, like unexpectedly good match.
01:17:36
Speaker
with Swago with 3MB and El Torito. With Primo and Epico, I forget the Los Matadores names, but it was Primo and Epico.
01:17:59
Speaker
Yeah, that like that. And then there was Kane and Daniel Bryan was the main event and Kane lit a table on fire and went and Kane went through the table. That was the last time I've seen WWE do that. And I don't think they've done it since. Yeah. I mean, they're bringing from what I heard today, the next Saudi Arabia event appears to be a TLC, isn't it?
01:18:29
Speaker
I just I Think they're at a point where I just don't see it happening. Yeah well, I mean ever everything is and no no knock the WWE because everything that they that they do is to kind of Continue the image that they have and they're you know They're trying to keep that PG-13 image and they want to keep a publicly traded company idea Yeah, and you know, they want to keep the a the injury the the legit injury. Mm-hmm
01:18:59
Speaker
And the, um, and the, the, you know, the blood down. So like, no, uh, I mean, what a match, what a match, but those figures are there. Yep. All right. And then our, our last one moving on to our last one. Um, this is again, I'm not sure. Uh, if this is something that exists or not, I feel like half of this might exist, but we'll get to that.
01:19:25
Speaker
At the burg 511, by the way, congratulations to To the burg and the burg wife on their their upcoming baby and grats guys. Um, I He's looking for a rock versus Hogan two-pack or a mega powers explode to pack I feel I mean, I feel like the rock and Hogan won
01:19:53
Speaker
you can put together you could but is it the right gear like i don't think that i think that well the ultimate hogan is a wcw yeah but i mean so i don't think in hollywood gear yeah but it's that the wwe and wo gear is different okay um
01:20:18
Speaker
So yeah, that's not, I mean, I'm sure that rock is out there in some form or fashion or something similar to it, but I think that that could be one. Let me look up WrestleMania 5 Hogan. Because I feel like those, that gear for either of them,
01:20:48
Speaker
is pretty common. Why do I feel like that the WrestleMania 5 Hogan is the basics that they just put out? It's the Hulk rules. It probably is. In the basic WrestleMania line. Let me look. Making us do work here. I've been looking stuff up old. All right, so it's the Hulk rules, bandana,
01:21:19
Speaker
Like headband. No, that's. No, that's not even Hulk rules. That's Hulkamania. That looks like either WrestleMania two. No, I'm looking at the, I'm not looking at the picture of the figure. I'm looking at the picture of Hogan.
01:21:41
Speaker
Oh, I'm looking at the figure. The basic that just came out? Yeah. That's like either WrestleMania 2 or WrestleMania 7. Okay. Yeah, I mean, the Hogan that's in the- And that's based off of how he's wearing the bandana. The Hogan in WrestleMania 5 is, it really would boil down to hair.
01:22:07
Speaker
Cause the ring gear is the, is the high yellow boots with the red knee pads and the yellow trunks and white wrist tape. So really you would just need the, a Hogan with the right. Like era of receding hairline. Um, it's so hard because like, and matches in the salmon have like four shirts. Yeah. I don't think there's been a match in the salmon ring gear.
01:22:37
Speaker
Sam colored ring gear I don't know if there has been with the white boots yeah I mean that's got to pack written all over it like let's let's be honest that's oh yeah those don't need to be elites that's got that's that's a that's got or those don't need to be ultimates excuse me I'm trying to look at what the other legends 11 one is nope that's yellow with yellow boots
01:23:09
Speaker
And it's no, and it's no stars either. He doesn't have, he doesn't have stars on his trunks. Yeah, he does. In WrestleMania five. He doesn't? No, I'm trying to, trying to zoom in on this picture and it's being, my phone's being a jerk. No, he's got it. I don't know, man. Oh, you're right, he doesn't. No, I think they're playing. Yeah, no, they're playing. He's got no, he's got no stars.
01:23:38
Speaker
So yeah, that's a unique Macho Man. I don't think we've had that. No, I don't think I've ever seen so much so that I didn't even realize that for... Unless, are they on his ass? No. I'm only seeing front pictures of him.
01:23:56
Speaker
I'm trying to find one from behind. No, they're not. They're completely plain. It's just plain salmon or pink trunks. Yep. He's got he's got salmon, pink trunks and salmon, salmon, pink knee pads and white boots. Yeah. And the white boots, I don't think I don't know if there's ever other than like Macho King like that WrestleMania seven. I don't know if there's been a white boots.
01:24:16
Speaker
or like the later Macho Man's, but like I don't think there's been like a Trunks white boots Macho Man figure. That's a great call. That is a great- The one you always get is the WrestleMania 3, the yellow with the- With the light blue. No. Right? Because isn't there just another basic of that one that just came out? No, that basic, I don't remember what that's from. Oh, because that's right. It's not on a WrestleMania card. It's on like just the regular basic card.
01:24:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, that's a great call. That's a great call on that. Like I said, you could probably fudge that Hogan. Yeah, because WrestleMania 3 is like the Randy Savage you've seen when you close your eyes. Yeah. The pink trunks or salmon trunks, yellow knee pads, yellow boots. It's basically Legends 11 without the creamer hand. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But that was a defining moments, too, with the big robe.
01:25:22
Speaker
But yeah, that's like that, you know, you're used to seeing that look macho man. And then all yellow is usually the other one. That's funny. I never realized that until looking at it. I'm today years old that he did not have stars on his trunks for that match. So yeah, that would that would be that would be another good one, Sean. That's that's a good. Like I said, you could probably get away with
01:25:52
Speaker
There's definitely a Hogan that you could get away with out there to fill in for that Hogan. Probably even the Survivor Series Hogan, to be truthful. The one that just came out, you could probably get away with. Take the bandana off, and you're in business. But yeah, that is- They would've had a bandana. Well, I mean, if you wanted to do, once he's mid-match, you know?
01:26:23
Speaker
Yeah. Um, yeah. So thank you everybody for, uh, for contributing your, uh, your wish lists here. Um, it's fun to think about all these, uh, and it's, it's, you know, it's, it's, uh, it's WrestleMania season. So it's fun. It's going to be fun going into this weekend. You know, we got a two day event this year, hopefully some surprises. Um, you'll be hearing this and then, you know, arguably
01:26:52
Speaker
The only thing that's as fun, if not more fun than WrestleMania sometimes is the raw right after. So you could listen to this Monday morning and then tune into Monday Night Raw on Monday evening. And wax poetically about what figures we might enter our kingdoms that'll give us American nightmares in the near future.
01:27:23
Speaker
oh my god that we're all hoping for yeah then they can then they can take a stab at the neck tattoo too yeah um watch it i don't know i couldn't those are the only cody references i could think of watch it watch it be shane i feel like that works watch it be shane mcmahon that i would get a good chuckle out of it can you i'd be mad if i would be mad if i like broke speed laws to get to your house to
01:27:52
Speaker
for it to be Shane McMahon. I just rewatched the thing with the bit with him and Vince today. It reminds me of, and I heard this on the internet somewhere, I forget who. I forget who. Somebody said it. A bunch of people have actually said, like, watch it's Shane McMahon.
01:28:17
Speaker
But like one person and I read a lot today said like, wouldn't it be funny if it was like Shane comes out because Vince is talking about like second, you know, Vince is introducing and it's, you know, second generation, you know, son of a promoter and Shane comes out and Vince goes, no, not you. And then Cody's music hits.
WrestleMania Highlights and New Title Speculations
01:28:39
Speaker
Oh, that would be fantastic. That would be great.
01:28:43
Speaker
whatever your idea of what's going to happen is will likely be better than what happens unless it's that unless it's that unless it's that uh but like if he if if they have him do anything and it's you know not the music and not the jacket and not being the american nightmare and stardust
01:29:11
Speaker
not coming out of the middle of the the entrance, like it's going to be like, oh, why did we do that? You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. But it'll be cool. It's WrestleMania. It'll be cool. It'll be long. And, you know, it'll be one of those things where it's like you're sitting there and it's like, oh, there's a and then something happens where you're like, all right, this can get me through the rest of this because that's WrestleMania every year.
01:29:41
Speaker
The one thing, honestly, before we call it quits for the evening, the one thing that I am super curious about, we don't even need to talk about the outcome of the match, because regardless of how it ends, unless there's some stupid DQ thing and they end up not unifying the titles, whatever. They're not going to. Yeah. I'm really, really curious. I am really, really curious to see if A,
01:30:10
Speaker
what the new title will look like, if they're gonna do a new title, if they're gonna bring back the eagle, if they're gonna bring back big gold, something, right? It's gonna look like this, but it'll be blue and red. Maybe. I think that's a safe bet from a merchandising standpoint. It makes sense to make a new thing. We've established this look for the title. Yeah. I wouldn't hate that. I'm not saying that that's a bad idea.
01:30:38
Speaker
But the other thing, too, is do you think we're going to see it at Mania or do you think we're going to see it on Raw the next night? Oh, they have it already. It's just a question of when they when they show it. Yeah. And if if they and honestly. If it happens, it's not happening until Friday. There's no way Roman's losing this match. No, no, no, no. But I mean, I would think that
01:31:08
Speaker
Raw being the event
WrestleMania Outcome Predictions and Wrap-Up
01:31:10
Speaker
that it would be. I could see him leaving WrestleMania with two belts and then doing some sort of ceremony on Raw the next night. Very good. To be the actual unification event. Because then he shows up. Cody interrupts. Imagine that, Shane. And then Shane comes out.
01:31:31
Speaker
All right. Well, this this has been our WrestleMania special. Thank you to again. Thank you to our our amazing followers for chamin in with with some with some input.
01:31:41
Speaker
Um, for those of you that, that hung through this, that are maybe not a super big wrestling fans. So sorry. We're very, we apologize, but, um, no, but you know, uh, WrestleMania is a great time to jump into, um, you know, jump into wrestling for like the season, if you will. So, you know, if this is not our first WrestleMania show, you can go back in the archives and see the other one. Yep. And, and also, you know, if you're listening to this Monday morning and you did not watch WrestleMania, um,
01:32:11
Speaker
Like I said, Monday Night Raw, it's the bra after WrestleMania is a great, this is a great time of the year. I saw one of the most wild ones in history firsthand. It's right after that, right after 29 with Ziggler and Fandango people chanting Fandango's music and it's it is an absolute great time to jump into wrestling, especially the WWE. So, you know, if you listen to this episode and you're like, hey, you know, this sounds kind of interesting.
01:32:37
Speaker
Check it out tonight and then you know yell at us on Instagram and Twitter at a I see underscore podcast if If you hate us for making you watch wrestling, that's
01:32:47
Speaker
And, uh, if you're looking forward to next year's WrestleMania episode, um, and also go back to the archives and, uh, check out all of our wrestling themed episodes with, uh, such luminaries as, uh, Matt Cardona and Yuma and Jeremy Padour, Jeremy Padour and magic and, uh, Steve and, um, you know, our, our most recent episode even. Yeah. Dave with, uh, Gregory, Dave.
01:33:17
Speaker
Sign us out. If you smell, no. And that's the bottom, no. I have other people's catch phrases in mind. Dave, just say bye. Okay, bye.
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Speaker
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01:33:51
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