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Pod Warriors 11: Wrestlemania’s Most Wanted Figures
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The Pod Warriors are back to fantasy book Mattel’s WWE wrestling figure line! Heel Husband and The Fig God count up from Wrestlemania 1 thru 20 with their most wanted figure from each event! There’s some choices that could totally happen in the near future, and some figures that have (NO CHANCE) no chance in hell of ever being produced. Listen along and make your own list with us!
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Transcript
Introduction and Excitement for Return
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The pod warriors are back Seth and Jordan are here for the 11th edition of the podwares This is me and Jordan's little side project on the main chick Foley show feed Thank you guys for sticking with us It's been about a month since we were able to record one of these but we're back and I'm gonna go and say we're better than ever man What do you think Jordan?
Podcast Format and Goals
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Speaker
Well, whether we're better than ever, we'll be judged shortly. But yeah, we are definitely back. It has been way too long since we did one of these. So I am very excited to get into this and talk some wrestling with you.
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Yeah, for new listeners and subscribers, again, this is me and Jordan's thing where we pick a single topic, focus in on it, and just kind of go long form on one thing. And we designed these to really be evergreen to where you could go back years from now and listen to this stuff. So we made it easy, and that's all on the main Chick Foley show feed, but all of our episodes, they'll start off with Pod Wars and the number episode it is if you want to go back and play catch up if you like what you hear tonight.
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So let's get right into it.
Favorite Figures from WrestleMania 1-20
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As we are recording this, it is December 19th, which means we are less than a couple weeks away from January, which means it's Royal Rumble time and the road to WrestleMania has started. So we're doing this as like a little a little pregame WrestleMania hype fest. We are going to go through WrestleMania one through 20 and pick our most wanted figure from each event.
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Jordan, what was your methodology for how you went about doing this, man? Because it was quite the task once we sat down to really start making the notes for this episode. So I kind of did it 50-50 on figures. I just wanted a figure of the actual person because we haven't gotten one yet.
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Speaker
and then the other ones I did based off their entrance gear or whatever they were in the ring so some thought definitely had to go into this and you definitely had to do some research to remember exactly who has all had figs obviously we're basing this off the Mattel line we're not going all the way back to Jaxx or anything like that so yeah I'm really excited to do this and
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Seth will have to give you guys detailed descriptions on all the gear and stuff, because I don't remember some of these as well as he does. I mean, obviously remember what they were wearing, but Seth will get it down to the very fine notes.
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Yeah, this was kind of challenging to do because Mattel's been on such a roll really the last two two and a half years just Knocking out a lot of the figures that we want so it's it's getting tougher and tougher to do some real some real fantasy booking on the figure line But this was a lot of fun. I leaned heavily into first time in the line figures. There were a few
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ring gears that I just I felt we really need in figure form but I was going heavy on the first time in the line so we're going to go through this me and Jordan have not discussed this so we don't know.
Rating Figures Based on Production Likelihood
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We don't know who's we know we don't know what any of our picks are going to be.
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So, you know, we'll see how it'll be fun to see how many of these we had had the same one thing we're gonna do We're gonna each rate the other ones pick for how realistic it is So it's gonna be a one to five scale shout out to Dave Meltzer Five means like you could definitely see this figure getting made in the next 12 to 18 months Three is like, you know, if I squint hard enough Maybe I could see it getting made and a one is like, you know, no chance no chance in hell seeing it get made anytime in the
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in the near future.
Discussion of WrestleMania Figures and Representation
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You ready to get into it, Jordan? I am ready. All right. So you can kick it off, man. What was your pick for WrestleMania one? So I don't know if this is a popular pick, but, um, it is my pick. I went with Leilani Kai. Wow. That is a deep cut, man. Yeah. I just, I don't know, man. I feel like a lot of the older women in wrestling are not well represented in the Mattel line.
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Um, yeah, the only one we have is, uh, Wendy Richter is Wendy Richter. Yeah. We don't got a rock and Robin. Like she could probably get one. Like, yeah. So, I mean, I'm not mad at it. Trust me. I'd be all over it if it happened, but I was not expecting the name Leilani Kai to come out of your mouth. I know. And that's kind of why I did it because I looked down the card and who was actually on this show. And I just kind of tried to put myself in Seth's shoes on who he would pick. So I didn't pick the exact same thing. Cause it is nice to have a little bit of a,
00:04:52
Speaker
different people on this, because I don't want me and Seth to just agree on everyone, obviously. I mean, he's going to have some deep cuts. I probably won't even know who it is, to be completely honest with you. But yeah, I mean, I just I felt like this was a good way to kick it off for me. So going back to the methodology, as you were doing this, did you like were you putting your list together like a jigsaw puzzle or did you just go one, three, 20 and however they picked, that's how they were?
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No, no, no. I did like a jigsaw puzzle. So I didn't want to, I tried my best to make sure I didn't have any repeats on here. The longer you go into obviously WrestleMania is the harder it's going to be to not have repeats, but I just, I didn't start at one. I just kind of started with the ones that I knew I would want in this line. And then I just filled in the rest as I went.
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Yeah, see I started doing that but I'm so OCD that I would still be working on the list right now man if I had kept doing it jigsaw pulls the time because I kept going back and forth I'm Google imaging like damn near every single person of every card so I finally just said screw it I'm going with one, and you know if it makes me and so there's a couple people that I probably
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if I wouldn't did a jigsaw would have maybe ended up picking, but you know, I didn't go back and he just in the, for my own sanity. So I'm going to rate that a one, man. I don't see, I do not see L.A. Lonnie Kai getting made anytime in the future by, by Mattel. He had any, any pushback on that or is that kind of what you're thinking?
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No, that's what I'm thinking, but this is kind of me and your dream line of what we'd want. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. We're going, we're going strictly off of the figures that we want to see made. So I put no stock whatsoever into like right situations or anything like that, man. I'm straight up. Like if I could make, if I had, you know, in charge of the Mattel factory and I could just tell them what to make, this is what I do. So you said you had me in mind on the WrestleMania one pick, you don't want to pick the same one. So we'll go like the newlywed game. Who do you think I picked?
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Um, WrestleMania one, I didn't really have a pick for you just cause there's been a lot of people that have been made out of WrestleMania one. So it was kind of hard for me to even go through it. Um, but so I am interested to see who you pick.
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So I went with Captain Lou Albano. You know what the funniest thing is? That was my first pick, and I went off of it. I seriously did. Because when I was doing the jigsaw style, he was one that I considered for multiple Wrestlemanias, and I just didn't pull the trigger on it. So I'm happy you picked it.
00:07:23
Speaker
Yeah, he was the same thing, man. He was the one that kind of got me tripped up because I had him picked for one. And then it was a couple of years later, I see him back on the card. I'm like, well, maybe if I use him here, I could use this other person for this show. And it just, it was just getting, you know, it was getting straight up inception style complicated before I knew it.
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But yeah, I think Captain Lou's probably my actual most wanted figure right now in the Mattel line. I loved his LJN. I'm hoping like in my dream scenario is he's in the Coliseum collection and they just straight up remake his LJN figure as an elite. I think that would be awesome. Another execution, which I could realistically see happening, man, especially if you look what they've done the last couple of years. What do you think of a San Diego Comic Con exclusive two pack with Captain Lou and Cindy Lauper? Oh my God, dude.
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I would love that. If we're going on a one to five scale, I'm going to one on that. There's, I just don't see any chance. That's it. Really? Yeah. I think is definitely reasonable. I just don't think Cindy Lauper is reasonable. Honestly.
Iconic and Toyetic Figure Choices
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Why do you say that man? I mean, they, uh, I mean, they made Mr. T Cindy Lauper was, I mean, dude, she was, she didn't have as much carry over. Like she was kind of a one and done, but she was a huge part of, of WrestleMania one and the lead up to it.
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Yeah, I just I don't know man. I just I feel like that's probably going
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I get what you're saying. She was definitely a big part of WrestleMania 1. I guess for me, if you start doing Cyndi Lauper in the line, where do you stop? You don't. We need Mike Tyson. We need Lawrence Taylor. That's it. You don't stop. I think the Mike Tyson's going to happen eventually. But that's the problem is, how deep do you go on this? Every single celebrity that's ever been at WrestleMania would be open to getting a figure at that point.
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Yes, dude. I want Burt Reynolds as the ring announcer at WrestleMania 10, dude. Like, make it happen. That's just my opinion. I don't think we're getting a Cindy Lauper figure. That's just my opinion. I could be completely wrong, and I hope I am. If we get Captain Lew and Cindy Lauper next Comic Con, I'll be happy with it. I just, I don't see that happening.
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See, I actually, I don't know, man. Maybe I'm just way off base on here. Listeners, make sure you chime in on this specific argument. I'm sure it's probably the first of many. And let us know what you think. I feel like it's more likely we would get a Captain Lou Albano figure as a package deal with Cindy Lauper, man. Like, she's always in all the highlights when they show like Montage with the first WrestleMania. She was just heavily featured in Young Rock, you know, Becky Lynch played her. So obviously, WWE holds her in on some regard if they're letting Becky go off to,
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to play her in a TV show, man. I don't know. I think that'd be a really cool, it'd have to be a Comic Con exclusive, because I don't think any kids walking down the aisle at Walmart and like, hey, let me get this, you know, pop star from 1984. Let me get an action figure out of her. But I think as a Comic Con exclusive, I think wrestling fans would be all over it. I mean, I would love to have it. I just, I think the two pack is a little too far out there for me to believe it's gonna happen. I do think we will eventually get a Captain Lou. I just, I don't know when.
00:10:25
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So as far as waiting on just Captain Liu, I'll go a four because I do think it will get made. I just don't see it happening in the very near future.
00:10:37
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Fair enough. I could agree with you on that one. WrestleMania 2. This event took place across three cities in the mix for Worst WrestleMania Ever. What was your pick for WrestleMania 2? I went with Adrian Adonis. He comes out in the pink moo moo or jacket or dress, whatever you want to call it, with the purple and pink knee pads. I just think this would be a really cool figure to own. Adrian Adonis is definitely one of my more wanted figures.
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This one was pretty easy for me. Yeah, he's up there for me as well. That's another one that you maybe you could see the calcium collection execution on I have zero idea what the right situation or anything with him is in regards to WWE. And I don't I wonder I hate saying this dude because I don't think it's an issue. I think the dude was a badass and was really cool. But I wonder if his gimmick played on too many negative stereotypes where Mattel wouldn't want to touch it, you know,
00:11:35
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Yeah, that's that's definitely possible. And that kind of played into my decision because I can't I did want to make a list where I thought some of these were actually attainable. I definitely agree with you. I don't think Adrian Adonis is the most attainable just for that fact. But I would love to see it.
00:11:52
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Yeah, I'm probably gonna put it as a two just because the right situation and and yeah, we don't know We don't know what the temperature on that figure is from Mattel doing it, but I would love to see it man Spoiler alert you may be hearing his name Later on in the show my pick for us mania too. I went with the tag team. We got these guys as basics and I think 2015 I want the blue heart foundation and I think
00:12:16
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I think that would be just an awesome set to have Jim D'Amel Nighthart and Bret Hart in that super simple just blue and black gear. You know that could be another if they're going to start doing chases in the Colosseum collection I think that'd be a great chase set you know you can do the Hart Foundation in pink and have these as chases in there or
00:12:35
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They'd be easy to do in the legends series too if you wanted to get another Gemini heart and bread out in the, the legend set. Easy chases like we've seen them do with a Simone SWAT team. And I think there's some historical significance to them because we have they did the Andre and Elite 60 the Andre the Giant has the yellow trunks.
00:12:53
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that he had on when he won the Battle Royal at WrestleMania 2. And the last person he eliminated at that Battle Royal making his first WrestleMania appearance was Bret, the Hitman Hart. So this is what I want, man. It's one of the few Bret looks that they haven't done yet in elite form, at least. And I think I could really see him doing this, man. What do you rate that one from 1 to 5, Jordan?
00:13:15
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Yeah, this is definitely one that I can see them doing. So with that in mind, I'm going to go four again, five means I can see it in the very near future. I don't see it right away, just because like you said, they have done in basic form already. But I definitely think these need to be made in elite form. So yeah, with the Coliseum collection, it's definitely possible for us to get it.
00:13:38
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think I'm right there with you, man. It's really one of the few unique looks they could still do for the Hart Foundation. Because they wore red gear a couple of times also, but they never made any major appearances in it, and it went away pretty quick. So the blue is the only big match they ever had that they weren't in pink and black.
00:13:56
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All right. Let's go to, Oh, I forgot. I was going to do some runner ups, man. So I know you mentioned captain little abandoned was your runner up on part one, uh, for WrestleMania one. I had special delivery Jones, man. That's who I really considered just cause I loved his LJ. And even though the dude was a jobber, I loved his LJN and I think he'd make for a great elite with the, uh, you know, the Hawaiian shirt and stuff. Yeah, that's a really good one.
00:14:18
Speaker
And then I'll go first for WrestleMania three, since there's not a lot to discuss. My big runner up I had from WrestleMania two was Adrian Adonis. He was second place to me behind the heart foundation. And then I went ahead and checked him off the list on, uh, on WrestleMania three for, you know, pretty much the same reasons you said, I think he's super toy addict, loved his LJN and it'd be great to get another, uh, another golden era heal. Uh, so what was your pick for WrestleMania three, Jordan? I went with Billy Jack Haynes.
00:14:44
Speaker
Um, I think the look is just clean that Oregon look with the yellow. Yeah, it looks so good. Um, do I think they're going to make a Billy Jack Haynes figure? Probably not. But dude, this Colosseum collection. Yes, man. It definitely does. Cause these are going to be Mattel Creations releases. So it's not going to retail like, yeah, it totally does. Um, and I, dude, I want to say they have his rights, man. I pretty sure that there was a Billy Jack Haynes shirt on homage a couple of years ago.
00:15:13
Speaker
I don't know if his contract still active or not, but I know that they've had a few little pieces of Billy Jack Haynes merch in the last couple of years. Yeah, I definitely think this would be a great addition to anyone's collection. And like we said, dude, first time in the lines or where it's at, it's just fun to
Memorable Matches and Storyline Characters
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get these figures in hand. So yeah, I'd be really excited to add this to my collection.
00:15:33
Speaker
I'll give that a three, man. I feel like, I feel like they already had a list of names in mind when they did this Coliseum collection. Like they can only really do one more Hulk and you know, they're knocking out Jake and Rick Rude right now. So they're going to run out of legends pretty quick. I mean, even though Billy Jack Haynes really didn't make much of an impact as a wrestler, I think his LJN figures pretty beloved, man. Like you said, that bright yellow and green gear just looked great. And he was just one of the, his pose made him like one of the really more playable LJNs as well. So yeah, man, I could, I could totally see that would happen.
00:16:01
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Hell yeah. Was there anybody else you strongly considered from WrestleMania three? No, because I feel like WrestleMania three was just such a, I don't know, man, it was just such a weird card and with so many names on it. But I mean, a lot of these we've gotten to. So yeah, I didn't really have a runner up. That was my, that was my number one far and away. So
00:16:20
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Yeah, three is definitely one of the, one of the, you know, probably two or three most important WrestleMania is ever. And you're catching a lot of those eighties guys at their peaks. And because of that, we've got a ton of these guys already represented in figure form. Um, I thought about Mula, which obviously I know that one's not happening anytime in the near future, man. Maybe cello uncensored would make a Mula figure.
00:16:40
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And then I thought about the killer bees, man. I really strongly thought about the killer bees because I think they'd be some really fun elites to do with the head swaps with the masks and no masks. And they'd be a really cool team to have, but I just, I'd rather have Adrian Adonis a little bit more than the bees. I lied. I did have ones that I thought about, but they'll never get made. I'd love to have a Haiti kid and a little beaver.
00:17:00
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Well, you need all four, dude. If we're going to do two, we've got to have all four, because we've got Heelbilly, we've got King Kong Bundy. We've got to be able to recreate the whole match. So we need, who else was it? Skylo Lo? No, it was Little Tokyo and Lord Little Brook. Yeah, there you go, man.
00:17:15
Speaker
Yeah, all four of the little people would be outstanding. I would totally love that. Dude, could you imagine a smaller box and everything through the Coliseum Collection? That'd be awesome. Yeah, you could put them all four in one box, I think, man. There's a lot of fun stuff you could do with that.
00:17:32
Speaker
Let's go to WrestleMania 5. This is a fun one with a lot of options. Oh, excuse me, four. Yeah, sorry. It's Busch Lights kicking in, man. WrestleMania 4, you got a ton of options on this one, because we had a 14-match tournament for starters, and then we also had a 20-man battle royale. So there is a metric shitload of wrestlers on this card. Who did you pick from WrestleMania 4, Jordan?
00:17:57
Speaker
This one was actually pretty easy for me. This was actually one of my first picks that I made. I went with One Man Gang for this one. This is just a figure I've wanted for a long time. I really don't need to do much explaining. We've talked about this figure on the main show. I really want a One Man Gang, so yeah, this one was pretty easy for me.
00:18:21
Speaker
I have it right here in my notes man I would have picked one man gang. If, if I didn't already have a really good custom made by Alex Pierce customs man but yeah one man gang would be awesome I could see it happen man I can totally see that happening we know we got all the way to the prototype stages before and action figure tax been pretty vocal about wanting to go back and kind of
00:18:42
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kind of collect those, uh, those lost horses and stuff, man, around them up and get them out the door. So I could, I could totally see this one get made. I think I'm going to give that a four, man. Cause they're going to need people in the, again, Coliseum collection. I know we were probably wearing it out how much we've mentioned it, but that's just the perfect landing spot for a lot of these eighties guys. So I give that one a four on the, uh, the likelihood scale. That's me. What's that? No, I was just saying that was more than fair.
00:19:08
Speaker
I'm going with my second manager of the show, the Reverend Slick. Hell yeah.
00:19:15
Speaker
He'd go with great with one man gang and big boss man. You know, imagine the twin towers. We get that warlord figure from the nineties. I got a couple power and glory customs and I just love slick and he hasn't had a figure since his LJN. He's going to be an upcoming zombie sailor line, but we need him in elite form. What do you think about the slickster getting a fig, Jordan? Give me the, I would love to see one man getting in slick in the two pack. I think that'd be awesome. Like a WrestleMania four, two pack. I think that'd be great. Um,
00:19:42
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I just don't understand why we still haven't got a slick to be completely honest with you. I mean, dude, he's one of like the most iconic managers. And it's just it's so weird to me that we haven't got one. So it definitely sucks. But I would love to see this made.
00:19:58
Speaker
Yeah, they're starting to go a little bit harder on the build a figure so that gives me hope that maybe we'll see a few more managers coming out but I would say if there was a fair critique on Mattel's line, a lot of the 80s and 90s managers still haven't gotten the representation they deserve man so what's a lot that we need and I'll be mentioning, you know, a couple other managers down the road. Did you have anybody that you strongly considered from for that didn't just miss the cut.
00:20:23
Speaker
No, because like I said, one man gang was definitely the the home run for me. So that was really the only one I considered off this show, to be honest.
00:20:33
Speaker
So I got another Brett pick for my runner up, Bad News Brown. So Bad News Brown won the Battle Royal by turning on Bret Hart and eliminating him. And I think it'd be cool to get him along with the trophy that Bret Hart smashed into like a million pieces, man, after the match. So I always liked Bad News Brown. He had some pretty good feeds back in the late eighties. And I think him with that trophy from WrestleMania four would be a really great figure. Yeah.
00:20:58
Speaker
I'll go with a three for slick just because again, I just don't see it being made in the near future. But I'm still hopeful and I'm going to hold out hope that they do make it. So I'll go with a three for slick. Yeah, good thing is we know he's at least open and available to have in figures made since he's going to be in zombies line. So I just don't know if he's worth the bang for the buck for for Mattel to reach out.
00:21:20
Speaker
All right, let's go to our second straight WrestleMania from Atlantic City, WrestleMania 5. I'll go first on this one. This is a pretty easy pick for me. I went with Haku. So did I. Nice. So it took five shows for us to get to the same pick, yeah.
00:21:37
Speaker
And this is the look I'd want him in man with his likes tropical gear barefoot Jericho flow in like yeah, I just I think they did super Toyota man He had a really cool tag team with Andre So that'd be great to have the colossal connection together. And yeah, man, how could he just my pick? Yeah, obviously it's yours, too So I did I could see this one happening, man I don't know. I don't know why we haven't gotten one before haku's another guy who's been criminally underrated in figure form and
00:22:02
Speaker
Yeah, this is a frustrating one for me. And again, we've talked about this, uh, numerous times, how cool for as, I mean, he was never like on top of the world, but as popular as he was, it's really surprising that Mattel hasn't given him a figure. I don't know the ins and outs of it. I mean, maybe there's something going on behind the scenes of why he's not getting one, but I just feel like this is a major omission from the Mattel line.
00:22:30
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Did you have any other runner ups from WrestleMania five? I really didn't because honestly, it took me to go through one match for me to pick who I wanted. So I didn't even really consider anybody else on the show. The only other one that I would like to see done is the blue blazer. That would probably have been my second choice. But we're not getting that either. So.
00:22:54
Speaker
Yeah, he's like if we're going five to one, he's like a negative 16 on the likelihood scale man. So I didn't really even think about him. I would have picked, I think I would have picked the barbarian over Haku, but I have a custom barbarian already just because we already got warlord in powers of pain. So I feel like a powers of pain barbarian is a really big missing piece in Mattel's line right now.
00:23:14
Speaker
So a couple other people I thought about was Brooklyn Brawler like I think he'd be a really fun figure to have because he was just you know, he's possibly the greatest jobber of all time and We I think we need a figure of him to go with all those 80s baby faces, you know Yeah, that that's a really good pick and I would love to see him get one. I another one I just I don't understand why he's not getting one. So I
00:23:36
Speaker
The other one I thought about was Strike Force Rick Martell. You know, Tito Santana, the greatest peg warmer of all time from the Hall of Fame line is in basically a Strike Force gear. I think it'd be awesome to get the Rick Martell to go with him.
00:23:49
Speaker
Yeah, that, again, that would have to be Coliseum Collection because I feel like that would also be a peg warmer. It's just, I don't know, man. The older figures are tough now because unless it's like a mainstream character like Hogan or somebody, I just feel like those are going to sit, man. A lot of people, little kids don't know who these people are.
00:24:09
Speaker
Yeah, little kids, yeah, they might know Hogan, they might know Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, they don't know Haku, they don't know Bad News Brown, they don't know Rick Martell. So yeah, that's why I'm really hoping that this Mattel Creations thing is successful and becomes like a totally viable avenue for us to get figs. All right, let's go to one of my favorite Wrestlemanias, WrestleMania 6. You can go first on this one, Jordan.
00:24:35
Speaker
I went, this one was also pretty easy for me. I went with the sweet sapphire. Oh, good pick, man. I just feel like this look is just, it's so unique. Like the black and yellow polka dots is just such a cool look. We've got the dusty. I just, I feel like this is a missing piece of them tell collection. I would love to have it.
00:24:58
Speaker
dude we don't just got dusty we have macho man and sherry also oh yeah yeah so we have the whole match other than her yeah i think i'm gonna go a four on this one just because i don't know what the right situation is but yeah 100 man i could totally see this being a part of next year's wrestlemania series you know what i mean again it's another one that i think you'd have to
00:25:19
Speaker
I think it would need to be in the WrestleMania series and there would need to be a really killer build a figure to, uh, to go on that set to help drive sales. You know, if I'm just looking at this, like from a business aspect, but we're not doing that on this show. We're just talking about what figures we want. And yeah, totally, man. Sapphire would be a really, really cool one. Um, and they're obviously interested in that match because they made three figures from that match so far in the line. I went with the bird man, Coco beware bird bird bird.
00:25:44
Speaker
He's got to have Frankie with him. Remember he was announced for Elite 44. He was up for pre-orders on Elite 44 on ringside and then got scrapped because he was part of that concussion lawsuit. But that was over seven years ago, man. I'm sure we can let bygones be bygones by now and get the birdman with Frankie into the line.
00:26:04
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like this is another one where this is definitely a who's who's weighing his bigger fight. Like one of those things where neither one is going to back down. So I don't feel like we're going to get this, but I would love to have Coco be aware. I mean, this is still one of my favorite Hasbro's when I was a kid, just because he had Frankie and stuff. I just thought it was so unique. So I would definitely love to have Coco and Frankie in the collection.
00:26:30
Speaker
I'll give this, I'll give it a three just because I'm hopeful that it happens. Um, I, I don't know, man. It's just, it's weird to me that we don't have this one. Yeah. The dude's a whole thing right there. Yeah. He was a really iconic character. Didn't have a ton of entering success, but he was very memorable and he was just, he was all over the place on the eighties. If you ever watching those old superstars episodes and stuff.
00:26:53
Speaker
Yeah, we mentioned it enough times. I want to just give a trigger warning out there for anybody. If you're having a good day and you don't want to be bummed out, do not, I repeat, do not Google whatever happened to Frankie. Yeah, it's not good. It's not good at all. It's like the worst possible story. Don't go be worried and do anything wrong. It's just a horrible, horrible story. Yeah, imagine the worst thing you can imagine right now, and then it's 10 times worse than that.
00:27:19
Speaker
Yeah, man. RIP Frankie. I hope you're doing well up there in bird heaven. Let's go move deeper into the 90s with WrestleMania 7. I'll go first on this one. I picked the Mountie. As did I.
00:27:36
Speaker
Yeah, dude, he was so obnoxious. I fucking hated this guy as a kid. I remember being so pissed off when he beat Bret Hart for the Intercontinental title. I just could not believe it. But I think the guy is super toyetic, man. And his Hasbro is excellent with the shock stick and the red suit. And yeah, I think the Inter Elite would just look tremendous.
00:27:59
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I don't got a whole lot to add to it. It's just the Mountie was just such a cool. It was such a cool looking wrestler at this time. And yeah, man, it really does suck that we don't have this one. I'm going to give this a four just because of how much I wanted as well. This was one of my early picks on the jigsaw. So I'm definitely on board with this one. But I did have a close second.
00:28:27
Speaker
What was your close second? Dino Bravo was my close second. We're not going to get it, but I would absolutely love to have it. I just will never get it.
00:28:37
Speaker
So I had, this was one of my toughest picks, man, because I had another figure that I've mentioned before, really, really wanting. And it was like down to the wire before I picked the Mountie just because I think Mattel would do a better job with the Mountie figure than they would with this one. But I would freaking love to get Miss Elizabeth from the run-in post-match between Macho and Warrior, man.
00:29:00
Speaker
You know, the Sherry we got from SummerSlam is close enough to her look from this match. You can have Sherry in there. Obviously we got Macho. We just got that great ultimate warrior. I feel like we need that Miss Elizabeth though, man. I mean, this was 1991, so it's 31 years ago, but I still can't think of too many moments in wrestling that had, that resonated.
00:29:19
Speaker
you know, in the emotions and stuff as much as Elizabeth and macho man's reunion at WrestleMania seven. I remember I had to freaking, uh, leave the room and as a kid watching this, cause I was starting to get, I didn't even really realize what was happening at the time, but it was making me want to cry, dude. And, uh, I took off running, man. My dad and my uncle were making fun of me and shit. You know, I was having, I had a moment though, seeing this when it, uh, when it went down as a little, uh, little six year old man, it was, it was heavy.
00:29:47
Speaker
But yeah, it was just a great moment. She had on this like obnoxious, like super sparkly black and silver star and sweater, and I just think it'd be a cool figure, man, to go with all the rest of them. What do you think? Yeah, I think that would be a great choice for this line. And yeah, man, again, another one I'm hopeful for, but if we get anything out of this WrestleMania, let it be the Mountie, because that is the one.
00:30:12
Speaker
Yeah, that would be awesome. All right, WrestleMania 8. This is a WrestleMania where a ton of guys have gotten figures, man. Like, you could damn near recreate this whole show with elites, man. I picked Skinner for this one just because I always- Hey, mother. I was up first, you dick.
00:30:29
Speaker
Is that who you pick? Yeah. Nice, dude. Yeah. So once again, we got the same ones. I loved his Hasbro as a kid. I don't know if just because I'm a Southerner, but his character always really resonated with me, man. I just thought, because I've seen people like him at the country store and shit by my grandparents' house in Kentucky.
00:30:48
Speaker
And I just thought this like swamp man with the tobacco spit dripping would just make for a for a really awesome figure man. So what's your what's your skinner takes Jordan? I just feel like looking at the Hasbro and imagining the masterpiece that Mattel could cook up
00:31:04
Speaker
I don't know man, I just feel like this figure could be one of the best figures in the Mattel line if they actually did it. Was Skinner my favorite wrestler? Absolutely not. Do I think his look is awesome? Yeah. I really feel like this could be a great addition to the collection as far as likelihood.
00:31:23
Speaker
gonna be pretty low, man. I'm gonna go ahead. I'm gonna go with a two for likelihood that this gets made. Just I don't know, man. We're a long way down the road. And this hasn't even been talked about. So I just got a bad feeling on this one.
00:31:39
Speaker
I think he's a three man. Okay. I'm going to give him a three dude. Cause one, so Steve Kern is definitely on good terms with WWE. You know, he started, he ran Florida championship wrestling, which turned into NXT. So he's on good terms with them. Um, he's part of the Hasbro five, right? It's him, Bart gun, Samu nails, and, um,
00:32:00
Speaker
I'm drawing a blank on the last one. But anyways, it's it's five guys and Ludwig Borga So they're the five guys that only ever had figures in the Hasbro line and Mattel just made Samu So they took off one so, you know action figure attack knows this stuff man He's got to be thinking like yo if I could if I can knock out all five of these and just eliminate the Hasbro five Like there'd be no more arguments on on best figure line ever so I could maybe see it happening
00:32:23
Speaker
But yeah, I'm with you, dude. I think this would just be a star on the shelf, man. Like, I'm just thinking about displaying him in my figure room and I would just be so excited to have this figure in hand. Yeah, this would definitely be an epic addition to the collection. Did you have anything else you strongly considered from WrestleMania 8? I did not.
00:32:42
Speaker
See, I had two I really thought of. One was Brett. His match was one of my favorites. And we got Piper from that match already. It's an all pink attire from Brett, which we only have one elite all pink right now. So I think that one would be pretty cool. And then the repo man. Yeah. That'd be a good choice.
00:33:04
Speaker
Dude, it really is hard going through these old cards and imagining some of these figures getting made though, right? Just cause how far down the road we are. It's just, it does suck because I was excited when you brought this topic up and wanted to do a show on this, but the more like I looked into the cards and stuff, it kind of depressed me a little bit knowing that we'll probably never see half of these people in figure four. So,
00:33:30
Speaker
I'm glad we're doing this, but it is kind of depressing knowing we'll never get half these people.
00:33:35
Speaker
Yeah, because I mean, for a big major line, like WWE Mattel, like every, I don't know the exact dollar amount, but every single figure they make is at a minimum tens of thousands of dollars they're investing in, in the production of it. And these guys just got to be commercially viable. And even though I know, I know most of the people listening to this show are probably popping at some of the choices we have and they would kill for some of these figures to be made. But we are a very, very, very small minority in the overall, you know, toy buying game at this level, you know?
00:34:08
Speaker
We've talked about this as well. Like we're not the target audience, right? The target audience for toys is always going to be kids and it should be. I mean, there's nothing better than the feeling you got as a kid of walking down the toy aisle and finding a wrestling figure that you wanted. So I definitely get it. Um, but it's frustrating on the collector side of it because yeah, I can imagine a Skinner sitting on the shelf and just continuing to sit on the shelf. So I don't know, man, it sucks, but it is what it is.
00:34:30
Speaker
Yeah, the problem is...
00:34:38
Speaker
All right, let's go to WrestleMania 9. Probably the worst WrestleMania as far as in-ring matches slash creative goes, but just an iconic look. Like if I could, I would know wrestlers from this. Just give me like an arena set up from WrestleMania 9. And I love the stage design from that show. Yeah, I think that would be awesome as well. And yeah, I mean, that would probably be the best thing off this WrestleMania to be completely honest with you.
00:35:03
Speaker
I'll let you go first on this one. What was your pick for WrestleMania 9? I went with Luna, Vachon. Same one, dude. That's three straight. That is... We're sneaking up, dude. That figure... I mean, that look of her matching Shawn is just an absolute banger of a look. Like, if they did this in figure form, I'm confident enough that Mattel could do it well enough that it'd be about a 9.5 on a 10 scale. Like, I just... I feel like they'd do such a good job with this.
00:35:32
Speaker
And she's so just unique and Toyota clicking that I think, I think she would still have some juice for people who had no idea who she is you know what I mean like I'm a kid who's watching wrestling now and like, oh I'm looking at my set drawings and Matt riddle figures but hey there's this luna on the pegs let me go ahead and grab her because she'll be fun to play with anyways and I can figure out who she is later on and like,
00:35:53
Speaker
Yeah, I love Luna, dude. I'm glad she's getting some figures from Chella. I think she's one of the most underrated, I wouldn't say female, she's one of the most underrated wrestlers from that time period, because she kind of got left behind when it started going to the Divas era, but Luna could really go. Yeah.
00:36:13
Speaker
It is unfortunate because she was more of like something we had never seen. She's more of a mauler of a wrestler, more of a mauler than a wrestler. I still remember being freaked out seeing her the first time on screen. It's definitely a different character than we're used to with the women, which looking back on it, I love it. Well, you see her and then you hear that voice, dude. That shriek, yeah. Cherry.
00:36:41
Speaker
Yeah, man, freakin', yeah, that would be awesome. I'd love to have her. Someone I strongly consider is Harvey Whippleman, because I got a really awesome Giant Gonzales custom, and I'm thinking Harvey would be great to go with him, man, like, you know, old downtown Bruno, put him with Giant Gonzales. He put him with Psycho Sid, Kamala. There's a few different people he managed that he would look really good next to, man. So that was kind of my runner-up for WrestleMania 9. How about you?
00:37:07
Speaker
My runner up was actually giant Gonzales, so I don't have a custom of it. Another one I feel like Mattel would just kill on the details and everything. So he was definitely a close runner up, but Luna ran away with that one for me.
00:37:21
Speaker
Yeah, the deal with Johnny Gonzalez, whoever was handling his estate has just fallen off the map. Hopefully, they didn't pass away or whatever, but Bill Makena has said a couple of times that they've reached out to try to acquire the rights to make him, and there's no there there. They can't get in touch with anybody to get approval and do a deal, so they'd be opening themselves up to a lawsuit down the road if they just said, screw it, made a figure of him.
00:37:47
Speaker
If you're out there and listening and you know someone who may be related to El Gigante, the giant Gonzales, let us know, man, because it'd be great. Because, dude, they can make El Gigante, too. That'd be another cool nav, and I would definitely buy that also to help round out the early 90s WCW, you know? Oh, hell yeah. That would be an awesome figure to add. Like I said, El Gigante, fucking giant Gonzales, I'm buying either one of them, so I'm all for it. Let it happen.
00:38:16
Speaker
Yeah he's the giant exhaust is tough because a lot of people to make the customs of him I don't know the custom I got Scott some sort of custom 3d printed head I don't know where it came from it just this was a random eBay listing that I stumbled across and got in I want to say 2018 maybe.
00:38:35
Speaker
But the Jax giant Gonzalez was a really, really great figure. But if you want to get that to use that head sculpted on Mattel, I think that figure by itself is going to like 140 bucks, man. So before you even get into like the commissioning fee and any other parts you're going to need for that, you're already 140 bucks in the game just to to get the freaking head sculpt for this guy. Yeah, it's I think a lot of people want this figure. I mean, that right there should tell you how how expensive it is to make that people definitely want this figure.
00:39:04
Speaker
Something that would be funny to get just for display purposes would be and I could actually see them doing this man with some of the stuff they've been doing the legends line Bobby Heenan and the toga and then you get you a little 112 scale camel and throw them on there backwards. Oh my god, that'd be awesome
00:39:21
Speaker
All right, let's go to one of my favorite WrestleMania's ever WrestleMania 10. Let's see if we can make it four straight, dude. We'd be rocking on the newlywed game right now, man. We'd be killing it. I don't think we're gonna make it four straight on this one. I just have a feeling. I think my second one is gonna be your choice. My first one obviously is my choice. Who went first last time? I did.
00:39:44
Speaker
Okay, my pick for WrestleMania 10 was Adam Bob. Four in a row. I'm killing it. Yeah, dude. I love this dude. We've talked about him on the regular podcast. I don't know if it's been a regular podcast or podwars, but he's come up a few times and we've always mentioned like, I don't know how this dude didn't make it. He could go in the ring. He had a really good look and he wasn't bad on the mic, man. Like he showed when he was in chronic a few years later in WCW, man.
00:40:13
Speaker
I don't know what happened. Like I said, the only thing I can think is he had heat with somebody backstage. I've heard rumors that the click didn't like him, which would make sense. You got this big jacked up dude. They probably saw him as a threat and maybe just tried to cut him off at the knees, but that's all just hearsay. I've never heard that confirmed anywhere. What's your Adam Baum thoughts there, Jordan?
00:40:32
Speaker
Yeah, man, again, just a really great Toyota look. Everything about him definitely screams figure. I know, like you said, there's some
00:40:46
Speaker
I don't know, man, I just I feel like we would have got this already if he was on good enough terms with WWE. But we haven't. And I'm gonna give this a three for likelihood that this happens. I hope it does. And I mean, he's clearly open for business. He's done some figures with some other companies. So I would love to see it happen. But I just don't have a lot of faith that it will.
00:41:11
Speaker
I can't remember because they've had so much shit announced that just sitting in limbo. I want to say he might be a part of Chella's uncensored line, like their elite knockoffs because he's gotten two figures in the, in their Hasbro line and he's leading off their bone crunching action revival. I'm almost positive. I heard his name get mentioned as part of the essential line, which I'd be cool with because did you see that dynamite kid that they did? I did. And it looked really good.
00:41:37
Speaker
Yeah, totally passable. I'd say it's a step down from Mattel Elite, but it's a small step down. Like I said, if you just had that on your shelf with a bunch of other figures, I think somebody would be hard-pressed to know that it wasn't a Mattel. It looks very, very close. Yeah, that was a really good figure.
00:41:58
Speaker
All right. My big runners, I had two big runner ups for WrestleMania 10. They were Jim Cornette. That's another guy, dude. I know he's got some serious heat with WWE, so I don't see him getting made, but I totally would like to see it happen. And Evil Crush, man. Evil Japanese Crush. That was my second choice, was Crush.
00:42:19
Speaker
Yeah, with the black and purple and the paint. We got Macho Man from that match at WrestleMania 10. So Crush would be great, man. I wish like he's probably my most wanted guy for them to sign right now just because he's got so many looks we need. We need Kona Crush. We need Evil Crush when he came back and was the ex-con and then Disciples of Apocalypse, man. That's four figures you could crank out right there that would be awesome to add to the collection. Yeah, I won't add a ton to it, but yeah.
00:42:47
Speaker
the crush figures, whether it was the, when he was evil, whether it was the black and purple or the red, black and silver, it just, it was such an iconic look. So yeah, I mean, I would, I would love to see some, uh, evil crush made.
00:43:01
Speaker
Adam Bond overall on the likely scale, man. I think I'm going like a two, man, just because I feel like he's got heat with WWE. And I just I don't really see that that going away anytime in the future, man. Crush didn't wear the purple in that match either. He did wear the red, silver and black, by the way. OK, cool. Yeah, when I think Evil Crush, I just I think the black and silver and purple, but I take the red also. Give me both. Give me the purple and then you can make the red one to chase. Yeah, that'd be awesome.
00:43:31
Speaker
All right, let's get a quick beverage as we are halfway through our WrestleMania discussion.
00:43:53
Speaker
All right, it's time for the Pod Warriors beverage break. It is the week of Christmas 2022 as we record this. So definitely gonna hit you guys with some holiday themed sounds. And we got a really special treat for you guys for the outro this week. So some incentive to listen all the way through. Jordan, what are you sipping on, man? So in light of Christmas, I am doing a benchmark eggnog.
00:44:17
Speaker
So it's a beer or it's eggnog. It's a boozy eggnog. OK, nice. I was about to say, man, it's like eggnog and beer. I don't know how you get. I mean, craft beers are insane nowadays. I'm sure somebody can make it work, but that'd be a funky one for sure. But I'm not a big eggnog fan, man. I've never liked it at all. Interesting.
00:44:36
Speaker
It's one strike against you. So this is like a pre-mixed situation or it's something you made yourself. It's pre-mixed, but I always do a little extra from a... Would you hit it with like a rum floater or what do you hit it with? Yeah, just a little bit of rum on top. So, and then stir it up. It makes it delicious.
00:44:54
Speaker
Nice, man. I'm keeping it simple, man. I'm just doing a bush light, dude. I kind of, Sheena and the kids were out of town this weekend, so I was kind of hitting it hard. So I needed to dry out the liver just a little bit, man. So just a bush light for me tonight. All right, we're halfway through, man. You ready to power through the next 10 Wrestlemanias, Jordan? I'm more than ready.
00:45:13
Speaker
All right, we will go with the probably the most on WrestleMania or WrestleMania ever. This one took place in Hartford, Connecticut at a convention center that was attached to a shopping mall. WrestleMania 11. Let's see if we can make it five straight where we're picking the same. I'm going to be disappointed if this is not five straight to be completely honest with you. I think I think I know you well enough to know where you'd go on this one. All right. Let's hear it. Hello with Lawrence Taylor.
00:45:40
Speaker
Oh, he was my runner up. The streak is over, man. The streak is over. Yeah, I'd love to see an LT, though. Obviously, we mentioned his name earlier on the celebrities. It shouldn't have been in the main event, man. I felt like if him and Bam Bam Bigelow was in the mid-car, that match would be looked at much more fondly. Because LT more than held his own. He was no Logan Paul, but he was definitely on the upper end of celebrity cameos as wrestlers.
00:46:07
Speaker
Yeah, and he was he had a Toyota look with like the the little like, you know, almost football uniform type get up. Yeah, man. I just feel like they would kill this too. I feel like this would be an easy one for them to do. So yeah, man, I've always liked this look. You're right. It should not have been invented, but it still looked cool to have him out there. I went with something that was so close, we could almost almost taste it, man. Jeff Jarrett.
00:46:33
Speaker
You know what, I just didn't go with it just because that just happened. I couldn't bring myself to go with it. Yeah, I thought about that, but I was like, yeah, let me just go with my heart. That's definitely the one I would get made. Yeah, obviously, you know, we've talked about that a ton. He had a super, it looked like it was going to be a banger of an Ultimate Edition on the way, and it just didn't quite happen. But where do you see that at on the likelihood scale?
00:47:02
Speaker
just because I think the company he's with doesn't last forever. I'm going to say I'm going to give it a four because I do think it happens. They have the mold and everything to do it. So the minute he's back in WWE is good graces. We're getting it. Um, I don't think that they, this is a complete scrap by any means. So I do think we'll get it. It's just a matter of whether or not the other company survives, I guess.
00:47:27
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. Not so much for the viability of AEW. I just think if you look at Jeff Jarrett's history, dude's always bouncing around. Like he went back and forth like three or four times during the Monday night wars. I would not be surprised at all if he does like, you know, this year gig with AEW and then he's right back working backstage with WWE again.
00:47:45
Speaker
And hopefully they just, I know the big thing last time was there was that hang up between, I can't remember if it was between him and Impact or him and Marvel Toy Biz, man, but there was that big hang up about who had the rights for his name for merchandising and stuff. So he, cause he was under contract with WGB for a long time working backstage and they could just never get a freaking figure out, man. And then we finally get his rights and then he signs with AEW a couple of months later, man, just depressing. Cause this dude was such a big part of the mid-card there in 1995.
00:48:14
Speaker
Did you have anybody else you considered from WrestleMania 11? Let me see my notes here.
00:48:22
Speaker
No. For LT, I'll give that... Sorry, I thought you were still looking at your notes, man. For LT, I give him a three. I could totally see that being a San Diego Comic Con exclusive as like a two-pack with the Ultimate Edition bam-bam or something. Jeff Jarrett was the only other one that I gave strong consideration to and I gave my reason why I didn't pick it. The smoking guns would be awesome to get those. Again, I don't think that's gonna happen, but it would be awesome to get those in Mattel form.
00:48:48
Speaker
I don't know what's up with the guns, man. They still have the rights to make Billy Gunn. That seems like a home run. It'd be low-deco figures, right? I need some blue jeans, cowboy hats, and give them some vests, man. Yeah, I don't know what the holdup is with the guns. I think Bart Gunn is just really against doing anything with it, man. I guess Bart Gunn's a master electrician now, so maybe he just is sick of the wrestling business or something, doesn't want anything to do with it. But yeah, the guns would be awesome.
00:49:16
Speaker
the 95 bulldog man was like the he was wearing like the kind of like booty shorts deal with uh the long hair and stuff man i i think that'd be a cool figure and you could do is look from wrestlemania 11 when he was tagging with Lex Luger and the allied powers and then maybe you could throw in a chase for like Roar of humble 95 when he got eliminated by shawn yeah like a fucking dumb ass yeah
00:49:38
Speaker
That would be cool. It's just, again, going through these is depressing because I know we're not going to see some of these. So it kind of sucks, but it's no fun. All right. Let's go to WrestleMania 12 with that goddamn gorilla monsoon, Rob Bret Hart of the WWE championship. What'd you pick, Jordan? I went with Ahmed Johnson for this one. Go on.
00:50:04
Speaker
And I think, I think this would have been really high up your list if you didn't just get accustomed to him. Um, I, yeah, I actually have some like 95, 96, that's like my fucking wheelhouse, like for like my ultimate like nostalgia sweet spot for WWE. And I had him and the Godwins that would be the top of my list if I didn't have
00:50:22
Speaker
I have a custom of Ahmed and I have some Godwins customs in work, man. I am really curious to see what you picked on this because the Godwins and Ahmed were the two that I definitely had at the top of the list. So I'm really interested to see what you pick here.
00:50:39
Speaker
Yeah, Ahmed, I think is the one on the likelihood scale just because him and WWE aren't anywhere close to being on good terms. This is one that he was, I haven't mentioned him yet just because I didn't want to be repetitive, but he came up on like three or four earlier manias that I almost picked, but this was finally the one where he kind of finally got across the finish line. Mr. Fuji as Yoko Zuna's manager.
00:51:07
Speaker
It's a very good choice and a very high likelihood that I think we eventually do get this. So I'm definitely going. He's needed, man. We need him on both. We need him as like the devious one from the 80s and Yoko's manager and stuff. What's your number rating on that one? I'm going with a four on this, absolutely, because I do think we eventually get it. I don't know when that is, but I think we do get it.
00:51:33
Speaker
Did you have anybody else from 12 that you considered? Jose Lothario, no. Honestly, my most wanted figure from this WrestleMania for a long time was the Ultimate Warrior and Ringside gave us one and knocked it out of the park. Yeah, Ringside and the Jax BCA Series 2 of that look are like two of my favorite figures, man. Yeah, so that was really all I had for this one.
00:51:57
Speaker
What if they did, what if they found a way to do Shawn Michaels with a, with like a working zip line gimmick, man? Ooh, that'd be sweet.
00:52:08
Speaker
What would be cool man? So they gave us him and just his ring gear as an elite in the WrestleMania 33 series. He was with the Triple H and he has his entrance gear with a basic version of that figure from the original entrance grades line. I think if they did like an ultimate edition of that, do it all like all molded, right? Because that gear was like, that was like super
00:52:33
Speaker
like super detailed and stuff right so like just say like fuck it like if you want it if you want him in his in-ring look you're weird to give you guys the elite like let's just do him all molded so you can really go all in on the entrance gear and then yeah like you could probably rig up a zipline thing man just kids we have to like tape to the wall or something man like how cool would that be that'd be awesome um keep your own heart figures away from it but that'd be awesome oh my god dude okay well we're gonna go ahead and edit that one out
00:52:58
Speaker
like that's the worst thing I've ever said on here we're always live to tape on the pod warriors but we'll keep it moving I had two others I considered man Marlena would be awesome remember Elite 47 they gave us that great gold dust like are you interested in a Marlena figure I would be very interested in a Marlena figure to go with that gold dust so that's a good choice
00:53:17
Speaker
Yeah, I'm thinking with the cigar and like the little director's chair and the giant tits, man, I think would just be a tremendous figure. The giant tits. And then I thought about the body donnas, you know, they rested on the pre-show. I could really give a fuck all about zip, but I would love to see Sonny and Skip get figures. Obviously there's zero chance of that happening, man. They're probably like down there with the blue blazer as far as the likelihood that they get made. But Sonny and Skip is the body donnas would be a lot of fun. Yeah, that'd be really cool.
00:53:47
Speaker
All right, let's go to Chicago for WrestleMania 13. What was your pick? I went with the headbangers on this one, man. Yes, yes. Right back in line. Same. I just feel like these figures would be so cool if they had like different t-shirts with the different. They probably wouldn't give us the bras at this point, but
00:54:10
Speaker
Um, the, the t-shirts and stuff would be awesome. And yeah, I think these guys are like some of the most toy addict, uh, um, wrestlers there's ever been. And I would love to have them in figure form.
00:54:22
Speaker
Yeah, I love their Jax BCA that two pack man. I still remember getting that as a kid and being so excited. Like just remake that dude. Just take those Jax figures and make those into elites. And I would be very, very happy. I could see it happening. These guys, they wrestled on smack down back in 2016 and they're still, they're still active wrestlers. They do a lot of stuff with a create a pro with Brian Myers wrestling school.
00:54:46
Speaker
So yeah, I could totally see these guys, these guys getting made, man. I'd probably give it a three on the number scale just because I feel like they're just, they just need to happen to line up for them to get a rights deal. You know, I think that's the only thing stopping it. I would actually like to have the figures of this entire match if I'm being completely honest. I mean, it, Furnace and Phil Lafon probably not happening. The Godwins, I still think there's a chance new Black Jacks would be cool as well. So I would love to have this whole match and figure for him.
00:55:16
Speaker
Is there anybody else you considered outside of the tag team fatal four way? Flash Funk was my runner up. I've loved to have that figure. So that was the only one I had. I had Flash Funk and Sultan. Oh yeah, Sultan would be a good one too.
00:55:31
Speaker
I could see him doing Sultan in the Legends line. The Legends line has kind of been a one thing they've done to pad the lineups is take, you know, big stars and make them in their kind of lesser known gimmicks. So, you know, we've got Dingo Warrior coming up, Stunning Steve Austin, we had Mean Mark Callaway, or Mean Mark Callous, excuse me. Yeah, I think the Sultan would totally work in that line.
00:55:52
Speaker
I'm surprised neither one of us picked Savio Vega, honestly, as a runner-up. He'd be a cool one to have, too. I mean, Savio would be cool. I'd be all over it. But I'd rather have him in his, like, I'd rather have Savio from WrestleMania 12 and, like, the bright red Puerto Rican gear, because he's in the nation here, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I'd rather have, I mean, I'd take them both for sure, but I would rather have Babyface Savio. Yeah. That's fair.
00:56:19
Speaker
All right, let's move into the attitude era for WrestleMania 14. I picked another two pack Sable and Mark Mero. Ooh, that's a good choice. Not, not the direction I saw you going on this one, but that's a really good choice. I thought we would agree on this one. Honestly, I really did. I, uh, I think they'd be great figures, man. I'd love to see Mark Mero get signed to a deal cause we could get wild man, Mark Mero, Johnny B bad and marvelous Mark Mero. I'd love to have all three of those, man. How about you?
00:56:49
Speaker
Yeah, I would also love to have those, and yeah, Sable would be a great addition. I wasn't like the biggest Mark Merrill fan, obviously, and I don't think anybody was, but still would be cool to have him in figure form. I like Johnny B. Bad the best out of his three gimmicks, man. You mean Johnny B. Bad with that big cape and his little confetti cannon that he had that never fucking worked right? Yeah, much like his career, it never worked right.
00:57:11
Speaker
Yeah, Sable, I really don't see that one happening. It seems like she has nothing to do with the wrestling world. It's just surprising, considering she's married to Brock freaking Lesnar.
00:57:22
Speaker
Yeah, I don't really expect that figure to ever get made. Because I feel like if it was going to happen, it would happen by now. What's your number rating on a Mark Murrow Sable set? A one. I don't have high hopes for that ever getting made for the reasons you just said. Sable does not seem like she wants anything to do with wrestling anymore. So I'll go one on that one.
00:57:43
Speaker
Yeah, I just can't we've never even see her like pop up ringside or anything man. She was he lives a very very private life Yeah, I heard she was like I mean she was right there with like, you know It was like stone cold the rock DX in China and then sable was right underneath them for the biggest pops there in 98 and first part of 99 and
00:58:02
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think that arrow with everything that went on with Sable and the Cat and all them is well thought of at this point. Obviously, it got edited out of everything on the network. So, yeah, not good. Yeah, it's very trashy. Not good.
00:58:18
Speaker
All right, what was your pick? I went with Mike Tyson. I just... Yeah, I thought about him a lot. He was my next runner up, man. He was definitely my next runner up, but I just... Yeah, dude, I don't know. If I'm looking at the figures, I'd rather have a Sable and Mark Merrill than a Mike Tyson by myself. I feel like if I wanted to, I could make a pretty damn good Mike Tyson custom of mine with taking one of those Storm Collectibles figures and piecing it together with some elites. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely possible to do it, but it would still be really cool to have
00:58:46
Speaker
have the Mike Tyson and Mattel the Mattel line. So that's why I want that. So I'm, you know, I'm always going crazy booking like, like taking a step forward, like how I would see these getting executed. That's not what I could see for San Diego Comic Con, dude. Imagine a three pack of either elites or ultimates with with Austin, Shawn Michaels, and Mike Tyson, you know, obviously, we've gotten that Austin is just an awesome figure. That's whatever.
00:59:12
Speaker
But if we get that Sean is like an ultimate edition because he only came out as it's been almost eight years now since we got that elite of him in that gear and there's, there was a lot of room for improvement on that figure. So those two with Tyson, I think that'd be awesome. Yeah, I 100% agree with you. That would be really cool.
00:59:30
Speaker
or they could do, so okay, we're good since we're booking WrestleMania, that's what it'd have to be. It'd also be pretty cool to go, now you got my wheels really spinning. Like my all-time favorite promo in wrestling history was when Steve Austin came out and told off Mike Tyson, you know, said I'll beat your ass any day of the week twice on Sunday and all that shit, man. What if we got Austin in his jeans and T-shirt and Mike Tyson in like the suit? That'd be a pretty cool set also. God damn, yeah dude.
00:59:59
Speaker
I feel like Mike Tyson is definitely going to end up being in the Mattel lineup at some point in what form. It's got to happen. Yeah. Whether it's a three pack, a two pack, whatever it may be, it's got to happen.
01:00:10
Speaker
The other ones I thought of was Takamichi Noku, just because I always loved Taka. I loved his Jax figure. And I think he'd be really toyetic. And then the Rock and Roll Express made an appearance on this show. Now, I'd probably rather have the Rock and Rolls from about five or six years earlier, but it'd still be cool to get those guys in elite form, which I'm really surprised we haven't gotten those guys yet because they went in the Hall of Fame in 2017. So they're on decent terms with WWE. Yeah.
01:00:37
Speaker
The other figure that I thought of, and obviously this is 100% not happening, Sunny's look on this pay-per-view with the LOD 2000, her look is just awesome on this, which whatever. This is definitely not happening. This is about a negative 100 on the scale of going to happen. I'd argue this has less of a chance than almost anything.
01:00:59
Speaker
Yeah, I had I had sunny on my notes, but she was she was below talking rock and roll Express I'd love to get LOD 2000 figures man if they got the right to do LOD again Even though that was you know a pretty gross period of their careers They were still super cool with the more detailed shoulder pads and the motorcycle helmets and shit. Yeah All right, let's go to the last WrestleMania of the 90s WrestleMania 15 from Philadelphia on this one I went with the blue meanie and
01:01:28
Speaker
Ooh, I like that choice. I really like that one. I just think dude's super, super toy addict, man. He's getting some figures coming out in cello, but I've always liked the blue meanie, man. It'd be great to get him in elite form. You didn't want Ryan Shamrock. You didn't want to do a two pack of blue meanie and Ryan Shamrock. Shaving Ryan's privates.
01:01:47
Speaker
No, I believe it or not. I did it, man. No, right. Yeah, it was pretty much blue meanie. I got a couple of people in the notes that I'll mention after you make your pick. But but blue meanie was really a landslide picking this one, man. What's what do you think the likelihood of getting the meanie is? I think there's a fair shot of getting this. I don't I mean, I know he doesn't love WWE, but in the end, I mean, money talks. And so I feel like this is a three for me. I feel like there's still a decent shot that this gets made.
01:02:15
Speaker
Yeah, ECW's never really gotten a lot of love because a lot of the ECW originals have unfortunately passed away or had other really, really unfortunate life situations post wrestling careers. But if they ever did in like an ECW revival line, I think like this would be a shoe in for the first couple of figures that they made. Yeah, I agree. I think that would definitely be cool to see. All right, what was your pick? I went with Al Snow with Head.
01:02:43
Speaker
Yeah, he's my, he was my runner up, dude. That'd be another great one, man, which I would love to see happen. I would love to see this figure get made. Do I think it's going to probably not, but I would love to see it get made. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what his situation is with David. It'd be, I could see him get made. This was like low key, one of the most controversial wrestling figures ever. Cause it got pulled from the shelves at Walmart. Cause some, some stupid lady thought that it was a, like the actual like woman's head and wasn't supposed to represent like a mannequin head when the Jack's BCA figure was out.
01:03:15
Speaker
Was there anybody else that you thought of from the show? I did think of a two pack. It's not going to be the two pack you're thinking of. I was going to do a Jeff Jarrett and Deborah two pack. I think that'd be really cool. Jeff Jarrett with the don't piss me off shirt on would be awesome to have in figure form. So I had to put Jeff Jarrett in one of these 20. So this is the one that I chose for the runner up.
01:03:37
Speaker
Yeah, I'd be all about a, uh, I would be all about a Jeff and Deborah two pack. I put hardcore Holly, man. I love to get a hardcore Holly figure. He is definitely a Dick though. And I do not think he's on good terms with WWE at all. Yeah. I wish they, I wish they'd make up cause we hardcore Holly. And then what I'd rather have you more than that would be a Sparky plug, you know, Bob spark plug Holly. I think that'd be great too. Yeah. And then we could get crash Holly. We could just get the whole gang back together. All right. For WrestleMania 16, what was your pick?
01:04:07
Speaker
So I went with the Mick Foley and the blue flannel and with a Barbie with them. Um, I just, I love this match. So that tugs on my heartstrings a little bit. Um, was it the cleanest delivery? No, but I, I still liked the way they did it. Um, at this time they were really leaning into the, the McMahon thing. So it only made sense that they made the main event, but, um, yeah, I went with make on this one.
01:04:34
Speaker
Dude, I got the perfect accompaniment. I went with Linda. You remember Nick was in her representation in the Four Corners match. We can have a two-pack. Yeah, fuck it. But I'm in a two-pack, dude. Linda needs a figure, man. We talked about Miss Elizabeth at WrestleMania 7 earlier. Another great moment that we're going to get to on the next show, WrestleMania 17, when Linda recovers from her comatose state to kick Vince McMahon in the nuts and help Shane win. In one of the worst nutkicks ever.
01:05:01
Speaker
But yeah, I went with, I went with Linda, man, which she has almost, she has like no contact with him anymore. So I don't really see that one ever possibly happening. Yeah. The Mick Foley, I could totally see that one, dude. I put that as like a four, man. Like I could totally see them doing that one. Linda's definitely a one on that scale, but it would still be cool to get her in the line.
01:05:24
Speaker
She never even had a Jax, man. All those years that, uh, she had a prototype get made for whatever reason. It didn't end up coming out, man. So yeah, no Linda. Um, other people I thought of was Steve Blackman. He was on this show. I thought Steve Blackman could be a cool figure. That was head cheese. Iconic tag team. Iconic. It could go iced tea in the hose. That'd be pretty quality.
01:05:49
Speaker
I hate WrestleMania 16, dude. It might be my least... I don't think it's the worst WrestleMania ever, but it might be my least favorite WrestleMania ever. WrestleMania 2000. I refuse to call it that. It'll always be 16 to me. So this next one, what
Naming Debate: WrestleMania X7 or 17
01:06:02
Speaker
do you call it? Do you call it WrestleMania X7 or do you call it WrestleMania 17? I call it 17 because only a weirdo would call it X7.
01:06:11
Speaker
All right For us to me 17. I've mentioned this guy earlier I We I would want to get creative because I would want to be him at you know The height of his powers if there ever was such a thing But I'm going with the repo man in the from the gimmick battle royal nice. I think I think that's a really good choice The gimmick battle royal had so many awesome people in it. Yeah, it was Yeah Repo man, I'll put as a
01:06:42
Speaker
I'll go with two, just because I still have hope that they're going to reconcile, but the odds of it actually happening are not good. Yeah, and even if they do get it back, they're definitely making smash before they make a freaking repo, man.
Creative Concepts for Wrestling Figures
01:06:56
Speaker
Um, I went with Taz for this one. Taz was in the mix for me in the full body button up mechanic suit. Yeah. So I had to go back and look man, Taz was actually going to be my pick, but I had like this funny feeling. I was like, I don't think he was in his, his ECW style Singleton. And then yeah, sure enough. Yeah. He was in the.
01:07:16
Speaker
like the fucking inner circle fucking inmate gear, man. If he was in the singlet, it would be Taz hands down. I really want a Taz orange singlet figure, but I'm hoping maybe AEW can make that happen for us in the luminaries line. But yeah, I was not a fan of Taz in the jumpsuit. I get it. It's just one thing for us to add to the collection, I guess. Could have done right to censor. That would be horrible, but could have done it.
01:07:41
Speaker
Yeah, so I just decided on Taz. There wasn't a whole lot on here that I wanted in figure four. You could do Taz as a like a two for one. Make like a cloth jumpsuit like that Daniel Wyatt figure from week 33. And he could just have the singlet underneath. That'd be kind of cool. That would be really cool. Well, he's going to have to have something on underneath, Seth. You pervert. Well, I mean, they could just make it molded, dude. Nah, you can't do that. It would have to be a soft goods mechanic suit. And they ain't going to do that.
01:08:10
Speaker
My other pick was another one from the gimmick battle royal somebody I've really wanted as a figure for a long time Duke the dumpster drozy Duke the dumpster dickhead, huh? You could do a two-for-one also man because you could have his long hair and then head swap him with his bald head after triple eight shaved his head Yeah, that one's not moving the needle for you that one's not really getting it done for me. Oh
01:08:36
Speaker
All right, let's move on. This next show was probably my hardest one to find somebody, man. I was just like scratching my head like God, like I don't even want like, let me just go pick another figure from another mania because WrestleMania 18 is just not very toyetic, man. I ended up going with Albert. Wow.
01:08:58
Speaker
Yeah, chest hair, piercings, all that. I just feel like, I'm not an Albert fan at all. I just feel like it would be a, I feel like it'd be like the most toy addict of the options we had and would kind of look unique on the shelf. I picked, so as far as getting made Albert, he's still on good terms with the company. I'd go three for a chance of an Albert getting made. Do I think it's going to happen? No, but I'd give it a good chance to get made.
01:09:23
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, these are great terms. We got a 10 size figure a long time ago. He still works with with NXT. But yeah, I don't know. I went with Kurt Angle in the black single it with the red and white, red, white and blue graphic of the sides. I feel like this figure is really would be really cool. But yeah, again, there wasn't a whole lot to pick from on this one for me.
01:09:44
Speaker
Yeah, he'd be, Kurt Angle would be great, man. I wouldn't mind seeing an Ultimate Edition Brock in the, from like the Ruthless Aggression era, but you know, that's not, I would like to get that, but that's not really up on my wish list since we already have that in Elite form, you know? Yeah. So what do you get from that Kurt Angle of the chance of that exact Kurt Angle getting made?
01:10:06
Speaker
Dude, I've heard rumblings that he's back under a Legends deal, man. So I'll give that, I go forward, dude. I feel like that's gotta be close to the top of the list, man. I feel like the first Kurt Angle they're gonna make after he comes back is gonna be from, I think we need one from right after he got his head shaved and you could have the head sculpt with that, like the fake wig he had. He would wear the wrestling helmet with the hair on it. I feel like we need to get that in figure form. That would be fucking awesome.
01:10:34
Speaker
Now you're moving the needle, Seth. Now we're back on good terms. I mean, couldn't you see him do that? I mean, they made the Hulk Hogan Warbonnet. I feel like it'd be like in that same vein, man. It'd be so goofy, but so toyetic, man. I feel like that's when Kurt Angle really took off. Obviously he's a fucking incredible wrestler, but he was so damn funny, man. Yeah. He did so many good skits. This is when he was doing like the skit backstage before he was wrestling Austin and he had on the cowboy hat and the fake hair and stuff. Awesome. I love that Kurt Angle.
01:11:04
Speaker
Yeah, hopefully, yeah, if he really is back under a Legends deal, yeah, let's crank him out, man. All right, let's go to WrestleMania 19. What was your pick for this one? I went with Rey Mysterio in the Daredevil attire. I just, I love that attire. I just feel like it's really cool. Jax did this, and it looked cool, but I mean, obviously, you know Mattel could execute this way better than Jax ever could, so I would love to see this figure made.
01:11:33
Speaker
Yeah, that'd be cool. We got Ray in the, we've got Ray as Aquaman, we've got Ray as Batman, and we've gotten Ray as the Flash. So it kind of go right along with that little like mini set of figures there. I went with HBK, man. I just, you know, this is first, first match back at WrestleMania in five years. He had a really great match with Jericho. We already got that Jericho as a ringside exclusive. And I just think they'd be a really nice figure getting the HBK from WrestleMania 19.
01:12:01
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like both of these are definitely attainable. Oh, yeah. So, I mean, yeah, both these guys are on great terms with the company. I feel like both of these are fives, honestly. Yeah, I would not be shocked to see either one of these. Obviously, we already know a lot of the lineup, but I went for next year's, but I would not be surprised to see either one of these guys pop up in the WrestleMania Elite Series, you know? Yeah.
01:12:23
Speaker
All right, let's go to our last one, WrestleMania 20. For this one, I went with a guy who I barely even remember being in WWE, but would be a sick action figure, the Ultimo Dragon. Holy shit, dude, we agreed on this.
01:12:39
Speaker
What a perfect way to end it out man. Yeah, he was it really wasn't anybody close man. I thought about Sean just because I'll take any Sean in the tights right like any Sean before he switched to the chaps I'll probably get just because I always loved his look. But yeah, the ultimate dragon has he had some sick gear from this match also.
01:12:58
Speaker
OK, so if we're going to do this right, we got to do this right. OK, so he's got to have gear, but he's got to be laying down in the box because he fell on the stage as he came out. Yeah, we got to do it right. He's got to be laying down in the box doing like kind of like they did like the shock master or whatever. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Yeah, that would that would be super neat. I have no idea what his current situation is. So I put this is like a two on ever happening. Yeah, I agree. I just I don't think this is ever going to happen.
01:13:29
Speaker
So, hey man, we made it.
Challenges with Newer WrestleMania Figures
01:13:31
Speaker
It only ended up being an hour and 13 minutes. I kind of thought this was a, we were kind of, you know, little peek behind the curtain when me and Jordan kind of talked before this and we were going to possibly bail halfway through and break this into a two-parter for too long, man. But this was, this was fun, man. I enjoyed going through this. I feel like with this, it was a lot more fun to talk WrestleMania one through 10 on figures just because
01:13:53
Speaker
I feel like we know a lot of those guys aren't going to get made. Once you get to about 12 on, it's pretty likely that a lot of the guys we talked about could possibly get made. So I feel like that's why the first 10 took us so much longer than the last 10, honestly.
01:14:08
Speaker
Yeah, in the first 10, you had a lot more Toyota people. The last 10, pretty much after WrestleMania 12, you're into the attitude era, and everybody was just wearing fucking black, man. You know what I mean? You had a few people, from 15 through 20, the Toyota-ness just goes down big time, man. So that's why, yeah, I think you're right. This was definitely a lot easier going through the first 10 or 12 years there.
01:14:34
Speaker
We were originally going to do go all the way to WrestleMania 38, but it gets pretty bleak man between like from WrestleMania like 20 to 30. Like there's not a lot of good picks because most of the good ones have already been made and then what's left over. It's just not a lot there.
01:14:49
Speaker
Yeah, the modern Wrestle manias are a lot harder to do because yeah, I mean all the good stuff has already been picked over and made like you said so when not when we were originally doing this I got to about let me see where I got in my notes. I got to 26 and I was like, alright man, we're gonna have to figure something out here because I'm grasping for straws here.
01:15:12
Speaker
So give me, do you still got it in front of you, man? Like who did you have for like WrestleMania 24? So the only thing, the only notes that I had, I did a note in my computer at work too. That's usually where I do my studying. The only next one I had was 21. And that's just because the Trish at 21 is one of my favorite Trish looks ever. It's her in a white top with brown pants and suspenders. We've talked about this before. I would love to see her made in this look. So that's the only other note I had in my phone still.
01:15:42
Speaker
Yeah, Trish would be great. She's the one that I figured would have a few more figures by now also is really iconic. If she's been in the women's wrestling scene, man, she was kind of part of the, I feel like she's one of the people who were like part of the divas revolution before like the divas revolution was a thing. Did you like have anything past 20 that was like, Oh, damn, this has to be made for you? Like, was there anything past 20 that you were 100% all in on?
01:16:07
Speaker
No, I didn't really get that far, man. I was still on like, like whenever you texted me and said you were having trouble, I had already in my mind, I had already thought like, yeah, it's probably going to be tricky once I get close to the end. But just off the dome, man, like, no, I can't really think of anybody that that we really need from those because all the guns have been made if there's one.
01:16:26
Speaker
Figure that I really really want which I don't know if they could do it because trademark issues or something I want Seth Rollins from WrestleMania 34 man where he had the the Game of Thrones gear with like the dragon skin and he had the blue eyes the blue contact lenses in on the way to the ring like I Feel like that would just be a home run. It's an ultimate edition
01:16:43
Speaker
Yeah, that'd be, dude, there's so many within the last five, 10 years, there's so many figs that I think would be incredible as an ultimate edition. And now that they're bringing back, um, the defining moments line, man, there, there's a lot of skin on the, on the bone there. So I hope they are a lot of men meet on the bone. I hope they do a lot of the stuff that's been coming out in the last 10 years from WrestleMania. I think it'd be awesome.
01:17:10
Speaker
Yeah, I'm trying to think of some bad money. We need bad money. I don't know. I thought that's got to be some sort of contractual deal why they can't make figures in that money. I got a bad feeling and we'll touch on this a little bit here. What? So Jake Paul went or yeah, Jake Paul went back up for preorder. Sorry, Logan Paul did God went back up for preorder again.
Logan Paul Figure Sales and Marketing Critique
01:17:31
Speaker
That to me tells me it's not selling well at all.
01:17:35
Speaker
Yeah, I think it was a tricky time and putting putting him up just because did one like so the economy is on a downturn right like so there's people just don't have a lot of extra money and it's during the holiday season man I thought they should have waited till WrestleMania deal I think about how much shit that you got to spend money on during the holidays do you buying gifts for everybody and a lot of people are doing travel and big extravagant meals and stuff man it's just it's not a lot of extra money and
01:18:01
Speaker
There's a lot of people that like have zero desire for Logan Paul, even as good as he's been. There's a lot of people that like cannot stand that Logan Paul is getting the figure and is getting all the shine that he's getting so far in WWE. Yeah. And I get it, man. I just, it kind of sucks, man. Cause I feel like if one of the celebrities doesn't do well as far as sales, it might be the last time we get a celebrity period. You know, it's just, it's one of those things.
01:18:29
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like they, for the Mattel creation stuff, I wish they'd just stick with retro because that's what the adult collectors really want. You know what I mean? Like, I think the Logan Paul figure is really cool. I pre-ordered it and I'm excited to get it. But, um, there's, like I said, I just know a lot of hardcore collectors on like the Russell fix forums and stuff. And they're like, they want no part of a Logan Paul figure. I don't know why that wasn't, was not in the normal one either. That is definitely a figure kids would buy. They know who he is because of YouTube and stuff like that. I think that was a major miss on their part.
01:18:59
Speaker
Yeah, kids would buy him and people that aren't even wrestling fans would buy him. You know what I mean? He's got such a huge following. I'd be willing to bet they're probably going to double dip. You know what I mean? Yeah, this Ultimate Edition is going to be the definitive one, but maybe we get one in just his ring gear without the entrance jacket and the accessories.
01:19:16
Speaker
that goes in the main elite line, you know? Yeah, I just, I don't know, man, I feel like that was such a miss doing it that way. Because I feel like they could have really, I mean, no kids are gonna be like, Hey, mom, can I order this fig off of Mattel creations? Like, I feel like they blew the execution
Creating FOMO with Limited Edition Figures
01:19:31
Speaker
of this one. But that's maybe that's a discussion for a later date.
01:19:35
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see what happens, man. But yeah, you're right, dude. The fact that the pre-order window keeps closing up, that's not great, dude. Because another big thing on these things like this, you want to create that FOMO, dude. A little bit of FOMO out there is good for the people that missed out on it and are like, damn, I really wanted that figure. That generates the buzz and stuff. Yeah.
01:19:55
Speaker
All right, so that will just about do over an
Closing Remarks and Future Episodes
01:19:58
Speaker
hour and 20. Thank you guys for an awesome, you know, first year of supporting the pod warriors. We got one more bonus episode that we're going to do. That's going to drop for you guys, but this will be the last kind of main pod warriors to get we will have more of these in 2023. So let us know what you would like to hear us tackle and we'll make it happen. Jordan hit us with some closing thoughts.
01:20:20
Speaker
continue buying figures, continue enjoying it, continue supporting the Pod Warriors and Chick Foley, and we'll see you guys in 2023.