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SDCC Figure Reveal Recap with MyDamnToys
4 Plays2 years ago
Trey aka MyDamnToys joins the normal Chick Foley Show crew as we go DEEP on arguably the most impressive SDCC ever from Mattel plus Listener Mail
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Transcript
Introduction and Comic-Con Recap
00:00:01
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley Show.
00:00:23
Speaker
Welcome back, Foley fam. We are here with episode 174 of the Chick Foley show. This is typically our biggest show of the year, the San Diego Comic Con recap. We are going to be going through all of the amazing figure reveals from Mattel, all the exciting stuff we have to look forward to with the WWE action figure line.
WWE News and Personal Updates
00:00:41
Speaker
We're also going to talk about Vince McMahon finally, finally retiring from WWE, as well as just the banger of a pay-per-view that Ring of Honor put on last night with that before Dishonored.
00:00:51
Speaker
Before we get into any of that, let me introduce the stars of the show. Sheena, how you doing?
00:00:55
Speaker
I'm doing good, man. Like you said, we had so many awesome reveals, an awesome pay-per-view, and we are a week away from being our first wrestling show in a while. Less than that. We're five days away. We'll be at GCW Nashville Friday night. That's right. It's going to be an awesome week. My dad gets here tomorrow. He's going to be doing some house sitting for us while we're gone. We're going to drop the kids off at the other Grands, and we're going to have an awesome weekend. You got to give the update. What's due on the farm?
00:01:22
Speaker
We got a farm update. Unfortunately, I don't think I've talked to you guys since we lost one of our big mamas. We lost one of our chickens. It was sad, just part of the farm life, part of animal husbandry. We lost one of our chickens. I think it was just a mixture of heat stress and stuff like that.
00:01:41
Speaker
Through the kitchen sink at her, all of our other girls are healthy. We're getting some goats as soon as we get back from SummerSlam. Be on the lookout for that if you follow me on my personal account. We're getting two little Nigerian dwarf do-lings. Dwarfs like Dink and Max Mini. Yeah, exactly. They'll be on the farm soon, so stay tuned for that.
00:02:03
Speaker
All right, and that is it for Godwina for this week. Marco, what's going on up in Massachusetts? Nothing. I definitely don't have any farm area around here. It's all city folk in my section, but yeah, I'm super excited to talk about all the reveals. There's a lot of herding wallets and purses out there for the past week.
00:02:26
Speaker
I can't wait to talk about all these. There's a lot of awesome things. A lot of people have been saying this is probably one of the best reveals in years, like in a long, long time. So can't wait to recap it.
00:02:39
Speaker
Yeah. They were, you know, our, our wallets all went through like a hell in the cell slash war game slash three stages of hell match over the, uh, over the past couple of days. Uh, Jordan, what's going on out in the Midwest, man? Man, everything's good. Um, just ready to talk some wrestling and some SDCC. As Marco said, it's been a pretty solid week of spending all my money before we get to Nashville. So yeah, real exciting. Uh, happy I could spend all my money on ringside collectibles this week.
00:03:09
Speaker
Make sure you use the code Chick Foley, though. That's the most important thing when you're shopping on ringside collectibles. We've got a competitor with us online tonight. That's true. We'll let him get his plugs in,
Guest Appearance by Trey and Discussion on Promo Codes
00:03:20
Speaker
too. Yeah, we'll let him get his plugs in. Still use code Chick Foley. But the one, the only, the legend, My Damn Toys, AKA Trey, is with us here tonight. Trey, what's going on, man? What's going on? It's good to be here. Really excited. Always enjoy y'all's show. So coming on, I've been a long follower of the Chick Foley.
00:03:38
Speaker
page on instagram and everything like that so really fun excited to be here and you guys want to follow me on instagram it's my damn toys of course youtube channel is the same twitter is the same and then uh if you if you want to use my code that's cool but if you want to use chick foley that's that works too but it's
00:03:53
Speaker
Yeah, we're all, we're all friendly. So you can use, you can use whoever's code you want. There's enough stuff dropping right now. You can alternate on ringside. Be careful when a bunch of stuff drops for pre-order at once. I know it's tempting to try to save on shipping and just put in one big order, but ringside will hold your shit until the last thing comes in and they're patient, man. So if you got something that, you know, if you got stuff that's dropping six months apart, ringside has got no problem taking one of your figures and sitting in a box for six months for the rest of the shit to get there.
00:04:21
Speaker
I can actually, yeah, I could speak to that because I am now just getting my Brodie Lee. I remember, yeah. I just got the shipping recently. So I'll be getting it sometime next week. So I ended up ordering that with the Hulk Hogan and something else.
00:04:37
Speaker
I don't remember doing that, but mistakes happen and it will never happen again. You get those fast fingers on launch day and you just kind of forget. It's almost like when you choose, what's the crap shipping, the smart post, and you're like, no, why did I choose smart post? It's tempting to do it because ringside shipping ain't cheap, man. They are the best at getting you the figures quick, but they tune you up a little bit on the shipping.
00:05:00
Speaker
I was going to say, just split your orders up, make half of them Chick Foley, half of them MDT, and it's all good. I remember when we realized that you had to code MDT, I remember Sheena was pissed because she was like, damn, she went with CFS for us. Yeah, I was like, who's going to want to type in Chick Foley when they could just use MDT? Well, that's the thing. The thing is my code's not even MDT. Look, it should be. It's MDToys, and that's always bothering me.
00:05:23
Speaker
Oh, for some reason I thought it was MDT. Maybe it was somebody else we saw that had, there was somebody that had a three-letter code. Yeah, a three-letter code. And I was like, dang, dude, why didn't we get that code? Is it NVG? The photography? NVG. I think it might be NVG. Yeah, I was always just like, dang, we should have just told them CF, dude. CF-10 would have been perfect. They asked me personally what I want my code to be. And I said, do MDT. And they're like, we'll do MDToys. I'm like, why? That's so scary.
00:05:52
Speaker
So I think they, I think when they hit up Sheena, I think they, I think Steve just offered up chick phones and we were just so flattered that they even reached out. We're like, yeah, that's great. You don't even challenge it at that point. But another point on, on ordering from ringside as well as the pre-order deal, like doing it in separate orders.
00:06:11
Speaker
is another thing is if you have like a big order that's like a hundred bucks or whatever it is, use a promo code for 10% off and never use the free ship option. Because you can use the 10% off, select priority and it'll be pretty much free shipping and it'll be way faster.
00:06:32
Speaker
Good tip. Yeah, this is what years of being a figure collector will do for you. Learn all the different nooks and crannies and advantages. So Trey, before we get into the San Diego Comic Con, man, it's your first time on the show. Just tell the folks for those that haven't discovered it yet what all they can find on your YouTube channel, because I feel like that's really kind of where your bread and butter's at.
00:06:49
Speaker
So what we do, I've always felt, back when I started my channels, I felt like there was a big empty space for the kind of content I wanted to see for WWE figures. Well, AEW figures didn't exist then, but for WWE action figures and AEW action figures, I felt like there was a hole missing. So anytime you want a high quality, in-depth, nice review of any new action figures from WWE or AEW, if you want some in-depth thoughts on new figures that we get,
00:07:15
Speaker
or you want even sometimes we do some wacky stuff like some battle royals and sometimes even some stop motion and pickfetting and different things like that. MDT or My Damn Toys is the place for you. You know, we try to keep it chill. Just me being a moron and talking about everything we love about this hobby and toy hunting and a little bit of everything, honestly. So if you like AEW or WWE action figures, that's definitely the place to go, in my opinion.
00:07:39
Speaker
Yeah, I love your page. I can't believe this is the first time you've been on the show. I feel like you know, we've been doing this show long enough. I can't believe this is your first appearance. So I'm stoked for you to have you here. It's an honor. Thanks. Sheena, do you want to plug social media? Yep, you can find me on Instagram at chick Foley Marco run the Twitter machine over at chick Foley show. And you can find us at chick Foley calm all of our plugs and all that are over there on the chick Foley shop. Everything's
00:08:07
Speaker
Yeah, it's all under that link. So you can find that there. And most importantly, follow all of our pod foundation brethren over at pod foundation on Instagram. We got the extra cooler show coming down the aisle and the guys over at turnbuckle tavern. They got your week's worth of listening content. So make sure you go over there. All those guys are have great shows and we love when you guys support those.
00:08:29
Speaker
And we want to remind you guys to support our presenting sponsors, Ringside Collectibles. Again, use code Chick Foley or MDToys to save 10% on all your figure purchases. There's so much stuff up for pre-order right now that it'd be impossible to get through all of it and still keep the show under an hour and change. And over at Chalk Line, use code PF10 to save 10% courtesy of the Pod Foundation.
Ric Flair and Wrestling Match Discussions
00:08:59
Speaker
All right, when you hear Ric Flair drip, you know, it's time for the figure four. That's right. It's not coming in the middle of the show this week. We had to start the show with our San Diego Comic Con recap. Speaking of Ric Flair, man, what you guys thought on the bill to his last match?
00:09:14
Speaker
I thought it was pretty cool. Did you guys watch the videos that he had leading up to it? I have, yeah. Like the documentary style build. They definitely have gone all out on it, man. I'm still not really... Skeptical. I don't really care about watching the match, but I've enjoyed the build. Skeptical of what exactly?
00:09:31
Speaker
I just think the match is going to be hokey. Just how the match is going to go, dude. Yeah, very hokey. I mean, because let's be real, dude. What is Ric Flair going to do? It's basically going to be on dry day, but I mean, I'm sure there's going to be some wacky stuff going on. I like to be cautiously optimistic. You know what I mean? I want it to be good, but... It needs to be straight up sports entertainment. We need the shenanigans, we need interference, direct bumps. I got that, as they call it.
00:09:54
Speaker
Yeah, we're not trying to pretend that Ric Flair is going to go out there and put on a five-star classic or anything. That's suspending our disbelief beyond what is possible in wrestling. Jordan, did you end up caving and getting tickets to it? No. Dude, I have no interest in this, and I still do not understand how Jeff Jarrett ended up in this match, to be completely honest with you. It's a long history.
00:10:16
Speaker
a long history of hatred between him and Ric Flair. I understand that, but seriously, dude, we couldn't have just done Jay Lethal and Ric Flair. I mean, this is already a train wreck to begin with. Who knows what's actually going to happen here?
00:10:31
Speaker
For all we know, Rick Flair could keel over in the middle of the ring like, I am not excited about this at all. I like the idea for the six man that they had before this with what was it? It was going to be Flair and FTR against, I think, Ricky Steamboat and the Rock and Roll Express. I think that sounded a little bit better. I think that would have been a little bit more entertaining. You got to really up the age, too. That would have been just way better. You've got to get them 70-year-olds around there bumping. Yeah, I agree with you. It's great.
00:10:59
Speaker
You know what else I was hoping man, I don't know if you guys saw I was like, you know the last week week and a half Rick flair and Chris Jericho had been chirping back and forth at each other on social media And I was thinking you know, I had them for the briefest moment I thought maybe it was actually gonna be Jericho that was fighting him because I could see that end up being a good match You know Jericho could make anything work Yeah, hundred percent. This is not good though. Like the rest of that card is really good. The main event is not good, but Whatever it is what it is
00:11:30
Speaker
Trey, you're a fellow Bama native along with your boy Conrad. Are you going to support his pay-per-view venture and get this show? I definitely will not be getting the show. If I can find a free stream or something like that or something like that, I might do it.
00:11:45
Speaker
Side note, no one at the Chick Foley Show or its affiliates support any bootlegging or pay-per-view content. It's totally never, it's never happened on our end at all. We already got heat, yeah,
Comic-Con Figure Releases and Critiques
00:12:00
Speaker
I don't know if you heard Trey, we already got heat with Conrad, man. On our new house, we were originally going through him to get our mortgage and then we bailed at the last second, went with a different lender.
00:12:08
Speaker
Dude, the closing costs, man. Yeah, Conrad, whatever they're doing, man, they're proud of their closing costs, too. I know they say they save people money, but they're definitely... It ain't on the front end. It must be on the back end somewhere with the pitch, man, because they were trying to tune us up on those closing costs. Yeah, they were nice. The service was great, but yeah, no, not at all. We saved $6,000 on closing costs going with a different lender. First family mortgage, more like worst family mortgage, man.
00:12:39
Speaker
Yeah, I know. They're coming for it. Yeah, our defamation suit's coming. Is anybody going for the the bendom that uh the Major Rosa putting out for his last match? I am not. Yeah, I've been out on the whole major bendies. Jordan, Marco, are you guys going for him? Do you really need to ask me? No. So, that's a yes. Seth knows the answer to this. Yeah, it's not just a yes. It's a hell yes.
00:13:02
Speaker
All right, let's get into Comic Con. So the dust still settling. One thing I would say, man, that was kind of a little bit of a letdown. I feel like the last couple of years, they've done a better job of kind of sprinkling stuff out over like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I feel like this time they just they busted their load on Thursday and it was pretty few between any more reveals. I was going to say the same thing. I feel like they they prematurely
00:13:24
Speaker
Mm-hmm got it done there like I was I was up all night the night on preview night I legitimately had to stay up all night Covering that and like getting my video and thoughts up for in the morning I didn't post till 5 a.m. On all that so it was it was a hellacious night for me trying to get all the gun but
00:13:44
Speaker
Preview Night in the panel, that was really it, man. I think we saw the Jerry Lawler retro. I felt like in years past, they've done elites one day, then Basics, and then either Ultimates or Entrance Grace, whatever the premium line was. And then Sunday would just be a catch-all. But it was really a one-day show.
00:14:02
Speaker
this time, but with everything they revealed, it was it was kind of worth it. So for those, you know, as we're going through this together and for those listening along with us, I think the easiest way to do this is to kind of just go through ringside collectibles feed. They got probably the most comprehensive set of all the reveals. So let's start four days ago with the post of the CM Punk ringside exclusive coming up and we can go from there. Let me know what you guys are there. Sheena, you all set? I'm here. Marco.
00:14:32
Speaker
I'm there. Okay. Marco stunned into. Marco got lost in the rabbit hole. All right. Jordan Trey, you guys good? I'm here. All right. So I'm going to try to focus on the positivity. So I'm going to let everybody else talk about the CM schmuck. I mean, CM punk side exclusive. What do you guys think of this release?
00:14:55
Speaker
I mean, I think it's cool, dude. I think, yeah, I don't know. I think it's, um, I mean, it's, it is what it is. I like the ice cream bar. I get, so that's positive, right? It's a cool accessory that we've never had before. Yeah. So what about you, Trey? I think it's fantastic to be honest with you. Like I, and I'm not even a big pee and punk guy. Like I'm, I actually, I think he's super overrated, but I think that the figures.
00:15:18
Speaker
Thank you. I love the shirt, I love the hoodie. I think that it's sick that he doesn't have hand tape on it. And then I don't know if, whoever has the AEW and Match Series 4 Cody figure in the suited pants, if any figures that have that street gear are gonna have similar feel and hand to that figure, bar none, I don't know, those figures just feel incredible to me. That AEW and Match 4 Cody, and then you see more attires like this in the street gear with those articulated pants.
00:15:47
Speaker
Sign me up all day. You can put anybody in those pants. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, and that is one cool thing about the AWN. They're super mix and match. I mean, it's a cool figure. I just don't like seeing punk. This is my just personal bias, but it is a cool release. I like the box. I think the box looks cool with the little ice cream bar cut out and the white box really stands out too. Yeah, it's a very neat release. I'm just personally, I'm personally not adding it to my collections because I'm not a fan. Marco, what were you going to say?
00:16:13
Speaker
Um, I was gonna say, I do, I do like the packaging on it. It actually, it's pretty cool. Like the window has, um, like the shape of the, like the happy and, um, the ice cream, which is pretty cool. Um, but other than that, yeah, I mean, it's. It's a good commemorative, like type of figure for, you know, what, uh, like, you know, that commemorative is a good word. Cause it's not. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Cause it's really nothing else. You know, just being a commemorative moment to me.
00:16:44
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. It's not like a like, you know, I mean, I feel like like that. I feel like that hoodie and the shirt will come out at some point later. So who knows? You know, the one thing I think it's missing, man, that would really just set it over the top because it was such a big part of this moment. He needs one of the old entrance, great style bases that will play cult of personality like when you press the button or whatever. Yeah, that would set it off.
00:17:14
Speaker
All right, Jordan, you get the final word on this one, man. You had your selection. Yeah, I love this. The only thing that I don't like is I think the background should have been like the TV that comes on for his entrance. I think that would have made it cooler. But I mean, it is a really cool figure. And obviously we all remember that night. It was just a really cool moment. So I'm all for it.
00:17:36
Speaker
Alright basic 135 we let's let's do this. We got three I'm gonna call it three first time in the line figures one of them's kind of an asterisk. Let's see We'll see to pick our favorite one. She can go first We got first time in the line reginald first time in the line brawn breaker and we're gonna call it first time in the line for this gimmick Anyways, Nikki ass which one of the three figures do you like best?
00:17:56
Speaker
Um, I mean, Nicki Ash is definitely the most Toyota. Um, I hate that gimmick, so it kind of tarnishes the, uh, the figure for me, but the bra and breaker, I'm glad we finally have a bra and breaker figure.
00:18:08
Speaker
Yeah, I think I'm going to go Reggie just because I feel like this is probably the only figure we're ever going to get, a Reginald, Reggie, whatever we're calling it nowadays. The Bront and Breaker, you know that's just a placeholder, right? That's definitely just a placeholder figure until we get his Elite. And I feel like the Nickiast should have been an Elite. I mean, dude, she did win Money in the Bank and win the Championship. I feel like that should have been an Elite with the Cape, the briefcase, and the belt. Maybe that's on the way down the line, but I don't know. I'm going to go with Nicki. Jordan, how about you?
00:18:34
Speaker
I'll go Reginald as well just because it'll be the only Reggie figure we get but
00:18:39
Speaker
Why do we need a chase of that? Whatever. So are you going with the regular one with the white pants? Are you going with the chase with the red pants? I mean, I never go with white pants. I'll go with the red pants. I've literally seen you wear white pants, bro. Is that like PTSD from WrestleMania? I have been with you as you have been strutting down the streets of California with white pants on, linen pants at that. It was a one and only thing. So yeah, never again.
00:19:09
Speaker
Marco, which one are you going with, man? Probably the Reggie, but I think there'll be another Reggie coming out at some point. I don't think that's going to be the only Reggie figure. They like to do like weird, random figures in one of the lines. So I think you'll see like an elite version of Reggie, even though we haven't seen him on TV in a while. But yeah, I think I think we'll get another one. But yeah, that's probably the best one next to next to Nikki A.S.H.
00:19:40
Speaker
The Nicky A.S.H. is probably one of the best-looking figures that they revealed. The actual detail is pretty awesome on the head scan. I'm not a big fan of the series line, but it is what it is.
00:20:04
Speaker
Jay, which one are you going with, man? If I had to pick one of these basics, I'd probably go with the brawn breaker. But typically when they give us a chase of somebody, it means that they're not going to get a figure for a long time. At least that's what that's what I've heard from like the Mattel team and stuff like that. And another thing is just I felt like this whole entire wave right here, I even commented on ringside's post and it had
00:20:26
Speaker
Like 75 likes, I said, bro, is it me or do these basics actually look dot, dot, dot good? Because like all these basics look way more high quality than the last round. Like they have way more detail, the sculpt. Yeah. I don't know. I think the sculpts are way better than they've been in the past for sure. I don't know if it's because of the price increase, you know, due to inflation. Maybe they're able to touch up some stuff, but these basics look a hell of a lot better than they have in the last couple of years. Yeah, I think so too.
00:20:52
Speaker
Yes, we'll go speed around through these next couple of sets. We saw we saw 130. I don't know. I think they actually they didn't actually put a number on these. It's kind of some random. So we saw Xylee's first figure. Again, that one looks great. It's got like the extra detailing around the waist with whatever you call that. It's like Princess Leia type. You know, when she's I always think of the Ascension when they had that. Oh, yeah. We got Cody's first figure back and all. I know Marco is going to be all over that one. Those two dogs look great, man. I know you're a big dolphin. You had one or both of these basics.
00:21:22
Speaker
I'm actually, I think I'm going to grab them both if I find them for sure. I'm definitely not going to pre-order them, but I like the head sculpt too. It's just a repaint of the Elite 70, but I like the glove detail. I like the, I wish these were Elite so bad. Like, can you imagine a chase of those? Like, God dang, that would have been so nice, but I think.
00:21:39
Speaker
The Ziggler's really nice. The only thing that I, and the Bobby Roode head was fantastic. And the, um, I like that. And then the, the only problem with this whole deal is just the Cody Rhodes elite 32 head from like 20, 2006. I know. When is that? That's an old, that's an old Cody skin. It looks like dude.
00:22:00
Speaker
I wish we could have got this Bobby Rude and Dolph in elite form too, man, because we need the dirty dogs, dude. Those guys with the denim vest and stuff, man, I think that would have been awesome. For sure. I just noticed too that Goldberg has articulation on his feet. Y'all see that? Let's see here. Oh yeah, he does get ankle articulation.
00:22:22
Speaker
Interesting. A little ankle articulation for Goldberg. Ankle articulation and a fart. Just smell the fart face. Oh, my gosh. All right. Up next, we got the championship showdown. I am really kind of pissed off at this series because they're going to force me to start buying it. You guys know I'm a belt junkie and they announced that starting with the upcoming sets, they're going to have personalized belts in this. So, you know, you get Roman with the Roman Reigns logo, Becky Lynch.
00:22:52
Speaker
Yeah, like we have I'm gonna start buying these now and these are like 20 bucks a pop So but I guess it's cheaper than you know, I'm sure the belts are probably more expensive by themselves on eBay Hopefully this helps the set move because I don't know about you guys. I see these sets just warming the pegs Yeah at Walmart every time I go. Oh, brother bad. I have my Walmart I don't know why they do this I don't know if it's a Mattel or a Walmart deal but somebody's getting scammed because they'll order like 27 of the same battle pack and I'm like, bro, what are we doing? Like I
00:23:21
Speaker
There's like twelve of them that have been sitting at Walmart for like a year and a half and they have not moved one unit.
00:23:29
Speaker
Golly. That's how at our Walmart here in Oakland, Tennessee, which we're in the boonies, man, it's like the only Walmart for like 50, you know, like 40 minutes in any direction. Yeah. That AEW set with all the dark order. Like it's like four sets deep, man. Yes. It's pitiful. Like they and you know, we've lived here. We moved here in the middle of May and I feel like like three of the figures have sold since we've been here. So I don't know if we're ever going to see any more AEW figures on our end.
00:23:56
Speaker
up next we got something we've seen before that amazon hbk mdt do you got this one in hand yet i do have it i reviewed it last week it's fantastic nice yes that aside did you get it from amazon uk or did you just buy it from somebody else here in the states i did i ordered two on amazon uk it actually wasn't bad i think it was like 92 shipped which you know with the
00:24:16
Speaker
International shipping. I thought that was pretty good. It's like 45 bucks a piece. I was like, yeah, that's not bad. I had an extra like 12, 12, 13 bucks a figure, man. It's not too bad. Yeah, I thought it was a pretty good deal. So I still rolling the dice on it. Mine, I got two, I got them for me and Jordan. It's showing that they're getting here August 3rd, but you know how it is with any of these pre-orders nowadays, man. Until you get tracking, you're holding your breath that it's going to get canceled.
00:24:37
Speaker
You know what Amazon, they'll just delay it like eight months without even blinking. Absolutely. They won't even finish it too. All of a sudden you go in one day and it's like estimated delivery May 15th. Okay, let's move on to the next Ultimate Edition Brock Lesnar. So I got beef with this man. When I heard we were getting another Ultimate Brock, I was hoping we were gonna get like jeans, flannel, everything. Yes, Yellowstone. Yeah, Lumber Brock, you know what I mean? Like the whole get up, man.
00:25:04
Speaker
I mean, this is still a cool figure. It's a great figure by itself, but we didn't get any of the lumberjack gear and he comes with a universal belt. Brock never held the blue universal belt, man. This is straight up Makina mashup. Jordan, what's your thoughts on this figure? Yeah, I was really disappointed when they revealed this because I was all about the cowboy Brock figure and I thought that's for sure we were getting here. And yeah, the universal title makes no sense at all. So yeah, pretty disappointing that this is what they gave us.
00:25:32
Speaker
I mean, I'm still going to buy it because it's an ultimate edition, but not going to be happy about it. Yeah. The figure is incredible. Like the figure by itself is awesome, but I was just expecting a lot more to this. How about you, Trey? Yeah, I'm the same way. I, uh, I expected to get, um, I thought elite 96 was going to be jeans, Brock with the cowboy stuff. And then I figured that this one would just be updated heads, but I thought for sure we'd be getting a, you know, a mainline jeans Brock, which we'll cover later on. But.
00:26:02
Speaker
I thought for sure that, and it doesn't come with cloth accessories either, which blows my mind. Yeah, I figured, you know, in the Jazzwares UFC line, the first ones that they dropped a couple years ago, they had the cloth shorts. I feel like that's something they could do to kind of set a Brock figure apart. I feel like that'd be easy enough to execute actual like soft good shorts, you know? Yeah.
00:26:22
Speaker
kind of cool. And then you can make like a two in one figure, you could do some head swaps to make it go back to make it like ruthless aggression Brock, you know, if you just take the shorts off. Sheena, you're you're a big Yellowstone aficionado. And you know, you can see you're a farmer in your own right. Give us the perfect fit for ultimate edition Brock from head to toe.
00:26:41
Speaker
Oh man, I mean if he he's got to have the Wranglers, you know what I mean? Or some good old good old Levi's or some yeah some Stranglers on Some shit kickers for sure. I really like Brock when he's rocking the the cutoff sleeves with the the flannel So he's gotta have that like Jason Aldean Brock. Yeah Jason out like the big jacket with the fleece or anything. You're going for a cutoff flannel
00:27:03
Speaker
I don't know if he, if he was doing like a rip Wheeler type look, I would totally be here for that. But, uh, I am, um, you know, just keeping it, you know, more to what he wears when he comes out. I would go with the flannel, the cutoff flannel. Yeah. I wonder, I wonder if you cut off the sleeves off the Roddy Piper Hollywood flannel. I wonder if that would work, man. If I feel like it's going to be too tight and it's easy on like Daisy Duke or something.
00:27:25
Speaker
Yeah That flannel he wore on Friday night Smackdown this past week was badass I don't know if that's available to the public, but I was like did I? Shop start selling flannels. I do. I would not doubt that at all. I have a little Brock logo in the corner Shop
00:27:48
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. You go buy it. It has the, um, it has the skull on the back of it and everything. Yay. You can purchase it. Of course. Yeah. Nice. Of course. All right. So this next one, this is arguably my favorite reveal from comic-con, the updated defining moments, WrestleMania seven ultimate warrior. Now this figure was originally, uh, I believe it was in the second set of defining moments figures came out along with WrestleMania seven macho man. When I was getting in back into wrestling figure collecting in 2015, this is one of the first figures I went and picked up.
00:28:18
Speaker
I'm really excited to have the updated version with the better articulation and paint apps, the jackets better, but the thing that's really got me pumped about this is that second head sculpt that comes with it. You've been calling for this for a long time. I've been asking this for years. On this podcast for years. I gave a harsh critique of the Amazon exclusive Ultimate Edition Warrior because
00:28:36
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It
Collector's Market and Re-release Speculations
00:28:37
Speaker
was cool. He was WrestleMania 6 warrior, and they tried to give him the post-match look, but he still had the big poofy hair. It was the same face, just with no face paint. This is the look you need to have. If you go to the end of WrestleMania 6, one of my favorite moments in wrestling history, Ultimate Warrior's true defining moment when he's holding up the Intercontinental and World Championship, his hair is all slicked down from the sweat.
00:28:57
Speaker
They finally gave us this head sculpt. So I got it sitting on my doorstep right now. I was too lazy to bring it in when we got home today, but I ordered another WrestleMania 6 Ultimate Warrior. I got with my boy Ivy's Custom Figies, figured out how to get the chest paint off, and I'm going to create the actual ultimate post-match WrestleMania 6 Warrior. I'm going to take this head sculpt.
00:29:17
Speaker
I'm going to take that ultimate edition warrior from WrestleMania six, get all the chest pain off and then throw this on there. And it's going to be, uh, I think it's going to be beautiful, man. My only concern is I'm hoping the skin tones match, but I think they will. Cause for the most part, they've been pretty consistent with warrior skin tone, but I love this figure. Um, Jordan, what do you, what, what's kind of your thoughts like philosophically about them going back and re-releasing these highly collectible figures from the early years of the line? I mean, I like it cause
00:29:43
Speaker
A lot of people can't afford to spend the kind of money that you have to spend to get some of these older figures. So I like the fact that they're making accessible to everyone.
00:29:51
Speaker
Um, I have this defining moments and I'm super excited to get an ultimate edition form because as great as the defining moments are ultimate edition is just a step above everything else right now. Um, but dude, I'm so excited. They did this figure again. And like you said, the extra head sculpt just, it made the whole figure for me. So yeah, man, I'm jacked for this. And I love that they're doing, uh, rereleases of the more high priced figures.
00:30:18
Speaker
And dude, some of those old figures from like, I'd say like 2012 and earlier, dude, I get a little bit sketched out handling them because, you know, that plastic starts to get like a little bit more dry, like a little bit more stiff and stuff. And like, I'm always afraid I'm going to snap a leg off, you know, like my my son likes to come in here and play with some of the figures I got on display right now. And every time he grabs my carry on Eric Legends figure, I get so paranoid that one of the legs is going to pop right off that thing.
00:30:43
Speaker
I had that happen to Elite 15, Yoko Zuna, and I think I'm still traumatized by it. Oh, yeah. I remember when that happened. Trey, what about you, man? Are you a fan of the re-releases? I think that it is good, especially because the old money, Mattel can't do anything with that, right? They can get a lot more money if they re-release figures, especially ones that are highly sought after, have high secondary market. Why miss out on the secondary market money that they could be making? It's going to be an improvement upon the last figure.
00:31:09
Speaker
And if unless you're just some freak collector like some of us are i know obviously we exist the ones that want i want the og defining moments version whatever. If you just care about having a really nice badass warrior then the release is perfect you don't need the old version that's worse you know me like who cares if it's yeah so.
00:31:29
Speaker
And there's always gonna be people out there that are still willing to pay for that, because there's completionists, there's people who want the defining moments line. So I think people who are upset, like the collectors who are upset, like, oh, well, this diminishes the value of the figure that I have. I don't think that that's right, because it's two totally different figures. They're the same event, but they're two totally different figures. In the collector's world, sneakers get re-released all the time, but you have Jordans from 2009 and then Jordans from 2019. They may be the same style, same model,
00:31:58
Speaker
The purest is going to want that. The purest is going to want, yeah, the OG are going to want one of each. So I think there's always going to be a market for that. And there's a lot of people that prefer the Elite Articulation model overall. Yeah, I agree. I kind of do also. I don't love the Ultimate Edition Articulation. I like how much work they put into the paint apps and stuff, but I feel like sometimes it looks like, especially the butterfly shoulders, man.
00:32:20
Speaker
more often than not, even though it adds the articulation, I feel like they just don't look great. Yeah, especially if you are in an MOC collector. I think the value, because I mean, the box is going to be totally different. MOC defining moments does Ultimate Edition. Exactly. Defining moments is amazing. Marco, I'm going to put you on the spot, man. True or false, we will get the matching WrestleMania 7 macho man in the Ultimate Edition line before Comic Con next year. Ooh, before Comic Con next year?
00:32:49
Speaker
Do you think they're going to release it sometime this year? Will that be one of the big reveals next year? I could. I could definitely see them, you know, re-release of that, uh, that much because they obviously did it with the thing. We lost them. And I think that question was so monument. Marco just connection exploded. The madness is running wild. You got to know that's coming. And the cool thing is there's room for improvement on that figure too. As incredible as those two figures were in the defining moment. This is a definite purchase. Um,
00:33:18
Speaker
You can hop back in. There he is. Mark, we didn't hear anything you said, like the whole first part of that, dude. Oh, really? Geez, what the heck? Yeah. I think your connection up there in the Northeast is having some issues, dude. Jordan, Trey, did you guys hear him?
00:33:33
Speaker
I didn't hear a single thing. He just comes popping in. I was going to say though, the original macho man, it didn't come with the shirt. He had a sleeveless shirt underneath the jacket. That was kind of his gear he was rocking back then. The old one just had the jacket. If they did the shirt along with it,
00:33:55
Speaker
I think we'd be all set. Um, let's run through these brussel ruthless aggression. You got nWo Booker T Ray Mysterio, uh, Shelton Benjamin. I saw a lot of people really excited about that Shelton Benjamin. I don't get it, man. Is anybody super hyped for this ruthless error aggression? No, that that's my favorite reveal. That's my favorite. You're lying. My favorite reveal. I think I haven't, I haven't spent a whole lot of time on it, but I swear to God, I think it is.
00:34:21
Speaker
Like I've been asking Mattel for that specific look of film like that was like I want to say that was my first custom I ever made of a Mattel figure was that so it's I can't tell I'm like This is like one of the most highly requested figures on like figure form and stuff like Yeah, people are jacked for this figure. I mean, I don't want it. But yeah, this has apparently been requested for like the last five years
00:34:50
Speaker
What is this from? Is this from like when he got like sweet chin music by HBK off the- It's mid-2000s. It's like 0405 era Shelton Benjamin single. It's like when he did his breakout deal, you know, IC champ, he beat Chris Jericho for the IC title at Taboo Tuesday, and then he went on to, you know, the Money in the Bank spot at WrestleMania in the first ever Money in the Bank.
00:35:11
Speaker
Oh my gosh, I'm reading the comments on the ringside post and everybody's like, yeah, that Shelton is a must have. Shelton, flame emoji, Shelton. I'm telling you, that's a huge ruthless aggression guy. This is like a massive W right here.
00:35:27
Speaker
at all elite collector Shelton dot, dot, dot been asking for years. Dude, there's like, there's some Shelton love in the comments of this ringside. Yeah, 5000 likes. Like that was one of the most like posts of the entire weekend. Wow. That's insane.
00:35:45
Speaker
Yeah, I'm a little taken aback by that. I thought, I thought MGT was totally joking, pulling our legs here. I was like, man, the acting chops on this guy. And like, I'm more, I'm more hyped for like, and I'm the biggest John Cena mark you'll find. I'm more hyped for the Shelton than the Cena because there's, there's multiple, like I'm glad that they're making this gear for Cena, like the armbands, but they, they probably should have done.
00:36:10
Speaker
his 8-bit shirt and hat instead of the C Nation jersey right here. This look that he's rocking right here is borderline, like, not even ruthless aggression. Like, it's actually right at the end of the ruthless aggression era, depending on how you cut it. Yeah, it's like right there at the line. So they cut it close. Also, they didn't include his digital camo hat, which kind of annoys me. And I guarantee they don't have, you know, the graphic on the back of this jersey, which is gonna bother me. And they have the same day ankle mold from 2004, so.
00:36:40
Speaker
I hate, I always hated that sneaker mold. That was the one they did on Old Man Brett also. It does not look good. It's so bad. Bro, that's been around since 2010. Good God. It looks like the dad socks, you know what I mean? He's going out the mow the yard. Exactly, yeah. 100%.
00:36:59
Speaker
All right, let's go to the Royal Rumble line. We got a Doc Hendricks, which is just incredible. A really great looking Vader figure. I love Damien Priest in all white. I need somebody to tell me though, how the hell did Brie Bella get in this line? I mean, it's a summer slam from when she fought Steph, right? No, this is the Royal Rumble. I mean, Royal Rumble, sorry. Whoops.
00:37:20
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know, then I don't know. I have no idea. This is for Royal Rumble, where she royal rumbled. I don't know. Yeah, she rumbled. Yeah, did she win the Royal Rumble then? She wanted one of the world. No. I'm joking. No, she did. No, no, I'm joking. I was like, I didn't even have women's rumbles. Hail to the Nana.
00:37:40
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. This is very confusing to me. I'm sure somebody will comment. Let me see if there's anybody in the comments. It's like, oh. Somebody said, oh geez. Unless it comes with her. Flammable because if it were used for this pre-pillow. Yeah. It has to come with her entrance. I get made for the light. Damien Preece, like everybody I see, I'm just now seeing all these comments.
00:38:06
Speaker
Talking about the white. The white Damien priest is awesome. The original Damien priest. Hey, here's somebody who tagged. Here's somebody who tagged my damn toys and they said, white attire. No, there's like comments like that. They usually anytime there's a white, a white gear or somebody rocks some white gear, I get tagged.
00:38:24
Speaker
I love white gear, dude. I think white gear looks so mage, dude. When Seth Rollins came out in white gear that for the first time, I was like, oh my God, dude. Didn't you make a custom all white Roman Reigns one time, Trey? I did. I had a series where I was making a bunch of different people in white gear. Anybody that follows the channel knows I'm obsessed with white gear and stuff. Anytime anybody comes out in anything relatively white or pink or anything like that, I get a million bags and it goes...
00:38:52
Speaker
on and on. Like it's cool. I love it. So it's fine with me. But yeah, and I don't even like Damien Priest, but this figure looks incredible. The head scan is on point, dude. And I like the hands. I like everything about it. The Doc Hendricks is mage too, dude. Vader looks awesome too. It's debut Vader from Royal Rumble in 1996. I love that we got a molded mask, man. That really kind of sets it off, man. Yeah. That removal mask never really
00:39:16
Speaker
Yeah, it's just annoying even having a day like, I mean, who's really taking the Vader mask off their Vader figures, you know, leave that thing on there. That looks tremendous. Speaking of masks, what about Rey Mysterio's 28th figure for 2022 here with his Royal Rumble win? Like he's saying he definitely has like 12 figures in the, you know, on deck.
00:39:36
Speaker
If you're Ray Mysterio or Hulk Hogan fan, Mattel has got you covered. Yeah. Yeah. You guys complain about Cody Rhodes having figures. Come on now. I think Ray Mysterio definitely has him beat in that department. You could have a whole 30 man Royal Rumble, just of Ray, Cody, and Hulk Hogan figures that have dropped in the last 12 days.
00:39:57
Speaker
Let's go to our next event specific series. We have Survivor Series. This AJ figure is kind of a throwaway to me. The rest of these are good bangers. Sheena, what's your favorite Survivor Series set? I don't know, dude. I really, really like... I like the all red gear Becky. I like those little knee pad accessory things that she has.
00:40:21
Speaker
Yeah. Becky was cool. That warrior, he was one of the choices on the Amazon fan takeover. That's actually what I voted for. I was so pissed when got us another freaking WrestleMania six warrior figure made. Um, so I'm glad to finally see that made us from survivor series 1990 a fun event. And then actually have a custom of DX Rick rear that I'm going to be able to replace now with the actual Mattel release. Jordan, what's your favorite from this set? The ultimate warrior. I was just like you. This is what I voted for for the fan takeover. So I was jacked that they were doing this for this one. So by far the best figure.
00:40:52
Speaker
How about you, Trey? Yeah, I agree. This warrior, I even commented multiple times on my video. This is one of the most underrated figures they've released right here and shown off. I didn't see a lot of people talking about it, but it just looks so damn good. Like the head sculpt and the way that like just such a cool action figure, you know, when you think of an action figure, like he looks like he's the embodiment of that. You would like little kid would want to buy this even if they had never watched one minute of wrestling, you know, like that looks like a hero.
00:41:19
Speaker
and then the aj styles literally just made me sick to my stomach like i'm so sick i know it's just a repaint but like don't even don't even include him in the line if you're gonna give us that garbage again yeah i feel like even if you would have given us if they would have given us a soft good shirt i feel like i could give it a pass man like a nice a nice fitting raw t-shirt i think would look kind of cool but they gave us the stupid like poly pocket style rubber i mean it looks like a freaking life jacket more than a shirt it's horrible i hate those kind of shirts when they do that horrible yeah it's just like
00:41:48
Speaker
I don't know. And they should just put Rick Rude in the line. Screw making it a build a figure and just put Rick Rude in the regular line. Marco, are you going to display your Rick Rude with the DX face with the full beard or with the NWO face with the clean shaven mustache? Ooh. I think I'm going to go full beard for that. I think that's the way you can go. Well, you can switch the head, Sue. And you can play around with it one day. You can do the full beard. The other one, you can do the clean shaven.
00:42:15
Speaker
Play by, play by stage. You can do them both in one night, you know. For those that don't know, the new school collectors, Rick Rude famously, back in the day, Raw was only live every other week. And it was an episode, it was a week when Raw was taped and Rick Rude was on Monday Night Raw with DX, with the beard. And he also debuted on Nitro with the, just the mustache man. So he was on both shows in one night, one of the, the big, more famous moments of the Monday Night Wars back in the day.
00:42:43
Speaker
Let's go to Elite 96. We got a Bullock and Kofi, Ilja Dragunov, another Ponytail Brock, Trey. Trey, all right here. How many versions of this Shinsuke do you already have pre-ordered, man?
00:42:59
Speaker
I actually, um, I popped hard for it, obviously. Like it looks incredible. I like the cloth goods and stuff. I don't know what it is. They, they typically do really well on Shinsuke. Like his head fans can be hit or miss, but for the, for the most part, they do a good job on him. So I'm hyped for it. This is the gear that I wanted when they announced him or when I learned about him. So.
00:43:20
Speaker
Yeah, very cool. And we got two Piper Nevin, aka Dew Drops. This Hulkster figure is insane, man. They actually did the Hulk Hogan war bonnet that he wore for all of like three months back in 1988 during his feud with Bad News Brown. But he should have came with the motorcycle gas tank. That was the other thing that he had during this brief run. They already went this far with it. I don't know why they didn't go all the way. But yeah, they're getting deep with the Hulkster releases. Marco, what was your favorite from this set?
00:43:51
Speaker
I was actually excited that they got the Kofi head scan right on on this one This is like a this is this far surpasses any Kofi figures that they've ever come out with Yeah, I mean the pipers are pretty the paper is pretty awesome as well The head scans on those too, but I'm not sure if I have a favor from this from this line I probably I'm gonna go with the Kofi if I have to pick one I mean not the Hulk sir for obvious reasons so
00:44:18
Speaker
Jordan, are you getting Piper in the blue or the green or not at all? I don't love this figure to be completely honest with you. I mean, I don't think it's bad by any means, but I like I'll probably go with the blue. I mean, I'll get it just because it's a first time in a line, but it's definitely not my favorite favorite. I don't love this line, but it is what it is. I do not understand the whole extra at all. I don't understand why we needed that.
00:44:44
Speaker
Yeah, dude. I think Ulster is still moving merch and they're just like, screw it. We're going to pump out as many different looks as we can. That's the only thing I can think. Yeah. Till he dropped something else controversial. We're just going to keep dropping this stuff. That's what I was telling Tina today. We actually, so we went to, we took the kids to Paw Patrol Live today and it was like an hour and change away. So we had a lot of time in the car to kind of discuss all these figure releases. And she asked why they were doing so many hulks.
00:45:09
Speaker
And I said the same thing. I said, I think they're probably wary that it's only a matter of time before he did something else controversial. So let's just get them all out while we can.
00:45:19
Speaker
this base Hulk Hogan right here because you can remove all the accessories and have a beautiful base instead of having to buy the Ulta. It's basically the Ultimate Edition without having the, you know, the Ultimate Edition torso there. So I know they're people are excited about that and they're going to be buying it for customs, fix up stuff like that. And the head sculpt looks really, really good. So I'm sure you'll have your people that buy it for the accessories and then you'll have your people that buy it to dress up however they want, you know, whatever era and look and match they want.
00:45:46
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. That's probably, yeah, I think I'm going to be consolidating my hulks and probably throwing a couple of them up on eBay and stuff because you really just need like one and then you can mix and match all the different bandanas and tank tops and shit. Elite 97, we'll go speed round. The Lily doll was kind of the only thing really noteworthy for me. Has anybody got anything they want to speak on on Elite 97? No, I agree. Lily was really the star of the show, that one. Really? I think Xavier Woods with the updated formula looks insane.
00:46:13
Speaker
Yeah, we like the Xavier just because it's kind of we were there when Roman Reigns took his crown. So we're kind of like, you know, we're a little bit sentimental to that figure. But I mean, I felt like I need this figure to give that crown to Roman Reigns. I feel like that's coming. I feel like the next like mainline elite Roman we get is going to have like the crown with it. And that's like the next accessory they got to do.
00:46:38
Speaker
Yeah, I like that. I mean, I like that Xavier, but I feel like we have so many Epic new day figures that it's not a, it's not a must have for us. I just think you got the upper head sculpt and then you got the Apollo cruise torso and then they gave him the elite 93 Rollins kick pads. So it just has like a totally for him, which I thought was cool. Yeah.
00:46:58
Speaker
I mean, Mattel's on a roll right now. With the Elite line, it's few and far between. They actually put out any bad figures. But yeah, I'm just not a huge Xavier fan. We saw updated picks of the Greatest Hits line. Big fan of this. There's not really anyone's I'm dying to get the updated versions for in the first set, but I really hope that this is successful and they keep this going. They tried to do this back at the end of
00:47:22
Speaker
Um, like 2017, there was that set with, they had Magnum TA and then there was like a Jericho, Undertaker, WrestleMania six warrior again. Um, and I don't know how well it did because they didn't really go back to it until now. So hopefully this set sells pretty good. We can get some more of those early legends figures re-released.
00:47:39
Speaker
Um, what do you think this does to the, um, the, like, if they do like a flash, cause they have the, uh, Jake, the snake flashback in there. Um, what do you think they do? What happens when, uh, they re-release Harley race in this one? I think we're going to, they know what they got with Harley race, man. If they, if they did it, they would already re-released it. I think we're going to get Harley race in that we'll get to it here in a little bit in the Coliseum collection, the LJN.
00:48:06
Speaker
Yeah, because you know, Harley race King Harley race had an LJN I think that'd be the perfect way to do it and really cash in Dropping that thing is no Creations Ultimate Edition
00:48:16
Speaker
We saw so jazz wears, you know poor jazz wears man. They did the best they could but It was like Apollo Apollo Creed going up against freakin Ivan Drago. It started rocky for Like throw in the damn towel like they could not compete they I don't know if they just knew they couldn't compete So they're like screw it. We'll wait for double or nothing. Excuse me Um, I mean we'll wait for all-out fan fest to try to bounce back because they're showing was pitiful compared to
00:48:45
Speaker
I mean, before we jump into this, I was actually thinking about that too when you just brought that up with like, you know, they didn't have much of a showing and stuff like that. But for me, it's the licensing.
00:48:58
Speaker
There's really no... Mattel has this vast... They have pretty much... They can open up the history books and pull out anything from the WWE catalog, WCW catalog. ECW is like three years old. Yeah. I think it's going to look like this a lot every year. I don't think... Unless Jazzverse comes out with something mind-blowing, but Toyetic. How many Toyetic...
00:49:27
Speaker
Like, people do they have in AEW? Like, how many times do they don't have the code anymore? They have, you gotta, you gotta think about it. They, what the hell was I about to say? Literally mine went blank. But they have,
00:49:42
Speaker
If they were to open up a Ring of Honor line or something like that, that would expand their catalog a lot. It would be neat. Oh, yeah. They have the Fan Fest. Their Fan Fest is what they treat as their Comic Con. They literally give us our whole year in one show at the Fan Fest. That's true. Trey, what did you think of the Brody 1 of 1000, man, for their Comic Con exclusive? I did a whole video on it, actually, where I thought that it's borderline the worst San Diego Comic Con exclusive for a wrestling figure ever.
00:50:13
Speaker
I think so. I'll say this, man, I'll give him a little bit of the fact that it wasn't going to be available online and it was only going to be there at the con. I think it was probably the right thing to do to just make it a repaint, right? Not make it some kind of crazy, like, you know, throwback surface. The marks were already freaking out. Yeah, it's not something that's like a single everybody's collection. This is just for like the hardest of the hardcore collectors. But I agree. It's the same figure we've already had released.
00:50:37
Speaker
You know, really, this is basically the fourth time because you had the basic, you had the regular one, you had the chase, which was really the same figure just with some repaints. You had the negative one set, which was really, really cool. And now this one, like, it almost feels like they're just making a cash grab out of Brody's passing at this point. I hate to say that, but I don't know. There's just so many.
00:50:56
Speaker
There's so many different options. Yeah, I did feel kind of gross to me too. Give us a Kenny Repaint. You know Kenny's had all kinds of crazy gear. Just give us a freaking Kenny Omega Repaint. People are missing him right now. Yeah, I think that they just chose the wrong person I think because I mean he only has like one or two more gears that he wore.
00:51:12
Speaker
you know before he passed so i think they're probably waiting for maybe a supreme or something more highly collectible down the line so it's like they kind of just you know they they were struggling to find something through this together like oh it's brody lee he'll be sought after and then kind of slapped a logo on the chest caught it today he's never worn this gear it's like made up gear
00:51:30
Speaker
Yeah, it was like some fan art or something is what I heard. Some fan drew this up and then they made a figure out of it. Yeah, the box is really cool. I mean, if you're an MOC collector, that box is awesome. I like the look of it, but yeah, as far as the figure goes, it was a wet fart for me. Classic wet fart. Jordan, let's fast forward a
WWE Superstars Line and Nostalgia
00:51:50
Speaker
few posts, man. What did you think of the WCW entrance stage? Oh, God.
00:51:55
Speaker
I hate when they tease us with this stuff. I really hate when they tease us with this stuff. I just imagine that man's picture, if you know. I really do. I hate when they tease us with this stuff because who knows if we'll actually ever get it. So it just pisses me off honestly right now. I think a watered down version of this would be great, man.
00:52:15
Speaker
Yeah, I think they threw this out there just to see what the reaction was going to be. Because obviously, the last time they did this with the crowdfunding stuff, it was a little slow at the beginning, and then there was like a last-minute push. I think they put this out there and just said, get everyone's eyes like, oh my god, jeez, this is what they're going to come out with. And I think you'll see this soon on our Mattel creations.
00:52:39
Speaker
I think I think it's gonna pop up at some point. No, it's unbelievable. Like all the light work and all that is just insane if they If they release this I will absolutely get 10 and I'm not even I'm not even Joking. I will get 10 and I'll make custom stages for like twice the price for people. I
00:53:00
Speaker
I think we need, you know, you could have, you could have like the Scott Hall in the all dinner, right? When he started the NWO invasion, that could be, that could be your first figure. I don't even know what else they could do.
00:53:15
Speaker
Glacier needs to be like the chase. Yeah, like the 7000 stretch goals like Glacier. Maybe do like Eric Bischoff and NWO gear or something. I don't know. Yeah, I think they can. I know for some people, it might be kind of like a niche product or whatever, dude. But for me, they can name their price and I would pay it to get this thing. Yeah. That's an easy maybe like I hate it. I hate that. You know, staying is an AEW. Imagine like getting something like that with a sting. I can imagine getting
00:53:44
Speaker
edition of that can't legend sting figure Christ from like the crow. Yeah, that would be and so you could do this make this like the thing like the like the main thing is the stage and have to come with Scott Hall like one of the stretch goals you could have like nitro ring aprons and posts and ring ropes to convert the ring that we're getting this year, you know, yeah, that would be amazing.
00:54:07
Speaker
Yeah, all right. Let's go on to Superstars line. You know, I love this line. I was so pumped to see the natural disasters I don't know why those guys like they're just sentimental favorites for me. I think it's because I love the Hasbro figures so much as a kid So I'm totally pumped to see earthquake and typhoon in this line. Are you guys all in on the superstars line? I know Jordan is I'm all in I'm I'm in on court and loose. So I'm right there I'm also how hardcore are you on your men on card? Is it got to be like unpunched? Yeah, you'll go unpunched in the defender
00:54:37
Speaker
Everything like that. My only, my only thing I'm on the fence now is like I borderline want to go one loose with clothes, one loose with the wrestling gear. Dude, I'm kind of, yeah, man. I'm like a psycho collector like that too, dude. Like I'm actually going to go back and get two more of the new day Motu figures. That way I can display like all three of them, like with all three different faces and stuff, man.
00:55:02
Speaker
Because sometimes he's kind of happy. Sometimes it's like two totally different figures, especially with the earthquake. With the earthquake, they hooked us up. They really did make it a two in one. I told you, when that figure came out, I was like, do you not need three? And you were like, nah, I don't need to do that. You were right.
00:55:20
Speaker
I was right. I'll be honest. I was nervous when they discontinued the moto line because I felt like that line was so cool. And I mean, it definitely was not like a mainline collection, but a lot of people liked it. Superstars is killing it. Like this line is unreal. It's all the nostalgia. You know what I mean? Like moto is a very, is a more of a niche product. Whereas like this is like,
00:55:44
Speaker
I like these better than retros, man. I think superstars are better than the retro ones. They definitely are. And they also, like with the masters of the WWE universe, I got series one, I think, men on card, but then I was just like, like, I'm not big on like the crossover kind of stuff, you know, unless it's like a really big, like, it hit me like if they did a crossover with like DBZ or something like that, or like animated Spider-Man or something, you know what I'm saying? Something like that. And it hit me in the field. Yeah.
00:56:10
Speaker
I would be all over that line, but I've never been a He-Man or a Masters of the Universe type guy. So I always saw those figures and like, yeah, they're cool. They're just not for me. But with the superstars line being in their actual gear, that's what kind of hooks me in. And I think that's what it does for a lot of other people.
00:56:26
Speaker
Mm hmm. Yeah. All right. Up next, we got the retro set that the next retro four pack. All right. This is so this is going to be after the Hart Foundation, Jimmy Hart, Nikolai Volkoff, that was already revealed. But this is going to be like the lost figure set so that they're dropping a set of the four figures that had prototypes made that never actually release. So you got all American Lex Luger, alternate paint job doing.
00:56:49
Speaker
uh tugboat thomas and then rhythm and blues greg valentine one of the most legendary wrestling figures of all time i gotta ask you guys some like ethics questions i don't know how much you guys are in on the cello line of retros but they also had a licensing deal with greg valentine
00:57:05
Speaker
The day after this figure was revealed at San Diego Comic Con was when Chella's pre-orders for their Rhythm & Blues Greg Valentine was set to start. And Michelle basically just straight up cock blocked them, man. Damn. That's such a... I'm reading some of the comments. I was unaware. Like I follow Chella. I didn't know they were making this exact, like, you know, Greg Valentine, but that's... Yeah, there's definitely some stuff going on right there.
00:57:29
Speaker
That's a cold move. So I don't see, it looks like they scrub any of the posts for the pre-order. So I don't know, Chella, maybe stuff fell through or maybe they just kind of like downplayed it and stuff. But it looks like they may have, they may have straight up canceled their pre-order for their Greg the Valentine. But yeah, it was supposed to be Friday. We were going to get that pre-order starting for this. Well, that makes you really wonder what kind of contracts these guys are getting that they could just like,
00:57:53
Speaker
hop out, you know what I mean? Well, Chella, you know, we talked about before in here, Chella's just a married couple. I mean, I mean, I don't want to call them customs, but the Chella of toys, they're like, they're like one step above, like really, really high quality customs, man. It is an extremely small operation that they got. And that's why I tell people to be a little bit more forgiving on the figures. Yeah. Some people have been pretty harsh about like some of the kind of minor, minor, you know, issues with some of the Chella figures that have been out. But maybe Mattel like bought him out of the contract. Like maybe they paid for
00:58:22
Speaker
Oh, I mean, that's true too. Yeah. That's a very real possibility. Yeah. Cause, um, uh, Mick Foley actually just recently, uh, resigned a new legends deal with WWE and, um, all his, I think, I think at the end of this month, all his merch on pro wrestling teams will be gone.
00:58:38
Speaker
Um, so they haven't like a final, you know, sale of all his merch. Cause I guess they're coming out with new, uh, Nick Foley, March with WWE. So I can see them easily going to Greg Valentine and be like, Hey, we're going to be, you know, trying to, uh, retro of yours, sign a new legend. And he was like, you know,
00:58:56
Speaker
They have their ear to the ground. Everything that's going on in the action figure world, especially with all the retros and all this stuff coming out. They have their ear. And all the people who are competing, like Chella and Zombie and all those guys. I wonder what happens with that. That's going to be one of the big ones, because I take the Zombie Sailor Toys retros as probably one of the top-notch ones, if not the top-notch next to the retro. So what is going to happen with that?
00:59:25
Speaker
you know, that's, that's, that's kind of curious, like a thing to look out for to see if WWE starts, you know, you know, taking up a lot more of these legends, or anyone's that have like contracts with these, with these are the smaller companies, see what happens. I'm kind of, I'm kind of intrigued by that, actually.
00:59:45
Speaker
We're going to make a quick public service announcement. We're approaching one hour right now, and we're still kind of in the thick of San Diego Comic Con. So we're going to punt. We'll get back with the Death Before Dishonored talk and the Vince talk on another episode later this week when maybe we do some SummerSlam preview. So I just wanted to clear that up. If anybody's been listening with baited breath waiting for us to get into some Ring of Honor talk, that's going to come later on. I think we're just going to go all figures this week. You guys cool with that? I'm cool with that. For sure.
01:00:11
Speaker
Do it. Trey's cool with that. All right. More retro. So changing up how they're going to be released. You know, we had heard so far that it was going to be a Mattel Creations exclusive type deal. But Ringside, our good friends, again, use Code Chick Foley, use Code M.D. Toys is going to be getting some exclusive retros. We're getting a couple of two packs for the N.W.O. We're getting Hall and Nash and Hogan and Six. Pretty cool. I'm always a big fan of any more avenues to get figures out there. What do you guys think of the N.W.O. retros?
01:00:41
Speaker
badass Yeah, they're bad. I think the packaging is gonna just be insane Yeah, this would be cool I'm already picturing like some NWO spray paint and stuff on there and I hope it's I I'm assuming these are gonna be two on one card I hope it's not like two packs two individual cards. I want throwbacks to like the Hasbro tag. Yeah, I think it's I think it's gonna be two figures back for sure. I
01:01:07
Speaker
All right, we saw some more first time in the line preview. So we've got Pat McAfee, figured he'd go straight to the elite line, man. Commander Aziz, who is the chick in the blue? Aliyah. Aliyah. That's Aliyah. Aliyah, OK. Thank god she got a figure, man. She's been around for the longest. She's the cat ears chick, right? She's had like every gimmick there is. She's been like a sporty chick. She's rocked like dominatrix gear. Aliyah's done just about everything in the time she's been in NXT.
01:01:36
Speaker
And then we got a couple of Chappas basics also. So we're into the panels where we're just seeing the renders and stuff. So we got Happy Corbin. I don't know who the fuck would want that figure. Updated Mandy Rose with the wings. That was pretty sweet. So is Xavier getting a chase? Because I see they got him in the white, and they also got him in the maroon. Yeah, he has a maroon figure. They also showed both of these on display. And it looks really good, too. But I think I'm on the white gear side.
01:02:03
Speaker
Oh, the, uh, the happy Corbin. That's actually pretty cool.
01:02:10
Speaker
Yeah, that is nice The next post I'm a big fan of some of these these Rick boots figures look amazing He's got a it doesn't show it on this post but he's got a chase in the denim Got the all red which is gonna look great with all the numerous all red shins gays I've got over the years and then who saw this coming freakin boogeyman with a chase boogeyman's awesome Worms in the mouth here for it. Yeah guys think
01:02:39
Speaker
Do you guys think Riddle's scooter is going to be articulated? It has to be, dude. Darby, Darby doing the articulated skateboard, dude. They got to articulate the scooter, dude. I don't think they've ever had. We've never gotten skateboards in the Mattel line, right? I don't think so. Yeah, who would have had a skateboard? What was your name? Cora Jade.
01:03:03
Speaker
Yeah. I'm most excited for this Farooq Assad though, man. I love anything new and this is awesome that we're actually getting Ron Simmons in this goofy ass gladiator gimmick. Yeah. They also didn't even, they didn't even show, but the elite 98 Finn baller was also on this, on this panel and they didn't show it in the slideshow. So if you wanted to see that, you have to scroll like all the way up to see it, but it looks super badass too. Um, you know, I'm a,
01:03:28
Speaker
I wasn't as much of a fan of some of the last couple times he did the demon gimmick because it seemed like it just went to like almost all black paint and he like yeah from when he went on the main roster he got way less creative with the
01:03:40
Speaker
with the face paint and stuff, but it's still pretty cool. For sure. And it's on the ripped body, so that makes me excited. It's not on the fine torso. Yeah, I'm glad to see how that comes out because I remember back in 2016 when they were originally releasing Finn, everybody was hating on...
01:03:57
Speaker
on the body style like you mentioned and Bill actually broke it down that it was going to be too much of a pain in the ass to do Finn's paint on the super ripped body, which makes sense from a design standpoint, but I guess over time they figured out how to do it. Coming up, we got some more first time in the line reveals. What all accessories do you guys think we're going to get with Johnny Knoxville? You got to get the big mouse trap.
01:04:20
Speaker
The mouse trap for sure. I feel like it just says it's going to be an elite. I kind of low key hope that this is either like on Mattel Creations or maybe like a ringside exclusive so they can just go all out with the accessories. I feel like we need the hand, the mouse trap, maybe Wee Man is an accessory. They could do that, right? Really dope. But I think they already announced that it's Elite 101.
01:04:46
Speaker
Oh, OK. Got it. I didn't see that. All right. Yeah. Still cool, though. Always cool to get a first time in the line figure. And then we're getting Mr. America. This is one of the most wanted figures of the Jax line. Jax famously made a prototype of him, but ended up canceling it because they were worried about a little trademark infringement with Captain America. So I wonder if they actually just worked it out with Marvel or if they're just rolling the dice and saying, screw it. We're going to release him and just hope that nothing happens.
01:05:14
Speaker
Captain America figure coming. What do you guys think? I mean, it's cool. I'll get it. Yeah, I really need it that much, but sure.
01:05:26
Speaker
You know, they got to pump out more Hogan's. I think it's cool that they put first time in the line because you know, they're acting like it's a whole different guy. I love that. I think that's funny. Yeah. And then just the Hogan formula. I hate that they keep giving him this torso. Like the, it, it just doesn't fit for the time. And the shoulders are so tight. Like you can't even rotate the shoulder because it's so tight on that small torso. They need more room in there, but.
01:05:55
Speaker
All right, so up next we got what I think could end up being the most controversial reveal from this weekend, Elite 100. Sheena, we'll start with you.
Critiques of Elite 100 Figure Set
01:06:07
Speaker
You're the star of the show. Let's get your thoughts on this first. Is this what you were expecting for Elite 100?
01:06:12
Speaker
I don't know. To me, it was just, it felt lazy to me. And I mean, the figures are fine. I like the- That's a good set of figures. Yeah, I like the stunning Steve. I like the- I want to say it's lazy. We're getting some new belts. It's just, it's not- It's kind of a hodgepodge. I just don't really understand. It's just a cool set of figures. There's nothing that-
01:06:31
Speaker
I was expecting... There's nothing that screams Elite 100. Do you know what I mean? I was expecting Hogan, Brett, Austin... Yeah, do somebody like the top person from each era. Something like that. What do you think, Trey? Oh, boy. I'll probably make a whole video on this because I have so many different thoughts, but I tweeted about it. I even made a whole post about it on my Instagram and it got like... I don't even know. It had a lot of likes and comments and different feedback on it, but it was...
01:06:59
Speaker
It's basically just what everybody else thinks. I think standalone, the figures are pretty damn good. You got a lot of different new head sculpts. You got new championships. You have all these bells and whistles for these figures. The 100 is cool. Yeah, there's some cool figures. It's not even about figures. It does not celebrate 12 years and 100 elite lines of Mattel figures. It does not celebrate what they've done for 100 lines. I think that's where the big missing part is.
01:07:26
Speaker
I think just overall, it's underwhelming and disappointing to not see them capitalize on that after we've waited so long for because I also think that they could not, there's no way they could have lived up to the hype, right? There's no way they could have pleased everybody. There's no way that, you know, they could have done a perfect set. But in the
01:07:43
Speaker
People are going to complain no matter what, but there is no common thread between any of these figures. I swear if you're selling them so shortly, you know what I mean? Like, this should have been more a pat on the back for themselves and a show of appreciation to us collectors, you know? Yeah, that's where I am. But I think there's an ongoing saying, too, though.
01:08:00
Speaker
I love the Andre. I think the Andre is super cool. I mean, I like all the figures, dude. I don't really think... I'll probably pass on the Sena. I don't know. I heard that belt is going to be the actual... The spinner is actually going to work on it though, so I'll probably still need to get it. But this could have been Elite 98. This could have been Elite 103. This could have been Elite 85. This could have been any set. Jordan, what's your thoughts, man? What do you think of this being Elite 100?
01:08:23
Speaker
So I obviously joked about this a couple of weeks ago when we talked about that I was going to be all new Gen characters. I honestly think that would have been better than what we got. I just I just don't understand it. Like, I mean, yeah, everybody that's in it is fine. Like, I like the Sunning Steve Austin. I like the Andre. But
01:08:41
Speaker
I just don't understand the point of this. Like this is a six people you picked for elite 100. I just put everybody in a, in a hopper and like, you know, ping pong balls and just pull it out. Like you rolled it around and was like, okay, who are we going to pull out of here? You know what I mean?
01:08:57
Speaker
I know we kind of joked about them pumping out Hogans, but it looks like Hogans aren't making it past 100. That's what it looks like to me anyway. Of course, he's in that 101 with the Fisk helmet. Like you said, they could have put Hogans in place of Andre.
01:09:17
Speaker
They couldn't even put Undertaker in there. I think they should have just won with my initial thing and just re-released one. Just updated Elite Series 1 to the new articulation. And I think people would have accepted that a lot more if they just updated it. But they have the greatest hits line, so who knows, they might pop up in that. But I think just like MDT said, you want to commemorate
01:09:40
Speaker
the past like 12 years why not like you know your very first set of elites just bring them back bring it around back full circle and just full articulation and all that stuff with all the beginning people so yeah it's a no for me
01:09:57
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, you could have picked like if it because, you know, Jeff Hardy, he couldn't do him. I think CM Punk can do him. Maybe do do six people that from 2010, you know, when the line started, you could still do it. It's just, I mean, to be honest, what if they just redid basic 100 just with all the bells and whistles accessories and stuff?
01:10:16
Speaker
That kind of set our expectations, you know basic 100 was nothing but Cornerstone guys and iconic gear and I think if you would have ended up some cool packaging I think people would have still bought them just to have them MOC is like a super collector time Even if it was another Austin in a black vehicle
01:10:32
Speaker
I think people would buy it. Yeah, like some sort of gold box, you know what I mean? Yeah, exactly, something cool. Another Roman, you know what I mean? Like nobody needs another Austin and a black vest. Nobody needs another Roman. But if you would have some cool packaging that really tied it together as a set, I think people would have jumped all on it. But this is, I mean, yeah, the belts are cool, but it's just another elite set, man. Yeah, they should have done something gimmicky, dude. I mean, even like if they would have done like gold figures, so you'd look like slammies or something, you know what I mean? Yeah, I was thinking you could have done gold figures or painted them all like gray to look like statues or something, you know?
01:11:01
Speaker
I don't know. One more quick point about the Sena. So they said that it spins, right? Well, the spinning function stopped in 2007. And they gave him the 2011 version of the title. So that's like, because it used to have the Monday Night Raw side plate with the lock on it. And then that changed in like 2010, I think, or 2011. And it stopped spinning in 2007. So you have like a mishmash belt again. Great. Yeah, I hate this.
01:11:31
Speaker
That makes me even more excited for this set. Sounds like we
Ruthless Aggression and WrestleMania Figures
01:11:34
Speaker
got a solid five thumbs down, you know, uh, to quote Rick James, man, for, uh, let's go to some first time in the lines. These are going to be in a ruthless aggression line. I believe we got Tory Wilson news, whatever. I'm not a big Tory Wilson Mark. We're getting Eric Bischoff, which is cool. I already have a custom Eric Bischoff in the NWO shirt. I don't think he's got the same jacket like this, but an NWO shirt underneath. I don't think I'm replacing him.
01:11:59
Speaker
with this easy E, man. I need Bischoff with the NWO, right? Is anybody hyped up for this, Eric Bischoff? Yeah, that's me right there again. Yeah, I think it's pretty cool with the head, with the extra, would he dress up as the, what was it, like the pastor at the wedding? I wonder if that means we're getting Billy and Chuck figures. Possibly.
01:12:21
Speaker
That would be amazing like a pack or something or first time in the line in the elite line. But these are these are most cops for me. Just anything ruthless. I've been begging for a ruthless aggression line for years from them. And they told me that it was wasn't they told me a million times. I can't tell you how many times they told me it's not feasible. There's only like two people we could put in there.
01:12:41
Speaker
It's that well, you're literally like five or six waves deep now. And so and they all look great. And everybody seems to be super hyped for him. So I wish they I mean, I'm glad that they waited because now we get the updated articulation head scopes, etc. But it's definitely feasible. Don't try to tell me ruthless aggression isn't feasible. I think it's definitely feasible.
01:13:00
Speaker
I'm getting a little more excited for this line. So Trey, I don't know if you know, I took like a 10 year break from watching wrestling between 2004 and 2014. So the ruthless aggression was like a really just kind of like a big black hole in my wrestling fandom. But I've been going back and watching the ruthless aggression series on Peacock and I'm kind of getting hyped for it now, man. So I'm hoping we get some more deep cuts from those years, maybe like some more remodel figures or something. I really want do rag vents. That's kind of my most wanted figure from that area. We're not getting that.
01:13:30
Speaker
Yeah, that's not happening. The good thing is that they had, you know, at least you caught, you know, oh, two, three and four and you didn't miss, you know, some of the rise of stuff. Yeah.
01:13:42
Speaker
All right, let's go to, so we saw WrestleMania elites with Dusty and Macho. Those are cool. It's the first time we're getting polka-dot Dusty in a long time since, you know, the early Legends series. Another color for Macho. Hopefully he comes with some more accessories. I feel like he really needs the shirt or the jacket or something to go along with that figure. They had those on display. They had those on display on day two or three with like... I saw that. Dusty's got the yellow shirt. Macho Man didn't come with any other accessories though, right? Other than what's shown on the render? Yeah, I think so. I think so.
01:14:12
Speaker
All right, more championship showdowns at the Usos, Roman Encina, Becky and Bianca. First time in the line, head shrinkers figures. Now this is pretty monumental for the hardcore collectors. You know, Samu is one of the Hasbro five along with Skinner nails.
01:14:28
Speaker
with Big Borga and who's the last one? Oh, and Bart Gunn. They're the only, they're five wrestlers that only had figures in the Hasbro line. So now the Hasbro five is going to be the Hasbro four. Cause we're getting not just one, but two Samu figures along with the classic Paulie Danger. I love this. I'm in love with this figure set. I'm getting both sets of head shrinkers and that Paulie Danger. I feel like I need a Zach Morris figure now that we have that phone accessory. You know what I mean? I'm like, I need a Zach Morris action figure.
01:14:56
Speaker
We need Captain Lou Albano also. I remember Captain Lou was the manager of the head shrinkers at one point in WWE. That's probably my most wanted elite at this point. Yeah, we've talked about Captain Lou before. Why have they not done Captain Lou? What's the drama there?
01:15:08
Speaker
I don't know. Maybe he's just, I mean, he's been dead since 2010. So I don't know if maybe his estate's had a phone out with David W.E. or what. There hasn't been any other Captain Lou merch. So I think he's just not on a Legends deal. We got the mega power set with the handshake hands. Like I'm in love with these figures, man. These, I still got to let it marinate a little bit. These might be the figures I'm most excited for. So are the handshake hands, is that one piece? No, I think they just special molded in the fit together. Okay.
01:15:36
Speaker
I don't think you'd be one piece. It looks like one piece. Yeah, I think you have to have the figures. They even have like loose images of these. Yeah, I think they're together. It's pretty cool, man. I think that's cool, dude.
01:15:50
Speaker
Yeah. Did you know it would never look right? Even if they molded them to go together, it's never going to look all the way right, dude. They warped or something. Yeah. We were in, where was that town at? We stopped at Mississippi today. Tupelo. No, Walmart on the way home. Maybe like Auburn, something. New Albany, Mississippi. We stopped today. They still had an elite. We stopped at Walmart because when's the next time I'm going to be a new Albany guy?
01:16:15
Speaker
it was missing. They had the Miss Elizabeth elite there on the pegs and I didn't have my phone with me. I was going to do an eBay check because I feel like that figure has got to be skyrocketing and secondary value right now because she's the perfect compliment for these two. Luckily, I hung on to that figure. There was at one point, I thought about selling it.
01:16:33
Speaker
But I was like, I'm going to hang on to it. I've actually had a save search on eBay for about the last two years now for some custom head shrinkers or custom mega power figures. So I'm really happy to see both of those come out, man. These are some of my most fixed. Is anybody not getting the mega powers? No, we're almost definitely getting this. I'll be reviewing it. I think it looks like I'm not even a minute like I used to not be. I'm in on card guy. But Jesus Christ, this two pack in the box is insane looking.
01:17:01
Speaker
Yeah, it's going to be awesome, man. So we saw some more Ultimate Edition reveals. That sound you hear right now is everyone rushing to eBay to sell their Amazon exclusive rock figures. That's been like the most valuable Ultimate Edition. But it looks like we're getting a straight re-release. If it's not a straight re-release, it's going to be extremely close to the Amazon one. So that's going to kill that value. Finally getting double J. Finally. Thank God we're getting a double J figure. I know it's probably not going to happen. I can only hope that the hat, there's actually some sort of mechanism where the hat actually lights up. That would be incredible.
01:17:31
Speaker
WJ is having a moment, dude, and we're getting AJ, you know, they kind of put a pause on AJ elite for a while now, you know, we're getting this driver series one. That's the first one I feel like in like a year and a half or so. We're getting the white trunks AJ got the hair that the hair blowing in the wind and stuff. Pretty cool. I still think Seth should have been the next current roster guy to get an ultimate. What about you guys?
01:17:52
Speaker
I agree with that, but I also feel that this is the best AJ Styles they've ever made. I've been asking for this for a long time because I don't know if you guys know, but I despise AJ elites because they always make him too small. The formula they've given him since day one has been awful. I've been just clamoring for an ultimate because I knew that they'd have to upgrade the torso. They got to give them a bigger torso. Now that they're releasing this, I don't think you need any other AJ ever again unless it's an ultimate. Get
Ultimate Edition Figures Review
01:18:22
Speaker
this one.
01:18:22
Speaker
and never buy another one again, and you'll be fine. Yeah. Dude, I love, love, love Elite 51 AJ, though. The one in the black and silver, man. Like, that's been one of my favorite figures of the Elite line. I don't know what it is, because he's had a lot of other colorful releases, but I just love that black and silver AJ. Typically, you're partial to anything other than black. Yeah, the more like bright ones. I wasn't really that hyped for that figure, and then Sheena was at Walmart. She's actually like a couple days away from having Brett stopped at Walmart and found that AJ figure for me.
01:18:52
Speaker
I don't know. Maybe it's just sentimental value because I think that was the last figure I got before my son was born. Before you came to dad, yeah. Yeah. So the wind blowing hair. When is AJ out where it's windy? I'm not like that. I still understand. When I saw it at first, I thought that might have been from... I was thinking WrestleMania 33 with the one we were at where he fought Shane McMahon in the opening match. Yeah. Because I remember there was a shot of him in his entrance. He just looked majestic.
01:19:18
Speaker
because he's one of the few guys that comes out with dry hair. Most wrestlers, they're dousing their hair with freakin' gel and oil and stuff where they come out. AJ's got the dry hair, so he really gets the wind blowing effect. I don't know what other outdoor event it would have been. Maybe this was what he was wearing. I'd have to go back and look and see. Trey, do you know what this gear was from off top of your head? I don't, but the
01:19:39
Speaker
Wind blowing hair is supposed to be like mid phenomenal forearm. So like he's coming off the springboard with the phenomenal. He looks so stoic right there though. I was thinking that's like entrance like wind blowing in his ear. You could probably use it for both. You could use it for both. But yeah, I think that's what they were going for. You know, similar to the Roman Reigns ooh ah and the edge spear.
01:19:58
Speaker
I know you fucking love Cody, man. You got your man crush on Mattel Creations. How many of these ultimate editions did you order, Jordan?
01:20:13
Speaker
I ordered one of these. I ordered one. I had to have it. I think the packaging's awesome. I'm MOC, so I'll most definitely keep it the way it is, but I mean, it is cool. I just, I didn't need it, but I think the packaging's cool.
01:20:31
Speaker
I passed because we're getting the Supreme one first. I like the Supreme figure way more. I just like the gear a lot better on the Supreme than on this Ultimate Edition. Marco, how about you, man? Did you pick the Supreme or the Ultimate?
01:20:44
Speaker
Um, I mean the supreme I mean I have to definitely see the supreme in hand But uh, it is it is any from the looks it does definitely does look like it has a better Gear to it, but I like this one because it's like another commemoration for the the epic return of Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania and everything and it's gonna have like that It's gonna have like the jacket and all that stuff too. So I'm super pumped for this one Trey you going ultimate supreme or both?
01:21:13
Speaker
I'm going both, and I have multiple copies of both. I think that people were trying to say that this Ultimate Edition head sculpt was better than the Supreme, but I think it's because the Supreme, they changed the head sculpt slightly because they didn't want the same exact head sculpts re-released and re-released and re-released, so they tweaked them slightly for the Supreme. But I think the Supreme looks better, in my honest opinion, from head to toe. I gotta ask this too, man. So this Ultimate Edition Cody, it looks like it doesn't include his neck.
01:21:42
Speaker
Am I crazy? Yeah. And it doesn't even have the tattoo on the, on the render. That's what I'm saying. I think they, I mean, you can't put the tattoo if you don't have his neck, you know what I mean? His head's sitting right on his shoulders. I think they were like, fuck it. We're going to save on deco. He doesn't need a neck.
01:22:00
Speaker
All right, so let's get there we saw some more top picks We saw the greatest hits line MOC. We're into the MOC portion of the feed for those still following along on Ringsides IG I kind of like the greatest hits look this looks like basically like, you know standard elite didn't really go over the top on the packaging on those The BAM BAM looks really cool. That's probably my favorite of the greatest hit set Let's see here. I'm scrolling scrolling
01:22:24
Speaker
Did you skip over the top picks Ray that looks absolutely insane? Top picks Ray does look cool, which I like the last top picks Ray the black and pink one I thought that one was really cool. So they've really been they've really been showing out on these rays man I like that that gear set up with like the singlet and the gloves and stuff What event is that from do you know off the top of your head? God? I remember him coming out in it. Um, let me see this Pink lemonade type look. Yeah, I think it's supposed to be for macho man, right? I
01:22:52
Speaker
Is that it? I don't even know. It's been teamed with Dominic and took on... Yeah, that makes sense. He's got the stars on the trunks and stuff, and it's got the same font on the back that's got the Macho Man font on the ass. Yeah. I think The Undertaker is my favorite of the greatest hits, I think.
01:23:11
Speaker
Yeah, very, very cool. Let's fast forward to something that I think was a huge surprise to all collectors. The Target three pack, man. Target box sets are back. You guys remember about five years ago, I thought this whole concept was doomed between the four horsemen and then that Nitro notable set that had Larry Zabisco's first elite on it. But we're getting Target box sets back. It's pretty good value for 65 bucks, which with tax, that's about what you get for three elites anyways.
01:23:40
Speaker
The grain razor Ramon a badass undertaker and then the one two three kid back when he was still just a kid Plus the old-school overall entrance letters, man Jordan man, how high were you when you when I sent you the link for this set on pre-order? I was very hype After seeing the pictures I was a little less hype just because there's a few things I don't like why this Scott Hall looked tiny in the pictures and
01:24:06
Speaker
He does look a little short. He looks a little bit stumpy, huh? Look how much shorter he is than Taker on the figures. He's not that much shorter. I don't get that one. It is really cool and I'm excited to get this. I don't love that, Scott Hall.
01:24:24
Speaker
I love the Undertaker, man. I've been looking for this one for a long time with the early 90s with the hair down in the face and stuff. He's going to come with the jacket also. We saw that on the actual MOC picks. Really cool figure. And then, yeah, the kid's really cool, too. Did y'all see this set? Men on card?
01:24:42
Speaker
Yeah. It's like a throwback to like the nineties, like Jack sets, man, like really, like middle, like obnoxious is the right word, but it's like, it's really loud packaging, like super bright, like all kinds of different fonts and stuff going on. It's a really, really cool look. All right. I'm back. I had to pop out and, um, put our son back to bed. The baby face was making. Yeah. I didn't want you guys to think I just like, uh, you know, didn't have anything to say about whatever you guys talked about while I was gone. So we were just discussing the raw set. Okay. Cool. Cool. That's all you cover balls on.
01:25:10
Speaker
Uh, we kind of breezed through some other stuff, but yeah, the letters are cool, man. I, you know, I had some, actually had some like foam, like pressboard set of these that I sold right before we moved. Cause I thought they were going to get fucked up while we were moving. So glad to have those replaced easy peasy, but yeah, I hope this set does well, man. If you guys remember those target sets, they warned the shelf.
01:25:31
Speaker
They brought it, man. Yeah, how long was that horseman set out? You know what I mean? That one was the worst. That was a great set of figures. That was really, really cool. It was the only other time we had a chance to get Arne and Tully, and it was the only time to get Barry Wyndham. It was a good set of figures, but I think they were just way overused. Well, it's crazy.
01:25:47
Speaker
People just sit on them and sit on them and sit on them and sit on them and sit on them and then they go. Once they're gone, people lose their minds and it skyrockets in price. But this said, I feel like they really could have done it better. Like one, two, three, kid, once he gets a rerelease, I could see him getting a rerelease.
01:26:05
Speaker
I don't know how soon but maybe like Elite 107 or something they'll give us a new head sculpt or something for him because that's such an old head and then for Razor of course like he needs an updated head sculpt too with true effects and stuff but I think that overall the set's really badass and outside the box like I hope that this points to more three packs to come at retail like this because I love stuff like this then then now forever the shield the you know all those different three packs I love that stuff
01:26:31
Speaker
Yeah, back, what was the epic moment series we had for a while where we were getting the cool box sets. We had like the Kurt Angle, Milkomania and stuff. Yes. Mattel's had so many different lines come and go throughout the years at this point. What are you guys thoughts on Ultimate Edition Goldberg, man? I'm not super hyped on this just because garbage. Wasn't that great?
01:26:50
Speaker
but it is another update on a Goldberg figure. It is a head sculpt with the blowing out the smoke. Why is it packing? If I was an MOC, I would be like, what's the actual F? I got to think that's just a mistake on the one they had shipped. I would hope so. Why would you ship it with the head upside down like that? That's got to be a mistake. It's like it's molded in the box like that.
01:27:10
Speaker
Dude, if that's how that ships, I have beef with that. That is horrible if that's how they do it. The way it's packaged right there, dude, it looks like he's puking. These torsos that they use are just garbage, man. I hate this torso they use. This exact torso that they've thrown this on a lot of different guys for Ultimate Editions, I feel like it makes
01:27:34
Speaker
them look too wide and it makes their like necks look very weird so that I don't know I'm just not a fan of Goldberg to begin with and then you throw in like the multiple different looks we've had of them plus like this is an ultimate edition and the head sculpt looks a bit kind of cartoony I don't know it's kind of a miss for me you know
01:27:54
Speaker
You know what it looks like to me? So the head that's like, I hope it is backwards, because it kind of looks like I'm digging in the crate's hair. So if there's any young kids out there who's never seen this movie, there's something about Mary. Kind of looks like the air with the stuff hanging off of it. So. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Yeah. Go giggle with that, kids. Yeah.
01:28:24
Speaker
We got an elite three pack coming with Paul Heyman, Brock and Roman. Anybody grabbing that? No. Yeah. That's a much top right here. Yeah. I'm getting that. Cause they're going to, they're going to give Brock all the accessories I imagine.
01:28:40
Speaker
You think so, man? I don't know, man. Sometimes on these multi-packs, they kind of skimp us on the accessories. I don't know. I'm feeling at least a flannel or a cowboy hat or something. He needs a flannel. He at least needs the black tank top at a minimum. Because, yeah, it's going to be a mess, man, if he's rolling with just the jeans. It just looks incomplete. Yeah. I mean, it wouldn't shock me if they don't include it, but I'll be disappointed if they don't include it. Yeah.
01:29:07
Speaker
Saw MOC, Survivor Series, those look great. Warriors coming with not just one, but two Rick Roode heads. I saw a ringside for the Royal Rumble elites. It looks like they're not getting in brief for some strange reason. So I don't know. Be on the lookout if you're the hardcore collector, the completionist, which you're going to have to be if you want to make that Doc Hendricks. I think Brie Bella could end up being one of those random figures that ends up being super hard to find and really expensive because of the build a figure parts.
01:29:36
Speaker
Yeah, so got a bunch of renders. I don't think anything we really need to speak on getting another Hollywood Hogan That's gonna be in a WrestleMania 39 set Along with that dusty roads and macho man. We previously talked about this is gonna be from his match with the rock with the white boots We didn't touch on legend 17. Yeah, we are not skipping over the dingo warrior, dude
01:29:58
Speaker
Oh, yeah, I missed that one. Sorry, it's called passive. Yeah, Dingo Warriors. Incredible, man. That is one that I was not
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01:30:03
Speaker
expecting, but I'm super hyped to get. Got the mustache and everything. The basic ass face paint. Love it. Not a huge fan of WCW AJ. I don't know. That's a deep cut, too deep for me. But I'm glad we're getting another Ken Shamrock for sure. I think the idea is cool for AJ. I just think the execution is lame.
01:30:24
Speaker
Yeah, maybe some better gear or something. I don't know. I mean, I'd have to go back and look. That may have been the only gear he had. Jordan, what are you hyped up for off Legend 17? Dude, obviously the most exciting thing is Dingle Warrior. But outside of that, obviously, Ken Shamrock and Shawn Michaels is phenomenal. Yeah.
01:30:45
Speaker
Yeah, that's like a re-release of the ringside exclusive basically. Yeah. I think the ringside exclusive had a little bit of red mixed in on the trunks too. They're just trying to kill resale value. That's all they're doing though. Yeah. Anything pre like the chaps era, I'll pick up. How about chainsaw Charlie, man? How sick is this? I think it's awesome, dude. I'm for this figure.
01:31:12
Speaker
It looks great. It looks like I know they were going for like the sawdust look on the shirt. It looks like he's got just straight up cocaine just going down his freaking head. Or like he dropped a bottle of cake on him or something. Spent the night with Rick James.
01:31:28
Speaker
They should have probably done a cloth like pantyhose cover for the head because it looks kind of weird. It looks like he like spent too much time in the tanning bed or something. Yeah, you nailed it on the funnel cake. Yeah, it looks like he's walking around at the state fair and somebody bumped into him and smashed his funnel cake into his shirt.
01:31:50
Speaker
The mold for the stick too, like the sleeves is really cool. The double jointed sleeves rolled up is a really nice mold. Yeah, I'm actually in the process of scouting out some parts for some custom Godlands, man. And I think I might use that for like a Finneas, like as a base to make a custom Finneas Godland. Oh yeah, that'd be dope.
01:32:08
Speaker
Again, we talked about the mega powers that sick MOC like huge fan of that they're gonna look great with that Elizabeth So yeah, I would go now before these drop if you do not have elite 77 Liz go and try to grab her We skipped over a fig we skipped over the bread heart ultimate that's coming out as well Maybe we skipped over that intentionally
01:32:34
Speaker
I don't love the head sculpts. They said they're going to fix the glasses off that one we saw. He's got these little like rat turd looking glasses. He's definitely not even four heads, are they? Yeah, he's got a five head going. The thing is, dude, I have the pink and black. I know that's a really expensive figure, so I'm cool with them re-releasing it and stuff. But I have the original ringside exclusive Brett, obviously. And that jacket that the pink jacket he has, we got, if you guys have never seen it before,
01:33:04
Speaker
It's x6 underscore figure underscore artist underscore studio. She's in Taiwan. She makes the absolute best soft goods gear possible for wrestling figures. She made us that jacket in soft goods for our Brett figure. And it's incredible. So I feel like I already have the perfect version of that figure. Yeah, she's probably one of the most insane things I've ever seen in my life. Like I wish that I had her just in my house to just make order. I know, I know.
01:33:33
Speaker
Yeah, it's ridiculous, man. The stuff that she cooks up. It was a while back when we got it, man. I'm scrolling her feed. And the thing is, working on that scale, you know that's so complicated. Oh yeah. If you go to her IG feed, go back to May 10th, 2019, you'll see the jacket that she made for our bread figure. And it's just...
01:33:52
Speaker
It's incredible, man. Yeah, it's beautiful. And that is a sick figure. That's probably my favorite bread figure that Mattel has done. So I don't know. I'll probably still grab the Ultimate Edition, but I wasn't as excited as I would normally be for another bread figure.
01:34:05
Speaker
Let's do a little bit of wrap up before we get into some listener Q&A. Let's go around. Sheena, what was your favorite reveal from this Comic Con? We have some of that in the Q&A. Somebody asked what are our top three. We'll acknowledge them and keep them moving. I don't know. The Dingo Warrior is pretty mage.
01:34:26
Speaker
I don't know. I feel like we've talked about so much tonight. I'm like scrolling back. She's drawing a blank. I'll say the Mega Powers was mine. And I've been one of those figures for a long time. I think they only look great with Liz. We just got the Ultimate Edition Zeus. So, you know, you can you can get him in there. I'm just I'm all about the late 80s stuff and everything, man. So I love I love the Mega Powers. Jordan, how about you?
01:34:47
Speaker
the dingo warrior is my favorite just because i never thought we were going to get this figure um i guess a close second would be the head trinkers because another figure i didn't think we were going to get
01:34:59
Speaker
Marco, I'm going to go with, uh, I'm going to go with ultimate edition, ultimate warrior, uh, from WrestleMania six. Cause like I said, that's one of my favorite matches of all time. And, um, definitely need the, uh, the upgrade, uh, for that warrior with that head scan, uh, with the no face paint is, is, is definitely a plus for me. For sure. Trey.
01:35:22
Speaker
I think I'm close, but I think I, I guess gun to my head. I'd probably go with the Shelton Benjamin, but I think, Oh my God. I'm blown away by that. I know it's just a repaint. It's just a repaint, but it's, it's like AJ Styles is also up there.
01:35:43
Speaker
Yeah, dude, so many people are like high on that Shelton. That figure is like whatever, man. I'm just blown away. I don't think I would notice it if I walked past it. If it was on the shelf at Walmart in that Mississippi I went in today, I think I would have walked right past it without noticing. Yeah. All right, Sheena, did you have an answer? Oh, yeah. I mean, I think I like the poly dangerously. I actually kind of like that Piper Niven figure. I know y'all kind of shit on it, but I think it's pretty cool. So just for the record, Sheena picked Dew Drop out of all the amazing figures we've seen. I like her too.
01:36:14
Speaker
Did you know I'll always come off if we go survivor series with like me Jordan and Marco's figure picks against like Sheena's and trays I like our odds fellas I think we're crushing Benjamin and the two Sheena was scrolling ringside. She's like, oh there's dude drop. That's my favorite
01:36:33
Speaker
We're rolling in with freaking first time in the line, head shrinkers, freaking mega powers, and WrestleMania 7 Ultimate Warrior, staring across the ring at Shelton Benjamin and two dude drops. I like our odds, dude. All right. Shane, do we have someone else to reveal? Yes, we do.
01:37:00
Speaker
All right, David Brooks was the one who asked what our top three comic-con reveals were. So, do drop, do drop, do drop Chase and Shelton Benjamin. And ruthless aggression Shelton. David Brooks also hit us with another question. He said, you're top of your wish list of former WWE talent to re-sign now that Vince is gone and Triple H is wielding some power. So I'm gonna throw this one to Trey.
01:37:25
Speaker
So that my most wanted re-signee to debit it. Somebody that's gotten cut in recent history during all the Vince cuts that you would like to see re-sign now that, you know, Triple H is going to be the head of talent relations. Woof. And get some figures.
01:37:43
Speaker
Does anybody have, I know there's been like so many that have come and gone. Does anybody have like a list, a shorthand list or anybody that- I mean, it's been like 60- Yeah, you could probably just throw somebody at the wall and they've probably been cut. I feel like- Other than Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins, I think you're pretty safe to just guess somebody. Yeah. I mean, like the only one, the one that came to my head immediately is I guess like nails. I think nails would be pretty dope or something like that to get like a-
01:38:12
Speaker
Well, I think he's asking about actual return. Oh, I thought he knew right. I mean, if you're really a hard males fan, then yeah, by all means, dude.
01:38:21
Speaker
The ended on bad terms has been cut in bad blood with fancy. That's a, that's a long list too. Um, what about you, Jordan? Who's somebody that got cut that you would like to see returned to, uh, to WWE? It has to be Bray. I mean, I just, I think that's the biggest person they can bring back right now. Honestly. I mean, obviously everyone knows I'm a brain work, but like,
01:38:48
Speaker
I mean, seriously, what can they bring back? That's bigger than Bray at this point. I just, there's nothing. All right. Well. Yeah, dude. Imagine this pop at SummerSlam, man. Roman beats Brock. He's standing tall. I freaking Austin theory goes to cash in and right as it's about to, you know, culminate freaking the lights go out and the theme comes back and just destroys Austin theory for whatever reason.
01:39:15
Speaker
You know, could you imagine if that's how SummerSlam ends? I don't think, I think everybody would
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01:39:19
Speaker
go home happy for that. I want him to come back as Bray though. I don't want him to come back as the Fiend. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, I preferred Colt Leader Bray. I thought that, I mean, I enjoyed the Fiend. I thought it was new and different, but I feel like it's got its ceiling. You know what I mean?
01:39:36
Speaker
There's only so much you can do with that. All right, I'm gonna throw this one to Seth. So Zach Hertzler says, going back to something the Fig God said in a previous pod about his dream lineup for Elite Series 100. If WWE released a whole Elite Series of nothing but wrestlers from the new gen,
01:39:54
Speaker
What figures would you want to see in this series? That's a good question. So I'm going to start with Max Moon. That's like my most wanted new gen figure just because that dude was basically like an action as far as he sucked as a wrestler. But as you know, as his look goes, he was basically like, you know, walking, talking action figure.
01:40:12
Speaker
You gotta have a tag team, so I'm going with the Godwinds for my tag team. I've been one of the figures of those guys for a long time. Need a female, so I'm gonna go with Luna Bichon. Oh yes, Luna. Yeah, she could go with HBK or she could go with BAMBAM. What do I need, two more? Yeah, yeah.
01:40:31
Speaker
We're gonna throw another Brett in there just kind of anchor the line, you know You got to have a main event talent to kind of just keep things going WrestleMania 9 the pink with the white outline We've never gotten that look yet. So WrestleMania 9 all pink Brett and then
01:40:46
Speaker
Last figure, we need, we need another oddball, like obscure release to move some numbers. No, no, no, main event. WrestleMania 11 Lawrence Taylor with like the, the half shirt, the football jersey and stuff, you know, he could go with bam, bam. Yeah. So we need, we need LT in the line.
01:41:05
Speaker
All right. Good answer. So Sam Rosenthal, um, he starts his question with a little poke at Tony con. He said, who gives better hugs, Barney, Danny Tanner, or Tony con. But his actual question is what's the farthest you've traveled for a wrestling show? And I'm pretty sure Seth and I, um, we were going to win this one, but I want to know how far you guys have traveled for a wrestling show. Like what's the farthest you've gone from your home base to go see wrestling? What about you, Trey?
01:41:36
Speaker
I believe mine's only three hours just to Atlanta. Three hours away. Just three. Okay. Arco? Dang. Let me see. Probably Miami, probably. Okay. Yeah, that's pretty far from. That's pretty far from. All the way down the East Coast. Yeah. Jordan. So, mine are San Francisco and Knoxville for NWA.
01:42:05
Speaker
Oh yeah. Yeah. Cause you're kind of right in the middle. So yeah, on both sides, you kind of went all the way to the, um, you know, East and the West. So ours, we literally went from what's possibly, you know, close to the farthest West you can go in the, in the United States from Oahu all the way to Orlando, which is almost the farthest East you can go in the United States. So we went from Hawaii to Florida to watch WrestleMania 31 33 sorry. Yeah. 33. Um,
01:42:34
Speaker
Yeah. So it was, it was a long trip. So it was, it was good. Worth it. But, uh, yeah, I think, uh, I think we definitely win the farthest traveled to watch wrestling. Um, looks like Mattel went all in on Hogan. What are your thoughts? We've already kind of touched on, um, how they, you know, how they massaged Hogan this year and why Tony Barker, what is one accessory that has never been a Cody Baker. Okay. Yeah.
01:42:59
Speaker
Tony Barker says, what is one accessory that's never been immortalized in figure form that you would like to see finally made? Jordan, any thoughts? I got nothing for this one.
01:43:12
Speaker
I told Seth earlier, because I was reading these questions earlier, I was like, they never done Brian Pillman's gun, which obviously is controversial. They would never do that, but that is an accessory. We could do, you know, they could do boss man with pepper steak, you know?
01:43:33
Speaker
It had to be a two-pack. You have to have Al Snow with Pepper and then Boss Man with Pepper. Yeah. You could do mankind with, oh my gosh, what was his clown's name? Yurtl or something like that. Yurpl. Yurpl the clown. You could have Yurpl the clown in a bedpan, you know.
01:43:50
Speaker
I think like an Austin McMahon hospital bed set. Exactly. If Epic Moments was still around, we talked about earlier, that would be perfect. You could have Mankind, Austin, and McMahon. That was the birth of Sokko. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. So he had your full decline in Sokko right there. You got to have a bedpan.
01:44:08
Speaker
the bedpan and the freaking anal probe or whatever. Like events in just like a full, I guess, regular body and trunks with like all the articulation and like a cloth. It'd be cool with a cast. I'll take it from here nurse. I'll take it from here nurse.
01:44:29
Speaker
But there's another boss man set that you could make too, and his lovely feud with The Big Show. Hey, Joe. Hey, Joe. The Big Show's dead in a cat cut. Big Show's dead. Why do we have the most morbid accessories of all time? Told you guys, man. Nails was a babyface, dude. We just didn't know it at the time. Yeah, the boss man was right. And to clear the air, I thought that he meant shitless, like somebody that
01:44:58
Speaker
Had a falling out with WWE and you want to see them get like brought No shame over here bro. No shame, dude. They made fun of me for having a man crush on Dolph Ziggler for years You love nails, dude. Just embrace it Explain yourself, dude One day who who should Vince McMahon make up with her, you know, obviously
01:45:24
Speaker
posthumously. They're still alive. Who's that person we're talking about? He who shall not be named in McMahon? Yeah, exactly. All right. Josh Ellis. This one's for Seth. He said he needs to hear the Micah story. Somebody made a post a couple of weeks back with all the new stuff that was dropping to make sure that you're being gracious to
01:45:44
Speaker
I think it was Josh Ellis. Josh was saying, just be nice of retail employees. I totally agree, except for that bitch Micah that works at the freaking IAA target in Hawaii. This dude just gave me such a hard time. See, this was in 2018, right? Which if you guys remember, Target was in a drought then, dude. Distribution was ass. It was Tito Central, dude. Yeah, Tito Central had been warming. Tito Central, I think it was at most targets across the country, but at this target, which was like five minutes from our house,
01:46:10
Speaker
The same Tito Santana Hall of Fame figures had been sitting on the pegs for literally like four fucking years, man. Like the entire time I've been collecting this line, there's been like three Tito Santana figures sitting at the store. And I was still, I was deep in the game at this point. You know, Brett was, we only had the one kid. I was a completionist. Brett was just barely walking and stuff. So it was super easy for me to devote a ton of time into collecting. So I'm on BrickSeek every single day. Right. And I see the numbers pop up on the Hall of Fame figures at our
01:46:40
Speaker
A target and this was when that set with diesel Jake the snake. I think there was a George the animal steel and like a Roddy Piper It was one of the last couple Hall of Fame sets numbers plussed up and I'm thinking like okay, I'm going there I'm gonna get these pull these figures from the back for me and I'm gonna buy the whole set I go there and The dude just give me a hard time as this dude named Micah like he just did not want to go get him like I'm like dude the time you spent arguing with me about why you can't go get these and we're
01:47:09
Speaker
friendly people. We asked like super nice. I maybe faced him, dude. And he is just not wanting to budge at all on getting these, dude. And he's like, well, if we set him out, it's going to mess up our inventory count. He said, we want to wait to sell what's on the pegs first before we put new stuff out. And I'm telling him, I'm like, dude, I've come to this target like five times a week, man. These Tito Santana's have been sitting here. They have not sold. They're not going to fucking sell, dude.
01:47:37
Speaker
I'm like, you work here, you have to notice that these toys have never moved. And he's like, well, if I bring them out, you know, you're gonna have to buy some. You have to buy them. Yeah. And I finally got, you know, I was bullshitting. I was like, I'll buy them, dude. I was like, just bring them out. I'll buy them. And in my mind, I'm thinking that it's going to be, it was a set of eight figures. I was thinking that
01:47:55
Speaker
It's going to be two sets of the new Hall of Fame figures. I'm thinking I can grab them and I can have a set for myself and distribute the other set to friends or whatever. I was witnessing all this too. I was so confident. There's not a doubt in my mind. I think this was Hall of Fame Series 5, the last one. That was your biggest downfall. You had confidence.
01:48:12
Speaker
Exactly. In my mind, they're going to bring out a case of Hall of Fame 5. You guys aren't ready for this. I'm going to give the big fuck you to Micah as he sees me bawling out, just grabbing the case out of his hand.
01:48:27
Speaker
Well, if it finally goes back to the back and grabs them, dude, I can shit you not. He opens up the case. It was another case of the fucking Tito Santana set, dude. It was like four Tito. Tito. Trish Stratus's dude, like.
01:48:43
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I thought my head was my jaw drop dude. So now there was yeah now instead of being three Tito Santana's there were fucking 70 We multiplied the problem for that said originally Hulk Hogan was in that set
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and right when it dropped his when he got
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He was only in the first wave of those sets that hit Target. All the rest of them, for whatever reason, they put Tito Santana in his place, which that was a cool figure, but that's the reason why that Tito was warming the pegs from coast to coast. I never forget the hard time he gave me, man, about that. Seth took the box of figures from the guy's hand.
01:49:22
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I took him from him because I didn't want to give him the joy of seeing me put him back and walk away and him being right. So I took him and then I just walked around the store and I was like the Hall of Fame figure fairy man. I was dropping a warrior here in the kid's clothes, dropping a Tito Santana over in the dairy section and shit. I just sprinkled him all over the store and walked out. Yeah. Oh, man. Micah, if you're listening, fuck you. Yeah. Micah, he was the absolute worst. I'm not going to lie. He was a bitch about some other stuff too, dude. He thought he was the fucking king of Target.
01:49:50
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Yes. But that wasn't our first encounter with Michael. Every time we encountered him, he was kind of a douche. And then that was just the day that it was just like, all right, bro. He took his little bit of power and wielded it to its maximum capacity. Josh, ask for more Seth's Hawaii target tales on the next time you ask for Q&A, man. Because I got plenty of other stories on just random shit that happened in Hawaii, man. Hawaii was a totally different world as far as figure hunting goes. It was pretty crazy, yeah.
01:50:19
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Um, and that was before the figure game, we've been really like, because there was just no options, dude. Like, you know, for like, you weren't going, you weren't going anywhere over state. Yeah. You had, you had like three Walmarts and like three targets and toys are us and the toys are us on the whole island. So, you know, if it's like a defining moments figure, there may be like 16 of them for the whole island. You know, it was just.
01:50:39
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Yeah. And Hawaii's really tight. So like everybody knows everybody. Everybody's got hookups. Everybody that works at Walmart has a cousin that's a collector that they're putting shit back for. You know what I mean? Like it's cut throat. I did some stuff I'm not proud of to get wrestling figures while I lived in Hawaii.
01:50:53
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Oh, man. All right. Johnny JB asked Jordan if he has come to Phelps Farm and used a hoe yet or nah. So I told him no. That's definitely not what he's asking. Yeah, for those that don't know, on the last episode of Pod Warriors, we talked about the hoe being a playable character on WrestleMania 2000. And Jordan had a little slip of the tongue. He said that he unlocked the hoe, but he never used the hoe.
01:51:19
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That's what JB's referring to. I thought he meant the Phelps farm ho. Happy to report. We always joke that Jordan, every time Jordan comes to visit us, we put his ass to work. We do. Why is that a joke? It's a real thing.
01:51:35
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Oh, man. If I know Jordan's coming to visit and there's some home improvement projects going, I'm like, I'll wait till Jordan gets here. Then you replace the weather strip on our door in Virginia one time. Sure did. And then the last time I was there, you had me out there hanging tarps when it's 150 degrees outside. Remember, we moved that little chicken coop, too. I remember the time before that, when you came out and visited us, we went and bought a new TV and you had to help us. Jeez.
01:52:02
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back in the truck and shit they legitimately plan home improvement projects when I'm there dude nothing else he can watch the kids you're handy dude we told you like Jordan's the type of friend you don't clean up the house for but you also put his dad serious about it they're not joking this is like a real thing
01:52:23
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I would not hesitate. If something was coming up and I knew Jordan was coming to the week, I'd be like, I'm going to wait until Jordan gets here. You need to reconsider who your friends are, Jordan. No, I know who my friends are. So Trey, if there's a big show in Alabama and we're coming through, man, if you got any stuff around the house, dude, just wait until Jordan's passing through. He's your guy, man. Just pawning you off, too. Jeez.
01:52:45
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Exactly. Oh, and he wraps up a listener mail. Brian Vermeer, Brian Vermeer dropped one. So where's my Pat McAfee figure? But we saw a Pat McAfee figure. Brian's on the way. Yeah. And Phil want to know how many Cody's that Seth has secretly pre-ordered? Zero. We all know the answer to that. And OG Fig Kid wants to know when he's coming on the Chick Foley show. You just let me know, Tom. I cannot believe that you have not been on the show yet, but we love the OG Fig Kid and all the work he's doing over at the tavern.
01:53:13
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All right. Sheena, remind the listeners where they can find you on social media. You can find me on Instagram at Chick Foley. Marco runs the Twitter machine over at Chick Foley show. Follow all of our pod foundation brethren at pod foundation on Instagram. Make sure you follow MDT on all of his platforms, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and
01:53:33
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Go to chickfoli.com for all of our links. All right, Trey, you're in the hot seat this week, man. Since you're our guest, you get the weekly trivia question. I got to give a little salute to Trey. We did our first trivia night and he was in a food coma, so he missed like the first third of the contest, but he still ended up kind of middle of the pack. So I don't know if that's more of a compliment to him or insult to the rest of the people playing. He came in like 12 questions in and still almost made it to the top, dude. So here we go. You ready, man? Yeah, let's hear it.
01:54:01
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All right. At the 1993 survivor series, the first man eliminated from hearts nights was ooh, 1993 survivor series. I, it's crazy cause I legitimately looked at this show. I want to say the other day, cause I was trying to get a reference on the fan takeover, Sean.
01:54:29
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If I'm not mistaken, I think that's from 95, right? The fan takeover, Sean? The fan, yeah, that's from Survivor Series 95. This is 93, though. What- First man eliminated from Hearts Nights, Survivor Series 93. So not Sean, Sean's team, you're talking about Bret Hart's team. Well, the match was between the Hearts and H.B.K. and his Knights. Yeah, so who was the first man eliminated?
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in the entire match? Yes. Oh, okay. It sounded like you said Hart's Nights and I was at Hart's Nights. She did, she just kind of read the question a little awkwardly. It's on me, it's on me. Honestly, I couldn't tell you the last time I went, I'm just gonna have to take a shot in the dark. So I would just, Keith Hart,
01:55:25
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Black Knight. It's okay. That was a tough one, man. I said Owen Hart. I did this one for practice for. I thought Owen, because I, you know, that was where the Owen did Blue Knight, but I didn't, I was, yeah, there's, uh-uh, it's not my wheelhouse. Like I said, this stumped Seth and Seth is our resident trivia master. So, you know, no, no shame to be had. All right, Shane, give us some closing thoughts before we close this one out. I'll see you guys at SummerSlam.
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