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Pod Warriors 18: SDCC Part 1
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The first half of a two-part special, The Pod Warriors cover all the reveals from SDCC Preview Night and answer your listener mail!
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Transcript
00:00:01
Speaker
Grrrrrr!
Introduction and Episode Format
00:00:17
Speaker
What is up, Pod Warrior family? We are back with a very special edition of the Pod Warriors. It's actually gonna be a two-parter and a little bit different from what we've done in the past. But before we get into the details, I'm gonna introduce my main man, my best friend, Jordan. What is going on, dude? Man, uh...
00:00:33
Speaker
And I always say this at the beginning of these because it always does feel like it's been a while since we've done one of these, but this time it really does feel like it's been a while. I think it's just because life has been so busy and summers just flying by man. It just never stops man. Life just keeps going.
00:00:51
Speaker
Yeah, we've been hella busy. I talked to Jordan about a lot. He's been laughing at me. How dramatic
Coaching Challenges and Comic-Con Announcement
00:00:56
Speaker
I'm being about it. But I'm coaching my son Brett's flag football team. So it's made up of five and six-year-olds. And it's really hard to quantify in words how difficult it is to get 12 little boys that age to pay attention at the same time. It's just, you know, I literally can feel my life force leaving my body when we're at those practices. They're only an hour long, but it's like being in a freaking Iron Man match or something at WrestleMania.
00:01:20
Speaker
Um, but you know, it's gonna be a lot of fun this season and it's really, you know, I'm glad that I had the opportunity to do stuff like this. I know some people are busy and just, you know, don't get a chance to be that involved. So I, you know, if it sounds like I'm complaining and I'm doing, I am complaining, but you know, it's tongue in cheek. Uh, what we're going to do, this is going to be a all figure specific episode. It's been a while since we've done this. I think the, uh,
00:01:41
Speaker
the WrestleMania fantasy book and one may have been the last one we did. But we're covering San Diego Comic Con. It's also different because we typically don't do, we don't really do topical stuff. I think we did. Didn't we review like Backlash 2022 the night after it happened, Jordan?
00:01:57
Speaker
Yeah. And then we did our NWA weekend and then we did SummerSlam and WrestleMania with the girls. Yeah. We've recapped like the life experiences, but those have almost been like, I feel like wrestling is like a small portion of those episodes. You know, this is, this is one of the few times we're going straight up topical up to date. We were planning on bringing you guys like a little fantasy book in San Diego Comic Con, but the preview night hit a lot harder than I was expecting it to. How about you?
00:02:22
Speaker
Yeah, I definitely was not expecting them to bring out as much heat as they
Comic-Con Preview and Plans
00:02:27
Speaker
did. I thought tonight would be like some stuff that we already knew was coming out and we'd just get more like, if not prototype shots, just more shots of what they had already announced. But yeah, dude, they were not, they're not here for playing games tonight, I guess.
00:02:44
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like preview night has always been a mix of like stuff that is recently released and stuff that we know is right on the horizon Maybe just seeing like the the final form of it But they showed a ton tonight which has me excited for what we're gonna see at the actual the actual panel But what we're gonna do we're gonna basically just recap all the reveals that we saw tonight on preview night and then
00:03:05
Speaker
We're going to come back at you Monday night. That's right. You guys are going to get two doses of the pod warriors in less than a week. And we are going to recap the entire con and just kind of take an outlook for what wrestling figures are looking like for the next 12 months. So you got anything else, Jordan, before we get into it? No, man. Let's talk some figures.
00:03:23
Speaker
Alright, so if you want to follow along with us, we're basically using ringside collectibles Instagram feed. That's really the best source for you know, they had the most comprehensive coverage of preview night tonight. And we're going to start on the it's the post with the da Vinci style painting of Roman Reigns to show off the new articulation for the basic. So we'll start right there, man basics are getting elite style legs.
00:03:48
Speaker
Very interesting. I, uh, I, this is the first time I've seen this cause I tried not to look too much before he recorded. I also didn't know this is what we were doing until about five minutes before we started. So a little peek behind the curtain of how Seth, uh, treats me on these kinds of episodes. Hey, all right, here's what we're doing. Get ready. Um, but yeah, man, that's crazy. Finally, they're going to give us full articulation on basics. So that's nice.
00:04:14
Speaker
Yeah, I think they're missing. It looks like I think the knees are still just single-jointed. Yeah. And the same thing with the elbows, and we're missing the ab crunch. But other than that, these look great. It's a carousel pose, so you can swipe through and see all the different pictures. You can already tell the articulation is going to be so good, because the legs have really been the drawback. Just being able to go front
Wrestling Figures Review and Insights
00:04:35
Speaker
and back, it just kind of sucks. That's always been the thing for basics. They're not fun to play with. I know they say they're for kids,
00:04:41
Speaker
Even my son, Brett, like he just he doesn't even want to mess with him because you just can't hardly do any moves. I'm not going to lie to you just like because this is the first time I've scrolled through these that Rollins in the white suit is killer. I kind of like that Batista with the green boots, honestly. The Hogan is just a Hogan Honky Tonkman. Like do these basics look really good? The Logan LA Knight, man. The first LA Knight looks great. The LA Knight and the Logan Paul look phenomenal. Like these are good figures, man.
00:05:11
Speaker
Why did top dollar get a figure though is the real question. You know, they were already kind of lost out at sea when Swerve went to AEW, but ever since that time on the podcast, when you referred to them as shit row, I've just never been able to take them seriously since then. And that one little offhand remark you made, you straight up ruined their act. Like they will never be over to me. Oh, I ruin their act. Not Michael Cole, shitting on them every time they come out.
00:05:36
Speaker
Yeah, the I told you man you should have had me hang on to that empty Logan Paul box You could have throwed this this new basic in there would have been good as gold Then I would have known and it just would have been too much for me to bear that burden. I Like that Triple H too. We got the 2001 Triple H with the the orange and yellow Austin 316 and the red knee braces The only thing this is the only thing this has always been my gripe with basics I hate the look of painted on t-shirts. It just
00:06:04
Speaker
Yeah, it's not good, dude. It just looks really cheap. Yeah. I don't know why they couldn't have cost that much more to put a little molded upper arm joint there. I know. I feel like they've done it before from time to time, but yeah, the painted on ones, it looks like they're wearing, um, like the hardy boy style shirt. You know, like they went to gadzooks in 1999 and got him a stretch shirt. Solid reference there. Cause like the, the sleeveless Hogan shirt looks fine.
00:06:27
Speaker
Yeah, the sleeveless looks okay. It's those painted on short sleeves and where there's no definition where it just goes from the shirt color to skin, it just looks off. It ain't good.
00:06:37
Speaker
All right, let's move on to what I think is the best thing we saw. I'm in love with this figure. The new, I think this is gonna be the target exclusive, Legends Ultimate Edition Ultimate Warrior from SummerSlam 1991. If you remember, they did a little teaser post at WrestleMania and they showed this duster. And for whatever reason, the way the artwork and stuff looked on the back, it looked like it was heading for the superstars line. You remember us talking about that one? I do.
00:07:03
Speaker
very very much so that's why when you sent me this picture this morning i was like oh shit it's not a superstars line yeah maybe it's maybe it's a two-fer we're getting in the superstars line also but this is awesome man it's uh i i get i've seen you know a little bit of chatter there in the facebook group that there's some warrior fatigue going on i don't have it man i love warrior i think he's you could make a very strong argument he's the most toyetic wrestler
00:07:26
Speaker
of all time and this is really the last major look we needed man like this is it there's a few one-offs from you know his return in 96 and maybe a couple of WCW looks if you really wanted to dive deep in the catalog but this is the last one that's like in the front of my mind like we needed to get this warrior figure yeah this one was definitely a necessity and i'm i'm glad we finally got it and yeah dude if if you don't like ultimate warrior figures i don't really know why you even collect figures like
00:07:52
Speaker
he's one of the most toyetic people they can make. I mean the dude was jacked to shreds like it's not hard for them to make his figures and every attire he wore was toyetic like just everything about warrior is toyetic so yeah I'm jacked about this. Seth what are we not gonna do though on this figure? What are we not gonna do? Say it with me.
00:08:12
Speaker
You're not going to panic buy it on eBay because these ultimate edition Target exclusives have a tendency to sit on the shelves and end up going on clearance. So we're not going to spend $70 on this figure, Seth.
00:08:26
Speaker
Yeah, Target's basically at the exact opposite spectrum of Walmart right now in the distribution that, A, they're getting solid distribution of all figures, even that red hot, like all pink Bret Hart figure. I saw that on pegs a couple of times. Your stores are gonna get plenty of supply. And the other thing, their app is great, man. Like between their app and PopFinder, you can almost always know when your store has it in stock. So you're not wasting a ton of time just going from store to store with, you know,
00:08:55
Speaker
nothing but a little bit of hope and some money in your pocket, man. So yeah, I agree, man. Do not panic buying this. We should be able to find this for... You'll probably be able to find it on your own for retail, but if not, somebody in the Foley fam will definitely be able to hook you up for that retail plus shipping. But yeah, just
Nostalgia and New Releases Discussion
00:09:10
Speaker
really, really great figure. Do you got any other warrior figures off the top of your look that you want... Or off the top of your head that you're wanting to see, Jordan?
00:09:15
Speaker
The only one that I can think of and it's just because fresh in my mind is the one that we were going to get with the nitro stage. But other than that, no, I mean, nothing that's like pressing to me. I think this is basically the last one that I really wanted. So.
00:09:31
Speaker
Yeah, the only other thing I can think that I could, I'm hoping, maybe we see it over the weekend, is Blade Runners. You know what I mean? He was Blade Runner Rock, right? Yeah. We know that Jazzwares is making Sting. Mattel, they can say whatever they want. They definitely pay attention to what Jazzwares is doing, because we've seen a lot of improvements to articulation to keep up with what they were doing when they dropped in 2020. I think that'd just be a beautiful collaboration between the two brands. If we got the Blade Runner Warrior from Mattel and the Blade Runner Sting from Jazzwares,
00:10:00
Speaker
And I think it'd be nice, you know, be some nice competition also seeing who could do it better. I think that's a high ask and I have my doubts whether or not that happens, but that would be sweet.
00:10:12
Speaker
I will give a pro tip if you are a really, really hardcore SummerSlam 1991 mark. So we got Hulkster, pretty much any Hulk you can put in there. We got Slaughter. We got Colonel Mustafa. We got the special guest referee, Sid Justice, General Adnan. You can go to the Warsman. He's on Instagram.
00:10:32
Speaker
Not gonna lie. He's kind of prickly a little bit of a pain in the butt to deal with but he makes awesome Awesome awesome 3d printed custom heads get that go grab you a colonel Mustafa figure off eBay for about 25 bucks and hit up Ivy Ivan Milanovich Ivy's custom figgy's in our Facebook group He can put together a main custom general adnan figure So you got the whole you know match made in hell set right there because I do not see a general adnan figure happening in my wildest dreams Not in our lifetime
00:11:02
Speaker
Alright, let's go on. This next one, dude, as awesome as the Warrior was, I'm underwhelmed by this one, man. I think this is gonna be a hard pass for me. The Ultimate Edition Brock Lesnar from 2002.
00:11:13
Speaker
Dude, when I say that I had some of the highest hopes for this figure, I had some of the highest hopes for this figure. I mean, it looks fine. It's him. You definitely can tell it's him. The head scans are right. It's just, I don't know, man. It's just, this is like the most black, like plain ultimate I think they've ever released.
00:11:36
Speaker
Feel like the I feel like the elite that they released last year man. I feel like I like it better than this I don't know if it's just the parts combination or just me kind of generally preferring the look of elites over ultimates You know if you if you boil it down to just a figure but I don't know man if this if it's an improvement over the elite It's just a very very slight improvement. So if I happen to walk up on it on the shelves at Walmart I'll give it a close look and may grab it But I don't think I'm putting any effort into grabbing this one. I
00:12:01
Speaker
I'm not going to lie to you, I'm starting to develop a little bit of a beef with Ultimate Editions. Why do the titles, I don't know man, for some reason all the titles just look weird to me in the Ultimate Edition line. And I thought the titles would look better in the Ultimate Edition line than they did in the regular Elite line, but I don't know man. This is another one that looks pretty plain to me.
00:12:25
Speaker
That's something that I've been clamoring for for a while, man. Think about how much the actual figures have improved from 2010 when Mattel got the line until now. Honestly, if you compare some of the current elites to some of the first dozen or so series, they almost look like they're from a different line, just with the advances in technology and stuff. But the belts are basically the same, man. Have there been really any advances in the look, feel, tech of the belts over the 13 years they've been doing this at this point?
00:12:54
Speaker
No, I mean, dude, everything looks like it's either a sticker or it's screen printed on like, I don't know, man, there's just as much like, dude, we're paying $35 with tax for an ultimate edition. Now, twenty five, twenty four for an elite like, dude, come on, you guys are making more money now. It can't be costing them that much more to print these figures than it was before, especially when they're doing bulk orders. Like, can we please get some decent looking titles in these?
00:13:23
Speaker
I mean, dude, look at the work that our boy Dan Turanquist is doing. He charges 15 bucks a belt. You know what I mean? Like, if you look at some of the work, people like him, Riot Zoo, Forbidden Figurines are doing, like, I don't expect Mattel to match them. They just did their production scale. But give us something, man. Even, dude, I feel like it would sell if they just did a standalone belt line.
00:13:43
Speaker
make up, you know, maybe it need to be ringside collectibles, exclusive or something just says it wouldn't necessarily work at retail. But you know, make like the, you know, the ultimate edition of just championship belts, I think people will drop 20 bucks for, you know, a really, really premium Mattel winged eagle or something like that. I agree. I just don't know, man, it just, they have to be making these belts for like 50 cents at a cost. Like there's just no way they're paying more than that for what we're getting. And if they are, they're getting ripped off because these belts are fucking terrible.
00:14:13
Speaker
Up next, another one that I'm slightly more warm on, but I'm still not jumping up and down for it. The RVD Ultimate Edition looks cool enough, man. I feel like they could have picked a better attire, man. We talked about this when we saw it at WrestleMania. This looks fine. It is a cool looking figure. I really just wish that they would have saved the Tiger Stripes for the Ultimate Edition.
00:14:38
Speaker
I like this figure. I mean, I get why they did this figure just because of the semblance of him winning the title and stuff, but...
00:14:45
Speaker
I don't know, man, the head scan that they have on the actual figure in this picture looks fine. Dude, I think the bonus head scans are fucking terrible. Like that one look freakin the open mouth. It looks like I guess they're trying to make it authentic. It looks like he straight up just took a freaking hard hit of like some Afghan Kush. I know this is not going to hit home for you because you weren't watching WWE at this time, but it looks like Festus, which is now.
00:15:11
Speaker
like I know I'm familiar with fastest. Yeah, you could totally make a sweet custom fastest head off that. Yeah, I just I don't know, man. I feel like they're getting lazy with the ultimates. Unfortunately, I just I don't know. I mean, dude, look at that ultimate warrior and what a piece of art it is. And then look at the next two like, I don't know, man, I think they're just getting way too inconsistent with these.
00:15:34
Speaker
They're definitely, there's definitely a lot more middle of the pack ultimates, right? I think that probably just comes with the amount that they're cranking out. You know, we have multiple store exclusive ultimate editions, and they're gonna start going to three ultimate editions in the main line. The one positive on that, I'm hoping we get some more parts, man. I think probably the biggest thing that's hurt ultimate editions is just the lack of part selection, right? The lack of unique torsos.
00:16:01
Speaker
shoulders, arms, all that stuff. So maybe pumping out more figures will help that and give us a little bit more variety, a little bit more selection to make these things more accurate. What's your thoughts on the Bobby Lashley in his Hulk Hogan pants? I mean, dude, it looks fine. But again,
00:16:19
Speaker
I don't know, man. I just feel like they're just making these figures just to make these figures at this point. Like, I guess it's a little bit better than the last two, but not by much. I mean, are you jumping at the bit for this? I mean, Brett is, bro. No, man. I mean, dude, it's super toyatic, right? With the bright red and yellow. But, dude, if you're giving me, if I'm designing a Bobby Lashley Ultimate Edition, bro, give me the black and gold with a gold her business shirt, right? That's when Bobby Lashley was freaking peaking, you know?
00:16:48
Speaker
going in and successfully defending the world championship at WrestleMania 37. Like, give me that Bobby Lashley in Ultimate Edition. Not this just, you know, random late 2022 Bobby. Dude, again, the alternate head scans too. Like the first one where he's holding up the title, fine. The second two, like, I don't know, dude. The one that's him yelling doesn't even look like him. And the other one looks like it's a different skin tone.
00:17:17
Speaker
Like, I just don't get what we're doing here, man. Maybe it's just the lighting of it. I don't know. It is in a case. So somebody's taking a picture of it through a case. So I get it, but I don't know, man. It just, it's, this line is so weird to me because I love the ultimate line. Like everybody that listens to this show knows I'm an ultimate edition completionist other than Logan Paul. Cause I'm an idiot.
00:17:39
Speaker
Uh, but dude, like when, when this line started, like think back to that ultimate war, that first ultimate warrior we got and how like perfect it was and how much like hope we had for this line. And now it just feels like they're just pumping out regular figures with the different torso, like nothing else about it is different. It's just an, it's just an elite with an ultimate torso. That's all it is.
00:18:01
Speaker
Yeah, 100% agree with you, man. The next one, another one we got to discuss. I love the figure. In spite of these head sculpts, I love the figure. It's the Monday Night Wars Ultimate Edition Bret Hart. It looks like it's in his classic 1997 look, the all black. We don't got a real good look at the attire, but it appears to be a remake of the defining moments, Bret.
00:18:24
Speaker
Yeah, it definitely looks like it. Um, one thing I will give ultimate additions credit for is I like like the vest style jacket that you put on with the other arms. I think that looks really, really good to make it look like a jacket because you can pose it however you want and it looks great.
00:18:42
Speaker
Um, what I will not give him a tell credit on is the glasses are absolute shit and the two head scans. What in the hell is that? It's Howard Stern's private parts, man. Dude, it looks like somebody dropped these into like the microwave on accident and then pull them out and they're like, Oh shit, we got to display these tonight. I don't know. It looks like, yeah, it looks like he put them on about like 35 LBS or something, man. Maybe he was like stress eating after, you know, the big showdown in Montreal.
00:19:12
Speaker
It's like shallow hal, Bret Hart. Yeah, dude. I don't know what's going on with those head sculpts. Luckily, I'm not going to say they've given us a great Bret head sculpt, because for whatever reason, they just cannot capture Bret. But they've given us enough decent ones that you could probably mix and match on the parts. If they end up making those glasses like pink chrome, I think the head sculpt they have on them looks pretty good. The hair looks nice anyways. Yeah. It's finally not the bangs in his life. Cool figure.
00:19:37
Speaker
dude i don't know why it seems so simple excuse me i just dropped my cell phone it seems so simple especially with the multiple head sculpts why will they not do a molded arm glasses bret i feel like that would be the best way to to capture bret making his entrance right yeah because i lose those fucking glasses all the time i mean seth will call me and say stuff like uh hey man i gotta file an insurance claim i lost uh still in those glasses
00:20:02
Speaker
I'm like, dude, it's some of these should be molded on. Yeah, like you said, with three different head sculpts, you can mold the glasses onto one of them. Just you can make and you can make it perfect. And you know, I mean, you could get the hair exactly how you want it because you don't got to worry about like slotting in the glasses or anything simply perfect.
00:20:18
Speaker
Yeah. What ring is this, dude? So do you notice that ring? It's got the... It looks like the Attitude Era ring that came with Kane, but it's got a black rope as the middle rope and then an all-red turnbuckle. You think it's just some little mashup that they made for Comic-Con? Or are we getting another ring? It's got a nitro skirt on it, too. So I think they just mashed it up.
00:20:37
Speaker
Okay, so maybe the nitro rings not fully complete and they're just giving a little preview No, I think more than anything dude. This is just because there is WWE and WCW guys, so they didn't want I think the Monday night war exactly. Yep You see that little sneak peek of a nitro debut Lex Luger back in the background. That's awesome
00:20:58
Speaker
I'm actually going up to Minneapolis for work this weekend, and I'm definitely going to visit the Mall of America. I think I may go to JCPenney and get me a white puffy dress shirt and some black slacks and get somebody to take my picture right where Lex Luger stood. Do you think that would be cool? You won't do it, though. I would do it, but I feel like if I do it, I'm just going to be drowning in pussy. I feel like everybody's going to be all over me. Dude, you look like 95 Lex Luger. Going to have those Minnesota heifers all over you.
00:21:27
Speaker
Let's go up. I love this figure. I'm a little bit aggravated because I just spent 20 bucks on a figure I wasn't really in love with and made a kind of half-assed custom version of this, but the Ultimate Edition Eric Bischoff. Okay. This is the only thing I'm going to say about this. I don't think this needed to be an Ultimate. That's the only thing I'll say about it.
00:21:46
Speaker
It is great looking and I'm definitely going to get this. I passed on the ruthless aggression one just because I don't know. I just wasn't in love with that figure. This one to me looks better than that, but it still didn't need to be an ultimate.
00:22:00
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with you on that one, man, for sure. It totally could have been an Elite. I mean, this should have been a ruthless aggression. They should have come with an NWO shirt, and you could either do the plain white or the NWO underneath, but still pretty cool. Easy is awesome. Do you think we're going to get kickboxer Easy E from Starrcade97? Boy, I hope so. We definitely need that. I feel like it can work in the Legends line. It seems like something they would do there. They'd definitely like to experiment a little bit in that one. Yep.
00:22:29
Speaker
Up next, a figure that I didn't know I needed, but when I see it, I think it looks pretty fucking awesome, dude. WCW, Roddy Piper. This is fucking killer, dude. When I saw this, because I was just kind of scrolling up a little bit while you're talking, this is awesome. I definitely need this. I mean, it looks like it's an ultimate, right?
00:22:47
Speaker
Yeah, it's an ultimate. Okay. I think this is going to be from the Monday night wars line. Yeah. So I'm definitely getting this. This is a cool shirt or a cool figure. Had no idea I needed this either. Honestly, I probably blocked this part of Roddy Piper out of my memory. If I'm being completely honest, the icon shirt was pretty cool though, man. I always kind of dug the icon shirt. So I think it's nice, man. And we, we've never really gotten that Piper. We've gotten a ton of eighties and early nineties Piper, but this is the first time we've gotten this one in the Mattel line. Yeah. It's, it's cool getting different figures too. And the,
00:23:17
Speaker
the elite lines are the ultimate line so i'm always down for that all right up next we got another carousel post running through some uh some monday night wars figures uh you see the packaging what do you think of the uh the new packaging with the smaller window there jordan as long as the window stays i'm okay with it i don't i don't hate this i will say one thing like i don't know man i i feel like this is kind of uh
00:23:45
Speaker
I don't know, dude, I expected more out of the Monday Night War packaging. I just thought it would look cooler. The little window in the top is weird to me too. I just
00:23:55
Speaker
I don't know what the deal is with that. The packaging definitely leans WCW. Like if I was just at a glance, I would think it was a straight up WCW brand with that like billet metal all along the side and the flames back behind it. I'm not seeing much raw. You can tell, I think that they were very, very confident that Nitro Stage was getting funded by looking at these.
00:24:15
Speaker
Yeah, let's talk about the one takeaway from this. They actually did fix the Scott Hall pants, thank God. They did, they fixed the pants. I'm still curious why they don't have him with the ponytail box, or the ponytail head in the box, but that's small potatoes. Yeah, I'm glad that they fixed that. It looks so much better. Oh my God, it looks 10 times better, because just looking back on it with the pants over the boots, that was horrific.
00:24:45
Speaker
That Undertaker is very cool, but dude I'd have to do a double take to tell you how different it is from the Legends they just dropped. That's another problem with Undertaker figures is dude all of them kind of look the same unless it's like unless you can decipher from like his ministry to like the purple gloves or the
00:25:03
Speaker
the gray gloves. I mean, because when they do figures like this, without like a jacket or anything on, they kind of look the same. Yeah, 97 98 Undertaker was rocking basically the same gear the entire time also. So I do like the head sculpt, man, the head sculpt is pretty cool. And I think and these are a build a figure set. So you're gonna have to get them anyway. So that may be one that I grab and just swipe that head and, you know, throw it in with some other figures. So we got
00:25:26
Speaker
Hall and Undertaker right there in box. We got the Luger we talked about, which, you know, it's it looks fine for a build a figure that I think that looks more like a jacket than a, you know, that like pirate shirt that Lex Luger was wearing. But it's still cool to have the debut Luger. I think it's given Austin Powers vibes personally. How about Mattel trolling us with that Nitro stage back in the background? Dude, please get rid of that. Quit showing us that. It was pissing me off earlier when I saw it. I'm like, come on, man.
00:25:56
Speaker
They're like, you'll never get this. You could have had this, but you didn't treat us right. They're going to drop it tomorrow. They're going to be like, if this gets 10,000 backers, we will fund it. We see the debut, all the debut versions of the NWO. You got Scott Hall from, you know, you won a war.
00:26:15
Speaker
Uh, that, that first promo, we got Kevin Nash in the gray scale, man, from his, I did not know we were getting this man from his first appearance on nitro where he showed up and famously said, you know, look at the adjective play. Uh, that's pretty cool, man. I'm really excited to get that one. Yeah. I liked that figure a lot. That was a cool reveal. Um, I just thought we were getting Hogan and, uh, razor out of this. So yeah, it's awesome.
00:26:37
Speaker
Yeah, the Hogan looks cool. This is when he hadn't really fully formed the look yet. He's just rocking the all-black. So very nice figure. And like I said, the Scott Hall with the updated boots just makes a world of difference. I'm not sure what this Steve Austin is. If you go up, it's definitely, it's at least an Elite. That might be an Ultimate Edition Austin. I'm not sure, but it's a remake of the old defining moments that came with the camo jacket. He's standing on that
00:27:00
Speaker
That monster truck comes with a basic Steve Austin, so it's a little bit misleading how they got it, but it's pretty cool that we're getting Austin with a can. Obviously, Mattel's not gonna put any beer logos or anything like that on there, but you could probably hit up somebody like Curbshop City Decals to get you a Miller Lite sticker to throw on there.
00:27:16
Speaker
or Steve Weiser sticker or a broken school sticker. Yeah, it'd be pretty cool. But yeah, this figure is cool. I have the defining moments one, but I would like an upgrade for sure. Because some of those old elites, man, the legs are super stiff. I always feel like I'm going to snap them off if I mess around with them too much. This is definitely an upgrade over that defining moments too. I mean, you can already tell it's going to be a better figure. Oh, yeah.
00:27:41
Speaker
The Hulk Hogan three pack that went live on target today for pre-order. Did you buy this, Jordan? No, I'll wait for it to come in store. I just am not a big fan of pre-ordering at Target or Walmart. This is a Jax remake, right? They already released it. Yeah, it is. It's a tribute to the Jax line, the evolution of Hulk Hogan. I get it.
00:28:01
Speaker
I mean, dude, I know Hogan makes money, but Jesus, dude, people bitch about warrior. How many damn hogan's do we need? I feel like we've gotten 30 hogan's in the last 20 lines. Like, tell you, man, we'll see how the rest of the weekend goes. We were texting back and forth earlier. I think this is going to be like, you know, Captain Crunch, oops, all berries. It's about to be San Diego Comic Con. Oops, all hogan's. Yeah, it's.
00:28:21
Speaker
I mean, it's cool. I'll definitely get it. The packaging alone makes it worth it for a MOC collector. The packaging's cool. It'd be awesome to get this signed, dude. That would be so cool, man. Maybe if you get Hulk to sign it like three different times, man, that would be really, really neat with some different colored paint pins and stuff.
00:28:37
Speaker
I like the line, man. I got some gripes. It's cool that they attempted it to make it different. I don't love the like chewing on the bandana head sculpt. I feel like it looks like he's like chewing on a fruit roll up. Or the other thing, I've been in the vibe of like, you remember when they would show like the horny cartoon dogs with their tongues like rolling all the way out? That's what I see on that Hulk. Am I crazy, dude? Nope, you're not crazy at all. That is not good.
00:29:01
Speaker
The Hollywood is good, man. We're getting the Hollywood rules shirt. I think that might be my favorite Hollywood they've done so far. It looks pretty cool. I have to compare it to the Ultimate Edition once we get them. And then I think the Hulk still rules is very, very close to a re-release of that Elite that we got in length like Elite 91 maybe. Yeah. If it's not, it's, I mean, it's a cut hair difference.
00:29:22
Speaker
We got another box set, no info on this if it's exclusive to anywhere. And it's kind of hard to tell exactly what the common thread is on this. It's a then now forever together pack where we got, you know, if not re-releases. So The Rock is definitely a re-release. Hogan and Austin look, there may be some small differences. They look pretty damn close to being re-releases.
00:29:44
Speaker
And then we got this awesome Becky Lynch. Looks like it could be an Ultimate Edition, man. I think they're kind of fucking us by tying that Becky up with this box set. Because I could really do without the other three figures in the set. I think they fucked up on this set. I agree that Becky should not be in this set. Dude, why is Roman not the fourth person in this box set?
00:30:07
Speaker
I just don't get it. Like dude, this should litter. I saw this and I, at first I just took a glance and I was like, Oh, that's cool. They put Roman as the last person. And then I, I was like, why the fuck is Becky Lynch in there? Like what does she have to do with the other three people? I don't even understand this.
00:30:24
Speaker
Yeah, if this was like in 2019, maybe make a little bit more sense when she was red hot, but kind of weird now, man. That Becky Lynch figure is crazy looking though, dude. You see, it's got like the weirdest headgear glasses. It's got like soft goods, big skirts. You got the jacket.
00:30:41
Speaker
Really, really, really neat, man. And then we're getting an upgrade of that Rocky Maivia that they gave us back in 2014 as a Target exclusive. The Hulk and the Austin, those look kind of like just throw-ins, man. Weird set though, like I said, weird set. I'll be interested to see what the pricing and where this is going to end up at, but it is pretty cool. It kind of makes me think of the old Jax, the Jax bone crunching action belt packs. You remember those? Yep.
00:31:05
Speaker
That's the first thing that came to mind when I see it. That'd be pretty cool if they did that, man. If they just picked a different year and started doing belt packs for whoever was going into WrestleMania with the championships. I guess now there's so many belts that it'd end up being a 15 pack or something. That would be cool. But dude, I just think if it was Roman in place of Becky, this whole thing would be a lot cooler. I don't know, man. It seems like Roman should be the fourth person in this box, but whatever.
00:31:32
Speaker
Yeah, it would make a lot more sense for sure. If Roman was in there and then maybe we got like an actual, like the rock instead of this weird Rocky Maivia figure. I mean, don't get me wrong, that Rocky Maivia figure is outstanding, but weird set for sure. I remember I had somebody tip me off about this set a while back and I'd actually forgotten about it till I seen it just now. It's like, what the hell?
00:31:51
Speaker
Um, all right up next we have inbox shots of the target exclusive ultimate edition rock and that rottie piper We already discussed. I love this rock figure man. I wasn't super excited when I heard they were re-releasing basically re-releasing the uh, That amazon exclusive but this one's got different tights. He's got blue, uh, you know blue tights for example have like the red tights and then he comes with sophica as the tracksuit man from when rock was first becoming world champ and
00:32:15
Speaker
Tracksuit is a must-have man if you buy this figure for nothing else gotta have the tracksuit dude soft goods track seats dope Yeah, it looks real good, man I wouldn't even mind getting a molded tracksuit rock someday like the old like the bone crunching action But that figure looks outstanding and I'm glad it's gonna be a target exclusive because like we mentioned before it should be Relatively easy to find up next we have the upcoming legend set legends 20 did this Greg the hammer Valentine figure just
00:32:42
Speaker
Take my money, man. It's crazy, man. That's probably the figure I'm most excited to get out of everything we've seen so far, just because he's so iconic in the toy collecting world. And I've just always, always wanted to get a Greg the Hammer Valentine Elite in Rhythm and Blues. I feel like this set looks better in box than it did when they showed us the original pictures of it.
00:33:02
Speaker
Because I was a little underwhelmed when they first announced this set. But I gotta be honest, dude, in box, these all look really good to me. The million dollar man old man head sculpt is not great. But I don't know, dude, I still think these are cool. I like everything except the perfect man. I know what they were trying for. But I hate the way the the scene that looks on perfect. Yeah, that's not ideal, I guess. But I mean, dude,
00:33:31
Speaker
I don't know. I just feel like they're doing a pretty good job on this legend set. And I'm glad they did not put the old man D.B. Asi head on either one of them, because that would have really pissed me off if they were done with the white suit one.
00:33:43
Speaker
Yeah, the Legends line is killing it. Next post up, we have the Legends Greatest Hits set. Some of these are great. There's an Andre mixed in here, but the rest of these are from the upcoming, you know, Best of Legends or Legends Greatest Hits, whatever they're gonna end up calling us. We got a updated Honky Talk Band to go with that Great Hammer Valentine. Looks great.
00:34:01
Speaker
Still got that shit ass guitar though, hate that freaking guitar. The British Bulldog from Legends 3, so we're getting a freaking Heart Foundation British Bulldog. That's another one that I feel like my legs are like almost kind of like fused on that figure and I'm always super nervous anytime I'm getting out and messing with it. Yeah, definitely grabbing both of these. How about you?
00:34:19
Speaker
Oh yeah. A hundred percent. My bulldog from legends three, the box got wet from something. I don't remember what it is. So the box is basically breaking apart. So now I can finally open that figure and then I'll have this one in box.
00:34:32
Speaker
I love that the only way you open a figure is if the packaging literally just deteriorates, man. I mean, it literally is deteriorating like the back. I mean, I'm just on borrowed time here with that figure. We got the ultimate warrior USA warrior from Royal Rumble 1991, one of the most despicable matches in, uh, in wrestling history. I think they were going for that purple belt. He has, but unless it's the lighting, that looks like a freaking fuchsia strap. That is definitely a pink belt.
00:34:59
Speaker
And they were getting ECW Terry Funk. He never go wrong with figures of the Funker. Yeah, I'm getting all these. I mean, dude, again, any warrior figure out care if it's re-released or not, I'm buying it because of the warrior man. And yeah, the Funker gets no better.
00:35:14
Speaker
All right, going on up, if there's a figure that's rivaling Rhythm & Blues, Greg Valentine, it's this Legend Series 21, Jimmy Hart, man. It's Jimmy Hart from when he was with the Hulkster in the late era, WWF, early WCW days, man, just gorgeous figure, dude. It's almost a tribute to the San Francisco Toymakers one, just a beautiful, beautiful figure.
00:35:35
Speaker
They could literally, and I'm not even joking, they could probably make 10 Jimmy Hart, and I would buy all 10 of them just because he has so many iconic looks. Like, dude, some of his nasty boy suits that he wore to the ring, like, I mean. Yeah, man. Natural disasters, money ink, all of them. I always thought that they could do like a ringside box set, give him like, you know, black legs and a black shirt, and then just give us a ton of swappable arms and like the little, the vest jacket things.
00:36:02
Speaker
I mean, tell me you you're not going to buy every Jimmy Hart figure they release with the different attires like dude. Oh yeah. We're all buying them. Yeah, he was the man. He always went all out on those freaking airbrush suits. Like, yeah, this figure looks tremendous. I wonder if they would go as far to give us a true tribute to the OSF TM line and give us a chase with like where he's black. Oh, dude.
00:36:24
Speaker
Dude, that definitely exists. Lookup, OSFTM, Black Jimmy Hart. I don't know what was going on if they had a weird reference shot or what, but they made an African-American version of Jimmy Hart in that first set of figures. That is not good. We also have pre-WWF slash possibly Thunderlips version of Hulk Hogan in the all-white scene. Pretty cool. We talked about how many Hulksters we've gotten, but at least this is a unique one.
00:36:48
Speaker
This is Grand Wizard Hogan. I don't care what anyone says. This is definitely the leader of the clan Hogan. We got Iron Sheik, you know, good timing for Mattel anyway. He's cashing in on all the Sheikin nostalgia with his recent passing up to the big squared circle in the sky. Pretty cool figure. I love this figure, honestly. This was one of the cooler reveals for me today. I think, dude, I love the Sheik too, and the boots are done right.
00:37:16
Speaker
Great robe like yeah, it's a great figure I'm buying this and then Andre is gonna be the chase in this set on the previous post You see he had the yellow trunks from WrestleMania 2 and then we're getting our red trunks Andre Kind of ticked off on this one I spent the money to make a custom elite of Andre with the yellow trunks a couple months back So in typical fashion Mattel just you know re-releases it in the in the main line right after do we really need two Andres though in a legend set do we really need a yellow and a red trunks Andre?
00:37:42
Speaker
I think it was just a money thing, dude. It seemed like the perfect way. Cause that's a super basic figure. He just comes with a t-shirt. So I think it's just, he's the cheapest one. I was really hoping we'd get a Jimmy heart with maybe either a completely different suit, you know, maybe dungeon to doom or something, or I even would have took just a color swap. You know what I mean? Swap the red and yellow on these to give us a totally different version of it. I would have been cool with that, but we're getting Andre, which I may end up passing on both of those actually. I think I'll get the yellow Trump's one, but I don't, I think this can be the first legends chase that I pass on.
00:38:12
Speaker
Alright, and then we have some more of the legends greatest hits line we have re-releases of the natural disasters from the flashback set Brutus beefcake from one of the first of the reignited legends set and then the rock is the scorpion King which I kind of got beef with this one because this figure was just out last year man Like I literally just got that figure like I think greatest hit should be stuff that's had like years gone by and you know people starting to miss it This is just one more Walmart head city distribution. So we're gonna re-release it a year later. I
00:38:40
Speaker
Dude, isn't the beefer isn't didn't that just get released like a year ago? 2020 man, the beefer was 2020 and Scorpion King was 2022. Like these, these are some of the most aggressive re releases they've done. The earthquake and typhoon were needed. They needed to do an update one because a lot of people never got their hands on those because again, Walmart sucks and they didn't know what they were doing. So yeah.
00:39:01
Speaker
Let me ask you man, am I crazy or do those figures look skinnier than the other ones we had? They are definitely not round mounds of rebound like they should be. The earthquake looks thin. It's keto quake.
00:39:14
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know if it's the, just the angle or the lighting, but I remember like those figures were massive. And the thing that always stick out to me was that they still put the knee pads on Typhoon. It was like the biggest knee pads I'd ever seen on an action figure. And I mean, they're still beefy here, but they don't look nearly the same size. So I'll be interested once these start hitting, seeing some comparison shots. Cause I wouldn't, I really enjoyed getting the updated articulation, but I need my big guys to be big. Yeah, I agree.
00:39:39
Speaker
Alright more greatest hits we have a unreleased Bray Wyatt figure this was going to be the last of the
00:39:46
Speaker
What was that? Oh, the epic moment set. That's what those were. He was going to come with Matt Hardy. I think the only thing we're missing now from that set is the riding lawnmower. Delete. We got the boat. We got the boat. We got the drone with the Matt Hardy holograph on it. We're just missing the riding mower that was going to come with this set. So maybe they'll surprise us and throw that in at the last minute. But it is a good looking Bray. If you were needing a 2018 Bray Wyatt. Got an R-Truth. That's whatever. And then Elite 33 Seth Rollins. And another one, the Hollywood
00:40:15
Speaker
Roddy Piper man from the John Nada from they live that one's back out from just a couple years ago another figure that a lot of people couldn't find though like I Did fucking Walmart? Why does Walmart keep getting figures? I just don't get it Walmart sucks man, and that is it just me or is there something wrong with the head scan?
00:40:33
Speaker
He looks like he smoked 18 packs of Paul malls before they took this. I don't know. It's always been a bad head scan, dude. It's I never really liked that. That was the first Rollins figure that I had when I started collecting Mattel figures that Elite 33. I never liked that head sculpt at all. They had one from Elite 25 that he's got like the man bun going a lot better. It's always a little like rodent esque with this this head scan.
00:40:58
Speaker
We are leaning way too heavy into the greatest hits, dude. This is too much. Yeah, I get it. I enjoy it, man. I like it. I'm sure it's cheaper for them to just crank these out, but a little, you know, I feel like they're overdoing it a little bit, man. I'm definitely a little bit turned off. I started getting that vibe when they had that reveals that Money in the Bank, that little like fan fest thing they did at Money in the Bank. I was like, Jesus, like 90% just re-releases, you know? Yeah.
00:41:24
Speaker
All right, up next, we got just a mixed bag of stuff. You got a Charlotte figure. I think that's, yeah, that's an elite just Charlotte and black, like, I don't know. I don't think that's moving the needle for anybody. That Jerry Lawler, man. How about the Monday Night Raw Jerry Lawler? I dig that one, dude. I do like that. That's a really good figure. I'll definitely be getting that.
00:41:42
Speaker
Yeah, that's what I've wanted for a while, man. I look great setting up with the, you know, with the table and, you know, good old JR. We need to get a, obviously they can't make him because he's with AW right now. I'd love to get the JR like the old Jack's bone cruncher with that like black and red varsity raw Jack. He wore pretty much all 97. Hell yeah. Bulldog and jeans, man, from when he was back fighting for the hardcore title in 1999 when he returned in WWE. This is a build a figure. I'm all in on this one. I love this figure. I think this is one of the better figures of the night so far.
00:42:13
Speaker
I was trying to figure this out, man. What's the deal with the briefcase Kevin Owens had? When did Kevin Owens have a briefcase? Am I completely forgetting about something? I don't remember that either. Now that you just said that, I have no idea what this is from. Kevin Owens briefcase. I'm trying to think, man. I do not remember Kevin Owens carrying a briefcase around. Maybe it's got cheese in it.
00:42:34
Speaker
We got Survivor Series 2, Shawn Michaels. Survivor Series 2002, Shawn Michaels. It's a money in the bank briefcase is what it's gonna end up being. He won money in the bank, or at least he had the briefcase at one point. Oh, you know what? Yeah, I think he didn't he like steal Braun's briefcase when Braun was Mr. Money in the Bank and he stole the briefcase. Yep, so that's what it is.
00:42:56
Speaker
Okay, we got 2002 Shawn Michaels. This is from what is widely known as his ugliest gear ever. He had this weird brown gear with blue hearts and it ended up being a match together from stuff he borrowed backstage because his gear he was supposed to wear wasn't ready. The cowboy boots, he's got this weird short hair. Dude, I love this figure, man. I think it's probably just nostalgia because that match was so good.
00:43:19
Speaker
arguably the best elimination chamber match that, uh, that ever was. And, uh, it was just awesome seeing Sean when the bell, he had just come back at summer slam. This was his second match back from his four and a half year hiatus after WrestleMania
Shawn Michaels and Iconic Figures
00:43:32
Speaker
14. And if you want to see a pop, go watch this massive square garden survivor series, 2002 main event, uh, HVK blows the roof off the place. That figure is phenomenal. And I think you're right. It is nostalgia. It's just, it's a cool figure that I never thought we would get.
00:43:47
Speaker
Need some entrance gear, man. I feel like we definitely need the entrance gear with it to make it complete, man. If they know it, I may have to rob from another HBK and try to do a little mishmash, man. But yeah, really, really cool. All right. Moving on up, we got Beth Phoenix Elite with the bull nacano hair. Jordan, you're the women's wrestling expert, man. What's your thoughts on this one? Why does she have a melted face? Again, what's up with the melted faces? What are we doing here, Mattel? The face scan is horrible. I don't even know who that is.
00:44:15
Speaker
I wonder if it's the sculpts or the paint application, man. I've never been in love with the TrueFX paint application. I wonder if sometimes there's just some weird contouring and shading and stuff when they do the face paint like that. It definitely looks like a chick that dressed up as Beth Phoenix to go to the show, right? Or somebody from the Goonies that dressed up as Beth Phoenix.
00:44:42
Speaker
Ridge Holland, that's pretty cool, man. We still need a butch figure, but I don't think that's bad for Ridge Holland's first figure. I don't think anybody's banging down the doors at Mattel factories to get Ridge Holland, but it's always cool to get a new character first time in the line. Yeah, I mean, who would have ever thought we would have got a Ridge Holland figure, so good for him.
00:44:59
Speaker
I don't know what this is terrible. This is weird. Weird. It almost looks like Christian. Like it looks like the Christian head sculpt with, you know, Brock's hair. Um, I don't know. I feel like this is definitely a throw in, man. That's just, they, they needed another figure for the, uh, for the line. Somebody said, screw it. Just make another Brock. This is a old man Brock. This is 80 year old man. Brock is what this is.
00:45:21
Speaker
It's Brock from when he made events WrestleMania 72 against Roman Reigns once again. And indeed another figure that to me is right up there with that Ultimate Edition Roddy Piper and the legends Greg Valentine for like the best thing I've seen. Freaking Virgil man. I love this Virgil dude. If I had one qualm I think I'd like him better in his like boxing shorts like he had on the Hasbro but this still looks awesome.
00:45:43
Speaker
I'm pissed about this, dude. It's a fucking bill to figure. He doesn't even get his own box, dude. He doesn't deserve his own box. He's Virgil. Do you remember when he tried to hustle you for 20 bucks at GCW Nashville? He wasn't hustling me for anything. He was asking me for change.
00:45:58
Speaker
He was probably going to steal something out of your wallet if you open it up or he was going to ask, hey, let me hold a little something else, man. But freaking cool figure, dude. Anytime I see this Virgil in this attire, I just think of Survivor Series 1992, I believe it was. Yeah, Survivor Series 92, Yoko Zuna's debut match, and he just absolutely obliterates Virgil, like straight up caves his chest in. Yeah, I'm excited to get it.
00:46:21
Speaker
A little disappointed it's not in its own box. I mean, especially considering we're getting an 80 year old man, Brock, right next to it. I think we got Batista and some red tights. Another throw away.
00:46:33
Speaker
Another throw away to Randy Orton Ultimate Edition, dude. I do not like this. I do not like this figure at all. I just feel like it's plain Jane. I would have rather gotten like 2014 Randy Orton, man, or even like 2018 Randy Orton. Like I did not like, I liked what he was doing in the ring and stuff, but I did not like the hooking Captain Jack Sparrow facial hair. He was rocking that last run. Ultimate Edition 18 is just a curse set. Like there's just, there's nothing else to say about it. It's just a curse set.
00:46:59
Speaker
Yeah, we still got to pour out a little a little liquor for the the cancelled macho man figure man. What a freaking tragedy Speaking of which we'll go ahead and take the the beverage break before we finish off these reveals
00:47:26
Speaker
I had to get a little California love going in honor of taking place out in San Diego.
Beverage Break and Figure Quality
00:47:33
Speaker
Jordan, what are you sipping on tonight, man? I'm being repetitive lately, but dude, this is just like my favorite beer right now. Bushlight Peach is what I'm drinking tonight. It's just such an easy drinker, man.
00:47:44
Speaker
It is, dude. It goes down very, very easy. It's not too sweet to where you get burned out on it, man, but it's just sweet enough, like you said, to just help them. You can just pour them fucking down, man. I feel like you could knock back 12 of those without even thinking about it. I'm Duke Olin. I thought about grabbing a Bushlight piece, but I went with the regular Bushlight tonight. Just kept it basic. It is out of the farmer's cans. That's the one covered in corn. I figured that's the highlight of the year out in Nebraska, right? When they drop these cans.
00:48:11
Speaker
I mean, we only get two cans here. We get the fishing cans and the corn cans, so. All right, let's get back into Ultimate Editions. I like this one, man, Bianca Belair. I'm not the huge Bianca fan, and I wasn't super stoked, but I like the look of this figure.
00:48:28
Speaker
I'm not going to lie to you. I'm going to wait till I get it in hand, but this has potential to be the best women's figure ever. I think it's, I think this looks really good. Like I said, I'll have to wait till I get it in hand, but this looks like a really good figure.
00:48:44
Speaker
You know what, I think it needs to really set it over the top, man. I don't know if they're gonna, it's unclear if it has it. I feel like they would have been showing it off. I feel like the same articulation that we got in the Ultimate Edition, Jake the Snake Roberts, Damien, I feel like we need that in Bianca's ponytail.
00:48:59
Speaker
Yeah, that is a bit of a miss, but dude, still with the glasses and everything on, this figure is dope. That jacket looks awesome too, man. Soft goods are hit or miss, man. That jacket looks really good, though. I mean, we shit talk to the women's figures how a lot of them don't look like the chick. This is 100% Bianca. There's no... I mean, you can definitely tell it's her. Face scan's great.
00:49:22
Speaker
The third picture over where they got her pose with her knee up doing like the skip to the ring like she kind of does. Like, yeah, it looks outstanding. Yeah, this is a really good figure. All right. After this, another little bit disappointed there, man. I feel like this had the potential to be great, but that singlet looks like something from Figure's Toy Company, dude. It's way too loose, man. The Kurt Angle, dude. It looks cool with the singlet off. I feel like the head sculpts look pretty good, man, but that singlet's just way too freaking loose.
00:49:50
Speaker
Dude, this figure had potential to be one of the best ultimates ever. And they give us a singlet for Andre the Giant for Kurt Angle. Like, dude, how hard is this? That needs to be, like, spandex, man. Yeah, I was digging, like, the soft good singlet. Like, but the render that they showed us, it looked awesome, man. It looked like it was going to be super fitting. But yeah, dude, it's just a little bit too loose, man. It just looks, it looks, it does look like Kurt Angle. It looks like a doll of Kurt Angle.
00:50:16
Speaker
Dude the crying face is Fantastic like I rip on the head scans all the time But dude, I think they got the head scans right on this one The only problem is that singlet the singlet is god-awful
00:50:29
Speaker
Yeah, I may just pose him with the freaking the shorts on call today because it is a really great figure otherwise Up next we got looks like another mixed bag. We got looks like the next top picks line You got a Roman a Cody and a John Cena with the the green shirt And then we got our big Papa pump man, obviously we collectively as figures we fucked it away on the crowd fun But we got our first big our first Scott Steiner in the Mattel line It's gonna be big Papa pump with the the red pants. I got
00:50:57
Speaker
I kind of like this better than what they showed us for the crowdfund.
00:51:00
Speaker
The only thing I do not like about this figure is the headdress. Like, dude, why couldn't they have made the headdress the same way they made the triple eight shirt in the Ultimate Edition? Like, I don't know, man, just the rubber headdress looks weird to me. Looks kind of like a Darth helmet helmet painted silver. Right. Exactly. That's exactly what it looks like. Which I've been jammed. I don't get it. All right. The
00:51:28
Speaker
We got Dom, dude. Judgment Day Dom looks freaking outstanding, man. And we see the new Elite packaging again. Got a little bit better look at it. I don't love the packaging. I don't like that little tiny squared out window. I feel like if... I don't know. It just looks too squared off to me, man. But that Dom looks outstanding. That Dom is fantastic and I never thought I'd say that about anything Dominic Mysterio related, but that is a really good figure.
Packaging Concerns and Hypotheticals
00:51:50
Speaker
We need them to come with some handcuffs, man, so we can get them cuffed and going off to the clink. Yeah, definitely. That's what we're waiting on now.
00:52:07
Speaker
I mean, I get what they're trying to do here. Like they're trying to be conscious of the earth and stuff like that. Like Sheena probably loves this. She probably is the greatest thing ever. Dude, why did that little square on the top is really fucking bothering me. Like I just have a feeling when the Walmart employees pull these out of the boxes, they're going to rip that and the packaging is going to be all ripped on all these. That's a very good point, dude. Yeah. Well, sometimes when you get those little pieces of cardboard, they're not very sturdy and it can be very easy to fuck them up, man.
00:52:12
Speaker
what do you
00:52:35
Speaker
Moving up, we got new EOSky. That looks great. I think that first EOSky Elite they gave us was a masterpiece, man. But this one will fit in a little better with damage control. So pretty cool. But like I said, it's just it's just hard to top. What we got next? We got Braun Strowman in the red tights. I actually like this Braun Strowman, man. It's pretty freaking cool figure. It looks good. I mean, I'm not like chopping at the bit to get another Braun, but yeah, it's a cool figure.
00:53:04
Speaker
Carmelo Hayes man, I think I'm getting both of those these it looks good killer, dude They killed it on both of these like yeah. Yeah for his first time in the elite line They're outstanding we're buying both of us. Yeah, definitely man Carmelo is freaking money Another look at the Scott Steiner and yeah that you can get in this post You can see a really really good shot of that headdress and yeah, it's very it doesn't look like chainmail It looks like a helmet
00:53:29
Speaker
No, it literally looks like they melted down the nitro stage that they had and then put it on the fucking head. All right. And the last post, we got a shot of the new basic packaging. And dude, those new basics look freaking outstanding. I'm looking at the LA Knight in the box, man. That is a great looking figure. Yeah, it is. And I think the packaging looks sharp on these now, too. I think they definitely upgraded the basics.
00:53:56
Speaker
Yeah. They, uh, what did they just put elites just on card like this instead of the box, man? How would you feel about that? Uh, not great. And that is like, that is not the last post either. You need to refresh. There's like, there's eight more. Okay.
00:54:11
Speaker
We got some more. Oh, my goodness. Breaking news. We're getting the knuckle crutchers. I don't know. These look like they're just for kids. They look kind of cool though, man. And we're getting Clash of the Castle Rollins and the knuckle crutchers. Those look kind of neat, man. I can see it. We're getting the needle mover, Roman Reigns.
00:54:28
Speaker
Yeah. If you had, uh, I don't know, those would be cool. Dude. They have really gone all out for freaking a real night. All right. We got the Muhammad Ali. We discussed this on the show already. Um, seeing it in all its glory. I think it's cool, man. I'm not super stoked. I definitely want to get it, but I feel like they could have done something better. Yeah. I mean, it is what it is. This is the least excited I've been for a San Diego comic con exclusive in a long time.
00:54:54
Speaker
You know what, they could have done same concept, but would have been so much freaking better. What if it was Mike Tyson, dude? You got him in his boxing gear with the black trunks, the towel over his head. And listen to this, dude. So you got to have him with a cloth good, like a soft goods DX shirt. And then you take it off and he's got to paint it on Austin 316, sleeveless shirt underneath. How freaking cool would that be, man? Oh, hell yeah. I'm all in.
00:55:17
Speaker
Yeah, we got the latest Colosseum collection with George Steele and Roddy Piper. We've seen those before. We want the next post. Oh, boy. Oh, my God. That doink superstars. We've seen the Captain Lou, but now he's there. Looks like finished product. Andre looks great. I don't know what's going on with the Hulk. He's got the Austin Powers penis chest hair going. Is that Hulk or is that Billy Graham?
00:55:43
Speaker
I thought that was Hulk, dude. I mean, that tells you how bad it is because you don't even know who it is. It's got to be Hulk. It's not good either way. Look at that doink, dude. That's definitely Hulk. I'm swiping through. That doink looks incredible, man. That doink is fantastic. Oh, my God. That is a beautiful figure. Andre looks great to you, man. That Andre is awesome. I cannot wait to get that Vader in hand, too.
00:56:06
Speaker
Yeah, I love the superstars, man. Going back to fuck Walmart, dude, it's just a shame because these figures are so freaking great. Bro, what is that figure in the back with the black outfit? That's Hulk Hogan, dude. That's like early 80s Hulkster. It's that front one, except with the black bodysuit on? Yeah. Oh, OK. OK.
00:56:25
Speaker
Yeah, he comes with the soft goods. We got the latest retro set. These look great, man. Hulk and Wendy Richter. There's going to be two more 80s-era figures going with that. And then we got Vader, Undertaker, Paul Bear, and Jerry Lawler. I think these are all home runs. Oh, yeah. Dude, the retros aren't missing. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing who they include with the Hulk and Wendy Richter. Yeah, it should be good.
00:56:47
Speaker
AEW, yeah, they got another Owen Hart, Brody in the suit, MJF, I don't know, man, is anything moving the needle for you in this AEW post? No, but the next post definitely is moving my needle.
00:57:02
Speaker
That sting is cool, dude. It's definitely the best figure casket that we've ever gotten, man. Are you gonna try to cop one of these? Yeah, I'm gonna try to get it. This figure is great. It pisses me off. It's one of a thousand. Like, dude, come on. This should be a mainline release. It's dope. Well, and at least give us a shot to get it online, dude. It's one of a thousand, and it's a legit con exclusive, which, I mean, it's cool for the collectability of it, but it sucks, dude, because it's already hard enough to get tickets to San Diego Comic Con, man. Like, throw us a bone, Jeremy. Give us a shot at this thing. You asshole.
00:57:31
Speaker
Come on packaging looks amazing. That would look so cool getting autographed. That is a sweet figure. All right. And then we got some jazz wares women action. I think these are all figures that have already been released.
00:57:43
Speaker
it looks cool though like the the setup of it looks cool yeah it's a really cool setup they got we see some blood and guts figures that we were you know that's gonna be coming out soon there's the bunny we said we gotta get clarification this week what's going on with the bunny man what's your prediction right now i think it's just a mix up on the listing on between ringside and jazzwares and i don't think bunny is going to be exclusively a chase figure it cannot be that would be a major botch by them which
00:58:07
Speaker
Honestly, the way things are going right now, I wouldn't do this. It is jazzwares. I love that butcher and blade, man. The butcher and blade look really cool. I've been wanting to get figures of those for a while. Yeah, that's awesome. That's it, man.
00:58:19
Speaker
All right, that's it. So a hell of a preview night, man. I'm really excited to see what they got in store for us over the next couple of days. Again, we're going to be back on Monday night to recap the whole event. In addition to going through all of the reveals tonight, I think Jordan put together a little bit of a Christmas in July wish list for us for stuff that he's hoping to see over the next couple of days.
00:58:38
Speaker
I did. Um, I know a lot of these are probably, we're not going to get, but I don't know if this, it's fun to just do a little bit of a wish list, put it out there, maybe get people thinking, maybe we can get some customizers to make some of these figures. Uh, so put it out in the universe, man. Every time you put something out in the universe with a platform like this, you're helping to build momentum to, you know, at least keep the ideas alive, even if they're not happening in the
Wrestling Figures Wish List
00:59:01
Speaker
near future. So number one on my list is the Steiner brothers from 1993 survivor series in their USA gear.
00:59:08
Speaker
when they were team All-American with Undertaker and Lex Luger. Dude, I think these figures are so dope. You get the Michigan jackets with them. I think this would be so cool.
00:59:19
Speaker
Yeah, it would, man. The Luger that we already got from Elite29, I believe it was, would work perfectly with those. And then they'd have to throw us a bow, man. I want the Undertaker with the soft goods jacket, and he could open it up to show the American flag, man. I think that would be so cool. Matter of fact, you give us that whole damn match. We already got Yokozuna, but give us Ludwig Borger and the Quebecers on the other side, too. Hell yeah, that'd be dope. And then I'm just going to run through the rest of these. Skinner was one of the top ones on my list.
00:59:45
Speaker
No, you definitely need it. Nails. I know Seth got accustomed, but we definitely need it. And dude, now that I don't know, man, it gave me a whole lot of hope that he actually is doing Russell con summer slam weekend. That gave me a whole lot of hope that maybe he's going to dip his toes back into the wrestling waters and we can get a nails figure. Um, so they're getting major bendies is making them. Maybe we can get zombie to get him in there. Uh, they're six inch one. Yeah. I'd kill for that.
01:00:14
Speaker
Um, Mike, awesome. Uh, Sandman dude, ECW is so poorly represented in the elite line. I just, I hope eventually they do like an ECW spinoff. Like they're doing the Monday night wars. Dude. I just, there's so many guys from ECW that we need better figures of.
01:00:32
Speaker
We need a Taz. It's just, there's that sand man, you know, Sabu is supposed to get that one from Chella if that ever drops, but yeah, it's a ton of them, man. Even like the mid card, man. There's so many like really entertaining guys would be dope. Like they can make a great figure of him. Yeah. It's full blooded Italians, the whole BWO. Yeah, dude. It would be awesome. So.
01:00:52
Speaker
We're just going to put this out of the universe. So, um, Canyon was next on my list. Who better than can, we definitely need a Canyon. Um, this, these next two, I have zero hope that we're ever getting, but still going to put it out there. Adrian Adonis sucks. We don't have one of his figures. That is just a really Toyota, a wrestler, um, Dino Bravo. I know we're not going to get, but still got to hope. Um, although Montoya, I would love to have an Aldo Montoya figure.
01:01:22
Speaker
Or yeah, cause you give us Aldo and then you give us Justin incredible also. Um, I have SA Rios on here, which I don't, I can't believe we don't have an SA Rios figure. Honestly, considering Lisa was, or Lita was his valet. So, uh, flash funk, another one can't believe. He has that great bone cruncher. Uh, Hakushi would be incredible. And then my last one on my list is slick.
01:01:49
Speaker
The Doctor of Style. I love it, man. Yeah, I would be all about pretty much all those, man. For Mike, awesome, dude. Are you wanting the Gladiator or are you wanting the Fat Chick Thriller? The Gladiator, dude. Fat Chick Thriller, nobody needs. That was horrible. All right, the listeners came through with a ton of really good listener mail, man. You ready to dive into it? Let's go. All right, so first up, we got
01:02:15
Speaker
Okay, so we got our main man the UK Philip done it which one to use would win in a fight So Jordan's definitely got a little bit of a size advantage of me But I also you know, I think Jordan's a little bit more sentimental So I think I would just pull the old like Chris Jericho, man I would just be like, you know, hey man, let's not do this. I love you, man I love you. Let's just hug this out and then as soon as he goes in for the big bear hug just kick him right in his nuts and Then run away
01:02:39
Speaker
I mean, that's a bold decision. That is definitely, definitely a bold decision. It could backfire, but it could also. I kick you in the nuts out of the can. You just fucking no sell it. You just don't even. Just grab you by the net. Yeah, me and Jordan would never fight. But if we would, I, if we would, it'd be a freaking, uh, we'd kayfabe it up and we'd make sure it was the fucking best fight you'd ever seen in your life. Exactly. All right. What would be your personal favorite SDCC ultimate figure exclusive?
01:03:09
Speaker
You can use any wrestler from any era, but can only choose one. So no tag teams, no factions. This is from Johnny JB. I don't know, man. I mean, I just listed off 12 figures that I want really bad. If I'm keeping in the same vein of stuff that they've done so far, I think I would go Suburban Commando Hulk Hogan. That has not been done yet.
01:03:38
Speaker
Yeah, they haven't done some perfect commando. Yeah, you're right. I'm assuming he's just meaning like a figure that hasn't been done yet. I don't know if he's wanting any wrestler. We'll go with that. All right.
Collectibles Debate and SDCC Strategies
01:03:48
Speaker
Brian Baker says favorite John Cena gear. The eight bit one where he had the eight bit shirt and on the back it had like the NES cover. Yep, that's by far my favorite one.
01:03:58
Speaker
I like that one. I like the U.S. Championship gear. He was rocking after WrestleMania 31. I kind of like the Mario 3 gear he was rocking on that last run. The Word Life stuff was dope too. Yeah, yeah, rocking the old Mitchell and Ness jerseys and stuff.
01:04:12
Speaker
All right, Johnny JB back at us again. Lately, I've been looking at my collection and I've thought about purging a lot of it. Have you ever had those feelings? Yeah, I've definitely talked about that, man. Freaking, I went through that phase really even before we got in like the little mini housing crisis, man. We weren't sure where we were going to live at and thought we might be downsized our house big time.
01:04:32
Speaker
I was already kind of in a mood where like for whatever reason I had in my mind, I only needed like the essentials of each guy and sort off some really good stuff. Like I sold my road warriors figures to Jordan sold some cool ultimate warriors. Um, I sold my commissioner, Shawn Michaels, and then I kind of just, I don't know. I kind of snapped out of it, man. No, you didn't snap down. You talked to Jordan and Jordan said, what are you fucking out of your mind? You enjoy this. These things make you
01:04:55
Speaker
So happy. I'm going to answer the question for you. If it still makes you happy and you still enjoy doing it, then I would keep your collection. If you don't enjoy it anymore and they sit around and collect dust, then I would look at purging some of it off.
01:05:07
Speaker
You've done a few purges, right? Not so much of wrestling, but have your Funkos. I've done a few, but not on a big scale. I think I've sold off about a hundred Funkos in the last five years. So we're not, I wouldn't call that a purge. It was more of like a, I can't collect an entire line of Star Wars Funkos.
01:05:26
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, the Funkos, they get deep. We used to have a huge Funko collection and then cut it down to just wrestling. All right, Randy Smith says, how do you go about buying for San Diego Comic Con? Buying everything, buying until you reach your budget. Do you have a certain criteria for buying figures like Legends only or just has to look good?
01:05:42
Speaker
Um, this used to be a very, very painful weekend for me. Cause dude, I was, I was all in on Funkos. I'd buy every Funko of everything that I would collect, everything I'd look cool. And I would buy every wrestling figure that I thought would look cool. So, um,
01:05:58
Speaker
I really have had to budget it down and kind of just tell myself what I do and don't need. And the other thing is, is like, as I've gone on over the years, I realized like things that I can just preorder on ringside and stuff like that. There's a lot of times I wait, man. Honestly, if I, if I don't feel like I need it in my collection day one, I'll wait, dude. They do so many sales and stuff and eventually everything's going to clearance out. I mean, that's, that's just kind of my way of thinking anymore. It's just,
01:06:25
Speaker
I mean, dude, you could spend thousands of dollars on this weekend if you wanted to easily. It's just, I don't know, just sometimes you just kind of decide what you really want in your house or not.
01:06:35
Speaker
Yeah, that was a great point about being patient on ringside because every once in a while it happens, but for the most part, as long as you're patient, everything eventually is going to come back in stock on ringside and will eventually be a part of a sale. I remember with the WrestleMania 12 Ultimate Warrior that they had as a ringside exclusive, that was on backorder for months and it ended up being part of the Christmas sale. I think it got down to 15 bucks, you could get that figure.
01:06:57
Speaker
If you're patient, just wait. For me, man, I really am only pre-ordering stuff that's online exclusive. I ordered the Bastion Booger figure from Zombie Sailor. I'm going to try to get the Muhammad Ali figure. If it's something that I can pick up on the pegs, I'm just waiting because Walmart, they cancel everything. I feel like why am I even going to let them hold my money for a little bit? Two, in Target, I feel like stuff always shows up on the pegs before the pre-order ships.
01:07:21
Speaker
Target and Walmart, I'm not pre-ordering anything. I ordered that Amazon exclusive, Razor and Shawn set that dropped today. Pretty much, if it's online exclusive, I'll get it, but otherwise, I'll just wait till I see it on the shelf.
01:07:34
Speaker
All right, Sam Bro says, which Scott Steiner look will we see here in reveals? Obviously, we saw it looks like red big Papa Pump's going to be the first one we get. Hopefully, we see the classic Steiner brothers like Jordan mentioned in some form or another over the rest of the weekend. Tony Barker asks, what first time in the line figures are you hoping for at this year's San Diego Comic Con? I've already discussed that, but thank you for the question, Tony.
01:07:55
Speaker
Sam bro says do you think STCC exclusives are truly cross promotional to different fan groups? How many Ali exclusives do you think will realistically be purchased by non wrestling fans? It's always the argument that figs like this reach outside of wrestling fans, but do they really I know for a fact the sergeant slaughter did man I don't know how much the no holds barred did I know that sergeant slaughter did though That was a really really popular figure because it got in the the GI Joe fans
01:08:19
Speaker
I think the macho man was. I think the macho man got some buzz. I think it's just hit or miss. I think it depends, man. I don't think the Mr. T did. I don't really remember it generating a whole lot of buzz. I think the macho man and Sergeant Slaughter were definitely successful. The no holds barred and the Mr. T, not so much. What was your vibe on that one, Jordan? Yeah, I don't know, man. I just don't feel like
01:08:43
Speaker
this one is is going to do much cross-promotional just because I mean dude the inside of the box has Muhammad Ali holding up Hulk Hogan's hands and
01:08:52
Speaker
Dude, we, we have a strong disdain for whole Kogan on this podcast and I'm pretty sure 90% of America shares that disdain. So I don't think that this is gonna, this is gonna have a ton of cross promotion, but yeah, I mean, I get it. Like the Slim Jim Macho man. Like I think a lot of people that weren't wrestling fans bought that just cause I mean, dude, that's our childhood. Like happened to a Slim Jim was our childhood. So.
01:09:15
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, kind of my feeling on it. And Muhammad Ali's like, he's not hot, you know what I mean? It's not like, you know, for whatever reason they did like a Michael Jordan figure or something like that. I don't feel like there's a ton of people clamoring to get Muhammad Ali merch. Like we talked about earlier, I feel like if they would have done Mike Tyson, I think that would have, you'd have a lot more buzz and people wanting to get in on that.
01:09:35
Speaker
I feel like the biggest problem with these STCC ones and I mean, it is what it is. I get it. Some people aren't going to agree with this. I feel like they're going way too far outside of the wrestling ring with these now. The Sergeant Slaughter was fine. It was what it was. The no holds barred one. It was Hogan and Zeus fine. I just, I don't know. The macho man was, was just a Slim Jim thing. Like, I mean, that's what it was. It wasn't like any, anything other than that. I don't know, man. I just,
01:10:05
Speaker
The Mr. T same thing. I just, I don't know, man. Like do we used to get shock master and, um, yeah, dude, I just, I feel like we've gotten too far away from the purpose of these. And I mean, I'm still going to get it. It's just, I, I, I, this one disappointed me more than the other ones I feel like, but.
01:10:25
Speaker
I don't see why they can't give us both man give us give us something that's gonna you know reach you know expand beyond the wrestling horizon and then give us a wrestle crap release you know what i mean like dude that isaac yankham figure i still think is one of my favorite figures i love that figure and then the the shockmaster i love that figure like dude those were cool releases and the shockmaster being upside down in the box like dude
01:10:47
Speaker
That's the kind of creativity I want out of these SDCC
Zombie Sailor's Market Impact
01:10:51
Speaker
exclusives. Like, is Muhammad Ali cool? Yeah. Is he the greatest boxer ever? Yeah. It's just, I don't know. It's just kind of there for me this year. This was the biggest disappointment for me in a while.
01:11:01
Speaker
Yeah, same. I need it just because it's a unique character and always get, you know, at least one of everybody Mattel's made, but my excitement's not very high at all. And maybe I'll get in hand and be blown away by the craftsmanship on it, but I'm kind of with you. I'm a little bit lukewarm. Sam Bro says, should Super 7 stop making wrestling figures? I have zero Super 7 figures. Obviously, I've seen him at Seth's house because he has some of them, but I mean, if they stop making them, would anybody really even notice?
01:11:30
Speaker
Yeah, I think we did an unbox of mania with those when you were at the house one time. We did. I don't think they should stop. I think they should just get better, get more timely, putting them out. It shouldn't take two years to get these things out from the time they're released and the time you take our money, man. Those new Japan sets, it was a running joke on here. I think it ended up being right under two years that I basically gave Ringside Collectibles a
01:11:54
Speaker
interest-free loan, man, just let them hold my money waiting for these figures to come out. I was happy with the final release, but it really kind of wears you out waiting that long for these figures. Dude, okay, so this is my thing, and I've never said this.
01:12:09
Speaker
if you're going to do a pre-order figure that you know is going to take a long time, like you're guaranteed it's going to be over a year. Why can't you take half of the money now as like a down payment on us giving, getting these figures and then we'll pay the rest when they're done, dude. Cause yeah, you got to imagine the first half of the money that they take from you that pays for them to make the figures. The second half of the money is the profit, right? I mean, that's just, that's normal like business, like it's 50 50 on profit. So yeah.
01:12:38
Speaker
I don't know, man. There's just got to be a better way to do this. Dude, having to wait two years after you've basically given someone a $200 loan seems ridiculous to me. Yeah, and if they want to do that system, they could be strict on it and just say, hey, no refunds. So if somebody flakes or whatever, and decides it would pay rest.
01:12:56
Speaker
Yeah, like, hey, you're keeping their money, so it'd be low risk, and you're still gonna get the figures, so you can turn around and sell them and make even more profit. Like, yeah, I don't see any, I think it'd probably tick off some customers, you know, if they did no refunds on it, but that seems like a good, you know, a good process anyways. Tony Barker says, if you had to pick one match, other than the 1992 World Rumble, you know, our dream crowd fund, to get the full figure treatment, like the WrestleMania 10 ladder match set that released this morning, which match would you pick?
01:13:23
Speaker
I'm going to go wrestle me a 17 TLC match with the Dudley's hardies and edging Christian. You got to get, you got to get spike. You got to get Lita and you got to get Rhino also. I mean, tell me that wouldn't be just killer to get that. Like dude, I think I'd be so Jack to get that and put a bunch of tables and ladders and I think it'd be fucking awesome.
01:13:43
Speaker
Hell yeah, that'd be awesome crowd fun dude nine figures plus all the weapons man Maybe give us a little rig to do a ladder match like yeah, that would be outstanding I'm going a little bit deeper cut in your house September 1995 the triple header match So this was the main event was Owen Hart versus Yoko Zuna defending the tag team championships against Brett Hart Excuse me against Shawn Michaels a heartbreak kid and diesel who are the intercontinental champion and world champion at the time and all the belts were on the line and
01:14:11
Speaker
And because Owen Hart, you know supposedly missed his flight the British Bulldog ended up subbing in for him and had And then Owen ran in at the end So if you do this you're getting all the belts you're getting Shawn and diesel and they're two dudes with attitudes here that like black and silver and blue You're getting a Yoko Zuna our British Bulldog and Owen Hart and then you're also getting Jim Cornett and mr. Fuji, man I think that would be just a hellified set of figures. That'd be awesome
01:14:35
Speaker
and that's a really good idea, too. Man, dude, why don't they just hire us for Mattel? Like, we can put out the fingers. I know, hot damn. We're shitting gold tonight, man. They're going to take all of our ideas and make thousands of dollars off of us. All right. Sam Bro says, how big of an impact do you believe Zombie Sailor can make with his 112-figure line when it starts? Clearly, he's going to make a macho man now. And being a small company, he can say, fuck censorship and give us middle fingers, Japanese RVD attires and blood. I think it has huge implications.
01:15:02
Speaker
I think it's good for the hardcore figure fans, but dude, it's like a niche of a niche. I don't think he's making a fucking scratch on Mattel or even Jazzwear's profit margins. I think it'll be cool. I think critically, it's going to put some heat on him because if he matches the craftsmanship he had on the retros, I think people are going to be really impressed by these. But similar to Powertown, man, if anybody had those Powertown figures in hand, they're outstanding figures, but I don't think Mattel executives even know that these guys exist.
01:15:32
Speaker
I would agree. Yeah, obviously, you know, Bill and Action Figure Attack do, but I'm talking like the higher ups, the people looking at the bottom line. They don't care. I think they're a non-factor from a business standpoint. They don't care at all. Yeah, I think it's just these definitely went over the hearts and minds of the hardcore collectors though, so I'll give them that. Tony Barker again, with WWE and Mattel apparently losing the rights to Macho Man Randy Savage, what would you consider the greatest Randy Savage figure of all time?
01:15:57
Speaker
uh, defining moments macho man that we're supposed to get as the ultimate edition. I just, I think that figure is just top notch.
01:16:05
Speaker
It's an awesome figure, dude. I got a little bit of a hot take. I could never quite get over the shirt not being included. He wrestled the first half of that match with the shirt and that was gonna be the big upgrade we got with this new Ultimate Edition. I'm going with the other defining moments. The one from WrestleMania 3 with the light purple trunks and the purple and blue robe, man. That was a figure I wasn't super hyped for. When I got it in hand, it was just freaking gorgeous. I'm going with that one with just a notch ahead of the WrestleMania 7 defining moments.
01:16:34
Speaker
And they're both great figures. I have both of those. I have both of them out of the box and inbox. So yeah, they're both great figures. Yeah. I think if I had to, you know, I'm up over 1500 figures right now. If I was cutting my collection down to like 25, I think both of those macho man figures are making the cut.
01:16:50
Speaker
Man, you would have some hard cuts if you cut it down that low, dude. You'd have a lot of ultimate warrior Bret Hart. I know, dude. When I was really in that hardcore purge, I actually cut it down to about 75 figures, and it was brutal. So when I got down to a real nut cut in time, because I got it whittled down to about 230 figures, and then trying to break it down to about 75 from there, it was just rough. I still got the picture from what my collection was going to look like if I went with it. It would have been pretty bad ass, but thank God Jordan taught me off the ledge. You're
SDCC Exclusives Ranking
01:17:20
Speaker
welcome.
01:17:20
Speaker
Kevin Eugene says rank the San Diego Comic Con Mattel WWE exclusive so
01:17:25
Speaker
Going back, we had Shockmaster in 16. We had Isaac Yankham in 17. We had Virgil in 2018. That was the three WrestleCrap releases. And then starting in 2019, that's when we had Slim Jim Macho Man, Mr. T, Sergeant Slaughter, No Holds Bart, and now Muhammad Ali. So what do you think was the worst of that bunch? I don't think we can, we probably need a pen and paper to sketch out all eight, man. But let's each pick our worst and best. What do you think is the worst of that bunch, Jordan?
01:17:54
Speaker
I still like the figure, but I'm probably going to go Virgil is the worst one out of those. Yeah, I think. I don't know. I think I'm going with that referee Muhammad Ali dude. We don't have it yet, though, sweet. I don't think we can rank them. We don't have enough. Fair enough. Fair enough. All right. I'll go Virgil then. Yeah. Just strictly as a figure. It's the, it's still a great figure, but it's just the worst out of a really standout bunch of figures. Um, and what do you think the best is so far?
01:18:25
Speaker
Dude, I love that Shockmaster. I think I'm going to go Shockmaster. I think I'm going Shockmaster too, dude. That one tugs on the heartstrings. That's the one I smile the most about. The Hulk from No Holds Bard is a really, really great Hulk, man. He's a little bit different because he's in the blue and white instead of red and yellow. And it just looks great, man. That Ripham Hulk looks really, really cool. So I think it's a close second to that Shockmaster. The Zeus was cool, but I actually like the SummerSlam Elite Zeus a little bit better than the Ultimate Edition one. The one thing I'll say, and I hope they never do it again,
01:18:55
Speaker
Please don't ever do that. Sergeant slaughter shit again. Where one's a chase because dude, I'm lucky that somebody in the fully fam helped me and I could trade with them because
01:19:04
Speaker
Dude, now those figures are, I mean, the chase is like selling for like 300 bucks on eBay now. Yeah, it's insane, man. Yeah, hopefully that's the, I think they did get a healthy amount of backlash off that. And that's probably why they haven't revisited that the last two years.
Judgment Day Predictions and Favorites
01:19:20
Speaker
TNT, our boy Tyson Neil Trevino, Alexa Bliss baby daddy says, do you see every member of Judgment Day holding championships like the Horseman and Evolution?
01:19:28
Speaker
I don't see it, man. I think they end up imploding with something to do with this cash in, whether it's successful or not successful. I think this money in the bank briefcase is going to end up being the end of the judgment day. I'm going to say this. I think at one point at SummerSlam, they all either have a title or a money in the bank because I seriously think Finn is going to win and then Priest is going to cash in whether or not it's successful or not. I hate to say it.
01:19:55
Speaker
Yeah, I hate to say it, but I think you're right, man. It feels like Finn's got some serious momentum, man. Seth's at a point, as much as I love Seth, he doesn't really need a belt, man. He just doesn't, dude. He's Teflon, dude. He can lose 10 straight matches, and he's still going to stay just as over. He's done well establishing that belt, but yeah, I think it's time that we see the... It's got to come to fruition one way or another, man. Either Finn's winning, and then Damien cashes in on him, or...
01:20:19
Speaker
We get some sort of failed cash-in that costs in the belt, but something big is going to happen with that match at SummerSlam because there's really no reason to run it back again, man. This will be the third time they fought in the last couple of months. All right. Zach Hertzler says, favorite sports movie? I got to go Rudy, man. That's still my all-time best. I'm going to go Varsity Blues. Dude, I watched that movie when I was, I don't know, 14, 15, 16. I don't know, hundreds of times.
01:20:45
Speaker
It's just always the most memorable movie to me just because I just, I mean, dude, it's about high school football. I did think back to when you're in high school playing football. It was like one of the greatest times of your life, if not the greatest time of your life, hanging out with your friends every weekend. And yeah, man, that movie just holds a special place for me.
01:21:04
Speaker
I got two gigantic plot holes, man, that I just cannot get past. Don't be wrong. At the time, I loved that movie. We went and saw it the first weekend it was out in theaters. I think that was the first R rated movie I got my mom to take me to go see. And then I think I bought it, the DVD, as soon as it released. But two gigantic plot holes, one. All right.
01:21:22
Speaker
at halftime they kick coach Kilmer out right because he's you know violent dickhead and everything but where were where were the rest of the coaches how was there not like a offensive or defensive coordinator stepping up to be the head coach after Kilmer goes it's just like Kilmer's gone and then Lance Harbor is the next man up like where were all the assistant coaches at
01:21:40
Speaker
I don't know, man. They all just left with Bud Kilmer. Like John Moxon said, he said 60 minutes to left. I say, fuck that. I say, fuck that.
Varsity Blues Critique
01:21:52
Speaker
Even worse. Okay, so that's bad enough. Another one that just makes this movie completely fall apart in the last 20 minutes.
01:21:59
Speaker
The last play should have been a fucking penalty, man. Billy Bob is already 15 yards downfield by the time, uh, Tweeter catches that pass on the hook and ladder, dude. Billy Bob was a lineman, man. That should have been a penalty. He took off running downfield at the snap. As soon as, uh, Tweeter catches it, he just does a straight up short toss to him, man. A legal man downfield, fucking reset the down and play it again.
01:22:21
Speaker
Dude, it's fucking high school football, not fucking NFL. Like, they're not watching that shit. And Billy Bob would've- Dude, I feel like high school refs are bigger sticklers on shit like that than fucking NFL refs sometimes, man. I don't know, man. That made the fat guy in me very happy, so let's not run out for me, okay? Why don't you just relax? It was a legal man. That was, it was a legal man downfield, man. I'll die on that hill. All right.
AEW Figures and Storylines
01:22:43
Speaker
Zach Herzral says, any AEW wrestlers you want as a figure that haven't been released yet? Is that line still going?
01:22:53
Speaker
Yeah, it was that showing they had tonight it looked cool But it was pretty weak compared to all the stuff we saw from Mattel on Mattel's freaking preview night. I Don't know dude. I really want an Abaddon figure which I'm not even sure if she's even still a W But I was really kind of digging her like horror movie vibe. She had going the first year selling a W She's on the video game. So she may still be under contract. But Yeah, I don't know man. I want that swerve. We saw the render for sort of that swerve It looks like it's gonna be outstanding. So I guess I'll go swerve for my answer. I
01:23:24
Speaker
Um, dude, I really, I have nothing. I literally got nothing. I thought that line is dying for me. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Um, he said, do you think Mattel or jazz was released more box sets? This was five hours ago. Obviously we saw, you know, with the reveals more boxes are coming. All right. Last question. This got some meat on the bone thoughts on the whole Adam Cole and MJF storyline.
01:23:47
Speaker
I'm going to be honest, dude, I love it. I mean, I, we all know what's coming. Like MJF is clearly going to turn on him in the last match. Like we know, we know what's happening. I don't know, man. It just kind of shows like a different side of MJF and I kind of dig it a little bit. I mean, I know Seth is not the biggest MJF fan. I know he's not.
01:24:06
Speaker
But dude, the dude can fucking act. Like the dude definitely has. He's funny, man. Oh dude. Just some of this shit. When he runs around Adam Cole and they're about to do the Adam Cole, baby thing, dude, that shit is awesome. Like it's just, and the crowd is so into it. That is one thing I will give AW credit for. Unlike WWE, when somebody is just getting over naturally, like WWE is usually pushing against it. AW dive straight into it. Like they'll put out shirts. They don't give a shit.
01:24:36
Speaker
Yeah, so I guess I'm going to sound like the fun police on this, man. One, like you said, MJF is funny. He's a great actor, dude. He does really good at this stuff. I just don't like seeing it on my world champ, dude. I like funny stuff in the mid-card, man. I like funny stuff in the mid-card and some side feuds and stuff. I don't want to see it in my main storyline for the championship. I just feel like it downplays. What a great wrestler MJF is when the bell rings, dude.
01:25:05
Speaker
That's just my take, dude. I feel like when he does stuff like this, it makes me think more that he's the Miz with a better moveset, dude. Bro. And I know he's better than the Miz. I know he is, but I just don't like it with my world champ, man. Dude, this turn is going to be incredible, though. The crowd is going to get so hot when he turns on Adam Cole next weekend.
01:25:25
Speaker
I don't know. I'm just picturing it in my head and I think it's just going to be incredible. And I don't know, man, I thought this was a good, good little month thing because dude, obviously we're going to get Adam Cole and MJF for the title. Like obviously that's coming. We all know it's coming. This is like a good little,
01:25:43
Speaker
good little bridge where we don't need to build this up for for three months of just them talking shit to each other. We get a month of them trying to act like our MJF trying to act like he's working with Adam Cole, then he's going to turn on and then the next month or so building into all in and all out is just going to be incredible.
01:26:00
Speaker
Yeah, it's definitely been fun, man. I'll say that. It's been entertaining. I just, like I said, I just don't love it with my world champ. But that's a wrap on the mailbag. Thanks a lot to everybody that pitched in. Man, we hope you guys enjoy this. Again, we're gonna be coming back to you guys on Monday night. So this is just part one of your San Diego Comic Con coverage from the Pod Warriors. Remind our youth coach, Chick Foley, to save 10% at Ringside Collectibles on all the stuff you pre-order over this weekend. And Jordan, hit us with some closing thoughts and we'll get out of here.
01:26:30
Speaker
Don't blow your whole wad this weekend on action figures, you fucking marks. Like, dude, make sure you can pay your bills and stuff, you weirdos.