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Premium Toyetic Event: 2024 AEW Full Gear and WWE Survivor Series War Games
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On this special double edition of Premium Toyetic Event, we're taking a look at both 2024 AEW Full Gear and WWE Survivor Series War Games! Join us as we unpack who we felt were the top toyetic talent from these two big-ticket premium live events from the pro wrestling world's two most popular companies.
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Introduction to the Podcast and Hosts
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Speaker
Are you ready, kids? Get your parents' permission, check your mailbox, and grab your shopping cart. It's time for the Adventures in Collecting podcast. I'm Eric. And I'm Dave. Welcome to Adventures in Collecting, where we talk toy news, culture, and halls, along with our journeys as collectors.
Discussion on AEW Full Gear and WWE Survivor Series
00:00:47
Speaker
Hello everybody and welcome back to Adventures in Collecting Premium Toyetic Event. Double feature, that's right. ah This week is a special edition of Premium Toyetic Event as we are we are covering both AEW full gear and we are covering WWE Survivor Series. So two ah blockbuster premium live events, two weeks in a row. What better time to recap those events than right now? But first, a little bit of housekeeping. So ah up first in ah in this little bit of housekeeping is ah our giveaway. So um two things happening.
00:01:31
Speaker
One, our December giveaway is launching very, very soon. As always, that is a what we like to refer to as a holiday in a box. So we're still packing said very large box and figuring exactly how much we can fit in there. So stay tuned on that. But it will be a lot of stuff. um There will be things from all of the brands that kind of we love and the community loves. So Marvel Legends, WWE, AEW.
00:01:56
Speaker
um All sorts of fun things in there. ah so So definitely stay tuned ah for that.
December Giveaway and Toy Partnership Announcements
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But secondly, our toy drive. So our Toys for Tots toy drive is still going on. i If you have been listening to the pod, we have talked about it ad nauseam. But as we do every year, we partnered with our friends at Chubsy Wubsy Toys in Little Falls, New Jersey. Awesome mom and pop toy store and we are doing a toys for tots drive with them and we're we're making it really easy for you to donate so you don't have to go find a box you don't have to go outside all you have to do is ah is visit our Instagram page so that's at AIC underscore podcast
00:02:42
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ah We have a pinned post that has all of the instructions on how you can donate and the kicker is we have combined the donation with a giveaway. We are giving away a a um made-to-order Haslab ah Marvel Legends giant man. So one lucky donor who follows the instructions in that Instagram post will win a ah a giant man.
00:03:07
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So um you have until December 12th, so Clock is ticking ah to get in on that donation, help ah make the holidays special for kids in need, and also potentially win yourself a Giant Man.
Which AEW and WWE Athletes Deserve Action Figures?
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And then the other piece of housekeeping is, of course, why we're here today. So Premium Toyatic Event, if this is your first Premium Toyatic Event,
00:03:32
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What we are going to do is we are going to break down AEW Full Gear and and wwe WWE Survivor Series in this case. And we're not going to talk about the matches. We're not going to talk about who win who won, who lost, who debuted. We are going to talk about who we feel is the most toyetic from each of those events. Dave and I will both pick ah two ah athletes ah from AEW and and ah and w WWE. And we will tell you, we will pitch you and our friends at Jazzwares and Mattel on why we think those four athletes
00:04:07
Speaker
need ah need action figures. Whether it's a Jazzwares Supreme, and an Unmatched, an Unrivaled, or a Mattel w WWE Main Event, an Elite, or an Ultimate, we will make the pitch as to why we feel those athletes were the most toyetic from that event. So I think that clears up all of the housekeeping Gets everybody up to speed on what's going on ah in the world of adventures and collecting and ah as as we get ready for our Next guest and then our our holiday episode, which is coming faster than I realized Let's dive into this PTA. So um premium Toyota event Dave i Kick it off with your first pick. We are going to start with a w bull gear Dave go ahead
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All right, so my first pick from AEW Full Gear is going to be the proto-star Kyle Fletcher. um I've been calling for a Kyle Fletcher figure for a while now, um all the way back to Super Card of Honor. I was at that show when Kyle Fletcher put on a a phenomenal match and ah the Kyle Fletcher Will Osprey match from Full Gear was was no exception.
00:05:23
Speaker
um Both times he's come out in all white gear, but I think the entrance, um the entrance kind of aspect to it with the crown and the the cape and the tearaway pants, I think would also be awfully toyetic, incredibly toyetic. So with a monumental win like this, let's give the proto-star Kyle Fletcher an AEW figure from Jazzwares.
00:05:54
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Alright, so on to my first pick ah for Full Gear. ah My first pick is a a i guess we'll say a talent that has only had one action figure thus far. And it was a long time ago.
00:06:13
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And it was when Jack Pacific was producing bone crunching action, wrestling figures for the WWF at the time. And now he had an incredible night. At least his his family members had an incredible night at AEW Full Gear. My first pick is ah is Don Callis. So...
00:06:36
Speaker
That's right, Don Callis, very storied career, has only had one action figure and, you know, the Don Callis family in AEW is one of the the the more prominent factions. um And the great news is Don Callis has pretty much looked the same the entire time he's been in AEW. So, you know, put Don Callis in a in a nice suit and a fancy pair of sneaker, not sneakers, shoes, fancy fancy pair of shoes. and And you have a Don Callis action figure that could go with Kenny Omega during his his ah his awesome heel run of a couple of years ago. Or like I said, as just the the leader of the ah the Don Callis family. So he can go with your brand new Takeshita figure, partner up with that real nice. ah so So yeah, I mean, I don't know what else there is to be said, We already have a a great um roster of of announcers and um and and ringside crew, so you can you can take your picture with ah with Don Callis sitting next to Tony Schiavone, giving him you know heartburn.
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or or you know ah or in your display with, ah like I said, with with that brand new Takeshita ringside exclusive. um By the way, use code AIC to save 10% off your ordinary ringside on that ringside exclusive Takeshita. But ah yeah, that's my first pick. Don Callis. My second choice for AEW Full Gear is gonna go back to You know, it's a moment we we heard from the um the media scrum, which if you haven't seen it, I'm sure you can check it out in the link below um or somewhere on the channel. Make sure you subscribe so you can see all these really cool videos. um But I think, you know, to quote MVP, or to paraphrase MVP,
00:08:40
Speaker
I love it, make it happen. um I think we've got to go with the almighty Bobby Lashley, um his first AEW figure from jazzwares. It was great gear. It's got a new like entrance kind of, I'll say vest, but I'm actually going to kind of give a bonus here and we're going to go out of the ring. um I mean, let's let's get,
00:09:09
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a three-pack of the Hertz Syndicate in suits. um you know i mean it's it's a great the The best-dressed wrestlers in all of professional wrestling, I think. um I wish I could look as cool in a suit as the Hertz Syndicate does. ah If I did, I'd probably be more excited about wearing them at formal occasions, but you know every every occasion is is formal for the Hertz Syndicate.
00:09:37
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um because they are formally going to kick your butt. So let that be a lesson. um But yeah, I'm going going Bobby Lashley for my second figure. And you know we'll throw a little bonus three-pack in there of ah the Hertz Syndicate in Presk Scrum.
00:10:00
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media scrum, suit, gear. um So that way you can get some some hurt syndicate promos out there too for for your figure feds. And that is my second pick for Full Gear. And for my second pick in AEW Full Gear, we are going straight to the main event. We are going to the last match ah to somebody who has had a lot of action figures um with know, had sculpts and paint apps that maybe are hit or miss sometimes. But you know, we have had some really good figures of this, ah this
00:10:38
Speaker
storied athlete ah but now he is on a ah crazy heel run. um He's carrying around a briefcase and he is bald so he is he is perfectly clean shaven up there. I of course am talking about uh death rider's leader uh john moxley so uh mox has had uh like i said an an amazing career he's had a lot of action figures both from Mattel and Jazwear so far, but we got to get that Noggin updated. if you If you follow us on social media, you'll see that I have taken some pictures of ah Moxley lately and ah recently, and every time I have to Photoshop him bald. It's very frustrating.
00:11:21
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um But yeah, so so that's that's my basically my pitch. Give us give us another Jon Moxley figure. We got most of it done. You know, from the from the neck down ah is reuse. Give him some some redeco, maybe...
00:11:36
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Maybe a ah new Death Riders ah screen printed ah soft goods top or or ah you know hoodie. ah Give them the briefcase because we don't we assume that the title is in the briefcase. But ah but yeah, so an easy one. Give us a redeco Jon Moxley body with a new ah you know mean looking face, head sculpt, that's bald. So Dan, that's ah that's an easy one for you buddy. ah Yeah, so that's my my second pick for AEW Full Gear. And now, a word from our sponsors.
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00:12:57
Speaker
And now, back to the show.
WWE Survivor Series Toyetic Picks
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And with that, we are going to transition. So a week later, a week removed from AW Full Gear takes us to to Vancouver and wwe WWE Survivor Series War Games. So and yeah, it's from AW to WWE. Dave, let us hear your first pick for the WWE wwe Survivor Series War Games. Wow, what a two week span it's been cuz we also have
00:13:29
Speaker
Survivor Series that's right w WWE Survivor Series and my first pick is going to be From actually both of my picks are going to be from the main event the um Men's Survivor Series match now the new bloodline looked really cool in the all-black kind of the black on black gear and I don't know how it's gonna come across on a toy though, so I don't think it's gonna be as toyetic as it looked in the ring. It looked really cool in the ring, but I don't know if it's gonna come across well on a figure. However, somebody who is gonna come across well on a figure is going to be main event Jay Uso. He had the the really cool, everybody on the OG bloodline team had really cool red and black gear, but um
00:14:24
Speaker
you know, Jay with the sunglasses and his like his vest, his entrance vest, um the red and black pants, mostly red with the black-like pockets and other detailing on it. um Hey, if there's anybody who's really toyetic in WWE and really super hot in WWE right now, it is Main Event Jey Uso. Main Event Jey Uso, my first pick, let's get that Mattel figure out there, or another Mattel figure out there for Main Event Jey Uso. All right, my first pick, first match of the evening, the Women's War Games match, we have what might be
00:15:10
Speaker
And I'm just throwing this out there, what might be the most toyetic WWE superstar look in a long time. um And that is from somebody who is a already a very toyetic athlete.
00:15:25
Speaker
We've got a bunch of ah a bunch of elites for her already. um They just announced an elite from Elimination Chamber. ah We've got that that ultimate that is yet to come out that's that's coming with the the scale ring. But you know what? let's Let's double down. Everybody loves Mommy. Mommy is always on top. Rhea, Ripley with this insane and mask and entrance gear and just her ring gear and the flames and the black and the red and like the...
00:15:53
Speaker
You know devil worshipping goat skull mask ram skull mask it is just it was unbelievable and then she takes it off and she has crazy makeup on underneath it um she looked like A million bucks. It was an amazing look for her. Her character development is just insane. Not to mention she's super talented. I mean, ri Ripley is gonna go down as one of, if not the best, female um women's wrestlers of all time. ah she is She is just out of this world, um magnetic. And and and her her look was gorgeous. It was it was awesome. It was so toyetic.
00:16:32
Speaker
um I think it could probably be pulled off with an elite, but probably deserves an ultimate. i There's just so much deco between the tattoos, between the flame detailing on on her, the obviously that the mask. I don't know if you'd want to do a mask or two heads. um I don't know, sculpting-wise, what would probably be better. Bill, magic. Uh, Steve, that's for you guys to figure out, but I think as soon as you guys saw this too, you must have bells, whistles, alarms, everything going off in your head. So, uh, I think it goes without saying that probably the most toyetic look for her, uh, thus far in her career, and one of, if not the most toyetic looks
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um For the evening, I think my second pick is right up there with her But before you hear that I'm gonna hand it back over to Dave and he is going to give you ah his second pick for Survivor Series Dave My second pick also comes from the um the main event the men's Survivor Series match and this one should come as Little surprise as possible um Hey new shirt ah New trunks, new kick pads, had that kind of red and black and white camo look um to go with the OG bloodline, but still be kind of different in his new merch shirt. Of course, I'm talking about CM Punk. Hey, it's been a while, let's get a ton of punk figures out there. He's doing some of the best his best w WWE work now. um
00:18:08
Speaker
really looking forward to what this means for the future of this ever-evolving, ever-continuing, ever-awesome um Bloodline story CM Punk now involved. And hey, he he was part of the team. He matched the team. He had the ah red and black and white on It was in camo, so not just the straight, red and black, like everybody else on the team, but you also get that new merch shirt out there on the CM Punk figure, so CM Punk figure number two. All right, so I guess it ends with me here. My second pick ah is my favorite wrestler of all time.
00:18:47
Speaker
for those who have been following the show for a while. This this superstar kind of got me back into wrestling. um I just found him absolutely magnetic. Again, somebody who has had just amazing character development. If you have not read ah his book, King of Strong Style, I highly recommend it. Awesome autobiography. and That probably gave it away. But I am talking about, ah for my for my second pick, we are gonna talk about Shinsuke Nakamura.
00:19:16
Speaker
ah So Shinsuke, been out of action for a little bit, off TV at least. His first match back since April was the SmackDown before ah Survivor Series and we saw him kind of debut with this new look, a little bit of a tweaked version of his his theme song and it was just an appetizer for what was to come.
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Speaker
during Survivor Series. So we got we went from, ah you know the I think, I believe his theme song is called The Rising Sun. I'm i'm not not entirely sure. You all know it if you watch wrestling. So with we got that thematic music and carrying through to you know his his new new sort of reveal um on SmackDown and then Survivor Series. We got the whole shebang.
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um The theme is dark. it's it's ah It's evocative of like those feudal Japanese samurai ah themes and it's um the the sound of it. it's It's just dark and spooky and then out walks this demon samurai version of Shinsuke and it's just perfect. What what an amazing ah development for him.
00:20:33
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and Yeah, I mean, he he comes out, he's got the amazing two-part samurai helmet, he's got the long robes, he's got this new ah ring gear that's almost like a goth samurai. It's just, it's so good, the big pants.
00:20:51
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um the face makeup, the like all twisted, messed up ah like face makeup that he's got on. And then you know he wins clean on LA night. i Granted, that you know with the the War Games setup, he was able to drop him on his head in the middle of the rings on that kind of that metal a sheet, but hey, it's it's legal, because it's it's War Games. War Games!
00:21:15
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um So ah yo he wins clean without the mist, but ah you know he he did use Black Mist at a SmackDown the night before. So we we know with the upcoming ah with the upcoming release of, um or I'm sorry, that the past release of of Goldberg, right the ah the ultimate Goldberg, we have that kind of mist effect.
00:21:40
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um You know, a lot of athletes over over time have have used the ah the mist, his is like a black mist as opposed to you know some of the other blue and green mists that we've seen. um But another Ultimate Edition Shinsuke to include all of this.
00:22:00
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ah He was an early ultimate, you know in his in his kind of all all-red get-up. So I would love to see a new Ultimate Edition Shinsuke Nakamura with with all of the accoutrement and i And and I know Bill
00:22:17
Speaker
I know Bill loves himself some Nakamura. So um I'm really hoping that ah that this version of Shinsuke finds his way into the line and also you know gives it gives us the US title. i mean i'm mix um I'm excited to see what he does with it. LA Knight had the LA Knight logo prints all over it. So I'm really hoping that Shinsuke does something cool with it and they can get that you know in into the the release of the figure.
00:22:44
Speaker
as well, but his his face, he's so his expressions are so crazy all the time. um you know So I would love to see what Bill and Magic and and Steve can can pull off there with ah with another Shinsuke Nakamura Ultimate Edition.
Episode Wrap-Up and Calls to Action
00:23:00
Speaker
And there we go, folks. That wraps it up. Your double feature of Premium Toyetic Event. We will be back next time. There is a WWE or an AEW PLE.
00:23:13
Speaker
think the next one hi my my My brain is soup. So I don't know when the next one is. And I didn't look it up beforehand. So um the next PLE, though, when you see it on TV, you can expect that we'll be at you with a with a new edition of Premium Toyetic Event here on the Adventures in Collecting podcast. Make sure, if you're watching us here on YouTube, that you hit that subscribe button down there. So that way you don't miss it when we post new videos. And while you're liking and subscribing and things, go ahead and follow us at AIC underscore podcast.
00:23:45
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on Instagram, on X, on TikTok, where we're constantly posting toy news, deals, availability, anything and everything that we think would help out the community, especially during now. ah You know, the the Black Fridays, the Cyber Mondays, all the holiday shopping. We make sure that we collect kind of the best deals. We've got discount codes at places, like I mentioned, drinks at Code AIC. We've got Code AIC Pod over on Entertainment Earth, which gets you 10% off of in-stock things, as well as free shipping, I think. um But all that information is on our Instagram. That's kind of like our home base. So follow us there or, you know, hit the link in the in the description or the notes below, which will take you to our website and you can find links to all the things that I just mentioned as well as all of our past episodes. um
00:24:30
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and definitely ah enjoy those. We've had some really great interviews recently. If you're really into wrestling, the episode before this was with Jazzwares packaging designer, um senior senior director of packaging, Chris Metzger, and he designs the AEW and Ring of Honor boxes. So definitely listen to that. But ah with that, I think it's ah it's time to say goodbye, and as always, until next time.
00:25:03
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Thank you, dear listener, for hanging out with us today. Subscribe, rate, and review us wherever you listen, and then tell your friends to do it. Thanks also to Joe Azari, the golden voice behind our intro. Our music is Game Boy Horror by the Zombie Dandies. Find more about them both on our show notes. Follow us on social media at AIC underscore podcast on Instagram and Twitter. Stop by and say hi. Show us your toy hauls and share your toy stories. Maybe we'll talk about it in a future episode.
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