royaltenenbaum
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Prichard had me in a right state this week doing Johnny Ace. Fucking hell
That had me laughing away as well. I find Bruce's impression's consistently hilarious. Loved the story about Wrestlemania 5's Morton Downey Jr. segment that overran by about 15 minutes, where Vince laughs and compliments Piper on it then turns to Bruce and says 'What the fuck was that Bruce? Goddam pal!'
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Couple of years ago, I dug out the bag of figures that I had collected as a kid with the intention of putting them on eBay, maybe keeping one or two faves (Taker, Perfect, Bret). I was still a bit gutted that I didn't have Warrior, DiBiase, Andre. Instead, much to my Girlfriend's bemusement and growing horror, I've now buying up all the ones I wanted as a kid. The ring attire on the figures that annoyed me as a kid, now make them look great for display. Thinking of starting to get the Galoob's as well, though loads of Hasbro's to still pick up yet too.
I remember thinking it seemed weird having, say, Jake The Snake, win the WWF World Title, so I devised my own brand extension. I called it Smoky Mountain Wrestling (this was 1996ish, so God knows how I knew that existed. Maybe from the old Apter mags or Power Slam?)
Could the Smoky Mountain Wrestling knowledge come from Summerslam '93? Heavenly Bodies and Cornette are on the card and Vince and Heenan mention Smoky Mountain on the commentary a fair few times. Cornette has talked about it being part of the deal of him cutting promos for Yoko that he wanted namedrops for Smoky Mountain on WWE.
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The Wyatts ringing the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange today. And why not?
His Dad should have tagged along in full IRS gear...
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Ive listened to both the Austin/Russo episodes and youd be dead after about 10 minutes if you took a shot every time Russo says bro.
He was also driving me nuts with the amount of times he said Austin's first name..."Steve. The thing about it is, Steve, lettme tell ya bro, Steve..."
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Watching a clip of the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane line-up) on YouTube and they both had a blonde hair and purple ring attire getup, with Bobby's purple tights featuring white stars. My question is...was The Beverly Brothers a rib by Vince on the Express look?
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We need a like button. Some of those phots are freaking tremendous. Good work guys.
I agree re like button, some stunning pics.
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Great post AJStyles, particularly loved this one:
Jimmy Hart & Honky Tonk Man on the set of the Piledriver video shoot
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Loved the Hasbro's as a kid, so please excuse a burst of nostalgia!
Found it tough to find the latest in the range or the most desired characters. I agree with other posters about the ring attire, it was really annoying at the time. Can very clearly remember being excited then let down by the LOD figures, the spikes really should have been removable (or as a money-making exercise, surprised they didn't have 2 versions of them out in the shops - with and without spikes, hats, Piper's kilt etc). The one figure I always wanted but never saw at the time was the Warrior. Living in the Scottish Highlands at the time of the Hasbros, my Dad took me to an indy show that was promoted with pics of Taker and Bret and of course it was just some guys from the 70s trying to cash in on the early-90s boom. The merch table had the Warrior ink stamp that had a small figure of him on top. Bought it and I think if it didn't break on the way home, it must have been the next day - gutted.
As others have said, so many happy memories of the figures. Just some quick thoughts: My neighbour got me into WWE when I went round to his and they were watching WM9 - amazingly I wasn't put off. First match I ever remember watching is Luger v Perfect, mainly cause I remember his Mum had to tell us how to pronounce Narcissist (she should've told Curt Hennig too before he cut his promo) and what the hell it meant. He and his brother had the SNES game, Sid poster from The Sun, all the tapes etc. After getting upto speed with the tapes and roster, I remember being amazed when they told me Tornado had died recently and that his Dad had run over his Tornado figure as they'd left it outside one night. I thought - this guy couldn't catch a break.
Had another friend who was one of those growing up who just seemed to have everything whenever he got into a fad or hobby. So when he was mad on football, always had the latest kit etc. With wrestling, I think I went round with my Tatanka and IRS figures and he had WM 1-9 on VHS, all of the Merlin sticker books completed and loads of Hasbro's I wasn't aware till then had been and gone in the shops (particularly remember black tux DiBiase, Snuka, Piper etc). I think everyone had The Bushwhackers, LOD and a Hogan.
Stand-out's were Bret, bought from Woolies, because it felt like I properly had one of the major figs and oddly enough, Rick Steiner. Just thought with the ear muffs he was a bit different, he also had the mould that meant you could do quite a lot of moves. Even Greg Valentine had that mould - he was probably more active as a Hasbro than real life.
Although they ended padding out the range with uninspired repaints, my number one omission could have been knocked out easily as a repaint in Skinner's place in the range - heel Jake the Snake. I wish they'd repainted his figure with the flame tights and added a snake-handling glove and cobra accessory. His heel run in 91-92 was immense, and it would have been cool to see it reflected in an updated figure. After that, 100% agree Heenan and Jimmy Hart would have made sense, Jimmy Hart in particular would def have sold more IMO at the time than afore-mentioned jobbers such as Skinner, Nailz etc. Even Sherri and Liz would make sense as well. It still annoys me that the Neidhart in the collection is him in MC Hammer knock-offs he wore for about 2 months instead of the Hart Foundation gear. Is it just me or is it odd there was never a ref figure? Seems like something they could have chucked in with the ring.
Rude and Flair are the big-name ones that people when they have a look at my collection can't name or struggle to identify, they were probably the missed opportunities. Otherwise, I think the range has a lot of charm even with the drawbacks and mistakes they made.
Couple of years ago, I dug out the bag of figures that I had collected as a kid with the intention of putting them on eBay, maybe keeping one or two faves (Taker, Perfect, Bret). I was still a bit gutted that I didn't have Warrior, DiBiase, Andre. Instead, much to my Girlfriend's bemusement and growing horror, I've now buying up all the ones I wanted as a kid. The ring attire on the figures that annoyed me as a kid, now make them look great for display. Thinking of starting to get the Galoob's as well, though loads of Hasbro's to still pick up yet too.
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Laughed at the Kevin Nash story about travelling with the Sheik!
I liked this clip of David Letterman talking about Dick The Bruiser and also about Bobby Heenan's psychology:
New wrestling figures!
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I grew up in Inverness and the main place to get Hasbro's were Woolworths and Index. The last set I remember clearly seeing were the Purple Cards in 94 (Steiners, Doink, match attire DiBiase, blue singlet Jim Duggan). I bought Scott Steiner, Doink and Duggan, but remember the popularity of WWF at my primary school dipping around this time (in hindsight can remember nobody talking about Luger in a positive or negative manner, it was all still Warrior-Hogan-Macho). On a side-note, The Jolly Giant toy superstore was a good place to get figures at reduced prices if they were an out-of-date character. I remember picking up heel Boss Man (long after he'd been a face), Nailz and Greg Valentine cheap.