Kaz Hayashi

1 hour ago, dopper said:

Erinsbrough is an anagram of Neighbours.

That’s too much for me

Dig your crusty bushwhackers out, We’re all rich!

@IANdrewDiceClay from England asks Cornette his views about Heyman throwing a party for himself, from the interview I did with Harry Slash. 

Everything about that is class. The way the vice chair wanders off and turns in to Gollum. The way John Smith just laughs throughout, then gets voted in. 

Great, glad to see that she and her family look really happy. Good stuff. Her old wrestling name pops up during nonsensical chats between me and a few mates, those random short lived names who disappear & don’t pop up elsewhere. Always nice to see someone is doing well & happy. 

Dan Severn

Absolute specimen 

What a pay day he’s had. Up there with Lanny Poffo in WCW.

7 hours ago, BomberPat said:

I missed the caption to tell me who this bloke was, but he looked like he was on the verge of trying to cop off with a length of copper pipe.

 

Aye, much like in the link that Tiger Rick posted in response, it’s cousin Lloyd. He was WWF enhancement on superstars in early 90’s as Fred Williams (match vs 123 Kid in 93) (https://youtu.be/vBWMYlUb-bY

And he had a match with Brian Lee in ECW as L.A Smooth in 96.

2 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

Out of curiosity, how much would this lot be worth? 

Someone selling it on an auction site here for approx £100, which seems steep based on the last time I saw how much Hasbros were going for.

All depends on quality really mate. The less battered the better. 
eBay completed listings should give you a rough idea. The accessories are worth more than individual figures. As mentioned above, you’ll likely get £20-£30 for the pair of demolition helmets. Approx £15 for Honky with guitar. Approx £3-£10 each on the figs if sold separately and I’d say for everything there as a bulk lot I’d say you’ll probs get £70-£80 on a good day. Saying that, I don’t bother with eBay anymore. The fees take the piss and too many con artists now. There’s been one too many times a seller sends a figure and then the buyer claims it’s broken so wants a refund. They send a broken Hasbro figure back but it’s not necessarily the one they were sent. Same wrestler, but a broken one they simply wanted to swap out for a working condition version. 

I’d suggest linking in with a Hasbro group I’m part of on twitter called HWO. Super friendly & helpful group made up of approx 20 serious collectors, if none of them are interested in any of your figures they’ll spread the word on their main page.

https://mobile.twitter.com/hWoOfficialPage

ZST have now announced Bruiser Brody has been added to their design list. Cracking legends name to add to their debut figure line. 

1 hour ago, SaitoRyo said:

Is his last WWE match the '96 Survivor Series? He managed to fit so much in during four off and on years. 

Yeah it was, and almost exactly 3 years until he was on that awful Heroes Of Wrestling show in Oct 99. He was skirting between 750lbs-800lbs at that point, then just under 600lbs when he died. Not sure if the loss of weight was a real conscious effort or through illness though.

1 hour ago, Chris B said:

Is this a network thing?

It is Chris yeah, they have several episodes lined up, all focusing different people. Really looking forward to the Luger one too. 

27 minutes ago, tiger_rick said:

Papa Shango was supposed to come back in 1997. They changed their mind and he became Kama Mustafa instead. He got a win over Taker in a tag match on Raw as a make good. 

If Shango had come back, there'd probably never have been a Kane.

He said on a shoot that it had been pitched to him that he was going to return as Shango and as Undertakers 1/2 brother. So yeah, wouldn’t be any need for Kane at all in that scenario.

Couldn’t spot a thread about it, and as it’s a new series which is going to unearth some good shit.

I’ve just finished episode 1, Yokozuna. He’s in my top 3 wrestling characters of all time, so I was absolutely buzzing to watch this. A solid 1 hour 20 too, so a good feature documentary. It didn’t really go over anything new, maybe a few additional details to stories that have been shared previously, but the way his family told his story was heartwarming and fresh. Some great behind the scenes shots and some previously unreleased footage. I knew he was a hip hop head, and it was really cool to hear that he scribbled lyrics backstage. God I’d love to see some of those notes.

Overall, a pretty solid documentary. No groundbreaking info (can’t really be helped, it is what it is) but lots of nice, unseen visuals, and great to see good quality, meaningful talking heads. Defo worth a watch, and I’m looking forward to the remaining episodes. It’s like something to cleanse the palate after feeling dirty from Dark Side Of The Ring.

4 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

Fingers crossed for a Hayabusa figure to go with the Sabu Hasbro-like, I was looking at old Hayabusa figures recently and fuck off am I paying that much.

I’m bang up for that. I don’t think RVD is out of the equation either. Randomly, here’s a Hayabusa Hasbro I made for an order around 15 years ago.

In regards to the Aldis figure, we’re running a free competition on Twitter with Chella, for a MOC Aldis figure and a loose version (winner gets both). Just in case any of you are interested. 

Nick Aldis figure competition

46 minutes ago, Warrior said:

There is a production photo knocking about - see here. Apparently this was step one in the Hasbro process. Maybe both jumpers, with capes hanging from the shoulder blades similar to the wings on Dragon Steamboat?

I’m not convinced. I’m not against the idea of it possibly being for hasbros, but both Steve & Tom took photos and created promo slides for absolutely everything, including magazines, posters, VHS covers, etc. There’s not enough there for me to believe that slide is for a Hasbro reference pic. Here’s one of my Papa Shango slides which ever says “for reference”.

13 hours ago, PowerButchi said:

So anyway, the title screen theme from Cannon Fodder I had in my head for 25 years wasn't the theme from Cannon Fodder. It was from Worms,

I never knew that the stage “Bugger Me It’s Cold” later became “Blast, it’s Cold”.

I did however remember it as “Bugger Me It’s Cold Out There”, and thought the intro lyrics were, “don’t you worry, kill em with your gun, dying in the universe, lying in the sun”.

I want to go and play it now.

8 hours ago, wordsfromlee said:

Here's a couple of favourites that I just grabbed, including one that isn't a shopping list, but I did find it in a basket.

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Another thing I collect is old BBC Sound Effect records. I only have a handful at the minute.

Opened my eyes to a new world of fear, amusement and amazement. I’ve volunteered to do the shop tomorrow.

The sound effects vinyls are brilliant. Those sleeves are so nice. I had the purple one as we used to collect similar for sampling back in early 00’s, before stuff was available digitally. I have got a 80’s BBC TV theme one too. 

4 hours ago, air_raid said:

Yeah, I know that one. I have a WWF Magazine from 1990 with a photo of the prototypes.

Nobody else remember the Beverly lie?

Can’t say I do, no matter how much I want it to be true mate. Saying that, their molded on capes would’ve been a nightmare. If LOD weren’t  getting removables, not a chance Beaumont & Blakely were. It was their best bit. I wonder which version of the cape we’d have got, obviously purely depends on the exact dates the proof/promo shots would’ve been taken.

5 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

 

Who killed captain Alex. 
Bloody beauty. Cost $85 to make an this part of the only surviving footage online. A mate of mine had a Tiger Mafia shirt made up, I need one now you’ve reminded me.

2 hours ago, Dan Williams said:

I think both Matt and Bryan have been pretty open about what they are involved in. They have been pretty heavily involved in both theirs and the good brothers super 7 figures and there own ringside figures. They have said they did push for the packaging to be changed on the micro brawlers to make them more collector friendly and also pushed for limited runs to boost a collector market but have said that they encouraged Ryan at wrestle crate / pro wrestling tees to continue with normal non limited releases. Matt hasn't reinvent the wheel but he has seen how the market was for year old plus elites and other off the market and limited run figures and cards and realised that limited runs and one off products are much more collectable and has created a collectors market for his own goods. 

Agree with all of that, apart from the first line. We’ll never really know apart from what they say out loud. And that’s fair enough. Whilst I do believe they’ve been open and honest for the most part, the fact that other established collectors and traders, with a sizeable following, have spoken up about Matt being a nightmare to trade with doesn’t sit well, especially when said feud goes away very quickly and they all magically start promoting each other. Again, I’m not saying it’s completely untoward, but it’s odd. 
Also, the whole issue of those never before seen (over 20 years since drawn) orange card proto sketches suddenly surfacing, followed later by both Doink & Lex resin figures from said series, and Matt bought the Doink, for $3k+, from a seller in China, with no proper back story when selling, who found them in a shipping container/warehouse. Hmm.

I’m not going to saying it was all complete bullshit, but it defo smells of farts and I’m still not convinced they are definitely legit. But hey, that’s me, I customised for a long time and had a lot of people wanting customs of mailaways. Very easy to make. Making resin hasbros from casts is a piece of piss too. 

So yeah, good for him and he’s making a great living out of it. There’s a few things that seem a bit off at times, and that’s enough for a number of collectors to be somewhat unconvinced. I like to give him the benefit of the doubt, I find him entertaining and admire his collection and hustle, but I won’t hang on his every word.

10 hours ago, air_raid said:

Does anyone else have the same false memory as me that on the back of a card under Tag Teams it listed The Rockers and the (never produced) Beverly Brothers?

Can’t say it’s a thing as far as I know. There have indeed been misprints, but usually just getting names of hasbros mixed up, attaching the wrong figure to the wrong card, or forgetting to print the name beneath the figure:

11 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

Apparently it’s not so uncommon. https://otherpeoplesshoppinglists.tumblr.com 

I honestly love the possible madness it could unfold. So much potential.

Edit: How, why and what did they choose? Arggghh!

1 hour ago, wordsfromlee said:

Other people’s discarded shopping lists that I find in supermarkets. I have over 200 at the minute. Here is a selection:

 

My favourite though, the essentials:

Sod a podcast, this needs a Netflix special. Somewhere between Doomsday Preppers and Making a Murder.