Paid Members Statto Posted December 6, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2018 I’m no figure expert/historian - I’ve never even taken a photo of a Hasbro holding a fork. But those Doink/Lex figures are just repaints of the mass-produced figures, aren’t they? So ever if they WERE repainted by someone who worked for Hasbro as a ‘prototype’, it’s still just the normal figure someone took a paintbrush to, surely? Spending shitloads on a prototype of a figure that never came out of Diesel/Lawler/Mantaur I could understand, but this seems insane... Quote
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted December 6, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Statto said: I’m no figure expert/historian - I’ve never even taken a photo of a Hasbro holding a fork. But those Doink/Lex figures are just repaints of the mass-produced figures, aren’t they? So ever if they WERE repainted by someone who worked for Hasbro as a ‘prototype’, it’s still just the normal figure someone took a paintbrush to, surely? Spending shitloads on a prototype of a figure that never came out of Diesel/Lawler/Mantaur I could understand, but this seems insane... The argument is that at least in Doinks case it’s a repaint and a mock- up that Hasbro used to show WWF “hey this is the idea for a new doink”. This doink is apparently part resin and part plastic, much like other apparent ‘legit’ prototypes. Even his Brutus has still be brought in to question as it’s apparently not 100% the same as the officially graded AFA proto figure. Zack now claims that not all protos can be identical due to being hand painted, which I fully understand, but then how do you go around proving it’s legit then? In my opinion, with a watertight back story of who owned it and when, back to a Hasbro employee. That’s the only way as far as I’m concerned, or you can simply believe. Fair enough. Now I don’t argue the fact that this ‘could’ be a real piece. My argument (which some of his followers don’t seem to grasp) is that I, and other customisers can make a part resin and part plastic custom Hasbro figure. I too can say “don’t ask for documentation so don’t ask for any, but I got it from an old Hasbro dude”. That’s what the seller did. No back story at all, nothing to prove it’s legit. That’s what they don’t seem to understand. But saying that, Zack can seemingly convince himself it’s real, do a show about it, get lots of views, convince his followers it’s real... then it’s real I guess, regardless of an authentic timeline of where it’s come from. He might have some unquestionable proof it’s real that he will apparently share on his show. I hope more than anyone that he is able to shut me up. I’d personally like to believe it’s a real piece. For anyone interested, BBC Fake Britain did a piece on the Star Wars figure scam. Imagine something similar about bloody hasbros. Quote
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted December 6, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) Just for the craic and then I’ll fuck off. This is a legit graded R&B Greg Valentine. This is a custom, bear in mind that’s an original sculpted jacket. So the maker has used very limited images to recreate the jacket. Customisers are very good. People might ask why? Because people are willing to spend thousands when wrestlers tell them it’s real and there’s a chance to connect with said wrestler. Edited December 6, 2018 by Kaz Hayashi Quote
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted December 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 7, 2018 @Kaz Hayashi How much does a in box Ludvig Borga go for these days? I ask because someone offered the bloke who ran the toy stall in Job Lot in Sunderland 50 quid for Ludvig back in 1995 when he was on display (not for sale.) And when the stall moved into its own shop in the town centre, "The Finnish Hellraiser" was came along with them and remained there until about 2012. I always wondered if he done the right thing holding onto him for so long or if he missed the peak price of Tony Halme's 4 incher. Quote
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted December 7, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 7, 2018 37 minutes ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: @Kaz Hayashi How much does a in box Ludvig Borga go for these days? Until a year ago, fucking loads, but the green cards have come down in price. An Asian seller has randomly had access to a big batch of green cards due to knowing someone who worked for Hasbro blah blah, flooded the market with them and brought the price down a bit. Saying that mint on card still fetch a few quid. £140 - £150 as a general rule of thumb based on eBay and private sales. Loose I’d say £60 is about average at present. They go for more in mainland Europe for some reason. Been selling for around £90 in Germany. Quote
CL Punk Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 I found the second wave of the retro WWE figures in The Entertainer for £4 each, bought myself Mankind and I'm kind of tempted to go back and get The Rock. Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted December 24, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 24, 2018 ive been trying to a buy a standard Kane figure for about a year now for my missus' kid, preferably with a mask but i can never find one anywhere (except for the hasbro style ones), anyone point me in the right direction? i dont wanna pay over the odds for for it because the kid literally just wants to play with it ? Quote
Phil Jones Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 https://toysandmasks.com/wrestling/wwe-basic-series/basic-series-90/kane Quote
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted December 24, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 24, 2018 that'll do me, cheers Phil! Quote
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted December 24, 2018 Paid Members Posted December 24, 2018 Toys & masks is a bloody great site for figures. Quote
The Reverend Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 If you've got a Home Bargains store near you, might be worth checking out. Always lots of figures at, well, bargain prices. In mine today was the last series (released in the UK that is) of the mattel hasbro retro line at £3.99 each. Quote
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 7 hours ago, The Reverend said: If you've got a Home Bargains store near you, might be worth checking out. Always lots of figures at, well, bargain prices. In mine today was the last series (released in the UK that is) of the mattel hasbro retro line at £3.99 each. That the AJ/Ambrose/Rollins/Goldberg series? Seen them in my local HB last week, was a bit gutted seeing them as if I'd known they were coming in, I would have got a couple for my nephew for Christmas, not sure if it's in every store (and they may have sold out anyway) but they recently had the WWE Funko minis in for a quid each as well Quote
The Reverend Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 15 hours ago, RIDDUM_N_STYLE said: That the AJ/Ambrose/Rollins/Goldberg series? Seen them in my local HB last week, was a bit gutted seeing them as if I'd known they were coming in, I would have got a couple for my nephew for Christmas, not sure if it's in every store (and they may have sold out anyway) but they recently had the WWE Funko minis in for a quid each as well Yep - that's the one. My store only had 1 of each in though from what I could see though. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 8, 2019 Paid Members Posted January 8, 2019 I saw them earlier in the week. Was appalled that they gave Goldberg the shittest mould (joint shittest with the Rick Ride headlock). Guess it's supposed to be a spear. He looks more like Gillberg though. Quote
Paid Members garynysmon Posted January 8, 2019 Paid Members Posted January 8, 2019 God, how shit does the classic WWF logo look without the 'F'? Quote
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