Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 Wicked Cool Toys launched an advert for the AEW Toyline during Dynamite  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 The head scans are good, the bodies and scale look horrendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 23 minutes ago, Kaz Hayashi said: The head scans are good, the bodies and scale look horrendous. Compared to what? They look like a cross between Mattel Elites and Ultimates. A scale ring suggests they will be in scale with those too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 From the images that have shared so far, the Jacksons are the same size/scale as everyone else. There’s no size differentiation. Again though, that’s purely based on the images that they released. If they knock out some images of figures side by side and it shows a difference in scale, then fair play, I’ll absolutely retract my point, but as it stands they all look the same size and Jericho looks like a youngster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) They're childrens toys, the company behind them doesn't seem the type to be making super detailed exactly scaled figures. But yeah there's that choice with who do you market these at, kids or collectors. Edited February 20, 2020 by Merzbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Merzbow said: They're childrens toys, the company behind them doesn't seem the type to be making super detailed exactly scaled figures. But yeah there's that choice with who do you market these at, kids or collectors. They aren’t just children’s toys though are they, that’s like saying all video games are ‘kids games’. Their audience is full of adult fans for a start, all buying merch and collectibles. Those figures are aimed at everyone, from kids to adult collectors, much like mattel are with their limited edition 80’s characters. Little Barry wants another Reigns, fair enough, but Dad Garry wants that limited Harley Race. I suppose when you have WWE/mattel producing figures with accurate individual scale/size, that sets a standard. Then you have smaller companies like the Super 7 team and the Legends of Lucha Libre guys following suit. They’re making sure they make their figures to the industry leaders scale, so that kids and collectors can collect/play with those figures & mix them perfectly with the other brands, it becomes expected that AEW will also do the same. I really hope they have, and as I say, if they release further details about the specifics of scale and they are in fact in scale/size with other lines (including accurate scale of their roster) then fair play to them. I’ll 100% change my opinion, but I’m basing my view on what they’ve released so far, and as it stands the figures appear to be the same height as each other without any differentiation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Kaz Hayashi said: They aren’t just children’s toys though are they, that’s like saying all video games are ‘kids games’. Their audience is full of adult fans for a start, all buying merch and collectibles. Those figures are aimed at everyone, from kids to adult collectors, much like mattel are with their limited edition 80’s characters. Little Barry wants another Reigns, fair enough, but Dad Garry wants that limited Harley Race. I suppose when you have WWE/mattel producing figures with accurate individual scale/size, that sets a standard. Then you have smaller companies like the Super 7 team and the Legends of Lucha Libre guys following suit. They’re making sure they make their figures to the industry leaders scale, so that kids and collectors can collect/play with those figures & mix them perfectly with the other brands, it becomes expected that AEW will also do the same. I really hope they have, and as I say, if they release further details about the specifics of scale and they are in fact in scale/size with other lines (including accurate scale of their roster) then fair play to them. I’ll 100% change my opinion, but I’m basing my view on what they’ve released so far, and as it stands the figures appear to be the same height as each other without any differentiation. To the company making these they probably are, that's my point. Just look at their products, they seem like an odd choice to go with and are nothing like those others you mentioned. But they obviously want a more mainstream company that can put these in toy shops all over the world. https://www.wickedcooltoys.com/products/  Edited February 20, 2020 by Merzbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, Kaz Hayashi said: but Dad Garry wants that limited Harley Race. No I don’t... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, SuperBacon said: No I don’t... I said Garry, not Super Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Kaz Hayashi said: They aren’t just children’s toys though are they, that’s like saying all video games are ‘kids games’. Their audience is full of adult fans for a start, all buying merch and collectibles. Those figures are aimed at everyone, from kids to adult collectors, much like mattel are with their limited edition 80’s characters. Little Barry wants another Reigns, fair enough, but Dad Garry wants that limited Harley Race. I suppose when you have WWE/mattel producing figures with accurate individual scale/size, that sets a standard. Then you have smaller companies like the Super 7 team and the Legends of Lucha Libre guys following suit. They’re making sure they make their figures to the industry leaders scale, so that kids and collectors can collect/play with those figures & mix them perfectly with the other brands, it becomes expected that AEW will also do the same. I really hope they have, and as I say, if they release further details about the specifics of scale and they are in fact in scale/size with other lines (including accurate scale of their roster) then fair play to them. I’ll 100% change my opinion, but I’m basing my view on what they’ve released so far, and as it stands the figures appear to be the same height as each other without any differentiation. Are the Mattel toys scaled? My godson has loads but have never noticed any difference in heights with the elites or basics. Jeremy Padawer is behind Wicked Cool Toys which is now part of Jazwares. He was in charge of Jakks's line from 2002 until it went to Mattel and he came up with the Classics line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Merzbow said: To the company making these they probably are, that's my point. Just look at their products, they seem like an odd choice to go with and are nothing like those others you mentioned. But they obviously want a more mainstream company that can put these in toy shops all over the world. https://www.wickedcooltoys.com/products/  Oh I absolutely agree with you on that mate. Very bizarre choice. I remember them making some absolutely shit Mortal Kombat figures in the early 2000’s. Big clunky things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Are the Mattel toys scaled? My godson has loads but have never noticed any difference in heights with the elites or basics. Jeremy Padawer is behind Wicked Cool Toys which is now part of Jazwares. He was in charge of Jakks's line from 2002 until it went to Mattel and he came up with the Classics line And whilst I love the classic line, that’s my point I suppose, all of those figures are the same height. In fact there’s a Tazz figure which is bigger than Andre & Big Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 Remember those TNA ones where they just put out the whole roster regardless of whether they'll sell or not? The fucking Naturals, A-1 and Sonjay Dutt were all over the shop. What a waste of a work day, putting those together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I'd love it if they did an Orange Cassidy figure with no shoulder articulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 21, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 21, 2020 Our little original ECW wrestling figure video, with guest appearances from Steve Corino & Joel Gertner has just hit 1000 views. Pretty chuffed with that.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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