King Pitcos Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I used to love those mini rings with the six figures. Index got a new one every six months for a couple of years. Goldust was in the Raw one: Â Â They were great fun, you'd get a little miniature federation in a box. Ring, six figures, and a cage/belt/chair/ladder/dumpster. And Index only used to get two of the normal sized figures in every six months as well, so the small ones were the only hope of having a decent sized promotion to play. Â Sadly, when they got to the attitude era ones, the figures were all slightly smaller. So the WrestleMania set (Bret, Owen, Sid, Vader, Michaels, Undertaker), Raw (Austin, Goldust, Mankind, Triple H, Ahmed Johnson, Faarooq) and Rumble (Mero, Bulldog, LOD, Bearer, Lawler) were all bigger than the ones who came after... Which made Kane a cruiserweight in my federation of them. And the Outlaws. And The Rock. Mankind shrunk when he became Cactus Jack. Â The mini-rings and figures line was the only figure of Chainsaw Charlie for a decade until they made one of him in the classic superstars line towards the end of the Jakks days. Â I was sixteen when I got this one: Â Â And I used to play their entrance music off a bootleg tape I bought outside the NEC at the Attitude Adjustment tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles goodwill Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 This should probably be in random questions but as hasbros have popped up I'll leave it here. Â Who is the guy with the half metal face mask standing next to Bret? I had him when I was younger and had no clue who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarTheSlouch Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Warlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted September 17, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2014 I used to love those mini rings with the six figures. Index got a new one every six months for a couple of years. Goldust was in the Raw one: I got the first edition in the Christmas of 97. A fine little roster of Bret, Shawn, Taker, Vader, Owen and Sid. They were just tremendous fun. If Austin came with it instead of Sid, it would have been perfect. I always wanted to recreate the Final Four match. I always loved playing with the Vader figure. His hands were in the perfect position to do his punches that he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Did anybody have the mini WWF Hasbro figures?   I only ever recall seeing them one time in some random store around 1995, and they really were just mini versions of the Hasbro figures. Considering I had the full sized Hasbro's I passed on buying them and more than likely spent the money on Pogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I got some of the mini Hasbros from Latif's Cash & Carry, but they never sold the ring. They had the normal sized Hasbros with the trading cards in the packaging as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Those are proper bloody wrestling toys. You're meant to be able to scrounge your tuck shop money together and grab a couple of groovy figures, like those packs of mini Transformers. None of this 3D-scanned 8inch tall £12 monstrocities. The Slam City and Rumblers figures are the best of today's lot by a country mile. Edited September 17, 2014 by CavemanLynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members GlennCullen Posted September 17, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Â I used to love those mini rings with the six figures. Index got a new one every six months for a couple of years. Goldust was in the Raw one: I got the first edition in the Christmas of 97. A fine little roster of Bret, Shawn, Taker, Vader, Owen and Sid. They were just tremendous fun. If Austin came with it instead of Sid, it would have been perfect. I always wanted to recreate the Final Four match. I always loved playing with the Vader figure. His hands were in the perfect position to do his punches that he did. Â Yes! These were my favourite as I could take them around with me in a little backpack. I tried looking for them years back but couldn't find them, are the full sets on sale anywhere? Â Edited September 17, 2014 by KJHenley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited)   I used to love those mini rings with the six figures. Index got a new one every six months for a couple of years. Goldust was in the Raw one: I got the first edition in the Christmas of 97. A fine little roster of Bret, Shawn, Taker, Vader, Owen and Sid. They were just tremendous fun. If Austin came with it instead of Sid, it would have been perfect. I always wanted to recreate the Final Four match. I always loved playing with the Vader figure. His hands were in the perfect position to do his punches that he did.  Yes! These were my favourite as I could take them around with me in a little backpack. I tried looking for them years back but couldn't find them, are the full sets on sale anywhere? They're on Ebay fairly often, but the boxed sets are quite expensive and mostly American. From a quick look on there now, with customs fees you'd be paying over £50 just for the WrestleMania set and about £80 just for the Raw set (I think the later sets are less popular so might come across them cheaper). Searching for WWF mini figures or WWF mini rings often turns up cheaper loose ones, though.  Across all the sets, there's a decent little roster:  Steve Austin The Rock Undertaker Shawn Michaels Triple H Mankind Bret Hart Legion of Doom British Bulldog Cactus Jack Chainsaw Charlie New Age Outlaws Kane Sid Goldust Jerry Lawler Vader Owen Hart Faarooq Ahmed Johnson Brian Pillman Sabio Bega The Headbangers Marc Mero Sunny Paul Bearer  It's a shame they replaced them after '99 with the rings that had mini figures in the style of the Maximum Sweat figures (by which point I was spending my money on drink anyway), although I like the accessories/decorations they had.  Edited September 17, 2014 by King Pitcos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Clyde Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Those figures are a right trip down memory lane, the hasbros especially, I had near the whole set, without the ones on the green card that must have been from around 94 were they? They never had them in the woolworths or toymaster in the town and I had no idea there even was a hasbro Diesel/Smoking Guns/1-2-3 Kid till years later when I seen them on ebay. I used to get a right bollocking from my ones for biting the nose of many a hasbro figure as back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarTheSlouch Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Those figures are a right trip down memory lane, the hasbros especially, I had near the whole set, without the ones on the green card that must have been from around 94 were they? They never had them in the woolworths or toymaster in the town and I had no idea there even was a hasbro Diesel/Smoking Guns/1-2-3 Kid till years later when I seen them on ebay. I used to get a right bollocking from my ones for biting the nose of many a hasbro figure as back in the day. plus the card on the kids figure has the classic no eyebrows pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Juice Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) The Waylon Mercy figure always seemed hard to find. Â It's a shame he got injured i loved his gimmick and his theme was decent too. Edited September 17, 2014 by Lemon Juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted September 17, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2014 The Maximum Sweat figures are so shite aren't they? Cant imagine they sold well. Although the unmasked Kane was pretty mindblowing to a fan base who were desperate to imagine what Kane's burnt face looked like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 You could put red food colouring in the water so they looked like they were bleeding, if you were a sick bastard that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Juice Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 You could put red food colouring in the water so they looked like they were bleeding, if you were a sick bastard that is. Â If you wanted to make the Kane figure look like him when he removed his mask for the first time just rub some coal dust on his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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