NEWM Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Â Wow, never seen Piper in that gear before, looks totally rotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lawrence Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That was my first ever pwi mag i bought, it had loads of information in there that i never knew. Reading that was when i found out the genious was macho mans brother. Probably my favourite mag ever that one. Gutted a cut a few pics out of it to cover my school books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankCastle Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 First magazine  I was really into WWF, but this was the first wrestling magazine I ever saw on the shelf of a newsagent, specifically John Menzies in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was just after ITV had started showing WCW Worldwide on a Saturday afternoon so I knew Sting was feuding with Big Van Vader, and this cover looked awesome:   I also confess to it having a spread on the Madusa v Missy Hyatt Bikini Contest featuring both of them in very, VERY, skimpy bikinis. For a 10 year old, this was amazing.   First Video  Bought as a present one weekend for helping my dad clean the car, this was the first WrestleMania I owned on video. I loved it, from the new look for Shawn Michaels to the Bret Hart v Roddy Piper match, to Flair v Savage, to Hogan v Sid. I thought it was awesome.   First figure.  I figured there was no point having a wrestler without the ring, so I saved up for the ring and got this Hogan figure free from Argos.   My mum generously bought me the Ultimate Warrior figure with his legs stuck together so he could fight him. My first fantasy match was recreating the main event of WrestleMania VI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted April 12, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 12, 2013 Looking at that PWI magazine that Ravashing1 posted, what is Piper wearing? I don't remember him borrowing his mum's red aerobics shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWalsh Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Fantastic Thread.  My First Magazine  First Video, A birthday present, the local video shop copied these for me  Two first figures got both at the same time, and didnt know who either of them were cos i had only seen British wrestling at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankCastle Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Who on earth are those last two? Is the second one Bruno Sammartino? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Aren't custom Hasbro's fucking brilliant?! If these were a click away in 1992, I'd have had my folks remortgaging their fucking house getting me stuff like this. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffingtonClyro Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Who on earth are those last two? Is the second one Bruno Sammartino? Â SD Jones and fuck knows. SD Jones is the file name, I initially thought it was Ron Simmons. Fairly racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankCastle Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Aren't custom Hasbro's fucking brilliant?! If these were a click away in 1992, I'd have had my folks remortgaging their fucking house getting me stuff like this.  I'd pay to see the Mr. Fuji stomp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Minipops Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Aren't custom Hasbro's fucking brilliant?! If these were a click away in 1992, I'd have had my folks remortgaging their fucking house getting me stuff like this.  Those Virgil and DiBiase customs are fantastic!!  Ive often thought about starting a collection of custom Hasbros (and came really really close one time when I seen a custom Hayabusa!) but I always stop myself when I consider just how much money Id end up spending on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted April 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2013 Â Shit, I always thought the was Koko B Ware! I had a few of those types as a small child and remember they were great for doing Figure 4's, because they were made of rubber. I always assumed they were knock offs or fakes, like those shitty 'thumb wrestlers' you'd see at the cheap shops and pound stores. Does anyone know who produced them? Â As for my firsts: Â I couldn't for the life of me remember my first magazine, but a quick Google image search brought a shedload of memories flooding back to me. I love the cover on this. Full of colour, as they all were. The magazines always really stood out on the shelves. Dazzling to a 8 year old boy. Probably bought from the Indoor Market, which was where I first discovered them on sale. I wish I had kept them all now. Â This seems to be a pretty popular choice on here. Cherished this as kid and watched it at every opportunity. I love that yellow background. It will always catch your eye. Pretty sure this tape is in a wardrobe at my parents house. I'll have to check on that. Â I'll always remmeber Owen Whitcome's mother coming up to the school at lunchtime and passing him a newly purchased Hulk Hogan Hasbro through the bars at the school gate... It was the first time our local Woolworths had stocked them. I remember pleading with my Mam that night for one. I came home the next day and was given Akeem. It wasn't quite Hogan, but fuck it, it was a bonafide WWF wrestler. He would take pride of place for some time after a swift babyface turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince russo Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 FIRST MAGAZINE Â i remember not shutting up to my mum as a 6 year old crying for her to get me this, it was the first one our local shop had in only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted April 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2013 The thing that bothers me about those custom Hasbros is the fact that they knock them up in packaging with 'Official WWF' all over it, making them look like bootlegs and detracting from the fact that they are actually fantastic, lovingly crafted artistic tributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2013 Love the Barbarian one. He'd have been top heel in my fed if I had him. With evil Fuji in the corner. Â I'm sure I've seen a pretty good Haku as well somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Â Shit, I always thought the was Koko B Ware! I had a few of those types as a small child and remember they were great for doing Figure 4's, because they were made of rubber. I always assumed they were knock offs or fakes, like those shitty 'thumb wrestlers' you'd see at the cheap shops and pound stores. Does anyone know who produced them? Â Â Yep they're LJN Official WWF figs. The series ran from 84-89 and because of the length of time it took for them to go from planning stages to being produced they churned out some very odd names such as SD Jones, Outback Jack, Corporal Kirschner, Ted Arcidi and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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