Yeah, I just found this today when part 1 was suggested to me. I say he should bite the bullet and just go ahead and make part 3! What are they gonna do?
Sat watching at 3am, under the virus lockdown I'm running low on wrestling content having watched/listened to all my fav podcasts & RUclips channels (slightly exaggerating there, I'm sure I've not watched everything), then this pops up in my suggested. Wow, both parts 1 & 2 were awesome & gutted no part 3.
Wrestling Figure Legacy 3 months ago I'll be back - 100%. Didn't expect to be gone this long, but I took on a number of personal projects that just demanded too much out of me. Once I have enough content ready to go, I'll let you guys in on everything via an announcement video. Thanks for hangin' in there. ------------------------- Found that a bit further down in the comments.
I had a friend who worked at Walmart during the Al Snow controversy. He was told to leave the figures on the shelf, they were not sell to begin with. After announcing the "pulling" of the figures, they sold out in days.
Wrestling Figure Legacy 3 months ago I'll be back - 100%. Didn't expect to be gone this long, but I took on a number of personal projects that just demanded too much out of me. Once I have enough content ready to go, I'll let you guys in on everything via an announcement video. Thanks for hangin' in there. ------------------------- Found that a bit further down in the comments.
A footnote to the All Snow thing, shortly afterwards Walmart started stocking figures based on the recently released Tim Burton version of Sleepy Hollow. Figures that did come with severed heads.
Sadly, Jakks aggressive "bait and switch" nonsense is what killed my love of collecting back around 2005-2006. I used to visit WrestlingFigs and the forums every day, was super active in the community. All the half-assed paint jobs, figures where the backside of the tights had no patterns, painted on sleeves for jackets and such. I was investing too much money into toys that I knew were not worth it, and I stopped. Thankfully, about a year or two later, WWE dropped them like a bad habit, but by that point, I had moved on and haven't bought a figure since Doink the Clown, which I think was Classic Superstars S7, I think. Maybe one day, I'll grab a small handful of the Mattel figures.
Some of the best wrestling related videos on RUclips, period. They're so well made and edited and extremely informative. I love getting to learn new things about aspects of wrestling. Keep up the videos, man. They are FANTASTIC.
They made Droz in the Classic Superstars line. Jakks had the money to make him, Al Snow, Tank Abbott, Johnny Rodz and the Berserker, yet refused to budge on a Randy Savage figure, because as Jeremy Padawer said, "He wanted too much money." Savage would have sold more figures than all those people I mentioned, combined. The CS series really died off around series 16. There were some decent signings after this such as Dynamite Kid, Bossman, Haku and Andy Kaufman....but many times Jakks would cut corners and just release the same shitty figures over and over. Series 28 was by far the worst since almost every figure was given street clothes, which was the lazy shirt and jeans mold that Jakks beat into the ground.
Noticed a more recent packaging error - the new Tyler Bate elite figure has the UK Tournament bracket on the back of the box - with Trent Seven stated to have defeated Wolfgang (it was the other way around)
You can cover the release of the Blue Blazer figure around the time of Owen Hart’s death. Also how Jakks loves to cheap out and only paint the front of certain figure attires. Also, how later Ruthless Aggression figures have terribly loose shoulders
I bought the Al Snow with Head SummerSlam'99 figure in box at the flea market a few years back. They also gave me a couple loose figs namely Bob Holly and The Rock.
The Al Snow thing always bothered me. I hate that because out of touch people don't know the source material, an item is banned for perceived violence against women. It was just so beyond stupid to me. Here's an idea for parents: try to know the source material for a toy you are buying for your children. Responsible parents could probably handle something as minor as that. Honestly, it's about as tone deaf as people in the early 90's saying that the Lethal Enforcer video game promoted criminal behavior, satanism or whatever the hell these mouth breathers who never touched a controller were screaming about.
I Just discovered this channel today and I must admit I’m addicted! I love seeing and hearing the stories behind the action figures and play sets! Keep up the great work!
Wrong Al Snow! It was the Road Rage twin pack, with Hardcore Holly and the head with hair, that was pulled. You even showed a clip of Bob Holly stating the exact issue.
I got that JR with the War Tony on his jacket for christmas when I was a child, along with other figures and I remember finding it so hilarious because my name first name is Tony and so is my dad. We never could understand why it said that.
They talked about Linda in a different pack of 12 and it was shown since the entire prototype pack was with owner of Ringside Collectibles on Hawkins and Ryder's toy channel and they also show the Elite Jeff Hardy too.
I remember way back Jakks was promoting a Sandman with an Orange T-Shirt and american Flag style pants which was an Original ECW attire. I've never seen anyone own it so I'm assuming it's a prototype. Any information on this figure will be highly appreciated and as always great video!
Arsya Utomo Dreamer owns his own wrestling fed, works in the indies, and isn’t under contract with WWE for licensing. Also as far as I know they haven’t even tried contacting him about it
Hey, brother! I have a figure question for you, but lemme start off by saying I LOVE your channel. The concepts and ideas always make for incredibly interesting, informative and highly entertaining videos. So thank you for that! With that being said, I have an odd question. A few years ago while searching for a figure (Defining Moments Razor Ramon if you were curious haha) I found 2 figs at the same store with incorrect packaging. One was Blandy Orton and the other was Kofi Kingston, both packaged in full-on smiling JJJYOHN CENA cards/boxes. I bought both and was wondering if there was any value in figures packaged incorrectly with shockingly stupid mistakes (especially Kofi when you think about it haha). I've tried doing some Googling but can't find any answers. I'm sure I didn't stumble across a gold mine, but if there's a collector base for that I'd love to sell them to people who collect such hilarity. Thank you for your time if you read this but more importantly thank you for the great content! CJ
I'm not a huge expert on value in terms of second markets, but from my understanding, those kind of weird errors tend to not be very valuable. It'd have to be a very specific collector that wants it. They're really fun to collect just for the hilarity/uniqueness of it, but with how heavily mass-produced these are, it's hard to say if it'll ever actually amount to anything above retail.
The Masked Heel Would you believe me if I told you that was an Autocorrect? Ha! I will admit I've called him that in the past (Rest Hold Randy is another one I picked up from SCG's OldManJones). But please know I wasn't trying to start a flame war, my phone may have wanted to but I did not. I love and respect this channel and the man behind it. I truly hope no disrespect was gleaned from that mistake. And thank you WFL for giving me such a great Answer. I must add your love for WCW Smash n Slam figures (The Scott Hall one as well as Savage) is what made me immediately feel a cool connection. Keep up the amazing content! Sorry if I caused some negativity, was not my goal.
You should do a video about the various entrance stage playsets Jakks and Mattel have and haven’t released! I recall there being an interesting prototype photo of the Raw arena playset Jakks released in 2008 which looked way different than the final product. Maybe you could also talk about the variants of the RAW is WAR entrance stage set and variants released during the WWF to WWE rename. I have a version of the set that was after the WWE rename. The entrance stages of WWE through the years and the toy sets based on them have fascinated me, and I would love to see something like this on your channel!
Finding this years after release, no part 3... They got to him for showing those Linda figs!
Yeah, I just found this today when part 1 was suggested to me. I say he should bite the bullet and just go ahead and make part 3! What are they gonna do?
Why ?
Sat watching at 3am, under the virus lockdown I'm running low on wrestling content having watched/listened to all my fav podcasts & RUclips channels (slightly exaggerating there, I'm sure I've not watched everything), then this pops up in my suggested. Wow, both parts 1 & 2 were awesome & gutted no part 3.
@@steveh4290 lol. I know the feeling! I hope this guy makes videos again. It's interesting!
And this is the last video he ever made?!?
Biggest cliffhanger in history
I always come back to this channel just hoping vol. 3 will be here
same
I had the worst Christmas of my life because I couldn't get a Hardcore Holly figure...
Al Snow ruined Christmas.
I hope ur next Christmas is good man
Said no one ever
Im sorry, if i had one id give it to you so you could 😀
I'm sorry ufo
What happenned to this guys channel no volume 3 and just seemed to fall of a cliff
Wrestling Figure Legacy
3 months ago
I'll be back - 100%. Didn't expect to be gone this long, but I took on a number of personal projects that just demanded too much out of me. Once I have enough content ready to go, I'll let you guys in on everything via an announcement video. Thanks for hangin' in there.
-------------------------
Found that a bit further down in the comments.
@@GrimHellscream Will there be a part 3 it's been like 2 years?
Dave Skimming he said of course there’s more controversy’s to talk about then left us 😭
he died
I guess you can only talk about figures for so long
Jeez, i cant belive its been 5 years since i first watched this video. Kinda sad knowing part 3 will never come.
Did he abandon the Channel or did something happen to him?
@gablefanforever01 no idea, tbh, i assume abandoned, but i wont speculate on it
@@ryan-he5fd I've seen some comments claim he died but I feel like that's just people spreading rumors
@@gablefanproductions01 bs he's still active on the Wrestlingfigs site under the name "DZ: WF Legacy"
This channel is a beloved relic from the past
Sad when you discover an amazing channel via recommendations and see they havent uploaded in over two years :(
Now 6 years 🤦♂️
i remember watching this video when it was first posted times flies forever wishing for that part 3
I had a friend who worked at Walmart during the Al Snow controversy. He was told to leave the figures on the shelf, they were not sell to begin with. After announcing the "pulling" of the figures, they sold out in days.
It's new years eve. I'm in a hotel half drunk, the wife's sleeping and I have this on the hotel tv whilst drinking a beer. Perfection! Happy New Year!
Haha Happy New Year!
You are living the dream. Happy new year
This channel might have been short-lived but produced some awesome content.
Wrestling Figure Controversies Vol.3 ??????
He died
@@iNeedMoney247 really what???
iNeedMoney did he really :(
Wrestling Figure Legacy
3 months ago
I'll be back - 100%. Didn't expect to be gone this long, but I took on a number of personal projects that just demanded too much out of me. Once I have enough content ready to go, I'll let you guys in on everything via an announcement video. Thanks for hangin' in there.
-------------------------
Found that a bit further down in the comments.
So he’s not dead ?
A footnote to the All Snow thing, shortly afterwards Walmart started stocking figures based on the recently released Tim Burton version of Sleepy Hollow. Figures that did come with severed heads.
HA! That is hilarious. I bet those had no problem staying on the shelf, either.
I had that Stephanie figure. When 8 year old me learned about the birds and bees
At 8 you was taught that why just why
Amen ShadowAngel, amen.
I feel bad for that poor steph figure! Lol j/k
This channel is so good!! Honestly. The Production quality is great and the amount of research is impressive dude.
Too bad this was his last 3 years ago
Sadly, Jakks aggressive "bait and switch" nonsense is what killed my love of collecting back around 2005-2006. I used to visit WrestlingFigs and the forums every day, was super active in the community. All the half-assed paint jobs, figures where the backside of the tights had no patterns, painted on sleeves for jackets and such. I was investing too much money into toys that I knew were not worth it, and I stopped. Thankfully, about a year or two later, WWE dropped them like a bad habit, but by that point, I had moved on and haven't bought a figure since Doink the Clown, which I think was Classic Superstars S7, I think. Maybe one day, I'll grab a small handful of the Mattel figures.
Such a well made and interesting series. Stoked to have discovered your channel!
Some of the best wrestling related videos on RUclips, period. They're so well made and edited and extremely informative. I love getting to learn new things about aspects of wrestling. Keep up the videos, man. They are FANTASTIC.
Whatever happened to this guy it's a shame.
Where is volume 3 my guy I enjoyed the other 2 and I was super hyped to see the Jeff Hardy figure in the next episode
So much figure controversy has happened since u left we need u back
Looks like we'll never get Owen Hart Linda McMahon, Droz or The Head Bangers figures we really need. Great vid
head bangers had figures before
Need is a strong word.
What’s the drama with the head bangers?
This didn't age well now that Aew may make a owen hart figure
They made Droz in the Classic Superstars line.
Jakks had the money to make him, Al Snow, Tank Abbott, Johnny Rodz and the Berserker, yet refused to budge on a Randy Savage figure, because as Jeremy Padawer said, "He wanted too much money."
Savage would have sold more figures than all those people I mentioned, combined. The CS series really died off around series 16. There were some decent signings after this such as Dynamite Kid, Bossman, Haku and Andy Kaufman....but many times Jakks would cut corners and just release the same shitty figures over and over. Series 28 was by far the worst since almost every figure was given street clothes, which was the lazy shirt and jeans mold that Jakks beat into the ground.
Noticed a more recent packaging error - the new Tyler Bate elite figure has the UK Tournament bracket on the back of the box - with Trent Seven stated to have defeated Wolfgang (it was the other way around)
Man, don't wanna pry, but are you ok?
I had completely forgotten the Al Snow "Head" controversy. Great premise for a video series- love it! Keep 'em coming! 👍
Please MORE of these!!!
I'm going to make a 2 part video on what happened to this video series. RUclips video controversies vol. 1 coming soon!
Where are you, man? We've missed your content for a while.
He's still around. He posts on a forum I frequent.
You can cover the release of the Blue Blazer figure around the time of Owen Hart’s death. Also how Jakks loves to cheap out and only paint the front of certain figure attires. Also, how later Ruthless Aggression figures have terribly loose shoulders
I wish this guy would come back I miss this channel it was my favorite
I bought the Al Snow with Head SummerSlam'99 figure in box at the flea market a few years back. They also gave me a couple loose figs namely Bob Holly and The Rock.
If only they'd mentioned that in the video!
Honestly i somehow found this today and since subscribed ALL because this video series....keep it up i want more
Being back this channel man. It was so good.
What happened to other vids? Is the guy In the witness relocation program or did he pass away?? I was looking forward to vol 3!
Loving these videos. I subbed and will be going through your backlog. Can't wait.
Great video man, reminds me how much I've spent on wrestling toys over the years 😫
Linda Mcmahon shut this channel down
I need to know why this channel doesn’t upload anymore
i think he died 4 years ago
@@iNeedMoney247 Apparently, he's still active on forums. Just hasn't uploaded... Such a shame. I'd love to watch more! :)
Guess not. April 8th, 2018 was the last post he made on Twitter, so either he abandoned this channel or he's gone. Or his studies are REALLY advanced
you need WAY WAY WAY more subs, man....... This channel is done so damn well.
Broski and bare minimum better be subbed to this too.
The Al Snow thing always bothered me. I hate that because out of touch people don't know the source material, an item is banned for perceived violence against women. It was just so beyond stupid to me. Here's an idea for parents: try to know the source material for a toy you are buying for your children. Responsible parents could probably handle something as minor as that.
Honestly, it's about as tone deaf as people in the early 90's saying that the Lethal Enforcer video game promoted criminal behavior, satanism or whatever the hell these mouth breathers who never touched a controller were screaming about.
I love the smug expression on the purple dress misprint edition Stephanie MacMahon.
6:35 and 6:40 is bubbles from trailer park boys.
liquor and whores
The Green Bastard from parts unknown is correct, considering this is in a wrestling context.
James Felty in all fairness, do we really know who the green bastard is? *kayfabe*
I Just discovered this channel today and I must admit I’m addicted! I love seeing and hearing the stories behind the action figures and play sets! Keep up the great work!
Apparently he's dead
Wrong Al Snow!
It was the Road Rage twin pack, with Hardcore Holly and the head with hair, that was pulled.
You even showed a clip of Bob Holly stating the exact issue.
Rip macho man
where'd you go? where's part 3?
I got that JR with the War Tony on his jacket for christmas when I was a child, along with other figures and I remember finding it so hilarious because my name first name is Tony and so is my dad. We never could understand why it said that.
"NO BROTHERS ALLOWED, BROTHER!" I laughed way harder than I should have at this
These videos are just the greatest, next one is ALWAYS worth the wait, no matter how long it may be.
Poor Jeff Jarrett... got his figure censored, and somehow got Owen Hart's head replaced on his as well.
I need that commando Steph doll.
HHH has it
@@theungreatkahli yeah he do.
10:37, they couldn't even spell help me right on Snows head, it's spelled upside down instead of backwards.
bring back this channel homie. its great
Great channel. Makes me want to start collecting and makes me wish i still had all the figures me and my little brother had when we were kids
Love these videos man, so awesome!!! Curt Hawkins just posted on his Instagram story a Linda figure still in the packaging 😱😱😱
This is why Mattel is so much better than jakks
They talked about Linda in a different pack of 12 and it was shown since the entire prototype pack was with owner of Ringside Collectibles on Hawkins and Ryder's toy channel and they also show the Elite Jeff Hardy too.
Is it gonna be a half a year b4 vol 3 also? :(
Savage was one of the best
Saggz 2dope he sold the shit out of that figure, I want it now.
@@2RG_ same
Hope part 3 is still coming out.
Dammit Holly, they're not dolls they're action figures!
I remember way back Jakks was promoting a Sandman with an Orange T-Shirt and american Flag style pants which was an Original ECW attire. I've never seen anyone own it so I'm assuming it's a prototype. Any information on this figure will be highly appreciated and as always great video!
Yeah, they cancelled it. It's a shame too, we don't exactly get many (i.e. ANY) old school ECW Sandmans.
Wrestling Figure Legacy It's a shame that's the case. The figure looked really cool!
Any ideas why there's no Elite Tommy Dreamer?
Arsya Utomo they need to make one Dreamer and Sandman were always my favorite
Ashley Roberts yeah i need it for my wrestling Icons, Taker for WWE, Sting For WCW, Dreamer for ECW, Styles For TNA, and Bryan for ROH
Arsya Utomo And Raven
Arsya Utomo Dreamer owns his own wrestling fed, works in the indies, and isn’t under contract with WWE for licensing. Also as far as I know they haven’t even tried contacting him about it
Theres a battle pack released with Christian.
I've seen a Chris Benoit in Jericho packaging. I'm not sure if it was the other way around.
I love the production values and work you put in to your videos. Keep it up, and keep them coming.
I had the same Al Snow figure as a kid, guess I should have keep it in the package lol
.... WOW... Am I the only one who got instantly sad on the Macho man Randy savage part. .. 😔😔😔😔😔🙏
Great job as always!
2018 who is watching this in 2018
2019 here
OmoSilverZet The Hedgehog watching in 2019
The styrofoam (plain white) head was what he used in the original ECW gimmick. WWE did not invent much of anything except the Undertaker.
Episode 3?
I laughed so hard at the Europeam Championship one lol
Hey, brother! I have a figure question for you, but lemme start off by saying I LOVE your channel. The concepts and ideas always make for incredibly interesting, informative and highly entertaining videos. So thank you for that!
With that being said, I have an odd question. A few years ago while searching for a figure (Defining Moments Razor Ramon if you were curious haha) I found 2 figs at the same store with incorrect packaging. One was Blandy Orton and the other was Kofi Kingston, both packaged in full-on smiling JJJYOHN CENA cards/boxes. I bought both and was wondering if there was any value in figures packaged incorrectly with shockingly stupid mistakes (especially Kofi when you think about it haha). I've tried doing some Googling but can't find any answers. I'm sure I didn't stumble across a gold mine, but if there's a collector base for that I'd love to sell them to people who collect such hilarity.
Thank you for your time if you read this but more importantly thank you for the great content!
CJ
I'm not a huge expert on value in terms of second markets, but from my understanding, those kind of weird errors tend to not be very valuable. It'd have to be a very specific collector that wants it. They're really fun to collect just for the hilarity/uniqueness of it, but with how heavily mass-produced these are, it's hard to say if it'll ever actually amount to anything above retail.
The Masked Heel Would you believe me if I told you that was an Autocorrect? Ha! I will admit I've called him that in the past
(Rest Hold Randy is another one I picked up from SCG's OldManJones). But please know
I wasn't trying to start a flame war, my phone may have wanted to but I did not. I love and respect this channel and the man behind it. I truly hope no disrespect was gleaned from that mistake. And thank you WFL for giving me such a great Answer. I must add your love for WCW Smash n Slam figures (The Scott Hall one as well as Savage) is what made me immediately feel a cool connection. Keep up the amazing content! Sorry if I caused some negativity, was not my goal.
So where the heck is part 3? Did the RUclipsr die?
You should do a video about the various entrance stage playsets Jakks and Mattel have and haven’t released! I recall there being an interesting prototype photo of the Raw arena playset Jakks released in 2008 which looked way different than the final product. Maybe you could also talk about the variants of the RAW is WAR entrance stage set and variants released during the WWF to WWE rename. I have a version of the set that was after the WWE rename.
The entrance stages of WWE through the years and the toy sets based on them have fascinated me, and I would love to see something like this on your channel!
My dad got a TNA Chris Harris witha moustache and after the toy arrived in the mail. I remembered he never had a moustache lol
Man...what happened to this channel, these videos are amazing! I was so sad to click and see that there hasn't been an upload in 3 years.
wheres vol. 3
I really hope he’s okay
He is. He posts on a forum I frequent.
Prototypes use random bodies anyways. There's some Cristian heads with an Edge body for mock-ups/prototypes.
They probably thought they were selling empty boxes
I don't own a single action figure and you made me care about this. Kudos to you sir!
Oh Hell Yeah, I'm watching this Later :) a loyal Wfigs member here :)
Where is part 3 ????
I own the Road Rage Al Snow from summer slam 99 and Also the double pack of Hardcore Holly and Al Snow from summer slam 99!
Shame he never continued. There’s a real lack of high quality wrestling figure channels
Kitty
That Linda Mcmahon figure looks like Barry manilow
9:31 Rectum? Damn near killed 'Em
Where's this dude
About time we got Volume 2 lol and is anyone else surprised WFigs Jakks page isnt dead
It’s been 3 years and I’m still waiting for part 3
Used to have that championship pack too never noticed Europeam lol
Doesn’t that Jeff Jarrett toy have the same head sculpture as the Owen Hart toy
Yes it does...there's a lot of weird Owen Hart things in BCA that I'm covering in a future video.
Jakks was notorious for reusing molds.
Wrestling Figure Legacy are you alive?
just found your channel. Cool stuff and you do a great job with the history.
OMG! I totally forgot of All Cool Gifts. Brings back memories.
thank you for this. and Happy New Year sir.
Nice video! can't wait for the next one.
Oh yes, amazing, can't wait for part 3, I love this shit!