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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2017
- Did you know that the earliest wrestling figures date back to the late 1960s!? From their origins in Japan with JWA Bullmark and Popy, to the more familiar AWA Remco and WWF LJN Wrestling Superstars line, there's a history to be told about wrestling figures. Feat. Hulk Hogan's rookie figure, the very first Andre the Giant, the first Ric Flair Figure, the first Ultimate Warrior action figure, and many more debuts!
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I had two of those LJN figures. I had Hogan and Andre back in 87 right before WrestleMania 3. My brother had Hogan and Hillbilly Jim. I also had the bendable ones and thumb ones which was Hillbilly Jim and I think Volkoff. I also had a pack of AWA thumb ones that Road Warrior Hawk and Greg Gagne.
Nothing was better than a Michael Hayes vs. Skeletor match in my AWA ring as a kid.
The Godfather He-man made a great Austin Idol too.
This is the best and realest. A good skeletor and moss man vs. The road warriors in the grey cage was a good booking lolol
Now THAT is what you call a dream match, my friend! I remember that I would use Moss Man alot as well, because he had a killer belly to belly suplex, thanks to his waist having some kind of snapping motion. He received a major, major "push" in my make believe AWA world.
The Godfather
I have a friend who had a "hair match" involving the Evil Horde's Grizzlor. Guess who lost that match?
I used my he-man figures too, He-Man, Faker and Man at Arms wrestled the Freedbirds
I remember I wanted a Hogan LJN figure so painfully bad when I first saw it back in 3rd grade. I begged my parents almost every day for what seemed like an eternity. My poor mom, she knew how bad I wanted it, so she went to great lengths to find it. She even offered to buy it off a kid for double the price. LOL. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful at finding it in any store. The best I could afford was a Ricky Steamboat figure which I should've never lost (stupid me). I'll never forget that obsession I had back then. Those were the days.
I remember those Remco figures puking up all over gas stations and Revco pharmacies. They later hit dollar stores and you cold get them for like 2 for 1.00. With the WWF figures still popular at the time these were crude in comparison.
I think that in Japan there was also a line based on the Tiger Mask anime that had one or two actual wrestlers in it, as the cartoon did. They were made in the style of the first figures shown. I remember reading about them some years back.
I had a variety of LJN figures as a kid and saved them until I was 11. I grew up in poverty so one year I sold them at a garage sale for 2 dollars a piece. It makes me sick looking back on it. I had Hulk, JYD, Hillbilly Jim, George Animal, Macho, Big John and more. Nikolia. Anyway. I still have the 1/4 size Hulk Hogan with his red shirt and the belt. Both in relatively good condition. Wish I saved the box.
I still have all my 1980s WWF and AWA figures with great ropes on AWA Ring,,,,,,I have 2 of each figure,,,,,kinda crazy that I still have them,,,,,,but like he said I guess it reminds you of your child hood,,,,,,
I caught the ass end of the LJN line and perfect timing for the Hasbro line. I remember as if it were yesterday when opening a blue WWF Ring then followed by Jake the Snake Roberts, Ravishing Rick Rude, Akeem, Big Bossman, Brutus The Barber Beefcake, Ted Dibiase, Andre the Giant, Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man and of course Hulk Hogan !!
I believe I got the whole first series that Christmas besides Ax and Smash.
Ohhhh to go back and keep them all.. I think I still have a total of 30/35 Hasbro's somewhere at my parents tho. I'm 33 yrs old now.
Next time I go visit I'm gonna take them home, clean em' up and display. I need a hobby so maybe I'll start to collect loose Hasbro's.
I have a bunch of X-Men figures saved too. I believe I have around 75 of those.
I can't believe they had a kid dress up like Adrian Adonis lmfao
Yea..that was probably Pat Patterson's idea
Pat Patterson probably had the kid audition privately.
Marvin Harrison Smith II laughing my ass off to that comment
Lol
North cape may kids
I miss my LJN WWF figures 😫
I had a ton of the LJN WWF wrestlers...I was such a geek...I used fake blood left over Halloween for "steel cage matches"
I remember the LJN wrestlers at Hills Toy Store in the 80's.
Ahhh...Hills lol
My very first wrestling figures were from mexico. Living along the border, I would attend the weekly show at least once a month and outside the arena vendors would sell a generic stock figure decorated in awesome unique masks. So Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras were personal favorites but there were hundreds of variations. They also cost about 20 ends a piece of 6 for a by k. Good times
WOW! Great video...brings back alot of memories! I'm 43, & I can still remember the first time I saw the commercial for The LJN WWF SUPERSTARS, & The Sling em', fling em', wrestling ring! Thank you for this video!
Seriously so many childhood memories from wrestling figures brings me right back to the days of no worry
I agree wholeheartedly!
Even S D Jones had a LJN Figure.
2 different ones in fact! SD Jones has 2 different shirts in the LJN figure line
The intro…your writing on this channel gives me chills. Bravo
Titans En El Ring (Argentina) had a merch business complete with very popular action figure line in the 70s that was only really rivalled by the wwf 80s merch.
Took me back to my childhood watching this!!! Thanks dude!!!
I feel you, bruh!
When I was a kid I loved the ljn figures still have them to this day but they're in rough shape from a 4yr old me playing with them
I had the all rubber 1st generation hulk hogan with belt. (Not the rare one) JYD and hillbilly Jim. . And being all rubber they were quite the weapon if held by the legs
I had 2 brothers and we whipped these things at each other constantly while growing up, they were the best weapon as they would hurt but had no sharp edges to actually wound someone hahaha. The king kong bundy figure was so heavy, if anyone ever used him as a weapon it was crossing the line and the parents would get us in shit.
Jim Lahey bahahahaha.. I did the same.. I'm assuming Canadian by the name?? Lol
I am dying at this comment because it is very true. And yes the king kong bundy was definitely crossing the line...i to had 2 older brothers that i had to defend myself against lololol
Prince Tuna same.. I met king Kong bundy one time in Nova Scotia.. very nice guy. His wrestling figure was like 5 pounds. And a weapon of mass destruction
Jim Lahey 9:36 that's the one I had. Lol
I had a lot of those AWA figures and the ring you could include He man characters cause they had the same molds lol
What I like now is the figures that have good articulation as well as different attire. I dig the realistic rings you can buy, and all the accessories that go with them. It is nice, even though I am an adult, but since we didn't have all the cool stuff, I am basking in it now.
I could watch this video a million times
The cardboard ring in the AWA Remco line was the one that came with the battle royal set. The stand alone ring was made of wood and still hold up to this day.
I like the figures where they exaggerate or comic-book-ize the wrestlers, like Maximum Sweat Gangrel from the late 90s, or the newer ones like WWE Zombies Undertaker or Mutants Finn Balor. They look cool, at least some of them. Others look stupid but w/e.
Grate video man keep up the good work
A great retrospective on wrestling action figures. Bravo!
As a huge WWF WWE Fan I love your Channel I just subscribed. Keep up the awesome work you're on your way
Fantastic, I really enjoyed this
Really nice little documentary here. I'm definitely subbed now!
I had my own WWF with my G.I.Joe guys from the mid 1980’s til the early 90’s. I had my own crop of good and bad guys I had my own pay per views and my own Saturday morning shows as well 3 different locations in my house that were used for arenas with the largest space in the living room reserved for my own version of Wrestlemania, which I called “Wrestlefest”. Great times and memories, wish I could go back!!!!
You can. Just re-buy a few figures, and have a blast. Life's too short to not do what you want.
I also remember the WWF thumb wrestler packs
Freshpair 1z yep, I had those!
Believe it or not my family is big in wrestling my dad (who was born in ‘73) feel in love with wrestling in early 80’s and he got his hands on that dynamite kid rubber figure and it got passed down to me and it’s kinda beat up but I find that really special to me
This is an awesome video, I immediately subscribed
Awesome channel brother 💎👍
Keep up the great work. .
Great video bro but you forgot the figure lines from Mexico. I’m pretty sure they were around since the late 70’s
Love your channel! I hope you upload more frequently. Also love The Dear Hunter shirt awesome band!
love your videos keep up the good wrk
Great job, learned alot from this video!
Great video!!!!
Lol at the picture of the back on that naito box. Hogan looks like a 1980's serial killer 😆😆😆
Nicely done! Two unarticulated thumbs up!
Oh, man! I am so glad this video popped up! I just subscribed and I can't wait to see more of your videos!
You should check out some of the figures I've made at zaxarycustoms.webs.com :) I'd love to hear what you think!
Thank you for this video
great video. very informative.
5:34 Spot on impersonation of Adorable Adrian Adonis
For me my micro wrestling league was all of my GI Joe’s because they had better flexibility for poses and moves and they fit well enough in the Hasbro ring scale wise. Plus I had Sgt Slaughter’s G.I. Joe figure so it kind of helped the imagination. I grew up in an era when LJN and Hasbro put out licensed WWF figures but their molds were limited in terms of possibility and playability. Even as a kid at the time I found that frustrating. The articulation in old figures was so limited.
awesome video. good work.
These action figures are very rare and hard to find. My guess is you have to travel to an upscale antique toy shop to find them.
The LJN toys were awesome! My brother and I would hit each other with those things....and boy did they hurt! LOL
I wish I was 10 years old and it was 1989!!
I had the AWA road warriors and the Baron and Martel.
I had LJN figures when I was younger, still have them but they are in bad condition after i played with them. I had a couple of the All-Star Wrestling figures as well.
I still have some wrestling superstars in my dads basement. wow. I had that rare first Warrior toy and my dog chewed it up.
To me , this exposes how much the hard nosed business of wrestling became kids stuff
Somewhere in an old box I have some rubber action figure knockoffs of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage.
this video deserves about 2 million more views lol
My growth rate has surpassed my wildest expectations for only being around for about one season so far. Who knows! I am flattered and am really happy you guys enjoy the videos! :)
Wrestling Figure Legacy seen you mention it on the WF forum, appreciate the effort and good luck with future videos!
These wrestling figures came into being long after legendary old-timers such as Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, et al. hung up their wrestling trunks for good.
I'm a product of the 90s era of wrestling toys and I remember being blown away when toys made the jump from early Jakks or the ones without much if any articulation to the titan tron/face scan Jakks and my favorites the Toybiz WCW toys. Those were incredible.
My parents bought the WWF ring with WCW wrestlers lol so I had mostly WCW guys by the late 90s
Someday I’d love to display my collectible figures, some vintage classics and limited edition attitude era
I have tons of Ljn and Remco wrestling figures. I also have 3 of those Wendi Richter Winston Toys erasers. One MOC and two loose, one mint and the other near mint. I might sell one of the loose ones. I do have a Hulk Hogan Winston Toys eraser too, the one that looks identical to his 8 inch Ljn figure.
I have whole cases of those erasers, unopened. Must have 2 dozen Wendi Richter
Amazing video
I have 148 in my collection started in 1985 to 2018 and still going
I had the HULK HOGAN
THUNDERLIPS figure from
ROCKY 3
LJN will always be the best ones.
Those LJN wrestling action figures were the best
I wish the adult me could go back and tell the kid me 'do NOT open your 89 black card Hulk Hogan or Ultimate warrior
This is great!
Hasbro/ galoob are greatest lines even the bootlegs based on them are amazing I still have all mine I will never get rid of them.
I learned a lot from this video. I had no idea that some of these even existed.
I wish you would have given some approximate values for at least some of them.
Would love to see a part 2
Ljn Wrestling Superstars is the greatest wrestling toyline of all time!!!
You left out the AWA mini figures that were scale to M.U.S.C.L.E.s. And speaking of M.U.S.C.L.E.s aren’t they early wrestling figures even though they weren’t based on actual wrestlers (even though some were loosely)?
Awesome! Have a HUGE wrestling action figure collection!
xoxo The Clarences
i was 11-12...had the big john studd stretch figure, i have an awesome george the animal steele trading card on my dresser to this day...then i started buying the mid-80s GI Joe line til i grew out if it year or two later. yes, i played with action figures til i was 14-15...i played sports also...really, played football, well...was on the team at least. i adjusted fine, just a bit later than most...uhhh - right?!?!😕
What a video!!! 👌🏼👌🏼💯💯
Hey,
Great Video, I love this old school Stuff. I've got lots of WWF Hasbro Figures, they are great.
I also getting into the WWE Mattel Action Figures now, they are great too.
I just picked the "Macho Man Randy Savage" from the Defining Moments Series up.
My favorite Wrestler of all time is the "Ultimate Warrior". Which one is yours?
Greetings
Andre ;-)
Ps - Where you been, homie? I miss your channel!
I have the Gorgeous George puppet handed down to me from my father. is missing the clothes and has slight water stain on it right leg but I still have it
Wow, that is incredible! Definitely something to hang onto.
Dude we need a new video!!! Do the rarest Mattel elite figures ever released! This video and the quality was amazing! If you made more on a consistent basis you would get tons of views and subscribers. Good stuff man!!
I'm trying! The channel has exploded over the past month - I have gained hundreds of subs overnight, just cracked 1,000, and couldn't be more grateful for your guys' support! I am currently a full-time college student, so my time is definitely limited, but I'm working on WFL stuff bit by bit every day. Thanks for watching!
HAVE THEM ALL!!!! The AWA line was the best!!! Wood ring best of the 2...Steel cage was the first of its kind! Just great playable👍👍👍 Btw its Dick WOR-LEY 👍
LJN were my first and will always be my favorite. Damn near indestructible
just saw a NEW Wendi Richter figure for sale today at Target !
The kid Adonis is a professional female impersonator! For real!
I didn’t know anyone who had any Remco AWA figures. I always wanted them.
I had almost all the AWA figures, the wrestling and steel cage set. The problem with the AWA ring was NOT elasticity in the ropes it was the wooden corners. Spite the wooden pegs as ring posts did hold initially. The holes in the corner wood posts I guessed warped so the red wooden ring posts ended up kinda imploding inward so the ropes imploded toward center of the ring.
Wow, that's great.
I think Remco's AWA line came out before the WWF line.
Love the old AwA figures
Dude, I still have that Emerson TV in my closet! 🤣
fast forward to 2020...we finally got a good Wendy Figure.
i had quite a few of them growing up in the 80s. Wish i still had them in the pack.
As a kid in the early seventies, me and my brother had to use the cowboy action figures and GI Joes to have our matches. I remember we made a lame ring with wood and rubber bands.
The LJN figures are still my favorites.
What are the vinyl 10 inch figures called? JWA Mediacom?
Bockwinkel! That's all, just Bockwinkel.
One of the all-time greats, in the ring and on the mic.
Still got the 1st Flair!!
Cool. The Hasbro's are my favorite. I have most of them.
I miss my early 90s wwf and wcw figuars.