Dec 24, 2024

Advent Calendar 24: Rasslin' stuff!

 Wrestling Superstore website was absorbed by Figures Toy Company a while back. They had a sale on an announcer table and I caved in. The thing is that I was a few cents short of free shipping so I bought an Axe.


OK here's the rundown on the stuff:

Barricade
Standard sawhorse barricade with "reflector". Honestly , there isn't much to say about it other than it makes a great background item. I'll have to get a few more. I need to point out that the red stripes on the barricade came that way. I only added some metallic red. So they could have some reflective effect and not look too plain. But the shitty paint job came that way from the factory... I painted the base of the reflector black.Then added some gunmetal to make it pop and a bit of silver on the back. It comes unpainted from the factory.I simply added a bit of color to make it pop. 
June: GameDude, got a minute? June Mays, Channel 6!
Nick: Bit busy fighting the Hawk Tuah Sisters with an Old Man.
Mr. Cade: Kid, I'm not that Old! LEEEEEEEROOOOOOYYYYY JEEEENNNNNKINNNNNSSS!!!
Dilo 1: Do you smell Tuna?
Dilo 2: Must be some sushi place nearby.



Barstool:
It's a stool can be useful for a stand up comedy display (add a mic with stand and a bottle of water)  more than 1 are better. The bottom of the legs have some gold paint on them. It also kind of looks like a two tier round table


Announcer table:
The reason I bought this. With a Channel 6 Logo, it could be more useful. It has gaps for two small CCTV Monitors BUT the small CCTV monitors included DO NOT FIT inside.
April: And that's how once again the Turtles saved the day.
June: In other news, President McMahon has declared War on the Shredder, more on this story tonight at 10PM. Now for the Weather with Julio Augusto Barril.
Julio: (Heavy Cuban Accent) Tomorrow is going to be a Hwite Christmas as it's going to snow tonight.

Supposedly it's collapsible, but I ain't trying that. Really excited about it, not gonna lie.

2 Headphones:
They don't fit any of the heads I tried it on. (S7 April, Mattel TDKR Joker, FTC announcer.)
April: Those tacky headphones look like they belong to... oh no...
June: These things never work properly.
Julio: Why can't we get blazer Microphones? By the way June, stay away from my sobrino, he has a girlfriend.


2 Microphones:
The grip works on Jakks Pacific's WWF Figures or figures with wide C-grips.

2 small CCTV monitors:
They don't work with the announcer table but if I get enough of them I could MacGyver a Tony Montana inspired wall mounted security monitor array. They do have some paint application on them.

2 steel chairs:
To have Figures sitting at the table. I've
Seen better steel chairs sculpts.

Female Announcer:
Figures Toy Company is infamous for bad figure QC... This one encapsulates it well.
I can't breathe!!


Articulation:
Theoretically speaking her head is on a ball joint (that looks like it's going to break if you look at it wrong.) Waist twist, single joint knee, hinged ankles. Hinged elbows that can barely move, bicep swivel (arms pop off easily),single joint elbow, ugly Jakks wrist joint. (Right arm looks like it might break off at the wrist at any second). Did I mention her legs or lose as hell? If you try to make her stand, she flops more than LeBron James. It looks like someone at the bar gave her all of the Roofies.
2.0
My brother played a prank on me after I let her outside to dry after painting her hair. While I was sleeping, he used a little 5 minute epoxy and repainted some extra hair...


Paint and sculpt:
I don't know about you but Unfortunately it looks like they did everything wrong with this figure here. The face and hair are two pieces:
One piece is the head with the front part of the hair sculpted on then the back hairpiece is glued on the head... both made of hard plastic and an awful seam line. It should've been head as one piece and a gap to put a wig piece. That way they could've used the same face sculpt with different wig pieces.
2.0
June: Like what you see?
Van Damme: Suddenly I crave a Tuna Sandwich, but I'll make do with this hair pie.


Accessories:
She can't hold the mic, so FTC had it glued on. It fell off after her first LeBron flop.
1.0

Overall:
The Announcer gets 1.67 as her final score. I blame the awful QC on the figure and bad selection of materials used. I tried painting her hair darker to hide the gap but it didn't fully work. So I might have to get some green stuff and sculpt some additional hair. But for a glorified Background prop, she isn't THAAAAT bad.
But if the Announcer breaks, I'll put the dress on a Becky Lynch Figure and Barbara gets a Mom... or I order a different dress from eBay and give the red dress to Babs... Decisions decisions.
 
Wait a minute! Technically speaking the announcer table CCTV monitors, headphones, chairs, stool, and barricade are HER Accessories as the deal was Her and all that stuff! I demand a Score Ammendment!  After taking into considstation that the deal was the announcer table and the other accessories with the figure being a bonus I must ammend the score. Final Score is 3.0 for $30, it's reasonable. 
The Female Announcer is $15, the set with the Table, chairs, 2 mics, 2 headphones, 2 monitors is $16, the barstool is $4, the Barricade is $5... so I got a figure for $5... or a red dress.

I almost forgot the random ax that helped me round up the price. It's made.
 Of unpainted plastic. I simply painted the ax head with a slight dry rushing off gunmetal Gray. Surprisingly it's made out of soft plastic. 

But ending the Advent Calendar on a disappointing accessory pack is, well, disappointing. So, Let's bring something Extra and is Wrestling related!

Now we'll look at the Pepsi to WWE's Coke... AEW. Specifically Action Pack Number 2... I think. 
Had to use a stock Pic since my package was delivered by Ace Ventura.
And My Latin American Friends MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA WHY I GOT THIS.

But let's get on with it!
We have:
-ladder
-sledgehammer
-table
-ladder
-chair
-barrel

Let's start from meh to OK...

Sledgehammer:
Nothing to write home about. It's a sledgehammer.
Nick: Wait... My Girlfriend is my
Calculus Teacher's daughter...
Am I a High School version of Triple H?



Chair:
I've seen plenty of chairs and this is the flimsiest one I've seen.
Ashley: So, I brought you here because I want a bigger role on these reviews. It's always Babs
 and Licia. I'm literally the Adora to his Adam!
Alicia: Trust me. You don't want this job. I'm literally Damsel 1.
Barbara: He's got me here due to his redhead fetish.
Ashley: Wait wasn't my Bio Mom a redhead?
Nick: We're supposed to be talking about how figures heavier than you two can't sit on the Jazwares chair without it bending... and you girls are slim and fine! April's Gyat bends the chair. And her booba too!
Alicia: Why don't you rub April's gigantic cow udders on my face while you're at it... Asshole!
Nick: great, I'm in the doghouse once again.



Ladder:
Looks OK, it is a confused ladder. It wants to be wooden, Aluminum, and Fiberglass at the same time.
Ashley: I landed on something hard. OW!
Nick: That was Ma' dick... and you killed it.
Barbara: Ashley, Run! Or I'm going to Senton Bomb your Sapphic ass!
Nick: But what about My dick?
Barbara: Hello, My Name is Barbara Ann Ruiz-Reid. You killed my boyfriend's penis. Prepare to die!


Table:
Looks too plasticky to be a "wooden table." It pops off rather easily as it should.

Barrel:
The barrel is a breakable item that splits into 3 pieces. It's sealed on both sides so it's impossible to do this:
Éste es El programa número uno de la televisión humorística...

A serious amount of skullduggery and blutac was used for this picture. Yes, this was the reason why I bought this set. 
Blob: Really? A Donkey Kong reference? Why Didn't you use Gygor?
Nick: We don't talk about Gygor. In any case, it's Hammer time! 



I regret everything! Wait, I forgot that I only paid $12 for it... I've seen it go as high as over 30. At $12 it's acceptable.

Now for the grand finale:

Using a stock photo since mine was beat up. Seems like Ace Ventura delivered it as well. Good thing I am NOT a MOC guy. It's the WWE Superstars Ultimate Entrance Playset. IF you follow my awful MuTeens fanfic, then this will be turned into the entrance to the MuTeens Puerto Rican Base. Mainly because the legal age for drinking is 18 in Puerto Rico and the MuTeens are under 21. Also it gives me elements for making the Apartment displays or a Turtle Lair... Although i'm seriously considering using the 2003 Turtle lair that I got over 15 years ago and Getting some new furniture that is in scale with the super 7 TMNT... ie spare pieces from this, namely the couch.

But unto the playset itself:
It has a backstage area and the entrance area. The entrance area has the ramp and fireworks  display. Surprisingly, only the side pieces are cardboard.Everything else is plastic and stickers. This makes customization a lot easier and the only complicated part are the embossed WWE logos. The only one I would cover would be the 1 at the top of the backdrop and make a new MuTeens logo.

For accessories it has:
Vanity with "real mirror" being reflective tape in reality.
It's dangerously reflective. I even had to put on decent clothes to take the pictures. I tend to wear questionable clothes. Like Leopard print women's pajama pants meant to be used on a Kraven cosplay that never happened.

It has a steel chair, but we've seen multiple variations of those already, a couch, Which was one of the main reasons I bought this. It has a small closet with small shelf. It comes with 2 cute tops that the superstars Action dolls can wear. You can see Ms. Flair wearing one of them on one of the photos. I purposely gave her the pink one so it would contrast with her Normal blue attire. It also comes with 2 coat hangers... A breakable coffee table completes the stuff on the backstage side... 
For the other side it's a news camera with stand.
Celeste: Hey guys, Mami and Vati made some food, but you gotta go topside to eat! Menu for:
Humans: White rice with Beans and Beef Schnitzel. For dessert, Black Forest Gateaux.
For the Mutant Turtle: 
Mofongo and Rouladen Pizza. You need to expand your palate, Michelangelo. If you eat the Mofongo and Rouladen Pizza, Dad says he'll make a Special Nutella stuffed crust Dessert Pizza with the ingredients of your choice.
Michelangelo: Nicola, watching you play Street Fighter is fun, but I have to earn that Nutella stuffed crust Pizza.
Barbara: Mikey is right, also, isn't Beef Schnitzel Bistec empanado?
Nick: Pretty much, but Vik's German so he will call it that. If María Milagros had made it, it would've been Bistec empanado.
Ahsley: Chloe, I'm dying! I need to touch boobs!
Chloe: knock yourself out Ashley, though I'd prefer it was Nick.
Barbara: We all love having Nick touch our boobs!
Carlotta: Damn right! Except maybe April. She only sees Nick as a friend.
Alicia: April, since Roe v. Wade has been repealed, I have to use these to cull Nick's Semen Demon population, since he leaves his DNA all over town. So, have you been with Nick, O'Neil?
April: Demoted to O'Neil? Listen Fun-Size. I'm drinking Beer! D'ya think, I'd get plastered while pregnant?
Carlotta: Licia, stop it! Nick's gonna... Where are Natsumi and the Stockbros?
Nefty VO: I haven't found suitable bases to make crappy customs out of! Mainly I haven't seen a single Asuka (apparently she was never released), don't get me started on SyBert...

The playset has an action Feature. If you put a superstar doll on the foot pad in the middle of the entrance and you turn a gear, the doors would open and reveal the diva on the entrance side. 
Mike: Oh! Shellshock!


Normally I'm not an action feature guy.But for these dolls it works almost perfectly. The whole can't stand on the ramp due to lacking ankle articulation hurts them.

This Playset comes with a Nikki Bella action figure. It has the same articulation as a superstar 2017 Diva Action Doll Line, uh figure. 
So I'll repeat myself;
Articulation 
These have articulation close to WWE Basic figures, which is almost MOTUC Compatible. 
But my only real nitpick on these is the lack of ankle articulation, since Wrestling figures should be Super Articulated. 
3.5

Paint and sculpt
I believe the girls Department was heavily involved in the making of these. The faces are too stylized in almost a doll like look. They look far prettier than their realistic counterparts... The fact that these are supposed to be wrestlers was almost forgotten for half of the characters. Despite looking like they have the same body, they actually have lots of unique parts, which is actually kind of weird. I mean this is Mattel, they love their part reuse and here there's very little of it. Perhaps the bare arms are the only body parts that are reusing maybe the bare thighs for the ones wearing long pants. Sadly in some cases the paint can be a bit sloppy but in general it's decent. The fact that these figures have accessories they CANNOT HOLD is a strong sign of Girls Department influence. Boys Department loves their C-grips.
4.0

Accessories 
The first Nikki I got came from. This playset, so it had the belt and hat. The single carded figure only has her hat.
2.5 + 2.5 for the playset and stuff...

Overall:
Nikki gets a 3.33 as her... Nefty, stahp! She comes with a whole freaking Playset... packed with accessories... fix that score! 4.17 is her new score.

Guess that's it for 2024's AC... Hopefully, 2025 will be special... still got some items to go through... dang it!

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