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Only last week I did a blog ranking the first 3 waves of the   Monday Night   Wars figures and on the lead up to San Diego Comic Con we have seen a new wave coming out in that line. We know it's not wave 4, we are not sure what wave it is or when they will be released. You'd think it would be wave 5 and the 'Best of' set may be a stand alone wave but you never know, that could be classed as the fifth wave, it will all come out in the wash as they say. After I posted pictures on various social media platforms yesterday, I have noticed a mixed reaction, most positive but a some not so. Like with wave 2 we were shown a figure (Rey Mysterio Jr. in pink/black) in an Elite form that was first shown in Ultimate Edition form with the doomed Nitro stage crowd funder and this one is Ultimate Warrior in a look from when he was in WCW. We also got to see a great looking Razor Ramon in yellow gear, looks great, love my Ramon figures as he always wore different colours, yes, people w...

We are 3 waves in and we know what we have for the 4th, so let's take a look, have a bit of a ranking of the ones we have had. The first wave saw Scott Hall based on his WCW re-debut from 1996, it wasn't perfect with the colouring of the outfit but I was happy enough with this one, a long time coming. Also from the WCW side we got a Hulk Hogan, we have had a ton of Hogan figures, especially over the last 12 months and we have more to come so it's always a case of what Hogan can they give us next and the one we got in the first wave here was based on him on a Nitro after the Bash At The Beach PPV where, what would go on to be the nWo would be formed, all decked out in black, a VERY different look for Hogan. On the WWE side in this wave we had a 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin which was pretty much a re-release of his first Defining Moments figure from years ago with some suttle changes, gave the collectors who missed out on that one previously a chance to have a very simil...

  Ed Leslie, the man that has rode on the coat tails of Hulk Hogan his whole career. He has had, with chases, 6 Elite figures from Mattel, I'll do a top 5 and class the chase the same as the regular one in the list. This is my list, hopefully you'll agree but if not, feel free to let me know your top 5 on social media, for those that don't know mine already, links at the end. 5. Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake (Elite 49) This was how Leslie looked when I first got into wrestling as the charismatic 'Barber' gimmick. The figure is OK really and may be higher up on other peoples list. Maybe with modern technology the face scan would be better and of course there is the pinless arms and the like that people go on about, not so much a thing for me if I am honest, and even the Elite 16 Diesel that has been rereleased in the Vault/Greatest Hits series or whatever it is has the same head on it as it did when it first came out, I mean they could've at least added th...

I haven't wrote a blog about the 2024 SDCC exclusive (that will be available from Mattel Creations so not sure how that is a SDCC exclusive) and before I go on, yes I will be ordering it, it's an Ultimate and I have all male ones that have made it here to the UK so far apart from the re-releases, only one I grabbed was the nWo Hogan re-release. I am glad I didn't blog straight away because I have listened to podcasts and watched YT videos about the release and it put stuff in my head that I want to cover here. So let's talk about the actual figure, we have had it in basic form, Elite form and there was also an entrance great version way back when which was a basic figure with the entrance gear. On the subject of entrance gear, this Ultimate Edition one comes with it but it's a strange set up. Has removable chaps like his previous UE figures but the top half is moulded plastic and so, comes with removeable arms, one set for the jacket and one set for in wrestling gea...