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I can't believe they had a kid dress up like Adrian Adonis lmfao

Nothing was better than a Michael Hayes vs. Skeletor match in my AWA ring as a kid.

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 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 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 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.

Took me back to my childhood watching this!!! Thanks dude!!!

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!

I had a lot of those AWA figures and the ring you could include He man characters cause they had the same molds lol

The intro…your writing on this channel gives me chills. Bravo

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,,,,,,

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.

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.

I remember the LJN wrestlers at Hills Toy Store in the 80's.

Seriously so many childhood memories from wrestling figures brings me right back to the days of no worry

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 miss my LJN WWF figures 😫

this video deserves about 2 million more views lol

A great retrospective on wrestling action figures. Bravo!

Even S D Jones had a LJN Figure.

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

I also remember the WWF thumb wrestler packs

Really nice little documentary here. I'm definitely subbed now!

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 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

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.

Nicely done! Two unarticulated thumbs up!

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 👍

5:34 Spot on impersonation of Adorable Adrian Adonis

I still have some wrestling superstars in my dads basement. wow. I had that rare first Warrior toy and my dog chewed it up.

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)?

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

Grate video man keep up the good work

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'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

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?!?!😕

As a huge WWF WWE Fan I love your Channel I just subscribed. Keep up the awesome work you're on your way

Love your channel! I hope you upload more frequently. Also love The Dear Hunter shirt awesome band!

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.

Bockwinkel! That's all, just Bockwinkel.

I wish I was 10 years old and it was 1989!!

The LJN toys were awesome! My brother and I would hit each other with those things....and boy did they hurt! LOL

Ps - Where you been, homie? I miss your channel!

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.

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.

Somewhere in an old box I have some rubber action figure knockoffs of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage.

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.

Awesome! Have a HUGE wrestling action figure collection! xoxo The Clarences

I have 148 in my collection started in 1985 to 2018 and still going

Ljn Wrestling Superstars is the greatest wrestling toyline of all time!!!

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

Great video bro but you forgot the figure lines from Mexico. I’m pretty sure they were around since the late 70’s

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.

What about S.D. Jones, Outback Jack, and the MOST valuable wrestling figure, the Kamala variant?

I had the HULK HOGAN THUNDERLIPS figure from ROCKY 3

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!!!!

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.

Thank you for this video

LJN will always be the best ones.

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 ;-)

The kid Adonis is a professional female impersonator! For real!

Love the old AwA figures

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 had the AWA road warriors and the Baron and Martel.

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.

fast forward to 2020...we finally got a good Wendy Figure.

I could watch this video a million times

"..didn't come from the USA. It came from Japan all the way back to 1969. Believe it or not!" Not sure why it's considered surprising that Japan pioneered commercialized pro-wrestler figures during the same era when Remco thought making a demonic laughing doll for kids was a good idea. They did afterall made the first mechanical robot toy in the 30's and then gave us Transformers 50 years later.

Hot Rod rowdt piper was not a midcard

All i can do is SMFH.... I had most of those rubber ones, KKB MM HH i found an SDJ.... Wish me luck!

I miss my early 90s wwf and wcw figuars.

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.

Fantastic, I really enjoyed this

I remember tying a rope around my rubber king kong bundys waist and using him as a grappling hook when I was a kid they were solid. Wish I still had that. Have Hogan and some other ones, lots of He man, Voltron and trans formers as well

What a video!!! 👌🏼👌🏼💯💯

Great video!!!!

Surprised he didn't mention the Gorgeous George puppet, considered the first wrestling toy

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!!

Quite a bit of wrong name pronunciation and partially accurate information on the AWA Remco line. The cardboard ring for instance sold in the battle royal sets,the stand alone ring was made of wood while the cage march was all plastic. Stating that these were made of a combination of cardboard and wood was a flat out lie. And Ric Flair had been around for many years before the figure so it's not Ric Flair's Rookie Figure. He was already champion at that point and you treat him like it was his first year in the biz. At first I thought it was a generalize mistake as if you were referring to first figures as rookies but you only specified Flair as rookie while on Shawn Michaels you said his first figure. The names would've been easy to correct if you would have taken the time to actually research. Not a bad video but it has a fair amount of issues with it.

The remcos came out in 1982 not 85 they were the first American wrestling figure line

Hay remmember the circle k cards they gave away ..of the wwf wresters

I had the LJN ones and the ring.

This is an awesome video, I immediately subscribed

theres a weird thing with wrestling figures anf wrestling video games they totally botched the legs in the videos games like smack down v raws the legs are bent, the wrestle fest game the legs were little and all the same shape and size , they should always make the wrestlers sizes physiques and heights to scale because its part of wrestling the announcer states their weight and wrestling cards stated their hieght and weight and video games have bios

just saw a NEW Wendi Richter figure for sale today at Target !

fire pro wrestling got their cover art from the jwa figures

Revealed this morning was a figure for Wendi Richter! Wow, never thought we'd see the day. Video officially outdated, haha.

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.

I own the rubber JYD.

Someday I’d love to display my collectible figures, some vintage classics and limited edition attitude era

That Terry Gordy fig was unrecognizable lol. When has he ever been that ripped? show off his beer gut! Most of those AWA figs look horrible. if you didnt tell me those were Scott Hall or Shaun Michaels figs I'd never be able to guess. looks like they found random heads in the wearhouse and said close enough.

What are the vinyl 10 inch figures called? JWA Mediacom?

I grew up in the 90s and as a kid I wasn’t really in to the wrestling action figures, now in my 30s I feel like I need a tiny plastic Jim Cornette for some reason

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.

To me , this exposes how much the hard nosed business of wrestling became kids stuff

I would think the oldest figures would come from Mexico since the oldest wrestling federation EMLL/CMLL just celebrated their 84th year.

They misspelled Curt Hennig’s name. It said Curt Henning

I Had All One From The Early Eighties

I have a Ric Flair, Zybysko, and Garvin