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You know that feeling we all get when WWE is totally awesome? Ooh, yeah!

That feeling of fun, nostalgia, the memories that made you a lifelong fan.

Like the most awesome wrestling toys in WWE history.

You're the power of Hulkamania.

From classics to highly sought -after collectibles.

Just piece of man, this buff bleacher buddy right here. And the just plain

cuddly.

These are the childhood treasures that fuel our imagination and bring us to

our feet to chant in unison, this is awesome.

Welcome to This is Awesome, the only show that celebrates the most awesome

everything. Then, now, forever, and together.

I'm your host, Greg Miller, at GameOverGreggy on Instagram and Threads,

today we celebrate the most awesome wrestling toys in WWE history.

In the 1980s, larger -than -life sports entertainment personalities like Hulk

Hogan and the Macho Man, yeah!

Randy Savage.

captivated audiences worldwide, and helped WWE explode into mainstream pop

culture. And for all of us who grew up watching, we simply could not get enough

of these live and in -person superheroes doing battle.

So it was no surprise when these WWE superstars ended up as action figures in

playrooms across the globe.

I really love wrestling figures.

I had all different types of action figures.

But the wrestling ones were the ones that always, you know, had me just

with it.

We're looking back at things like He -Man, like Transformers, like Ninja

Wrestling was right there with all of it.

Most people online know me as Pixel Dan. I'm a toy historian, a YouTuber, and

an author.

You had to buy these toys so that you knew what it was like to be in the ring

like all of the superstars.

I'm like a psycho with these things.

I'm a fan at heart.

Us as grown adults have so many fond memories of playing with these action

figures. I would just create little storylines and I have all my action

and I would do it for hours and hours and hours and hours. I had record

I had books literally with my win -loss records.

Of course, I'm in charge, right? It's my own world.

You're taking what you see and what you enjoy watching and you're in control of

it. And hours and hours and hours.

I was literally playing with these action figures until I was like 17 years

There's no shame in admitting that.

It was a nice like...

live, in -person, visceral experience with your heroes from television.

I mean, if you look at some of the toy lines over the years, it's really not

hard to see why we're such big fans of this.

Promotional consideration paid for by the following.

The AWA mini grappler dolls of the road warriors, the fabulous ones, plus many

more. It was actually AWA that had the first American line of grappling action

figures.

Very much in the style with what was popular at the time in the 1980s,

specifically He -Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Tremendous leg definition on Ric Flair, by the way. Fully adjustable, fully

poised dolls that are available through Remco.

It still holds up. It really, really does.

It kind of took that jump to the merchandise to a whole other level. And

wrestling went this way and it's never looked back. Are you ready to fight?

So here in my hand is a couple of 1990 Galoob WCW figures. There's Sting with

Rat Tail. It was always one of my favorite parts.

Remarkable how much it really looks like me.

You can do a very particular move with certain guys.

Like Luger. His arms are like this. He's got a heck of a DDT.

Truly about it. These WCW action figures are just as tough and as mean as we

are. The Galoob era commercials were fantastic.

You figure I'll put the whammy on you and give you a close one.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, that brings back some memories

when I watch that, for sure, yeah.

I dare anybody to take us on. It really seemed like in the 90s that wrestling

toys were everywhere.

WWE, WCW,

ECW.

It was really such a boom period when it came to the figures. Have you seen my

auction figure?

Can't find it anywhere.

Sometimes we got wrestling figures that weren't necessarily all about pro

wrestling. I'm looking at the new WWF squirt heads. Who doesn't need a Jake

Snake Roberts squirt head?

What'd he say?

All right, WCW figure right here.

What is this?

You can see the little red button on the side, and when you press it, they

vibrate.

Oh, okay.

Why does he vibrate?

Okay, I've had a lot of strange comments on this one. Why does he just vibrate?

Where was this used?

For kids, you know, come on.

It's the ultimate contest, the power on power.

Wow, tabletop hockey.

I can't believe you have this.

This battle defense we come to is 12 WS superstars. Everybody's dick is unique

to their character.

Jake the Snake Roberts, a literal snake as his hockey stick.

You've got hacksaw Jim Duggan that has extended the two by four way beyond two

or four.

Meanwhile, Tugbo is playing with a rope, I guess.

I cover hockey for a living at ESPN. This is definitely the

most fearsome hockey team in history, right up there with Slapshot.

They don't yodel. They sweat.

This is the WWE Maximum Sweat Series.

This is official.

Federation sweat.

It's on the back right here. I'm going to put this in.

With medical precision.

And then if you press this button in the back here.

Oh, gosh.

Oh,

look at him. The sweat glands are pumping.

This is gross.

That's why you're collecting, right? That's why you store pictures.

They bring back memories. These are like my pictures.

I think action figures, especially wrestling figures, it's way more

be collecting them now as an adult.

Welcome, everyone, to the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast.

So really, the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast came from Matt and I being

over that we both collected wrestling figures.

We're 38 now, and it's still something that's very important to us.

We've made it socially acceptable, plus cool to collect stuff.

I'll never forget TakeOver 25, and a fan made a Mattel action

figure of myself. It still has a special place on my shelf.

It reminds me of so many old times that seemed so far away, but when I have

those action figures in my hand.

It is like it's all there again. I can remember it like it was yesterday and

much joy and positive memories I connect to action figures.

Talk about putting smiles on people's faces.

Action figures are a pretty common sight these days when perusing down the toy

aisle at your local Target.

But... Before there were 1 ,000 points of articulation, facial scanned heads,

and swappable hands, our scaled -down superstars existed in the simplest and

greatest way possible, as a giant and heavy toy made out of rubber.

Its simplicity was its beauty, and legions of kids across the world just

have them.

WWE action figures were released by LJN in 1984.

I'm an

LJN child.

Earliest memories are four or five years old with the rubber, indestructible.

Thick pose.

These, now, you've got to pick up a minimum, kiddies, of at least a half a

for yourselves. They're available in stores everywhere.

And now you can fly them and flip them and just swing them, swing them,

ring. It's the best, hottest thing in the market.

I feel like when I talk about my first action figures, I feel like my parents

talking about their first television.

These giant, like, nine -pound rubber things that you could break down

with. Here's George, Jim.

I've got great hammer, Valentine.

Ricky the Dragon's feet. This figure is actually my dad. It's from his own

personal collection. It's the very first ever action figure.

These are dolls.

These are action toys.

Girls play with dolls.

We're men, baby.

Twist them.

Flip them.

Fight them like the big guys.

There's even Andre the Giant.

Rustling superstars, each sold separately.

You from LJN.

Take a look at this, ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages.

There is Hulk Hogan.

There is Hulk Hogan, your champion.

Hulk looks dehydrated. He looks sickly.

Those are not 24 -inch pythons right there. This is a man who needs a meal

nap. This does not look like my guy, the guy that I spent the 80s worshipping.

With the introduction of LJN figures.

fans could create dream matches of their very own. Big match at my house. I'll

bring my guys. You have yours.

Colton, I was Andre.

I would say, oh, please, Mr. Scott, don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. I'd have

drop you.

No, no, Mr. Scott. No, Mr.

Scott. Tell me about Zoom.

The kids have to grow up like the orange sheep.

Yeah,

the winner. The winner. The winner.

The new champion.

Jake the Snake. This was one of my favorite figures as a kid.

The snake is not there, if you'll notice. I knew a lot of people who had

and the next Jake's snake figure. Oh, my God, you have the snake.

I have never held the actual snake that came with this figure.

Look at the size of that huge snake.

What are you going to do, LJN, when the 16 -inch hulkster doll runs wild on you?

LJN's wrestling figures have a devastating impact on the action figure

and the momentum is just beginning.

It's sold separately from LJN.

Yeah, I think I might just steal this one from you guys.

No way, Dom!

Get your sticky fingers off our prize toys.

Now, when it was all said and done, LJN had created 64 unique figures, plus

another six re -released with paint variations.

What a run, and what a collection to hunt down today.

Now, here's a little hint at LJN's next toy series.

Ready? One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war.

You guessed it. Wrestling superstars, thumb wrestlers, the challenge is in

hands.

No matter where you are, with thumb wrestlers, it's just like being in a

wrestling ring.

With Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper. One, two, three, here.

Wherever you are, it's like real wrestling action.

It's like real wrestling action.

Thumb Wrestle Anywhere with Hulk and the Iron Sheik.

Okay, kids, back to class. Thumb Wrestle Anywhere with wrestling superstar Thumb

Wrestlers, new from LJN.

The Thumb Wrestlers, wrestlers, thumb wrestling, being legit.

You've got holes in their hindquarters.

If you would take your thumb and stick them inside.

Wait, let me put on my thumb there.

You stick the guys on your thumb and thumb wrestle, which is ridiculous

you can't really thumb wrestle with them on.

One, two, three. Go, go, go. Oh, oh, oh. We would do it where, oh, you knocked

him off his hand. Oh, oh, Hillbilly Jim has won this matchup. Jax realized that

that wasn't such a bad idea that LJN had, so Jax decided to do it themselves

make these thumb wrestlers of guys like Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hunter

Hearst Helmsley.

Yeah, I could see that could probably be fun for a little bit.

Every child in America knows this classic play activity, and that's what

thumb wrestlers a natural winner.

Never, ever once to this very day have I ever competed in a thumb wrestling

match with these sort of superstars. But they provided me with a... reasonable

amount of entertainment you can't pin them especially like the way you pin the

thumb this guy would be phased out anyway but i had all these guys

what time period you're in you've got to have thumb wrestlers step right up and

put the challenge of wrestling in your hands with the thumb wrestlers

i had them and i loved them and

you guys have dirty minds by the way i never thought twice about where i was

sticking my thumb

What is wrong with you people?

Anyway, let's move along to 1990 when famed toy company Hasbro entered the

with their own spin on how to create a WWE action figure that, well, finally

brought the action.

Featuring innovative spring -loaded signature movements, as well as

details and likenesses in a smaller form factor, Hasbro's WWE line was a smash

hit.

New WWE action figure so close to the real thing.

It's like being in the ring.

When you talk about a wrestling fan and when you bring up wrestling action

figures, I feel like these are the first that they think of, these Hasbro

figures.

This was always my favorite figure, this one.

I haven't seen it in years. It's such a trip.

Probably some of the most iconic WWE action figures.

They look cool.

You got this bit of nostalgia.

Hasbros, they just make me happy.

After LJN, Hasbro picked up the line. And instead of making these giant 8

rubber figures, they made these 4 -inch figures that all were hard plastic and

had some kind of action to them.

Oh yeah, look at that. Right there. Bam.

Bam. Run into the ring.

You didn't have to mimic them hitting something. They could do it on their

Bam. Lights out.

It was just cool to put something in front of it and just for no reason just

smack the hell out of it.

Bam.

They had accessories.

They had the ring.

I still remember the commercial.

Perfectly ridiculous.

With Mr. Perfect. You can achieve perfection. Why aren't we doing

like this now?

In terms of collecting this line, there's definitely some rarities out

This is not the rare version. The rare version has a moon painted

on the belly.

There was mail -aways that was available in WWE magazine.

There's Bret Hart, an Undertaker, and a Hogan. And people didn't get them. And

then years later, when you're collecting this Hasbro line and you want to be

complete, you need these.

They are not easy to come by. This is the original mail -away Hulk Hogan

in the original bat.

One of the tag teams they promoted was the Honky Tonk Man with Greg Valentine

Rhythm and Blue.

Except the figure never actually came out.

You go to the store, you go to the store, there's the other three teams.

Never Rhythm and Blues. And then years later, the prototypes have surfaced.

Greg the Hammer Valentine from that ad, that prototype. I own that in my

collection. I spent a lot of money on it. Too much money to disclose here.

I think he spent $24 ,000 or something on that Greg Valentine.

The last line that Hasbro put out was the green card series.

Yokozuna, Ludwig Borga, the 123 Kid, the Smoking Guns, Crush.

Those are the rarest of the rare.

This thing out of the packaging, worth like $1 ,000.

They were produced in smaller quantities, so figures like for Yokozuna

more pricey to get on the aftermarket today. And as a result, highly

collectible.

Fortunately for WWE fans, the Hasbro figures bring one thing you can't put a

price tag on.

Nostalgia. This is yours. You keep it. It's from me to you. I think people,

kind of want to revise history and think these were dumbed -down figures. But

you look at the sculpt, you look at the facial details, it's pretty incredible.

I mean, these are awesome. Look at them. These definitely show the era of toys.

I don't know what it is about them.

Like, you see them, and you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

This is one of the things that made...

childhood so special.

All you needed was your toys and imagination, and for four or five hours,

set.

Hasbro is without question the most iconic toy line when it comes to

ever.

Iconic, beloved, and still one of the most sought -after collectibles to this

day. Hasbro's timeless design was a winner then.

and remains alive through Mattel's reimagining of the toy line.

Now, the ability to act as general manager of the WWE roster is a big part

the fun.

But if we're being honest, dropping your own flying elbow onto a WWE superstar

is pretty hard to beat.

Enter Wrestling Buddy.

Somewhere between a pillow and a playmate, Wrestling Buddy's let kids

world and overgrown children, me, actually get in on the action.

In a supervised manner, of course, of course.

Oh, my God, this.

This was my childhood.

This is a wrestling buddy.

Wrestling buddy.

I had like five of these. By far the most badass.

Oh, my gosh. Everybody loved the wrestling buddies.

Wrestling buddies are looking for action.

1990, Tonka released the wrestling buddies.

which are just like pillows that look like your favorite WWE superstars for

to wrestle. Come on, warrior, let's go.

How'd you like to hug the ultimate warrior, Bonk Hulk Hogan, or wrestle

royalty? In the Macho King, Randy Savage, the arms moved any way you

the legs moved.

Either you can be happy with them, or you can be mad at them, you know, or you

can practice your moves on them.

If you wanted the ultimate warrior to do a hurricanrana, he could.

Trying to suplex this cat.

Or a pile driver.

On these numerous times.

You know. Wrestling buddies want to be your buddies.

It's exactly the one I had, Warrior.

This was my teddy bear on my bed.

Did I have wrestling buddies? You better believe I had this one. I had Hogan. I

had a Hulk Hogan one and a Ted DiBiase.

They lived on my bed until I was probably in high school.

I put on little shows that my parents had to sit there and watch for hours.

I've always wanted a wrestling buddy.

Never got one because I didn't have a good dad.

It was your way to be a pro wrestler before you were a pro wrestler. I would

to put a figure four leg lock on this little dude. Real life.

Don't you look mean now.

I spent hundreds of hours wrestling this exact doll in

my grandparents' living room. To the point where like the stuffing was out of

his joint.

This right here is the epitome of a kid growing up wrestling on their bed.

Henry, will you please see what those boys are up to? There was a commercial

where the kids were wrestling upstairs with their wrestle buddies, and the dad

comes upstairs, and he's checking on them. Hey, fellas, what's going on?

Nothing, Dad.

Drop dead!

Who do you think you are?

That's Hulk Hogan! Because of these, I wanted my bed to be a wrestling ring.

Henry, what's going on up there?

Nothing, dear.

Then they made a second set, which is a little bit more difficult to come by.

They had Jake the Snake Roberts, the Big Boss Man, and, of course, Hawk and

Animal, Legion of Doom.

Look at the wise guy!

Big Boss Man!

Wrestling buddies are so iconic that there's been so many versions of them

the years.

Bone -crunching buddies, they're bad to the bone.

Like any good thing, there's always the sequel.

Oh, see, so I didn't know all that.

WCW came out with the Brawling Buddies. Get off my nose!

It's like they're alive!

Okay,

Hulk, that is not all I got.

Bleacher Buddies have carried on the tradition of the Wrestling Buddies. You

get the new generation guys like Cody Rhodes.

This is his ring gear, this is his belt. There's actually a lot of detail that

they put into these, even the back.

We were throwing these guys around. We were elbow dropping them, doing as much

physical damage we possibly could. Don't try this at home, but you can beat up a

WrestleBuddy.

Out of all the toys, this is the one that gives me the warm and fuzzy

Probably my favorite toy growing up. I'm working through something right now.

Give me a second.

That's nice.

Thank you, WrestleBuddies.

Wrestling buddies are lovingly remembered to this day.

And we're the ultimate Christmas gift for WWE fans of all ages.

Which brings me to our next toy. Hey, Greg.

Yeah. Greg, WWE wants you to look under the desk. They have a surprise for you.

We keep rolling?

Yeah, keep rolling.

Not ominous at all. Just a black box.

Ladies and gentlemen, they made me a wrestling buddy like me. They made me,

Miller, a wrestling buddy. My son's going to freak out. I have a two -year

son. I have to dress like this when I give it to him, I guess, to really drive

it home.

This is amazing.

Thank you so much, WWE.

Thank you, Slam Buddies. Slam Buddies has been written over there. That's

incredible.

What a dream come true. I'm a WWE superstar.

You're watching this show on Peacock. WWE, this is awesome. And now, look at

Wrestling buddy, I'll get back to the show now. Sorry. That is amazing.

Now, from toys you batter to toys you bend, just toys bend them.

These figures were famous for being twistable and poseable, letting you bend

your favorite superstars into all kinds of crazy configurations.

Just Toys Bend 'ems, in my opinion, the most underrated wrestling figure toy

line.

In 1994, just as the Hasbro figure started to disappear from shelves, Just

Toys Bend 'ems started to appear on toy shelves.

Yeah, I like these.

I always liked it just because I kind of thought it was a cool looking figure.

My torso is longer than my legs in this.

That kind of made them durable for little kids to play with, actually.

You could kind of move them around, and they'll fall back into position, so you

don't have to worry about the plastic breaking or an arm falling off.

And, you know, Sean could do some music with this figure.

Look at that.

Bret Hart cheerleading with the flips there.

And that's the kind of fun you can have with the bend -ems.

I thought what made these figures very, very cool is there's a signature molded

into the back.

To see what everybody's autograph actually looked like was fun.

Oh, yeah, that's my autograph for sure. I'm known for the big looping L's.

If you missed out on your green card series 1 -2 -3 Kid, the bend -ems came

through clutch.

This was the way most of us had a 1 -2 -3 Kid in our collection.

I also own the unreleased ring that comes with a Dink the Clown. There's

been a Dink the Clown figure, but I have the prototype.

If anyone's going to have the Dink the Clown prototype, it's going to be me.

And our friend at the...

Major Wrestling Figure Podcast, because of them, we're able to recreate those

bendems with their bendies line.

Having my own toy, I mean, come on.

Bendems line came and went, and people feel sentimental about it. Matt and I

were thinking that, and we decided that maybe we should make a continuation of

them. The major bendies.

This guy looks pretty familiar.

It's Wrestling Nerds making figures for Wrestling Nerds. You know, it's a little

love letter to what could have been if there was more. We're very, very proud

it.

They start here in this very cartoony new generation era, but by the end,

they've gone all the way through the attitude era.

Think about a toy line that has both Doink and Takamishinoku in it. That's

something I want to be a part of.

It's badass.

I'm stealing one of each. I just want you guys to know there's not a thing you

can do about it.

Having walked the mean streets of 8 Mile with 30 Dom this past year and seeing a

hardened criminal like that up close, I'm concerned that if Dominic doesn't

his bad boy ways, he's going to end up back in the clink.

Now, vendems hold a near and dear place in fans' hearts. But for millennials

like myself, it was all about the Jack -specific line featuring cutting -edge

facial scam tech.

interactive places, the deepest roster of figures yet, Jack's line of WWE toys

dripped with attitude and brought superstars to life in a way we had never

before.

You ready to crunch somebody's bones?

I knew that you were.

How's it going, Benza? I remember that commercial. Yes, yes. That was the

commercial that made me go get these toys.

Hardcore figures for hardcore fans.

I think it was like late 90s up until late 2000s. Jack was making the toys

WWE, and it was awesome. This is a good one. These were my favorite figures of

all time.

Playtime's over.

Now we know this is old school.

So in 1996, Jack Pacific burst onto the scene with their line

of WWE bone -crunching action figures.

Well, let's rock, little bells. The official WWF action figures with bone

-crunching action.

So these were cool because as you would bend them, you would hear the bones

cracking. New Pulverizing Punch in action.

Now we're getting joint mobility.

This is one of my old Jack's godfather. I don't know if you can see, but this is

when they started really putting detail to things. My corn rolls, my tattoos.

These tattoos on my chest are actually what's on my chest.

You used to have to go into a green room, and they'd put all type of stuff

do different moves.

You go into a truck and they scan your face, they digitally scan you, and the

faces on the figures actually look like you now.

As you can see, I've got WWF action figures all over me. So then Jack

legend figures line.

Many of your favorite WWE superstars in the past came back in action figure

form. Pre -classic superstars figures, the legend, it wasn't really celebrated.

To be able to re -release figures from 20, 30 years ago in the new, updated

format is very, very cool.

Entering the Titantron!

Even at sets where it was like the whole stage of Titantron, and if you put your

action figure a certain way, it would play their Titantron and their music.

I got this Titantron when I was a kid for Christmas. It came out in 1999.

If it works for me, I'll be so happy.

Now, entering the Titantron!

So cool.

That's so cool. And I'm actually feeling like a kid again. That is absolutely

cool. I can't believe I'm really out here playing with this toy.

This is awesome.

It was so important that Jax incorporated all the extra accessories

with the toys because now I was able to tell my own stories with the

accessories. Playing with wrestling figures for a lot of people is an escape

from reality, so we want to be able to have as much control over it as we can.

There's a lot of different ways to market the figures.

There was a Jax commercial with Billy Gunn, and he's training kids.

And one of the kids in the commercial looks like Max from Always Study in

Philadelphia. There are some connections there. I'm just saying.

Jax would go on to produce many, many, many years of action figures.

They were just cranking out so much good stuff. And so that was honestly such a

good time if you were into wrestling action figures.

They were so cool. I still have a bunch of those at home. I'm probably going to

go home and play with them now.

Because Stone Cold said so.

Jax would produce WWE action figures for the better part of a decade.

Certainly a golden age for wrestling toys.

Oh, and yes, my producers here at This Is Awesome have verified that that is

indeed Rob McElhenney of Always Sunny and Wrexham fame, starring alongside the

badass Billy Gunn.

Kind of doing like Road Dogg does.

Now, have you ever wanted to cuddle Stone Cold Steve Austin, curl up next to

Rock, or canoodle mankind?

Well, then do we have a toy for you.

WWE's Wrestling Beanie Babies.

Perhaps one of the most bizarre ideas for a WWE toy line, it nonetheless

capitalized on a craze that was sweeping the nation.

Oh, wow.

Oh, my gosh.

This is bad.

The bears are here. They're going bad. I had no idea that they did these.

I feel like I'm holding on to like a national treasure.

Popularity with the bears. You're not going to go wrong on these. Once upon a

time, the hottest toys in the entire world were Beanie Babies.

If you're too young to remember this, my heart.

Beanie Babies were these little stuffed animals. I don't know why they blew up.

I don't know what it was, but everybody needed one. Everyone in America decided

that these little understuffed animals.

would be worth thousands or millions.

We could be millionaires.

Yeah, it could be our college money. I think I ate about 17 ,000 Happy Meals as

a child to get all the Beanie Babies. That's probably why I'm a fat kid.

When something becomes incredibly popular, you get a lot of copycat.

WWE was no stranger with the introduction of Attitude Bears.

How about the WWF Attitude Bears? This is the brand new assortment.

I am embarrassed to say that I had all of these.

It's really smart as a collector to pick up each grouping because then you've

completed your set.

I remember they were sold on the Home Shopping Network.

Four in each package, $38 .85 for each set. And I mean, they were literally

bears that said the wrestler on the bear. They were representative of your

favorite superstar.

You got The Rock here.

You got Kane here.

You got The Undertaker here.

These three bears are nine inches tall, but the Undertaker is a good ten inches

tall. Al Snow with a little head.

Look at that.

The D -Generation X -Bear. Can I do it?

Ain't nothing better than... Two words. Suck it. ...on the back of a hilariously

adorable Attitude Bear.

WCW had their own beanies that you could get on QVC.

You're also going to have the Wolf Pack.

I don't know why, but these things were so, so, so popular.

And you know what? I kind of see why.

They're so cute!

I'm not a Beanie Baby kind of gal, but I honestly feel like we could have done a

little more.

I'm looking at the rock bear.

Not even an eyebrow.

It's just a bear that has Undertaker on it. Like, they couldn't even, like,

spice it up a little bit?

No pain.

No pain.

No one has ever said this. Stone Cold Steve Austin.

100 % whoop ass. We're putting vulgarities on stuffed animals.

It's weird to see such tough superstars and different kind of characters

encapsulated in a bear, but some simple word stitching made that happen. They

weren't the most imaginative or creative things ever, but I had to have them.

A lot of people probably still have these in their basement.

and they're holding that hope that it's going to be worth a million dollars. And

maybe it will. You never know. Just over a minute remaining, you get these great

attitude bears.

I might just steal this from you guys.

There he goes again. Oh, you know, okay, Prison Dom. You know what?

Take the Beanie Baby bears. Take them all. Are you happy?

Just keep your slimy hands off my Funko Pop. Yes!

The tiny figures with exaggerated features have become a true...

pop culture phenomenon and are universally loved and widely collected.

I have a bunch of them. My kid has a bunch of them. I bet Dom stole a bunch

them. But in fact, I bet right now you have a bunch sitting in your house or

office at this very moment.

Funko Pop.

Funko Pop.

Funko Pop.

If you don't know what a Funko Pop is, you are definitely living under a rock

this point because Funko Pops are everywhere.

There is nowhere you go where you don't see these. There's shops dedicated to

just specifically these.

Funko Pops is a really nice way to commemorate all of your interests, from

television to movies to sports to sports entertainment.

Everybody's a Funko Pop except me at this point. You can literally find any

character, anything that has become a Funko Pop. Oh, and here's another

matchup. It's WWE, Funko and me, Big Snoop Dogg.

They all are very simplistic, and they all have the same kind of design.

Oversized heads, solid black circle eyes, but you can still look at it and

exactly who it is.

Everything is perfecto.

Look at me.

The gear has so much detail.

They got the tattoos right, the gear, the boots, the kick pads.

These are so cool.

Look at those little boots. Those boots are adorable. Look at his little cape

and the braid.

Very loft lock. It's very easy to make them loft lock when you're someone like

Steve Austin who just has a bold head and very simple gear.

They pay attention to detail.

They do an absolutely fantastic, dare I say, awesome job.

My man's got a thing. I love it.

My head ain't this big, though.

Funko Pops provide you...

The ability to collect basically anything that you're a fan of. These are

probably some of the most collectible things on the planet. Yeah, I'm a big

Funko Pop collector.

I think everyone's a big Funko Pop collector.

Why don't collect Funko Pops?

Except for that one and that one and that one and that one and that one and

one. These damn Funko Pops. I mean, they're addicting, right? They're

affordable. Oh, I'll get one. I'll get two.

Next thing you know, I have thousands.

Funko knows what they're doing. They know what the fans want.

Come on, finally.

Finally, finally being the key word, has her own Funko Pop.

This is probably my favorite. Why is this Funko Pop John Cena translucent?

Because you can't see him.

I have never seen a brand like Funko have so many licensors, which is

to be commended because there's not really another company out there doing

something like that. So it's pretty cool to have WWE be a part of it.

A Funko Pop.

It's a present for everyone.

Put them on your desk at work.

Put them on your bedside table at night, wake up in the morning, oh hello,

Funko.

I don't know if there's any such thing as a Funko Pop demographic because they

seem to be loved by everyone.

It's a Funko Pop!

It's a thing!

Funko just kind of says, hey we got something for everybody and this is a

that all of us can come together on and I think that's why they're so popular.

And I am proud and honored and humbled.

To have my own.

Thank you.

Yep, you know you've truly made it when you get your own Funko Pop.

Did I get one for this? I have not gotten a Funko. Okay, well, one can

Now, while WWE Funkos are cartoony versions of our favorite superstars,

has created some of the most hyper -realistic action figures in sports

entertainment history.

Picking up the baton where Jack left off, Mattel has taken WWE action figures

new heights, appealing both to children and collectors alike.

From flawless recreation of facial expressions and tattoos to exceptionally

accurate gear and accessories, Mattel has quite simply crushed the action

game.

Bring on the WWE action. The winner and your champion. That's my type.

Mattel is ahead of the game on action figures.

Wow. These Mattel figures are getting extremely lawful.

Mattel makes the best figures, hands down, no debate. They make the current

roster. They make all the legends. They make the great play sets. Time to play

the game.

When you think of Mattel, you think of massive action figures in the past.

Barbie, Masters of the Universe, Ski Man, so many other iconic characters.

I'm a doll.

And now you have WWE, two of the biggest brands.

Coming together to create excellent action figures for the WWE Universe, I

that's really cool. On the thrill of WWE action. With all your favorite Mattel

WWE action figures.

What Mattel's been able to do now, they've taken the ball and they have ran

it so hard. They have created just such a new wave of wrestling action figures.

You want action? Get the new lineup of Hawthorne Ring. New superstar action

figures with serious detail. The detail that they put into their action figures

is remarkable.

The likeness is just very much, I mean, that really does look like Ricochet. The

smirk, the necklace, the tattoos, the vest, the pipe.

They get so many details, but, and it's scary.

I don't even know how they do this.

Yeah, look at that quad definition.

It's beautiful.

Want that.

Collecting WWE action figures has become a family tradition.

It never gets old to see yourself as an action figure.

Crazy to go from playing with these as a kid to actually having one. To have

your own.

Maybe it sounds corny, I don't know, but things like this are like winning a

championship. I was the first person to have an action figure as an adult and as

a kid. It's kind of cool, actually.

It's a credit to Mattel for the kind of work they put in. It's unique for the

collectors, too.

New WWE retro figures from Mattel, so close to the real thing!

Mattel has a retro line, which basically pays homage to the old Hasbro action

figure line.

I love these because they're just like the old -school wrestling figures that

you would get.

This is an old version of me, huh?

I want to see if I can make this space.

Mattel is making those, the missing pieces to your collection. It's a

love letter to us wrestling fans and to the Hasbro collectors out there.

Everybody's smashing and crashing through the Mac.

Love, love Mattel and what they're doing and keeping us retired guys alive.

Thank you, Mattel.

I love Mattel making WWE action figures right now. There is nothing off the

table when it comes to how deep Mattel will go.

to fill out an entire history of the WWE in action figure form.

Mattel does it well, as you can see.

It

is

truly awesome to see the way wrestling action figures have been a part of so

many different generations.

And on behalf of all the WWE fans and collectors, I want to extend a major

you. to all the companies who have made these toys and brought out the kid in

all of us. We hope you've enjoyed this look back at the most awesome WWE toys

sports entertainment history.

And as 2023 comes to a close, my staff and I here at Kind of Funny would love

wish you and yours a very happy and healthy holiday. See you next year,

everybody.

On the next This Is Awesome, the most awesome catchphrases in WWE history.

I'm The Miz.

And I'm awesome.

Celebrate the catchiest. Yeah.

And the crushing. What is your name?

I told you. It doesn't matter what your name is.

The brutal. Yeah.

And the bottom line. Austin 316 says I just whipped your ass.

These are the pipe bombs that demand our attention.

Acknowledge me.

And get the WWE Universe in a frenzy. The champ is

here. Only on the next This Is Awesome.

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