Oldest Wrestling Figures

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7 жыл бұрын

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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@thegodfather1560 6 жыл бұрын

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

@cannibalsuperstar6081 6 жыл бұрын

The Godfather He-man made a great Austin Idol too.

@princetuna3076 6 жыл бұрын

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

@justafanofnerdculture7602 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@iamnostalgic9567 6 жыл бұрын

The Godfather I have a friend who had a "hair match" involving the Evil Horde's Grizzlor. Guess who lost that match?

@joeborromeo8693 5 жыл бұрын

I used my he-man figures too, He-Man, Faker and Man at Arms wrestled the Freedbirds

@mikeperry7335 6 жыл бұрын

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

@troyf.9050 6 жыл бұрын

Yea..that was probably Pat Patterson's idea

@RockandrollNegro 6 жыл бұрын

Pat Patterson probably had the kid audition privately.

@therealnickynurotic8930 6 жыл бұрын

Marvin Harrison Smith II laughing my ass off to that comment

@1spizzle 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@davecrackk7643 5 жыл бұрын

North cape may kids

@randallw1977 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@RockandrollNegro 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@erichurd7605 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@rexsmith8478 5 жыл бұрын

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,,,,,,

@blindthief 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@nicmic8521 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@B5s4 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@josemontano7767 5 жыл бұрын

I miss my LJN WWF figures 😫

@claytonhusted 5 жыл бұрын

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

@charlescarter4608 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh...Hills lol

@laenav 6 жыл бұрын

Even S D Jones had a LJN Figure.

@robbierupac9442 4 жыл бұрын

2 different ones in fact! SD Jones has 2 different shirts in the LJN figure line

@mediocremaniac1984 6 жыл бұрын

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

@justafanofnerdculture7602 6 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly!

@armenian_nightmare33 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@ferox965 6 жыл бұрын

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"

@dirkdiggler5525 7 жыл бұрын

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

@jimlahey9381 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@dirkdiggler5525 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Lahey bahahahaha.. I did the same.. I'm assuming Canadian by the name?? Lol

@princetuna3076 6 жыл бұрын

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

@dirkdiggler5525 6 жыл бұрын

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

@dirkdiggler5525 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Lahey 9:36 that's the one I had. Lol

@juanpelaez2682 5 жыл бұрын

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

@YoungRiv 6 жыл бұрын

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

@justafanofnerdculture7602 6 жыл бұрын

I feel you, bruh!

@brianshields3873 6 жыл бұрын

A great retrospective on wrestling action figures. Bravo!

@nothingissacred96 6 жыл бұрын

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

@yakadoodledongywongy8718 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jmart1233 6 жыл бұрын

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

@joshphillips1526 6 жыл бұрын

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

@thelonebricker662 6 жыл бұрын

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

@westley5735 8 ай бұрын

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

@goldenearzproductionstudio1452 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel brother 💎👍 Keep up the great work. .

@heyyou9693 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@Andrew-sd1jr 6 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelgraham9066 7 жыл бұрын

Grate video man keep up the good work

@mohammedajmi4899 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, I really enjoyed this

@frozenlake1215 6 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! Two unarticulated thumbs up!

@rizeorfall 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, man! I am so glad this video popped up! I just subscribed and I can't wait to see more of your videos!

@rizeorfall 6 жыл бұрын

You should check out some of the figures I've made at zaxarycustoms.webs.com :) I'd love to hear what you think!

@supernovamcr5974 6 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome video, I immediately subscribed

@TheReviewSpace 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@Brianfacc 6 жыл бұрын

Great job, learned alot from this video!

@williamosborne2208 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@djpulseone 6 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!!

@jeffreybroderick5165 5 жыл бұрын

love your videos keep up the good wrk

@freshpair1z 6 жыл бұрын

I also remember the WWF thumb wrestler packs

@chazsmith3868 6 жыл бұрын

Freshpair 1z yep, I had those!

@zigman3105 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch this video a million times

@br79 6 жыл бұрын

great video. very informative.

@DeckyStrikesBack 7 жыл бұрын

this video deserves about 2 million more views lol

@WrestlingFigureLegacy 6 жыл бұрын

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! :)

@DeckyStrikesBack 6 жыл бұрын

Wrestling Figure Legacy seen you mention it on the WF forum, appreciate the effort and good luck with future videos!

@XantroyX 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@bccentral925 6 жыл бұрын

awesome video. good work.

@derekmorris5878 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video

@Jaycadrad 6 жыл бұрын

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!!

@WrestlingFigureLegacy 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@bgp001 5 жыл бұрын

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

@constipatedinsincity4424 4 жыл бұрын

5:34 Spot on impersonation of Adorable Adrian Adonis

@Toyotas_n__Tools 5 жыл бұрын

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

@booba1008 5 жыл бұрын

Lol at the picture of the back on that naito box. Hogan looks like a 1980's serial killer 😆😆😆

@gstargmoney 4 жыл бұрын

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

@THECLARENCES 6 жыл бұрын

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

@AndreEichstedt 6 жыл бұрын

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 ;-)

@josephreynolds969 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@blackjesus5711 5 жыл бұрын

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

@dancrozier518 6 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a part 2

@briancavanaugh5436 Жыл бұрын

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!!!!

@simonpaquet7161 10 ай бұрын

You can. Just re-buy a few figures, and have a blast. Life's too short to not do what you want.

@jcbor2 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@UnlimitedProduction1 4 жыл бұрын

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

@davidmreyes77 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheCanadianFire 6 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@bigorange2082 8 ай бұрын

I had the AWA road warriors and the Baron and Martel.

@LEGENDERYSTATIC 5 жыл бұрын

What a video!!! 👌🏼👌🏼💯💯

@adamcassell8138 6 жыл бұрын

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

@thedoncrazephaze5375 6 жыл бұрын

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?!?!😕

@davidfrederick6003 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@shikat2371 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@tbhildreth 6 жыл бұрын

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

@WrestlingFigureLegacy 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is incredible! Definitely something to hang onto.

@thrasher66613 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@machomanforeverworldchampion 5 жыл бұрын

LJN will always be the best ones.

@cjwilliams1124 5 жыл бұрын

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

@andrewwblanchard6037 5 жыл бұрын

I had the HULK HOGAN THUNDERLIPS figure from ROCKY 3

@jakeshaffer9176 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rayjohnson4741 5 жыл бұрын

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

@subzero8679 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@charlescarter4608 3 жыл бұрын

I have whole cases of those erasers, unopened. Must have 2 dozen Wendi Richter

@Tv_gogo 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's great.

@takerdust 4 жыл бұрын

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

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 5 жыл бұрын

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

@muhyee294 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@DrSlippyFist86 5 жыл бұрын

LJN were my first and will always be my favorite. Damn near indestructible

@djruden 4 жыл бұрын

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

@sittingduhk 6 жыл бұрын

super impressed you pronounced "Gagne" correctly

@eddiejrmoore8941 4 жыл бұрын

Those LJN wrestling action figures were the best

@mikejeff7157 5 жыл бұрын

Love the old AwA figures

@richardswartz6561 6 жыл бұрын

i had quite a few of them growing up in the 80s. Wish i still had them in the pack.

@buckypants6314 5 жыл бұрын

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)?

@CHICANO1975 4 жыл бұрын

The LJN figures are still my favorites.

@princeofcupspoc9073 5 жыл бұрын

Bockwinkel! That's all, just Bockwinkel.

@Hoonozit 4 жыл бұрын

One of the all-time greats, in the ring and on the mic.

@subzero8679 4 жыл бұрын

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

@josemontano7767 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know anyone who had any Remco AWA figures. I always wanted them.

@gmister9374 6 жыл бұрын

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

@christianhafer9819 6 жыл бұрын

Cool. The Hasbro's are my favorite. I have most of them.

@WrestlingFigureLegacy 6 жыл бұрын

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

@elgiron5600 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, I still have that Emerson TV in my closet! 🤣

@SeanTheRightWay 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Hoonozit 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@italiad1013 6 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@batteytehoukamau9962 4 жыл бұрын

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

@5th_horsemen 5 жыл бұрын

I miss my early 90s wwf and wcw figuars.

@andrewwblanchard6037 5 жыл бұрын

06:03 my brother and I had most of those GIANT RUBBER FIGURES we used to beat each other up with them 06:46 until SEPTEMBER 2015 I still had the WWF FRONT SHIELD from the CHAMPIONSHIP BELT