Wrestling Federation - knock-off figures

[toyboxraider]

I do not know if these guys have been covered yet but they are one of my favorite Knockoff lines being sold currently and are Cheesy Cool!!!!

They just say Wrestling Federation on the top of the packages (single, double, and double with different style bodies and a belt) and down the side of the card it says Fight Stuff. I love that - Fight Stuff.

They really fit in well with Rambo figures too as extra bad guys due to their size.

11 points of articulation - head, shoulders, elbows, hands turn clock and counter clockwise, hips and knees. The figures in the Belt packs only have 9 pts. of articulation (no swivel hands).

I have two more figures not pictured here I will add later and there are more of the Belt packaged figures to get still. The back of the cards is blank.

[Captainamerica]

You didn't mention the eerie visage of Chris Benoit hidden under the price tag! Yikes!

I think there's also a ring.

[toyboxraider]

I think you are right Cap, the funny thing is the price tag is on all the Benoit like faces and when you take the tag off, the eyes of the Benoit like face are large computer animated bulging eyes. Really eerie.

[daltron]

I have a 5 pack of smaller 4 inch Wrestling Federation figures. I originally bought them for the hilarious picture of Benoit on the Card...which eventually turned out to be an eerie almost prophetic picture of Benoit.
They've used similer body and head sculpts for other wrestling and Martial Arts KO lines. Who's in the other picture on the card?

[toyboxraider]

I can not tell, I think the whole head is a computer image, but I will post a pick of the cards with no stickers and no plastic on them today.

I definately would love to see the 4 inch figures and I would like to hunt them down Daltron, if you have any info on them.

I didn't like the Benoit visage, but I am going to throw away all but maybe one card anyway and keep that one card only for reference.

Fight Stuff!!!!

[daltron]

I got them on Ebay. It says, "Distributed by: Funtime Products Commerce, Ca. 90023" on the card.
.

[toyboxraider]

I got my Rambo size ones at Roses - 2 dollars a two pack or 5 dollars for the two pack with belts.

[Ghouldrool]

I recently found this wrestler in a lot. Seeing as how it's the exact same size and build as a Hasbro WWF figure, I assumed it was one of those. However, I can't find the copyright date and the figure has no holes in its feet - the Hasbro ones do. Any thoughts?

[toyboxraider]

Pretty cool stance, like he is ready to put someone in a Headlock, but I do not know anything about the figure line. Where is KOM? He may be able to help.

[taskmaster99]

ghouldrool said:

I recently found this wrestler in a lot. Seeing as how it's the exact same size and build as a Hasbro WWF figure, I assumed it was one of those. However, I can't find the copyright date and the figure has no holes in its feet - the Hasbro ones do. Any thoughts?

Hey Ghouldrool....I found it. It was a knock off of Bushwacker Butch. Here is a pic off wrestlingfigs.com website:

www.wrestlingfigs.com/figure.php?id=1767

[daltron]

Good research Taskmaster! It looks like he's got a working action, is that true? The other Hasbro KO's I've seen don't have those.

[taskmaster99]

Those are great. No Roses down here though. What is Roses comparable too?? A Wal Mart?? Dollar General??

That knock off Hasbro does look like it has an action in the straight arm. Comparable to El Matador and Jake the Snake. Pull back the arm and let it go.

[Ghouldrool]

Thanks for helpng and well-spotted guys! He does indeed have a feature, there's a spring in his arm:

[THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH]

ghouldrool said:

I recently found this wrestler in a lot. Seeing as how it's the exact same size and build as a Hasbro WWF figure, I assumed it was one of those. However, I can't find the copyright date and the figure has no holes in its feet - the Hasbro ones do. Any thoughts?

yeah these were knocked off during the 90's by simba mostly in europe. they mixed and matched hasbro peices i think,jake,crush,hacksaw,piper and a few others. i dont think the line was too large beyond that but make great jobbers as a whole the line is really good. im not personally a collector of hasbros or these but meatybat is and he's got a gaggle of them. he's the man for the job.

[Captainamerica]

taskmaster99 said:

Those are great. No Roses down here though. What is Roses comparable too?? A Wal Mart?? Dollar General??

hmmm.....That's atough one. Roses falls somewhere between Kmart and Dollar General. They used to be a department store, then went to bankruptcy, got bought out, and became a 'discount store'. The best comparison I can make is if Woolworth's hadn't closed, they'd be competeing with Roses. Roses stocks knock-offs and close-outs (I keep seeing GI Joe VvV Crimson Command Copters at them at about 1/2 retail). I'm certain Roses is a 'regional' store chain, headquartered in NC.

They have NO WEBSITE!!!! But, through countless hours of toy hunting, I've found that Roses is under the same corporate umbrella as: Maxway, Super Dollar, Treasure Mart, 1,2,3..shopping spree (love that one), and others. If you can find a Maxway, they stock virtually the same stuff, Maxway's smaller; even use the same store signage.

If you've got one in your area, it's worth a look. In addittion to TBR's wrestlers, this is where I snagged those corps! sets, Star Wars Legos, early TF alternators (2), and 40th Ann GI Joe sets, all within the last month!!!!

[ludevig]

Aug 31, 2007 15:38:58 GMT -6 Ghouldrool said:

I recently found this wrestler in a lot. Seeing as how it's the exact same size and build as a Hasbro WWF figure, I assumed it was one of those. However, I can't find the copyright date and the figure has no holes in its feet - the Hasbro ones do. Any thoughts?

This figure is made by Simba in Europe. Not a lot of these figures came out but there are some available. They took body parts from Bushwhacker Butch, Jim Duggan, Jake the Snake and combined them. They took heads from Demolition Ax, Roddy Piper, Jim Duggan, Jake the Snake and Hulk Hogan and combined them with the modified bodies. They usually came in generic colors too. Primarily red and yellow and blue paint for the clothing and brown, red, black and yellow for the hair.
I personally would have bought them if i saw them but i never came across them in Scotland. I think they are pretty cool looking though.