OverTop Man World Championship Wrestlers

[alfi]

I've got some nice bootleg wrestlers here, but I don't have a clue what their names are or what the toyline is called. My guess is that they could be made by Mannix as they share at leas one arm mold that's used in other lines. But maybe I'm wrong. Here's a pic:

[adam74]

Yes. I believe you are right in that they are from one of the Mannix lines. I have seen them once before.
Very, very cool though. Thanks for posting I think they are great.

[toywalker]

Hi,

is anyone of you guys into OverTop Man action figures? I've already seen the thread were alfi is asking for the names. Apparently there's not pretty much known about these guys. I love them!

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[toywalker]

Got all the names now blog.toy-sector.de/2011/11/overtop-man-rare-originals-from-early.html

[muckmonster87]

awesome blog post! i'm not a fan of the figures personally, but it's great to see names and information come to light like that.

[Terrible Tony]

Those are pretty cool! If they weren't so hard to find, I would try to collect those!

[toywalker]

Nov 11, 2011 8:54:19 GMT -6 muckmonster87 said:

awesome blog post! i'm not a fan of the figures personally, but it's great to see names and information come to light like that.

Thx for reading the blog. Always good to know that others appreciate the work

[alfi]

Cool thx for the info

[alfi]

Thanks for the pic

[rocklord74]

In France they all had different names and were called Top Warrior. I'll put all their names up later this weekend if anyone cares.

[figurecollector]

Sure, go ahead and post them. I would like to see them.

[toywalker]

Nov 12, 2011 11:29:59 GMT -6 alfi said:

Thanks for the pic

Absolutely! French variants would be good to know. Make sure to check out my blog on overtop man as well blog.toy-sector.de/2011/11/overtop-man-rare-originals-from-early.html

[adam74]

Love the carded figures above.
I've never seen them MOC before. Would love to add them to my collection one day.
Thanks for posting..

[rocklord74]

It's only been a month and a half but here are the pics . As you can see all the nationalities were dropped from their names.

Back of card


Front of card (whats left of it)


They also came with collectors cards. Here are the 4 I own, enjoy.

Fronts


Backs

[Terrible Tony]

Damn! These mother effers are freaking giants!

[rocklord74]

Dec 31, 2011 20:19:20 GMT -6 Terrible Tony said:

Damn! These mother effers are freaking giants!

Lol, I know! I was reading their size and just died. Their the same size as a vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

[alfi]

Super Sumo & Power Ninja FTW

[da18thcustomizer]

No way some of those file cards would be released today in the US or UK LOL

[rocklord74]

Jan 1, 2012 22:49:00 GMT -6 da18thcustomizer said:

No way some of those file cards would be released today in the US or UK LOL

For sure, they are a bit racey.

[djdaffy1227]

Wild Bull looks like TNA's Robbie E LOL

[toywalker]

made some better pics some time ago

[Deleted]

Ohhhh how great stereo types once were. True today the original names would never ever see the light of day on US shelves. What's even better is if you go back and watch some really old territory wrestling footage some of these figures hit a little too close to home in body shape esp Butcherand Hawk. I guess you wouldn't even ahve to watch old territorial footage just find footage of some of your favorite 80s wrestlers whos till do indy shows and have let themselves go. A perfect modern custom of Greg VAlentine would be Butcher's body and Crazy Horse head.
I do have to give credit to Mannix for being so detailed in their skin tone layers it's a very cool effect that not even Mattel bothers with.

[slm2024]

i agree with you docfairday, i've always loved and highly appreciated the mannix 2-tone muscle shadowing/definition.