Well LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING MEAN GENE! Evening all! Before we get started let’s get that cheap plug out of the way. A few weeks ago I announced here that when I reached a number of followers on my Instagram account I’d be hosting a giveaway! Well guess what? That number has been reached and the giveaway is in progress! So if you like free things… and I know you do. Head on over and enter now! (www.instagram.com/esbjo_figs) you can enter once per day until the deadline. Good luck! Now, onto the photos. This weeks theme is none other than my other passion in life. Wrestling. The WWE. When I started my Instagram account over a year ago I was posting solely wrestling figure photos. Once Funko and the WWE came to terms on the production of these pieces it was a match made in vinyl Heaven.
“No! No! No shave November!”
Daniel Bryan (#07) from the Pop! WWE line *Hot Topic Exclusive*. Who better to represent Movember than WWE’s resident Goat? Daniel Bryan’s sculpt is spot on. I love how the beard is covering almost his entire body. It’s no shave all year for this guy. Strangely though I don’t miss him much now that he’s been out of action for the past few months. Daniel Bryan’s Pop has been released in three different attires. A common, a WWE.com exclusive, and this Hot Topic exclusive. They really missed the boat with having a flocked beard on one of the exclusives. I say if we have a Flocked Olaf… we NEED a flocked beard Daniel Bryan. Yes! Yes! Yes!
“The Mega Powers! Ooooh yeah BROTHER!”
Macho Man Randy Savage (#10) and Hulk Hogan (#11) from the Pop! WWE line *Both WWE.com Exclusives*. Any new wrestling fan today won’t know the Mega Powers. But, do yourself a favor and look these two up! Back in the day Hulk Hogan and Macho Man were the embodiment of wrestling. Without them who knows where wrestling would be today. They formed a great tag team, and an even better rivalry. Funko releasing the Hulkster and The Tower of Power in the same series? Classic. Now we need a Miss Elizabeth. My wife is right… I’m never satisfied.
“Hollywood”
Hulk Hogan (#11) from the Pop! WWE line *WWE2k15 exclusive*. This is how far Funko has come. If you’re one of the lucky ones to secure a preorder on the Hulkamania edition of WWE2k15 you’re the proud owner of this awesome not to be missed Pop! Hulk Hogan turning his back on the fans after wearing the red and yellow for so many years will go down as one of the most iconic moments in the history of wrestling. Sure it happened at a rival company, but Hogan would eventually return to the WWE and reform the nWo. This photo shows Hollywood Hogan strumming on the World Heavyweight Championship (spray painted nWo letters across it) as if it were a guitar with the black and white going throughout the photo.
That’s the photos for tonight! As always I hoped you enjoyed them as much as I loved creating them. Don’t forget to follow me on instagram (www.instagram.com/esbjo_figs) for more photos not seen here and for that giveaway I mentioned up top. If you want even more you can go to the Funko Trading Facebook page… where if you really love the Hollywood Hogan Pop! I’m sure they’ll be popping up for trade sooner or later. Have a good night, be kind to one another… TRAIN HARD, SAY YOUR PRAYERS AND EAT YOUR VITAMINS HULKAMANIACS! And whatcha gonna do when you… Free the Pops! Enjoy them more of course! Free the Pops… and snap into a slim jim.
Matt Norris