WWF FIGURE INSIDER By John Barnett (For the week of February 27, 2000) NEWS: We still have more news from Toy Fair to report. Coming soon will be the SmackDown! Live entrance playset, which is similar to the Titan Tron Live playset. It will play 14 WWF Superstars' theme, including new themes for Triple H, X-pac, Jericho, and Edge. The playset is, of course, modeled after the entrance the WWF uses for their SmackDown! program. Another new Tron Ready Playset coming soon is Backstage Mayhem. The set not only features a backstage area to add yet another bit of realism to your WWF figure collecting experience, but a real flushing toilet as well! Be sure to check out our exclusive interview with Jakks on our Toy Fair 2000 Coverage page for more information about upcoming releases. As always, Toy Fair has delivered. Jakks had most of the products they plan to release this year on display. If you haven't done so already, do yourself a favor and check out Ringside Collectibles Toy Fair 2000 Coverage. Many of you have asked to see photographs of  Double Slam Series 3. Click Here to see the images! This excellent new set is in stock right now. I was browsing through the Jakks Page and couldn't help but notice that complete sets of Superstar Series 8 are only $21. It surprised me because the excellent figure of The Rock with his striped pants in that set should be worth the $21 price alone!! Check it out today because I doubt this deal will last long. Titan Tron Live Series 3 Pre-Order's are almost Sold Out. This set features the Jakks debut of Y2J, Chris Jericho and will be in stock in April. Final Results of last week's Poll: In the largest victory in any of our polls, Jakks' Real Scan figures completely dominated last week's poll as favorite product shown at Toy Fair. The votes for Federation Fighters 2, Trash Talkin' Stage, Back Talkin' Crushers 2 were pretty even but came nowhere close to the Real Scan total. Hopefully the actual Real Scan figures will look as good as the prototypes. What Jakks product did you like best from Toy Fair?    Real Scan Figures 77%    Federation Fighters Series 2 8%    Back Talkin' Crushers Series 2 5%    Trash Talkin' Stage 11% FIGURE INSIDER POLL: RINGSIDE COLLECTIBLES POLL What do you like best about our exclusive Toy Fair coverage? Photographs of the New Figures Photographs of the New Playsets Our Exclusive Interview I like ALL of your Toy Fair Coverage I dislike ALL of your Toy Fair Coverage Results INSIDER MAILBAG: Every week your Figure Insider will answer the two best questions that I receive via e-mail.  So if you have a WWF-Figure related question that has been bugging you, simply e-mail me, your Figure Insider at: [email protected]. Make sure you include your Name and Town in the e-mail. [email protected] writes: I got my Titan-Tron Live for Christmas and really like it. The question is, how will the Tron read the new figures (Hardy Boyz, Hardcore Holly, etc.) and play their songs? Will there be something we have to add to the Tron or what? Titan-Tron Live only contains the ten themes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, Undertaker, D-X, McMahons, New Age Outlaws, Gangrel/The Brood, Mankind, The Rock, and RAW. It will play the RAW theme for any new figures not included on the Titan Tron. The SmackDown! Live playset as shown in our Toy Fair Coverage, will play 14 new themes for new figures such as the Hardy Boyz, Chris Jericho, and Al Snow. New TTL figures will also be compatible with other upcoming Tron Ready accessories such as the Real Sounds Arena. [email protected] writes: When is Jakks going to make the most long awaited figures of all, the Acolytes? Jakks has already made the Acolytes, sort of. Jakks planned to release a Ministry of Darkness 4-pack in the third quarter of last year with The Undertaker, Viscera, and the Acolytes but canceled the 4-pack due to the Ministry's disbanding. Undertaker and Viscera would have been re-releases, so we didn't miss much. Jakks actually made prototypes and even released pictures of the unpainted prototypes to a few websites while they were promoting their third quarter line-up. The Acolytes looked fair, with parts recycled from existing figures. The 4-pack was canceled, as were the Bone-Crunching Action figures as a whole, and the BCA versions of the Acolytes probably won't ever make their way to stores. You may not be able to get BCA Acolytes, but expect Real Scan TTL versions in the not too distant future. CLASSIC JAKKS FIGURE OF THE WEEK: X-Pac Fully Loaded 2 When X-Pac was first made by Jakks in Superstars Series 7, the figure was met with an amazing response. When he was repainted in his green, white, and black D-X outfit in Fully Loaded 2, the demand was just as high.  X-Pac's Fully Loaded 2 figure remains as one of the most popular Jakks figures ever produced. BRING IT TO ME JAKKS!: Is there a certain figure that you would like to see produced or an accessory you would like to see made?  Jakks has informed us that they would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for future products!  If you always wanted that Howard Finkel & Lillian Garcia 2-Pack to complete your collection or if you think that Jakks should come out with Prince Albert's back hair playset with real hair, all that you have to do is e-mail Jakks with your suggestion.  They just might use it!  All product suggestions sent to: [email protected] will be forwarded directly to Jakks Pacific. FIGURE INSIDER TRIVIA:  This week's prize is a $30 Ringside Collectibles Gift Certificate.  The question is: What was Deadly Games officially listed as when stores ordered the assortment? If you think you know the answer, just send an e-mail to: [email protected] with the subject "INSIDER CONTEST", in the e-mail you MUST include your answer along with your name and town.  Only one entry per person.  Multiple entries will be disqualified.  Your answer must be received by 11:59pm eastern time on March 3rd. One winner will be chosen from all correct entries received. You can rest assured that personal information sent in for this contest will not be used for marketing purposes. It allows us to ensure that multiple entries are disqualified! The winner of this contest will be announced on the Figure Insider page the weekend of March 3rd. The Survivor Series Ultimate Warrior's trunks were green. This week's winner is [email protected]. E-mail your address ASAP to receive your prize. E-Mail me any questions, comments or suggestions you may have about this column at: [email protected] The opinions of John Barnett are his, and not necessarily those of Ringside Collectibles, ringsidecollectibles.com, or it's staff.  We try our best to bring you the most accurate information possible however, neither Ringside Collectibles or John Barnett are responsible for any false or inaccurate information that may appear on this page.

Past Figure Insider Reports: Feb. 19, #29 Toy Fair 7 Toy Fair 6 Toy Fair 5 Toy Fair 4 Toy Fair 3 Toy Fair 2 Toy Fair 1 Toy Fair Feb. 5, #28 Jan. 30, #27 Jan. 22, #26 Jan. 15, #25 Jan. 8, #24 Jan. 1, #23 Dec. 26, #22 Dec. 19, #21 Dec. 10, #20 Dec. 1, #19 Nov. 19, #18 Nov. 13, #17 Nov. 5, #16 Oct. 30, #15 Oct. 22, #14 Oct. 18, #13 Oct. 11, #12 Oct. 2, #11 Sep. 25, #10 Sep. 19, #9 Sep. 11, #8 Sep. 5, #7 Aug. 27, #6 Aug. 20, #5 Aug. 14, #4 Aug. 7, #3 July 30, #2 July 26, #1

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