{"id":28804,"date":"2016-08-10T11:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28804"},"modified":"2016-08-10T11:02:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:02:44","slug":"collectibles-column-first-images-new-young-bucks-action-figures-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/10\/collectibles-column-first-images-new-young-bucks-action-figures-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Collectibles Column &#8211; First Images of new Young Bucks Action Figures are Too Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2719917618\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By Michael Moore, PWTorch Collectibles specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not often that two independent wrestlers from California and a small toy company from Florida can steal the spotlight from a wrestling empire and one of the largest toy companies in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to the Young Bucks and Figures Toy Co. to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>On August 8, Figures Toy Co. revealed the first images of the first action figures of Matt and Nick Jackson. Figures Toy Co. had previously released preliminary images of the Bucks\u2019s head sculpts, but the new images give fans a look at the whole package. The Bucks are decked out in tights covered in $100 bills and come with removable sleeveless jackets and headbands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response to the Bucks has blown away our other reveals,\u201d said Chris DePetrillo, chief marketing officer for Figures Toy Co. \u201cWe&#8217;ve gotten some amazing feedback on reveals for Joey Ryan, Tama Tonga, Doc Gallows, etc. The Bucks have taken it to a whole new level. It just goes to show how much their popularity extends. We&#8217;ve gotten messages from people saying, \u2018I don&#8217;t collect figures, but I&#8217;m definitely buying these.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brothers Jackson will be included in Figures Toy Co.\u2019s Rising Stars of Wrestling Series 1, scheduled to be released this fall. Also included in the first series are A.J. Styles and Doc Gallows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect these to be some of our biggest sellers, if not the biggest,\u201d DePetrillo said. \u201cI always expected them to do well, but the response to the reveal has truly blown me away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep up with Figures Toy Co. on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FiguresToyCo\" target=\"_blank\">@FiguresToyCo<\/a>. Rising Stars, Legends of Wrestling and Ring of Honor action figures can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/figurestoycompany.com\" target=\"_blank\">figurestoycompany.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wrestlingsuperstore.com\" target=\"_blank\">wrestlingsuperstore.com<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1233153942\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get ready for an action figure <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperkickParty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperkickParty<\/a> w\/ the 1st ever Young Bucks figures! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattJackson13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MattJackson13<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickJacksonYB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NickJacksonYB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/swcQXJmJce\">pic.twitter.com\/swcQXJmJce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Figures Toy Company (@FiguresToyCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiguresToyCo\/status\/763042506498043904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moore\u2019s Thoughts:<\/strong> I got my first wrestling action figure, a Hulk Hogan LJN WWF Wrestling Superstars toy, for my 10th birthday in 1985. I\u2019ve been a fan of wrestling toys ever since &#8211; as a kid, an uncle, a father, a writer, and a collector. I\u2019ve never seen anything like the buzz the Young Bucks figures have generated.<\/p>\n<p>Matt and Nick Jackson are an island unto themselves in the wrestling industry. They\u2019re one of the few wrestling acts that might be more successful on their own than with the WWE merchandise machine behind them. I don\u2019t know how many Young Bucks toys Figures Toy Co. is making, but if you\u2019re looking to add them to your collection, you should probably pre-order the figures ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>DePetrillo discussed in a previous interview the possibility of doing figure variants after the initial figures sell out. Given the Bucks\u2019s outlandish ring gear, Figures Toy Co. would have quite a few variant options.<\/p>\n<p><em>PWTorch Collectibles specialist Michael Moore can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:michaelmoorewriter@gmail.com\">michaelmoorewriter@gmail.com<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MMooreWriter\" target=\"_blank\">@MMooreWriter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2035147958\"><div id=\"pwtor-3821569097\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Michael Moore, PWTorch Collectibles specialist It\u2019s not often that two independent wrestlers from California and a small toy company from Florida can steal the spotlight from a wrestling empire and one of the largest <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/10\/collectibles-column-first-images-new-young-bucks-action-figures-sweet\/\" title=\"Collectibles Column &#8211; First Images of new Young Bucks Action Figures are Too Sweet\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,27],"tags":[391,3644,3364,987,303],"class_list":["post-28804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialists_collectibles","category-specialists","tag-collectibles-column","tag-figures-toy-co","tag-figures-toy-company","tag-michael-moore","tag-young-bucks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/08\/YoungBucksfigs.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28806,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28804\/revisions\/28806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}