The best BCA figure line review on YouTube

If you're like me and you've always wanted to see the BCA line fairly represented on YouTube, look no further than Pop Culture Network's "That New Toy Smell" review of the earliest Jakks Pacific wrestling figures.



Suine Hallock narrates the 11 minute, 15 second video posted back on November 20, 2010, and he does a great job illustrating the main points of the line for casual fans and hardcore collectors alike.

Between this video and the hands-on review hosted by Pixel Dan and Devall, there aren't many inaccurate statements to point out.

Superstars Series 1 and the launch of Jakks Pacific's WWF figure line was ready well before the end of 1996, contrary to what is said in the video.

Some say as early as the end of 1995, but I have it on good authority that the late spring time, such as May, of 1996 is when most stores nationwide received their shipments.

On the other end of the spectrum, the BCA line was indeed phased out for TTL figures, but the review’s diagnosis of “by the end of 2000” is, well, generous to say the least.

If you don’t take into account the KB-exclusive Backlash series (which began in the fall of 2000 and was stretched out through 2001), the last new BCA product to hit the shelves goes back to the Signature/Special Edition Series 6 assortments released in March 2000.

I was pleasantly surprised, though, by the BCA “surgery” conducted in the video, as well as the mention of “hit or miss” sculpts, scaling issues, the lack of stands for many of the retail exclusive series, no Bone Crunching Action for the Ringside Collection series and the height of the LJN ring’s ropes being changed to accommodate the 6-inch BCA figures.

All in all, there is a lot to enjoy with this particular BCA line review, and I would give a golden stamp of approval if, you know, I could do that sort of thing.

One other correction I want to make for Pixel Dan from the second video is his mention of Lex Luger as he was namedropping guys like Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon who were released in the earlier Jakks series.

There is no BCA Lex Luger out there, in case any of you were wondering.

That would have been mighty impressive considering he left for WCW in ’95, but having three runaways in Series 1 would have been a disaster for Jakks right from the get-go.

I do have to agree with Devall on one comment of his: that Austin figure is awful.

Who am I kidding, long live Vampire Steve Austin from Live Wire Series 1!!!

Until next time, thanks for looking and have a nice day!

- Alex