Mini Review #3 - 2 Tuff Series 2 Double Packs

Back again with a fun size review for you to start your week off right.

You know, this would have made a lot more sense had I posted it Sunday evening or Monday morning, but oh well.

This time around, the focus is on the second wave of 2 Tuff Series double packs featuring several new introductions to the BCA line.


As I've mentioned before, I'll be using a rating system concentrating on five major aspects of the figure - the head, torso, arms, legs and any other accessories or minor details that I think should be factored in.

First, take a look at the prototypes shown on the back carding and see if you can spot any differences with the finished products.




Not too many, right? Well, that's usually a good thing, but how will the actual figures fair in this review?


New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jesse James and B.A. Billy Gunn) - 15.5/25

This little ditty was one of the more anticipated debut packs among collectors but - surprise, surprise - it didn't quite live up to expectations. The head sculpts could have been a lot better (and thankfully not a lot worse than Billy's Off The Mat boxed set figure), and then there's that whole misspelled/inaccurate script thing.

"PD" instead of "RD" on James's pants? "Mr. BA" instead of "Mr. Ass" on Billy's trunks?

Okay, I understand the reasoning behind Billy's snafu, but why could Jakks never get their Rs right from their Ps?

Fortunately, Gunn's boots showcase some of Jakks' finer attention to detail in the BCA line. I like to call it "dotting the i's and crossing the t's."

And now we're back to letters again. Didn't expect a preschool lesson today, did'ya?


Nation of Domination (Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown) - 16.25/25

I'd bet you didn't even have to squint your eyes to see that both torsos are the same. Now, is it any more impressive then that this was Kama's one-and-only BCA figure and he had that many tattoos graciously awarded to him? Technically, D'Lo's figure was only released twice so it, too, is special in its own way.

Kama gets the advantage here (even though the torso is a better fit for D'Lo), and both figures are slightly better than average, in my opinion.


Jerry "The King" Lawler and Brian "Too Sexy" Christopher - 15.5/25

I'll be the first to admit that this set having the same score as the NAO is a disgrace, but don't blame Jerry for his son's mistakes (literally and, well, figuratively). Jerry more than picks up the slack of his packaging partner (akin to Chyna's 2 Tuff Series 1 figure) with his crisp royal blue repaint, but Brian Christopher's debut figure is just...awful.

I wish I could put it into better words, but the whole approach is just wrong. Since when was B.C. ever that muscular? I mean, really? I don't want to know Brian Christopher's superhero backstory to explain his unnerving growth in size overnight, but I do wonder why Jakks never tried to correct the horrendous sculpt.

Granted, Christopher's tights are actually really good, surprisingly good compared to the arms and tone of the torso sculpt, but that's barely enough to save this figure from being one of the worst in the BCA line.


Kurrgan (or however his name is meant to be spelled) and The Jackyl - 19.75/25

Oh, it's good. Real good. No, not Brian Christopher's tights good. Better.

As I said last time while reviewing Rekon's 2 Tuff Series 1 figure, I also reviewed The Jackyl in my list of the BCA line's top ten one-hit wonders, and he actually made it on to the list.

If Kurrgan had fell on there, he would have been a sure bet for a top three ranking. He's a solid 21/25 for me and his score could have contended for the best yet had the torso not been so ripped beyond the point of "suspension of disbelief." There's no way I could let that slip by.

The arms are as close to perfect as you'll find, and his lower body is not far off from that distinction. Love the expression on his face and the strain in his neck, too. I kind of wish Jakks had introduced a smirking head sculpt for his later Oddities attire repaint in the Deadly Games series, but that's asking for three different head sculpts from the guy in the BCA line and I just cannot justify that.

Not even Khali got that kind of treatment in the RA line, and that's...well, not really saying much either.

Until next time, or until we all finally decide on a correct spelling for Kurrgan, thanks for looking and have a nice day!

- Alex