How I Would Run The TNA Action Figure Line

jakks tna I love TNA. I love Jakks Pacific. I was so excited when Jakks announced that they acquired the license to make TNA action figures. I was so pumped. I loved what Jakks had done with the WWE license from the Ruthless Aggression figures, to the Deluxe figures, to the Classic Superstars line. Jakks gave us, without a doubt, the best years of wrestling figures when they had the WWE license. Since Jakks acquired the TNA line in 2010, we€™ve gotten 10 sets of figures. Just ten! When Jakks had WWE we would get more than 10 sets a year! It€™s safe to say that I am disappointed with the TNA line of figures, in the amount that we get. I love the figures. I really do. I get excited every time they announce a new line-up. Unfortunately, that seems to be once every 6-8 months. I really wish Jakks would try and put some more effort into their TNA line. I don€™t know if it€™s because they don€™t sell well, or if there is some sort of issue with money. I don€™t know why we aren€™t getting new figures on a regular basis. I would love nothing more than for me to get put in charge of the TNA line. I don€™t know how that would happen but I can dream, can€™t I? If I were put in charge, the first thing I would do is change the line from Deluxe to Ruthless Aggression. I like the Deluxe figures, but the backlash Jakks got when they announced it wouldn€™t be RA was ridiculous. It was/is clear that RA is the more popular option. Besides, making them RA would mean that they would fit, height/size wise, with everyone€™s WWE figures. Whether you are playing with the figures, or just a collector, that is something people want. Another thing I would do is get rid of the two-packs. Jakks pretty much already has, but TNA doesn€™t have THAT many stars. So having a two-pack line and a single line just doesn€™t really make sense to me. Another thing I would is try to get some previous TNA workers to contracts. That way we can get more Classic figures. Jakks is great at doing a Classic line, they€™ve showed us that. Now, I know I€™m not aware of Jakks€™s or TNA€™s financials so all of these suggestions are if money wasn€™t an issue. If they could do all of this, this is what I would want to see happen. I would also try to apply a strategy to get more out of the talent they have. I€™d have the first three sets of new, first time figures. The next three sets would have two people from each of the first three sets in a different attire or a classic version of the star. So, if I got put in charge and money wasn€™t an issue, this is what I would want the TNA line to be: Ruthless Impact Series 1 AJ Styles (Current €œNo One€ Look) Bully Ray (Current €œAces & Eights€ Look) Hulk Hogan (Current Look) Jeff Hardy (Current Look) Sting (Current Look) Kurt Angle (Current Look) Ruthless Impact Series 2: Bobby Roode (Current Look) Austin Aries (Current Look) Chris Sabin (Current Look) Christopher Daniels (Current Look) Kazarian (Current Look) Samoa Joe (Current Look) Ruthless Impact Series 3: Chavo Guerrero (Current Look) Devon (Current €œAces & Eights€ look) Mr. Anderson (Current €œAces & Eights€ look) Magnus (Current Look) Rampage Jackson (Current Look) Mickie James (Current Look) Ruthless Impact Series 4: AJ Styles (Classic Look. Short Hair, Short Tights) Sting (Classic €œCrow€ Look) Christopher Daniels (Classic Look. Short Tights) Kazarian (Classic Look. Long Hair in Ponytail. Shorts tights) Mr. Anderson (Classic Look. Short Trunks) Magnus (Classic €œBritish Invasion€ Look) Ruthless Impact Series 5: Bully Ray (Classic €œTeam 3D€ Look) Jeff Hardy (Classic Look. Tank Top. Different Facepaint) Samoa Joe (Classic Look. Red Streak in Hair. Bloody Towel) Chris Sabin (Classic Look. Blonde Hair. Alien Trunks) Chavo Guerrero (Classic €œWCW€ Look) Devon (Classic €œTeam 3D€ Look) Ruthless Impact Series 6: Kurt Angle (Classic Look with Hair) Hulk Hogan (Classic €œTy-Die€ Look) Bobby Roode (Classic €œTeam Canada€ Look) Austin Aries (Classic €œAustin Starr€ Look) Rampage Jackson (In Fighting Shorts) Mickie James (Classic €œRaven€™s Flock€ Look) Ruthless Impact Series 7: Joseph Park (Current Look) Eric Young (Current Look) Gunner (Current Look) James Storm (Current Look) Robbie E. (Current Look) Hernandez (Current Look) Well, there it is: a sample of how I would run the TNA line. Thank you for reading. What do you want to see happen with the TNA line?
 
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