12 Bizarre Pieces Of Trivia About WWE Action Figures
6. WWF Maximum Sweat Figures
Okay, so the S.T.O.M.P. figures made a certain sort of demographic sense: The series was marketed towards kids, and what better way to get them more invested in integrating them with their Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and so on than giving them accessories that make them feel more suited to a battlefield than a wrestling ring? So who the heck was "Maximum Sweat" targeted to? This line of WWF figures had a very unique style with an aesthetic which might play better as a t-shirt or skateboard design than as an action figure. And their main gimmick? You pour a bottle of included liquid into them and literally make them sweat. Still, someone must have been buying them, as they got four waves of them out the door before stopping. In fact, the fourth wave even included a version of Kane with a mask that was removable before he ever did so on TV, giving us someone's interpretation of what they thought he should look like under there: So... The Undertaker's scarred/disfigured twin, then? Interesting. Which do you prefer, this, or the one we got on TV?
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