Lennox Lewis - "Pugilist Specialist" Riddick Bowe - "You ain't the man I thought you was " Tyson Fury v2.- "BUMS !!" Tyson Fury rare collectors edition - "Dosser !!" Anthony Joshua - "Stay Humble" Vitali Klitschko - "Rematch !!" Buy all of the above and you get a free Luis Ortiz with zimmer frame collectors item
Great topic!! You have your oldies: John L Sullivan, James Jeffries, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey. Classics: Max Baer, Max Schmeling, Jou Louis and Rocky Marciano. Golden Age: Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Ken Norton. Instant Classics: Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe. Current Era: Wlad & Vitali Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. After the successful 1st Edition will pave the way... You can have 2nd Edition: Floyd Patterson, Michael Spinks, Ezzard Charles, Earnie Shavers, Jersey Joe Walcott, Jerry Quarry and Primo Carnera. 3rd Edition: Jack Sharkey, James J Braddock, Billy Conn, Ron Lyle, Razor Ruddock and Cleveland Williams. Best of Britain: Bob Fitzsimmons, Henry Cooper, Frank Bruno, David Haye and Tommy Farr. Best of Cuba: Teofilo Stevenson...yep. Best of Russia: Oleg Maskaev, Nicolai Valuev, Ruslan Chagaev and Alexander Povetkin. Then have combo packages of SuperFights like Louis-Schmeling, Fight of the Century, Rumble in the Jungle and The Sound and the Fury. Special Edition figures: Cassius Clay and his torn glove against Henry Cooper, Mike Tyson with alopecia, Jeffries coming out of retirement, George Foreman's 5 fights in one night, etc.
A 1990 figure of James Buster Douglas standing over a Mike Tyson looking for his mouthpiece while on the ground being counted out.
In the 1970's, wasn't there a Muhammad Ali playset? I recall it coming with a ring and action figures of Ali, Frazier, and a generic third fighter. It was sort of rock 'em sock 'em robots thing.
I was ten at that point. I remember seeing the Superman - Ali oversize comic pop up on the newsstand. It was shortly after Ali lost to Leon Spinks. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it was coming out then when Ali was DONE. I didn't buy it. D'oh!
So there would be a collection of All Time Greats, Current Contenders, Bum of the Month Collection and a collection that would be whatever Manuel Charr is.
How about a supplemental collection, that includes great refs and four great promoters. Who wouldn’t want a little action figure of Arthur Mercante or Don King???
Morrison was in Rocky he would most likely appeal more to the main audience that buy action figures opposed to Jack Johnson. I like the foreman idea, a lot.
If you want to sell to the masses the list would probably be something like this- Mike Tyson.1 Muhammad Ali. 2 George Foreman 70s. 3 (limited edition) Ken Norton. 4 (limited edition) Rivals pack#1 featuring red trunks Ali and Joe Frazier. Rivals pack#2 featuring post prison Tyson and Evander Holyfield. Modern big three bundle with Fury, Wilder and AJ sold together in the normal outfits and seperate in various costumes (wilders masks, Fury as Apollo ect) And Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe all only buyable online.
I think Reggie Hammond sells them on line. Money up front, no refunds. If you purchase the complete collection, I'm told you get a complimentary T-shirt.