Goldust vs Rowdy Roddy Piper
Mattel - WWE Elite and Entrance Greats
Goldust is a future WWE Hall of Famer. To me, it's hard to believe he's not in the HoF already. Dustin Rhodes, son of the great Dusty Rhodes, struggled to make a name for himself in early on in WCW and WWE. He definitely had the skill and ability, but his overall ring persona was lacking. Boy, did he pull a 180 on that one! Goldust debuted in September of 1995 looking very much like this figure here. Like a Hollywood drag queen armed with an arsenal of sexually suggestive mannerisms, taunts, and movie references, "the bizarre one" helped usher in the beginning of the Attitude Era. Goldust is still wrestling today, as tried-and-true and just as weird as ever!
They really nailed the head scan on this figure. The expression is just perfect!
He comes with a removable soft-plastic wig and robe. Unlike most figures with removable goods, both the wig and robe look great on the figure...not ill-fitting at all. He will most likely always be displayed with them on in my figure displays. He also came with a plastic stand and cardboard backdrop that forms a bigger backstage area when combined with other figures in the series.
This figure is a part of WWE Elite Series 47. I picked him up on Amazon at the standard price of $19.99. If you love the Attitude Era or just colorful wrestling gimmicks of old, you've gotta have this Goldust in your collection!
As a bonus in this review, and a throwback to their Hollywood Backlot Brawl in Wrestlemania XII, I'm tossing in a Mattel Entrance Greats Rowdy Roddy Piper that I picked up off of Ebay pretty cheap. He is a basic buck (not Elite articulated) and comes with removable shirt and kilt, a set of bagpipes, and a stand that plays his entrance theme. Mattel hasn't made a great deal of Piper figures. Most are gear-no gear variants of this. In my opinion, this head scan is the best of the two out there and that alone makes it worth tracking down. Fingers crossed to see more Piper variants in years to come! (Leather jacket with panther shirt and half-n-half body paint to name a few...okay, so that one's probably not gonna happen.)
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