PART 3: The Complete History of WWF (WWE) Bone Crunching Action Figures (1999-2001)

PART 3: When the Attitude Era was reaching its television peak, action figures of WWF wrestlers were reaching the same heights! Jakks Pacific was in its fourth year as the manufacturer of WWF (WWE) figures, using a matching figure style all the way through: Bone Crunching Action! As its competition begin to change with WCW figures having a larger budget with Toy Biz, Jakks Pacific began transitioning to a new style of figures: Titan Tron Live.
The Bone Crunching Action style would begin to phase out in 1999, but would it go out with a bang? In this chapter we answer what would get made as usual, but how I got my revenge on Michael (Mike, Dammit)!
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[@COMBOY]

I really hope they make the history of the Titan Tron Live toyline next. It's my favorite WWF/E toyline of all. 🙏

[@kmajorleague]

ahhh a fellow scholar

[@2ndShiftSupremeOverlord546]

I hated that line lol

[@wesleyhomeimprovement2412]

@@2ndShiftSupremeOverlord546 that's when I scaled back big time buying figs I'd buy them only for accessories not actual figures Stopped buying Again till Mattel

[@HouseOfTowski]

I remember being upset that they ended the line. I really wanted Hardy Boys and Dudley boy BCAs. I did get a couple of the titantron live style figures one Christmas it was a team extreme 3 pack where I took the heads off of the Hardys I made my own custom BCAs. I used Vince McMahon's body as the base. Ripped his head off painted the torso black for a shirt. They lookEd pretty decent. Also made a Chris Jericho using one of his Tron heads and I painted the gear that red barbed wire one he wore. And I did a custom American badass undertaker using the bone crunchers 2.0 head and vest and arms. I just love the BCA figures. I wish I could have got them all.

[@bashcrash9148]

You did a great job with this project. It brought back a lot of memories. I remember hating the TTL figures when they first came out because they were such a departure from my BCA collection. However, once the Real Scan technology hit it blew my mind. I will always have nostalgia for the Jakks BCA line. I still remember the first time I saw series 1 and 2 at a Hills department store.

[@jefferyjones8399]

I forgot how rough those pre-Real Scan Jakks heads were

[@thebaker525]

I would give anything to meet Jakks’ sculptor during the BCA/early TTL era. Just an incredible ability to almost never make the figures look like the people they were based on.

[@TheForeignNationalBornNatural]

I still enjoyed them lol

[@Duh_wettest95]

😂😂😂 yeah before they did the head scans the faces looked like meth heads

[@Johnnyversetti6969]

Lmfaooooo

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

Have u seen wcw figures ? Forget looking like wrestlers . They have limbs no human being can .

[@thebaker525]

@@jacksmith-mu3ee See that’s understandable. ToyBiz was in the market of super hero figs so the NWO looking like jacked xmen villains was in character. The Jakks bca stuff was so lumpy and unflattering by comparison.

[@harveyplissken4604]

The thing I really like about these is that both the Jakks BCA WWF and Toybiz WCW figure lines look like they're in scale with each other. Meaning that you could book the ultimate (and better) Invasion match card.

[@phillylutz5]

I agree. This was an awesome time.

[@zulitesgaming3112]

You cant leave out the SFTM ECW figures that was also to scale

[@aximusprime]

I own figures from both lines....no.

[@kmajorleague]

@@aximusprime yeah, some figures looked great while wcw guys were either huge or tiny

[@ryankeefe2102]

I had 2 attitude rings and the wcw toybiz ring and those held some awesome world War 3 battle royals

[@Gman0208]

Well I think the only logical step is to cover titan tron live history!

[@COMBOY]

2:22 🎵 No chance!! No chance in HFIL!! Holy s...! WWF is in the world of Ocean Dub's Dragon Ball Z! 😂

[@rileykazama3145]

RIP owen

[@_The_Worst_]

Same❗️❗️❗️ I too resisted the changes when the Hasbro line stopped...💔...nothing else could ever come close to how great and awesome those figures were...🤘🏼💯✔️ Oh, and by the way, that was some pretty funny revenge ya got...🤭...Because I'm certain too that the kid probably kept on believing that lie...👌🏼

[@JohnnyTong215]

I got the LOD2k (with helmets) figures a couple of days ago!!!

[@SuperDestroya]

aww man the memories i had of that red bone crunching action figure superset with rock, kane ,shamrock and big boss man they were my very first set of wrestling figures and i opened them two days before my 6th birthday because i was so impatient my parents for sure wanted to kill me lol they hid my presents ever since that time. Thank you for letting me revisit my fond childhood memories!!!🥲

[@freddymegax4481]

Every Edge figure look like Jericho

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

8:37 don't play with my heartstrings dang it

[@spencer2745]

I got that titan tron live stage for Christmas and I swear mine was messed up when I would put the Vince figure on there it would play X Pac's theme

[@2ndShiftSupremeOverlord546]

That thumbnail is the dopest shit ever.

[@FightOstinFight]

I kinda like these cartoon renditions of the wrestlers as opposed to the authentic look they go for now.

[@outpost206]

I find it endearing how much that Bob Holly looks like Hank Venture 😂

[@TheAmazingATAN]

This series Brought me back to an amazing period in my life. Thank you for hard work. 🙏🏼

[@TURBOTOYS8]

Great couple of years for the BCA'S the mail away McMahon and Austin was Awesome! A brilliant progression in wrestling figures and funny how to see they have become more desirable now at an older age, maybe not as appealing as Hasbro's but there is defiantly an attraction there! Great video!

[@mikerobotgaming9687]

wow. i love wrestling. good content

[@fireleather1707]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@renegonzalez8194]

These were my favorite wrestling toys

[@859approved]

I particulrarly enjoyed the later Backlash series from 2002 - 2006ish. I chased the Backlash BCA Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Brock Lesnar for months and never found either. Eventually Backlash transitioned to TTL style. I grabbed a Backlash Shawn Michaels in ring gear around 2006 from a closing KB Toys. Great history! I had that bald Kurt Angle in the later Backlash series, great figure.

[@QuentinDude]

The-grapple-gear-sets-were-great....You-left-out-the-3rd-wave-which-included-a-cameraman-figure-in-one-of-them-if-I-remember-right.

[@ryanj6505]

Your story about Uncle Al Snow picture: I put a College Football trading card of Robert Jones, an African-American, into my friend's step-fathers picture frame with his two German daughters. "Ah ya, mein drei beautiful tochters, Hannah, Emma, und Robert."

[@hbhhollywoodben2616]

Fun fact the Only non switch Kane and HbK are rare m hard to find backlash hbk I'm Texas gear is a slammers figure but no action and entirely BCA style! And only 2 no switch on back Kane, but did they ever make a BCA Dude Love with no switch just all BCA? I thought About swapping Cactus Jack arms on dude love filling in the hole after removing the switch on back. And painting on the wrist tape. Or Mankind #1 arms repainted. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@ScarysReviews]

wcw had better figures, the wwf figures are iconic, but you could do a lot more with the wcw Smash and slam figs. was fun to collect both to do the Monday night war and a PROPER INVASION

[@primoscollectibles8343]

I Have those Baclash Dudley Boyz ! They're awesome !!

[@therealnickynurotic8930]

Do you think they actually checked the one per household rule for the wrestlemania 99 bill send in for the exclusive vince and austin figures ? Or do you think people mailed in a few and got the figures ?

[@Scoogi]

Are you guys located in Washington Square Mall??? I think ik who yall are 😎

[@swsnetwork7983]

Good thumbnail bruh

[@FigureCollections]

All credit goes to our graphic extraordinaire, Scott who appears time to time on the channel! He does all the thumbnails!

[@trekthehappyturtle454]

hey whoever reads this can someone help me identify a figure? when i was a kid i had a undertaker (at least i think its undertaker) figure. has undertaker in black boots, gloves, pants with faint silverish grey stripes, and a tang top with what appears to be eyes and fangs on it.

[@romero329]

I was obsessed with the first waves of bone crunchers, but as time went on, the amount of recycled parts, inaccurate ring attire and awful head sculpts soured me on the line.

[@T.Maximus]

What's Kool about the AL snow story, in 5th grade, my bus driver named candy is his sister. True story.

[@outpost206]

0:50 wait, there was a Buff Bagwell figure that had a tatsumaki senpukyaku action feature? 🤣

[@TLC21]

I love the Titan Tron figures just started collecting those and the bone crunchers heck i collect all action figures these days

[@CodyHagenGaming]

Will U Talk About Classic Superstars? Or Titan Tron Live

[@stevenkilboy1319]

Love it as always man! Thanks again for all the hard work this took me right back to playing with the bca figures with my friends!

[@marielgenova363]

Last of bca like paul wight many variants single 2 pack referee and signature sign

[@URBANKINGPIN]

I love how these figures feel especially whenever you play with them ❤

[@shortinos]

This was a great 3 part series. So much nostalgia for me for figures that I sadly no longer have. Thanks for the memories. Would be awesome to see a continuation of this series that goes beyond BCA. I was hoping you would touch on those Maximum Sweat figures 😂

[@grizzgo]

Went to a convention and got Al Snow to sign one of those "banned" figures, so happy for that!

[@codiekdjohnson]

1:33 totally thought that was Jericho for a second...

[@FACTSWITHANTHONYJAMES]

I may be wrong but I think you missed the Yoko in white with a beard. I think he may have been a KB toys exclusive. Love the videos by the way. No shade.

[@FigureCollections]

Appreciate the view! Yokozuna was released in 1998 (shown in part 2 of this series). The entire history is available on our KZbin, check it out!

[@FACTSWITHANTHONYJAMES]

@@FigureCollections oh I totally missed him! I stand corrected

[@whothefookisthatguy2156]

I’ve bought so many wrestling figures from the figure collections eBay page! Bunch of goodies

[@FigureCollections]

Thank you so much!!

[@JamesGettingFit]

Used to love the random accessories you’d get

[@crashharty]

I still gotta replace my Austin because I got the crappy first bca version of Austin.

[@higler.]

the tiny head and baby blue eyes are so bad haha

[@Hactavish]

Are you gonna do Back Talkin Crusher line ?

[@TheChadTI]

Great series! Thanks! Very comprehensive.

[@CorrineFerguson]

Uncle al 😂 i miss these run down videos!

[@andrewglicker4747]

Great video!! I used to think I had all of the bone crunching action figures except for Razor Ramon, until I saw this. How wrong I was. I had no idea they even had this many action figures available.

[@FigureCollections]

Thank you! There were hundreds for sure! We're manufacturing a few figures ourselves that will look great with the BCA figures! If you're interested, you can find them here: shop.figurecollections.com/category/bone-crushing-wrestlers

[@TheForeignNationalBornNatural]

Excellent presentation I enjoyed it

[@Keivon123]

on the thumbnail i have the same triple h figure

[@CeemPlay]

Collect figures like it's 1999

[@crazypaisan7226]

Owen hart and Jeff jarrett had the same head mold?

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

I will say I still have the Vince from the RR mail order Haha My brother got him I got Austin and when he got bored....i got them both haha 😄

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Side note I loved that Dlo Figure that was a Vader Repaint and now I know why 🤣 Also his boom box was dope

[@PhillyCYOSports]

Why couldnt they get Austin right?

[@mistyknightsbionicarm]

At 17:59 is that chip hazard from small soldiers 😂

[@FigureCollections]

Amazing eye! There were a handful of non-wrestling figures that I used in my figure federation back in the day. Some army guy from Remco was my world champ, he had a yellow hook for a hand lol. He's still wearing the world title in my bin of figures :o

[@renegonzalez8194]

You should do a titan tron series

[@garcia9242]

You have to do titantron

[@harveyplissken4604]

Hold up, that Titantron Live Undertaker at 18:25, is that a custom or is that a retail figure? What can you tell me about that one?

[@cheyennenelson3484]

Not sure if this is too late. But I had that Undertaker figure. I got it in a Smackdown 2 pack with the Big Show. Absolutely loved those figures.

[@GymGirlToks]

how did you buy all these

[@reeseangle9621]

They milked they hell out of Steve Austin figures lord.. HBK was my favorite from 96-98 it was so hard to find his figures, not only that. jakks didn’t make enough attires for Shawn.

[@matthewmckinley9936]

Do you have these figures so would buy them off you ❤😁🙂

[@FigureCollections]

figurecollections.com/store -- we still have a few of these available!

[@jonathonlyons4417]

Good job sir

[@sw8467]

RIP Owen x

[@jasonroberts2762]

Can you buy stuff off of figure collection

[@FigureCollections]

Absolutely! FigureCollections.com/Store or go to FigureCollections.com and click the link that says 'STORE' up top! Thanks!

[@4thecollectors]

This is a love hate line to me I got like 160 figures most of them variants But I love the fact that we got managers and 3 and 4th rate wrestlers good content

[@Ulalafanboy]

Never seen the Debra in a white suit before. Was this an exclusive? Amazing set of videos. Never had a lot of wrestling figures but owned a few bone crunchers. Memories.

[@BevanBoychuk]

So does that mean you own EVERY BCA release?!

[@FigureCollections]

Catch and release! That's how I am able to continue to keep making these videos :p

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

​@@FigureCollections 8:37 that's the most beautiful picture and also most Heart breaking Seeing i will never get the king of hearts ever is sad . RIP Owen

[@stevenimeson902]

the rock was my man! amazing video brother, these figs were all i wanted as a kid

[@MattWeedon]

You did an absolutely amazing job!

[@wrestlingfiguredatabase3242]

Thank you for doing this series.

[@bonebreakingaction6815]

Best thumbnail ever👏👏👏👏👏

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

I heard Kurt Angle, Rikishi and APA versions of Bradshaw and Faarooq were planned at one point.

[@pmeloun]

Fantastic work here. Loved this.

[@user-jn1vu4yz2h]

Great video man, hell of a BCA collection!

[@spacecase7504]

Awesome! Been waiting for Part 3.

[@Johnathangeorge90]

Great video. I appreciate it.

[@ahwwrestling538]

Please put your eBay store in the bio

[@FigureCollections]

Im notoriously bad at self promotion. Good call!

[@ahwwrestling538]

@@FigureCollections lol

[@Leosoto1981]

It’s been like a year, and I’m still waiting for a new mortal kombat video.

[@FigureCollections]

Apologies, I'm the only one working on these videos and I also have a retail and two online stores to manage. The videos are what I do in my spare time! I still plan on putting out more MK history videos!

[@arthurj.downeyjr_2013]

Wow! Great video!

[@cladysmith9505]

Well done project, man. Really appreciate the organization and great detail provided in your videos here. I forgot how much fun I had with these figures. I also recall not liking the titantron figures and being happy with the BCA figures until I grew out of them. Thanks for the memories. Again, great video.

[@FigureCollections]

Happy to have put it together! We'll be releasing the video again with all 3 parts put together soon. Also, you can go to shop.figurecollections.com and check out our new Bone Crushing Wrestling figures line! Our goal is to fill gaps in the collection!

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

​@@FigureCollections8:37 u broke me here .

[@antonwilliams9698]

Good stuff man.

[@copperagegold]

Great stuff man, thank you for your knowledge. I would like to have a breakdown video by each year of all WWF action figure releases from the attitude era. I am interested in finding the first action figures of characters.

[@FigureCollections]

Cool idea! I might continue on and cover the figures released in 2000 (plus all the ones from the 'Titan Tron' style that I didn't cover). I think Futurama is next but anything after that is fair game!

[@copperagegold]

@@FigureCollections Awesome! I will be watching.

[@BassPro2]

Thanks for this

[@FigureCollections]

Thanks for subbing for 2+ years! You're one of our OG's!

[@BassPro2]

@@FigureCollections its amazing how you put this together so well. Look forward to what you have in store next! Nothing like collecting those bca's. So nostalgic.

[@neilinthecut]

I just ordered 9 of the 99' figures lol