The first action figures produced for the now defunct World Championship Wrestling Promotion were from a company called Galoob and were released in 1990.

These figures were released about the same time as Hasbro's WWF line of figures. Each of the figures were made from a solid plastic with no articulation, similar to the LJN line of figures, and came with a gold belt with "WCW" printed on it.

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Galoob WCW Figures

Two sets of these WCW action figure were produced by Galoob between 1990 and 1991.

The first set consisted of 12 figures that were only released in the USA, however all but two, Tom Zenk and Butch Reed, were released later in the UK with different coloured outfits along with a second UK Exclusive set. As a result this second set, and the exclusives, have become much more difficult to find and are therefore much more collectable and valuable.

The original US WCW figures generally sell from approx $2 (loose) to about $20 MOC (Mint On Card) whereas a UK WCW figure will fetch prices ranging from $5 (loose) to $200 MOC!

Series 1 - 1990 - Released in the US

Ric Flair (Blue tights)

Arn Anderson (White tights)

Sting (Blue tights)

Sting (Orange tights)

Lex Luger (Blue tights)

Sid Vicious (Black tights)

Barry Windham (Black tights)

Brian Pillman (Orange tiger print tights)

Tom Zenk (White tights)

Rick Steiner (Purple and grey tights)

Scott Steiner (Yellow tights)

Butch Reed (Blue tights)

Ron Simmons (Blue tights)

Series 1 Tag Teams - 1990 - Released in the US

Ric Flair & Arn Anderson '((Flair with blue tights, Arn with white tights)

Sting & Lex Luger (Luger with blue tights, Sting with blue tights)

Sting & Lex Luger (Luger with blue tights, Sting with orange tights)

Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (Rick with black/grey tights, and Scott with yellow tights)

Butch Reed & Ron Simmons (both with solid blue tights)

Series 2 - 1991 - Released in the UK

Ric Flair (red tights with white lightning bolt on front)

Arn Anderson (red tights)

Sting (black tights)

Lex Luger (green tights)

Sid Vicious (pink tights)

Barry Windham (blue tights)

Brian Pillman (light blue tights)

Rick Steiner (green tights)

Scott Steiner (pink and blue tights)

Ron Simmons (blue tights with white stripe on side)

Series 2 Tag Teams - 1991 - Released in the UK

Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (in UK colors)

Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner (in UK colors)

Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin

UK Exclusives - 1991

El Gigante

Big Josh (with wood ax handle)

Dustin Rhodes

Michael Hayes

Jimmy Garvin

Sting (Pre-ring, with robe)

Lex Luger (Pre-ring, with robe and gold chain)

Fabulous Freebirds Tag Team Set (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin, comes boxed, with Sound Module - different from the carded UK tag set)

Unproduced Prototypes

Ric Flair (Pre-ring, with robe)

Diamond Studd

P.N. News

Richard Morton

Rings and Accessories

Slam Action Wrestling Arena

Sound Module for ring

14 Inch Fully Poseable Figures

Ric Flair

Sting

Lex Luger

Sid Vicious

Original San Francisco Toy Makers WCW Figures

In 1994 a series of 9 standard rubber WCW Action Figures were released by the OSFTM, these WCW Figures were again similar to the LJN figures.

The initial cases however didn't include a Jimmy Hart or Kevin Sullivan WCW figure, but they were added in the second wave. Also a Ric Flair WCW figure was originally released with blue trunks, blue knee pads and black boots but this was quickly changed to dark purple trunks and kneepads and light purple boots.

It seems that the "blue" variant WCW action figures, which have become very scarce, were only available through K-Mart at the time.

Another small variant, or error that was corrected, was that the Nasty Boys WCW figures didn't have their names tattooed on their arms in the first wave but when the second wave was shipped they came with the tattoos. The card backs on the second wave of WCW figures also featured a slight printing change.

Have you seen a "Black Skinned" Jimmy Hart WCW Figure?

It has been rumoured that there were approx 100 of the "black skinned" Jimmy Hart figures released, but this is unsubstantiated and seems unlikely to be true, although there were a few of these available, exact numbers have never been confirmed.

Basic Figures

Alex Wright

Big Bubba Rogers

Craig Pittman

Curt Henning (Atomic Elbow)

Diamond Dallas Page (Double Axe Handle)

Giant (Double Axe Handle)

Golberg (Atomic Elbow)

Hulk Hogan

Jimmy Hart

Johnny B. Badd

Kevin Nash (Power Punch)

Kevin Sullivan

Randy Savage

Ric Flair

Ric Flair (Green Trunks)

Ric Flair (Pink Tights)

Sting (Power Punch)

Vader

12" Wrestlers

Goldberg

Hollywood Hulk Hogan

Machoman Randy Savage

Sting (Black and White)

Sting (Red and Black)

4.5-inch Wrestlers

Giant

Goldberg

Hollywood Hogan

Kevin Nash

Lex Luger

Macho Man Randy Savage

Ric Flair

Rick Steiner

Scott Hall

Scott Steiner

Sting

4.5-inch Wrestlers - 2-Packs

Flair & Luger

Hogan & Rick Steiner

Nash & Savage

Sting & Rick Steiner

4.5-inch Wrestlers - 4-Packs

Hogan / Nash / Savage / Steve Steiner

Sting / Rick Steiner / Flair / Luger

Monday Nitro

Bret Hart (No Glasses)

Bret Hart (With Glasses)

Buff Bagwell

Chris Benoit

Curt Henning

Giant

Goldberg

Hollywood Hogan

Kevin Nash

Lex Lugre

Raven

Ric Flair

Rick Steiner

Scott Hall

Sting

Sting (WCW)

Sting (Wolfpac)

Taskmaster

Monday Nitro - Heels

Hollywood Hogan

Randy Savage

Sting

Multi-Packs

Championship Belt

Championship Buckle

Clash of the Champions

Fall Brawl

Halloween Havoc

Hogan & Rodman

Monday Nitro

Starcade

Special Edition Series

Booker T

Brian Knobbs

Giant

Hollywood Hogan

Jerry Sags

Randy Saage

Ric Flair

Stevie Ray

Taskmaster

Tag Team - Series 1

Harlem Heat

Hogan & Sting

Nasty Boys

Tag Team - Series 2

Harlem Heat

Hogan & Sting

Nasty Boys

Tag Team - Series 3

Blue Bloods

Harlem Heat (Blue Tights)

Hollywood Hogan & Macho Man

Tag Team - Series 4

Hall & Nash

Luger & Sting

Nasty Boys (Green)

Toybiz WCW Figures (1999 - 2001)

Originally Toy Biz held the license to produce toys based on the DC characters but later acquired the exclusive license to produce Marvel toys.

Toy Biz later expanded into producing wrestling figures featuring characters from the WCW and later the TNA.

When Marvel went bankrupt Toy Biz decided to jump in and help and the two companies merged with Toy Biz handling the action figure lines for Marvel Entertainment. With the introduction of Toy Biz into Marvel Entertainment the quality of the figures as well as the sculpting improved dramatically.

The Toy Biz figures were also a huge improvement on the previous SFOTM line of WCW Figures. The figures produced by Toy Biz generally had a good likeness of the wrestlers they were supposed to be and featured excellent articulation. However, they fell into the same trap of other manufacturers by producing the same wrestlers over and over again instead of a mix of various wrestlers.

Basic Figures- 1999

Dog Faced Gremlin

Grip 'N Flip- 1999

Bret Hart vs Lex Luger

Kevin Nash vs Konnan

Scott Steiner vs Rick Steiner

Sting vs Bugg Bagwell

Ring Announcer Series- 1999

Nash / Mean Gene / Goldberg

Ring Masters- 1999

Bret Hart

Chris Jericho

Goldberg

Hulk Hogan

Lex Luger

Rick Steiner

Power Slam- 2000

Buff Bagwell

Dennis Rodman (Blue Hair)

Dennis Rodman (Green Hair)

Dennis Rodman (Orange Hair)

Goldberg

Hak

Hulk Hogan

Kanyon

Kevin Nash

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Sid Vicious

Sting

Bash at the Beach- 2001

Bret Hart

DDP

Goldberg

Lex Luger

Sting

Bruisers- 2001

Bam Bam Bigelo

DDP

Disco Inferno

Goldberg

Kevin Nash

Kidman

Randy Savage

Raven

Rey Mysterio Jr.

Stevie Ray

Sting

Wrath

Exclusives- 2001

Champions (3-Pack)

Fear the Spear

Gross-Out Wrestlers- 2001

Sid Vicous

Sting

Kay Bee Exclusive- 2001

Sting

Multi-Packs- 2001

Buffer Set

Evolution of Sting

Four Horsemen

Giant & Nash

Macho-Man & Miss Elizabeth

Okerfund Set

Red & Black Attack Bischoff (Black)

Red & Black Attack Bischoff (Gray)

Sting & Hogan

Ring Fighters- 2001

Booker-T (Black)

Booker-T (White)

Bret Hart

Chris Benoit

Goldberg

Scott Steiner (Black)

Scott Steiner (White)

Sting

Slam Force- 2001

Bret Hart

Goldberg

Luger

Nash

Smash 'N Slam- 2001

Diamond Dallas Page (No Vest)

Diamond Dallas Page (With Vest)

Giant

Goldberg (Blue Mask)

Goldberg (Red Mask)

Goldberg (KB Toys Exclusive)

Hollywood Hogan (No Tanktop)

Hollywood Hogan (With Tanktop)

Kevin Nash (No Red on Pants)

Kevin Nash (Red on Pants)

Lex Luger (No Shirt)

Lex Luger (With Shirt)

Macho Man Randy Savage (Black & White)

Macho Man Randy Savage (Red & Black)

Scott Hall (Black & White)

Scott Hall (Red & Black)

Sting (Black & White)

Sting (Red & Black)

Smash and Crunch- 2001

Buff Bagwell

Kevin Nash

Konnan

Saturn

Sting

T.N.T.

Goldberg

Jeff Janett

Scott Steiner

Vampiro

Target Exclusive- 2001

Hogan

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