TheSecondComing
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Post by TheSecondComing on Feb 2, 2011 11:13:21 GMT -5
After seeing the Elite 8 MOC images yesterday & planning to get them all I took a look at my current collection of Mattel having mostly Elites but with a few Basics mixed in & I thought to myself 'Damn I hate the fact that Basic & Elites are so different!' I ended up coming to a decision of selling/trading the Basics I have including the Entrance Greats & just sticking to figures of Elite form. As I have said in my Haves/Wants thread in the UK Classifieds I have found it to be too expensive collecting Basics as well which I wasn't going to do from the start of the Mattel adventure but I ended up deciding to buy the figures of those who haven't yet got Elites out. I'd like to just concentrate on Elites, Legends & Defining Moments now as at least they're all of the same form. Also today I received my Elite 7 David Hart Smith... and what a figure it is! I'm happy that I now have both Hart Dynasty members and will be picking up the Natalya when Basic 9 hits as I still plan to get all Divas from Basic sets due to them not being incorporated into the Elite lines.
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Post by SteveHulk on Feb 4, 2011 0:35:21 GMT -5
After seeing the Elite 8 MOC images yesterday & planning to get them all I took a look at my current collection of Mattel having mostly Elites but with a few Basics mixed in & I thought to myself 'Damn I hate the fact that Basic & Elites are so different!' I ended up coming to a decision of selling/trading the Basics I have including the Entrance Greats & just sticking to figures of Elite form. As I have said in my Haves/Wants thread in the UK Classifieds I have found it to be too expensive collecting Basics as well which I wasn't going to do from the start of the Mattel adventure but I ended up deciding to buy the figures of those who haven't yet got Elites out. I'd like to just concentrate on Elites, Legends & Defining Moments now as at least they're all of the same form. Yeah, I'm thinking of doing that too... as you say, the Elites, Legends and DM lines are all the same style and it's getting expensive collecting the basic line/2-pks as well. And apart from the Divas, there aren't that many main guys that haven't been released (or will be released) in Elite form... I'll probably keep the Entrance Greats figures though because... well, they're awesome - and you can't really tell on some (most?) of them whether they are in the Elite style or not.
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TyP09
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Post by TyP09 on Feb 4, 2011 0:42:29 GMT -5
Nice Pick-up! Still on the hunt for Elite 7. Thanks for sharing
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Post by muccguy88 on Feb 4, 2011 0:53:16 GMT -5
you have a good point about only collecting Elites. im headed in that direction myself. in fact some of the basics i still have im planning on making elite customs. for example chris masters. i plan on using an extra hhh im getting or paul ordorf to make an elite masters. however someone like khali ill just keep the basic. he cant really move anyway.
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Post by skribbel24 on Feb 4, 2011 0:56:23 GMT -5
Awesome figure, totally beats the basic version.
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Post by "Original Broski" jonjon535353 on Feb 4, 2011 2:41:25 GMT -5
His scan looks kinda like Robert from Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Deep Shadows
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Post by Deep Shadows on Feb 4, 2011 2:54:17 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm only collecting figures in Elite style... except for certain ones that have yet to be released in that form. And I'm only doing that if it's someone I want really bad.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 5:56:44 GMT -5
After seeing the Elite 8 MOC images yesterday & planning to get them all I took a look at my current collection of Mattel having mostly Elites but with a few Basics mixed in & I thought to myself 'Damn I hate the fact that Basic & Elites are so different!' I ended up coming to a decision of selling/trading the Basics I have including the Entrance Greats & just sticking to figures of Elite form. As I have said in my Haves/Wants thread in the UK Classifieds I have found it to be too expensive collecting Basics as well which I wasn't going to do from the start of the Mattel adventure but I ended up deciding to buy the figures of those who haven't yet got Elites out. I'd like to just concentrate on Elites, Legends & Defining Moments now as at least they're all of the same form. Also today I received my Elite 7 David Hart Smith... and what a figure it is! I'm happy that I now have both Hart Dynasty members and will be picking up the Natalya when Basic 9 hits as I still plan to get all Divas from Basic sets due to them not being incorporated into the Elite lines. Where have you been buying these from?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 6:11:44 GMT -5
Smith looks great, I hope I can find him.
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Post by Gangrel-Brood on Feb 4, 2011 7:30:25 GMT -5
I'm on the fence...some Superstars just look better in Basic form (Austin, Michaels, Jericho), due to the torsos looking more correct on them than on their Elite counterparts.
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Post by LLD on Feb 4, 2011 8:58:18 GMT -5
Congrats on picking up DHS, pretty cool fig. You've got a pretty nice collection you got going there. Love DX.
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Post by SteveHulk on Feb 4, 2011 14:30:57 GMT -5
Where have you been buying these from? ...check out your local Smyths toy-shop - they're in stock now.
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