So It's been 13 months....

I think it's fair to say that Mattel have gone above and beyond with the WWE line.

They took the license and actually listened to what we, the collectors, wanted and delivered. They keep getting better and better, too. They don't have their own agenda where they force feed us whatever they want to do, they get excited about what we want and go all out. The Legends figures are a perfect example of this.

We wanted more details on the figures after Jakks sent out great prototype shots, then delivered a miserable product (Chief Jay Strongbow's head dress for example). We wanted Macho Man and Ricky Steamboat, which we got, instead of a list of endless "we can't discuss that"'s from Jakks.

Basically, Mattel are amazing. People's complaints about the figures are trivial and unnecessary. The figures destroy Jakks figures. Even the better ones that Jakks did look crap compared to most of the Mattel ones. I have no complaints. Just keep advancing like you are doing. Amazing.

Mattel has made me more of a collector than ever.

i think Savage was by far the biggest surprise so far

I would like to see some special edition figures. The 1/1000's are ok with the belts, but I feel like the one area where Jakks still has the lead on Mattel are the special editions.

Mattel has really impressed me. I buy one of each character in Basic and Elite form, One of every character in Legends form, I have all of the Entrance Greats and plan to get all of the Defining Moments. Was really glad to see Macho, and their attention to detail is incredible. The only thing I would wish for are some new talents made into figures. My guess is we'll get Riley, McGillicutty, and Harris, But I really wanted to see the Dude Busters and Archer/Hawkins. Also, really hope to see some figure belts. Not just the current, but hopefully some classics as well as recently retired ones(WWE and World Tag, Women's, Cruiserweight).

I’m surprised, because I thought that Jakks was a superior company but the detail that Mattel puts into these figures is amazing.

Detail is awesome, but the price is too much. But I would rather have great detail that costs too much than a less detailed figure that costs less. In a perfect world we would be getting great detail and a lower price.

I’m a collector of the Legends. I didn’t collect the Jakks Classic Superstars line and I’ve been kicking myself for not doing so. The first one I bought was “Ravishing” Rick Rude since then I have bought the following-
Iron Sheik
Kamala
Jimmy Snuka
Dusty Rhodes
Ricky Steamboat
Hawk
Sgt. Slaughter
Terry Funk
George Steele
Jake Roberts

I’m shocked to see a figure of a “Macho Man” Randy Savage; with the distances that McMahon has with Savage it is just amazing that McMahon agreed to a Savage figure. Simply awesome

Not really disappointed in how Mattel produces its figures, but the distribution SUCKS… I WANT MR. PERFECT! I cannot find series 3 anywhere.

Hopes for next year more legends figures, some fans bypass the older stars but for a nostalgic fan I want more old school stars like Dory Funk, Jr. even a pioneer set of Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt would be awesome. Plus a Gorgeous George figure is my most wanted figure.

Well, With Jakks I was collecting every CS, and Every new character from the RA AD and such and such lines... however with Mattel I'm only collecting The Legends and DM's aside from a few Elites of people like Rey, Jericho, HBK, Punk and I ordered Elite 8 Taker from Ringside. That's not a slight on Mattel though I just can't start over. I have more bills and rent and less spending money so I can't collect current guys. Plus I'm not interested. As many people have said, the distribution leaves something to be desired, I believe this was also a DC and MOTU problem as well as I recall collectors of those lines pointing out. Overall, I think they are running with the ball they were given and it looks encouraging.

They have really impressed me and got me back into collecting last January. I used to barely collect Jakks Classics towards the end of the run, but now I see myself buying a little bit of everything from Mattel. Savage, Scale, and Detail surprised/impressed me the most.

There are two main things I hope to see in the future:
1) Ring packs with different aprons/ropes
2) No goofy poses in the boxes. Some of my Legends just have ridiculously warped legs or loose feet and have a hard time standing up. This probably can be fixed by hot air/water, but I shouldn't have to be doing that. At the high prices I expect better.

No real surprises for me.

My praise for Mattel is that they managed to get a lot of product out and re-brand the WWE action figures.

My complaints are simple:
1. Quality Control has been worse on my figures then I had with Jakks.
2. When you put the figures together the Mattel line's use of scale is nice, however just like with Jakks the parts reuse and poor choices make some of the fugues look to similar and some out right wrong looking.

My favorite figures was the EG Piper, my least favorite the OTL Punk figure. Besides him missing the decals his head looked like a rotting plum.

Biggest disappointment was the way Mattel has turned out so many re-paints. I was expecting re-paints but 20 Cena figures was a bit much. Made the WWE figure line as a whole feel like it was shelf filler for a select few figures.

What can Mattel do to improve: Start a Matty Collector series of figures that delivers on the "most detailed and accurate" line.