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Post by twinn on Feb 16, 2011 18:17:46 GMT -5
Well, today while I was at Target I broke down and bought my first figures in over 3 years. The figures that broke me: Legends Series 3 Vader and Defining Moments Randy Savage. When the Jakks figures started to go to **** in the later series' I swore off collecting and thought I was done forever; and then Mattel took over... The quality of their legends series has just continued to blow me away and after seeing their Toyfair pics I realized I that I had to have this incredible line in my collection. So, in keeping with the topic, has anyone else swore off collecting only to start back up later on? What's the longest you've gone between buying a figure?
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Post by sean™ on Feb 16, 2011 18:21:03 GMT -5
I went about 2 years without purchasing anything, honestly. Now days I just simply purchase Undertaker figures that I need or don't have, and the occasional Jericho, Punk, HBK, or Orton.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2011 18:22:34 GMT -5
No one can blame you for picking up Vader. It's the best figure Mattel has produced for the WWE and Vader's best figure ever. Kudos.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2011 18:32:45 GMT -5
Yesterday I got my first Mattel. I swore off collecting as I'm 19 nearly 20.
Spoke to a few guys on here, I bought Elite 4 Jericho and Elite 6 Punk.
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Post by Fave on Feb 16, 2011 18:39:11 GMT -5
i stopped collecting for about 3 years and started collecting again around the time Jakks license was over with wwe and mattel was gonna be taking over and ever since series 1 elites ive been hooked on mattel.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Feb 16, 2011 18:40:05 GMT -5
Yeah, i swore off collecting around classic 9. I couldn't find them and when i did find a few i looked at them and was like this is some half assed stuff why am i wasting my money on these. S i only bought here and there very rarely i picked up anymore.Then Mattel hit. I said to myself i am only getting the Basic series 1 and the 2 packs. I had them all then picked up series 2. After that i picked up an elite b/c i had everything that was out, now i am starting to stop again b/c it is just costing to much so i am going to stick to buying Defining Moments, and the legends figures. That way i have a nice collection and its worth the price i pay for them.Also todays product don't really interest me so i find it kind of pointless to buy figures of people i don't like or have been released. I can't bring myself to spend 15$ per say on Shad when he's not even there anymore.
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Post by wyleecyotee on Feb 16, 2011 19:08:55 GMT -5
I normally go a couple months due to money or lack of interest but never longer than that.
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Post by jasonphoenix1 on Feb 16, 2011 19:51:10 GMT -5
I was only collecting the WWE Classics and then stopped like at series 6 of them to give you an idea of how long it has been and I sold my collection off about 2 years ago. And just now at Christmas started back just for the Legends Line.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Feb 16, 2011 20:24:25 GMT -5
I stopped buying wrestling figures in late 2001. Next ones I bought were Jakks Micro Aggression in early 2007. A little over a year later, I started collecting Build & Brawl. From there, I got back into the full-sized figures and buying stuff from the BCA/TTL days on ebay.
When Mattel took over the WWE license, I got back into it big-time. I've got about 150 of these things, and nowhere near enough room for them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2011 20:40:53 GMT -5
Once a collector always a collector.
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Post by mmondrag96 on Feb 16, 2011 21:24:24 GMT -5
I stopped for a while around when RA 10 then started back at around RA 20. but Mattel I have collected since they came out and don't see myself stopping any time soon.
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Post by "The King" Tony Stewart™ on Feb 16, 2011 21:29:39 GMT -5
I was so upset with the Jakks deal and stopped buying figures in late summer of 09. I sold off my MOC collection a couple of months later. But Mattel hooked me back with Steamboat this past August. So I went about a year, and then went back.
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Post by Deep Shadows on Feb 16, 2011 22:30:55 GMT -5
Welcome to the club. There's a lot of us that have done the same. The Mattel line is just too damn good.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Feb 16, 2011 22:54:07 GMT -5
I stopped once Jakks started to suck and now am sucked right back in the game.
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Post by johnnyfootballz on Feb 17, 2011 1:25:49 GMT -5
Yep, I hear ya' brother. Toward the end of Jakks run, I sold my entire collection on Ebay. I didn't feel like starting up a new collection after years of gathering Jakks. But once I saw Mattel, I fought the bug for a while. Once I saw the Legends line, I got right back into it. Mattel changed my mind. They really are figures fit for the 21st Century collector.
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Post by 1992 on Feb 17, 2011 6:52:27 GMT -5
I basically just take "mini-breaks" in-between months, and let figs start to pile up at the stores, then swoop in when I get paid and pick up the 3-4-5 figs I want from whatever series. I swore of collecting after Jakks lost the license, but around February(2010), I realized now was the time to collect if ever, after seeing the Elite 1 Taker and Punk in person, side by side, and all the detail, from Punk's shirt, to his tats, to Taker being so much bigger.
No regrets.
Anyways, I'm jealous over that Vader. Only 1 Wal-Mart out of all local stores over here(TRU, Target, WM) got in one box of Legends 3, and all they had left when I got there was Bulldog, Perfect, and Pillman. I got the cash together a few days later and by the time I came back, Perfect and Pillman were long gone and 3 Bulldogs were still warming shelves. No sign of anymore L3 anywhere else. Kind of discouraging.
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Post by apalewhitechrist on Feb 17, 2011 9:54:07 GMT -5
I stopped around classics 6, and sold everything. Then last Sunday I bought elite 6 "Punk" and am now back in, and really need to find a Elite "JoMo"!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 10:50:01 GMT -5
3 years the lo9ngest ive gone without buying figures was 6 months
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Post by thekiddkick on Feb 17, 2011 11:22:00 GMT -5
I recently got back in too. I'm not gonna go as crazy though as I once did with Jakks. That DM Savage twisted my arm pretty easily.
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Post by apalewhitechrist on Feb 17, 2011 11:27:16 GMT -5
I recently got back in too. I'm not gonna go as crazy though as I once did with Jakks. That DM Savage twisted my arm pretty easily. I just got back in and am def going to keep it to select figures. I used to buy all. |
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