Daniel F'n Bryan
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Post by Daniel F'n Bryan on Feb 1, 2012 7:37:02 GMT -5
16 and started collecting when I was born honestly. I used to steal my dads BCAs off a shelf when I was a baby according to my parents and I just never got tired of it and still collect to this day. My father collected from the LJN era till the BCA era and even has some figs now so in a way I kind of inherited the hobby from my dad.
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The Elitist
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Post by The Elitist on Feb 1, 2012 7:46:44 GMT -5
I am 27. First wrestling figs bought were hasbros, then jakks. Didn't really start collecting until I was in college and came across deluxe aggression. Said I wanted them all, and collected a few CS. When license switched to Mattel, knew I would keep doing elites, and some basics, flexforce, rumblers, etc. Due to financial issues, I only still buy any elites, and Rey Mysterio rumblers. Love it and never hope to let it go, but if Mattel would stop, probably so would I.
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Kassius OhYes
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Call me AC
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Post by Kassius OhYes on Feb 1, 2012 7:55:12 GMT -5
I'm 18. I started with BCA's at the age of 3. Got some of the WCW stuff and collected hundreds of TTL's. Stopped collecting Jakks back in 2008. Then, Mattel came along and reignited my love for wrestling figures. I even play with them now!
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Feb 1, 2012 8:04:49 GMT -5
I'm 18, I got my first figure when I was about 6 and it was a Slam 'n crunch Sting. After that I collected some of the other WCW figures made by Toybiz and stopped when the WCW figures were canceled. I wasn't a fan of TTL so I pretty much didn't collect till the R3's were made. Even so, I barely got figures since they were something my parents would get me for my birthday or for passing exams and such.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 8:23:17 GMT -5
25, started with the BCA series collected about everyone of them, then gave away to my cousin when he got into wrestling. Stopped collecting til Sept of 2011 when my son was fixing to be born, it reignited the fire i had for collecting, Ive been collecting only Legends and Flashbacks though (dont like current roster). Ive got about 25 figures so far and a Jakks Wrestlemania Elite ring............................And Yes i DO play with mine. My son (4 months old) likes watching me play with them. Also helps to have a great wife who supports my collecting
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2012 8:47:36 GMT -5
34, I have had them all! I still have the LJN'S and Ring with Cage! I still have all my Hasbros with Ring and Championship Belt! I even still have my WCW Galoobs! As well as AWA Remcos! I have some new stuff lots of Jakks CS, and only 8 Mattels! Mainly the Legends stuff from them. I love collecting and I do not plan to ever stop! I love the new stuff and thier attention to detail on the classic legends are unbeileveable. I just love it.
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 1, 2012 9:43:52 GMT -5
27. I was a Hasbro kid, and I had a bunch of the Galoob WCW figures as well. I then had a really big BCA collection, as that is when I was really becoming a big wrestling fan, and then my jets sort of cooled when the TTL and RA, and then Classics came out. I did a few of the Classics here and there like the Mania 14 HBK/Austin set, the Original DX set, and Diesel, but I didn't care too much about wrestling figures during that time, and I wasn't in love with WWE at that time either. That all changed on 1/1/10 though. Now I think I have more Mattel figures than I did BCA and Hasbro figures combined, and I see no signs of slowing down really.
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Post by JC Motors on Feb 1, 2012 9:50:04 GMT -5
22 years old.
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Post by Dangerous Donovan on Feb 1, 2012 9:51:01 GMT -5
I am 41 today. I started collecting the early LJN figures and then didn't collect again till the Mattel's came out. I bought a few Jakks here and there but wasn't really impressed with them. Once I saw Mattel Legends and the Elite's, I started to collect again.
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chriskay18
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Post by chriskay18 on Feb 1, 2012 10:05:54 GMT -5
I'm 29 and my son (6) got me into collecting. I mean i get flashbacks of my old man coming home with a new figure for me and my boy acts the same when i do that to him.
We collected the 6" GI Joe figures then went to the 4" figures then went to the UFC figures and now these.
I like us road tripping and stopping at every store we can to see what they have. Good times.
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Post by Bandalero on Feb 1, 2012 10:10:05 GMT -5
33 - had a handful of LJNs - Tito, Ventura, Kirchner, JYD, Jake, and George Steele plus the ring, my cousin had about 30 more, great battles, good times. Also had a handful of WWF Hasbros ~ well I had lots of them but downsized considerably, now I have a MIB blue ring, Hogan, Macho and a good set of WCW Galoobs. I mainly collect vintage ARAH G.I. Joe, but in the last few years it's been mainly He-Man classics and WWE Mattel Legends.
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Jorge
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Post by Jorge on Feb 1, 2012 10:19:28 GMT -5
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Rob7274
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Post by Rob7274 on Feb 1, 2012 10:28:50 GMT -5
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SlayKnotV1
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Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16. Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass
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Post by SlayKnotV1 on Feb 1, 2012 10:48:46 GMT -5
I'm 39. I started with the LJNs and had every one except the warrior. Then i started on the hasbros but passed them off to my younger brothers. Then in 1996 i got into the BCAs and have around 350. I collected the BCAs till the very last KB series (which i believe was 2002). from the end of the BCAs til mattel got the licence the only Jakks figures I collected were Unmatched Furys, the 1/500s, and a few other Jakks series. Now i have Every 1/1000 Belt & Chair, every Elite series from 1 through 13 including all RSC & TRU exclusives, all the TRU WM basics, all the rumblers (i think), Defining Moments & Entrance greats
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brochester
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Post by brochester on Feb 1, 2012 11:09:22 GMT -5
I'm 27, I started with Galoob and Hasbros, then Jakks, Now Mattel.
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Post by Ben - #6 Munchie on Feb 1, 2012 11:20:23 GMT -5
16 next month
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Zincdust
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Post by Zincdust on Feb 1, 2012 11:20:42 GMT -5
I'm 39, and I've also been collecting from every line of wrestling toys... LJNs, Remcos, Hasbros, Galoobs, Jakks, ToyBiz, Playmates and Mattels... and probably some other companies that I'm forgetting. If I remember right, my first wrestling figs were LJN Savage and Steele.
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Post by terraryzing on Feb 1, 2012 11:21:59 GMT -5
35 in a few months.
I had LJN's & Remco's as a child. I bought a ton of Jakks BCA in the summer of 97, and shortly after started a Hasbro collection thanks to ebay, figures which I always admired, but was 'too old' to collect as they were coming out when I was a teenager. I collected every BCA, as well as when Toybiz got the WCW line, and got up to about 60 hasbros. I stopped collecting after the 2nd series of TTL hit. Those figures were just horrible. That was around 2000, and regrettably I sold everything.
In 2005 I started collecting Jakks RA's (around RA16 & CS7) and haven't stopped since then. I probably won't ever stop collecting as I love the hobby too much and must have well over 300 mattels. Along with starting with mattels the last week of 2009, I also started collecting UFC in 2010 and have every series complete except for 1 or 2 2packs I missed. I've also dabbled, from time to time, in the TNA lines, be it Toybiz or Jakks. Oh, and I just picked up the "Squinkies" a few weeks ago. That's about it. I don't do Rumblers or Flexforce figures. And never got back into hasbros or LJN's. To see my WWE mattel collection as of last August, check my sig for a link.
To me, Mattels are the best representation of WWE Superstars ever. Collecting Mattels are my #1 hobby, closely followed at #2 by my dvd collection (WWE, TNA, UFC). It's good to see a lot of people here around my age, and also the young up and comers. It's nice to have all of you as "friends".
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Eustache
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Post by Eustache on Feb 1, 2012 11:28:35 GMT -5
I turned 42 last month...
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Post by Zigzag on Feb 1, 2012 11:35:42 GMT -5
32...
Was big into LJNs, and collected a few Hasbros (wish I could go back in time for more of those). Got back into collecting big time with JAKKS, and thought I'd be done once Mattel took over. Mattel, though, sucked me back in for a couple pieces. So, I think I'll always be a collector at heart. Used to play with my LJNs into my teen years, but stopped with JAKKS, only because I considered BCA playabilty to be awkward - or my imagination wasn't as big. I displayed loose figures for a little while, before becoming exclusively an MOC collector today.
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