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Post by wrestlingbillyho on Dec 26, 2012 16:48:17 GMT -5
Hey everybody. Just wondering if anybody on here does this: collects basics only(for the current roster) and buys the attire/accessories from the Elite line online like from Ebay or somewhere for their figures. If so, how's that turning out for you? I'm thinking about going that route myself. I know there's gotta be a few.
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Post by onleeone643 on Dec 26, 2012 16:54:57 GMT -5
I've thought about it
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Post by stoningtonj on Dec 26, 2012 17:02:58 GMT -5
I collect 98% basics... I buy elites of Punk and Daniel Bryan only.... Now thinking about it, it's odd cuz i only bought DAs with Jakks...lol...But with mattel I seem to perfer the basic figures...
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Post by marino13 on Dec 26, 2012 17:07:28 GMT -5
That is exactly what I do! I occasionally buy an Elite just for their gear and then either sale or give my son the figure. Or sometimes I use Ebay. Just last week I got Kane's helmet & Lesnar's shirt off of there.
I know it's a bit much but I just like to smoother look that Basics have.
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Post by whoopass316 on Dec 26, 2012 17:08:53 GMT -5
Elite all the way for me
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Dec 26, 2012 17:12:41 GMT -5
I buy basics of most of the current guys, and elites of guys I like and all flashbacks. I do buy elite accessories if I find them cheap, whether on classifides on here or ebay. I just got a wig/robe for my basic Royal Rumble heritage Goldust. Looks awesome. And a scarf for my RR heritage Del Rio. I also added a celtic cross to my basic Sheamus. Gave my elite fb Yokozuna a salt bucket too.
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Post by marino13 on Dec 26, 2012 17:19:07 GMT -5
This is my current roster shelves...  I have everyone except AJ & Hawkins. The only Elites on there are Rey, Lawler, & my Heyman head on Cole's body on the RAW shelf. And Big Show & Ricardo on the SD shelf. As you can see there are plenty of Elite accessories. |
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Post by peghound on Dec 26, 2012 17:25:28 GMT -5
This is my current roster shelves... I have everyone except AJ & Hawkins. The only Elites on there are Rey & my Heyman head on Cole's body on the RAW shelf & Big Show & Ricardo on the SD shelf. And you can see there are plenty of Elite accessories. How'd you make the Heyman? BAF body and what head? |
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Post by marino13 on Dec 26, 2012 17:39:22 GMT -5
It's just the Jakks Heyman head...  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 17:44:58 GMT -5
I used to collect 1 version of each person in Basic, Elite & Legend Form. As of late, I have cut back and now collect only Elites and Legends with the people who only got Basics, such as Mike Knox, Hurricane etc.
I would watch trying to buy accessories on eBay, mainly because some of the sellers charge a fortune for them. Some accessories cost the same amount as buying the whole figure in stores would.
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Post by wrestlingbillyho on Dec 26, 2012 19:52:43 GMT -5
See the thing for me is the stores around me, which I have to drive an hour or 2 to get to them, it's a gamble. The one thing I hate is driving all the way to a town with multiple stores and seeing nothing I wanted. I just order straight from ringside. I just wish Mattel made only one kind of figure and filled out the roster, and I've said that a million times, but its true. Either that, or fill out the Elites. There's room for a little more guys in it if they didn't keep putting out Rey's and Orton's and the same Cena's twice now. I mean look at the BAF lines, do we really need the same Cena that's gonna come out in Elite 20? And another Punk? Etc. How bout we get guys like Damien Sandow, Prime Time Players, David Otunga, etc. That's the thing that's driving me to basics. I see those guys and I question Elite figures for them, and also guys like The Shield, 3MB, and I'm thinking there's no way. And, by the way, an updated basic Heath Slater is long overdue, am I right???!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 20:00:58 GMT -5
See the thing for me is the stores around me, which I have to drive an hour or 2 to get to them, it's a gamble. The one thing I hate is driving all the way to a town with multiple stores and seeing nothing I wanted. I just order straight from ringside. I just wish Mattel made only one kind of figure and filled out the roster, and I've said that a million times, but its true. Either that, or fill out the Elites. There's room for a little more guys in it if they didn't keep putting out Rey's and Orton's and the same Cena's twice now. I mean look at the BAF lines, do we really need the same Cena that's gonna come out in Elite 20? And another Punk? Etc. How bout we get guys like Damien Sandow, Prime Time Players, David Otunga, etc. That's the thing that's driving me to basics. I see those guys and I question Elite figures for them, and also guys like The Shield, 3MB, and I'm thinking there's no way. And, by the way, an updated basic Heath Slater is long overdue, am I right???! This times a Thousand. I firmly believe that they should stick with one line and give the full attention to that. I am so PO'd because I also believe that guys like the Uso's, PTP and so on will never get Elites. People like Mike Knox, Hurricane, Tommy Dreamer, Chris Masters, they will NEVER get Elites and they would have been great as Elites. |
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Post by marino13 on Dec 27, 2012 11:07:26 GMT -5
One line would have been alright. But I'm glad Mattel has went the route they did. Gives everyone an option. I also collect DC Direct & Marvel Select which are both more display figures than play figures. And I view Basics the same way.
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Post by jrjumpshot on Dec 27, 2012 11:12:16 GMT -5
I'm a basic only collector, but every so often I am forced to buy an elite for an accesorie. For example, I've bought the Elite 8 McIntyre and Sheamus for the belts, the Elite Build-A-Figures for Cole and Rodriguez, and most recently I bought a Elite 18 Undertaker for the headband to put on Hunico. I usually just stick the elite figure on ebay to try and re-coop some of my money.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 7:21:55 GMT -5
I do collect basics
since my crapty tru doesnt get any elites
they only get PPV BASICS
i got like 28 basics and 8 elites
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Post by terraryzing on Dec 28, 2012 8:19:23 GMT -5
It's just the Jakks Heyman head... same exact one I used. cant beat 7.99 shipped! |
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Post by marino13 on Dec 28, 2012 9:55:49 GMT -5
It's just the Jakks Heyman head... same exact one I used. cant beat 7.99 shipped! Yup, I just popped the head off and threw the rest away. It was so discolored from the jacket it wasn't even worth pretending it could be useful someday. |
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