Your reaction to the switch from Jakks to Mattel?

I thought it was a joke. I hated the cartoony style of the earlier figures. Didn't start collecting till 2012 when Bryan got some decent figures.

I didn't mind it. I thought I would finally be able to grab the rest of the Jakks figures I wanted for my collection without having to worry about staying on top of new releases. That changed fast though. The first couple of years of Mattel's run I was too busy getting rid of downsizing my CS collection. It wasn't until Elite 19 that I finally started collecting Mattel figures.

I despised them at first. I didn't like the basic or elite body styles because as funny as it sounds, they looked a lot less realistically proportioned compared to Jakks imo atm(HBK looked like Stick-man, Triple H looked like He-man), the matte finish looked too different, the basic articulation figures really looked like trash to me, like the legs are so close together that you can't do a piledriver, powerbomb, or boston crab, after getting the rather deep Classic Superstars line, Mattel's oldest initial classic figure was WMH Stone Cold Steve Austin, which wasn't exactly as obscure as a Shockmaster or Andy Kaufman, which kind of just gave me the impression that they were going to misunderstand us, fail(like Hasbro does with certain lines), and then pass it back to Jakks after a few years when they ran out of ideas.

I got hooked with Entrance Greats HBK(deco and likeness won me over) and the ill-fated Legends line, then bought the modern Elites because I might want to have old vs. new feuds if I ever started to watch again(plus they were the most advanced wrestling figures at the time, as far as unique parts and cloth accessories like E2 Matt's coat or E4 Morrison's furry coat), and around basic series 5, I realized I'd better start buying basics too, because not every character will get an elite figure(Hurricane and Knox got let go around the time their figures were out), I'm glad I bought in when I did, because things have gone from bleak to excellent in the flashback department, there is a massive back catalog of figures in different attires to choose from, and I got all the insane resale value stuff at msrp.

As someone who was collecting their Batman/DC lines already I was quite happy.

I just wish Mattel's packaging was more consistent throughout the years. It's jarring to look at some collections. To answer your question, I didn't collect Jakks, but I was happy when I saw DM Macho and realized Mattel was making it.

I was furious, spent so much on Jakks, I thought my collecting days were over, thought no way can I start over again. The original plan was to collect every CM Punk figure and that was it, on launch day I spent like $150 bucks on Elites, Basics & 2 packs and the rest is history...

I went crazy on Day 1 bought a bunch of basics and wound up completing the first waves thanks to sales and coupons from TRU and Kmart. it seemed like by the first 4 months there was a ton of stuff out. nothing was skipping stores.

I was a bit worried when they showed the first promo pic with triple h in silhouette. Once I saw the product I immediately was hooked.

I wasnthappy cus I loved the classic superstars line, but obviously mattel has won me over