Happiest Wrestling Figure Memories

Top moment I always think about is seeing series 3 at Kaybee (they had most of them) and picking up 7 new figures in one trip which I don't think I've surpassed. That day I got, Quake, Typhoon, Brutus, Hogan, Perfect, Hammer and Tornado. They also had Macho Man in stock, but since it was the same as the Macho King I left it. On top of being such a large haul in a single trip, this is probably my favorite series they put out, and I had gotten the best ones IMO that day.

Honorable mentions:

Finding all of series 4 and LOD at Toys R Us. Only had money for 3 figs, so I chose LOD and Bret. Glad I got LOD that day since I never saw them again at retail, it was that one and only time.

Finding part of S2 at Laneco, got Warrior, Dusty, Duggan and Piper that day.

Finding some of the red cards at Lanceo, got Perfect, Bam Bam and Luger that day.

Finding HBK and Razor repacks into the blue cards at Kaybee. I never saw the yellow cards at retail, and Razor and Shawn were the ones I wanted most from the series.

Forgot about another big moment, getting Macho King, Demolition and Snuka on the last day of school in 91' to finally complete S2.

Too bad I don't have any super memories of S1 and seeing Hasbros for the fist time. First time I saw them, Toys R Us had hundreds, but for some reason all they had were Beefcake, Jake and Rude. Probably the ones I wanted least from the series. No Hogans, Machos, Warriors, Demos or anything.

drnickriviera995 your avatar reminds me of one of my most stand-out wrestling figure memories. I went to the shops and while my mum was doing the shopping i looked in WWF magazine and there was the new HBK Shawn Michaels. Well, needless to say I was excited, because we all had to make do with Rocker Shawn, and he sucked. Especially as he'd thrown Marty Jannetty through the barbershop window. When I got back I went and saw my fellow Hasbro-collecting friends and crowed about how I'd seen the new Shawn in singles gear. I described it in detail. He was in white and red, shades, had the punch mechanism. My friends were sceptical. All they had to do was look in the magazine but since I hadn't bought it, I couldn't show them. They didn't believe me. Then the figure came out, and... he didn't have the punch mechanism. I was convinced. I guess I just got it wrong. 

Many years later I would come across this forum and see that promotion picture again and sure enough Shawn did have that mechanism. and even though none of those old friends were around to see it, i was absolved of all wrongdoing by the court of wrestling figure arbitration. 

finding my first hasbro set and picking up hulk and smash. it wouldnt be until i was finished high school that i got ax from ebay. also, finding to me, what was the first set of bca's which turned out to be series two. that was huge in terms of articulation. they went great with that wcw ring from the rubber osftm figs. i almost forgot picking up razor from the bendems line. that was the first time id seen a wwf fig after hasbros stopped.

I always loved the LJN line but I only had a few kinda rough shape ones from when I was really little since I was born in 1990.

When I was in my teens for a while I would go to the flea market every weekend and I thought I'd found my biggest best score ever in a 1-5 dollar bin of a few dozen at least that I just offered the guy fifty bucks for and he gave me the bin too (it was so heavy, Andre alone is so heavy and he was in there.)

Weeks or months went by, I'm not sure, but I was over at another flea market and I come across one of those one time sellers, who was just here for the weekend as opposed to having a semi-permanent booth, she had...an LJN ring with the box...I don't even think I'd seen it online yet and I totally flipped, I happily gave her the twenty bucks and went homeward, even after all these years it still looks great! (Though I did clean it a bit and get new ropes)


I have to say this is one of my favourite posts I've seen, I never get tired of stories like these.

When I was really young walking into woolworths and finding TTL bought the rock, taker, stone cold.

finding Randy Orton figures when in my teens as I never had internet access at the time so it was always Good walking into Woolworths and going to Glasgow a1 comics and finding Orton figures I never knew what's was coming out .

For Christmas in 2003 I got this 6 pack,

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which was so awesome and my first new wrestling figures from a place other than yard sales since the 90's with the BCA figues as I lived in rural Nova Scotia Canada and no store around carried wrestling figures until we got a WalMart in 2007 or so but my Mom traveled into Halifax that winter of 2003 and got me this set and I played with them to death aside from the B&W Undertaker which is still in his package as for some reason I never wanted to take him out.

Going to my first live event, a house show in the summer on 1997. My mom let me buy a Bret Hart(Jakks) action figure and a pair of his shades.

Way too many to name. But the two that stand out are when I got my first Hasbro as a kid( ultimate warrior). Also about 5 years ago my brother surprised me with a moc Ljn macho man!

My brother pranked me one year. I always wanted the big 15 inch Roddy Piper figure. I couldn't find him anywhere. Only Hogans. He gives me a box for my birthday one year & I'm thinking it's the Piper I could never find. I tear the wrapping paper off...only to see a talking Pee Wee Herman doll.

Prick.