How old is everybody here? [And reasons for collecting]

I'm 34. I don't play with my figures, but I like them as a display piece, and I've always preferred figurine type items as showcases for my interests.

35. Started like this.

I've been a lurker because wrestling figures always fascinated me. Aside from Power Rangers and TNMT hey were my favorite toys as a kid growing up. Even when I didn't have wrestling figures (but those 12 inch GI Joe Street Fighter figures) I'd make my figures wrestle.

Eventually I saw on this site the Sting Defining Moment figure and really liked it. Around that same time or some time after the Daniel Bryan elite from his WM 30 victory came out as did the Paige elite figure. As luck would have it, both Daniel Bryan and Paige were doing an autograph signing and meet and greet at Florida Supercon that year. I then decided that since my divorce was final and I would be getting my own place, it'd be cool to have a few pieces signed by my favorite wrestlers (not yet fully realizing that Florida does get a lot of conventions, and that wrestlers are often at these things. I honestly thought comic cons were strictly comic related).

So, after trying to figure out what to get signed, I figured since my TRU had an over abundance of both figures, I'd do that since I saw someone (Luis?) with a massive collection of signed figures. Thought they looked cool and could be displayed better than 8x10s.

5 years later, still collecting. Ralized it took up a bunch more space than anticipated. Sold the ones I couldn't get signed or that I had dupes of, and have decided in addition to what I have kept, to now only collect the elites of Styles, Lynch, and Bliss and all figures Sting.

TL:DR - I decided late in life and after my divorce to start collecting because I noticed two wrestlers I was a fan of were signing autographs in my area. It was opening Pandora's Box.

I’m 41.
I started collecting when my son was old enough to play with toys. We used to watch the wwe network archives together and I bought him elite flashbacks. He doesn’t care about them anymore, but we have a pretty cool representation for the era we know. And from time to time when a first time character is made that we are missing from the period I still feel the need to fill that hole.
Ive got a lot of moc figures also that I’ll eventually probably sell off as long as the loose versions we own aren’t too beat up.

Also I buy all Macho man elites to keep moc. For me.

26. My dad was always into wrestling, he got me into it. I got wwf figures and the raw is war ring for my 7th birthday and the rest is history...never stopped collecting. Got heavily into jakks and then stopped watching wwe around 2009. Lost interest in their product and moved onto indies. Kinda stopped collecting figures at this point. Not sure what spawned me to start collecting mattel wwe figs but around 2014 I started to overhaul and trade out my jakks collection for wwe elites. I am now totally caught up with figure collecting. Got heavily into indies for about 5 years, then kinda just backed out. Last january when I seen the first AEW jericho interview I was curious to what this company was going to do. In october I sat down to watch my first wrestling show on TV in over a decade! Was overly surprised and got hooked. Haven't missed an episode yet. Wednesdays are now my favorite day of the week because of it.

I guess I never grew up since my 7th birthday, I play with my figures and do full shows like I used to as a kid. Sometimes it's cool just to put them on display with entrance gear or belts too. My decision making is really weird when it comes to choosing who I am going to buy. Sometimes i've never heard of the figure I'm buying, if they have a cool attire or look/have been in the indies that i've watched I'll buy them for my figure feds. I also collect attitude era & ruthless aggression era wwe figures as that was the era I grew up with and fondly remember. I also have collected the essential legends for nostalgic purposes.

25. I used to collect Jakks growing up, then didn't continue with Mattel. In 2011, I saw E10 Kane and was blown away by how good it was - I bought it, and it snowballed from there. I've pic fedded over the years, and just never really got out of the habit of buying them.

Am 18. I started collecting and watching wrestling in 2011. And I do play with my figures a few of them I display

32.

Collecting out of habit. I've been collecting figures since the Hasbro days. It's the only way of life I know.
My collection is on display. I also use parts over and over to make new figures out of the scraps for fun. It's my hobby.

20. Started when I was like 4 with my dads old hasbros and then got my first Jakks a short while after. I stopped around 2009-2010 but I restarted around 2015.

41. I have been practicing McMahonism since I was 10, right after WrestleMania V. I loved WWE, but that love changed when the WWE Network debuted. However, my obsession with Gold and Leather will never fade away.