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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on Jul 8, 2021 21:21:19 GMT -5
I am in the middle of reorganizing my toy room and realized my WWE Mattel figs have gotten out of control. It got me thinking what I would have done differently after over a decade of collecting this line. Here’s what I have came up with:
1. Do not buy anything past Attitude Era
2. Only collect wrestlers I really admired or made an impact
3. Only 1 figure of a character within a particular timeframe
4. No customizing or fixing up figures
5. No basics
6. No exceptions to rules 1-5
I think if I woulda made these rules and stuck with them I would have a more manageable collection. If you could go back and set strict rules for yourself at the start of this line, what would they be?
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Jul 8, 2021 21:34:15 GMT -5
to stop selling my stuff lol
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Post by bigm25 on Jul 8, 2021 21:35:51 GMT -5
I would do one thing and it’s the opposite
1. Buy every figure period.
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Post by deadman89 on Jul 8, 2021 21:48:44 GMT -5
I stopped collecting when the contract with Jakks ended after absolutely loving the classic superstars line. I haven’t looked at figures since, and then was at Target a couple weeks back and came across the Legends Undertaker and Vader. Now while trying to sell off my other collection, I’ve rationalized that I’m trying to recreate my original BCA collection only in Mattel elites… had I come to this realization sooner I wouldn’t be eBay searching that damned flashback Goldust so much. I do find the same thing happening though, I’ve no desire for the new legends DDP or Beefcake but I keep checking online for them. Seeing the Mattel vs Jakks has been a cool transition. However, they do not have the mobility I thought they would on seeing them compared to say the Deluxe Aggression. Anyway, onward hoping we’ll eventually see an Ahmed Johnson lol
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Jul 8, 2021 21:53:21 GMT -5
I would of bought more stuff. Stocked up with multiples of the original legends line.
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Post by NoseBleedcollectibles on Jul 8, 2021 22:15:22 GMT -5
I don’t buy anything past 2008.
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Post by kgchampion on Jul 8, 2021 23:20:04 GMT -5
I’d do the same. I mean, crap is out of control and I have probably hundreds of figures and I don’t need so many Seth Rollins or Dean Ambroses or Roman Reigns or Randy Ortons. I have no idea why I bought 2 of the exact same Kevin Owens figure. I think I was going to do a fix-up on one but I never did and then I got his whole damn arm tatted and I’ve got 2 outdated KOs when I didn’t even need 1 because they’re all roughly the same post NXT.
No, I’m too far gone. My saving grace is that I haven’t bought the guys that debuted post 2019. I stopped watching wrestling during the pandemic, so I don’t really care much about buying the newer talent.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jul 9, 2021 0:03:54 GMT -5
I wouldn’t have started collecting. I’d just put that money into savings for travel.
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Post by LK3 on Jul 9, 2021 2:12:24 GMT -5
Seeing as I’ve only been collecting for 4 years.. I’d start from the beginning.
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Post by RKOrton on Jul 9, 2021 2:32:47 GMT -5
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Post by Crane on Jul 9, 2021 3:49:55 GMT -5
Would've grabbed E31? Vader
Grabbed a E16 CM Punk to keep MOC
Grabbed any Elites of the New Age Outlaws
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Post by randyrock on Jul 9, 2021 5:06:44 GMT -5
I’m not very aggressive as a collector because my focus is mainly on the WM3 roster. The only pieces I’m missing from there are King Harley Race and Bobby Heenan with the black jacket and that’s because I never found either.
I do have pieces I’d be able to sell or trade for Race and Heenan but that is where I’d have regrets.
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Post by Rock-Is-King on Jul 9, 2021 5:15:52 GMT -5
I wouldn’t have been a dumbass & sold my Moc RSC 2012 Kane for $50 all while thinking it would be an easy buy back later on
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Jul 9, 2021 9:11:50 GMT -5
I would’ve started collecting Mattel on date one. Would’ve saved me a ton of money & time going back & filling in holes.
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Post by bababooey on Jul 9, 2021 9:17:29 GMT -5
I was telling my friends a couple weeks ago that I’m thinking of selling off a big chunk of my wrestling collection. I have 4 tubs of figures that’s my “main collection” of different eras. Then I have 3 detolf cabinets of figures on display. I wanna sell a lot of the figures in the detolfs. Most of them only ended up there because I got an updated version of the wrestler.
What I’d do different I guess is immediately try to sell older versions when I get a new one, instead of trying for an elaborate display.
I find that since I got into photography, my collecting habits changed. I collect less with display in mind and more for what I want to photograph
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Post by mcfclee on Jul 9, 2021 10:05:11 GMT -5
Wouldn’t have bought modern day figures.
Would have bought a lot more doubles of legends.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 9, 2021 10:54:31 GMT -5
I should have just stuck to buying the Women's figures. However I bought mainly basics when I started collecting and I'm now stuck with many of them. I really shouldn't have tried to collect every new First Time in the line figure that came out. Oh well.
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Post by LA Times on Jul 9, 2021 11:41:04 GMT -5
I wouldve bought as many Elites as I can from 2010-2018 and sell them after 2019.
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Post by razorrock on Jul 9, 2021 11:44:01 GMT -5
I would have bought more figures for retail that I had even a slight interest in.
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Post by zen411 on Jul 9, 2021 11:59:57 GMT -5
I would’ve started collecting Mattel on date one. Would’ve saved me a ton of money & time going back & filling in holes. Same. Passed on demolition and akeem because I already had the jakks versions. Now they are so expensive on the secondary market. Would have discovered rsc sooner. The exclusives I missed out on and knowing about collectors editions and where to look for them. Wouldn't have missed gorilla monsoon, mean gene, etc. |
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