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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 20, 2017 10:27:36 GMT -5
Managed to grab Cesaro/Owens this morning.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 15, 2017 23:36:45 GMT -5
I've been a huge wrestling fan since I was 5 years old. I'm 36 now.
I work long hours, have been dating the same girl for 9 years, so escapism is also part of that.
Hunting is fun. I enjoy heading out and looking for things. It's something I do alone too so that's nice sometimes too.
I also use it as a bit of creative outlet/hobby with taking pics, posing, and running my Instagram account. It's a lot of fun.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 15, 2017 22:39:31 GMT -5
I hate scalpers myself. Especially after my hunts this weekend. Went to pretty much all the Walmarts in my area. Found Quake and Typhoon but the rest are gone everywhere. Guaranteed the same person grabbed them all.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 15, 2017 22:37:16 GMT -5
Stoked. Pre-ordered. Bring it on!!!!!
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 14, 2017 7:26:43 GMT -5
Still no sign of these in my area. So disappointing.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 13, 2017 12:48:37 GMT -5
Nice! I can't wait for this one... Would like a cooperate suited Vince in the future. I like the new torso mold. Weird how Vince is packaged without the shirt. Flaunt it if you got it I suppose lol. I tired of waiting for one so I made my own suited Vince.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 13, 2017 9:41:41 GMT -5
Honestly they're so similar there isn't much difference. I had them both side by side and chose the Network elite. I think Mattel killed it with both of them for the most part. One of the best scans they've done IMO.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 13, 2017 9:05:29 GMT -5
Anyone that thinks Owen is overrated either isn't a fan of the style of wrestler he was, or they weren't alive when he was in his prime. In the 80s his working style was so ahead of it's time, it simply didn't even work in the United States. He had to go to Japan and establish himself before he was basically welcome back in America. By the time he came back his skills were off the chart and better than the majority of talent working in America. When he was in the WWF in 89 as the Blue Blazer, his high flying moves were off the chart. His moveset was so different it made him stick out like a sore thumb. Then there's the whole feud with Bret, which is one of the best of the entire decade of the 1990s. Overrated? C'mon man, not even close!
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 13, 2017 8:34:23 GMT -5
I'm sure I won't be finding this one locally for a couple more weeks, but MAN Mattel is killing my wallet right now. Had I known this I would've laid off during the end of the year a bit more.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 11, 2017 9:36:40 GMT -5
I own 4 of this figure. 1 is MOC and the other 3 have all been extremely loose in the waist swivel and neck joint. The entrance coat is a nightmare to take off. Has anyone else had this experience? I wish they could make an Undertaker with a entrance coat like DM Sting! I have one, but it was purchased as nothing more as a display piece (because I think it's a killer figure) so I've opened mine to pose on a shelf, but I haven't tried to take the coat off (because I HAVE taken other ones off different Takers and it was a nightmare). Hopefully this isn't a large scale issue.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 11, 2017 9:34:18 GMT -5
Both frustrate me. Whenever new figures are announced or shown at cons and fairs, I can't get excited anymore because HOF, TNF and NS arnt widely available to me, and newly announced figures arnt guaranteed for the main Elite line. I had to pay $50 dollars for TNF Bam Bam. Who decides that Elite Tyler Breeze and Bam Bam are a Walmart exclusive but Nasty Boys rot on shelves around the country? Why is the upcoming Roddy Piper in an exclusive line, but 123 Kid plagues eBay? Does Rowdy Roddy Piper not warrant an accessible regular Elite figure widely available to everybody??Don't pay scalper prices. I've mentioned this here before. Want a fig you don't have access to? Hit me up here and we'll work something out for a trade or a fair price for everything. I REFUSE to pay scalpers to do something that annoys me endlessly. I'll say this a LOT on here but it's true. I like helping other collectors out and if it's hurts the scalpers of the world, I'm all about it.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 9, 2017 12:03:40 GMT -5
I love how these are listed on Target's site, yet they aren't available for shipping and it says "Not available near you". Thanks Target for not being terrible. Oh wait......
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 9, 2017 0:18:56 GMT -5
I haven't found a damn thing at any local Wally World yet.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 8, 2017 18:01:35 GMT -5
You know what makes me sad - when I was kid I remember going into this toy store near my granparents place in Frederickbergs VA. It was like a 'poor man's' toys r us. Also if anyone could tell me the name if they know it, I'd love it. It was in business the time the ghosbusters (filmation) toys were on shelves. Anyways I remember going in there (I got eddie, tracy, fangface & ghostbuggy!) - and they're prices were real cheap - and rounding a corner (prob 1986/7) and there was a WALL of ljn figs. a WALL. IT was the endcap I believe but the shelves went so high and it was rows of figs...my jaw just dropped, it was the coolest toy sight Ive ever seen...now TRY and find stuff...and if you do, it's been there for a year at least. Ah, you're talking about the days when everything was easy to find and distribution didn't seem to be a mess. I remember walking into Children's Palace (remember how awesome that place was? It was better that freaking Toys R Us!) and Toys R Us and getting ANY LJN or GI Joe figure my little heart desired. None of the same ol same ol. The variety was amazing. Children's Palace was heaven when I was a kid!!!!!!
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 7, 2017 21:37:13 GMT -5
Honestly You know what makes me sad - when I was kid I remember going into this toy store near my granparents place in Frederickbergs VA. It was like a 'poor man's' toys r us. Also if anyone could tell me the name if they know it, I'd love it. It was in business the time the ghosbusters (filmation) toys were on shelves. Anyways I remember going in there (I got eddie, tracy, fangface & ghostbuggy!) - and they're prices were real cheap - and rounding a corner (prob 1986/7) and there was a WALL of ljn figs. a WALL. IT was the endcap I believe but the shelves went so high and it was rows of figs...my jaw just dropped, it was the coolest toy sight Ive ever seen...now TRY and find stuff...and if you do, it's been there for a year at least. [/quote]We have to be around the same age, because I remember KMart being like that too. It was even a goldmine for me in the Hasbro days too. Now I've only started collecting figs again last summer. Every trip to every KMart (3 or 4 in total different stores) has yielded the same thing. Depressingly empty shelves. Going into them during this past Holiday season was even more sobering. NOTHING new on the shelves. Empty toy sections too. And on top of that, really old product for insanely high prices. It was crazy.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 6, 2017 15:34:31 GMT -5
Honestly, I hate the baf series with a passion. The first problem being that I don't have a Walmart, the second being going around the internet paying scalper prices for figures I don't want in order to get one I do and lastly a lot of people have trouble finding them. You don't have to worry about those scalper prices anymore bro. I told you I'll hook you up with whatever you may need. Plenty of Walmarts in my area. Anything to break the scalpers!
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 6, 2017 15:31:49 GMT -5
I'd also like to add that Ringside is not the end all be all of figure purchasing and doesn't reflect what happens at mass retail. Just because they've sold out of their early shipment before mass retail has received them is no biggie. They will be back and will be available from other places as well. Don't worry. Are you sure about that? I am pretty sure if it sells out on RSC then it is sold out everywhere. E48 Cactus Jack sold out on there and now its gone forever. Jack was apparently a special circumstance. Last I heard was that RSC would be getting in more Owens/Cesaro's but they were waiting to hear back from Mattel to find out when.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 6, 2017 15:30:21 GMT -5
So frustrating. These 2 packs are showing on Brickseek as in stock at all of my local Targets. Then I go there and NOTHING. You have to make them know it's there by giving them the DPCI number and more than likely they'll go in back and look...now depending on the person they may not look thoroughly or you'll get one that comes out with the box, I got both perspectives while searching... You know, this was going to be my approach the last time I was at one. I actually couldn't find anyone who was working there! I was all ready to approach someone and ask them if they wanted to make a quick $10. I have no issue paying someone to do my a favor!
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 6, 2017 14:43:34 GMT -5
So frustrating. These 2 packs are showing on Brickseek as in stock at all of my local Targets. Then I go there and NOTHING.
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Post by dynamitekido on Jan 6, 2017 12:47:38 GMT -5
Walmart in Hazleton put out the Hasbro styled figures Did they have warrior or taker? Those aren't being released until around Mania.
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