peepulation469
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Post by peepulation469 on Dec 11, 2008 2:05:05 GMT -5
I saw that post asking if we'd be sad when it was over and just had a flash of the first time I saw Jakks figures......
Now I know that all the guys that are way too good to post anything random or pointless just to discuss something will sh*t all over , but maybe some of us can enjoy it.
Anyways. I was 11 years old. I'm pretty sure it was the fall of '95. I had collected Hasbros and they just kinda stopped. I never (and for the most part, still haven't) saw any of the Green Card set in stores. So I had no clue what had happened. They just kinda vanished. After that, all I had were those original, poor LJN rip offs known as WCW from OSFTM. And there was no way I was spending money on those. A bit after that, I saw JustToys Bend-Ems WWF figures. I didn't buy those either. Oddly enough, years later, I began buying both.
I collected random figures here and there. Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Batman Forever, The Shadow......YES, The Shadow. (Hey, they were cheap.) Then......
One day I walked in KB Toys to see....Jakks Series 1. An awesome Undertaker, Razor Ramon, and Shawn Michaels. First ever Diesel and Goldust figs. And my favorite, Bret Hart. I flipped out. I begged and begged and got the Bret. I hit up people left and right to get those other five.
I went back, but Diesel was gone. I picked up the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels and when I got home, I begged my grandmother for money for another. She said no, but the next day she came home with Razor Ramon. My mom had picked him out randomly. When they got another shipment in, I got Diesel and Goldust.
I didn't have the internet. I never knew there would be anymore good figures. Months later they had series 2 in with a Warrior, Vader, and Owen Hart. All three bad ass figures. A bit later I asked if they had anything new and they had a fresh case of series 3. They opened them right in front of me. I got the Bulldog and the begging for more was on. Then I discovered toy magazines, figs in WWF magazine, and my step dad had......AOL.
Very hard to believe that was 13 years ago. Harder to believe I'm 25 and still buying these things and typing this story. Haha. I guess it is kinda sad that Jakks is losing the license. If you're a sentimental wrestling action figure kinda guy....and I know we all are.
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Post by carly1988 on Dec 11, 2008 2:11:13 GMT -5
I dont remember the date or year exactly but I remember walking into Walmart and finding BCA Series 1. I bought all but Taker cause I hated the Glow in the Dark effect.
RA style i was at KB TOys and found CS3 Dibiase and Jake Roberts. That got me hooked from that point on.
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hbklique1
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Post by hbklique1 on Dec 11, 2008 2:12:33 GMT -5
first time i saw a jakks fig was in 95' when i was 8 at target with my mom looking at the toy aisle and seeing wwf figures. i had just started watching a few months before and once i saw series 1 bca diesel and shawn michaels i begged to get them which resulted in my first 2 bca figures. i sold my collection about 2 years ago until i saw the hbk/diesel 2 pack which inspired me to start collecting the cs line
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Post by tnafan4life on Dec 11, 2008 2:12:48 GMT -5
I don't remember.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Dec 11, 2008 2:54:48 GMT -5
yeah, I remember. My grandparents took me to KB toys like back in 1996 or something and I saw BCA series 1.
The first Jakks figure I ever got was Shawn Michaels.
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John™
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Post by John™ on Dec 11, 2008 3:04:59 GMT -5
My birthday 2000
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Dec 11, 2008 3:08:38 GMT -5
When for my birthday a pal handed me a foley and it all grew from there.
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EMINЭMツ
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Post by EMINЭMツ on Dec 11, 2008 3:11:52 GMT -5
When i walked into k-mart about 2 or 3 years ago.
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Post by BULLDOGS AND STORM 2009 on Dec 11, 2008 3:54:07 GMT -5
bout 10 years ago when i saw the wcw smash n slam series
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kukulkajason
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Post by kukulkajason on Dec 11, 2008 5:18:13 GMT -5
When i was a toddler i remember having a few LJN figures that i played with and have no recollection of what happened to them
Then around the age of 4 i dont remember how or when, but i was given the Hasbro Ring with Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan, The Big Bossman Series 1, Hacksaw Jim Duggan Series 2 and The Ultimate Warrior Series 2 figures that i still have today
Around the age of 10 i remember going to Hills, Ames (former retail stores), Kmart and Toys R Us and having my mom buy me a giant Raw is War ring, a few BCA figures, a few two packs, a few accessory packs and a box set which i opened and played with very seldom but mostly displayed in their packaging which i kept and still have today
Up to the age of 16 i was a huge WWF fan but after watching Raw one night and learning of the big news that WCW was being bought by WWF i watched both Raw and the final episode of Nitro and was completely devastated at what was occurring, the story lines on Raw and SmackDown immediately stopped interesting me after only a few episodes so i completely stopped watching wrestling altogether
After having stored all of my wrestling collection away for over 6 years and collecting a few misc. figures along the way i pulled all of my collection out of storage and started researching wrestling figures (stumbling upon this site) rekindling my interest in wrestling all together.
I soon learned of the return of Chris Jericho, not even knowing that he had left in the first place or became the first undisputed champion being a huge Jericho fan i instantly started watching again.
After catching up on all that i missed i discovered there had been many styles of figures made in my absence. TTL, RA, DA, BnB, MA, etc.
Figuring there was no point in going out and picking up a brand new figure from the middle of a series i started looking for older figures and discovered a few local shops that carried and regularly received loose and even older carded figures and started to purchase my favorite superstars of the past and present and even started hitting up local flea markets finding figures
Then one day i broke down and hit up my local KB Toys and Toys R Us after discovering that they carried the newest of figures and started buying even more favorites, and learning from here that there where certain figures to look for (1 of 500, etc.)
Now one year later, over 60 loose RA, over 10 carded RA, over 10 loose TTL/R3 figures, over 20 BCA and over 20 Hasbro here i am
Its also past 5am and i have insomnia, bare with me, haha
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Post by mrwest on Dec 11, 2008 5:19:00 GMT -5
R3 DAMN I MISS THOSE .
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kukulkajason
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Post by kukulkajason on Dec 11, 2008 5:23:27 GMT -5
Speaking of which i just picked up a Steve Austin R3 Tech Series 5 carded yesterday for $6
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Post by jfinnomore on Dec 11, 2008 5:38:23 GMT -5
my buddy gave me a BCA Bret Hart and HBK back in the day.
RA ironically enough I got CS Series 1 HBK and Hart when i saw them when i worked at kmart.
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the hell demon
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i must possess all, or i possess nothing
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Post by the hell demon on Dec 11, 2008 7:00:07 GMT -5
same as everyone else
bca hbk
still have it
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MR._SOCKO
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Post by MR._SOCKO on Dec 11, 2008 7:14:41 GMT -5
BCAs at Hills. I didn't start collecting those until I bought a Series 3 HBK & Sid and then went back and got all the ones I had missed.
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bigbrobuff
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Post by bigbrobuff on Dec 11, 2008 8:06:42 GMT -5
My brother has been in it from the beginning with me buying the odd figure here and there. The one thing I remember was how BAD they were. If you disagree, go look at Davey Boy Smith and Marc Mero. Thank GOD they hired talented people and started using RealScan.
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natureboy72
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Post by natureboy72 on Dec 11, 2008 8:19:05 GMT -5
I got back into collecting when I saw the Road Warriors BCA's. What really got me was the shoulder pads.
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Post by skribbel24 on Dec 11, 2008 8:43:22 GMT -5
I thought the BCAs weren't very good the first time I saw them.
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jdbuzz4044
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Post by jdbuzz4044 on Dec 11, 2008 10:00:59 GMT -5
When the hasbro line stopped, I was pretty bumbed. Like many, i never saw the green card series in stores. Then, the Jus toy line came out. I collected them, as well as OSTM to tide me over unitl WWF ( sorry, WWE) came out with a new line.
In 1996, my mom told me that something was going to pump me up about the new Lee action figure magazine. When I got home from school (8th grade baby!!!), there was a picture of the 6 BCA series 1 figures in the magazine. I was beyond pumped to get Diesel and Goldust.
About 2 months later, after religously checking Toysrus 3 times a week, I found the complete set of BCA series 1 at Toysrus. I still have all 6.
About 6 months later, I go series 2 for Christmas. The Ultimate Warrior was a great figure. i also go the Monster Ring. On the back of the monster ring they had a COMING SOON title with the names, Pyscho Sid and the British Bulldog. I remember being so stoked for the 3rd series.
Memories, I miss the days of wondering who would be included in the next BCA Super Stars series. BCA was my favorite line to date. Now im 26, and still collecting. one day i will grow up...hopefully
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Post by wrestlingfigure on Dec 11, 2008 10:07:51 GMT -5
Ames In greenville NY.I was there to spend a whooping $12 i earned raking/mowing.I was going to buy some of those (what i thought then was) crap wcw rubber figures(i love them now).I walked buy saw a series 1 razor and diesel, got about 1/4 of the way down the aisle did a double take and let out a oh $HIT!I had no means of knowing new figures were out or who was in them and so on.I Ran back and grabed all of series one and asked my father to help pay for the balance after i spent my $12 he agreed and my jakks BCA collection had a excellent start.Holy crap, those were the days.I also loved stumbling upon hasbros i didnt know existed or seeing them in wwf magazine and waiting week by week for them to pop up.Thanks for the disscusion.
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