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Post by decadofdistruction on Dec 11, 2008 10:46:35 GMT -5
BCA 2
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Post by T-Phunk on Dec 11, 2008 11:01:43 GMT -5
I was waiting at a bus stop. It was rainy and unseasonably cold for a September. There it was standing in front of the library. Trying to shield itself from the rain underneath a tiny overhang. I smiled it smiled back. I gestured for it to come over and share my umbrella. It didn't, but timidly I approached it and it did not resist my advance. We decided to move our moment to a nearby coffee shop. I ordered decaf, I didn't want to add to the anxiety. I ordered it an herbal tea, but it didn't drink a drop. Just sat there listening to me for hours. That was 12 years ago and me and my BCA D'Lo Brown are still in love today. Of course are family has grown some, what can I say I have an insatiable appetite...
Most LEGENDARY topic ever.
Peepulation 4 Life
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Post by boxcarracer on Dec 11, 2008 12:15:44 GMT -5
It was the start of 1996 and a house show was coming to my city. My parents said I was to young to go alone with my brother, so he ended up getting to go with his friend. I was devastated! And it didn't help matters that I had to come to pick them up and my dad arrived an hour early so we were sitting in the parking lot with me only imagining what it could be like in there. After much begging and well...crying, my mom said she would walk me into the building at least so we did and to my surprise she asked/begged the ticket ripper if we could go in for a minute to the souvenir stand just a few feet inside the doors to the actual event (set up was alot different than todays events). He said yes! So with cheering and slamming going on in the distance I discovered that they made wrestling figures and saw the Bret Hart Series 1 BCA immediately. I was so happy about my new figure, the actual event was completely off my mind and I had no interest trying to catch a climpse until i heard my favorite wrestler Tatanka's theme music and I dragged my mom in for a closer look to sit in the back row to watch for a sec. The man who had originally let us in didnt let that go down for long and away we were! back in the car to wait, but I was happier than ever haha.
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Post by peepulation469 on Dec 11, 2008 12:33:02 GMT -5
I was waiting at a bus stop. It was rainy and unseasonably cold for a September. There it was standing in front of the library. Trying to shield itself from the rain underneath a tiny overhang. I smiled it smiled back. I gestured for it to come over and share my umbrella. It didn\'t, but timidly I approached it and it did not resist my advance. We decided to move our moment to a nearby coffee shop. I ordered decaf, I didn\'t want to add to the anxiety. I ordered it an herbal tea, but it didn\'t drink a drop. Just sat there listening to me for hours. That was 12 years ago and me and my BCA D\'Lo Brown are still in love today. Of course are family has grown some, what can I say I have an insatiable appetite... Silliest topic ever. There\'s always some. Congrats. You\'re the first. With the time you spent typing that, you could\'ve really answered the question. As of now, there\'s 22 post. One of which is a hater. There for, you being the minority, come across as the a-hole. Not the rest of us. Sad too, because that was well written.....unless you copied from something you\'ve read. Which if so, very clever. This IS the silliest topic ever. Right up there with I found a RA figure today that\'s been out for months and I paid full price for.
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Post by flash1121 on Dec 11, 2008 12:35:44 GMT -5
It all started when I first started to watch wrestling like around the third grade probably the start of the attitude era. and one day there at my school everyone was just walking around with wrestling figs.. since my parents didn't want to buy me any I started saving my money My first fig Was a BCA X-pac with a TV and my second fig was WCW Goldberg. then the years passed and my friends didn't want there figs any more and they started giving them to me and now I'm here with about 300 Figures.. but now I strictly collect RA and CS Style Figs only
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Post by LA Times on Dec 11, 2008 12:48:46 GMT -5
BCA Series 1 in 1996. I thought they were hideous and never bought one until I bought a BCA Stone Cold Steve Austin in 1997.
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Post by E-Noon on Dec 11, 2008 13:02:44 GMT -5
I always would bring in my Hasbros into school when I was younger, then one of my friends brought in Bret and Owen BCA, I hated them.
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Post by Chicago on Dec 11, 2008 13:37:32 GMT -5
I don't remember exact days like others in this thread, but I started collecting Jakks figures around the same time they were first coming out. I might have missed some in the earlier series, but I definitely would have started collecting them starting in either late 1996 or early 1997.
I collected all the way up until late TTL when I stopped for a few years and then started up again in 2004 once RA had already taken over TTL and R3. I do remember a lot of times going to various stores like TRU and KB Toys and hoping to find new series of BCA figures. For some reason, I distinctly remember buying a Superstars Series 1 or 2 Undertaker long after it had been in stores at a KB Toys in my local mall to replace my original one. Also, I remember buying a few from Superstars Series 7 and the KOTR Breakdown set when they first hit stores, but the majority of my collecting memories are blurred from that time period.
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Post by Classic Collector: The Return on Dec 11, 2008 13:43:40 GMT -5
BCA Superstars 1 - Undertaker, Razor & Diesel
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Post by Zigzag on Dec 11, 2008 13:55:44 GMT -5
First time I saw them for myself, I was at my local Caldors. I saw Razor Ramon and snapped him up. A few weeks later, the store chain was preparing to close for good, and everything was marked down considerably. I grabbed two other Razors for $2.00 each. They are still MOC to this day. Probably not worth too much now. Until the store shut for good, I would walk down there and grab as many BCAs as I could (most went for customs). The few I have left are in storage.
I'll never forget when I went down there and discovered a STOMP Series 1 Brian Pillman...but I forgot my wallet. I ended up literally running across town, back home, retrieving my wallet, only to run right back and buy it. I was almost hit by a truck crossing the street, but at the time, it was worth it.
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Post by lucasjmazzle on Dec 11, 2008 13:59:26 GMT -5
the first figs i got was the 3 pack of raven stone cold and shane oMac
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Post by Chicago on Dec 11, 2008 14:07:10 GMT -5
First time I saw them for myself, I was at my local Caldors. I saw Razor Ramon and snapped him up. A few weeks later, the store chain was preparing to close for good, and everything was marked down considerably. I grabbed two other Razors for $2.00 each. They are still MOC to this day. Probably not worth too much now. Until the store shut for good, I would walk down there and grab as many BCAs as I could (most went for customs). The few I have left are in storage. I'll never forget when I went down there and discovered a STOMP Series 1 Brian Pillman...but I forgot my wallet. I ended up literally running across town, back home, retrieving my wallet, only to run right back and buy it. I was almost hit by a truck crossing the street, but at the time, it was worth it. Now that's dedication. I never found Razor or Diesel in stores when I was growing up, but now I've had my hands on them so many times, it doesn't feel the same as it did when I first bought them last year. Also, as far as crazy collecting stories go, my mother bought me the DTA Tour Series 2 Blue Blazer MOC for either my birthday or Christmas of 1999 from a local hobby shop for $75, which still exceeds the most I have ever paid for one figure. But, she bought it months before when Owen had recently passed and that set in particular was STILL hard to find before his death, and then became impossible to find afterwards around my area. Similar to you, I still have it MOC and up for display in my bedroom, and if I were to ever save one figure from a house fire, I would save that one.
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Post by 51 on Dec 11, 2008 14:17:45 GMT -5
I saw STOMP series 1 in Woolworths
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Post by unamerican on Dec 11, 2008 14:33:09 GMT -5
i remember the first time i did, i had been watching WWF for a couple years and always remembered seeing the commericials for the WWF figures on the old Colesium vhs'...then one night i was in Toy Works/Kb Toys with my mom and saw some of the bone crunching figures. I instantly grabbed Shawn Michaels in blue tights with black stripes and Bret Hart. Then i spent the next month until christmas begging and begging for my parents to get me the Monster Ring. Those were the good old days when i could sit and play with just 2 figures for hrs on end
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Post by WCM's Izzy on Dec 11, 2008 16:00:00 GMT -5
Let me see if my memory doesn't fail me... I actually started in late 2006. I was watching ECW on local cable, same channel that passed the UFC. For their UFC "ad" they had an image of a bulldog, and for their ECW one, an image of an RA Edge. Soon I would be surfing all over RSC and drooling all over my keyboard, leading my co-workers to conclude that I was surfing porn... and I'd eventually order an AD HHH with Cena and an RA Taker. Man, I was so happy when I got those... the only ones unhappy were the Playmobils, sensing that they had just been replaced by big, bulky men in underoos.
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Post by PJ on Dec 11, 2008 16:33:58 GMT -5
First time I saw Jakks WWE figures...was at the Totowa NJ TRU andI thought my God they look aweful. And I didn't think they'd last a year. (I guess I was wrong) But those original BCA were God aweful. They were horrid looking. They've come a long way.
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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Dec 11, 2008 16:35:02 GMT -5
I friends brother used to collect and then I started once I saw his colection but that was back in the BnB days 95 - 99
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Post by T-Phunk on Dec 11, 2008 20:37:58 GMT -5
I was waiting at a bus stop. It was rainy and unseasonably cold for a September. There it was standing in front of the library. Trying to shield itself from the rain underneath a tiny overhang. I smiled it smiled back. I gestured for it to come over and share my umbrella. It didn\'t, but timidly I approached it and it did not resist my advance. We decided to move our moment to a nearby coffee shop. I ordered decaf, I didn\'t want to add to the anxiety. I ordered it an herbal tea, but it didn\'t drink a drop. Just sat there listening to me for hours. That was 12 years ago and me and my BCA D\'Lo Brown are still in love today. Of course are family has grown some, what can I say I have an insatiable appetite... Silliest topic ever. There\'s always some. Congrats. You\'re the first. With the time you spent typing that, you could\'ve really answered the question. As of now, there\'s 22 post. One of which is a hater. There for, you being the minority, come across as the a-hole. Not the rest of us. Sad too, because that was well written.....unless you copied from something you\'ve read. Which if so, very clever. This IS the silliest topic ever. Right up there with I found a RA figure today that\'s been out for months and I paid full price for. Dude seriously have a sense of humor. This topic has been a million times on this board disguised as when did you first start collecting or what was your first Jakks figure. I typed funny story because of the title of this one made it sound like the beginning of a romance. Which in fact, made this thread silly to me. I believed and still do at least some people will get a chuckle reading it. Only one of us went to name calling so which one of us is an a hole. And what is with all the unnecessary slashes?
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Post by peepulation469 on Dec 11, 2008 20:54:30 GMT -5
There\\\'s always some. Congrats. You\\\'re the first. With the time you spent typing that, you could\\\'ve really answered the question. As of now, there\\\'s 22 post. One of which is a hater. There for, you being the minority, come across as the a-hole. Not the rest of us. Sad too, because that was well written.....unless you copied from something you\\\'ve read. Which if so, very clever. This IS the silliest topic ever. Right up there with I found a RA figure today that\\\'s been out for months and I paid full price for. Dude seriously have a sense of humor. This topic has been a million times on this board disguised as when did you first start collecting or what was your first Jakks figure. I typed funny story because of the title of this one made it sound like the beginning of a romance. Which in fact, made this thread silly to me. I believed and still do at least some people will get a chuckle reading it. Only one of us went to name calling so which one of us is an a hole. And what is with all the unnecessary slashes? Oh, I do. It was funny and well written. I got what you were going for. I\'ve been on here about a year and don\'t recall seeing a thread for the first time someone saw anything from the Jakks line. I just hate how there\'s so many people on this board that jump down people\'s throats for writing, asking, or posting stuff. I just knew there\'d be somebody. Oddly, you were the only one (so far). I expected more. And the slashes were just put in with the \'. I didn\'t do them.
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Post by T-Phunk on Dec 11, 2008 21:08:00 GMT -5
Look pumpkin, if me calling the post silly hurt your feeling so badly, I will be the bigger man for and say I am sorry for saying it. You don't need to go all hostile cause someone has a differing opinion than you. I used the word SILLY not stupid, not dumb- just silly. I even tried to contribute to your thread by adding some humor to it. Chillax, bro I am not out to get you I will even modify the post for you so we can hug it out and start a bromance. Hope these efforts will satisfy you Mr. Peep. Cheers.
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