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Post by fallbrawl on Jun 29, 2012 18:28:25 GMT -5
Nice pickups man. Is there a varient on the hardcore holly because mine has thicker legs ?
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Post by Chicago on Jun 29, 2012 20:48:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I believe there is. I also have one with thicker legs and I spotted the difference, like, right after I bid on the set lol. I'm pretty sure the one in the first photo (upper right corner) is the original release, and the Holly figure with smaller legs in the second photo is the variant. It looks very similar to the Road Rage Series figure which also utilized the smaller legs. Personally, I prefer the look of the thicker legs with the torso, and because the skin tone matches the rest of the figure (unlike the smaller legs, for whatever reason that is).
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Post by jammer311 on Jun 30, 2012 15:50:42 GMT -5
I take it you are gonna open all those figures up, Chicago?? Or are you gonna end up keeping any MOC??
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Post by Stoker Ichikawa on Jun 30, 2012 16:07:58 GMT -5
Even though i hated Bob Holly at the time, i remember buying that road rage figure just to get the full sized folding table. Up until that point the only ones i had were the WCW Scott Hall one and the Grapple Gear announce desk. Nice pick ups there pal
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Post by blu3blazer on Jun 30, 2012 18:17:07 GMT -5
Didn't even notice the table in the pic until you mentioned it. I forgot that they first released that table so long ago!
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Post by fallbrawl on Jun 30, 2012 19:20:18 GMT -5
I just bought the backlash hbk with the texas crouch piece for $5.00 moc from a friend.
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Post by Chicago on Jun 30, 2012 21:47:26 GMT -5
I take it you are gonna open all those figures up, Chicago?? Or are you gonna end up keeping any MOC?? I will definitely open 'Taker, Holly and The Brood soon for my loose BCA collection. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. McMahon and Wight are iffy since I might still have doubles of those two figures (I should check these things); if Vince had a cloth suit, I probably couldn't get enough of him (but alas, that is not the case ).
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Post by blu3blazer on Jul 1, 2012 12:10:24 GMT -5
I have a Slammers Patriot. Was he ever made as a straight up BCA?
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Post by Chicago on Jul 1, 2012 13:18:17 GMT -5
Nope, just a one-and-done Slammers Series 2 figure.
It's a shame, really, because Jakks did a good job with that figure.
I know I would have liked to have seen a second Badd Blood 4-pack, this one commemorating the Flag Match at Badd Blood 1997 with BCA figures of Bret Hart, British Bulldog, Vader and The Patriot. Maybe throw in two flags, one for Canada and one for USA, as the set's accessories.
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Post by billthomson1984 on Jul 1, 2012 14:08:28 GMT -5
Nope, just a one-and-done Slammers Series 2 figure. It's a shame, really, because Jakks did a good job with that figure. I know I would have liked to have seen a second Badd Blood 4-pack, this one commemorating the Flag Match at Badd Blood 1997 with BCA figures of Bret Hart, British Bulldog, Vader and The Patriot. Maybe throw in two flags, one for Canada and one for USA, as the set's accessories. that would of been awesome
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Post by PudgieTheSheep on Jul 1, 2012 14:15:00 GMT -5
I'm looking at the Iron Rung set and the Title Belt sets below. I love the titles in the set! Never seen them before I don't think. I love them anyway and think that sets are the coolest things released.
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Post by fallbrawl on Jul 1, 2012 14:59:51 GMT -5
^ that bret hart was the one i used the most in my fig fed.
I always liked how harvey whipplemen is the ref on the box.
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Post by PudgieTheSheep on Jul 1, 2012 15:02:45 GMT -5
Balls! Missed out on the Title Series by 50p. Gutted to say the least! Got the Iron Rung set though. Every cloud...
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Post by jammer311 on Jul 1, 2012 17:06:54 GMT -5
It's still crazy to see this page being so alive. After 142 pages you would think it would have gotten tacked on the Jakks page for all to see.
Anyhow, just curious to those who are buying BCAs off of ebay right now, do you think that in a few years these figures will come into high demand again??
I say this because right now, for the most part you can find loose BCAs cheap. Hell, you can even find MOC BCA figures cheap. So does anyone think that in time, these will be going up in price because they will somehow become the 'in' thing to collect again cause of nostalgia??
I say this after seeing how in years the LJNs and Hasbros have gone up in price for collecting.
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Post by fallbrawl on Jul 1, 2012 19:14:06 GMT -5
^ I hope bca figures hold off being the end thing until i finish my moc collection.lol
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Post by Chicago on Jul 1, 2012 19:20:06 GMT -5
I don't think BCA figures will ever become cool to collect again. Of course, they're my favorite wrestling figure line, but I know I can't speak for the majority of collectors. For them, it's either the current product (Mattel), the RA/DA figures of the past decade, or the nostalgia that goes with the mid-to-late '80s LJN and early-to-mid '90s Hasbro WWF figures. The generation that grew up during the Attitude Era mostly enjoyed it for what it was, but they aren't looking to start up a BCA figure collection in 2012 to relive those days. If they want to do that, they'll re-watch the shows and play the video games. Only the most hardcore of WWF figure collectors will be interested in the BCA line, and even then they'll just go for the earlier Superstars Series, if anything at all. I guess that's where the potential lies for increased value is in Jakks' earlier work, especially the exclusive 2-packs and boxed sets. Over time, they'll probably go for an additional $10 to $20 on top of their current going rates, but it's hard to predict past the next five years or so. If it means anything, I seriously doubt any one piece of the BCA figure line will go for over $100 again. $99 counts lol, and I'm not taking into account postage.
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Post by jammer311 on Jul 1, 2012 23:09:44 GMT -5
Then that is good news to us BCA fans who still love to collect them.
All I need to get is a few more guys to have every guy released. Then I will worry about getting variants of certain guys.
BCA collecting sure is fun and easy to do. Unlike the stress people get in collecting Mattel figures.
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Post by Chicago on Jul 2, 2012 10:33:12 GMT -5
Oh, absolutely.
I can't believe that later this month will have been five years since I started to rebuild my BCA collection.
It feels like just yesterday I was buying large MOC figure lots on eBay with the intent on making some money off of them. Instead, I ended up keeping most of the BCA figures included and sold off the rest, ranging from Hasbro to Jakks' RA figures.
I wanted to sell nothing but BCA figures in an eBay store of my own, but then I came to realize there wasn't much profit to be made so I shifted my interests toward starting a brand new collection.
I lost the majority of my original BCA collection (like, 98-99% of it) over the years, and I have to say these past five years have been the most rewarding for me. My BCA blog (which I guess is on an extended vacation now for, oh, the last six months lol) has helped me to understand more about this figure line than I ever dreamed possible when I started it in May 2009.
I'm still not done, though, as I'm missing pieces here and there for my collection (especially variants and the like) and am always open to learning more from my fellow BCA collectors.
I would love more than anything for there to be a rabid fan base for the BCA line, so long as, like you've said, it doesn't interfere with the reasonable prices that can still be had for us collectors lol. I'm not about to sacrifice that...
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Post by jammer311 on Jul 2, 2012 12:52:02 GMT -5
I did the same thing as you Chicago. About a year ago, I started to collect Rumblers. I thought they would be a fun item to collect when out at Walmart and such. But then I noticed that (at least in Canada) not the whole line would come in for certain series. And to top it off, they went up to like $12 a set. So I ended up selling off my Rumblers, and thus buying the BCAs again, because of my love I had for them so many years ago.
I could never sell off my BCA collection. To me it defines an era of wrestling that I loved so much, at a time frame that had so much constant fun going on in my life.
I would gladly sell off any remaining RAs, Mattels, or DA figures before my BCAs.
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Post by Chip on Jul 2, 2012 14:40:49 GMT -5
man i haven't posted in this thread for awhile, i still just love my BCA's. I could never sell them either, too many memories.
I was in the perfect era for BCAs when they started, old enough to play & enjoy, and old enough to know i wanted to keep them around.
Something I always wondered....what is the legit rarest BCA figure? or set?
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