Is it worth it to start collecting Mattels

I'm 30 and didn't start collecting Mattel's til last November. I had collected Jakks since they began making TTL's. I was hesitant at first to start over with a new company and rebuild a roster, but when i finally picked up a Best of 2010 Elite Triple H and saw how amazingly it was done I was hooked. Here we are a year later and I have over 75+ elites and Legends. The classifieds here have helped me in a big way. I have traded the vast majority of my Jakks collection for Mattel's and haven't regretted it once.

Well we wouldn't want that to happen now would we!!??

So all you've seen posted about is the good so far about why you should collect. But I'd like to point out one thing.

The Mattel line is great and all but it's still plagued by a major problem in distribution. If your looking to start picking things up in your local area you should probably go out and take a look to see what it's like first. Some places seem to get everything quickly, some seem to take forever to get new stuff and sometimes a complete series will just get skipped over and you will never see them locally. Of course you can always order online but be prepared to spend more than you would at retail a lot of times.

If your interested in legends I think it wouldn't be worth investing in Mattel now that legends have dryed up in retail. Basically legends will only be an online item with sales predicting the future of legends as an online exclusive. But if you enjoy modern WWE I would say collect the figures!

yes i worth collecting, since i dont have to much space at my room cause i share it with my brother i just took all my mattel figures loose something i didnt want to but i kept some important series in their own box but the others loose is work cause u can get them any place, some times cheap and are they have a good feeling and material that are better than jakks

If you want a detailed collection all in scale with each other then yeah its totally worth it.

Crush,

I collected towards the end of the attitude era, 00-01. The first set I picked up was the Jakks, Guerrero, Saturn, Raven, Richards, etc... I purchased around 30 figures, and then realized I just couldn't afford it.

FF 10 years later, and I'm enthralled with Mattel. They do a great job. The figures look outstanding. Mattel communicates with us fans on the boards. Even though I'm more of a "lurker" w/o a lot of posts, I read daily.

They are well worth it, IMO! The Mattel WWE line is the best-looking one I've collected. The scale alone is awesome but they're also nicely detailed and they keep getting better each year. One nice thing about coming into the collection late is that you can pick out the best versions of your favorite Superstars. For example, the latest Miz, Undertaker, Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, and Cody Rhodes figures are a lot better than their earlier releases. I'd recommend picking up the newest figures and working backwards to fill in any gaps.

Overall, this is a fun collection...You'll really see it when you put a couple of figures next to each other! I hope this helps!

Go for it. I started collecting in January of 2011 and I missed out on some of the first Mattel figures of ones who are now released such as The Hurricane and Mike Knox. For one thing all of Mattel's figures are in scale with each other. Mattel figures have tighter joints than Jakks figures. Mattel's figures don't look cartoonish compared to Jakks. When it comes to rings, Mattel pwns Jakks. With Mattel's rings, the ropes are pre tied. Whereas Jakks rings they are not. Mattel's Ring Posts are sturdier too and they don't cave in like Jakks ones do. The ring decals actually stick compared to Jakks ones. So yeah Mattel wins over Jakks.