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Post by poindizzle on Feb 29, 2012 23:40:07 GMT -5
What's the longest you have waited on purchasing a figure before you got it and wondered why the hell you waited so long?
For me it was Elite 3 Miz at nearly 2 years. I seem to remember Elite 3 hitting my local stores in about May or June of 2010, it may have been a little earlier, but the Miz peg warmed for months and months to the point that before Christmas that year I could find him at every major retailer in the area. Fast forward to Friday of last week when the Miz came in my mail from an Ebay purchase. Ebay has dried up recently on a lot of the early basics and Elites, so $17 bucks shipped was a steal to me. I wanted this figure because I am trying to have a complete collection of Elites, but when I opened the package I was immediately impressed. His scan looks great, his gear looks great and the paint apps were very sharp. Great purchase.
The longest I had waited before that was with E4 Finlay, for about 8-9 months, and that was also a right nice figure.
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Post by jasonphoenix1 on Mar 1, 2012 0:24:15 GMT -5
I would say E8 Undertaker. At the time I was only buying Legends and bought the EG Taker and an elite Taker not sure which one but I think was TRU exclusive. To make a legends Taker. I got the E8 probably a month ago since I decided I would go ahead and buy current roster guys as well and was asking myself why did I wait. Very nice figure.
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Post by richversion1 on Mar 1, 2012 5:23:50 GMT -5
Elite 5 Chavo Guerrero, TRU was the only on who had him and he was 17.99 when at the time most places still had elites for 14.99 but eventually i gave in and just got him, i'm happy i did...
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Post by qdogg on Mar 1, 2012 5:52:38 GMT -5
My Kmart had elite Jericho and Goldust on their shelves forever and ever and ever and I passed and now I kind of wished I would of picked them up..I even could of gotten them at a discount at one time but still passed and now they are gone. Oh well. I also passed on CM Punk elite 11 the one and only time I saw him at Kmart.
I kinda wanted Akeem but wasnt willing to pay Walmarts Legends price of 15.97 but then they put them in clearance and I got him for 7.90 plus tax so I was happy.
Right now the one im holding out on is Andre because Im not sure at this point whether I want to pay that much for a figure.
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Post by Joey Eches on Mar 1, 2012 6:28:59 GMT -5
Elite 3 Santino... and now I can't even get my hands on one now that I want it... GAH!
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Post by PJ on Mar 1, 2012 6:49:00 GMT -5
Other than the Elite 13 Sheamus I've always bought the figures I'm looking for as soon as I see them.
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Post by mrhoss on Mar 1, 2012 7:50:33 GMT -5
I skipped Slater/Christian the first time I saw them but I seldom go back to buy a figure I initially passed on.
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Post by fallbrawl on Mar 1, 2012 10:58:03 GMT -5
Legends 1 Sgt. Slaughter. I first seen this figure everywhere and kept saying i would get it later. Well when i finally decided to get him i could not find one. I ended up getting him for Christmas.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 1, 2012 11:36:02 GMT -5
Elite Shad. I kept passing on him over and over until I went to buy him he was gone.
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Post by pxkgotosleep on Mar 1, 2012 11:38:51 GMT -5
WWE DA Figures. First one I bought was the Punk one in 2008. Then I started collecting in 2011.
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Post by Von Hooten on Mar 1, 2012 14:31:55 GMT -5
Legends Terry Funk. My friend bought a second one recently, and after seeing him up close I really want one. I know of some stores in my area that are still carrying him.
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Post by Cammi Oh on Mar 1, 2012 14:39:03 GMT -5
DM Piper. I almost got him the first time I saw him in Target. I passed... finally picked him up at Tuesday Morning for $8.
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Post by Bandalero on Mar 1, 2012 15:11:43 GMT -5
For me it was the Twin Towers. I didn't want to get Akeem when he came out with L5 because, well I'm just not into the Twin Towers, I would have preferred One Man Gang. But after 6 months or so I caved and got him via Classifieds and it is a cool figure!
Because of my lack of interest in the Twin Towers I knew when I got Akeem I'd need Bossman, but I procrastinated when he was up for pre-order at RSC and missed out. Been waiting two months for their E14 restock so I should get him next monday.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Mar 1, 2012 15:18:04 GMT -5
I went a long time without getting Elite 8 Edge. I think I passed on it for like 2 months.....I wanted it and I wanted it and I just couldn't get past the head scan. But when TLC came out, I got the TLC Edge and put the head on the Elite 8 Edge and made, in my opinion, the BEST figure to represent the end of Edge's career.
Sure it cost me the price of an Elite + a Basic to make....but I think it was worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 15:40:01 GMT -5
zack ryder i stupidly passed on him back in may in symths now i can't get my hands on one
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Post by The Madness on Mar 1, 2012 15:49:03 GMT -5
There were a few Legends, like Sgt. Slaughter, that I didn't care for the first time around and didn't pick them up until they were on clearance at K-mart for $6.
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Post by dizcoduck on Mar 1, 2012 16:27:14 GMT -5
Elite Chavo for me. I had seen him in stores, but was hoping he would get a basic release by himself, but it never happened. Finally ended up ordering the Elite Chavo of Amazon so I could at least have a version of him from Mattel.
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Post by poindizzle on Mar 1, 2012 17:43:20 GMT -5
I almost forgot that I too have been buying some of the older legends when K-mart does their 50% off of Clearance items. I picked up Dusty Rhodes right after Christmas and he is fantastic, love the headscan!
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Post by skribbel24 on Mar 1, 2012 17:57:27 GMT -5
Took me a long time before I wanted an R Truth figure!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 18:15:36 GMT -5
Hasbro Tatanka. I didn't like his double clothesline body mold when i was a kid back in the day so I passed on him. I kept seeing him at comic shops and cons anywhere I saw Hasbros and kept passing still, bought several Hasbros off eBay throughout the years rounding out my collection & kept passing on him, then eventually saw one on a pristine card brand new at The Outer Limit in Nashville for $10 and bought him, like 20 years later.
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