confessions of a MOC Hasbro collector

Razor Rotundo? Scott Shyster? Mike Ramon? A am sure at least one or two of those have been used as indy wrestling names in the past!

BTW, true story, I have had that figure MOC for about 12 years now and I NEVER realized it has the silver "Razor Ramon" logo written on the back of the vest! I've never seen or had one loose!

I've got a handful of MOC Hasbros and they're signed. So I'm keeping them MOC!

Even though that Razor figure isn't worth a whole lot, there's no way I'd open any of my MOC Hasbro's. And yes, I do have that Razor too. I just think they look much better in the package rather than loose on a shelf.

Well, I'm gonna shock you a bit with a confession nobody knew, except for Stom...

OK, here it goes: I kind of cheated on this hobby with my old love... Die Cast. That's right: a year and half ago I decided to quit collecting figs and pick up my 3" Ferraris collection again.
Anyway, what I'm getting to is the following; setting die-cast free has a name: DLM (Die cast Liberation Movement); I'm a DLM'er. Maybe it's time to find a name for rescueing caged figures... FLF (Figure Liberation Front)?

Well, I couldn't completely leave my former love (collecting wrestling figs) in the cold: I still collect Popys (loose) and the occasional Pro-Wrestling NOAH fig (most of the time they get ripped out of the package).

Yeah, you know I've gotten similar comparisons in the past (I get Glen Danzig from the band Danzig and the original Misfits when I have my hair down).

Anyway, I just had to tear that Razor off the card, pretty much for every reason already mentioned. I spent YEARS going to stores, checking over cards and bubbles, picking up the best looking ones and extras to sell later, and now they mostly sit in boxes. They may look nice carded, but you can't see them in a box in the attic. That same Razor figure used to get 20-35 dollars EASY (same with the seven dollar Crush I referenced in the original post) but now sells for just over original retail most of the time, so why bother holding on to it MOC and letting it sit in a box when I can get out some MOC collector frustration and rip it open! Like I wrote, after all these years of having Razor figures MOC I never knew there was a logo on the back of the vest!

It just felt really liberating to throw caution to the wind and open an old figure. And all it really cost me is the five dollars I originally paid for it when I got it.

I've got my eye on that Berzerker figure that I think needs a pair of custom furry boots and a sword now! Or maybe that IRS to form the dreaded Razor Rotundo tag team!

Ruby, I like the FLF idea. Who else wants to make a move and post some nice, newly freed figures?