Post by poindizzle on May 17, 2012 21:41:34 GMT -5
Remember when the Nexus figures were the "IT" thing? High premiums, crazy anticipation, a certain degree of difficulty finding them.
Now, there's a K-mart not far from here where I can still get Otunga/Tarver, and Gabriel/Young.
My shelf has limited space, I've got about 200 Mattels so far and only room for about 100 to display. I just recently pulled out my boxes to freshen my shelf. When I change my display, sometimes there are themes, whether they are related to the show or to the types of figures. The last shelf I had arranged was mostly basic current roster. now my shelf is Legends/ Elite centric.
Anyway, I meant to post this last week when I had those boxes down. It is fun to reminisce about what I was buying last year and the year before, what I was hunting, what was so satisfying when I finally saw it on the shelves, the direction that the characters and the WWE product was taking, and it made me a little sad that this year has largely been frustrating with more wasted trips. As a man who enjoys the hunt I am disappointed.
The other thing I noticed was how very little I have ever cared for the Nexus figures even though I searched high and low and went out of my way to prioritize them. My first question I guess then, is who put a huge priority on these figures, like myself, just because they were rare and something to hunt? And secondly, who still has theirs out on display?
Quick thoughts on the Nexus set:
Wade Barret, particularly the TLC because of the tights design, is a competent figure, but is blown away by his newer figure.
Same for Gabriel, the Battle Packs and B19 are more interesting.
Heath Slater was awful. Thank God the Battle Packs figure is nicer, and hopefully his Elite will turn out well.
Didn't care for or about Darren Young.
Otunga had cool trunks but everything else was solidly average. His new body mold looks fantastic by comparison.
Skip Sheffield was cool, and underrated. Possibly my favorite of the lot along with Mike Tarver, which is saying something about the quality of the figure. Tarver is one of the worst stars to disgrace our televisions in recent years.
So, 2 out of seven isn't saying much.
Who liked the set? Who hated it? Who didn't buy it?
Now, there's a K-mart not far from here where I can still get Otunga/Tarver, and Gabriel/Young.
My shelf has limited space, I've got about 200 Mattels so far and only room for about 100 to display. I just recently pulled out my boxes to freshen my shelf. When I change my display, sometimes there are themes, whether they are related to the show or to the types of figures. The last shelf I had arranged was mostly basic current roster. now my shelf is Legends/ Elite centric.
Anyway, I meant to post this last week when I had those boxes down. It is fun to reminisce about what I was buying last year and the year before, what I was hunting, what was so satisfying when I finally saw it on the shelves, the direction that the characters and the WWE product was taking, and it made me a little sad that this year has largely been frustrating with more wasted trips. As a man who enjoys the hunt I am disappointed.
The other thing I noticed was how very little I have ever cared for the Nexus figures even though I searched high and low and went out of my way to prioritize them. My first question I guess then, is who put a huge priority on these figures, like myself, just because they were rare and something to hunt? And secondly, who still has theirs out on display?
Quick thoughts on the Nexus set:
Wade Barret, particularly the TLC because of the tights design, is a competent figure, but is blown away by his newer figure.
Same for Gabriel, the Battle Packs and B19 are more interesting.
Heath Slater was awful. Thank God the Battle Packs figure is nicer, and hopefully his Elite will turn out well.
Didn't care for or about Darren Young.
Otunga had cool trunks but everything else was solidly average. His new body mold looks fantastic by comparison.
Skip Sheffield was cool, and underrated. Possibly my favorite of the lot along with Mike Tarver, which is saying something about the quality of the figure. Tarver is one of the worst stars to disgrace our televisions in recent years.
So, 2 out of seven isn't saying much.
Who liked the set? Who hated it? Who didn't buy it?