Post by WWECollector on Sept 8, 2012 22:42:54 GMT -5
It's been a few weeks since I have found anything good at retail and that all changed tonight. It all started when after watching this week's Smackdown on my DVR, I decided I wanted to get an extra Wade Barrett to fix up with his return look. With B20 showing up around me, I figured it shouldn't be that hard.
So I decided to primarily hit up Toys R Us since they are getting new shipper displays, and low and behold I found one that wasn't really hit hard.
Of course it had the Wade Barrett I was after, but to my surprise Battle Packs 18 was there still and I got a full set, plus a second Zack/Dolph to open for my display since those two are my current favorites.
Being the big Ryder fan I am, I caved and got a second set with his Rumbler in it as well since I try to get 2 of all his Mattels (1 to Open/1 to keep MOC). I don't normally buy doubles of Rumblers, but made the exception for him.
And of course I got the extra B20 Wade I wanted as well (more on that soon). The icing on the cake? The fact that the Buy 1/Get 1 50% off sale on WWE stuff was still going on, so 4 Battle Packs, 1 Basic, & 1 Set of Rumblers cost me roughly $90.
As for Wade Barrett, it's not a full blown fix up/custom to match his return attire (just his head which we all know will take months to actually get an updated one), but I am very pleased with it considering it is my first attempt at a fix up.
Plain and simple, all it took to accomplish that was a Sharpie with a thinner point. The toughest part was the area around his top lip, which if I can touch up, I probably will. Right now though, I am really satisfied with it (from a distance the Sharpie blends right in with the original figure paint job).
More than likely this is just a one time deal for me since I am not really interested in full blown fix ups/customs, but who knows? It was a simple one and I had a blast doing it, plus the desire to do so lead to me having one of the better retail hauls of mine for the past few months!
So I decided to primarily hit up Toys R Us since they are getting new shipper displays, and low and behold I found one that wasn't really hit hard.
Of course it had the Wade Barrett I was after, but to my surprise Battle Packs 18 was there still and I got a full set, plus a second Zack/Dolph to open for my display since those two are my current favorites.
Being the big Ryder fan I am, I caved and got a second set with his Rumbler in it as well since I try to get 2 of all his Mattels (1 to Open/1 to keep MOC). I don't normally buy doubles of Rumblers, but made the exception for him.
And of course I got the extra B20 Wade I wanted as well (more on that soon). The icing on the cake? The fact that the Buy 1/Get 1 50% off sale on WWE stuff was still going on, so 4 Battle Packs, 1 Basic, & 1 Set of Rumblers cost me roughly $90.
As for Wade Barrett, it's not a full blown fix up/custom to match his return attire (just his head which we all know will take months to actually get an updated one), but I am very pleased with it considering it is my first attempt at a fix up.
Plain and simple, all it took to accomplish that was a Sharpie with a thinner point. The toughest part was the area around his top lip, which if I can touch up, I probably will. Right now though, I am really satisfied with it (from a distance the Sharpie blends right in with the original figure paint job).
More than likely this is just a one time deal for me since I am not really interested in full blown fix ups/customs, but who knows? It was a simple one and I had a blast doing it, plus the desire to do so lead to me having one of the better retail hauls of mine for the past few months!
