Collecting not as fun

Most likely cause you're getting older or because Jakks produced a lot of obscure names.

I don't collect Mattel's. I really want HBK in red tights but I'd have the BCA over the Royal Rumble Heritage any day. I think it's just with the amount of different ranges that Jakks had, there were more figures to like. Add that to the MASSIVE back catalogue that Jakks have.

Mattel's distribution has definitely lowered the level of joy. I think the figures are really good, but Jakks did a much better job of getting the figures regularly into stores.

I have found myself getting more jakks figures then mattel as of late. It seems like none of the stores around me never stock and that takes the fun out of it for me.

I have pretty much everything I need jakks wise, and just customizing what was never made. Mattels have failed to capture my imagination.

Glad to see I am not alone on this one. I have said this for the past few months but for me personally, ebay has been the source of fun collecting. I have been getting a lot of jakks stuff and things I don't have but it has been a blast so far. I did manage to find E16 Diesel in walmart but at the same time Mattel's distribution is primarily weak. The fact the figures are so expensive even in stores is what kills it. Parents who aren't into wrestling won't probably want to pay $15-$22 for one figure. back in the day, you could usually get 2-3 figures for 22. My philosophy is that wrestling figure collectors are the ones that are killing the fun for a good amount of us. A lot of them are so nit picky and even nit pick on Mattel's figures now that it raises makes the figures more costly because more detail has to be added in all to cater to the people who just complain. I have two points in this, 1: WWE Jakks was greater due to better names and 2: A great amount of wrestling fans are spoiled.

Once JAKKS' CS line ended I thought my collecting ended. But with their LOTR I thought it was the sequel us classic'legends collectors hoped for. However that didn't last. I never got into Mattel. While they definitely have some great stuff, I just never made the switch and focused more on making my CS/LOTR collection the most complete collection there could be. I have found myself searching more for CS prototypes and test shots than actual figures.

I wish JAKKS had had another two or three years with the CS line. I think two more years would have gotten us so many names CS collectors had hoped for since day 1 (Savage, Von Erichs, Steamboat, etc). But at the same time, my wife and I had two beautiful boys and a lot of my attention and financial resourses have gone to give them all we can give them.

I do wish JAKKS' LOTR line had caught on but not to the depth and frequency of their CS line as I think it would just be too much of a financial stress for me. I do think collecting isn't as fun as it was when the CS line was hot. It wasn't just buying the figures that I enjoyed, but the sudden announcements of new signings, prototype images, MOC images, and even line-up schedules. The last two figures I bought were LOTR Raven & Terry Taylor. The former was over a year ago and the latter was about 8 months ago. Iwould have loved one LOTR every Di set if there were 5-7 DI sets a year. Sadly I just don't see it happening any time soon.

I feel the same exact they. Especially when it comes to the high Ringside prices, they will pay for it, which is why its so high and harder for us who cant order complete sets to get them.

Easy, each figure came with accessories. It wasn't a "buy this figure for extra articulation and attire or a 2 pack" no. RAs and CSs came with either proper accessories or weapons. They were a reasonable price too. Now it's WAY too split. People either just collect elites, or just basics or whatever.

Overall, despite me owning 100 or so Mattels, I two miss jakks. I got into Mattel because of Steamboat and Macho but at this point, I wish I just bought a few customs from Skribbel or someone.