raVen™
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Post by raVen™ on Dec 27, 2013 21:56:18 GMT -5
I never bought a belt by itself, but I did get both Brain busters for $70 shipped a few months ago with both tag belts. Was before Arn was available on ringside.
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Post by foleyera89 on Dec 28, 2013 2:26:15 GMT -5
can the original poster explain why they would spend $42 on the tag belts (he said $21 a piece) instead of just buying the figures with the belts for the same if not less than that! I bought the belts for $21 a piece bcz I didn't want the Arn and Tully figures.. Even if I did buy the figures I would spend $60-$100 from what I've seen online. Some of you may think I'm crazy for spending that much, but I don't regret it. I'd rather buy stuff I love/want then stuff I don't want.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Dec 28, 2013 9:49:30 GMT -5
always got the figures that came with the belts but now i wonder if my extra e10 big show is worth anything
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Dec 28, 2013 11:54:42 GMT -5
By my own personal rule, I've never paid more than maybe $15 for a belt. I got 2 sets of classic tag titles in trades, at separate times. Cenation5ks usually has good belt deals on ebay. I've seen him have the AE champ and smoking skull for like $11.
But you should always try and buy the figure that comes with the belt you want. If you don't want the figure you can almost always sell it and make some money back.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2013 21:35:27 GMT -5
Most 20
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Post by HVMMONS on Dec 30, 2013 0:16:11 GMT -5
You would've been better off buying 2 Arn Amderson's off RSC instead of paying for the belts separately.
Whatever floats your boat.
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Post by MELO on Dec 30, 2013 0:53:32 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to score a set of the classic world tag team championships from ebay a while back. The seller had them up for $29.99 BIN with free shipping and I luckily had around 8 "ebay bucks" which I then applied to the purchase. So I got mine for $21 and I was super excited because I had pretty much given up hope on acquiring them. So don't give up, a search now and then could surprise you.
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Post by Duck Holliday on Dec 30, 2013 2:50:18 GMT -5
The most I paid I think was just around $10 for a Winged Eagle... I've bought a few figures for the belt, but then I try and re-purpose them.. or harvest the bits like elbow and knee pads for other figures. Or Just resell them.. cause a lot of the time a belt will go for nearly the amount of the MOC figure.
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Post by Vamp55 on Dec 30, 2013 4:04:40 GMT -5
The belts Mattel make are very cool, but I don't know if I would be paying that much for them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:41:03 GMT -5
I've just got into the Mattel figures (4 and counting), and of course want to get some belts for my expanding collection, but even the basic belts are between £5-£8 on there own! Might take a while to grab the elite belts I think. [Cough] Should anybody have spare basic belts, feel free to slip some my way [\cough]
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Post by qdogg on Dec 30, 2013 15:48:40 GMT -5
I think we are going to see that classic tag again with Demo Crush in Elite 28. Just a hunch.
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Post by marino13 on Dec 30, 2013 19:07:47 GMT -5
Mattel really needs to find a way to get more Classic titles into the line.
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Post by BØRNS on Dec 31, 2013 6:48:38 GMT -5
I think I sold one Elite shiny Unified Tag belt (and shirt) from E13 Evan Bourne for $15.
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Post by KeBen Owens on Dec 31, 2013 10:35:08 GMT -5
I've paid $50.00 for the classic tags.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 11:55:23 GMT -5
The only figure I bought for belts is Elite 10 Big Show and I bought him twice. Other than that, I don't buy belts separately. I've sold a shinny Divas Championship belt for $25. That's the most I've gotten from selling a belt alone. I'm sure the WCW NWO belt gets a pretty penny (elite 16 Nash) and l've noticed the WWE Champion (the last style) is going up in value. In my experience, find belt lots and keep what you want. Sell what you don't want.
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Post by Colter on Dec 31, 2013 14:05:12 GMT -5
I never buy them separately, for they cost too much.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Dec 31, 2013 15:53:06 GMT -5
The only figure I bought for belts is Elite 10 Big Show and I bought him twice. Other than that, I don't buy belts separately. I've sold a shinny Divas Championship belt for $25. That's the most I've gotten from selling a belt alone. I'm sure the WCW NWO belt gets a pretty penny (elite 16 Nash) and l've noticed the WWE Champion (the last style) is going up in value. In my experience, find belt lots and keep what you want. Sell what you don't want. What happened to your original ebay account?
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Post by gordosupreme on Dec 31, 2013 21:18:17 GMT -5
That's why people steal them. =/ Speaking of which, during my trip to Walmart tonight I notice an E24 Wade Barrett, E24 Dolph Ziggler, and E23 Antonio Cesaro all missing their titles. Pissed me off because I was going to buy that Barrett.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 21:19:58 GMT -5
Never buy them without a figure
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 22:07:17 GMT -5
The only figure I bought for belts is Elite 10 Big Show and I bought him twice. Other than that, I don't buy belts separately. I've sold a shinny Divas Championship belt for $25. That's the most I've gotten from selling a belt alone. I'm sure the WCW NWO belt gets a pretty penny (elite 16 Nash) and l've noticed the WWE Champion (the last style) is going up in value. In my experience, find belt lots and keep what you want. Sell what you don't want. What happened to your original ebay account? Well you, know... Women! It was my ex-wife's account. We never had a lot of money, but she kept the bank account associated to the eBay account. We separated back in May, but I was using the account up until Mid-December. Originally, I was going to get out of the second hand market, but it's the best way to attain older figures for my collection or pre-orders on Ringside. I love that Ringside is Paypal friendly! LOL, my official Wfigs name is still maddie1339.
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