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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 10:46:46 GMT -5
I was thinking back on it a few days ago with 2013 coming to an end I thought about how it's been 4 years since Mattel has taken of the WWE line. I wanted to create an interesting thread in honor of the 4 year mark coming close. Pretty much tell everyone what your collection started off at around the first month or two that Mattel took over and how much it has changed since then. With Mine, I started out by saying I would get one version of each character in Elite & Basic. My collection looked like this by the end of February and I also had Elite Series 1-2 complete.   Since then, I have switched to strictly Elites where I fix up and Basics who didn't get any. I know only own 3 Basics (Prime Time Players & Jinder Mahal). I also only need 45 more Elites to have a complete Elite collection form Series 1 to 26 including store exclusives, Legends, Defining Moments and RSC Exclusives. So, anyway, share your stories! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 10:49:50 GMT -5
Mine was E2 batista at target 4 years ago
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Post by Chip on Dec 30, 2013 10:59:21 GMT -5
I started off by not wanting to give up my Jakks days. I was gonna get all the CM Punks from Mattel and maybe a random updated figure or 2. Especially Elites.
By April I decided I was going to collect the entire Elite line
By October I was collecting a ton of basics
By now I've sold 75% of my Jakks collection and have over 700 Mattels
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Dec 30, 2013 11:03:26 GMT -5
I started and ended this year. My first fig was Elite 8 Drew McIntyre only for the Intercontinental Belt. The next Mattel fig I got was the Next Big Thing, Brock Lesnar, only for the Undisputed Belt. The last fig I got was the Macho King, only for the Crown, Scepter, and Robe.
All 3 figs are for sale, without the Belts, Crown, Scepter and Robe.
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Post by Buckey Jaw on Dec 30, 2013 11:14:19 GMT -5
All elites for me since day one. Except I never got edge. Bad move in hindsight. To this day have all elites except for macho/punk moc and the tshirt basics moc
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:14:43 GMT -5
Bought jakks for years then quit watching wrestling then started watching wwe again in about 2012-2013. Then in january I went to the wwe aisle. I don't know why but I did. Saw a really cool cm punk entrances figure so I bought it. Boom! Collection started and I usually only buy an elite or 2 a series. I now have about 20 figures
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Post by RV F'N D on Dec 30, 2013 11:21:03 GMT -5
I started buying mattels around may/june of 2011. First pickups were the Punk/Austin all-stars pack and Legends Mr. Perfect (fell in love with that IC belt). Started off as me and my son just getting guys that we liked, but has since turned into getting at least one of each character, and some multiples of our favorites. My daughter even has a diva collection. Still have some catching up to do. Have to do some counting, but I'd estimate arou
nd 200ish mattels.
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Post by ckhybrid on Dec 30, 2013 11:21:46 GMT -5
I went into Target on January 1st, 2010 thinking if I find Elite 1 CM Punk I'll buy it, it looked really cool but besides that I wasn't collecting Mattel because they were so much smaller than Jakks.. and at the time I had over 500+ Jakks and was angry that the line was ending.. so I assumed my collecting days were over.
After walking to the toy aisle in Target and seeing ALL of Basic 1, BP 1 & Elite 1 on the shelves, I walked out of Target that afternoon with 18 new figures and about $200 less than I came in with because I bought every figure from each set lol, went on to find BP 2 and WMH series 1 a few days later, and the rest as they say is history.
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Post by KKD on Dec 30, 2013 11:24:19 GMT -5
I was searching for this Orton  when I came across the basic Orton by Mattel and called it the skinny version so I hated it but then I got used to it and bought the Cena. I then ditched jakks. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:27:54 GMT -5
I got the DX 2-Pack for Christmas 2011 I believe and started collecting then.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Dec 30, 2013 11:31:18 GMT -5
I started off my selling all my Hasbros on ebay and planning on only collecting Rock and Mr Perfect figures. Just a few ones I really liked to put with the rest of my sports memorabilia. I thought I liked Jakks CS the best, because Jakks is what my brother always had growing up. Then I saw Mattel in stores and was blown away.
My first Mattel was E1 Undertaker and I would buy some figs I really liked here and there. Then I discovered Flashbacks and found Yoko, Bossman, and Shango and retail! I hated the CS Bossman with his huge untucked shirt. Made no sense to me and I thought it was lazy on Jakks' part.
So throughout 2012 I would buy maybe 1-2 figs a month. I joined this board on OCT 31 2012 and had 30 figures. Now I have 200
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Post by CMPUNKISGOOD on Dec 30, 2013 11:32:35 GMT -5
I walked into Walmart and saw all of this figs. I got basic 1 Big Show since I did not have a Big Show. The next day my Grandma bought me EG Rey Mysterio. A week later my Dad and Mom got me E1 CM Punk
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Post by bababooey on Dec 30, 2013 11:35:06 GMT -5
At some point before 12:10 am on January 1st, 2010 I had ordered all of Basic 1, 2 Packs 1, and Elite 1. Also at that time, stores were accidentally releasing sets early so I believe I got series 2 that week as well. At the time my Mattel and Jakks figures were mixed. Now I just have tons of Mattel figures.
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Post by bharrisfan on Dec 30, 2013 11:40:22 GMT -5
i was all in on mattel elites. i pretty much immediately sold off hundreds of deluxe jakks....then rolled in to target in january 2010 and picked up the elite 1 taker, punk, edge, mvp....all of em except rey which proved to be impossible to find anywhere. which is pretty ironic now.
they were beautiful figures. one of the best figure lines out there now and ever now that i think about it.
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Post by m0nst3r42 on Dec 30, 2013 11:58:58 GMT -5
When the CS and RA line ended with Jakks, I thought I would be done collecting... Until one day I came across a EG Triple H on clearance at TRU... It looked pretty cool to display with the gear and stand that came with it and for $6.97 I couldn't pass on it... then the rest is history.
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Post by DIESEL on Dec 30, 2013 12:02:29 GMT -5
Well I bought a wrestling video game at GameStop (SVR 09) just for fun about mid 2010ish. Well later on I started buying figures. My first figure was a FlexForce Big Show that came with the Breakdown Brawl Ring. Mattel is AWESOME.
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Post by Self-Savior on Dec 30, 2013 12:06:27 GMT -5
My collection started December 31, 2009 when I went to my local TRU and they had Basic Series 1 and 2-Packs Series 1, but no Elites. I bought all that they had. Then, on January 1, 2010, I went to Target and they brought out a case of Elite 1 for me and I bought the whole set. Plus, I wound up going to K-Mart later on that day and they had Basic Series 0 (black Batista, purple Y2J) and 2-Packs Series 2. I wound up getting them and in two days spent almost $250.
Fast forward three years, I mostly just get the Elites now and if there's a Basic figure that catches my eye, I'll buy it.
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Post by Shane O. on Dec 30, 2013 12:14:57 GMT -5
I began not liking Mattel just because I grew up with Jakks and I didn't want to start over. They eventually won me over with Elite 1 CM Punk and the Entrance Greats line. My first Mattel figures were E1 Punk, EG Triple H, and EG Rey Mysterio.
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Post by dieselramon on Dec 30, 2013 12:23:20 GMT -5
Only been collecting for about a year now. My very first figure that I got was shawn michaels BOPPV with ref shirt. Then I decided to just get flashbacks cuz I'm a sucker for old school now I have over 55 elite flashbacks/defining moments/legends. I recently picked up the big ones I was missing
Picked up for 20$ each all came with original accessories
E12 kane
E13 edge
E15 Yokozuna
E16 Kevin Nash
E16 diesel
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Post by Old School Collector on Dec 30, 2013 12:27:18 GMT -5
I sold my Jakks collection around the time CS 9 was coming out. I had no interest in collecting anymore, especially considering how little time I had for myself.
I was in KMart one day and see Legends Series 1, picked them up and looked at them... Sat them all back down (Big Mistake).
Then, I was tempted to buy them but I resisted the urge to. I found this board and started looking at what all Mattel was doing and kinda thought about collecting once again.
I then spotted N Entrance Greats Shawn Michaels at a Wal-Mart one afternoon, which was one of my favorite matches of all times and then again decided ehhh nah I'll just look.
Welp, finally I was bored online and decided to look at my old Jakks figures and made a list of ones that I never had/would like to have gotten.
The next day I was in Kmart and seen Legends 6 Ultimate Warrior, so I snatched it up and been going thru my Jakks Classic List and Mattel figures ever since.
Im sure Im close to 100 or so MOC now.
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