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Post by deskjet on Dec 30, 2013 12:32:29 GMT -5
I hate mattels and so does my wallet
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Post by RybackV1 on Dec 30, 2013 13:16:24 GMT -5
I was a jakks collector since I was a kid. They were my toy of choice. I stopped buying them regularly around 2007 because it felt childish and I was in high school and what not. I still bought them every now and then but stopped completely once jakks stopped producing them.
I then eventually took notice of the Mattel product. At first they looked cheap and tacky. Especially the early HHHs with the mustard yellow hair. Those alone turned me off. Then you add in the fact that I didn't wanna start an entirely new collection. It just made sence. But eventually they started getting nicer and nicer and the roster started drastically changing. Leaving me with hardly anyone from the current roster in figure form.
I caved and bought a Big Show/Edge 2 Pack from RSC (because god forbid anyone I knew from school saw me in a store buying action figures ) . Mainly for the edge as all the jakks ones I had were broken and severely outdated. Same with show. I loved them. I immediately merged them into my TTL figure fed. I slowly stared buying more and more. Bought the EC Jericho to have a short hair short tights Jericho, then bought Sheamus and Miz as I didn't have figures of them and they were HUGE at the time. E5 Swagger, I then got out to stores and grabbed stuff like E3 Christian, WM26 Matt Hardy, MVP and Henry 2 pack. Etc.
I never thought I'd start an entire new collection even with how much I loved Mattel. But I eventually had some personal issues and had to move from my home in NJ to Boston. I had to leave my collection behind in storage. So I had to start fresh. I remember going to the walgreens down the street and grabbing the only figures they had on the shelves. The WM heritage Blue Orton. And some random purple Cena basic. That was the official start of my Mattel collection. From there I grabbed a Barrett. And basically anyone else I saw on the shelves. Some of the figure were so rare and HTF (E11 Punk) that it caused a rush when I actually found them. Something that I never experienced before. I remember coming across a full case of. E12 and being ecstatic to finally own a Daniel Bryan.
And now here I am. Almost at 200 Mattels and not slowing down any time soon!
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Post by theforce1727 on Dec 30, 2013 14:21:06 GMT -5
I started off by purchasing an elite Big Show and Rey Mysterio that I saw on the shelves at a local TRU. It was just a random trip to TRU last summer. I wasn't into collecting action figures at all and put all the old Jakks I hadn't sold off up in the attic. So on a whim I purchased the Rey and Show to see if Mattel conquered the scale issues Jakks had, to my pleasure they did. So $1,000+ and a little over a year later I now have almost every elite figure ever made, well over 100 elites and even some basics.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 14:47:45 GMT -5
Bought Basic Chase Series 1 Chris Jericho, and I haven't looked back since.
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Post by Justin on Dec 30, 2013 14:50:19 GMT -5
Last Christmas, i was buying figures for my cousin and I saw E16 Diesel and I bought it for myself. I didn't buy another fig until b27 Ryback and then that's when it started
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Post by Colter on Dec 30, 2013 14:53:04 GMT -5
The first Mattel I ever got was Elite 8 Evan Bourne - Christmas 2010, I think. I didn't do much collecting until like June last year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 14:54:28 GMT -5
I got all of Basic series 1 and thought I would buy one version of everybody, either in their Basic or Elite form. But I ended up not collecting as much as I thought I would. I'm too much a fan of Jakks's figures. Now I only buy the Mattel's of people that Jakks didn't make.
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Post by fallbrawl on Dec 30, 2013 14:55:07 GMT -5
When mattel started i said that was it for me. I later changed my mind and bought a 1 of 1000 wrestlemania randy orton for $18.00 at a flea market. I diden't really get hooked until legends series 1 came out.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 14:59:59 GMT -5
About three years ago, I was having a rough time, and, as a result of a disorder, one of the things I do is give in to impulsive activity. I was in Target and saw an Entrance Greats Jericho on Rock, both on clearance. Now, above all else, I'm an Attitude Era guy (not that I don't enjoy other eras), so I felt the overwhelming need to buy them and play with them. I took them out of the package in the car, checked out the mobility of them, and decided, "Now I need a ring." I got on Amazon and ordered an Elite Scale Ring and waited impatiently for it to arrive. When it came in, I saw the articulation on the Elite series on the box, and have exclusively been buying Elites since (unless it's a basic to use for a fix-up/custom).
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Post by The Dazzler on Dec 30, 2013 15:02:33 GMT -5
I started in 2012 after taking a break from watching wrestling. Punk and Bryan were the ones to get me back into it so they were the first figures I wanted since I didn't have then in Jakks form. I walked into a TRU and saw BOPPV Daniel Bryan. Currently I have over 200 elites.
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Post by Squid: The Anti-Hero on Dec 30, 2013 15:14:25 GMT -5
When I would go to my friends house he would have wrestling posters everywhere and we'd play svr 2009. I eventually thought that wrestling was the coolest Chocolate Shark ever so I started looking for my favorite guys. The same friend gave me a jakks cena, and I got a green flex force rey with a giant speaker looking thing and elimination chamber undertaker. Those were my top 3 favorite guys. My first elite was bo2010 cena. They bo2010 elite Rey, then taker in the same series. I now collect the figures I like. Sometimes I get flashbacks just for the hell of it. But anyway, that's my story.
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Post by The Yes Man on Dec 30, 2013 15:19:35 GMT -5
March of 2010, I found Elite 1 CM Punk. I took it home and was angry, becaue he was 2x smaller thank all my Jakks. I thought, how am I going to ever going to get going again with all the newer guys 2x smaller. I realized though, that CM Punk figure was also 2x better than any figure I had from Jakks.
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Post by mikey1974 on Dec 30, 2013 15:25:48 GMT -5
right on January 1st,2010! went to the local mall to re-up my cell phone plan,and stopped in K-Mart while I was there. I walked out with Elite 1 Taker, Punk,and Edge, Signature Series Cena and Batista,and Entrance Greats Triple H and Rey Mysterio. and I was hooked!
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Post by JHTB® on Dec 30, 2013 15:29:00 GMT -5
I started off on Boxing Day of 2009. I was just at Zellers (now Target in Canada) and was looking for some Jakks WWE figures.... As I was looking through the isle, I saw some old Jakks. Walking further in the isle a WWE logo cought my eyes. As I look closer I couldn't believe my eyes and took it faster than the speed of light! I was shocked!!!! I found Basic 1 HHH, Batista and Evan Bourne. I went and asked if there were any more in the back (as I was looking for the whole set) and there wasnt.
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Post by TheHotshot on Dec 30, 2013 15:30:11 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure I made a similar thread about a month ago... Anyways, mine was a Duluxe Randy Orton [Jakks] and a Basic Cody Rhodes [Mattel].
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Post by Straightedge413 on Dec 30, 2013 15:34:15 GMT -5
for me it was Elite Series 1 Undertaker & CM Punk at Toys R Us. Then about an hour later Chris Jericho Series 0 at Kmart. Then about a week later I went back to my Toys R Us and got Elite series 1 Edge and Rey Mysterio
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Post by Darkhawk on Dec 30, 2013 15:39:41 GMT -5
I stopped collecting wrestling toys in 2008 when I lost interest in collecting. I didn't collect any Mattel until I got Elite 10 Kane and thought it was pretty awesome. I then got Elite 1 Punk and more afterwards. I lost interest again and sold all my collection only to start collecting again and love Mattel figures more then I did in the past. I collect the Elites and only the Basic figures that I like.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 15:41:57 GMT -5
My first figure was wm heritage randy orton from mania 28, 4 years ago
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Post by Ironfist on Dec 30, 2013 15:47:00 GMT -5
Basic 1: Triple H, Batista, Cena Elite 1: CM Punk 2-Packs: Shawn Michaels & Chrs Jericho WrestleMania Heritage: Edge, undertaker, Orton
Big order after Christmas 2009.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Dec 30, 2013 15:52:59 GMT -5
was a fan of wrestling when i was a kid but never got into the jakks figures. picked up a wave if it was on clearance but passed on some good ones(classics dude love chase, and 2 packs series 1 which a local tru had 20 pegs worth for 6 months). saw legends series 1 and decided to pick them up since i was a stone cold and lod fan. by the time legends series 3 and especially 4 w/ ultimate warrior and demolition came out was getting all the legends and elites of characters i remembered. started watching wwe again so started picking up the modern wrestlers elites and then basics of mid carders and divas who i didnt think would get an elite. and still do.
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