2-15-2015 update! new additions to my addiction
Mar 8, 2014 12:04:15 GMT -5
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Post by ellisd on Mar 8, 2014 12:04:15 GMT -5
2-15-2015
Added some new figures to my collection.
Got WalMart T shirt Piper and added a kilt to him. I agree with most, I'm not fond of this head sculpt. But it does look like Piper from the sides, just not as much from the front.
Also got Bluetista.
Big thanks to fellow board member Browser Brody: for hooking me up with BAF Batman Kofi.
I think Kofi is a Batman fan.
I also picked up 2 of the Triple H/Daniel Bryan Battle Pack. Got the extra one to make a Vince. The head is a bit big but its all I had. It'll do till I find a cheap Mattel Vince head.
I got these too even though they aren't Mattel related.
1-31-2015
Thought I would update with my newest figures.
Picked up Lawler and Kofi today. Happy to add them to my collection. I hope to find an Elite Lawler to transplant the head to, but if not commentator Lawler is fine too. Also need to find the BAF Batman Kofi.
Also picked up this Shane Douglas custom at a local comic shop. When I found him I didn't get a good look at him through the bag he was in, and thought it was the Toybiz figure. But when I got it home I realized it was a custom Mattel.
Picked up Dusty and Slaughter from Bay. Slaughter cost a little more than he would if I found him in stores, but this saved me the trouble of looking for him.
Picked up Warrior and did a boot swap. Got Hogan from the awesome people at Ringside collectibles.
12-17-14
I Haven't done a pick up thread in a while so I though I would do a new update featuring the figures I've bought in store and some of the ones that I've picked up that I had missed out on originally.
Luger, USA Warriors, Flashback Rey, Jake Roberts. Special thanks to @heroesandmartyrs: for Arn Anderson.
Wife got me the Pop Hogan for my birthday. Cactus and Goldust are from ebay. XPac is from Ringside.
Mysterio and Bryan are from Ringside. Elite 21 and HBK are from ebay. I really like adding that HBK to my collection, i only saw 2 on ebay when I was looking for him.
Already had the HHH, but did a headswap and wanted to display him with Shawn.
$12 Elite sale and story
So I started off figure hunting, right as I got off work. I grabbed Elite 30 Brock as I wanted to upgrade from Basic to Elite but couldn't bring myself to buy it earlier. With the $12 price, I couldn't pass it up. I left the one Elite 29 Punk that we had and the full set of Elite 30 LOD, just in case I found something I wanted more while we were out Christmas shopping later.
When I got home from work, my wife and I headed out to a neighboring town to Christmas shop. We hit a few WalMarts while we were out and one of them had the Elite 31/Basic 43 cube. I scored B43 RVD and E31 Rock. Wasn't really planning on getting Rock but really like the headscan after seeing it in person. Unfortunately they didn't have E31 Vader for me or B43 Eva for my wife.
Well after we got back in town, we went back to our WalMart so my wife could look at something. Although I knew what we had, I went to look at the figures again. I grabbed the E29 Punk off the peg and headed over to browse the cube and see if LOD was still there. I didn't really need the E29 Punk, as I hate the plain kickpad look, but was interested in the hoodie and didn't have a Punk in his "Wolverine" look.
As I got to the cube there was a kid there looking at the wrestling figures, and he saw my Punk figure. He asked, "Who's that?" I told him it was CM Punk, and the kid replied that "He looks cool." So I looked at the Punk figure that I had finally talked myself into buying with the cool hoodie, and then told the kid that I was just looking at it, so if he wasn't wanting it he could get it. The kid took the Punk figure and told me that he wanted it but didn't figure he could buy it since its so close to Christmas.
His mom came walking up and he took the figure over to her as I started looking at what was left on the WWE cube. The kid was telling his mom of how he wanted the figure. I heard her tell him that he couldn't get it being that it was so close to Christmas and that the figure was $20. I looked up and noticed that no one had changed the price sign, so it still showed Elites for $19. Since they were still standing so close by, I looked over to the kid and mentioned that they actually ring up for $12. The mom asked if the store was offering layaway this year and seemed a little more interested then. They walked off still holding onto the figure. And I grabbed the Elite 30 LOD figures.
I'm not sure if they ended up getting it or not, but I didn't see it while I was at work today. It felt nice giving up that Punk so the kid could have it. I didn't really need another Punk, although the hoodie was cool. Hopefully the kid got his CM Punk figure and hopefully I helped him out by mentioning the $12 price. I know it sounds corny, but it made me think of myself as a kid wanting the newest BCA or X-men figure. As I grew up, I kept buying, playing gave way to collecting, and now I'm part of an online community that shares my hobby. Maybe that kid is the next generation of wrestling fan and figure collector, maybe he's not, or maybe he didn't even get the figure. But I thought it was cool.
8-24-2014
Haven't done a pick-up update in awhile but its been an awesome couple of weeks. My wife and I were on vacation this past week and we both had some great finds.
I saw Rikishi during the 2 for $20 sale and passed because I had already got so many Elites. Hadn't seen him since until finding him at Target last week.
My wife had been looking for those Bellas and neither of us had seen them anywhere until we found them at KMart on the front of the peg.
Found Goldust, the only figure in Elite 29 that I was wanting.
Had passed on Crush, but after seeing him again this week I decided to get him just in case I wanted to do a Kona or Evil Crush custom.
Got my Mankind from Amazon and my LOD from Ringside.
Update 4-30-14
Got these in the mail today. Got them from someone on Bay for $45 shipped.
And after adding some kneepads from some other figures.
Update 4-3-14
So I was tearing down the ScoobyDoo WrestleMania DVD display at work and found something cool. After taking the picture off the front there was a crowd scene behind it. And although its cartoonish, it saves me from having the print off pictures and piece something together.
Here it is with my Real Scale Ring and my Raw Entrance stage that I picked up on clearance this past week.
It needs some work but its cool to start piecing an arena together like this.
Added some new figures to my collection.
Got WalMart T shirt Piper and added a kilt to him. I agree with most, I'm not fond of this head sculpt. But it does look like Piper from the sides, just not as much from the front.
Also got Bluetista.
Big thanks to fellow board member Browser Brody: for hooking me up with BAF Batman Kofi.
I think Kofi is a Batman fan.
I also picked up 2 of the Triple H/Daniel Bryan Battle Pack. Got the extra one to make a Vince. The head is a bit big but its all I had. It'll do till I find a cheap Mattel Vince head.
I got these too even though they aren't Mattel related.
1-31-2015
Thought I would update with my newest figures.
Picked up Lawler and Kofi today. Happy to add them to my collection. I hope to find an Elite Lawler to transplant the head to, but if not commentator Lawler is fine too. Also need to find the BAF Batman Kofi.
Also picked up this Shane Douglas custom at a local comic shop. When I found him I didn't get a good look at him through the bag he was in, and thought it was the Toybiz figure. But when I got it home I realized it was a custom Mattel.
Picked up Dusty and Slaughter from Bay. Slaughter cost a little more than he would if I found him in stores, but this saved me the trouble of looking for him.
Picked up Warrior and did a boot swap. Got Hogan from the awesome people at Ringside collectibles.
12-17-14
I Haven't done a pick up thread in a while so I though I would do a new update featuring the figures I've bought in store and some of the ones that I've picked up that I had missed out on originally.
Luger, USA Warriors, Flashback Rey, Jake Roberts. Special thanks to @heroesandmartyrs: for Arn Anderson.
Wife got me the Pop Hogan for my birthday. Cactus and Goldust are from ebay. XPac is from Ringside.
Mysterio and Bryan are from Ringside. Elite 21 and HBK are from ebay. I really like adding that HBK to my collection, i only saw 2 on ebay when I was looking for him.
Already had the HHH, but did a headswap and wanted to display him with Shawn.
$12 Elite sale and story
So I started off figure hunting, right as I got off work. I grabbed Elite 30 Brock as I wanted to upgrade from Basic to Elite but couldn't bring myself to buy it earlier. With the $12 price, I couldn't pass it up. I left the one Elite 29 Punk that we had and the full set of Elite 30 LOD, just in case I found something I wanted more while we were out Christmas shopping later.
When I got home from work, my wife and I headed out to a neighboring town to Christmas shop. We hit a few WalMarts while we were out and one of them had the Elite 31/Basic 43 cube. I scored B43 RVD and E31 Rock. Wasn't really planning on getting Rock but really like the headscan after seeing it in person. Unfortunately they didn't have E31 Vader for me or B43 Eva for my wife.
Well after we got back in town, we went back to our WalMart so my wife could look at something. Although I knew what we had, I went to look at the figures again. I grabbed the E29 Punk off the peg and headed over to browse the cube and see if LOD was still there. I didn't really need the E29 Punk, as I hate the plain kickpad look, but was interested in the hoodie and didn't have a Punk in his "Wolverine" look.
As I got to the cube there was a kid there looking at the wrestling figures, and he saw my Punk figure. He asked, "Who's that?" I told him it was CM Punk, and the kid replied that "He looks cool." So I looked at the Punk figure that I had finally talked myself into buying with the cool hoodie, and then told the kid that I was just looking at it, so if he wasn't wanting it he could get it. The kid took the Punk figure and told me that he wanted it but didn't figure he could buy it since its so close to Christmas.
His mom came walking up and he took the figure over to her as I started looking at what was left on the WWE cube. The kid was telling his mom of how he wanted the figure. I heard her tell him that he couldn't get it being that it was so close to Christmas and that the figure was $20. I looked up and noticed that no one had changed the price sign, so it still showed Elites for $19. Since they were still standing so close by, I looked over to the kid and mentioned that they actually ring up for $12. The mom asked if the store was offering layaway this year and seemed a little more interested then. They walked off still holding onto the figure. And I grabbed the Elite 30 LOD figures.
I'm not sure if they ended up getting it or not, but I didn't see it while I was at work today. It felt nice giving up that Punk so the kid could have it. I didn't really need another Punk, although the hoodie was cool. Hopefully the kid got his CM Punk figure and hopefully I helped him out by mentioning the $12 price. I know it sounds corny, but it made me think of myself as a kid wanting the newest BCA or X-men figure. As I grew up, I kept buying, playing gave way to collecting, and now I'm part of an online community that shares my hobby. Maybe that kid is the next generation of wrestling fan and figure collector, maybe he's not, or maybe he didn't even get the figure. But I thought it was cool.
8-24-2014
Haven't done a pick-up update in awhile but its been an awesome couple of weeks. My wife and I were on vacation this past week and we both had some great finds.
I saw Rikishi during the 2 for $20 sale and passed because I had already got so many Elites. Hadn't seen him since until finding him at Target last week.
My wife had been looking for those Bellas and neither of us had seen them anywhere until we found them at KMart on the front of the peg.
Found Goldust, the only figure in Elite 29 that I was wanting.
Had passed on Crush, but after seeing him again this week I decided to get him just in case I wanted to do a Kona or Evil Crush custom.
Got my Mankind from Amazon and my LOD from Ringside.
Update 4-30-14
Got these in the mail today. Got them from someone on Bay for $45 shipped.
And after adding some kneepads from some other figures.
Update 4-3-14
So I was tearing down the ScoobyDoo WrestleMania DVD display at work and found something cool. After taking the picture off the front there was a crowd scene behind it. And although its cartoonish, it saves me from having the print off pictures and piece something together.
Here it is with my Real Scale Ring and my Raw Entrance stage that I picked up on clearance this past week.
It needs some work but its cool to start piecing an arena together like this.