HardyKOfan01
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Proud Follower of Mattitude and member of the #YEPmovement
Joined on: Apr 11, 2016 9:39:00 GMT -5
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Post by HardyKOfan01 on May 17, 2017 21:25:40 GMT -5
Happened when I was a young lad and just started collecting Mattel figures. So satisfying to finally find Elite Series 2 in Toys R Us after weeks of them not being there. Picked up Matt Hardy, Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista. Such a mark out moment for me. For a more recent moment, probably when I got SummerSlam Seth Rollins, or Elite 47 KO, Asuka and AJ Styles.
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Post by Nivro™ on May 17, 2017 21:52:36 GMT -5
Every time I find the recently released Hall of Fame series because Mattel's distribution sucks donkey balls and my Targets never get HOF series in.
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Post by BROKEN on May 17, 2017 21:56:45 GMT -5
Selling
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Post by RybackV1 on May 17, 2017 22:02:53 GMT -5
Finding E16 Kevin Nash was one of the main highlights of the times that I've collected Mattel
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Post by c-scope on May 17, 2017 22:48:30 GMT -5
Finally owning elite 7 HHH and HBK. I never saw them at retail and my dad wouldn't let me order off ringside when I was younger(he was convinced almost Every website was a scam for a while.lol) so I didn't get them when they came out and I finally got them last year. Just need hornswoggle to complete the set.
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CAT-ion Figures
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Joined on: Feb 23, 2014 7:42:28 GMT -5
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Post by CAT-ion Figures on May 18, 2017 11:36:14 GMT -5
December 2011. I had gone to literally forty different stores trying to find e12 kane. It was Christmas time and I had found a spare orton, gabriel, and shango here and there. No kane. It's December 23. I'm not gonna be able to keep going out like this for one figure. No joke, it's like 830 pm and I had given up hope. The salvation army guy is ringing his bell and I usually give, but I hadn't in a while. I had forty bucks on me and since I assumed I wouldn't find anything, I just threw a 20 in the bucket. Well, the store I did that at, not two minutes later, had a lone kane on the shelf. I truly couldn't believe it. I never thought I would find it and it was such an unbelievably odd coincidence that after a month of searching, the time I do something like that is the time kane is there. I don't believe in fate or God but it was definitely an odd coincidence.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 11:52:18 GMT -5
That time when @heroesandmartyrs mailed me his SES CM Punk.
Oh and when I found Nakamura in person a few days ago.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 11:50:34 GMT -5
Last year randomly typing in "Defining Moments Bret Hart" into an auction site through boredom and finding a MOC listing which had just been put up 7 minutes prior, Buy it Now for £30. I hate you. (I jest, out of pure jealousy. That's an awesome find - I've had an ebay search saved trying to find a reasonably priced one of those, even out of the box. For months now I'm still waiting for one to come up in my price range). I've not been collecting for long (almost a year now) - probably the best moment for me so far was coming across an E40 Sami Zayn in Toys R Us about two/three months ago. I have absolutely no idea how or why that ended up back there for sale given that they were sold out everywhere and going for over £40 on ebay at that time. I was chuffed. And it's still the best Sami yet IMO.
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havoc7179
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Joined on: Oct 16, 2012 9:11:18 GMT -5
Posts: 4,189
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Post by havoc7179 on May 19, 2017 13:28:51 GMT -5
Somehow, finding HOF Series 3 Sting the day before the Cartwheel App for 60% off expired. Ended up getting that fig for like $6 or $8 if memory serves me right. Had to travel about 45 minutes to get it, but it was the only Target in my area that ever carried HOF 3. Titos still run wild in the Targets by me (Although one of the targets just got the latest basic series with Austin Aries. Considering the last new series my Targets had before that was the one with Natalya and Neville, that's promising).
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Post by POOR-ly Cuyler on May 19, 2017 13:33:19 GMT -5
Somehow, finding HOF Series 3 Sting the day before the Cartwheel App for 60% off expired. Ended up getting that fig for like $6 or $8 if memory serves me right. Had to travel about 45 minutes to get it, but it was the only Target in my area that ever carried HOF 3. Titos still run wild in the Targets by me (Although one of the targets just got the latest basic series with Austin Aries. Considering the last new series my Targets had before that was the one with Natalya and Neville, that's promising). Thats Hall of Fame 4. 3 was Macho King, Jimmy Hart, and M$M. For me its probably learning Sting would finally be signing with WWE and we would be getting figures.
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havoc7179
Main Eventer
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Post by havoc7179 on May 19, 2017 14:42:39 GMT -5
Somehow, finding HOF Series 3 Sting the day before the Cartwheel App for 60% off expired. Ended up getting that fig for like $6 or $8 if memory serves me right. Had to travel about 45 minutes to get it, but it was the only Target in my area that ever carried HOF 3. Titos still run wild in the Targets by me (Although one of the targets just got the latest basic series with Austin Aries. Considering the last new series my Targets had before that was the one with Natalya and Neville, that's promising). Thats Hall of Fame 4. 3 was Macho King, Jimmy Hart, and M$M. For me its probably learning Sting would finally be signing with WWE and we would be getting figures. You're right (obviously). In my mind, I have a mental block that prevents me from thinking of it as anything but 3 since none of my Targets within a 1 hour drive ever received the series Savage, Hart and Dibiase.
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Post by A-Rob on May 19, 2017 15:35:10 GMT -5
Finding figures on Ebay for great prices.
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manuelm
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Joined on: Nov 12, 2008 3:55:14 GMT -5
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Post by manuelm on May 22, 2017 23:30:09 GMT -5
The day I found and bought my WWE Classic Superstars 1/25 white robe Ric Flair, 1/20 Gold Gloves Rowdy Piper, and 1/20 Sgt. Slaughter. All in same day!!!!!
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manuelm
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Post by manuelm on May 22, 2017 23:31:25 GMT -5
Forgot one, my WWE deluxe classic unreleased Hulk Hogan with boombox. Awesome figure!!!!!!
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Post by Showstopper on May 22, 2017 23:58:49 GMT -5
Seeing Ultimate Warrior Legends WM 6 which got me back into collecting for the first time since I was a teenager.
Finally, after all these years, getting my two favorite HBK attires of all time in HIAC '97 HBK and WM 14 HBK. Separate days, but both equally as great for me.
Getting my two Detolf shelfs late last year so I can finally display my collection.
Meeting HBK and getting my: DM WM 25, WM 14, re-release of HIAC '97, Network Spotlight SummerSlam '95, RSC Exclusive HBK figures all signed by him.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on May 23, 2017 13:22:09 GMT -5
Finding the Ricardo WM28 set. And finding the JR set and the Paul Bearer set on the same weekend.
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Post by East Coast on May 23, 2017 13:45:01 GMT -5
maybe back in 2012....when i paid $188 for a large ebay lot. Got like 20+ Basics & 20+ elites.
and the whole reason i bought it.....was the original listing picture, i noticed the Unreleased (at the time...3 years before it came out) Legends Series 7 cancelled Stone Cold in jorts. It wasn't even listed in the auction. It was only in 1 of the pics. But my eye caught it when scrolling down the page.
Couldn't believe i won that one for that cheap.
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Sean
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Joined on: Sept 18, 2012 6:19:02 GMT -5
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Post by Sean on May 23, 2017 16:46:02 GMT -5
Finding the Basic 5 Melina figure. Melina was my fav and I could never find a jakks figure of her so when I found the Mattel the feeling was just amazing. Only figure that came close to that feeling was opening the first Aj Lee on Christmas morning
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 16:26:43 GMT -5
Last year randomly typing in "Defining Moments Bret Hart" into an auction site through boredom and finding a MOC listing which had just been put up 7 minutes prior, Buy it Now for £30. DAAAAAANNNNNNG, YOUR THE ONE WHO BOUGHT THAT. No, just kidding. But seriously, nice
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Post by rowdy1971 on May 25, 2017 16:35:23 GMT -5
Going to KB Toys back in 1986 and seeing this on the pegs: These were the best to find at stores.
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