*pg 40* Ultimate 13, Ultimate Batista, Elite 93, & RSE Taker

just got back from Starrcast & All In weekend yesterday, what a great time! All In was a hell of an experience and I'm glad I got to be there live.

Had Elite 61 waiting for me at home, got everyone I wanted for now, will eventually get Big E. if I decide to get Kofi & Xavier to match.

Had quite the eventful last 2-3 weeks, went to NXT TakeOver Brooklyn IV and then days later, went to WWE night at Citi Field (LGM) and was able to meet Jeff Hardy, Mickie James & Elite Squad member Curt Hawkins.



then 1 week before All In, I took a trip to Atlantic City to meet Cody, Brandi, Marty, Hangman and the Young Bucks (I missed out on all of their Starrcast appearances) so this was extremely clutch for me to be able to meet them before the big show.












now lets get to the figures, Elite 61...

Breezango
I completely forgot this is what the elite Fandango torso looked like, I must have been thinking of something else because this 1 is pretty ridiculous now that I see it again. Good to have updates of both guys though and I really like the shirts and accessories.













AJ Styles
I liked the way the scan looked before they put the face print tech on it, but the more I look at it, the more its growing on me, attire is nice, I collect every elite AJ so I had to get it.













other pick ups from the last 2 weeks




still on the hunt for HOC Series 2, thought I was going to get lucky today because Brickseek showed my Target got new stock over night, but I was not lucky, will try again tomorrow!

ckhybrid

Sounds like a great few days!  That Breeze/Fandango set is under the radar, I think it's really cool.  Same with AJ, I was like 'another AJ blah' but it looks great!

Few questions for you:

How much was Okada's autograph and did he take time with you?
How beautiful is Velvet Sky in person?

I went to Target this morning (the same 1 I went to yesterday that had nothing, but showed IN STOCK...) and found 1/2 of HOC 2 sitting on the shelf, only 2 Garganos and 1 Simmons, I don't need Kane horribly, but I really wanted Ciampa, pretty bummed. I went to another Target that showed 10 thinking wow this is gonna be good! Instead I found this.......



brand new case of Series 1, WHYYYYY!

Ron Simmons
DAMN! love the addition of the old school WCW World Title, this torso is a lot better than the other one, thank god they switched it.















Johnny Gargano
big Johnny Wrestling fan, so I'm happy to finally have his first elite, the DIY shirt is horrendous, way too big.

Ckhybrid, great photos! My targets are brutal so I've got a Simmons coming my way early next week via the bay. Also congrats on meeting Okada (and a successful All In weekend!) ... GOAT in my opinion ... I feel very fortunate to have met him and Naito first back in 2016 when there were barely any lines for them around these parts. Now it's slightly different (which I'm also glad to see), lol!

holy crap, just got the Tommaso Ciampa Elite, what the hell happened? WHY is he so short? Was the basic too tall, or is the elite too short? Either way, really disappointed with how this came out. I was hyped for this figure until I actually got it in my hand and took it out of the packaging.











Also got Kane, but haven't opened him yet, I have Elite 12 which is 1 of my favorite figures Mattel has ever made, but it's had a broken joint loose inside the torso for like 6 years now so I was happy to get this one to replace it.

today was a pretty good day, made an order from Ringside on Monday for Elite 62 and it arrived today, also I made an hour trip to Long Island once I saw Brickseek spike over night for the Flashback Basics and found the full set.

Elite 62
Akam & Rezar AOP
these might be some of the best elites of the year for me, I'm not a gigantic AOP fan, but these look damn near perfect, very happy with how these turned out. Scans are great, vests are great, the masks look awesome, and the new NXT Tag belts are very nice as well.





















Dude Love
well everything went a little too smoothly today, so of course there had to be an issue. My Dude Love came WITHOUT his sunglasses, I noticed it when I first opened the package, thought maybe it was in the box, I opened it, and nothing. Very disappointed. I contacted Ringside, and they're helping me out, but still very strange. Besides that, its a solid figure, very happy to finally have Dude to complete the Faces of Foley! OOWWW HAVE MERCY!















Carmella
I got tired of waiting for the MITB Carmella that was supposed to come out, and that figure is way outdated now anyway, so I said screw it and got this one. Like the attire, the scan is another story...









JJ Dillon BAF Flashbacks


Sting
as basics go, its a solid figure, hard for me to get excited about any basics these days.







Lex Luger
eh, probably the weakest of the set, nothing to write home about.





Booker T.
if this was an elite I would like it a lot more, really like the attire.







Ric Flair
the best figure of the set, and one of my favorite basics in the last year or so, really like the scan and glad it's in my collection.











I haven't done this in a few years, because quite frankly I forgot that I used to do it, but I enlisted the help of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, & Lex Luger to build the legendary James J. Dillon!

The Horsemen Build JJ!

Forget the lack of glasses. Check out dudes love handle hand, yikes

I just snagged a set in PA. According to brickseek all my closest stores got them in the past 2 days. I heard they hit the NY area this week as well.

man I have MISSED when you used to have figures assemble the BAF, so seeing JJ get assembled was awesome! Strange suit colour Mattel picked though, and JJ only wished he was that thin. Ric is probably the only basic I will ever own.