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Post by awebbf5 on Feb 12, 2018 3:26:55 GMT -5
So for a quick back story I am 34 and I grew up loving wrestling and collecting hasbro and galoobs. I still have all my hasbro,galoob and jakks bca figures from my childhood, granted some are in worse shape than others due to years of playing with only them. I got out of wrestling for a few years around 2002-2005 I still watched ever now and then to keep up and kept up with what was going on in the wrestling figure world. My oldest son was born in 06 and started getting into wrestling and wanting figures around 2011, which he saw some of my jakks classics. I ended up giving him all those to play with (moc) to add to his mattel collection. For a gift few months back someone gave him all the first series of retro. He opened and displayed them for a while and came in and said dad I don't play with these you can have them to put with your old ones,and with that action I got back into collecting. I started buying all the retro series to add to my hasbro collection but while starting that I bought a few elites , with the idea I would just collect the guys I was super fans of which didn't work. Since December I have started collecting figures not telling my wife who I have been married to for two years. So the other day I break the news to her that I have started collecting again ,she had saw all my hasbro and galoobs and bca's before we got married. So when I tell her she is super cool with it and I asked your not embarrassed of me are you? She responds no I think it's cool ( granted she has started watching wrestling with me and my son since we got married) so now when she goes to any store, not only does she look for our son but also for me and calls and tells us who they have  I had a ex who would have been embarrassed and gave me crap and would have taunted me for my collecting, but my wife now is such a face in my eyes. Sorry for such a long post. If anyone could recommend the best thing to upload pictures on here I would like to show the start of my new collection. |
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Post by tmorris686 on Feb 12, 2018 3:31:26 GMT -5
My wife is the same way. She loves going figure hunting with me and it’s something we do most weekends. She loves it when we find a figure I’ve been looking for. Awesome story man!
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Post by finnbalor1 on Feb 12, 2018 4:03:15 GMT -5
Great story man she's a keeper
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Post by LA Knight Yeah! on Feb 12, 2018 5:46:45 GMT -5
Great story man I would be to scared to tell my wife/girlfriend that I collect figures don’t know what her reaction would be and it’s good that your wife Thinks it’s cool and you go toy hunting together
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Post by hellojoeivers on Feb 12, 2018 6:25:37 GMT -5
It's an interesting topic. I'd been with my girlfriend for over four years before I started collecting, but she is super cool with it. The only thing she's NOT cool with is the fact we live in a terrace house and between my CD, record and toy collections, we probably need a warehouse to store all my crap in
I guess she's a tweener
She's Brock Lesnar
Which is appropriate as she can kick my ass too :[
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Post by awebbf5 on Feb 12, 2018 6:38:40 GMT -5
It's an interesting topic. I'd been with my girlfriend for over four years before I started collecting, but she is super cool with it. The only thing she's NOT cool with is the fact we live in a terrace house and between my CD, record and toy collections, we probably need a warehouse to store all my crap in I guess she's a tweener She's Brock Lesnar Which is appropriate as she can kick my ass too :[ Yeah we are in a small apartment hint the reason I can't display anything right now, because I will want to display loose. The icing on the cake I forgot to add was when I told her, she said when we get a house I want you to have a mancave to display them in. I almost broke out in yes chants. |
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Post by PJ on Feb 12, 2018 7:04:29 GMT -5
With the exception of my Batman collection my wife hates my collections, but she always checks the stores for me and picks up figures I need.
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Post by dollarbill04 on Feb 12, 2018 7:09:36 GMT -5
I would say my girl is a tweener. She loves to go on hunts with me. She checks stores for me. But when we go and I strike out, she laughs.
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Post by hellojoeivers on Feb 12, 2018 7:14:46 GMT -5
I would say my girl is a tweener. She loves to go on hunts with me. She checks stores for me. But when we go and I strike out, she laughs. Taking your lady on a hunt is always great entertainment A personal highlight being when I picked up the Network Spotlight Vince, and she said "That's not Vince, that's never even seen Vince, that's Eddie Guerrero in a Vince box. Don't waste your money" |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 8:23:41 GMT -5
With the exception of my Batman collection my wife hates my collections, but she always checks the stores for me and picks up figures I need. You're wife is a saint. I figured the Batman collection would be the one to get on her nerves. You could open a toy store that sold nothing but Batman merchandise and you'd still wouldn't sell out of everything. You remind me of this guy who lives in my town. The local news picked up a story about his Star Wars collection and the guy basically converted his entire house into a SW museum. I feel like that's your house, except with Batman paraphernalia. |
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Post by Bandalero on Feb 12, 2018 8:28:12 GMT -5
If I had to make the analogy, my wife's probably in a role like Lilian Garcia. She's neither here nor there about my collecting, tolerates it, might announce it, maybe even belt out a tune every now or then, okay I forgot where I was going with this...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 9:07:55 GMT -5
If I had to make the analogy, my wife's probably in a role like Lilian Garcia. She's neither here nor there about my collecting, tolerates it, might announce it, maybe even belt out a tune every now or then, okay I forgot where I was going with this... You could do a Pavlovian experiment with this...every time the Rock is on screen, offer your wife a delicious pastry. |
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Post by Medieval on Feb 12, 2018 10:12:20 GMT -5
My wife helps me feed the addiction. She is always checking other Targets and Wal-marts for me as she works like 45 min. away. I still wouldn't of found Mean Gene without her.
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Post by GBGav on Feb 12, 2018 10:25:52 GMT -5
You know you've found the right woman when she supports your collection and even joins in the hunt for figures. Isn't that what every man on here desires? I am one of those fortunate to have found a girlfriend every bit as nerdy as I am about this kind of thing. I have Lego Star Wars, so does she. I have Funko Pops, so does she. I have a lot of stuff on display, like WWE, Star Wars and a little Pokemon and she loves it. I don't buy WWE figures as much as I used to but I know she'd have no problems helping me to find something.
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Post by JimRiga on Feb 12, 2018 10:32:09 GMT -5
Ha, my fiancée is a monster heel!
She understands I love to collect wrestling figures, but she doesn’t like all the money I spend on them.
She always gets annoyed when I get some figures and shouts at me and gives me lectures when the post arrives. (To be fair, we have 3 kids).
I’ve ended up buying a load of them secretly either by ordering them to different addresses or opening them before I get home and sneaking them in the house. Luckily, due to her lack of interest in them, she hasn’t realised how much I spent on that Goldberg ring!! I would be in all sorts of trouble! 😆
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Post by Anomalous on Feb 12, 2018 11:17:07 GMT -5
Ha, my fiancée is a monster heel! She understands I love to collect wrestling figures, but she doesn’t like all the money I spend on them. She always gets annoyed when I get some figures and shouts at me and gives me lectures when the post arrives. (To be fair, we have 3 kids). I’ve ended up buying a load of them secretly either by ordering them to different addresses or opening them before I get home and sneaking them in the house. Luckily, due to her lack of interest in them, she hasn’t realised how much I spent on that Goldberg ring!! I would be in all sorts of trouble! 😆 Haha my fiancee is the same when it comes to the aspect of spending money on figures and a few indie wrestling shows. Although it is pretty cool that she goes to thrift stores with me hunting for old figures. |
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Post by JimRiga on Feb 12, 2018 12:12:22 GMT -5
Ha, my fiancée is a monster heel! She understands I love to collect wrestling figures, but she doesn’t like all the money I spend on them. She always gets annoyed when I get some figures and shouts at me and gives me lectures when the post arrives. (To be fair, we have 3 kids). I’ve ended up buying a load of them secretly either by ordering them to different addresses or opening them before I get home and sneaking them in the house. Luckily, due to her lack of interest in them, she hasn’t realised how much I spent on that Goldberg ring!! I would be in all sorts of trouble! 😆 Haha my fiancee is the same when it comes to the aspect of spending money on figures and a few indie wrestling shows. Although it is pretty cool that she goes to thrift stores with me hunting for old figures. Aww, you’re still luckier than me! Mine won’t help me get them in any way, she even refuses to get them for my birthday or Christmas! It’s fine though, I’ve still managed to get me a pretty decent collection!! |
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Post by King Richius on Feb 12, 2018 12:37:10 GMT -5
With the exception of my Batman collection my wife hates my collections, but she always checks the stores for me and picks up figures I need.  |
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Post by jayrod2009 on Feb 12, 2018 12:53:34 GMT -5
Haha my fiancee is the same when it comes to the aspect of spending money on figures and a few indie wrestling shows. Although it is pretty cool that she goes to thrift stores with me hunting for old figures. Aww, you’re still luckier than me! Mine won’t help me get them in any way, she even refuses to get them for my birthday or Christmas! It’s fine though, I’ve still managed to get me a pretty decent collection!! Same. #HeelWife#HeelLife I’ve gotten to the point over the past ten years being with her, that if she actually boughy me a toy, I’d think there was guilt behind it. |
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Post by Anomalous on Feb 12, 2018 12:58:18 GMT -5
Haha my fiancee is the same when it comes to the aspect of spending money on figures and a few indie wrestling shows. Although it is pretty cool that she goes to thrift stores with me hunting for old figures. Aww, you’re still luckier than me! Mine won’t help me get them in any way, she even refuses to get them for my birthday or Christmas! It’s fine though, I’ve still managed to get me a pretty decent collection!! The only reason she probably goes to thrift stores with me, is to look for stuff she wants, but its less of an argument when I spend $20-$30 and get like 10 figures compared to spending that much and only getting 2 or 3. At least you got a decent collection though! |
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