New Ultimate Edition MOC and Loose Pics (Series 1)

While I'm not a fan of super long necks....I am a fan of ACCURACY, and Ronda does, in fact, have a rather long neck in real life.





If I had ANY complaints about the figure, it would be the shorts. Ronda Rousey has a thick mid section in real life and she wears shorts that go over he belly button and barely cover her legs and ass....the shorts essentially just need to be higher.

Forget the things people think are gonna kill this line in the first wave, when Shinsuke Nakamura comes along in wave 2 it is pegwarm city.

I'm so excited to finally get a WCW Warrior that isn't some 1 of 20 gimmick that the flaws get a pass. I was so amped when Warrior showed up WCW and it's one of the stretches of story that has stuck with me since I saw it. I'm never, ever, going to like stacked torsos and I wish his skin tone was darker but overall the attire looks phenomenal. No real issue with the duster either. The sublimation was the right way to go at this price point.

Ronda is excellent. Only real issue I have with her is the kilt. Should go up higher on her waist and be a little longer but that's a nitpick. I like all of the heads and I'll display her with the full entrance attire. I'm barely buying anything lately so it's nice to add two big wants. I think Elite Hawkins and the new AJ are the only two WWE figures I've bought in the last 6-8 months that weren't Retros. So it's nice to be getting these, HH Rey and Mabel all in a stretch. I've just really struggled to stay interested in the line but I'm happy to add these two figures.

Well, the good news is we will probably be getting that Hollywood figure sooner than later because I just don't believe these are going to sell and they will panic and throw the big guns. Bret Hart will be the deciding factor for me as well. EG Goldberg has been pegging at every Target around me, and is a much better figure for the same price..

And Ronda was in the ULTIMATE fighting championship, case solved.

Mattel reused this neck mold for Ronda 

Packaging needs soooome tweaking, but these have me VERY excited for series 2’s Shinsuke.

The ab crunch looks a lot smoother here too. Although I defended it, I’d rather them just make the normal elite ab crunch actually work effectively like most brands in the price range.

I’m gonna go put on a limb and say I really like both figures. I collect loose so don’t care about the packaging tho it reminds me of storms Mike Tyson anyway and that’s not a cheap figure.

I don’t collect modern guys bar nxt but that Ronda has me so tempted. Warrior I ore ordered ages ago. I’m no Mattel apologist as they’re distribution is killing me but as far as quality goes I love both of these and don’t get the hate.

I don't post here much since I don't really think an opinion of someone who buys wrestling figures so sparingly matters anymore...BUT


For being so hyped and for what are supposed to be the most high end wrestling figure out there, these really miss the mark in just about every aspect.

- New molds? I personally don't believe wrestling figures need a whole lot of articulation. I grew up with RA figures. The more articulation an action figure has, the less it feels like an action figure to me. There is nothing worse than figuarts level articulation. Just feels very fragile to me.

- Scans? Underwhelmed. Multiple heads are cool, but regular elites also have those so these aren't anything special in that department.

- Swappable ARMS? Why not just include a cloth coat? I wouldn't think a figure is supposed to have its arms removed under any circumstance. That's just strange to me.

- Packaging? Toy companies really could cut a lot of costs if they scaled back package. So much dead space. This last round of Entrance Greats are a perfect example. Oh and the RED plastic? Um, what?

- Totally not that relevant, but they could have gotten better names to start this off with a bang and not ANOTHER Ultimate Warrior and a chick who might be bolting after Mania (not like Mattel would have known this though). Wave 2's lineup doesn't sound much better specifically Nakamura and I LOVE Nakamura. Can't get much better than that last standard Elite with the multiple hands and entrance jacket.

I really hate to sound negative online, but I just felt like venting.