Rebuilding my collection again....for the Third time

Ruthless Aggression Undertaker

coming in today is Big Evil, The Undertaker. This Undertaker figure is as Jakks-y as Jakks can get. i do remember having a jakks RA UNdertaker similar to this but he had the cut off tshirt and a logo on it, but this mattel undertaker feels so freaking bland to me. This Undertaker comes with his American Badass/Big Evil short hair headsculpt and it looks good-especially with the updated truefx tech the sculpting still holds up. Mattel gave us a black bandana with white designs for this figure and its a classic sculpt and accessory-it looks and fits the figure great. The rest of the figure is also classic Undertaker formula, he has on a black tanktop and blue jeans with black boots. the tattoos on the figure seem accurate for the time, except around the neck. i think he only had the SARA tattoo on the front of his neck and none of the script on the sides, but i can understand why mattel omitted that. the blue on the jeans is definitely a more vibrant color of blue--very reminiscent of the wrestlemania AJ figure they are like a cobalt blue or ultra blue or something. i compared the undertaker next to the eric bischoff🤫 who seems to have absolutely normal colored jeans.
all in all.......this is a tough figure to kindof rate or deem worthy of purchase or not. we dont often get undertaker figures from this era, so its cool to have that but its a random street gear look of taker in blue jeans and a black tank top--which im 99% sure he never wrestled in this look. the body formula and headsculpt of the figure are good i have no complaints, but its not a match specific look for Taker.

As someone also rebuilding a collection (potentially for more than the third time!) I've been loving this thread. Some really great pickups.

Especially wish I could get my hands on that Bischoff, very jealous - the UK just didn't get that line and he's particularly expensive it seems on the secondary market.

Happy Figure Friday y'all!



Ruthless Aggression JBL

coming in today is one of the last great American icons, John "Bradshaw" Layfield. I was watching the product heavily during JBL's debut and run and he had a great character and was a great heel because i absolutely HATED his on screen character. This JBL is from a later time into his run and i believe this attire is from Great American Bash 2005. This JBL comes to the ring decked out in full American Patriot regalia including a red, white and blue striped cowboy hat and an Uncle Sam inspired Stars & Stripes sleeveless trenchcoat. the sculpting, fit and details on the coat look good, but it unfortunately is that bugger rubber material and thus i hate it. The headsculpt on this JBL figure is great, i think its a brand new sculpt as his original JBL headsculpt was straight faced. the sculpting captures JBL in his cocky, teeth bearing ignorant and pompous smile and i do see JBLs likeness in the sculpting immediately. the body recipe is the same as his previous elite, which works for this era of his career-albeit a little slim. this JBL was given some patriotic red,white and blue wristbands along with some black trunks that feature a red white and blue themed shooting star on the front and a red white and blue JBL logo surrounded by gold on the back.
all in all it was cool to get a newly updated JBL figure. i feel like the patriotic color scheme is very obnoxious and bright but mattel did a good job of matching the attire to the event.

Happy Superstar Sunday

went on a figure hunt at the Wal Mart out of town and sadly didnt find anything i was actually looking for but i came home with the new Ruby Soho figure, so not a complete loss 🤷‍♂️ REALLY REALLY want those Ruthless Aggression Ultimate figures and the CM Punk Supreme 😬



E69 Bobby Lashley

Coming in today with an older figure, but a great figure-its the elite series 69 FTITL Bobby Lashley! Right out of the gate i will say this is an amazing figure. he is stacked with accessories and the interchangeable hands are perfect for posing this figure in all of the cool Bobby taunts. This Bobby figure is strapped up with gear including a black headband, a black hat, a black vest, a sledge hammer and a large tire! both the headband and the hat look and fit the figure great, however i personally prefer the look of the headband, it is so unique and it really looks cool. Bobby was given holdy hands to handle the sledgehammer accessory and the articulation allows a few limited poses; double jointed arms would help. Along with the holdy hands Bobby was also given Pointing hands which are perfect for hitting that signature Lashley arms out pose. the headsculpt on this figure is amazing; mattel did a great job of capturing the likeness to Bobby i can easily see him when looking at the figure from any angle. The headsculpt portrays Bobby with a confident, babyface smile and it looks really good especially for the time of its release. they gave Bobby the heavyweight torso and id have it no other way, it works perfect for his physique. Bobby is coming to the ring wearing some small black elbowpads, black wristbands with white trim and black trunks with a red and white "LASHLEY" logo on the front and an image of him hitting that signature pose on the back of the trunks. Finishing up the figure are some legsleeve style kneepads and tall black boots.
all in all this figure is really impressive for being a FTITL and being all the way back from E69 the sculpting and accessories included with this figure were kindof shocking in a good way. i was able to get this figure loose but with all accessories on ebay for ~$20 shipped and thats an ideal price, but its worth the asking price when its MOC. its a great figure and if you want an early Lashley look, scoop up this figure no doubt!

They stayed away from the HLR hand symbol for awhile because bigots have to ruin everything.

Happy Figure Friday y'all!

ive been out on various business trips lately and its actually been really fun popping into the local walmarts to see what theyre stocked up on. i was recently out in Salt Lake City and i found the Eddie Guerrero / Rey Mysterio Ultimates out in the wild!!! i grabbed an Eddie figure right away; snooped on the rest of the pegs-they only had various elite 100 and the wrestlemania series elites otherwise. as i was walking away i had a thought to take a look at the paint apps on the eddie figure and sure glad i did because it was a packaging error and he had two of the same headsculpts. i ran back and checked the other one and it looked good, so im glad--i had TOTALLY forgotten about the eddie ultimate figure. the next wal mart i shopped at had a T-Bar and Cesaro figures still on the pegs 😅 and then a wal mart i stopped at today had barely any elites but the top picks jey/roman and a stone cold Ruthless aggression that was fig swapped with a basic 🙄 also despite being under the impression that there was going to be an AEW figure reset---ive seen no evidence of this. all AEW figures are still rotting away, santana, ortiz,mjf, wardlow,anna jay,john silver-i even saw a Riho on the pegs still.

ANYWAYS im gonna be wrapping up my reviews today for the figures i bought from Elite 102. the recent few elite series have been a great little break for my wallet. mattel has been lining up some figures that i just honestly dont need in my collection-not to say that theyre bad figures but they dont really connect for me; elite 102 i bought 2 figures, 103 is a complete pass for me, ive already gotten all the figures i want from 104, and i only want one maybe two figures from 105.



E102 Gunther

coming in today is another absolute banger of an athlete and a figure!! mattel really did this figure right and knocked it out of the park. the headsculpt on this figure is amazing, the likeness to Gunther is uncanny i recognize him from every and any angle. the sculpt portrays Gunther in a serious glaring stare and it works perfect for the character. i do feel like they did a little much with the beard stubble paint apps, dont think that was needed. Gunther was given a really cool softgoods red coat for entrance gear--it looks and fits the figure great however if i can complain about anything Gunther wears like a wool coat to the ring and i kinda feel like mattel could've done a little bit better on picking the material for this jacket. the fibers have a certain sheen to them and his real jacket is just a solid flat color. beyond that Gunther was given hands for posing and a brand new torso mold that looks awesome. Gunther made an enormous body change and im glad mattel celebrated him by making a whole new torso mold for him, it really makes the figure look great though. beyond that Gunther makes his way to the ring wearing his signature red trunks with black backing and a little white stripe decorating as the Austrian flag. finishing up this figure are some tall black boots and black and white striped socks going to his lower knee.
all in all this is another 10/10 figure home run for mattel. this figure captures Gunther perfectly-the headsculpt looks amazing the body recipe is on point and the softgoods gear and red trunk look great when posed among the rest of the roster. my real gripe with this figure is that they didnt bother to include the Intercontinental title! mattel gets a chop for that, but you goota go buy this figure, it rightfully deserves a spot in everyone's collection! ✋

coming in today with an I LOVE YOU Sunday!



Legends 19 Brother Love

coming in today is a FTITL figure for a cool old school announcer and manager, Brother LoooOOOoooOOveee. I was pretty excited at the announcement of this figure, i love(no pun) old school managers and personalities, i really miss them in wrestling they were a great asset in storytelling and furthering the development of any given character. This Brother Love comes to us with a brand new headsculpt of Bruce Pritchard and it looks good! the sculpting details look really good and on point and the sculpt portrays Bruce in a smarmy, somewhat disingenuous teeth bearing smile and it works great for the character. Brother Love was given his signature slicked back hair and large red-rimmed glasses. i do feel like his face was made a bit too bright and deep of a pink color, it wouldve looked much better in a duller, faded red but mattel went this direction. Brother love is sporting an all white suit with a red undershirt and white tie----MAJOR, MAJOR botch by mattel here by only painting red on what they felt would be visible on the undershirt, it looks really trash becasue you can clearly see what they did. Brother Love also wore his suit jacket unbuttoned, so yeah this was a bad choice by design team. This figure was also given some brand new sculpted hands with large gold and pennant rings, they look awesome and amazing! i could see these hands being useful on many other characters and i really like the execution by mattel on them. wrapping up this figure are some all white slacks and some white shoes with brown soles. For accessories, Brother Love was given a vintage style microphone and the big red Book Of Love. both accessories look great and go well with the figure, the microphone seems to be prone to bending or warping, so look out for that but the book looks great and the paint apps were done well on that piece.
all in all this is a very cool FTITL figure for Brother Love. i have to dock mattel points for the wrong color on the face and frankly major points for only painting a triangle of red on his undershirt. this figure is worth having in the collection for the sake of having an official Brother Love figure, but its far from being perfect or MUST HAVE.

coming in today with an I THINK YOU BETTA RECOGNIZE THURSDAY




Legends 19 D'Lo Brown

frogsplashing in today is the return to the elite line by D'Lo Brown and you betta recognize!! this figure is essentially a re-paint of his E52 figure in NoD attire and updated TrueFx facial apps. This D'Lo comes to us wearing a Nation Of Domination flatcap adorned with Red, Yellow and Green stripes on the front. This D'lo figure was also repackaged with his iconic chest protector, although im not COMPLETELY sure that Dlo wore the chest protector with this attire in particular, its still a cool addition from mattel nonetheless. the headsculpt on this figure is really good its the same sculpt from his E52 figure-the truefx worked pretty good on the sculpt its way more realistic looking than the first effort but still not at that photorealistic level. the body recipe is also the same as the first elite figure seeing D'lo in that singlet style top this time with those really cool Nation of Domination Green Yellow Red striping on the chest and black and white traditional design on the stomach. the style continues as banding on each leg but there are no designs on the back of d'los attire. finishing up this figure are small strapped black kneepads and medium height black boots.
all in all this is a cool return to the line for D'lo and i personally was really excited to have an official Nation of Domination Dlo to complete the stable in figure form. this figure benefited greatly from the new double jointed elbows, interchangeable hands, and frankly the truefx technology aswell. to be completely honest, i think the E52 attire is way more visually appealing than this NoD gear but im glad we got an official Nation of Domination D'Lo Brown figure!!

Happy Sexy Boy Saturday y'all!

i went on a fig hunt this morning, but i think i was just a day early as it seems all the new exciting stuff will be available tomorrow 😪 Target had nothing new on the pegs, wal mart still had the same old same old out. BTW i saw that the wal mart local to me had the CM Punk supreme figure available on their website for pickup so i ordered one; when i picked it up they handed me a Cody Rhodes figure and i just walked right back in the store and returned it. bogus. the wal mart out of town had E104 on the pegs and i almost bought the RA series Edge just because i was itching to buy something--ANYTHING but i left it there. both wal marts had the new Star Wars Bad Batch shippers on display BUT im just not going to pay $27 for a figure whether its a 'store exclusive' or not.

ANYWAYS....

SHOCKINGLY

SURPRISINGLY

im almost completely caught up with my figure review backlog 😯 i literally have photos to share for 6 more figures and ill be all caught up. im obviously getting more figures and ill be sharing those but i really want to thank everyone for all the views, likes, and supportive comments throughout the journey so far. i just know as a collector there are many times i am thinking of buying a figure or i think of a figure and i cant ever seem to find adequate pictures for the figure anywhere, so hopefully someone finds my documentation useful atleast. ive tried to make all my posts search function friendly.
moving forward, i kinda honestly dont see myself buying any more "older" figures for the collection. ive mentioned before but all the older figures i need are basically the "heavy hitters" and with mattel actively doing 'greatest hits' lines for both the legends and main line i see a real possibility of them re-releasing anything i would want or need.



Defining Moments Shawn Michaels

Coming in all the way back from the Royal Rumble 1997 is the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels. This event took place in San Antonio Texas and HBK was sporting some appropriate Texas pride gear in his attempt to regain the wwf championship from Sid Vicious. This figure comes to us wearing a black cowboy hat and some softgoods entrance gear. the hat looks good and fits the figure great; i do feel like the head overall is a tad bit too big for this body recipe so in turn the hat also looks pretty big. the rest of the entrance gear is comprise of some sort've pliable vinyl material with the designs printed on them. Shawn comes to the ring wearing some sleeves with a bit of a red/white/blue color scheme and the designs on the sleeves are supposed to be reflectors-if i had ANYTHING to complain about its the fact that the reflectors just scream clipart to me. i realize that theres not a ton mattel can do with something thats supposed to be reflective IRL but to my eye these just look so secondhand. the same goes with the chaps; both articles fit the figure amazingly and i like the glossy nature and stretchability of the material but the graphics just dont look spectacular to my eyes. the headsculpt on this figure is amazing; it is really on that photorealistic border HOWEVER i feel like the head is sized a bit too big for this body recipe thus making it look a little off. i also do not like the facial expression or lack thereof; the face is amazingly bland for a shawn michaels figure and it is really kindof off putting. the hair sculpt is good, he did go into the match with some voluptuous looking hair that would have made fabio jealous. the rest of this figure is the classic shawn michaels body recipe. he was given his classic tattoo on his left bicep and wrist wraps matching his Texas pride attire. i do not like the paint apps on the wrist wraps; shawn pretty much always wore spandex wrist wraps and i think in this case mattel used reference material from the end of the match where his wrist wraps had shifted on his hands because the paint apps for the positioning on the figure are all messed up and do not look good. as mentioned, this HBK is wearing his iconic Texas pride tights featuring the texas flag inside of the classic heartbreak hearts. the back features the blue silhouette of the state of texas with the "Heartbreak Kid" script in white over the top. finishing up this figure shawn is wearing his classic black kickpad style boots with silver accents on the closures.
all in all this is another great classic HBK figure. i have some small gripes about the figure, but i think the most glaring is the seemingly large, expressionless head. it holds an amazing likeness to Shawn Michaels, but "the lights are on but nobodys home". the attire turned out great, and ill always enjoy getting softgoods accessories over anything else. i really do wish that mattel wouldve thrown in a winged eagle championship aswell but they did a great job with the entrance gear.