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

happy DOG FACED Sunday!!



E104 Rick Steiner

Growling in today is the Dog Faced Gremlin himself, Rick Steiner!! i was super excited when this figure was announced, ive NEVER owned a Rick Steiner figure ever and i was really excited to have him in the collection. This Rick comes to us from his WCW era run i think its from 1999 era when he had the TV championship. This rick comes to us in his signature leather jacket--REALLY kinda upset that it seems mattel invested alot in deco on this because its the dreaded rubber and it just sucks 😂 the jacket features flames on both sleeves, a large 'beware the dog' logo airbrushed in the center and a dogfaced gremlin logo on the back. mattel also included silver detail on all the buttons and zippers of the jacket aswell. a unique addition aswell was that they included the little bulldog statues that Rick wore on his shoulders. Underneath the jacket, Rick is wearing an all black singlet with a red 'Bite Me' logo in the center of the back. Rick was also given ample headgear for his figure, he comes to the ring wearing a red bandana, sunglasses and ofcourse a studded dog collar. all of these accessories look great and fit awesome on the figure. underneath the gear we get to see the FTITL Rick Steiner headsculpt and it looks very 'meh'. Rick has his spiky hair and era correct beard but the blonde streak on the chin is a weird brown-ish color rather than blonde and his eyes are very squinted looking? the sculpt on the eyes makes for a weird application of the paint deco but as i mentioned he looks great with all the other head gear on 😂 Rick has a large bulldog tattoo on his left shoulder but it seems he is missing his dog faced gremlin tattoo on his right arm? Rick has some black handwraps with white peeking through on each wrist. Finishing up this figure are some small kneepads and white boots with some rad airbrush deco; the outside featuring the silhouette of a dog and 'BITE ME' lettering and the inside of each boot featuring a 'Dead or Alive' poster theme.
all in all this was a good figure for Rick's first time elite. there was no way around the rubber jacket, but it sucks that it seemed to have taken so much focus from the design team. i was really looking to see a Rick wearing the earmuffs and the handlebar moustache look in a red singlet or something, but this is cool. i think the overall figure is far too thin and trim for Rick, he was a bulky athlete throughout his career but mattel only has so many body recipe options available. i still think this figure is 10/10 worth buying and picking up; i was really worried that Rick was gonna step on his own toes and get his figure canceled but im glad we moved past that.

i was out in Chicago for a business trip these past two days, so i have come back with some news. the rumors ARE true; CM PUNK is returning.....to my reviews😂🤣



E1 CM Punk

well another late night of ebay shopping resulting in me finding this Punker on ebay--sent the seller an offer apparently he couldnt refuse and i netted an Elite series 1 CM Punk figure. granted the figure came without the shirt and i did a kneepad swap myself-it is in fantastic condition. i could only see a little wear to the hair and maybe a tiny bit of paint wearin in the trunks? but otherwise its in fantastic condition for being an elite series uno 👌 the headsculpt on this figure is actually amazing for being series 1- i was looking at it under good lighting and the sculpting really does capture the likeness of Punk of the era. the headsculpt captures Punk with his long hair and goatee in a confident smirking expression and it fits the character perfectly. closer details that mattel included are Punk's lipring and the closer look under better lighting revealed more unpainted hair on his cheeks, like he had a beard or light beard when he was scanned for the figure and mattel only painted his sideburns and goatee. the body recipe has always been good for punk, he was never chiseled, a little bulkier when he debuted but beyond that always just kinda trim. they included all of his appropriate tattoos for the time and they look great on this figure. this series 1 Punk comes to the ring wearing grey trunks with black stars outlined in yellow. as i recall this WAS the attire punk wore when he was the Intercontinental champion.
all in all this is an awesome figure. im a huge CM Punk fan and i love all of his figures too 😂 i got this figure for a really good price imo and im happy to have it back in my collection...ive been slowing trying to re-grow my punk collection of both elites and basics but damn theyre so expensive and beat up at this point. this figure is great, it was a great moment in history and a great moment for collectors as CM Punk debuted in elite series 1, if i had ANYTHING to gripe about it would be that it would have been cool to see an I.C title aswell but i know he got softgood tshirt originally so it might be asking a bit much but its hard to complain with a figure this good.

coming in today with a you THINK you KNOW me Thursday!





Legends 14 Edge (Chase)

coming in today (you think) is The Edge chase variant from all the way back in legends series 14. I wanted this edge figure from the get go comapared to the standard version but recently ive been trying to build an entire display of figures and attires from the PS1 game, WWF Attitude! in the game the all red tights attire was an option for Edge, so this figure definitely gets a buy from me. really kindof upset because i was able to score this figure for 9.99 MOC shipped on ebay and man you would think one day i would learn about the true nature of these screaming deals. unfortunately this edge figure has a ton of paint app damage on his left front leg. The headsculpt on this figure is amazing; it captures Edge in a confident, positive smiling expression and it really looks photo realistic and especially compared to pre-truefx sculpts and paint app era edge figures. i love the look of the highlights in his hair, very reminiscent of the BCA era figures. the body recipe is classic Edge--i have no complaints about it. they did mess up edge's arm tattoo, i believe it is a bulldog just mattel rotated it the wrong angle on his shoulder. compared to the standard edition of this figure in white and gold tights, this figure is sporting some red and white tights and i really prefer the look of the red to the white tights. i believe i mentioned it in the previous review of the figure, i like the white tights because i had an r3 edge figure when i was a kid and that brings back memories--but the red and white looks SO MUCH better both for the figure and the sake of the edge character. it also matches the badass red vinyl jacket mattel gave this figure.
all in all i would definitely recommend grabbing the CHASE version of the Legends 14 series Edge---just dont buy one with paint app damage like i did 😭

Coming in today with a STINKER sunday! 😝



Ruthless Aggression Ultimate Eddie Guerrero

frogsplashing in today is the Ultimate Edition debut of Latino Heat Eddie Guerrero. Typically, i dont like to review ultimates in this thread, but this figure needed a little visibility. in my reviews for the E95 Eddie figures i was really pushing for the idea of seeing an Ultimate Edition Eddie Guerrero and now after GETTING said figure i take it back 😂 This Eddie is from the night he won the championship from Brock Lesnar, Eddie is in the classic red Latino heat tights and even comes with a softgoods Latino Heat shirt that looks and fits the figure great. The included headsculpts for this figure are really good-we get a calm confident smiling eddie, a cheesy teeth bearing eddie, and a determined shouting eddie; they all look great and capture eddie's likeness from the era. the biggest blunder with this figure ofcourse is the torso of the figure....they gave Eddie the Ultimate Warrior style torso and it...just...doesnt...work. the figure looks very much like a JAKKS Flex'Em figure or just something slightly comical given the proportions..maybe the torso works but then the legs dont--the formula is way off and needs to be re-visited. the second blunder this figure suffers from is the included Undisputed Championship belt. the paint apps on the belt are WAY off center; doing some research i checked the promo shots on the back of the figure box and THE PAINT APPS ARE STILL OFFCENTER ON THE PROMO PICS ON THE BOX. on top of that, this particular version of the belt is exclusively made to fit the Brock torso and DOES NOT come close to fitting normally on this figure. another small complaint i have are the boots of the figure--they seem to be a weird shade of mint green or they have too much green in the hue making them look inaccurate for the attire of the figure.
all in all i was very excited to find this eddie on the shelves. when i came upon it, i had LITERALLY completely forgotten about it being released and was really hype to finally have an Eddie Ultimate. the problem is that it really leaves a lot to be desired, not quite sure how so many people "ok'ed" the design of this figure with so many glaring issues but here we are. MDT knows about the issues and hopefully they address them before the next Eddie rolls out; Grateful to have an Ultimate Edition Eddie but this figure is unfortunately a STINKER.

Happy Superstar Saturday Y'all!!

i was down in the great state of TEXAS this past week for some work and i had another ABYSMAL time figure hunting 😂 i hit a total of 9 stores and found NOTHING new or exciting on the pegs. i did however see a COMPLETELY RANDOM Summerslam series Ms.Elizabeth on the pegs 🤯 beyond that it was all the same ol' same ol as of late. TONS of top picks Roman and Jey figures floating around for no reason, i has seen some E102 figures floating around, couple E100 Beckys, E99 Riddle & Zelia figures were a plenty, lots of RA series Rock figures. The AEW figure selection was the same as it ever was, getting VERY dissappointed in AEW figure hunting. endless amounts of Ortiz & Santana, Tay Conti and MJF figures 😭 i did hit up one wal mart that had a healthy supply of the new exclusive Jericho and Kingston figures, i want the jericho figure but im really feeling like my local stores will get them at some point. in total i went to 5 malmarts and 4 targets, the targets were THE WORSTTTTTTT. some had really shrunk down the wrestling section to a few pegs it looked sad. for some reason ive been seeing them restock the royal rumble BAF series?? lots of Vader and Rey figures out there again--i can only imagine its old stock that was sitting in the back that got pushed for new releases. lots of Triple H and Mr Perfect Legends figures, saw a few DiBiase but no chase figures unfortunately. i did stumble upon the then now forever 4 pack in the wild finally;i was tempted to but it just so i could claim a victory on something but i realized id have stuff it in my luggage somehow safely to travel back on the plane with it and it wasnt worth the trouble.


🚨 ALSO I FEEL THE NEED TO ANNOUNCE DUE TO MY LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT THAT I HAVE FOUND THE AEW SUPREME CM PUNK IN THE WILD AT MY LOCAL WAL MART. 🚨

finally acquired my current grail. ive been searching for weeks, if not months at this point and finally today i found 3 of them at the local wal mart. i admittedly grabbed two so i could open one and keep one MOC - left one on the shelves, someone else will be excited to find it. im SUPER EXCITED the figure looks amazing.

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TODAY we're gonna continue talking about the Legends series 20 figures!



Legends 20 Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

coming in today is Mr. Perfect, this is my first Mr Perfect figure ever and it is unfortunately the return of the dreaded rubber singlet top. Starting off, the headsculpt on this figure looks amazing, the facial sculpting captures Curt from all angles and the Truefx paint apps were applied perfectly to my figure making it look just like him. the hair sculpting is good, it makes a great attempt at capturing his stringy blonde hair. the body recipe of this figure is good by me, Curt was never super cut of BIG, he was a technician and master psychologist in the ring. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOP, you can see in the photos of my figure that my molded top seems to have been compressed by the championship belt enough that it looks pretty dang decent. like, i really dont hate this as much as i thought i would. i still do not like it, i still wish they hadnt done it, but it works just well enough on this figure that its passable but next Mr.Perfect just needs to have sculpted top. going down the figure, Curt has the bike short length shorts on his singlet and here poses the next problem with this figure. the rubber singlet top presents as one shade of yellow, the crotch piece and upper thighs are another shade of yellow, and the painted portion on the upper thigh is a third shade of yellow. as the figure is handled or played with or exposed to the elements, each will fade or get dirty differently and it will become more visibly obvious. its sort of nitpicking, but really looking at the figure it is noticeable. Mr. Perfect was given legsleeve style kneepads, looking at pictures of Mr. Perfect from the era i kinda/sorta feel like they shoudve given him the short kneepads, but these seem to fit the bill. finishing up the figure are some white boots with Mr.P script on the outsides and golden laces. for accessories he was given the classic Intercontinental championship belt, and a softgoods towel. i like both accessories a lot and they look great on the figure.
all in all the Mr. Perfect with the rubber singlet top experiment is, IMO, an OKAY figure. i was quite excited to get my first Mr.Perfect figure in my collection but it just HAD to be a part of the rubber top experiment. i have this strange conspiracy theory that mattel whiffs these figures on purpose; like they have all the tools available to them to make the perfect iterations of these characters like body recipes, colors accessories-but every single figure there seems to be something off with it. they'll change the body recipe for some reason or pick the wrong body part, use the wrong boots, pick the wrong kneepads, orient the tattoo wrong, given them a weird rubber singlet top, SOMETHING is always just not quite right and its annoying but i still love mattel. in my travels, Greg Valentine is obviously the major pegwarmer, but ive seen just as many Mr. Perfect figures scattered about aswell.

Happy Superstar Saturday y'all!!

i was out for another trip this past week but i was feeling pretty good on hunting purchases, so i didnt really wander around and look for anything in stores. i had placed an order on ringside for damaged box unmatched 7 Thunder Rosa, Damaged box Survivor Series Shawn Michaels, and the AEW commentator set, all came in and look AEWsome, really happy with those purchases. also despite not being able to find them in store, i did order the Legends Greatest Hits Ultimate Warrior and British Bulldog from target.com--both figures ive never owned previously they also are in house by now and look great, cant wait to share the pics and thoughts.

TODAY i think we are gonna talk about a GREATEST HITS FIGURE!!!



Greatest Hits Batista

Bombing into the reviews today is the reissue of Bluetista! i really wasnt a huge fan of this attire when Dave wore it, i didnt own the original Bluetista figure but i had been figure hunting all day and wanted to go home with something so here we are with this figure in hand 😂 i really think it was a bit of a goofy idea and the fact that the fans made a meme out of the attire calling him 'Bluetista' was fun. i personally didnt like the look on Dave, the arm sleeves were a bit much to the look and the blue was too bright compared to his usual attire palette, but Dave rocked it. The headsculpt on this figure looks great. underneath the included Drivers cap and sunglasses, we get a serious, straight faced focused Dave and the TrueFX was applied great to my figure i see Dave's likeness from all directions. at the time Dave was sporting some shorter and darker hair and beard combo which was captured and executed great on this figure. going down the figure we were given the 'batista'/ron simmons torso and it looks great for this era of the animal. his tattoos were captured pretty good, the right arm tattoo was printed a little too far back on the upper shoulder on my figure so i have to twist his arm to an unnatural position to get the deco to line up. mattel made out easy on the tattoo deco with this figure as he is wearing the obnoxious blue armsleeves, but mattel continued the detail of his hand tattoos below the sleeve so that was cool, even the interchangeable hands feature the deco. Batista is wearing bold blue trunks with -- what was a Gracie Jiu Jitsu logo in white on the back. Going down the figure, Dave was given some short blue kneepads with black trim on the top that lead into some blue legsleeves that cover his entire lower legs. this figure was given the Big E style short boots with the strapped ankle, not entirely accurate as Dave was wearing some air jordans i feel like they coudve picked a more unique shoe mold but i guess they did what they could at the time.
all in all, honestly not my favorite figure of all time. the main draw to Batista figures especially in the modern era are all of his tattoos and this sleeved out attire covers almost all of them up. it was cool to get the figure in this attire the first time around, but i dont know that many fans were clamoring for a re-release of the Bluetista figure in the greatest hits line. i kinda understand that EVERY figure in the greatest hits line cant be a return of a heavy hitter, but bringing back Bluetista was a little bit of a wasted spot.

Coming in today with a small little update today;

i got a new computer the other day 🥳🥳🥳 i had been riding with my PC for a little over 10 years at this point-i was able to browse and watch videos just fine, but putting the computer under any type of 'task' would cause it to freeze??? monitored my temps, checked my drivers consistently, could never seem to get to the root of the issue and fix it permanently so i caved in and used my Black Friday funds to bring a new PC into the fold and i love it so far. looking forward to getting into some gaming again 🎮

ANYWAYS

i stopped off at my local wal mart for a late night shopping run and i found a brand new fresh case of E105 out on the pegs!!! 🚨🚨🚨 I most definitely scooped up my BIG POPPA PUMP figure, i was on the verge of getting the Iyo Sky figure too it looked really good, but im sure itll be there for awhile ill have another opportunity to grab it.

TODAY however i have a figure that i picked up amongst all of my random toy hunts in the past few weeks.......



Basic 131 Baron Corbin

so i typically dont really even bother with basic figures unless they are in a really unique Street gear or a suited mold-hopefully the new upcoming articulation will change that but for now i only look out for those types of figures. so in all of my journeys across the states and cities and counties not finding any elites to bring home i usually cave and end up buying something to make all the effort seem worth it. i am a Corbin fan and seeing his basic hanging out in numerous locations i decided to bring one home. the headsculpt on this figure is REALLY really good, i can immediately see the likeness of him from any angle i look at the figure. the TrueFx paint apps came out looking really good and crisp aswell- my only complaint is that it seems like his eyes are looking off in a weird direction--but they are both aligned and it doesnt make him look too goofy. Baron Corbin is coming to the ring wearing a brown suit with a black button up undershirt--the brown is really cool on this suit there almost seems to be a bit of a gold metallic sheen molded into the plastic, i dig it. Corbin scales well enough against other suited figures.
all in all this is a good suited Corbin figure. there isnt really anything ultra exciting happening with the appearance of the figure, just a Baron Corbin in a brown suit, but i do enjoy collecting suited figures for promo pics and backstage events.

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🦃HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL YOU TURKEYS🦃

TODAY BIG POPPA PUMP IS SERVING A BIG PLATTER OF PEAKS FOR ALL THE FREAKS TO FEAST UPON

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E105 Scott Steiner

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GIMME A FACKING MIC

flexing into the reviews today is the highly anticipated debut to the elite line of Big Poppa Pump himself, Scott Steiner! 💪 i was super excited for this figure-- a little bit more excited for the Scott WCW Ultimate we missed out on from the WCW stage crowdfund, but im sure we'll get that look shortly. This Scotty comes to us from his 2003 run in WWE that i remember vividly as i was definitely tuning in every week to catch the action. i was rooting for scotty hard in his feud against triple h but he unfortunately fell victim to the reign of terror. This Scott comes to us with a brand new headsculpt and some entrance gear; the entrance gear is comprised of his iconic chainmail headdress and black sporty sunglasses. they both looks great and fit the figure well, the chainmail is a tad bit oversized and kindof 'floats' on the figures head a bit but it clears the sunglasses and looks good otherwise. the only other way i think that mattel could have made this work would be to somehow do softgoods trying to imitate the chainmail but i still think i prefer the molded. i think a little black wash would make the chainmail look awesome, im gonna give it a go here soon. the gunglasses are very scott steiner styled and they look great on the figure. mine kinda sit weird inside of the figure's ears instead of ontop of them but i can live with it. the headsculpt looks incredible it really capture's scott's likeness quite well, it portrays Scott in a neutral expression but it still works great for posing, im sure an ultimate figure will be coming down the line and we'll most definitely get a shouting head. alongside the brand new head mattel APPROPRIATELY gave Scotty his own brand new torso and arm sculpts. big props to mattel for this they really look great, the torso features Big Popps Pump's well defined pecs and abs with molding that captures the striations of the muscles and the arms really show off Freakzilla's massive Bicep Peaks. im personally really happy with mattels sculpting, could they big bigger? Big Poppa Pump says yes, no one can top his massive gains and his action figures should really put definition to the gap between himself and his foes but mattel did good for now. as mentioned this figure appears to be from the 2003 era of scott's career so he comes to the ring wearing some red tights with silver FREAKZILLA logo on the back, and silver tribal 'S' logo on the outside of the thighs. they also feature the outline for his '69' logo but for obvious reasons did not include the actual symbol. finishing up this figure are some tall black boots.
all in all this is a freakishly good debut to the elite line for the big bad booty daddy. mattel couldve just as easily spit out a figure in the warrior torso and new headsculpt but they did it up special for Scotty and i really like that. we know they have the tooling for an ultimate Scott so thats gotta be in the pipeline and THE NUMBERS WONT LIE Scott's elite will sell hard and they will give us Hulk Hogan Levels of new Scott figures to satiate our demands.

HOLLA IF YA HEAR ME

thanks! i appreciate the kind words! 🙏 there are some guys out there with far more knowledge than me im walking the razors edge being a hobbyist and a 'professional' lol im just really passionate about wrestling figures and i like to share with others!

coming in today with a superstar saturday today!!



Legends Greatest Hits British Bulldog

Slamming into the reviews today is the Legends Greatest Hits appearance by the British Bulldog originally appearing allll the way back from legends series 3. This was a great figure choice to include by mattel, we have been seeing a lot of Bulldog figures as of late-all across the board as far as timeline for his career and this was a great figure to pop back up. I never owned the original Bulldog Legends figure so i was pretty excited at the opportunity to snatch up this re-release. This Bulldog figure comes to us from his 1996-1997 era of his career where he was sporting a shorter hair look and had joined up with the Hart Foundation. The headsculpt on this figure looks great for its era, we get Bulldog with some short slicked back hair in a confident, determined, sporty, teeth bearing expression and it looks good for bulldog. i do feel like the sculpting makes him look a bit 'chipmunk-y' in that his cheeks seem a little too full from some angles and with his teeth showing like that---it does read a little chimpunk expression to my eyes but all in all i do see the likeness to bulldog in there. the body recipe for this figure is pretty perfect i think; we get that taller guy 'not-so ripped' road warrior hawk torso for Bulldog and its a great choice for the physique he was utilizing during this era of his career. Bulldog was given a softgoods Hart Foundation Vest for entrance gear and it is amazing; mattel used a really cool silver fabric to imitate the look of the zipper and its just 'chefs kiss' it looks amazing. This figure was also given some bicep tassels for ring gear and for some reason mattel opted to go with the old style, fully molded tassles over the new style, articulated arm tassels we've been seeing on the ultimate warrior figures for MONTHS now. the old style tassels kindof suck they get in the way and they splay out way too far for practical posing. Bulldog comes to the ring wearing some iconic blue Union Jack trunks, the designs were all printed clean, crisp and centered on my figure. Davey Boy also was sporting matching Union Jack designed kneepads and his signature white boot tassles over some red boots.
all in all this is a great 1997 era British Bulldog figure. the body recipe is great, the headsculpt looks good and the attire produces a great aesthetic. at this point we're getting this figure and the new Ultimate Bret from the late 90's Hart foundation, hopefully we see a new neidhart and Pillman to complete the lineup shortly! i do kinda wish that this figure had come with either a tag belt or European championship belt to complete the look.