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

happy Slammin Sunday!!

Merry Christmas Eve y'all!

This year has been really strong for multi elite figure packs and my wallet hates seeing them but I love buying them. I had seen the 60th anniversary 4 pack posted on youtube and I really wasn’t too sure how badly I wanted to buy it. I remember finally seeing it in person while I was on a business trip and almost bought it but didn’t want to try and hassle with making enough room in my luggage to accommodate it. I went back and forth a few times over whether I wanted to put down the money for it and what I really wanted from it. Alas on black Friday I popped into the target app and saw it listed for $45.99 so I jumped on it right away.



Then Now Forever 60th Anniversary Elite 4 Pack
Hulk Hogan

Hulking into the reviews first is ofcourse the one and only Hulk Hogan. What would a multipack of the history of the wwe be without the everlasting phenomenon that is Hulk Hogan?! To be honest however this is a great figure; this hulk was given two headsculpts and they are both absolutely amazing. They portray a younger hulkster as evidenced by the fuller head of hair sculpt, but his facial features are damn near photo realistic. One headsculpt portrays Hulk in a confident, positive smile and the other in a sort of tight lipped, series grimace expression and they both look really freaking good. Hulk was given a softgoods red shirt that Velcro opens in the front featuring his ‘American Made’ logo in white font on the front and Hulk-a-Mania in matching font on the back. Hulk was given his Hogan torso and classic hot dog tan along with some interchangeable hands aswell. This Hulkster figure drops the leg in his classic yellow tights and boots with red kneepads. The main draw of this figure -to me- was the inclusion of the BIG GREEN wwe championship belt. The new legends Iron Shiek figure will look great with this big green belt!
All in all the 60th anniversary Hulk Hogan figure is definitely something different than what mattel has offered us so far and honestly this figure would have stood on its own as a single elite in the main line. Ive seen him being priced out the highest when people break down this set and sell the figures individually and frankly I don’t blame them. The headsculpts are really amazing and the big green belt is a welcomed prize for us belt nerds. This was a very welcome addition to the Hogan career timeline.

Hey just wanted to say i love your reviews of these figures. Really helps me figure out what to buy. Keep up the great work and happy holidays to you sir!

happy wrestle wednesday y'all!

went out for a figure hunt yesterday to see what was up after christmas---nothing new on the pegs at all. i did stop off at the wal mart out of town and scooped up some star wars figures but nothing new or exciting for wwe or aew figures on the pegs 😭



Then Now Forever 60th Anniversary Elite 4 Pack
Becky Lynch

Shattering into the reviews—finishing up the reviews for the 60th anniversary pack is Becky Lynch! Ill give credit to this figure-I anticipated it being the weakest offering of the pack but I genuinely like it way more than I thought. This Becky comes to us in her Hell in a Cell 2022 gear where she came to the ring in a strange post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk, lady gaga, look and to be honest I really didn’t hate it then, and I like it more seeing it in figure form. Becky features her headpiece from the look that features many silver and black shard designs—it fits the figure fine and looks great. Beneath that she was given her ‘chopped’ hairstyle which was executed well by mattel and looks great on the figure, I don’t know how accurate it is to the hell in a cell event, but this was her style for a while so maybe from a different event. I think the headsculpt may be new too, but I could be wrong on that. Going down the figure she was given her cool entrance gear featuring a rubber top with spiky shoulders and many sculpted studs and zippers throughout. Attached to the rubber top is some nice, quality softgoods lace material and I really like the inclusion and execution of this by mattel. When removing the gear we see Becks’ ring gear featuring a black bodysuit with many mesh and solid black details throughout. She features some loose weave mesh leggings that transition into her ‘scarlet witch’ style kneepads that then go into some all black kickpads.
All in all as I mentioned, I did end up liking this figure much more than I expected to. I don’t think I would have bought it if it was a standalone release, but it’s a quality effort by mattel. I compared it to her ‘scarlet witch’ figure in red and they are essentially the exact same figure, just re-painted. As I mentioned with the stone cold figure, it was a unique choice of mattel to release this “current look” becky in a multi pack and not have the casual collectors have a fair chance at this look but they did pretty good. As far as whether Becky belongs in the 60th anniversary pack------------she seems to have been the chosen as the figurehead character for the womens division at this point over charlotte and the other breakout stars. I think mattel could have really done a killer job adding Trish to this 4 pack as she was recently prominently featured on tv and has a legendary career as the leading breakout diva to womens wrestler. Her figure formulas are still solid, she just needs new headsculpt tooling and they could be off to the races.

Was this 4 pack worth it?!
Ultimately, im gonna say yes. The Hogan figure is done really well to replicate his look from when he first won the wwf championship-then known as the big green from Iron Shiek. There has not yet been a figure released to represent that look, so this is the only pack to have it. The steve austin figure-this is the only pack to feature an elite representation of modern day stone cold. The rocky maivia figure is a treat to have re-released with updated facial tech and interchangeable hands. The becky figure is highly detailed and for Becky fans it is a great look to have represented and the only pack to feature this look. Mattel could have easily re-packed a roman, john cena, hogan and charlotte and the pack would have TANKED. They made good character choices here, good attire choices here and so far these are exclusive looks.

Happy Figure Friday y'all!



Royal Rumble Virgil BAF
Ridge Holland

Coming into the reviews today is a figure I literally only thought would impede my quest to complete the Virgil BAF in the cheapest way possible—Ridge Holland. Ill come right out of the gates and say I was pleasantly surprised with his figure and actually am happy to have added it to the collection. Ridge comes to the ring wearing some badass entrance gear; he comes equipped with a grey drivers cap, black facemask, baton and softgoods jacket. The headgear looks great on the figure and fits great; the mask is made of a really soft, stretchy rubber and I almost advise to be careful it doesnt tear when trying to put it on the figure. The softgoods jacket is amazing; it is super high quality, imo and I love the herringbone pattern of the fabric. It is a dark grey material with some black ‘leather’ accents on the lapel. The headsculpt on the figure looks great, it portrays Ridge in a confident, teeth bearing grimace expression ready to throw some fists! It turned out great and looks like Ridge. I really like the body recipe for this figure, they gave him the sheamus torso and appropriate arms and legs; the figure build looks really good. Ridge comes to the ring wearing some clean looking black and gold gear, the trunks are all black with gold accents around the waist and a flower design on the front right. The back of his trunks feature a gold RIDGE logo and mattel did a great job with the paint apps on my figure. Finishing up the figure, Ridge is wearing some small kneepads and medium height black boots that feature the golden flower design on the outside and ‘made in yorkshire’ on the back of the boot in gold.
All in all despite being in a BAF wave, this figure is actually pretty stacked! The entrance gear is really quality and he looks like certified ass kicker. I truly felt like this would be my least favorite figure of the bunch, but it may even be my favorite!

coming in with an Olympic Slam Sunday!!




Ultimate Edition Kurt Angle


Olympic Slamming into the reviews today—Its True Its True It’s the Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle! I typically don’t review my ultimates because I kinda wanted to do a separate thread for ultimate figures but this was one of those ‘kinda controversial’ figures I felt the need to highlight. The figure starts off with an offering of three different head sculpts: one serious, one smiling, and one emotionally crying. The serious head sculpt is a little off on the likeness, it seems to portray a younger Kurt but something about the eyes I think lose the likeness to Kurt. The second smiling headsculpt I believe is an existing headsculpt and with the truefx apps it looks really great. The third headsculpt is a brand new and it portrays a very emotional Kurt in a crying (happy tears) expression—to be straight it does look really good, and it accommodates many different poses but I just think as a collector it wasn’t really a look we all were expecting or clamoring for? It falls into the category as the Goldberg smoke head and the Roman Reigns OOHHAAAHHH head—kudos to mattel for the effort of thinking and providing outside of the box, but IMO not really something we are all looking for in our collections. Going down the figure I guess the next thing to discuss is the body recipe. They chose to give Kurt the Ultimate Warrior, Eddie Guerrero, Triple H, Batista torso and it works 80% of the time. There is only one weird angle the figure can be viewed at that makes the shoulder width look obnoxious, but their inclusion of the softgoods top and the gold medal accessories downplays the size of the torso. Torso choice aside, mattel DID decide to go with a softgoods singlet on this figure instead of their rubber top that we recently saw on the mr perfect legends figure; very grateful for that lol. Im not a Kurt historian, but I don’t think he was wearing this red singlet when he won his first wwf championship, maybe in the weeks leading up to it, but not sure when he sported this look. Underneath the singlet, Kurt is wearing red shorts that showcase the same design as the singlet, reminds me of some jakks ttl figures. This kurt figure was given some blue elbowpads and matching kneepads—I THINK the kneepads are a new sculpt, they are fairly accurate to the style that Kurt wore to the ring. Finishing up the figure are Kurt’s signature medium height red boots with white soles and laces.
All in all this Ultimate Kurt figure is actually pretty cool—not a COMPLETE pass. The included headsculpts are really good, IMO only one of them is a miss. The torso choice can be downplayed with the addition of the cloth singlet and gold medal accessories; when Kurt is all decked out and posed the torso choice isn’t so glaring. As mentioned he has a cloth singlet which is a huge plus and all the included gear and accessories make this figure really fun to pose around.

HAPPY 2024 EVERYONE 🎉🎈🎊🥳

i wanted to do my own little year-end wrap up for my thoughts and ideas on my favorite or least favorite products that mattel gave us this year.

im gonna be taking the knowledge of the 2023 releases from the voting survey thats currently active.


E97 : well I guess we started the 2023 releases with Elite Series 97, a pretty weak wave, IMO. My Most Valuable Figure goes to Chainsaw Charlie. I only ended up buying 3 figures from this wave and of those 3 I liked Charlie the most. The Omos figure gets an honorable mention for the sheer size of the man, but Charlie brings new sculpts to the line, is an attitude era guy and the figure turned out great.


E98: E98 was also a bit of a weird offering of talent. I purchased 4 figures out of the wave and to be honest I really like them all despite being unconventional. Ill give the MVF award to Rick Boogs! I like his gimmick and his look and mattel was able to sneak in that crappy rubber top on this figure but they did it in a useful way and I really ended up liking the figure- It poses really great and looks cool. Runner up would probably be Mandy Rose, her headsculpt and paint apps looked really freaking good and I thought her attire with the black wings looked really rad.


E99: E99 was also a bit of a weak offering of talent for me. First wave to have double chase figures but the chase Brock figure looked dumb in that radiant blue color and boogie man was just a different head? I bought 5 figures from this wave, skipped out on Riddle. my MVF for this wave goes to…….Seth Rollins. Im not even really a seth fan but I remember really liking the quality of the coat and his attire just looked really good all around and the headsculpt tied in great too. Runner up would probably be Queen Zelina her headsculpt was just really immaculate and her attire pops on the shelf-when shes all geared up with the crown and scepter the figure presents really well.


E100: big fanfare for Elite series 100! Mattel made it 100 series and chose some interesting superstars and looks to commemorate the milestone series. I once again bought 5 figures from this series, skipped on the becky figure. My mvf goes to…….(this one was tough) The Rock. I wasn’t a huge fan of the headsculpt, I felt like it didn’t match the era he wore the trunks, but it was a new headsculpt and I do like having it. The Brahama Bull championship belt and blue softgoods jersey put this figure over the top for me. Those accessories are way more useful than the mish mash man MDT special they pushed through to production. Runner up would be Andre SIMPLY because his figure was the debut of the Andre ’86 championship and that belt is my all time favorite belt design. I was level 10 hype to get that belt in my figure collection.



E101: E101 was also a kindof weird lineup to me. Im not sure what constitutes a ‘good lineup’ or ‘weird lineup’ but this one was weird I guess. I bought 4 figures out of this series, but one got perpetually delayed and eventually cancelled. My MVF goes to Mr. America hands down. I was glued to my TV during the Mr America run I REALLY wish we could get a Sean O’Haire figure he BEAT Mr. America clean 😝 I digress, the Mr. America figure came out looking great, he suffered from the dreaded sheamus torso that MDT for some reason thought was good for him for a stretch but when the figure is all geared up he looks amazing and the red white and blue pops on the shelf. Runner up is obviously Johnny Knoxville; it was a close tie between the two, im a HUGE jackass fan and I was so excited to know we were getting an elite Knoxville. The Knoxville figure turned out really great but I gotta go with Mr. Hulk America. I had ordered the Cody figure but it got delayed and then cancelled so I guess I cant offer a fair opinion on it.


E102: E102 didn’t bring the excitement for me at all. The lineup didn’t offer many desirable characters to MY collection-I only ended up buying 2 figures from this series. my MVF goes to the Commissioner Foley figure hands down. The headsculpt and overall presentation of the figure and accessories came out looking great. Runner up would be the Gunther figure. Softgoods coat looks great on the figure and the new torso and headsculpt MDT made for him looks great.


E103: I completely passed on E103. No figures from this series sparked my interest. I don’t know why they released another Roman figure—his top picks figures were flooding shelves already. The liv morgan figure looked cool in the black and green but im not a huge Liv fan and typically don’t collect her figures. Stardust; I never liked the gimmick and im honestly not a huge cody Rhodes fan as it is. Ford and Dawkins look cool and im glad their figures got the re-design treatment but im not a fan and don’t collect their figures. And then finally the Lashley figure just doesn’t really jump at me design wise.


E104: I guess the last mainline wave of 2023, I bought 4 figures from this series and this one was pretty easy my MVF in this series was Rick Steiner. Old school fan here and any old wcw guys or wwf guys will always get a buy from me, cool to see Rick’s mattel debut just wish they used a beefier body recipe but regardless it turned out okay. Runner up would be Bron Breakker, I ordered this figure from EE or Amazon I think and I got a chase figure which was cool because I really wanted the yellow singlet over the pink so that was a treat.


ALL in all I guess if we’re grouping the figures up that I purchased from each series my favorite would be……..E98. Demon Finn, Farooq Asad, Mandy Rose, and Rick Boogs. FIGURE WISE I think looking at these figures they are the most toyetic group and honestly I just had a ton of fun posing the Farooq figure and the Demon finn was awesome but I really hated the fact that they gave him shorter legs. E101 would be my second favorite as Mr. America was highly anticipated from me as was Knoxville.


My favorite Elite Greatest Hits figure would have to be a CLOSE tie between the Shawn Michaels figure and King Harley Race---gonna give it to Harley that was a super rare figure and im glad mattel re-release it for everyone.


My Favorite Elite Top Picks figure might have to go to Ronda Rousey. I really liked the overall aesthetic of this figure, the John Cena from the same wave would be a close runner up. Not a very exciting year of top picks, IMO.


My favorite BAF series of 2023…this one was hard to choose I think overall series was the Wrestlemania BAF with Mean Gene. I was stoked to finally get that 2002 era Hollywood hogan elite and the macho man figure turned out looking very cool Aswell. I liked the concept of doing both figures from the match hopefully mattel moves forward with that concept in the future. Special shoutout to the Royal Rumble Vader figure and the Summerslam Hogan figures for being so cool. ALSO BIG shoutout to the Survivor Series HBK figure, one of my all time anticipated figures from mattel, they botched the tights color a bit but the figure came out fine regardless.



My favorite ringside exclusive figure has to be the Defining Moments Shawn Michaels figure. Not a lot to pick from this year but that figure was my favorite out of the pack.



Elite legends line gave some pretty decent offerings this year. I think my favorite OVERALL legends figure from 2023 would be Paul E Dangerously. Im a certified Paul Heyman guy and it was just super rad getting a flashback Heyman figure.


Runner up figures were tight, I think the Shamrock figure was especially useful to me and my collection as were all the series 19 figures. That being said, series 19 takes my vote for favorite overall series this year. Getting those NOD Kama and D’Lo figures were ace for me and the Undertaker figure was REALLY lowkey an awesome figure. Brother love was a cool new manager to add to the roster but the execution on his figure left a little to be desired.



Moving on to MULTI PACKS. Holy cow this year was the year of Multi Pack elite figures. It was tough, despite all of the offerings I think I really liked the Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar figures from the Beast vs Tribal Chief 3 pack. I do not yet own it but the Coliseum Collection Piper vs Steel pack looks amazing.



Ruthless Aggression Series----unfortunately 2023 saw the end of the Ruthless Aggression line. One of my favorite lines to hunt for I remember being on the road for work just stopping at random walmarts to see what RA series was on the pegs. VERY TOUGH calls on my favorite figures from this line there were many but the clear winner has to be Eric Bischoff. I was hyped to get the nWo 2002 Kevin Nash elite figure finally and I am a huge fan of Torrie Wilson, so to see her get an elite figure blew my mind and mattel did a great job with it.




ULTIMATE EDITION – 2023 was a big year for the ultimates. We saw a ton of re-releases in the greatest hits line but also a ton of new offerings and a few exclusives. Once again very tough choices for me if I really put them under a microscope, but I think ULTIMATELY I will give the Target Legends Rock ultimate figure the MVF for 2023. The Ultimate RVD figure comes in a tight 2nd place because I love RVD.(i dont have any pics ready of my ultimate rock figure)



SO if were getting down to the nitty gritty….what is my favorite figure of 2023?!?
Super super tough figure choice but I think what it really comes down to for me was just anticipation level for a figure that was announced. I think there were a lot of figures I heard were announced and I just thought ‘well we’ll see how that figure looks in person’ or just a casual ‘yeah id buy that’ feeling but I think overall looking at the choices for mattel wwe figures for 2023…….my top figure would have to be…………E101 Mr. America. As mentioned in all my reviews and discussion for this figure, I was heavily watching the product at the time and I was really excited to get this Mr. America look from the Hogan timeline after getting the also highly anticipated E91 Hogan figure. Runner up would have to be the Target Legends Rock Ultimate Figure, literally the Ultimate iteration of the Great one, in my eyes-wearing a softgoods tracksuit and the blue attitude era logo trunks---just a chefs kiss of a figure.(i dont have any pics ready of my ultimate rock figure)



Okay….i think that’s it for me to talk about!! Um.. be honest 2023 felt quite less exciting than 2022 to me? I felt like we finished the year strong with the Survivor series and Royal Rumble BAF waves, but the mainline figure choices really failed to garner real interest from me. There were a pinch of character selections that actually got me excited but not as many as the past year and as mentioned I skipped an ENTIRE elite wave and that’s kinda rare for me. The top picks and greatest hits lines are getting to be a little much and their character choices are really lacking in that vein aswell. The legends series I felt like started out the year strong and each series release got less and less enticing as we rolled into December. I can also echo that sentiment for the Ultimate line of figures. I feel like we got far more ‘Greatest hits’ Ultimates this year than new offerings to the line. I traveled a ton this year and I saw what was at retail and what was rotting at retail on the pegs and obviously mattel had a much better year than jazwares but still there were a number of figures just hanging out in walmarts from city to city all across the central region of the US and I think its just the fact that mattel uses these silly marketing tactics of always seeming to have an anchor so to speak in each wave of a figure that will hold the presence of the series on the pegs. The BAF waves this year continued the trend for me of being 2/4 excitement levels across the board and I cant wait for the Monday night wars line as it looks to be starting out really strong to me. As evidenced by my reviews and favorite figures, im a nostalgia collector and I don’t really get too high off of buying figures of newer talent. We did see some really cool flashback figures in 2023 and with all the new headswap and hand swap technology im hoping we see more and more flashback releases because the quality of figures are getting much better. I think this year I had less figures with bad truefx paint apps and bad joints but there still were a few bad apples.

I guess looking forward to 2024 im hoping to see some CM Punk figures, obviously! The Monday night wars line looks amazing so far, really looking to see the fruits of that line. Legends line is off to an okay start with reveals—never really know what to expect from that line but im always pleasantly surprised. I don’t really have any preference of ultimate figures, I guess more flashback and classic talent is always desired lol id really like to see some new Road Warriors figures, attitude era guys ofcourse, more wcw guys? I feel like there is a lot of attention wcw talent could be getting but isn’t—that would be cool. ECW guys ofcourse would be rad to see in the line; sandman, raven, shane douglas, sabu, taz, tommy dreamer, rvd, etc. just want mattel to keep up the good work! Honestly I do want to see less gimmicks from MDT……less rubber singlets and less hair swapping technology and weird stuff like that. I mean the effort is always appreciated but we’re practical collectors, just give us cool figures don’t need these 2-in-1 figures or goofy things like that.

happy Superstar Saturday!!

after seeing reports of the elite 106 figures hitting walmarts, i cruised out to my two local wal marts this morning and was only met with a lone Roxanne Perez left at BOTH stores for new elites 😭



Greatest Hits Scorpion King Rock

coming in today with a SCORPION KING Saturday! i was pretty excited for the hollywood series mattel played around with, i really liked the idea of getting the wwe talent in figure form from their movie and pop culture appearances. unfortunately mattel dropped the bag on that idea and it fizzled out to the point where figures had to be re-released due to poor distribution. in comes this GREATEST HITS Scorpion King Rock figure that i was frankly pretty thrilled to have picked up. i owned the Jakks Scorpion King figures as a kid and remember fantasy booking the scorpion king AS Rocky Maivia--the Rocks twin brother 😂😂 no lying though i did have a bunch of fun with those figures and getting this updated scorpion king rock figure is a real treat. this figure comes to us with a new-ish headsculpt; if it isnt brand new it does seem to resemble the WM BAF Rock figure with new longer hair sculpted on it. i do really like it it offers the rocks likeness in an almost photorealistic interpretation. the paint apps on the eyes of my figure are ever so slightly off but the head still looks really good at a certain angle. the face sculpt portrays the scorpion king in a serious, determined, straight faced expression and although it looks good i would have also liked to see some more emotion of expression out of the head. the hair sculpting on the figure is good, we get scorp sporting some long black hair with a small ponytail drawn down the center; i couldnt even see the rock sporting this type of hair in the 80's but things were different in ancient egypt. Going down the figure, scorpion king was given some tan colored bicep wraps and some REALLY cool wrist and hand guards. the hand guards feature some black studded pads on the back of the fist and the wrist is protected by leather pieces strapped together. someone with a skilled hand could really bring this figure to life by filling in all of the molded details with color and shading. this figure was given the classic rock torso; no real complaints with that when Rock took the role he actually slimmed down and didnt shred up so this torso works perfect. up next this figure is sporting a really unique leather belt and codpiece. mattel did a great job with the sculpting and did the best they could with the paint apps. like the wristguards there are many small unpainted details within but it still looks great. Mathayus is rocking some period correct laced leather trousers and mattel featured all of the appropriate sculpting to the laces and paint apps to the brass eyelets. finishing up this figure are some unique sculpted footwear, Mathayus is rocking some leather boots with laced shinguards-mattel captured the details in the sculpting but neglected to add the paint apps to the shoelaces.
All in all this figure really hits me in the nostalges. i remember just having grudge match after grudge match between the Rock and his evil Twin bother in my fig fed and i really was just so surprised to see it get re-released with modern mattel tech. the figure itself turned out fantastic for the small line it was planned to be a part of. there are a TON of brand new, unique sculpts on this figure and it most definitely deserves a spot in the collection. i do wish he was packaged with a sword 🤔

coming in for a TWO COUNT Tuesday!!



Ultimate Muhammad Ali Referee

Counting into the reviews next is the Referee incarnation of the Greatest when he arrived in the wwf to officiate Wrestlemania 1 in a match between mr. t and Hulk hogan vs Roddy piper and Mr. wonderful. This is also a pretty straightforward figure but still providing something new and unique to the Ultimate line. As mentioned the headsculpts for this figure are pretty ace, the attire of this figure sees Ali in the classic Blue ref gear of yesteryear. He is wearing a black bowtie, light blue longsleeve button down shirt, navy blue slacks and black ‘suited’ shoes. This figure really shines for the referee aspect with all of the added articulation, it poses really well and looks great hitting all of those classic counting and officiating poses. It comes with a plethora of hands aswell, notably 1,2,and 3 posed hands.
All in all I guess not really being an enormous Ali fan or not having all of the figures associated with his appearances to pose with him I still really like this double Ultimate pack of the greatest. The concept is really cool Im sure mattel will hit us with a Hogan style pack or Ultimate warrior style pack some day like this. Id like to see something like a triple h two pack, the rock two pack, they could already do undertaker. The presentation was really spectacular for this figure I liked the translucent sleeves they had over the bubble of the figure to represent each ear of the figure. I would say that this pack is good on a discount or sale but I don’t know-youd have to be a serious collector to want this pack for full on price. As mentioned I got this in a BOGO sale so Im not really that bothered. i think theyre doing a good job of filling out those big celebrity spots of the classic era, as mentioned in my previous review, i think that a mike tyson figure would have really gone over huge but this muhammad ali figure seems to have been met with a lukewarm reaction. i dont really know the crossover of classic boxing fans to wwe collectors so i think this figure might just linger in their shop for awhile--but i still think its a quality figure and definitely worth a spot in the collection. "don’t float over this pack, sting it into the collection!" 😂

Survivor Series British Bulldog BAF
Jerry Lawler

Fist dropping into the reviews is Royalty as Jerry the King Lawler makes his way into the collection! I was pretty excited for this figure; I never had an opportunity to own King figures as a kid so I jump at the chance to get Jerry in the roster. This figure comes to us from Survivor Series 1996….the debut of Rocky Maivia! This Jerry comes to us wearing his iconic Red Crown and this iteration sees him in a black jacket with medallions on the chest and yellow epaulettes. The jacket looks great, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t the dreaded molded rubber. They did use some of the ultra-light rubber that they used in the Ronda Rousey figure recently, but it still completely restricts movement and poseability of the figure. Underneath the cool new entrance gear, the main draw of this figure is a brand new headsculpt for the king and I think it looks amazing! 98% of the time I can see Jerry from any and every angle, but for some reason in some angles I see Jim Ross? Lol the headsculpt captures Jerry in a very subdued, confident, determined expression and it really offers a somewhat photorealistic interpretation of the King. Being a 1996 portrayal of the King, he was given his long front bangs as was his hairstyle for the era. Jerry was given removable elbow pads that can be applied after removing the jacket and the rest of the figure is classic mattel Jerry Lawler body recipe. I think the entire body recipe could be beefed up a bit for the king but it gets the job done. Jerry was wearing his red tights with white crown logos on the legs and black single strap bodysuit for the event.
All in all this Jerry Lawler figure is actually a really strong offering from mattel. Im a rabid Attitude Era collector as well so this Jerry will look great in the lineup of figures from the era or behind the announce desk next to Vince or Cole Or J.R, plus mattel did a bang-up job on the new headsculpt. 10/10 worth the pickup.