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

continuing our reviews of the Maivia Legacy pack today with a SOULMAN SATURDAY



Maivia Family Legacy
Rocky Johnson

coming in today is the return to the elite line of the Soulman Rocky Johnson! this figure comes to us with a few improvements over his last figure, including some Truefx paint apps for better face details, updated lighter skintone, and new updated boots. This Rocky comes to the ring wearing his purple entrance robe and mattel hooked us up with a softgoods robe in dark purple with lighter purple trim and belt. i didnt have the opportunity to find my old Rocky Johnson robe to compare them, but i feel like this robe is made of a particularly light material? it looks and fits the figure great. this Rocky comes with the same headsculpt we saw him previously released in that portrays him in a somewhat confident, positive expression. the likeness is there but i dunno--when really looking at pictures of rocky johnson something is kinda missing from the mattel headsculpt keeping it just ever so slightly away from that perfect likeness. the skintone on this figure was updated to be a few shades lighter; i think Rocky did already have dark complexion but i think there were times he would sport a tan and look darker--long story short however i guess i agree with mattels choice on this updated figure. the body recipe has not changed for this figure which is fine, rocky was traditionally built and jacked. mattel added the detailing for some chest hair and his trademark black swallow tattoos on his chest. this figure is sporting some new yellow trunks and my particular figure has a weird left hip joint that almost seems like its frozen up 😭 finishing up this figure are some newly sculpted white boots with some black cross lacing on the inside of the boot.
all in all this is a cool, updated Rocky Johnson figure. for those that missed on the original elite this is a great updated representation of him still coming with softgoods entrance gear and interchangeable hands. the new skintone does seem to balance out better and the yellow trunk/white boots combo really pops among the little lineup here.

Nice gets. All three from that series are excellent figures. The High Chief may be the best from the set, but that Rock is the definitive Rock figure, to me. 

Happy EASTER SUNDAY YALL 🐰🐣🐥

well its been pretty slow for mattel purchases for me lately, bunch of stuff on the radar right now but im waiting for some sales to pop off as we all know there is always one around the corner. mattel has also been releasing alot of newer talent in the line and thats not really my bag, baby.

really excited with all of the latest mattel announcements for future figures! new legends wave looks cool as hell! ugh my wallet 😭

i went out on a figure hunt this past friday morning looking and hoping to find the last two MNW figures i need or some new AEW figures but no luck. my local walmart re-filled the wrestlemania shipper with top picks figures; codys for days. target had the Jacy Jayne basic but ugh i just hate the sculpting on the new basic womens figures they all look so flat. the walmart out of town is literally overflowing with old dusty AEW figures; all the pegs are full and there are like three stacks of boxes on the top shelf each 12-14 boxes high. i dont know whos decision it is to make but they just need to clearance those bad boys out at $5 a piece and theyd all be gone in a week. i remember seeing the Steve Austin / Triple H championship showdown pack there the last time i ran through and luckily it was still on the pegs, so i scooped it up! they had e107 undertakers and a cora jade floating around too, thats about it for elites.



Championship Showdown
Stone Cold Steve Austin


Stomping in today is a BASIC 😱 version of the Texas Rattlesnake himself Stone Cold Steve Austin. Dear Mattel, your new articulation tactics are working. a formerly only elite figure buyer is now adding 'basics' Main Event figures to his collection (or atleast considering them alot more). so, i typically never ever bought basic figures because they really just felt like a step backwards to the old ttl/R3 days of figure articulation. the mattel elites were always so appealing because we finally got the inclusion of ball jointed hips and swivel thighs, making the figures so much less rigid feeling. the new hips on these main event figures are kindof a game changer for both dynamic and static posing for the figures. as mentioned in my review for the Hulk Hogan basic with new hips, i do think mattel needs to work on the sculpting on the jointed area for muscled leg look, but on these street clothes figures they actually look great! SO, Starting off on the Stone Cold figure, we once again see the angry shouting, trash talking scan that we saw in the ultimate figure pack and although mattel really seems to be getting some mileage with this sculpt, it looks great. Steve comes to the ring wearing his iconic 2001 red and yellow contrasting Austin 3:16 shirt. BIG kudos to mattel for including the back design on his shirt; a big red skull with yellow smoking eyes. one thing that does kind irk me is the sculpting on the arms. they gave him what i consider the cena arms but the shoulder just looks like a huge ball. there is little to no definition sculpting on the shoulder joint, so it looks like this crazy ripped, striated bicep just coming out of a beach ball or something 😂 mattel should have whipped up a t shirt shoulder mold by now. going down the figure, steve is wearing his trademark jorts and as i mentioned the sculpting looks really good around the hips on these street gear figures. Mattel gave steve some small strapped black kneepads and red kneebraces-which is accurate for the timeframe. they did NOT give steve his texas longhorn tattoo on his leg but they finished up this figure in his low cut boots. for accessories we got a big eagle attitude era championship belt----that i REALLY like.
all in all i gotta give credit, i really like this figure for what it is. a street gear steve austin doesnt necessarily have to be an elite figure, and i feel like this is a really great figure that achieves a good middle ground. frankly i do wish that they would have just kept giving these figures the elite style arms with the swivel biceps; the swivel elbows are pretty wonky and awkward to get used to posing. i will also say that all of the joints on my stone cold figure were super smooth; nothing excessively tight or loose, very good feeling figure to pose.




Championship Showdown
Triple H


playing the game-uh today opposite stone cold is ofcourse Triple H. this pack i do believe is a little snapshot from the 'Two Man Power Trip' era of the Game and Austin's career. although this was a 'basic' pack and only came with one belt, i really think it would have been cool or beneficial to throw trips a bone and include either a sledgehammer/water bottle/kangol hat into this pack (i literally thought of the hat as i was typing this up it looks great on the figure i just tried it). this Trips comes to us also utilizing a head from his ultimate figure pack. it looks okay but i feel like the shape or placement of Hunter's eyes looks a little not correct?? also you can tell this headsculpt was made to accommodate the hat the way the hair is sculpted so flat on top--the likeness is there however. Trips is coming to the ring wearing a throwback t-shirt emphasizing lyrics from his Motorhead entrance song. the front of his shirt reads "i am your pain" and features a heavily saturated silhouette of himself posing. the back of the shirt reads "and i know you cant take me". looking at this figure i guess my same complaints arise concerning the shoulders on the figure--they just look far too round and unrealistic. Hunter is rocking some loose fitting track pants with the classic double stripe down the side and finishing up this figure are some undertaker? style boots. i definitely feel like they should have given him just wrestling boots but cant confirm accuracy. i will say that the left knee joint on my figure is obnoxiously tight while the rest of the joints on the figure work and feel smooth as they should.
all in all this is a great street gear Triple H figure. we havent gotten many/if any street gear Trips figures and despite this being a basic figure, just like stone cold i feel like this figure reaches a good middle ground with the articulation provided to be useful. its a vintage shirt design on the figure and mattel did it up proper and included the back logo as well. as mentioned my only complaint/wish would have been that this figure got some dedicated accessories and that mattel chose different boots for this figure.

i think we're gonna end up making this a SHIELD Week here so STRAP IN



E33 Roman Reigns

OOOOOHHHHH AHHHHH'ing in today is Elite Series 33 Roman Reigns! This was Roman's second elite in the main line quickly following his first in series 26 and we already see the past tribal chief already showing a much more defined character and identity in the SHIELD. this figure brought us a new headsculpt; this new head showing off a confident snarling expression with eyebrow raised. the headsculpt is good--it holds a certain likeness to Roman, but i think the paint apps are slightly hindering a decent sculpt however its nowhere near a modern Roman head. next up we see an updated tattoo on this figure; the arm is more complete and we see the design starting to travel onto the pec of this figure. Roman was also given some newly sculpted black wrist guards; i really like them! anything over painted wristguards is ace in my book. this Roman figure also comes sporting a newly sculpted vest; still lots of tactical pockets, this time more form fitting and designed to fit the shoulders in a cooler fashion. the big draw to this figure in particular is the left chest of the vest has the Shield cerberus logo in blue and silver. if you didnt know what the logo was; youd never know what it is 😂 the paint apps to my figure are still looking great after all these years; i got this figure from another collector so it wasnt MOC by the time i got it. the rest of the figure is classic Roman in the black tactical SHIELD pants.
All in all this is a good elite figure for Roman's second appearance in the main line of figures. im not super keen on the headsculpt; i ended up swapping it with the screaming basic head and i really dig it! i just dont really like the vibe of the arrogant, confident lip snarled headsculpt that came from the factory. also, comparing it to a modern Roman head is silly, i cant believe we had to live with that!! 😝

Glad to see you back. I was unsure if i should get the greatest hits but like last time your photos sold me.

Sold it sold it sold it!!

HAPPY FIGURE FRIDAY YALL

i cruised out to Jersey Mike's for my lunch break today-it happens to be right across the street from the out of town wal mart. i decided to pop in for a quick lil figure hunt and i found the MNW Bret and Roddy Piper Ultimate Editions!!! they had 2 MNW Hogans left on the pegs-i missed out on the Steve and Scott figures again really bummed about that now, but the ultimate figures were a score i was worried about finding them.
also got the shipping notice for my Summerslam BAF wave and elite Terry Gordy so look forward to those pics and reviews next weekend most likely. i ALSO had been able to scoop up all of the ROH figures on the jazwares vault; pleasantly surprised i for some reason thought they would sell out but theyve been up for days at this point.
ALSO ive been on a basic figure buying binge 😂 lots of new basic CM Punk figures now calling my collection home again, i think ive bought 5-6 over the past few weeks which is exciting!

COMING IN TODAY.......


a sort of flashback friday?

i dunno, if this post is against the rules ill delete it but

i got a couple of old Jakks TTL figures in that i had never owned before and they graced the gaze of my camera lens.



Rulers of the Ring Perry Saturn

so i had a toybiz saturn figure my whole life and it honestly was one of my all time favorite figures. Saturn was an absolute legend in my fig fed as a kid. i really liked that he came with the softgoods black dress so you could really get two looks out of the figure. this TTL Saturn really is a snapshot of how good Jakks could be at times. i remember always seeing this figure on the back of the cards in the lineup and thinking that it looked like an amazing figure even by jakks standards. i ALWAYS wanted this figure but it was either sold out everywhere or MOC and just priced too high. TTL prices are super reasonable these days and i just remember looking it up on ebay and finding this guy in mint condition for less than $10 shipped. DEAL! the headsculpt on this figure is actually amazing for the time. jakks was using 'real scan' technology and alot of their headsculpts were actually pretty good and realistic looking. the headsculpt captures Saturn in a sort of determind, straight faced expression and although lacking in emotion, it does capture Saturn's likeness really well. Jakks gave Saturn all of his tattoos and they all seem to be correctly placed although they look hand drawn instead of a photorealistic capture of the art. he has a reaper piece on his left pec, a sort of explicit viking piece on his right pec, SATURN script along his stomach, a skull and a raven perched upon a skull on his right arm and a lion and a wizard on his left. finally Saturn has the tribal Saturn piece on his upper back. Saturn comes to the ring wearing some white hand wraps, Blue trunks with a black and silver Saturn image on the front and black and silver tribal designs on the back. finishing up this figure are some tall black boots.
all in all i WISH Saturn had some sort of a deal we need all eras of Saturn represented in mattel figure form. the reason i bought this figure is because i do sadly feel like mattel will never make a Saturn so he needed some sort of representation in my collection. its so funny to me how much the basic figures remind me of the TTLs and how baldly i remember wanting my TTLs to have bicep and upper thigh articulation!!



No Way Out Raven

WHAT ABOUT RAVEN?!

this is another figure i purchased for the dual facts that ive never owned a raven figure before and mattel will most likely never provide us with a Raven figure. i wanted the Rulers of the Ring Raven that was in the leather jacket and punisher shirt but i found this No Way Out figure MOC for lower than any of the RotR Ravens for sale. this figure has a really MEH headsculpt. im not Ravens best friend but im pretty sure i know what he looks like and this is kindof a little close to being out of the ballpark. they are way off on the overall shape of Raven's head as a whole and that being said his features then become really spread out and lacking the appropriate likeness. Jakks gave Raven some dirty red/brown hair and sculpted his beard into a forked design that he sported during his early years with wwf. this figure comes to the ring wearing a 2001 era Raven shirt with an oversaturated Red/orange portrait of himself on the front and a red silhoutte and grey RAVEN logo on the back. Raven flocks to the ring wearing his signature ripped jorts however funnily enough due to the sculpts jakks made work for this figure recipe, the back pockets are mashed up and out of scale. finishing up this fire are some white socks poking out the top of some mid length boots.
all in all this is a good Raven figure. jakks used the molds they had available at the time and whipped up a figure, thats for dang sure. the scale of the body and the parts chosen is fine, everything works out for accuracy sake but the headsculpt on this figure is really reaching for likeness. with Sandman on the way im really itching for mattel to throw out some more ECW era guys and Raven is among those names at the top of the list.

I was maybe thinking about getting older basics but they are too... basic haha. Either way thanks for the photos. Looks like im sticking with elites after all

Battlepack Series 7 CM Punk

coming in today is the next evolution of the punk look that i acquired in basic formula; the STRAIGHT EDGE SAVIOR CM PUNK. This is a great figure, one of the only two BASIC figures that captured CM Punks fully bearded ""jesus"" look during this era; the other being the Over the Edge PPV basic figure in the olive green trunks (i still need that one). the headsculpt on this figure is strange; looking straight forward it really does not quite capture CM Punks likeness at all, IMO. however when you start looking at the face sculpting from the side profile and angles it does show that likeness to punk, i guess i gotta remember Punk was sporting probably his longest length hair and beard combo at the time aswell. in addition to the full beard, this figure was given paint apps for chest hair which nearly all of his early era elites have. this punk comes to the ring wearing his now trademark white elbow pad on right arm, white handwraps with black X's, black trunks with pink stars and white stripe deco and all black kickpads.
all in all this actually is one of my favorite Basic CM Punk figures. as i mentioned its 1/2 basic figures that depict his look during this chapter of his career and i really like the final product. the black trunks with pink stars look ace i know he has worn them on a few different occasions. i would most definitely add this figure to the collection just to fill out that CM Punk timeline

Happy figure friday y'all!!

its been a great week so far! lots of new figures popping up for pre-order, secured a couple orders most excited for the new SANDMAN figures coming soon!!!!

WRAPPING UP BASIC TRAINING WEEK with my last Basic Bundle CM Punk figure




KMart Survivor Series CM Punk

Coming in today is a figure i kinda/sorta feel like i wasted my money on. i had seen various other collectors make comments about how this particular CM Punk head had the best likeness to punk. "it was a short hair Punk headsculpt with a full beard. best likeness to date in the mattel line" ill give credit, the likeness is really good but i guess it was my slip up in thinking that this was a 'new' or 'different' Punk head-----its the LemmyChops punk head that mattel simply painted a full beard over 😤😑😑😑 the headsculpt captures punk from the midst of his Heel run where he buzzed his hair short and was sporting a sort of Lemmy looking beard style with more sharper points shaved by his chin. as mentioned the likeness is great i can see Punk from every angle, but as mentioned Mattel gave punk a Charcoal black hair dye job and despite the sculpted details being clear as day, they just painted over his chin giving him a full beard look. Being a Later era punk, this figure is sporting his full chest and arm tattoo spread. this Punk comes to the ring wearing some blue trunks with Red/Orange stripe and Chicago Star detailing. i had reviewed another Basic Punk figure wearing this exact same gear a little while ago, but that figure had the PunkChops mutton chop facial hair style. i do distinctly remember Punk wearing both Blue/Orange Chicago Bear inspired gear and Blue/Red inspired gear so not sure which gear mattel was aiming for as the color of the stripes is a pretty good blend of Orange/red. finishing up this figure are legsleeve kneepads(please end them) and all black kickpads.
all in all this is a DECENT offering for a Punk figure. Not quite sure the relevance of the Survivor series branding as im 99% positive Punk did not wear this attire at ANY survivor series event especially during the era the figure represents, but who cares im just a die hard collector of the line. i do like this headsculpt as far as the level of likeness it is able to achieve but literally -10 points for painting his entire facial hair sculpting with CHARCOAL BLACK paint