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

its been awhile

things have been good. awesome, infact--both IRL and in terms of the collection!

today im gonna share a slice of my Jeff Hardy elite collection. Jeff has always been one of my all time favorites. i really dig his style and his 'let your freak flag fly' demeanor has inspired and empowered me in many different occasions. i have always been a huge fan of jeff's look and style; the multi colored hair has always stood out as my favorite era of jeff. back in the day, a memory that stands out to me was when i got into figure customization- i really enjoyed customizing my jeff figures with new hir colors or face/body paints.



2 pack vs triple h Jeff Hardy

i LOVE the mesh softgoods shirt for this jeff. i distinctly remember watching the match that jeff wore this shirt live. the headsculpt on this figure is awesome; the likeness to jeff is pretty spot on. this was still the era of colored hair and sculpted facial hair for jeff and we got an awesome red/purple/yellow hair color scheme and an interesting striped goatee pattern on his chin. in addition to the mesh shirt, we got the iconic purple and green hardy boyz logo jersey. the jersey is done very well and looks awesome, however not really on this figure particularly. i think with the red hair scheme, the mesh shirt looks best on this figure. we got interchangeable signature hardy boy hands, which is an absolute must. beyond that, i feel like this is a pretty standard Jeff figure in the sense that the body formula is the same as any other jeff figure, basically. all of the paint apps were applied cleanly to my figure and all of the joints function smoothly. all in all i would say that this jeff figure is a MUST HAVE. all of the elite 2 packs thus far have been bangers and the 2 pack of Jeff hardy vs triple h is most definitely up there as far as being high quality.
i got the 2 pack for retail from EE



E84 Jeff Hardy

the main reason that i felt the need to add this jeff to the collection was the fact that we got updated back tattoos on this figure. not only that but with blue being my favorite color, i thought this jeff looked really cool. we got a rubber shirt and swappable fist/Hardy Boy hands for jeff. the face paint design is cool; nothing over the top, but like i said blue is a cool color and the facepaint is essentially a jeff hardy original design.
as afar as body formula, nothing has changed from jeff figure to jeff figure so i have no comments about that. i dont think this figure is essential, however the main draw is the back tattoos, so it definitely is cool for that reason.
i got this figure for retail on Amazon primo



E75 Jeff Hardy

now THIS is the jeff that stokes the nostalges real hard. i LOVED when jeff started moving into doing the body paint, because it was something completely new that no other main stream wrestler was implementing into their look, plus it was the birth of jeffs singles career. i always pined for the Ruthless Aggression style Jeff figure from the Adrenaline line vs tommy Dreamer; it featured jeff during this era wearing white pants; it looked great. nonetheless this figure also looks absolutely incredible. the headsculpt is AMAZING. during this era jeff cut his hair and often wore hair bands and hair accessories to keep his hair back and this figure features that. speaking of hair, it was molded in purple, which is appropriate. moving on, jeff is featured wearing a white sleevless shirt which is accurate for the era. we also got a hardy boys logo necklace on the figure, which i think is an awesome detail and included accessory. the main draw of this figure, beyond the headsculpt and facepaint is the paint featured on the left arm. as i mentioned earlier, i loved customizing my jeff figures and when he started using body paint, that gave me creative license to go wild on my ttl and RA jeff figures , lol. this figure has jeff's awesome BLUE paint design along the left arm and classic hardy boy sleeve on the right. for accessories we got a classic JH sleeveless shirt and interchangeable hardy boy signature hands. beyond the brand new headsculpt, the body formula for this figure is the exact same as all other jeff figures. all in all i would ABSOLUTELY recommend buying this jeff figure. the headsculpt and body paint is applied to the figure perfectly and it portrays Jeff during a really interesting time of his career.
i bought this figure MOC for $23 shipped on mercari



Top Picks Jeff Hardy

POTENTIALLY THE LAST JEFF HARDY ELITE FIGURE?! out of the gate i will say that i really like the color scheme of this jeff. the turquoise sleeves look great and contrast pretty good against the yellow highlights in the belt and in the facepaint. for accessories we got a white 'Humanamoly' shirt, which looks pretty cool and ofcourse we got the signature hardy boy hand signal. the facepaint design is cool and all of the paint apps on my figure were applied cleanly and clearly. my BIGGEST gripe with this figure is the fact that they used a molded sleeveless shirt torso? and painted it a solid black? given that this is the extent of my jeff hardy elites, i dont know if this is common practice on mattels part for fully sleeved jeff figures, but it looks TERRRIBLE. BIG -1 for that. beyond that, and beyond the fact that this could potentially be the last jeff hardy elite figure we get for quite some time, its worth a buy; I GUESS. jeff does feature a shorter haircut on this sculpt and the turquoise and yellow does pop a bit, but this figure is really nothing phenominally special, IMO.
i got this figure for $21 on Amazon Carlito


i have been netting some really cool figures as of late and im going to be updating the thread this week with said receivings so LOOKOUT for that😎

back again tonight, super excited for this batch of reviews!

tonight im reviewing my figures of

MR MONDAY NIGHT himself

ROB
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VAN
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DAM
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☯ ONE OF A KIND ☯



E91 RVD

so, in true AEW fashion, we're gonna knock the main event out right away. this.figure.is.bonkers. when i had this figure in my hand, as the basic white girls say; i couldnt even. story time: umm, i was an ENORMOUS RVD fan as a kid. i remember catching the original ECW when it was on TNN wayyyy back in the day and RVD was THE MAN to me. so, i had been exposed to the hardy boys before RVD, so i was already a huge jeff hardy fan, but then to see RVD doing his thing with the martial arts mixed in with the high flying and innovative offense--he was absolutelyamazing to 10 year old MonsoonMan. so that all being said during this time i was heavily playing and fedding with my figs and i desperately wanted an RVD figure for my fed. fast forward to RVD being signed to wwe. i dont quite remember what figure i ordered, but this was back in the day of mail order catalogues and i had sent a money order out for an RVD TTL figure. back in the day it could take 2+ weeks from sending your money order out to actually getting the figure, sometimes after all that wait, youd get a sad envelope in the mail explaining that your item had gone out of stock and that you now have in store credit or you can call a number to get a refund. ANYWAYS during the time that my money order was out i somehow MIRACULOUSLY stumbled on a TTL 2 pack featuring RVD vs TEST and guess what attire RVD had on? THE TIGER STRIPESSSSSSS 🐅
i distinctly remember that they had swapped the skull logo with an RVD styled logo. anyways, the tiger stripe RVD attire was my very first RVD figure ever and now to get the idealized, Elite line version of this figure, i am so SO very happy.
off the top my biggest gripe is the kneepads. i dont care how visually accurate the 'legsleeves' are, they limit mobility and poseability of the figure. for some reason mattel wants to put these kneepads on figures with kickpads and yeah, it just kills the poseability. otherwise if i had to pick some criticism for this figure, i wouldve liked to see a new head? i think they just picked this from a head that was used on his basic figures.
beyond all that im obviously over the moon to have this elite figure. i did also order and was really hyped for the chase variant figure, but i guess im glad that those who had a severe problem over the design were able to have their voice heard and the figure pulled from production.
i also was so supremely hyped for this figure that i splurged on an ULTRA COOL custom ECW TV Championship Belt from Forbidden Figures. 100/10 rating from me, the quality of the belt is unbelievable.









i dont have a hardcore championship yet 😭 waiting on my viscera to come in still.

overall, the double jointed arms are a game changer. we can finally get those signature poses out of Rob and they look so much more natural. as you can see in the pics, since they molded the torso in black for some reason, there were a few defects visible in the skintone on the back of my figure. also, out of the box, he had a HUGE brown paint splotch underneath his right eye and on his nose. i didnt want to have to deal with returning this figure as i was so anxious to open it and have it in my collection, that i used an Olfa blade and just a tiny bit of acetone to pick it off of the face without doing damage to the surrounding paint apps. it really is a shame that we're living in the era of the best figures ever made, yet to be ruined by horrible QC.

all in all this RVD is an obvious MUST BUY. they made an excellent decision in choosing him as the chase variant figure, but a poor decision in just deciding to bomb the idea completely instead of offering us an alternative design. heres to hoping that ringside steps up and offers us a RSE RVD Elite. Lord knows RVD Elite anything will sell like masks during a pandemic.
i bought this RVD MOC on ebay for $25 shipped




E27 RVD

so.........this was the very last elite figure that i had bought in 2014. that was the LAST elite figure i had purchased and received until this thread started. so having told my little story about being an RVD mark, you can imagine how over the moon i was to have the very FIRST RVD elite figure EVER in my collection. the attire is colorful, the design is busy: we get dragons, flames, yin yangs, reds,greys,blues, greens. it was the homecoming of RVD to WWE in the modern era. this figure brings up very bittersweet memories because the exact day that i experienced a life altering tragedy, this RVD was in my mailbox. not this figure exactly but the RVD elite. i remember after clutching blankets and pillows and crying for hours, my dad brought the postal box into my room and let me know i had a package; i knew exactly what it was. it brought joy to me for the hour or so that it kept me occupied as i opened the box and posed the figure around, taking in its colorful details. reality seeped in quickly and i ended up leaving the figure posed on my desk for a few days in the signature RVD pose, before he was banished to "the drawer" and then eventually sold months later. it was a whirlwind; i traveled to the lowest of lows---but as you can see guess what--ive climbed out of the abyss and IM BACK AND THE COLLECTION IS BACK IN FULL MF FORCE 😤😤😤

ALL IN ALL : REACH OUT IF YOURE HAVING A HARD TIME. NO MATTER WHAT THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER OPTION THEN AN EXIT.
this rvd figure is awesome but can be a little overpriced.
i bought this RVD on EBAY loose but in pretty minty condition for $40 shipped



RVD Basic

i dont have much to comment on this RVD basic other than i treat RVD like CM Punk where if i can get any of his figures for a good price, ill gladly scoop them up. ill take any and all RVD figures because i love his attires and this is based off of a modern 2013-2014 RVD attire. this figure features the same head of his first elite figure but the blue and white lightening and skull designs really pop. i dont deem this figure as a must have, but we're definitely not getting any more RVD basics or elites any time soon

Great pics! My favourite Basic RVD is the blue/dragon singlet...




Yeah... I don't think the TrueFX helps on the smiling one (it looks a bit "teethy", lol).

It actually is. Every single one has that tank mold and it irks me. In this case I consider it lazy on mattel's part. 
On the bright side, I'm glad we finally got Jeff Hardy elites before his departure.

Legends Series 13 update Part 1


ooooohhhhh yeahhh time to update the reviews with my favorite line of wwe figures; the Legends line. hot damn mattel has really been throwing the legends fans a bone with their recent offerings, this line has been killing it(my wallet). really cool figure choices, softgoods accessories for everyone, mucho accessories for each figure, its a great time to be collecting these.

im gonna split my reviews for these figures into a few parts because i took alot of pictures, lol



Cowboy Bob Orton

upon initially hearing the lineup, i think i dismissed Orton as a buy right away. Cowboy Bob was way before my time as a viewer and as an old school character and gimmick, i really didnt see how mattel couldve made this figure interesting to me. BOY WAS I WRONG. when i saw the proto images for the figure and saw how STACKED this figure was with accessories it became an instant buy. i made the statement in a few comments that Cowboy was the sleeper of the set because this is essentially, IMO an Ultimate Edition Bob; lacking the ultimate articulation, we get enough accessories to make this a definitive edition Bob, IMO. we get the flat brimmed iconic Cowboy bob hat with brown details on the band of the hat. Softgoods vest made of a nice vinyl to sim leather and thread fringes; this vest is high quality and looks great on the figure. we also get a pair of Black Boxing gloves so that we can pair him alongside the piper and mr T figures. i LOVE these freaking boxing gloves SO MUCH, i just love the idea of being able to put them on any other figure and have a fun boxing stipulation match. the other completely awesome, and frankly necessary accessory is the removable cast. i am very aware of the 'loaded cast' trope in wrestling and as a kid i remember using masking tape to simulate a cast on one of my rock figures as i fantasy booked him to use the loaded cast in a storyline. once again completely awesome that it can be put on other figures, but i feel it was necessary to the cowboy bob figure. the headsculpt is great, it looks reminiscent of his original headsculpt, only cleaned up a bit. the paint apps on my figure were applied cleanly and on point, so no googly eyes on this cowboy. the rest of the attire is pretty standard; we get old school blue trunks, medium boots with ACE along the side and black and white socks. i love the double jointed elbows, they have really proven to help out in posing these figures immensely. i dont really have any complaints on the body formula and all of the joints on this figure function properly.
all in all, hell yes 10/10 i would recommend picking up this figure. it is probably the best Bob orton weve gotten and given the timeline between his last elite release, it may be awhile for the next one. all of the accessories for this figure are absolutely stacked and we need to show our appreciation to mattel for seemingly being able to pour so many resources into these 4 figure series so go buy one asap!
i bought this figure on target.com preorder

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theres a hurricane coming through

The Hurricane

This figure is AWESOMEEEEE. the Hurricane was always such a toyetic character, i was actually pretty hyped for this figure. right out of the gate i need to comment on how incredibly awesome and well done the cape is on this figure. my figure was posed perfectly MOC, i had seen a few figures where the cape had crumpled in the box, but the way the figure was posed and the way the cape was placed, this figure looked great MOC, but I LET THEM BREATHEEEEE. feeling this cape, i am reminded of the Io Shirai figure and her jacket. the cape is secured with velcro straps in the front, but given the technology they use for the figures these days, its actually easier to just pop the head off to either put the cape on or take it off. the upper section of the cape os made of a high quality smooth glossy black vinyl with lime green accents. the back of the cape is a shiny woven type fabric with a sweet hurricane logo placed in the middle of the back. the other accessories we get for this figure are interchangeable hands which-given the level of intricacy needed for the cape, im cool with. the headsculpt is amazing. as i understand it may simply be a re-release of the basic figure headsculpt but it looks great and the paint apps on my figure were applied pretty cleanly and perfectly. the lime green attire really POPS, i love it. the main hurricane logo on the chest looks blurry, but it seems that that was a factory thing because i think they were all applied like that. we also get two Hurricane logos on each leg; both of mine were applied cleanly and the designs look sharp. so down to my MAIN complaint with this figure; the short kickpads. im a kickpad nerd and these just look absolutely stupid. i know that there were guys who actually wore these style of boots, but hurricane wore straight up kickpads so -1 for that. i can only assume that it was a decision made to keep height accurate or something, but i dont like the look. i also dont think the kneepads they chose are accurate, but ill thake these over the legsleeves any day.beyond that the figure is pretty straight forward; its an ECW era Hurricane. to be honest i didnt watch alot if any WWECW at all, so i missed out on this run of the hurricane outside of seeing a few matches on youtube. its really cool that we are able to complete the timeline for the hurricane and get an elite version of a basic that was previously released. all in all this is a really awesome figure, but to be candid i dont really think its ESSENTIAL to the collection. Hurricane figures seem to hover at 2x retail price so theyre not terribly sought after but i always like to touch back on the point that in this day and age, who knows when we'll be seeing a next Hurricane Elite figure?
i got this figure on Target.com preoder

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WOMEN CRUSHING WEDNESDAY



Elite 88 Trish

welllll, the divas figure that everyone seems to hate...and rightfully so 😤 so, this is whole figure is kindof just a botch by mattel. the era they claim this trish is designed after, doesnt really match up with the attire they gave her, and the overall figure design is just HORRIBLY basic. im gonna be in the SMALLEST minority here in saying that i dont HATE the headsculpt. i dont think its great, but i would accept it more if they had given us a full on T&A era trish because she was really 'barbied' up during that time. i dont know, it definitely doesnt look like its from the elite line; like a barbie wwe diva crossover line or something, maybe. i want to hate the headsculpt so much more, but the paint apps were applied perfectly on my figure and tbh it looks good for what it is. it works as an idealized version of the early era of trish's career-fitness model turned manager. the rest of the figure as i stated prior is---horribly basic. literally just paint apps on skin lol. lower body are divas kneepads and kickpads. i do like that we got a softgoods jacket and a cowboy hat for entrance gear--iconic for trish. we got alternative pointing hands-which is great because trish did that during her entrances. all in all? this trish is probably worth a pass. this is a really weird mattel design choice all around. as with the legends Scott Hall head, i think someone from another dept got asked to whip up some heads real quick and these were the result. the features are too soft and the trish genuinely looks like a barbie. not only that but its kindof a strange amalgamation of attire choices and there are NO unique sculpts on the figure, only paint apps.
i bought this figure for $19 Amazon



E87 Asuka

i remember being super excited for this figure at the time that it was announced because Asuka elites were EXPENSIVE on the secondary market 😂 so this figure gives us Asuka in the Kabuki Warriors era(i think?) i like this figure because the headsculpt is much more accurate to Asuka over her earlier elite figures, however the color palette of this figure is MUCH more muted meaning that this figure doesnt really stand out among other figures. this figure features a bunch of unique sculpts, however the biggest detractor to all of that is the fact that they molded most of the parts in black plastic and painted skintone over the top of that which creates slightly jarring differences in skintone between parts. for accessories we got a mask and interchangeable open hands; both work perfectly for asuka. all in all, this is a cool, modern Asuka figure. the main draw to this figure would be getting an Asuka figure for relatively cheap, lol. the fact that they molded most of the figure in black plastic and painted skintone over the top of it is a major detractor. the overall attire choice does look great and the execution of the figure works well. the headsculpt looks great, but i do feel like the green facepaint makes things too busy. i would recommend grabbing this asuka to add to the roster, but personally i like the older Asuka figures for how much color they offer.
i bought this figure for retail on EE



E87 Candice LeRae

the Poison Pixie! alot of my exposure to Cadice LeRae came way before her wwe run. because of that i felt this figure was most definitely worth a buy. this figure features a ton of unique sculpts. i feel like the proportions of this figure are just a tad bit off. her arms look ultra skinny. one of the coolest things about this figure is the color scheme; this kindof pastel purple with green highlights. im not a huge fan of the entrance jacket; it looks cool, but since its molded in plastic it takes up so much space and its just so rigid. the paint apps to the jacket all look great and were applied cleanly to my figure. this figure is super cool and unique-most likely the only Candice WWE figure we'll ever get.
i bought this figure for retail on EE

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