What are Basic figures like for play ability

Nope. They are fine for display but not much use for play which is too bad because this us the line more geared towards younger customers.

Right...You'd think it'd be the opposite.

They’re not great for posing or playing. There’s a lot of moves you just can’t do properly, which defeats the purpose of a kid trying to play. They need elite articulation hips so the legs can move side ways too.

People in here acting like they didn't play with LJN's or Hasbros or BCA which were worse to play with. Jakks R3s, RAs and TTL weren't the best for playing with either but we all made do. I'd add DAs as well since I found them clunky and odd.

We don't have perfect figures. Some will be better than others. However, it's all directed towards kids and they aren't worried about the things older collectors are.

As far as playability, BCAs were the best. They were just easy to handle and pull off moves better and faster. A sit-out powerbomb for example looked great for BCAs. I remember giving so many pearl river plunges back in the day.

I always thought mattel should add rubber boots/feet to the wrestlers, it would be less clanky sounds and less scuff marks left on other toys. I'm not talking about BCA type rubber feet more so the create a superstar line had the best balance imo. Easier to stand for display as well. Not too hard, not too soft. Less stiffness too.

And for the record, I absolutely hated the jakks RA figures. You couldn't do anything with them as for powerbombs and what not, pretty much the same with the current basics.

I would love mattel to tackle the GI Joe scale. And improvevover the jakks deluxe micro? figures. I didn't care for the hasbros back in the day, but my uncle had the ring and I played with his GI Joe's in the ring rather than hasbros.

Not too good for play, there's a few random ones with more articulation like Mia Yim, but I think most people use them for the headscans or they buy them if that character is unlikely to get a release in the Elite line.

Maybe that's the case with little kids, but I'd think that slightly older kids would prefer more articulation when they play. It just seems to me that toys that are more likely to be played with should be easier to move around and have looser joints than toys that are more likely to sit on shelves.

I think different kids have different styles of play, but the kind of meticulous kid who needs Elite or Ultimate-style articulation is rare. I was one of those kids, but in my experience as a super uptight kid I know you just end up leaning towards the moves that do look good with whatever articulation scheme the figures have (Hasbros: all DDTs, all the time).

I wish the Basics had a little more ROM but honestly the important thing is that they stick to that magic $10 price point. As it stands now, I think they're probably satisfying for kids. I do wish they had more in the realm of hip articulation, at least for Cruiserweight types, but they have enough movement in the arms that I think most kids would be happy.

Haha and to think when I was a kid in the 80's, the only wrestling figures available were those LJN hunks of no articulation rubber figures.