What LJN WWF Superstars Did You Have In The 80s?

I had a full set as a kid, between finding them in stores and ordering them. The hardest ones for me to obtain were the killer bees. I could never find them. I was only ever able to get brian blair on a single card. I didnt get brunzell until ebay came along.

I only had the bendies and for many years thought that was what LJN figures actually were.

I had Nikolai, Corporal Kirschner, George Steele, Hillbilky Jim, JYD and a couple of others. Not until I was an adult did I realize they were smaller versions.

I didn't have LJNs until at least 1990 or 1991 but I loved them from the minute I saw them. First buys were Hulk and Sheik from series 1 at a local yard sale. Hasbro was just coming out so I had all of them as they came out.
From 1991 to 1992 I got, carded in stores, Jesse, Arcidi, Blassie, Fuji, Bob Orton, Mean Gene which was really cool. I was so fascinated by the card backs since you saw the actual real life figures and not drawings like Hasbro. Those carded onese were either from TRU or Rite Aid type stores.

From say March 1992 to April 1994 I never got another LJN until my father picked up like 40 of them from a flea market. It was the commons from the early series and then from there every free moment we tried to get the rest from flea markets, collector shows, collector catalogs. I can't believe catalogs were selling carded Vince McMahons and others for like $25. I was able to get carded George Steele, SD, Outback for around those prices in the mid 1990s. My grandmother even found guys from 1987 and 1988 at a thrift store in 1998. 1989s were the toughest but I found a horrible condition Warrior for $5 at a collector store a few towns over.

I always loved seeing those PWI ads. That WWF magazine 1995 article was about I think Mark Spitz or something like that. He did an article in 1994 for Lee's Toy Review and the WWF magazine photo has a picture of the colorful Rick Rude which was different from the prototype. My mind was blown! I called that company asking for quotes on carded guys and thought $40 for Slick and $80 for Gang was nuts. LOL.

I always give props to Mansonozz, of this site as he gave us a lot of the best information on his site, especially for the 1989 series. I sold all the LJNs I had on ebay, like 10 years ago and probably could have sold them for much more now. The only ones I never had, the best of my knowledge, are the red shirt Hulk and bearded Kirchner. I never got into all the bendies and other extras.

Far too many to name.

I have them all except Warlord, Haku, Bossman, Vince, Elizabeth & the ref (not including different Hogan's & re-releases)

Born in 74, so the LJN's are my childhood. Literally had all of them but the black card ones

I didn’t think this called for its own thread so I figured I would share this image here:

My aunt asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I guess it was 1985/6, I said JYD, she got me Hogan and Big John Stud, happy to of had a pair for matches, but unhappy I didn’t get JYD…Never had another LJN…