Anyone else ready to check out?

This. Im running out of space and the prices, even at retail, have gotten silly. Not to mention I was going to buy two new Detolfs and those went from, $60 a piece to now $130 so certainly cooled me off.

I’m facing a similar but much different situation … I’m also a Moc collector & I recently went through a third divorce, my collection has been packed up in boxes in storage since the end of May because I don’t have the space at the moment to display … having to have everything packed away has pretty much killed the collecting itch I’ve had for years, I now have the mentality of “why should I buy something just to take it & pack it away in a box?” … I still check the figure section when I’m in Walmart & I still look through RSC & other sites that sell them but I haven’t bought any figures in months … I have no desire to sell my collection but no desire to add to it either … now if I seen a figure that I absolutely couldn’t live without ( for lack of a better term ) I would absolutely pick it up but that hasn’t happened for most of the reasons you have listed here yourself … I don’t really feel that I have “checked out” so to speak but it’s been put on the back burner in a major kind of way

It’s not really a sellers market anymore, especially with all the re-release potential that Mattel is fulfilling.

I agree with some of the others that if you’re a long time collector and you want to pause, cool but I wouldn’t sell your collection, I think things will pick up and you would regret it.

In the meanwhile, maybe look at focussing on starting another collection, even if a small one. When the elite/ultimate game isn’t scratching my itch or hitting a lull period, I had my Hasbro collection to complete - now that I’ve done that, I have retros, zombies, Chella etc the ‘new age’ retros to collect which I have my own rules for (only buying anyone released that Hasbro could have or should have up to just before Jakks released their first series)

They have started to become insulting. As collectors and wrestling fans we know what superstars wear at specific events. The Rock with a brahma bull design on the front of his trunks for his Wrestlemania 28 attire? One of the biggest matches in wrestling history. How can they get that wrong? Im sure that even a casual fan will know what The Rock wore in that match.




They have given us reason to check out recently. Putting Nicholas in the Wrestlemania line - it's insulting. The downgrade of the new elite boxes. I haven't heard any positive comments about the new packaging. Randy Savage being removed from the line, then not immediately giving an explanation which at the time frame was necessary because it came during SDCC weekend and put a dampener on the event for alot of people. Then when they did explain about a month after getting all technical about it "we didn't say anything about it because no one asked" I didn't like that personally. Yes I guess it's enough reason to want to check out, but that's my opinion.

Saying that, I like the new Survivor Series packaging and hopefully will be getting the series. Im glad they kept the old box design for it, Kevin Owens looks great, accurate shirt design, plastic molded shirts suits him perfectly. Charlotte Flair im looking forward to getting also because it compliments Becky Lynch from the last Survivor Series and am looking forward to putting them next to eachother.

There are a couple of other new series that im interested in but yes there are levels of excitement to get these things. The four pack "Then, Now, Forever, Together" set for example. The Becky Lynch figure when it was previewed at Wrestlemania Access, looked perfect and to me a must have figure. But when it was put in a four pack it dampened my interest.

For me it is a space issue that has been making me question calling it a day. I only have so much space in my game/toy room and I do not want my collection to start spilling out into other parts of the house. I am kind of at a point now where when I do buy something new I have to put something away or do some major reorganizing.

It was the last retro set that did it for me. In the months leading up to them, I was so excited, but at the time they went up for pre-order, I simply could not justify spending £60 on a set of wrestling figures, I am not broke or anything like that, but with a few video games on pre-order not to mention Christmas coming up, several family members having birthdays and a vacation in October, there were many other things that I felt that 60 pounds could be better used for, plus I had no idea where I would put four new figures! I may get them in the new year if they are still available, but as awesome as they are, I could happily live without them.

Also, this may sound kind of weird, but I am kind of in a really happy place in my life right now where I am just content, happy and appreciate the things that I do have. Do not get me wrong, I see new Star Wars, Turtles, MOTU and WWE figures and collectibles and think they are cool, but that burning desire or "need" for a figure or collectible feels like it has gone with me and I am just cool with what I have. Perhaps it is just me getting older? I have also been thinking about downsizing some of my collection recently!

I was just talking about this to a friend. I love the fact they are digging into the well with things like Sultan and Fake Diesel, but only doing so because they are seemingly running out of juice is unfortunate. I don't think the line is anywhere near going away and for all of its faults, I still hope Mattel keeps the line forever, but they should have spaced out the big drops out with these obscure figures a long time ago. Granted it would lead to people bitching as to why we got Sultan before X look of X wrestler, but I think it would have been better for the overall health of the line. My current theory is with the advent of UEs they see it as a chance for a soft reset, re-release the big tickets they already made as UEs and all future ones will be UEs which are much fewer and farther between release wise and use the elites as a place to put out the obscure and more modern stuff like a Johnny Gargano or Dominik Mysterio (who will absolutely get a UE one day, mark my words).

I knew they were going to pull that Sultan chestnut out. Going through ideas of the Wrestlemania 13 roster for the WMXL series...."Goldust? He's in AEW. Ahmed Johnson? Bad terms. Crush? Not under contract. Owen Hart?Ahhh we have Fatu under a different gimmick. That will do "

Lol while not every fig is perfect, this is legit the GOLDEN AGE of wrestling figures. They’re so damn good compared to what we’ve had and we get a lot of them. Stop being so dramatic.

I made the decision along time ago that when Mattel stops, I stop. It'll be hard - but I can't start over again.
I was there for the Hasbros, the Galoobs, the Original ECW figures, Jakks & now Mattel. No, can't start over again. 🥵