Psycho collector rules

I wouldn't add him to the collection personally. He wasn't advertised for a match for the event, didn't have a unique look for WMXL and it was just a cameo.

It's the wrong company to be too event specific. I learned that a long time ago.

My odd rules:

-I collect all WWE Retros
-I only collect Retro figures of characters from the Golden era through the end of the Monday Night Wars. There are very, very few exceptions to this. There are an absurd amount of Retro figures coming with some really deep cuts. If I REALLY want it, I get it. Haven’t created any imaginary rules for that.

-7 inch figures (any brand) that appeared in any WWF video game prior to In Your House. The gear also needs to be as close to the video game as possible.
-7 inch figures of wrestlers I have a special memory of seeing live/interacting with (any brand). The gear also need to be as close to the event/memory as possible.

-I have a good size collection of Andre the Giant items. Some of the highlights are 4 different MOC Hasbros, a replica 2UP, a painted bust from a very skilled artist, custom made replica Giant Machine mask, his original Popy figure and Popy card, this crazy kit from Italy that lets you make necklaces of WWF Hasbro figure designs, a custom wrestling buddy, an unsharpened pencil I’ve kept since elementary school, and more common figures and pieces of memorabilia than I care to name.

Im quite strict with my HBK collection. I usually only get post 95 HBKs in tights. I don’t really care for his hairstyle before that and I don’t like his chaps. I do have the retrofest, his retirement match vs taker at mania and the latest chaps dx from the vault figures which break this rule though.

I also try to collect figures in their correct attires for each brand they are on. However, I bought the first sandman Mattel made and am putting him in my WCW collection. My budget won’t allow me much wiggle room for the next 12 months so I can’t buy Hak to give me the correct attire of sandman for WCW.

I also try to avoid basics under all costs unless the figure doesn’t and never will exist in elite or UE form.

Your collection = your rules....

But I would offer some friendly advice - if you like a figure, it's okay to buy it. You are allowed to break the rules that you set.

Thanks! I appreciate the love haha.

For my display, I have a kind of funky house. Some day I’ll get around to posting photos of all my displays but everything has been constantly changing since I started doing figure photography. It is quite messy at the moment as I have been preparing to do photos for all 3 Colts, Slick, Tunney, and more. So until I get it clean and organized, I’ll do my best to describe it:

My main floor has three bedrooms. My wife has one for her office and crafts, I have one for my toy room/office, and then we share the master. I keep almost all of my collection in my office but some of it has spilled into the basement. We have a game room/theater down there so it kind of works with the fun theme. In my office I have a walk in closet which is where I keep the majority of my collection and do the photography. I like to keep the main parts of my office a little less cluttered which is why I don’t display ALL of my figures in there. I used to but I didn’t like having hundreds and hundreds of plastic eyes staring at me! So I changed it up and have one wall that has mini displays and belts (4 Hasbro rings and 2 retro rings). On top of that display is the New Gen arena. Thats where I display figures from my favorite WWF games.

On another wall is a display unit with a mixture of playsets and rings. One shelf has backstage/interview sets, another has the In Your House entrance set, there is a tribute to the founding fathers of Japanese Wrestling, and then a retro ring for New Gen figures. On the other side of that wall is my Andre collection.

The closet has a desk and a buffet along with a bunch of prebuilt shelves. I have kept the rest if my Hasbros/retros/misc figures displayed in on the shelves but again with the figure photography, I have had to get a step stool or ladder every time to get something down. So I am going to have to find a way to change that in the near future because I knock things over too often (most figures are on acrylic risers). The desk has the ESR ring along with the RAW entrance way. That display was pretty empty; just Gorilla, Bobby, Fink, and Vince. The Buffet has two Real Scale Rings: one with my collection of “personal memory” figures and the other was miscellaneous things like old Jakks BCA’s, Mattel figures that I bought just for accessories, etc. I mostly liked having it there just to keep a ring with the blue cage on display.

I’m considering finding a way to move those RSR’s back into the main part of the room so that I can move the bulk of the Hasbros to ground level. Display is important to me but less practical with the photography aspect. It’s a trade off but I enjoy finding creative ways to make it work.

I generally try to stick to wrestlers and gear from before 2000. The only exceptions have been the first Ultimate Eddie, a custom Benoit, and the Ultimate Undertaker that dropped last week.

The only thing I would really consider a rule is not getting a member of a tag team if I can't/won't also get the other member. Can't have Jannetty without Micheals, can't have Hawk without Animal, etc etc. The only exception was Micheal PS Hayes, but I have Terry Gordy now and intend on making a custom Buddy Roberts and Jimmy Garvin at some point. Ive held out on getting Warlord for this exact reason, if I can't get Barbarian to match it doesn't fit my collection.

I collect by era, and I basically want 1-2 of each character in that era, in their most definitive moment’s attire. I loved the Shawn Michaels Amazon Takeover, but it wasn’t a special moment in his career in that era and didn’t buy it. I have three Shawn’s in my New Gen era shelf (WM9 - should probably replace with WM10, WM12 - will hang the new UE above the current one, and Survivor Series 97).

I’ve got similar rules - my cut off is a little earlier, but I have a few exceptions, specifically one only of anyone current (UE) and also, figures from Manias I’ve attended (33, 39 & 40).

To answer your question, for me it’s a very simple (yet perhaps a little disturbing) equation. If you’re a loose collector, go ahead and grab that Cena - it’s no different! But, if you’re a MOC collector (as I am), it officially breaks your rules (as it states on the box it has nothing to do with Mania) - so I’d pass and hope they do a Mania 40 one (your only hope is a multi-pack I assume, and probably elite as well).

do you have any pics mcfclee?

would love to see the wcw collection especially