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Post by Quazimoto on May 27, 2014 22:27:31 GMT -5
The All Stars Jake The Snake Roberts with the green attire. I love that figure and am a huge Jake the snake fan but nobody ever talks about it I think All-Stars Jake "The Snake" is quite literally my favorite figure ever. So awesome. As far as underrated goes, I feel like the elite King Booker doesn't get enough credit. Without the cape, his hair does float a bit (easy enough to fix though), but other than that, it really captured Booker T.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 27, 2014 21:15:59 GMT -5
I don't know that I'd actually want to change it, but it sure would be interesting to see what the professional wrestling business would have become had The Iron Sheik taken Verne Gagne's $100,000 offer to break Hulk Hogan's leg and take the WWF Championship to AWA instead of doing the job and thus giving birth to Hulkamania. If you want a true history changing event, that'd be it.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 27, 2014 11:37:32 GMT -5
Well Quazi , im assuming other factors are taking place correct? or is that you just dont have the thrill to really collect anymore? if its the latter ... than take a break , or do like alot of other members and SELL. Go out by a nice dinner and move on to your next hobby (if you have one). Once ur done , your done.. like i said before in other posts there is no in-between really. Yeah, there are some other factors in play. I suppose one of them was a desire to "fit in" here. I discovered these forum by accident when looking around the net about how to take boots of my CM Punk and trim his knee pads down a bit. Then I started exploring and saw all sorts of awesome collections. I wanted to have an awesome collection to. And being that I definitely never came close to fitting in all throughout my school years, I guess I went a little overboard in trying to be like the folks with the massive collections on here. LOL. There's also the cost aspect to consider. I live on a very limited budget and collecting was eating that budget to pieces real quickly. But mostly I think it's just really a desire to scale it back. I was sitting among all those figures this morning and kept asking myself... Why do I have so many? I don't have the space or the money to have that many, yet I did for some reason. So, I spent the past few hours going over them all and picking out only the ones I really wanted to keep. Got about thirty on my little shelf (counting the empty spaces saved for LOD and Ric Flair) and a handful to add to my Nephew's toy box. The rest are gonna be sold (should have them up sometime tomorrow or Thursday). From now on, I'm only keeping what fits on the shelf they're on now. If I buy a new one with no room to put it, I've got to get rid of one that's there. That's the new rule.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 27, 2014 8:04:28 GMT -5
Perhaps you enjoy the thrill of the chase; the allure of obtaining them and once you have them - the thrill is gone... I've found this to be the case a lot of the time. Yeah... I really think that's what it is/was most for me. Just the thrill of the hunt. I'm the type of guy who loves to dig trough old garages, barns, attics, etc... just to see what treasures might be hiding in there. I only started in on collecting wrestling figures on a whim really. Picked up a e20 CM Punk I saw hanging on pegs at Walmart one day. Just kind of snowballed from there. I honestly never really meant to get heavy into it. Thought it's be just one or two figures every now and again. Soon, it became three or four figures here, there, over there, back here, and everywhere. And trying to keep up with ALL the ones I'd want in the new series is just getting to space sucking and way too costly. Don't get me wrong, I think Mattel makes amazing figures for the most part and there's a good dozen or so that I'll never part with (if I can help it). And I still love wrestling, both modern time and years gone by. I just feel like I don't need all of them anymore and would rather they find their way into the collections of other fans or kids who'll play with them, hence the reason I've decided to sell most of them. It's certainly not the first time I'll sell a collection of mine (I've previously sold all my Power Rangers, TMNT, Transformers, Silverhawks, Thundercats, G.I. Joe, GameBoy, NES, SNES, Living Dead Dolls, McFarlane figures, & Mego Super Hero collections) and out of all of them that I have sold in the past, I've only ever regretted doing so with one (Battle Beasts - definitely looking to get those back soon though). There's a chance I'll regret selling the WWE figures sometime in the future, but I honestly don't think so. I've got bunches of wrestling video games and a ton of wrestling footage on DVD that can easily fill the space the figures were held. I've recently been feeling the same way. Especially with purchasing figures of today's era. With the exception of a few guys like Punk, Undertaker and Kane. I will always collect their elites and basics if they are cool enough. I think I'm also leaning towards sticking to only flashbacks and the guys I mentioned above. One thing I have decided for sure is that I will not buy anymore duplicates. I've got 4 variant Shawn's, 3 E23 Takers, 2 Giants, 2 Cesaros, 2 Warriors, 2 Bruno's, 2 Honkys, etc... Lol its stupid. I wanted to have a loose and a MOC of all flashbacks that I bought so thats how it started and yeah.. It became an addiction to a degree. I'm going to sell all my duplicates and focus on only buying ones that really impress me. That's my thinking too. I'm gonna focus exclusively on flashbacks. Gonna keep a few modern era guys as well. I've got a nice little shelf that will hold around 40 or so figures and I feel like that's enough for me.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 27, 2014 5:50:06 GMT -5
Hello Fellow WFigs Members...
I was going through my figure collection today (I collected only Mattel's, hence the reason I've created this thread on the Mattel board - Mods: feel free to move it if you deem that there is a more appropriate section) and had myself a good old fashioned epiphany. Sitting on my bedroom floor, with all my wrestling figures splayed out around me it just dawned on me.
I think I'm obsessed. It wasn't so much the amount of figures I have. There's plenty of people on this board who have collection far greater than the one that lay before me now. This new realization slammed into me hardest when I was looking at the newest additions to my collection, the JR BAF set. I had just acquired them this past Friday at my local Toys R Us and had finally opened them just minutes before. That's when it hit me. Like a Mack truck doing seventy-five on a freeway it smashed me like a common bug on it's windshield... I wasn't excited at all to hold those figures in my hand. Even the completed Jim Ross brought me no thrill as I toyed with his joints, bending and flexing them every which way. These were figures I was eagerly anticipating since prototype pictures were first leaked. These were figures I had been agonizing over finding, checking my local Toys R Us WWE isle at least once a week since February. And yet, I felt nothing. No thrill. No excitement. No joy. Just nothing. Oh sure, I was elated, down right pleased as the fruitiest fruit punch, to finally see them hanging on the pegs last Friday afternoon. I was even happy to bring them home and set them in my room, anticipating the joy of breaking those boxes open and putting five awesome new figures on my shelf (I had recently rearranged things and had yet to put any of the figures on shelves). But there was no joy upon opening them. In fact, I was met with an odd sense of semi-disappointment.
This was a very weird feeling for me and as I looked over the rest of my figures it dawned on my that I had become crazed about acquiring many of them. Checking Ringside Collectibles, Amazon, and eBay multiple times a day in hopes that that right one would pop up. Briskly ambling towards the WWE section in Walmart, Toys R Us, and Target every chance I'd get. Buying figures I didn't really want at times. Spending more than I could afford at others (many others). And allowing the idea of new figures infest my day's thoughts to an alarming degree. In short, I had become obsessed with these plastic depictions of my favorite superstar of today and yesteryears.
Personally, I've decided I am going to sell most my collection and instead, focus on only a select few of my favorites. Mainly flashbacks of superstars who hold a special place in memories from days long gone. I shall let exclusive nostalgia rule from hence forth. This was an easy decision to make in light of my recent epiphany. Add in the rising the fact that my budget simply doesn't allow me to keep up with new releases as I'd like to and it became and even easier choice to make. Perhaps one day I will get back into heavy collecting again, but for now, I feel it's better that I take several steps back and purge myself of the objects of my obsession.
This whole scenario does leave me to wonder though...
Has any one else on this board felt the same way? has anyone else decided, for whatever reason, to dramatically reduce their own collections?
I am curious as to whether I am alone in my self-inflicted insanity... Sound off below.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 26, 2014 22:04:12 GMT -5
Been on eBay since their early days so I don't really remember THE most expensive thing... However, the most expensive thing in recent years would have to be $145 for The Red Green Show Complete Series DVD set.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 24, 2014 23:29:53 GMT -5
I really don't get the Ziggler love. He is not bad by any means but I don't think he could ever be the man. I completely agree. I enjoy Ziggler's work for the most part and he's pretty good in the ring and on the mic. I just don't see that elusive "IT" factor in him. Charismatic and athletic sure... Main eventer and world champion? I don't see that at all.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 24, 2014 23:25:47 GMT -5
Alright, I'll play along. My somewhat logical scenario...
1. Kane is awarded the title Triple H, Randy Orton, & Batista are busy with The Shield and Kane is a champion "they can be proud of". 2. Brock Lesnar beats Kane at BattleGround (or whatever the PPV between Money In The Bank & SummerSlam is called). 3. Daniel Bryan returns to beat Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. 4. CM Punk returns at Royal Rumble, wins it, turns heel, and takes the title from Bryan at WrestleMania, 5. Bray Wyatt cashes in Money In The Bank right after Punk wins the match to take the title.
In reality, I'm sure Cena will have a reign in there. Wouldn't be surprised if he's the next champion now that Bryan is on the shelf for a bit, which is sad because the last thing WWE needs right now is another dull, predictable John Cena title reign.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 24, 2014 17:00:32 GMT -5
I'd buy 'em if I had the space to display them. Always liked The Headbangers as a team.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 24, 2014 15:37:11 GMT -5
That's probably part of the reason why Diva figures tend to be short-packed. I'd imagine there's plenty or kids that think or any female action figure as a girl's toy. Personally, I like 'em... Of course, I was also known to play with Barbie dolls when I was little, so buying a girl action figure doesn't even phase me a bit. To me, cool toys are cool toys. Doesn't matter if they're in the girl or boy isles.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 24, 2014 0:30:30 GMT -5
I can not believe no one's mentioned the Kennel From Hell match. I never liked the King Of The Mountain match either. The fact that the Championship is sort of tossed around during the match ruins it for me. I kind of like the "penalty box" idea of it, but absolutely hate the whole "hang the belt up" thing. Unlike a ladder match, where the object is to scale the ladder and obtain the prize, in King Of The Mountain, you have to scale the ladder with the prize, then almost surrender it in a sense. I thought of it but I think for me (sticking to the title topic) it made sense to an extent, the storyline was dog related and was supposed to keep snow/bossman from the floor. That being said, the match will go down as one of the absolute worst ideas/executions in history. Yeah, you're right... Storyline wise, it totally made sense. It was just so, so awful... Makes me wonder why I've seen it five times. LOL.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 23, 2014 23:42:31 GMT -5
My prized possession would probably have to be my Fraggle Rock PVC figure collection. Only missing Uncle Traveling Matt to make it complete.
Honorable mentions would go to... Fraggle Rock Plush Dolls, My vintage book collection, Sasquatch statue, and five foot tall Kermit The Frog plush.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 23, 2014 23:37:37 GMT -5
I can not believe no one's mentioned the Kennel From Hell match.
I never liked the King Of The Mountain match either. The fact that the Championship is sort of tossed around during the match ruins it for me. I kind of like the "penalty box" idea of it, but absolutely hate the whole "hang the belt up" thing. Unlike a ladder match, where the object is to scale the ladder and obtain the prize, in King Of The Mountain, you have to scale the ladder with the prize, then almost surrender it in a sense.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 23, 2014 12:26:44 GMT -5
Normally, I'm pretty forgiving about small mistakes and such, but... I just got back from Toys R Us where I found the JR BAF set. Looks like they had three cases put out. Took me about ten minutes to look over them all and decided which ones had the least flaws because every single figure had sort of issue. One of the Randy Ortons had his foot on backwards and there were a lot of paint smudges. The CM Punk boot designs were particularly bad and a couple had the strips smeared all over the place. I did manage to find a Punk that wasn't bad at all (a little smudge on his stomach, but otherwise nice). That was literally the only one that didn't have paint smudges on his boots or trunks. I know these things are mass produced and done as quickly as possible, but that was pretty bad today. Worst I've seen it.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 22, 2014 22:01:00 GMT -5
Did some more modding to Savage, the quintessential Macho thing. THE FINGER!
Looks Awesome! What's the process for doing the finger mod?
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Post by Quazimoto on May 22, 2014 2:42:41 GMT -5
I can't speak for every NWO Macho RSC has in stock, but the one I order DID come with the weight belt.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 21, 2014 2:21:36 GMT -5
LOL... Well, I'm pretty sure I have at least one scalper in my area who swipes all the rare figures right away. But, mostly I think it's just that Divas tend to be short packed (ie one per case) so they disappear a lot quicker. BTW: If that Trish you saw is still there and someone hasn't swiped her Women's Championship from the box, I'd recommend picking her up. After shipping, you'd pay about the same or more on RSC and she's a quality figure for sure. I usually buy in bunk when I order from RSC and with the 10% off discount, shipping is free. Plus I don't have to pay any tax on RSC. Yes that Trish still has her women championship. OH and I don't think there any scalper in my area as I have been to many stores and not seen one where there is a wrong head or missing items. I do see missing items from other toys though. Yeah, I do the same thing. Always order at least two or three figures when buying from RSC, usually a handful or so. Well, at least I did before I got mostly caught up with my wishlist. Color yourself lucky then (or maybe my area just sucks - lol). I see figure switches (ie someone putting the wrong figure, usually a basic, in an elite box and returning it) and stolen accessories all the time. There's at least one every single time I go to my local Toys R Us (speaking of which - was surprised to see their Best Of Pay Per View elite are now $21.99) and I've seen a few at Target and Walmarts too. Always hate to see that as I imagine some parent who doesn't know any better buying that swapped figure for their kid. I also imagine that there's some lost revenue in play there too. Stores who mistakenly take in those swapped figures probably lose some money on them, which snowballs into them being leary to order more figures from Mattel, which in turn means that MSRP go up and sometimes quality goes down (like rubber shirts instead of cloth) so they can make about the same profit from shipping less figures. It's all part of the cycle.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 21, 2014 2:09:08 GMT -5
M$M is literally the my most wanted flashback. I only collect elites, so he's a pretty big missing hole in the collection right now.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 21, 2014 1:54:46 GMT -5
LOL... Well, I'm pretty sure I have at least one scalper in my area who swipes all the rare figures right away. But, mostly I think it's just that Divas tend to be short packed (ie one per case) so they disappear a lot quicker.
BTW: If that Trish you saw is still there and someone hasn't swiped her Women's Championship from the box, I'd recommend picking her up. After shipping, you'd pay about the same or more on RSC and she's a quality figure for sure.
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Post by Quazimoto on May 21, 2014 1:47:04 GMT -5
I almost never see Divas in stores either. In fact, I've only ever seen Kaitlyn. Aside from her, I've bought all of them online or got them in trades.
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