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Post by Stuart? on Jun 21, 2023 13:48:10 GMT -5
Hey Steve, I just picked up the Greatest Hits Seth Rollins Elite today from Smyths in the UK. Great figure, I'm really grateful for this line giving UK collectors an opportunity to add figures that were US exclusives to our collections.
The problem is, I noticed my Seth is missing gold deco on the left knee pad. Is this something customer support could help out with? I'd normally exchange it in store but I didn't notice this was missing until I'd already thrown the packaging away.
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Post by Stuart? on Jun 21, 2023 2:39:11 GMT -5
I've been sick with a real bad chest infection over the last week or so.
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Post by Stuart? on Jun 17, 2023 15:04:34 GMT -5
I do! I got my first graphic design job back in October.
My Bachelors Degree was in Biology, graduated in 2020 right at the height of Covid. I knew I wanted a job in design so after my classes were cancelled, I moved back home and in between doing my final assignments, I spent as much time as I could working on a portfolio. That lasted from March until July when I officially got my degree and I figured I should get a job. Luckily for me, a pretty big healthcare company was hiring scientists to work in a laboratory processing Covid tests, so I got in pretty easily with my Bio degree. I did that for a while, transferred to a boring office job in 2021 when I got sick of doing 12 hour night shifts and stuck with that for a little over a year until I figured I should be doing something I actually enjoy. Again, I got lucky because on my company's internal job vacancies email, I noticed there was an opening for a graphic designer. I figured what the heck and applied, thinking I wouldn't even hear back since I have no professional experience and my portfolio is like 99% wrestling stuff.
They ended up giving me an interview and they must've been able to tell how passionate I am because they offered me the job the next day and I started a few weeks later. I've been doing it for almost 9 months now and I love it. There's boring days, sure... You'll get that with any job but it's the most fun and rewarding job I've had in my life.
Moral of the story is, there's no one set way to break into the business, mine was super unconventional. Some people might study graphic design and get a job straight out of college. My colleague worked in marketing for years until he mentioned he did graphic design in his spare time and they gave him an interview based off that. Just keep creating, share your stuff on socials, network and engage with other designers and keep sending in your portfolio and resume for jobs.
Good luck!
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Post by Stuart? on Jun 17, 2023 2:03:26 GMT -5
It finally rained! It's been way too hot here recently, so I'm glad to see a change in the weather.
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Post by Stuart? on Jun 15, 2023 13:36:01 GMT -5
The heat and pollen level has been unbearable for me this week. Can't wait for autumn to come around.
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Post by Stuart? on Jun 5, 2023 9:08:43 GMT -5
Elite 102 are up online now!
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Post by Stuart? on May 29, 2023 9:52:34 GMT -5
Scored an Elite 47 Brian Pillman on eBay this morning for a great price. I've been on a huge early 90s WCW kick lately so I'm very happy to add Flyin' Brian to my collection!
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Post by Stuart? on May 27, 2023 6:49:07 GMT -5
Grabbed an Orton from E98 at Smyths today after missing it the first time. They also had E98 Farooq and Big E from what I could see.
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Post by Stuart? on May 20, 2023 15:37:13 GMT -5
I keep Ultimate boxes cause they look good on display bookshelf style. The rest get binned, unless it's some sort of exclusive/chase.
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Post by Stuart? on May 12, 2023 13:14:20 GMT -5
Jericho. Only two Elites based on the Attitude Era and one based on the RA era during the almost 10 years WWE had him under contract with Mattel making figures.
Not getting the WM 18 green attire, or the purple barbed wire tights is criminal.
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Post by Stuart? on May 1, 2023 15:13:16 GMT -5
Typical these go up for pre-order the day I buy their Elites lol, wasn't expecting these to drop for a while. They're cool but I'm good with Elites.
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 30, 2023 17:28:19 GMT -5
Anyone know anywhere cheap to get the Legends Shamrock figures? On the lookout for both variations but I can't see any around atm. Rock and Roll Collectibles have a not mint packaging version for £25.99 if you're a loose collector. I tend to order those as they're a bit cheaper but none of the packaging has actually been that bad.
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 30, 2023 16:25:57 GMT -5
Just noticed that my local Smyths randomly had one Elite 95 Jimmy Uso in stock so I ordered that for click and collect tomorrow. Whole Shebang have the SummerSlam wave in stock (minus Ziggler) for £23.99 each so I got Jey from there.
Any word on when Elite 102 is meant to hit our side of the pond?
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 25, 2023 15:59:51 GMT -5
Blitzkrieg Bop is my current entrance music - I have kind of an underdog punk rock deal going on right now (almost like NXT Sami Zayn). Thinking of switching to The Leaving Song Pt II by AFI though, it's more serious and fits the style of wrestler I want to be (a violent mat technician).
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 22, 2023 13:18:40 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure you don't get a customs charge if your order is less than £135. The rules changed once Brexit came into effect to the best of my knowledge. The last thing I was charged for was a Johnny Gargano elite back in 2019, and I've placed much larger orders since then and received no charges. Here's the article if you'd like to read it - www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 17, 2023 16:58:35 GMT -5
Any plans for ring skirts anytime soon? Would be awesome if you did what WCT did with the classic blue cage / Summerslam skirt. Would love to in time. We’re still fairly early in building a consumer base of ultimate scale ring owners. One that base is really significant, we can look into things like skirts. Piggybacking off this, could future ring skirts come with a plain black (or blue for classic events) opposite side? That'd be really helpful for figure photographers/fig feds who don't want WWE specific branding on their rings.
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 15, 2023 5:37:57 GMT -5
Been feeling pretty unmotivated the last few weeks, but I pushed myself to go to the gym this morning and had a really good workout. Feeling a lot better for it!
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Post by Stuart? on Apr 11, 2023 16:17:26 GMT -5
I ordered the Legends Series 12 Roddy Piper figure. I've had my eye on it for a while but wasn't planning on getting it with the CC and WCW Ultimates coming soon, but I rewatched his WM 8 match with Bret and decided to pull the trigger to display it with the new DM Bret.
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Post by Stuart? on Mar 31, 2023 14:02:52 GMT -5
Hahah, great looking figure but not of much use to my fed unless I want to write Cody off for a year! See, that's why you're the sensible one out of the two of us. I bought two and another E101 so I could torso swap. I wish I had your self control! Well god damn, now you've given me an idea.
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Post by Stuart? on Mar 31, 2023 12:24:57 GMT -5
I'm glad to see the DMs are up for pre-order separately as well. Grabbed Shawn and Bret! But I thought you had adrenaline in your soul? Hahah, great looking figure but not of much use to my fed unless I want to write Cody off for a year!
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